Music Trees Calendar

By John Pippus

Every month our friend and musician John Pippus puts this newsletter with the calendar for the Trees Music Series.

Here is the January Music Line-Up at Trees Organic Coffee House. 450 Granville St. Live music every Thursday and Friday at 8PM. As you can see, we have another “artist in residence” this month. Bernard Boulanger (see photo below) plays in a variety of styles and possesses a mordant wit that shows in his lyric writing. Mordant wit. I never thought I would put that in a sentence.

Calendar

Thursday Jan. 5th

Andrew Gangte
Megan Twist
Christopher Clark

Friday Jan. 6th

Rob Fillo
Beth Arrison
Bernard Boulanger

Thursday Jan. 12th

Kasandra Cutting
Sandy Gritt
Chilli & Sage

Friday Jan. 13th

Cory Hawthorne

Braden Mutch
Joey Clarkson
Bernard Boulanger

Thursday Jan. 19th

Adam Briscoe
Nat Jay
Cory Woodward

Friday Jan. 20th

Marq DeSouza
The River & The Road
Bernard Boulanger

Thursday Jan. 26th

Rowan Tichenor
Patsy Thompson
Cory Hawthorne

You can also see the listings on the Events/Calendar page at the Trees Coffee website.

In other news….

Our 6th Annual Xmas Trees Drop-In raised over $100 for the Randy Ponzio Fund. Randy was one of Vancouver’s most promising singer/songwriters. He died in November leaving behind three young children. Not many people that I’ve met have touched so many with his positive, supportive energy. He was the same on stage as he was off stage. Full of light and love.

Congratulations to Nat Jay for scoring a major grant from FACTOR to help her get her first full-length CD produced. She’s playing at Trees in January and again in February, before heading down to Nashville.

Watch for Ev’s first EP to be finished in February (on the photo). Produced by Michael Dewey.

Our Thursday host, Ryan Fletcher, now has his Tuesday night radio show, Melodies In Mind, syndicated to nine university stations in Canada. Have a look at the site and click on “Guests A-Z” to see all the performers who have been on the show since it started. It’s a long list!

Ahem. Since its release in early September, my third album, “Wrapped Up In The Blues” has been played on radio stations in: Wales, England, Scotland, Holland, Denmark, Norway, Germany, Croatia, Italy, Australia (including Tasmania), USA, and here in Canada. Check it out on Amazon or iTunes.

If you like twangy country music with original lyrics and killer lead guitar playing, have a listen to Cory Hawthorne’s latest album. He’s playing at Trees on Jan. 26th too, if you want to see the man in action. This guy should be playing stadiums.

Every Tuesday at Displace Hashery 3293 West 4th. the best open mic in the west side of the city. Come and enjoy the performances of amazing musicians or come play and network with the music community. Sign up at 8:30 PM