New Brunswick’s Award-winning soulful Roots & Blues artist Mike Biggar is coming to church October 21st, joined by slide guitar master Grant Heckman on their Fall “Back in the Black Blues Tour”. This is Biggar’s inaugural visit to Old Church Theatre!
By any measure, Mike Biggar is a natural live performer. With a musical history that stretches back to a gospel music childhood, Biggar is the picture of a lifetime spent in performance. Onstage his style is equal parts gutsy and joyful, reflecting the deep, soulful stamp left by those early musical days.
Rollicking, high energy vocals steam down the line like a soulful, roots-inspired freight train, perfectly paired with the infectious melodies of his acclaimed songwriting and his warm, disarming banter. In his ten year-plus career, Biggar has been honoured with numerous East Coast Music Association and Music New Brunswick awards., including the 2018 Blues Recording of the Year award for his third album GO ALL IN. His music has received glowing reviews, and he is a regular on Stingray Blues radio across Canada.
His latest album, ‘MIKE BIGGAR & BAND – LIVE AT THE BMO THEATRE’, showcases the way Biggar is meant to be heard – live and in person. His signature soaring live vocals punch through as he also joins the songs together with his well known disarming humour in stories and audience interactions.
“He’ll have you in tears with lines of love and regret, and rip your head off with his
powerhouse vocals, delivered with heartfelt emotion; Biggar performs with such sincerity that you could almost say he was singing just to you, and that is
the mark of a great songwriter..” – BLUES & ROOTS RADI0 CANADA
Biggar has been a featured performer on major Canadian East Coast festival stages such as the Stan Rogers Folk Festival, Cavendish Beach Music Festival, Kempt Shore Acoustic Festival. He has shared the stage with artists such as Steve Earle, Matt Andersen, Stephen Fearing, Lynn Miles, Dave Gunning, Ron Hynes, Rose Cousins, Del Barber, Joey Landreth, Jay Semko and more.
Father and son career musicians Spencer and Oscar Evans once again return to the Old Church for an afternoon of elegant and eclectic songs featuring dynamic vocalist Tyson Sullivan.
With roots in the Quinte area(son of veteran reporter/performer Jack) Spencer has been a sought-after keyboardist/clarinetist and entertainer for three decades, touring around Europe and North America, and regularly in Kingston Ontario, working with Cowboy Junkies, Sarah Harmer, Jill Barber, the Good Lovelies, Jeff Healey, Willie P. Bennett, Pat Temple to name a few.
Spencer and Oscar recently completed original work for the Grand Theatre Arts residency in Kingston as well as performing at the Blue Skies Music Festival last summer.
With Tyson Sullivan(guitar, percussion and vocals)they have an ensemble called the Mourning Doves, with some compelling original material as well as beautiful renditions of Great American Songbook repertoire such as Serenade in Blue, Autumn in New York, Stardust, and Stella By Starlight. Oscar will be playing Flugelhorn and acoustic Bass.
Toronto based duo, specializing in old-time country blues and jazz.
Po’Boy Jeffreys is a Toronto-born, blues musician and singer/songwriter, a master finger-picker of early twentieth century roots music and a gifted storyteller who’s been winning the affection of audiences for 18 or so years. He will be returning to the Old Church, this time with Calamity Jane!