Acoustic Harvest presents Russell deCarle & Steve Briggs @ 200 McIntosh, Saturday

Singer/songwriter Russell deCarle is joined by guitar ace Steve Briggs for an Acoustic Harvest hoedown in Scarborough. 

Russell deCarle & Steve Briggs

at 200 McIntosh St, Scarborough

Saturday, April 18 at 8 pm

Tickets: $35 plus fees

After decades as the highly respected lead vocalist and bassist with Prairie Oyster, with "six Juno Awards, more than a dozen Canadian Country Music Awards and enough gold and platinum records and #1 singles to fill a living room wall", Russell deCarle continues to write, record and perform moving music. 

With his intimate, smokey, burnished voice, Russell has a knack for inviting audiences into his realm and embracing them with his words of heartbreak and hope, sadness and joy, wisdom and truth....he's truly a thinking singer-songwriter, a balladeer, connecting with people over achingly beautiful songs and stories about the land and world in which we live. His repertoire is eclectic, ranging from Country to Blues to Swing, Jazz, Rockabilly etc. and all delivered in his trademark, soulful voice and mesmerizing stage presence. Russell was inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame in 2008. 

Russell's two most recent self-released recordings, 2017's Alone In This Crowd and 2024's The End of The Road – both involving his sidekick guitarist Steve Briggs – represent some of finest work of his impressive career.  

Join us for an evening of stellar music and warm vibes. Get tickets right here. 

 

Hag's Big City B'day w/ Jamie Oliver & pals @ The Horseshoe, April 1

This year's Merle Haggard birthday bash includes special guests Jim Cuddy, Russell deCarle, Caitlin Hanford and more!

Tickets for Hag's Big City B'day Bash are $25 advance and are going fast right here. 

18th Annual Patsy Cline Birthday Show @ Lula Lounge, Thursday

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. 

Toronto's annual Patsy Cline Birthday Show returns to Lula Lounge, September 5

Join your host Heather Morgan along with Lori Yates, Russell deCarle and others in a boffo birthday salute to country legend Patsy Cline. Don't miss it! 

Here's the scoop...

Following a brief hiatus, Toronto's annual Patsy Cline Birthday Show – hosted by Heather Morgan – is coming back to Lula Lounge (1585 Dundas St. West) for it's 18th year on Thursday, September 5th (which is three days prior to Patsy's actual birthday of September 8 for those keeping score at home). And once again, the always entertaining music scene get-together features Patsy Cline's timeless tunes performed by an all-star band of local musicians tastefully supporting an impressive cast of superb song stylists including Lori Yates, Russell deCarle, Kathryn Rose, Michelle Rumball, Paul Reddick, Rosita Stone, Sonya Côté, Danny Marks, Samantha Windover and Julie Michels with more on the way!

This will be an early show starting at 8:30 pm sharp with doors opening at 7 pm.  General admission tickets are $33.28 and available online right here. Dinner reservations guarantee seating. For info, check the Lula Lounge site right here: https://www.lula.ca/reservations. Check out a few clips from shows past with Steve Briggs leading the band and guitarist Nichol Robertson picking up a storm and the dependable Teddy Hawkins on drums and backing vocals.  

Russell deCarle previews new album The End Of The Road with "Mean Streak"

Russell deCarle's forthcoming album The End Of The Road is out March 18. Check out "Mean Streak" below.  

 

You can order a copy of Russell deCarle's new album from his site right here. 

Celebrate Patsy's 90th at Toronto's annual Patsy Cline Birthday Bash

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. 

Dinner reservations guarantee seating: call (416) 588-0307, or visit online @ www.lulalounge.ca/

More details @ Facebook page right here

 

Performers for this year's show

Sonya Jezebel Coté (chanteuse, actor, author)

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).

Willie P. Bennett Tribute @ Hugh's Room, Thursday

Here's a rare clip of the late great Willie P. Bennett performing at Hamilton's Festival of Friends back in 1976. 

Russell deCarle launches Alone In This Crowd @ Dakota Tavern, October 17

Russell's reading of David Halley's "Rain Just Falls" is a highlight of his new album available right here.

The 9th Annual Patsy Cline Birthday Show @ Lula Lounge, tonight!

Here are a few rare Patsy Cline performances to get you in the swing of this evening's big event. 

The 9th Annual Patsy Cline Birthday Show 
@ Lula Lounge (1585 Dundas St. West) 
Doors: 7 pm, Showtime: 8:30 pm. 
Admission: $15. Reservations: 416-588-0307.

Performers:
Heather Morgan – host
Alex Pangman
Russell deCarle (Prairie Oyster)
Kathryn Rose
Blair Packham
Gill Deacon (CBC's Here & Now)
Danny Marks
Ori Dagan
Sarah Butler (The Millwinders)
Cindy Diore (Scarlet Jane)
Ginger St James
Melanie Brulee
Julie Michels
Helen Stewart
Kim Doolittle
Samantha Windover
Jamie Browning
Angie Gunn
Margaret Stowe

Band members:
Steve Briggs of the Bebop Cowboys (bandleader guitarist)
Nichol Robertson – guitar
Denis Keldie – keyboards
Dennis Pendrith – upright bass
Cam Giroux – drums
Ted Hawkins – harmony vocals

Patsy Cline Birthday Bash @ Lula Thursday

It's lucky number seven for Toronto's own Heather Morgan who's once again hosting her hugely successful annual Patsy Cline birthday celebration at the Lula Lounge on Thursday (September 6) marking the late country legend's 80th.

As usual, Morgan has assembled a fabulous cast of more than 20 local performers to sing Patsy's songs including Mary Margaret O'Hara, Russell deCarle, Lori Yates, Alex Pangman, Colonel Tom Parker, Kathryn Rose, Danny Marks, Tressa Levasseur, Paul Reddick, Laura Repo and others tastefully backed by the superb backing band led by the Bebop Cowboys' guitar picker deluxe Steve Briggs with Dennis Pendrith on upright bass, Nichol Robertson on guitar, James Gray playing piano and Ted Hawkins on drums. Along with paying tribute to one of country music's greatest voices, Morgan's warmly welcoming event also works quite nicely to bring together musicians from various cliques within the Toronto roots music community in a relaxed setting.

Tickets are $15 will be available at the door of the Lula Lounge (1585 Dundas St. West) which opens at 7 pm with the show getting underway at 8:30 pm sharp. A donation from the evening's proceeds will be made to ArtsCan Circle: www.artscancircle.ca in support of at risk youth in remote native Canadian communities. There's lots of standing room at the Lula Lounge but if you want a guaranteed seat, dinner reservations can be made by calling 416-588-0307 or simply email: reserve@lula.ca