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Friday, January 24, 2025

Don't miss guitar slinger deluxe Albert Lee @ Hugh's Room Live, Saturday

Albert Lee played some tasty licks with Emmlou Harris as a member of her Hot Band and assisted Rockpile in the studio.

Thursday, December 5, 2024

Toronto's Tone Rangers launch their debut album @ Hugh's Room, Dec 5

The Tone Rangers string band recorded their much-anticipated Tone On The Ranger album live "off the floor" in just two days!

Here's the scoop from Tone Ranger Andrew Collins...

Just over a year ago, Chris Quinn, Adam Shier, James McEleney and I got together in a barn, set up some recording gear, a bunch of cameras and recorded our first full album as the Tone Rangers. We recorded 9 tracks on that day, had a follow up half day session this summer to complete recording and we're now excited to announce the official release of our live off the floor album "Tone On The Ranger". For those who have been following along, we've slowly been putting out singles and videos, so you have a sense of what's on the album. If you're in the Toronto area, we invite you to celebrate our release on December 5 at the new Hugh's Room Live (296 Broadview Ave) at 8 pm. Tickets are available right here.

Our new single Half Past Four is out now! We learned this one from Ed Haley and while it's usually an old time fiddle tune, we've turned it into a bluegrass mandolin tune featuring our mandolin slinger Ace. You can now stream this anywhere you usually stream music. Facebook friends can check out the footage of "Half Past Four" shot by Mitch Fillion right here. You can also view the Tone Rangers' version of Tom T. Hall's "That's How I Got To Memphis" featuring the smooth vocals of bassist James "Big Mac" McEleney over here.

We have a few more singles to come, so stay tuned for more! Check out a couple of performances following the Tone Rangers' theme below.

Saturday, November 23, 2024

Songs of Nick Drake 50th Anniversary Concert @ Hugh's Room, Nov 23 & 24

Luke Jackson and friends salute to Nick Drake at Hugh's Room on Saturday is sold out. Get tickets for Sunday's show below.

Here's the scoop...

Hugh’s Room is delighted to announce the return of The Songs of Nick Drake on Saturday (November 23 with a second show added on Sunday November 24). This labour-of-love show is produced by UK-born Toronto musician and impresario Luke Jackson, who worked with Nick’s string arranger, the late great Robert Kirby, on his 2009 album And Then Some. Luke is one of a handful of people entrusted with Kirby’s original arrangements of Nick’s songs. Faithful renditions of those songs with strings form the bedrock of the concert, and creative arrangements of the rest of Nick’s canon make up the balance of the night.

The house band features drummer Cam Giroux (Weeping Tile, By Divine Right), bassist Jason Mercer (Ron Sexsmith, Bourbon Tabernacle Choir, Ani Difranco), and Toronto renaissance man Kurt Swinghammer on guitar.

The string quartet comprises Wendy Solomon on cello, Johann Lotter on viola, and Sahra Featherstone and Alex Cheung on violin.

Three featured performers are flying in to participate in the concert: Michelle Willis (David Crosby, Snarky Puppy), Kevin Kane (The Grapes of Wrath), and Suzie Ungerleider (formerly Oh Susanna), along with Toronto singer/songwriters Kathryn Rose, Conor Gains and Trish Robb. Flautist Andrea Kovats and Jackson himself round out the line-up.

This concert marks the 50th anniversary of Nick Drake’s death on November 25, 1974, and will be the first Songs of Nick Drake concert in five years. Although Saturday's show is sold out, there are a few tickets remaining for the Sunday show right here. The last concert was held at the original Hugh’s Room in November 2019 and was lovingly recorded and filmed for posterity. You can watch it following the preview clip for the 50th Anniversary Concert below.