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nickelodeon
Music Club
Crescent Heights Community Hall - 1101 - 2nd Street N.W.
Mailing address: P. O. Box 63016, Stadium RPO
Calgary, AB T2N 4S5
32nd Season:
W
elcome to the 32nd anniversary season at the Nick!
We will present some old friends along with some
terrific newcomers. Please remember, we now start
all our shows at 7:30.
The home of the Nickelodeon is the Crescent Heights Community
Hall (1101 - 2nd Street NW). Seating is first-come first serve with
the following exception: season’s ticket holders who arrive early
will be given preferential admission from 6:50 - 7:00 P.M. Our
ticket capacity is 193 patrons, and 110 are season’s ticket holders.
Concerts begin at 7:30 p.m. with the doors opening at 7:00 p.m.
An evening at the Nick begins with an opening act, followed by
two sets by our featured performer. Breaks between sets allow
time for socializing and indulging in an entree, great cakes,
popcorn and other refreshments.
Guitar Raffle!  The Nick will once again conduct a raffle for a Bristol
BD-16 Dreadnought guitar and wall hanger, generously donated by
Mike MacLeod and The Acoustic Guitar. Tickets will be sold throughout
the season and our Nick performers will autograph the guitar. The
draw for this one-of-a-kind guitar will be held on April 14, 2012. All
proceeds from the Nickelodeon Guitar Raffle will be used to send youth
participants to the Foothills Acoustic Music Institute camp.
Smoke Free / Cell Phone Free Music! The Nick is a non-smoking
and cell phone free venue. We appreciate the cooperation of our
audience and volunteers in abiding by this policy and trust that it
keeps the ‘atmosphere’ even more pleasant.
Fall 2011
Tickets
• Our 2011-2012 season’s pass GOLD CARDS are sold
out.  The Nickelodeon thanks all those returning GOLD
CARD holders who are supporting the club once again.
We also warmly welcome those who have purchased a
GOLD CARD for the first time. GOLD CARD holders
are reminded that your season’s passes are transferable if you
cannot attend a performance. 
Online Ticket Sales
• $25 Advance Tickets for ALL 2011 concerts will go on sale
SEPTEMBER 15 and ALL January to April 2012 concerts will
go on sale DECEMBER 15 at pumphousetheatre.ca
Advance Ticket Sales At The Nick
• Starting at our first club on October 1, and at each club
thereafter, Nick patrons may purchase advance tickets for
any of our upcoming fall shows.
• $25 door tickets are only available if we do not sell out in
advance. Any remaining tickets will be sold first come,
first serve at the Crescent Heights Hall on the night of the
show.
The Nickelodeon Music Club is a volunteer operated, non-profit
organization. The Nick wishes to thank its volunteers for the
countless number of hours they dedicate. Without the work of our
volunteers, these special nights would not be possible.
The Nickelodeon wishes to thank Calgary Arts Development and the
Alberta Foundation for the Arts for their generous support. We also
wish to acknowledge airplay support of our performers on CKUA
and CJSW.
The Performers
Mae Moore
First Nickelodeon Headline Feb. ‘05
with Lester Quitzau
(British Columbia)
Warm honey - that is the flow of a Mae Moore song. Her poetics provide the dynamic, and her
voice is the sweet mellow stuff. Mae’s songwriting skills led to her debut recording Oceanview
Motel. This success was followed by her album Bohemia, an international hit in 1992, and Dragonfly
in 1995. Mae has begun to fulfill a contract with herself to bring her love of Canada, its history
and its deep, authentic stories to life through the abundance of her songwriting and musical
virtuosity. Folklore, her newest CD, is rich in colour and texture and substance, that harkens back to
a time when an album was listened to, not for its ‘singles’, but as a concept in its wholeness. Folklore
explores the decisions one makes in life and how these decisions form one’s own folklore. Mae’s
soulful blend of folk, jazz and roots is uniquely and potently her own.
Andrew and Zachari Smith
Her songs carry the same crafted tradition as some of
Canada’s finest: Bruce Cockburn, the McGarrigles,
Joni Mitchell but strongly bear the imprint of her own
making. - Ben Mink, musician and producer (k.d. lang, Feist).
Lennie Gallant
First Nickelodeon Headline Mar. ‘98
Colin Linden
A Nickelodeon Debut!
A Nickelodeon Debut!
(Nova Scotia)
October 15
Recognized by his peers as one of Canada’s best performing songwriters, Lennie Gallant has recorded
nine albums (seven in English and two in French), which have won him a host of awards and nominations
from the JUNO’s, East Coast Music Awards and the Canadian Folk Music Awards. His 2009 CD, If
We Had A Fire Won the 2010 Roots Recording of the Year at the East Coast Music Awards. Lennie
was inducted into the Order of Canada where it was said, “Gallant has garnered much respect for his
hard hitting songs chronicling the lives of people dealing with tremendous adversity and serious issues.
Songs like Peter’s Dream, Island Clay, Man of Steel and The Hope for Next Year, articulate the feelings of
many caught up in desperate situations beyond their control, and at the same time celebrate the beauty of
lifestyle and landscape with their strong poetry and stirring narratives.”
(British Columbia) First Nick Opener Oct. ‘02
A hockey game on a frozen lake, towns being born, a railroaders’ last trip,
characters, painters, laughs and tragedies are brought to life in Mark’s songs.
Growing up in Smithers B.C. meant finding things to do. Hockey and guitars?
Opposites perhaps, but a love of both makes for an interesting life. In 1990 he
worked on the first of his two albums with Roy Forbes. Dreams of the Highway
earned a nomination for roots traditional album at the West coast music awards.
Mark is touring with Scott Atchison, on guitar and mandolin, to support the
release of his 8th album West.
