Don't miss this rare Toronto appearance of keyboard ace Benmont Tench at Lula Lounge on Tuesday. Get tickets here.
Here's the scoop on Benmont's new solo album, The Melancholy Season...
Legendary keyboard player and founding member of Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Benmont Tench, released his second solo album, The Melancholy Season, via Dark Horse Records on March 7th. Tench’s first solo effort in over a decade – following 2014’s You Should Be So Lucky – The Melancholy Season was produced by Jonathan Wilson (Father John Misty, Margo Price) and includes performances by Taylor Goldsmith (Dawes), Sara Watkins (Nickel Creek), singer/songwriter Jenny O and Sebastian Steinberg (Iron and Wine, Soul Coughing). You can get a copy of the record right here. Check out the video for "The Melancholy Season" directed by Chloe Badner along with a few of Benmont's interviews below.
The timeless songs of Patsy Cline will be performed by Russell deCarle, Lori Yates, Kathryn Rose, Heather Morgan and many others. Get tickets right here.
After a two year hiatus, Heather Morgan brings back her Patsy Cline Birthday Salute with an all-star cast of Toronto artists Sept. 8th
Here's the scoop...
After a two-year break, one of Toronto’s longest-running music events — the annual tribute to singer Patsy Cline — is returning to Lula Lounge on Thursday September 8.
Hosted and curated by Heather Morgan, this will be the 15th time that the event’s been held to commemorate Cline’s legacy; the all-star concert is being held on what would have been Cline’s 90th birthday.
Only 30 when she died in a plane crash in 1963, Cline’s influence on generations of singers is as strong as ever. One of the best remembered artists from country music's golden age, the songs she was associated with are interpreted today by artists in many different genres.
Artists at the Lula Lounge concert include jazz singers Julie Michels and Sophia Perlman, blues-based artists Ginger St. James and Danny Marks, the Daniel-Raum trio led by classical violinist Erica Raum, trombonist-singer Charlotte McAfee-Brunner, cabaret singers Sonya Jezebel Coté and Samantha Windover as well as roots country artist Russell deCarle, Kathryn Rose and Helen Stewart. (see full list below).
The 15th annual celebration of the music of country singer Patsy Cline
featuring 13 local artists performing their favourite Patsy Cline songs
at Toronto's Lula Lounge (1585 Dundas Street West)
on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022
Showtime: Doors at 7:00 p.m.; show 8:30 p.m. sharp (note early start)
Tickets: $25 advance, $35 at the door available here.
Russell deCarle (now solo; once lead singer with Prairie Oyster)
Kathryn Rose (singer-songwriter, international road warrior)
Laura Hubert (formerly with the late-lamented Leslie Spit Trio)
Danny Marks (blues guitarist/singer, busiest player in town))
Charlotte McAfee-Brunner (old-school jazz trombonist and singer)
Julie Michels (Toronto-based jazz singer)
Heather Morgan (founder of the annual Patsy Cline events)
Sophia Perlman (jazz singer with soul)
Ginger St James (Hamilton-based blues rocker)
Helen Stewart (veteran old-school country singer)
The Daniel-Raum Trio (a classical group’s take on Patsy Cline)
Samantha Windover (a regular at this show since she was 14)
The artists will be accompanied by a band led by guitarist Steve Briggs including Dennis Pendrith (bass), Teddy Hawkins (drums/harmony vocals), and Dennis Keldie (keys, accordion) and Burke Carroll (pedal steel).
Many people celebrate St. Patrick's Day but none do it up quite like the fabulous Mary Margaret O'Hara and her party-starting brother Marcus whose 32nd Annual Martian Awareness Ball is set for Wednesday (March 17) at Lula Lounge (1585 Dundas West).
Yep, you read that right, the unhinged celebrity sing-a-thon in green is at Lula this year so don't show up at the Horseshoe unless you really want to hear Scout Niblett explain how certain chemical engineering processes and astrological phases relate to her songs. Those who'd rather leave the slide rule at home and hang out with the eminently entertaining O'Hara clan, the Lula Lounge doors open at 8 pm, show time is 9:30 pm and tickets $15 at the door or $10 advance if you order them here.
Beautiful by Mary Margaret O'Hara w/ Blue Rodeo for Kumbaya 1993 @ Ontario Place
