Eric Bibb invades Alberta!

Eric Bibb Tickets





Tue, 24 Jan 2006
Esplanade Centre
Medicine Hat, Alberta

Thu, 26 Jan 2006
Arden Theatre
Saint Albert, Alberta

Fri, 27 Jan 2006
Arden Theatre
Saint Albert, Alberta

Sat, 28 Jan 2006
Jack Singer Concert Hall
Calgary, Alberta

Sun, 29 Jan 2006
Banff Centre
Theatre Complex
Banff, Alberta


Eric Bibb, already enjoying success in Europe, is becoming a familiar face, and voice, on the U. S. acoustic folk-blues scene. His unique talent continues to draw critical acclaim around the world. Twice nominated for the W. C. Handy awards and winner of the "Best Newcomer" title in the British Blues awards, Bibb has been appropriately described as "discreetly awesome" and "a total original." As his popularity escalates, earlier comparisons to legendary greats Ry Cooder and Taj Mahal are being replaced by quotes that speak to Bibb's ability to "use standard blues ingredients to cook up something all his own."

Born in 1951, Bibb is a native New Yorker with deep roots in American Blues and Folk tradition. He is the son of '60s folk and musical theatre singer and television personality, Leon Bibb. His uncle was world famous jazz pianist/composer, John Lewis, of the Modern Jazz Quartet, and singer/actor/activist Paul Robeson was his godfather. Surrounded by major musical figures of the day, the young Bibb was inspired and influenced by Odetta, Richie Havens, Pete Seeger, Earl Robinson, Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Judy Collins and many others.

Bibb got his first steel stringed guitar when he was seven. By junior high school, he was consumed by music. At age 16, Bibb's father invited him to play guitar in the house band for his television show "Someone New." Later years found Bibb playing guitar for the Negro Ensemble Company in 1969 at St. Mark's Place in New York. He left for Paris at age 19, making his way playing in restaurants, traveling from Paris to Sweden, settling in Sweden in the '70s. He returned to New York for a brief 5-year stay in the '80's, where he continued writing and opening for headliners such as The Persuasions, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Tania Maria and Etta James.

Bibb's first signing was to BMG/Sweden as a writer, in the early '80s. He later signed to the independent Swedish label OPUS 3, producing several albums; SPIRIT & THE BLUES and GOOD STUFF were recently released in the United States on EarthBeat!, helping to place Bibb more prominently in the international spotlight. Bibb went to London in 1996 at the invitation of the London Blues Festival. Since then, he has toured the world, enjoying success in the UK, USA, Canada, France, Sweden, Ireland and Germany, appearing on major television shows and radio programs. Bibb has performed at many major festivals including Glastonbury, The Barbican American Festival, The Guinness Blues Festival, Midfytns Festival, Cognac Blues Festival, Vancouver Folk Festival, Montreal Jazz Festival, Seattle's Earshot Jazz Festival, Chicago World Music Festival, Bull Durham Blues Festival, San Francisco Jazz Festival and others. He has toured the United States and Canada on bills headlined by Robert Cray.

A performance by Eric Bibb is an enriching experience--both musically and spiritually. His music, like his personality, is intimate, assured and passionate, drawing listeners into the moment more as participants than spectators. It is not uncommon for the audience to be left standing and wanting more.

Bibb's rich and sensitive vocals and lyrics provide a perfect balance to his fine fingerpicking technique. Purveying a beautifully realized and deftly accomplished soulful and gospel-infused folk-blues, Bibb has no problem blending various genres effortlessly, melding a traditional rootsy American style with a subtle, contemporary sensibility. As one critic wrote, "Eric's singing and versatile guitar playing fuses a variety of genres to become a New World blues."

Bibb continues to tour at festivals and notable venues throughout Europe and in the U. S. and Canada. With Bibb's new-found fame and his new record (PAINTING SIGNS, which charted on Gavin AAA and Album Network Totallyadult AAA, CMJ and Living Blues charts immediately upon its release), it would appear that the sky is the only limit Bibb is acknowledging these days.

"Eric is one of the new, young singers that has appeared on the scene that, much to my delight, has a great voice, is an excellent performer, and has a great knowledge about the roots of this music. I love him. He is highly regarded amidst a select group of young, new, black interpreters of this music." -- Taj Mahal

Nickleback - Canada Tour

Nickleback Canadian Concert Listings:

Tue, 24 Jan 2006
Enmax Centre
Lethbridge, Alberta

Thu, 26 Jan 2006 7:00 PM
Credit Union Centre
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Fri, 27 Jan 2006
Brandt Centre
Regina, Saskatchewan

Sat, 28 Jan 2006 7:00
MTS Centre
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Wed, 15 Feb 2006 7:00 PM
Air Canada Centre
Toronto, Ontario

Fri, 17 Feb 2006 7:00 PM
Bell Centre
Montreal, Quebec

Sat, 18 Feb 2006 7:00 PM
Scotiabank Place
Ottawa, Ontario

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Jordon Knight - Winnipeg & Toronto

Jordon Knight Tickets
Wed, 25 Jan 2006 8:00 PM
Winnipeg, Manitoba
&
Sat, 28 Jan 2006 7:00 PM
Toronto, Ontario

As frequent lead vocalist for New Kids On The Block, Jordan Knight toured the world's stages, belting out a pop-R&B rap hybrid that climbed to the Top 20 ten times in half as many years, sparked a revolution in merchandising, and endeared five young men to millions of crazed fans. His fame endures as evidenced by the tens of thousands of fans that visit his web page (www.jordanknight.com) every week.

Knight was just shy of 15 when he joined what would become New Kids On The Block. At 16, he began teaching himself keyboards. By 17, Knight had begun writing songs. But Maurice Starr, the New Kids' producer, who also wrote much of the New Kids material, was reluctant to add the teenager's work to the band's repertoire. Knight offered his composition "I'll Be Your Everything" to a young singer named Tommy Page. Page's version of the track, which Knight produced, went all the way to #1 and spent 13 weeks on the Billboard charts.

The New Kids On The Block's fourth album, Step by Step, hit #1 in the U.S. and the U.K. The New Kids also had record selling merchandise, the debut of New Kids cartoon series and milestones on top of bestselling books, video collections and comic strips. Five of their albums were charting simultaneously on the Billboard 200. At the peak of the band's popularity, their recorded telephone message line received 100,000 calls a week. Conservative estimates of the New Kids' 1990 income topped $850 million.

As a solo artist, Knight enlisted the help of veteran producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. As it turns out, Jam and Lewis were intrigued by Knight's concepts for his first solo album and quickly took the gig. The album turned out to be a success. In 1999/2000, Knight enjoyed Top 10 status in Asia, England and Germany as well as the rest of Europe with his debut single "Give It To You." In America, the single went platinum and the album went gold.

With his first solo album under his belt, Knight has been in the studio non stop continually expanding his repertoire and is currently preparing the next solo project with a scheduled release in 2005. Knight feels that this project, judging from the countless letters from fans that subscribe to his website, is being eagerly awaited. As seen on VH-1's "The Surreal Life," Knight is ready to embark upon the new phase of his already impressive recording career.

Jordan made his small screen debut on reality television in the summer of 2004 on VH1's 3rd season of the "Surreal Life" and on the UK's hit TV show "Trust Me I'm A Holiday Rep" in fall of 2005. Knight released his sophomore solo EP in October 2005 under Lou Pearlman's label Trans Continental Records. The first single "Where Is Your Heart Tonight" has already become a Top 25 hit on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Charts and is still climbing the charts. Plans are in the works for a spring 2006 album release.