(Ontario)
October 29
Colin Linden is a singer and songwriter of great skill and his career has featured his playing on
over 300 albums, with 70 albums bearing the ‘Produced by Colin Linden’ credit. For the past
decade, he’s been a member of Blackie and the Rodeo Kings. His well-stocked trophy case
includes seven Junos and multiple Maple Blues Awards, and he was nominated for a Grammy for
A Tribute To Howlin’ Wolf. Linden has a well-deserved reputation as a slide guitar virtuoso of real
originality. 2007’s Easin’ Back To Tennessee served as an homage to the acoustic country blues. His
11th solo CD, From The Water, is a collection of, in Colin’s words, “some of the grooviest, funkiest
and most soulful songs I could have written and recorded”; highlighting Linden’s gritty and
emotionally eloquent vocals, typically fluent and resonant guitar work, and songs saturated with
gravitas, grace, and heart-rending soul.
Jim McLennan
Close to a masterpiece, “From The Water” is a stunning statement
from a supremely gifted man who seems to have music flowing
through his veins. Very highly recommended! - Blogcritics
(British Columbia) Andrew and Zachari Smith are a folk, alt-country and tap-style guitar, father son
duo. Andrew Smith was a winner of the 2006 Kerrville Newfolk Songwriting
Competition. They are multi-instrumentalists; combining guitar, baritone, dobro,
mandolin and banjo with pitch perfect harmonies. Andrew Smith “plays like
Don Ross and sounds like James Taylor”. Zachari’s songwriting is a sweet blend
of original folk and alt-country. His political subject matter harkens back to early
Dylan coupled with Beatlesque sensibilities. Their voices meld, like only families
can, and they perform in relaxed synchronicity. Andrew and Zachari released
their first duo CD called Travelling in 2011.
Mark Perry
“Our northern neighbor has given us some of the best
songwriters living today. You can add Lennie Gallant
to that list.” The Performing Songwriter
October 1
(Alberta) First Nick Opener Jan. ‘81
Jim McLennan was active as a solo performer in the western Canadian acoustic
music scene through the late ‘70s and early ‘80s. He developed a strong reputation
as a finger-style guitarist, specializing in coaxing piano and big band music out of
a single acoustic guitar. Arrangements of his music have been featured in Guitar
Player magazine. Though he took a 20-year hiatus from performing, his passion
for the guitar remained. This year Jim released his first solo CD, Six-String
Gumbo, a diverse plateful of solo instrumental guitar pieces, running from original
compositions to arrangments of swing, ragtime, pop and blues.
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Ruth Moody
1st Nick Headline, w/ The Wailin’ Jennys Oct. ‘04
1st Nick opener w/ The Wailin’ Jennys Nov. ‘02
(Manitoba)
November 12
Ruth Moody is a former lead singer with Scruj MacDuhk (The Duhks) and a founding member of The
Wailin’ Jennys, whose CD 40 Days won a Juno Award for best roots and traditional album of 2004.
Ruth was recognized by the International Songwriting Competition for her song One Voice, which has
become a signature song for The Wailin’ Jennys. In 2010, Ruth released her new solo CD, The Garden
which was nominated for a Juno Award and was the most played Canadian CD on international
folk radio shows. Ruth is an artist of exceptional depth and grace, with ethereal vocals, impressive
multi-instrumentalism and is a songwriter with a maturity and wisdom that belies her age. Her songs
are timeless, universal, and exceptionally well-crafted, all sung with an intimacy and honesty that is
unmistakably her own. Ruth will be accompanied at the Nick by her brother Richard Moody on violin
and Gilles Fournier on bass.
The Doll Sisters
(Alberta)
A Nickelodeon Debut!
The Doll Sisters started out singing harmonies in the little log church near their
The Canadian chanteuse is a multi-instrumentalist, superb
songwriter, and just has one of those voices - bold and brassy
one minute, whispery and haunting the next. - Duluth News
The Good Lovelies
A Nickelodeon Debut!
family’s farm. Jenna and Shelby cover the genres they love, folk, Celtic, bluegrass,
Appalachian, and cowboy. Members of U-22 Productions, founded to mentor
outstanding young songwriters under the age of 22 years, they won Red Deer’s
Central Music Festival 2010 Talent Search and were finalists in that years’ Calgary
Stampede Talent Search. Performing on fiddle, guitar, banjo and bodhran, with
wonderful sibling harmonies, their originals are unmistakably thought provoking
and unique. They are currently recording their first CD, an acoustic roots album
entitled The Road.
(Ontario)
Funny and upbeat, the Good Lovelies’ three-part harmonies, constant instrument swapping,
and witty on-stage banter, have enlivened the folk music landscape since Caroline Brooks, Kerri
Ough and Sue Passmore joined forces in 2006. They have played the Mariposa Festival and the
Montreal Jazz Festival and gone on tour with Stuart McLean and the Vinyl Cafe. Their holiday
album, Under the Mistletoe, showcases old and new seasonal tunes and the Good Lovelies’ selftitled CD proved their blithe brand of folk music has year-round appeal. With that recording,
the Good Lovelies won the New Emerging Artist Award at the Canadian Folk Music Awards.
In 2010, the same album received a Juno Award for Roots/Traditional Album of the Year. Let
the Rain Fall, their third full-length album, is an ode to camaraderie. With equal parts city and
country, highway and home, wistfulness and sass, the Good Lovelies’ good humour and selfassurance shines through.
Lowry Olafson
In a day when the too-hip-to-be-happy alt-country crowd
churns out verse after verse of dark, bar-fly banalities, (The
Good Lovelies) opt for a sound that is like a sonic sunshower. Peter North Edmonton Journal
Dala
A Nickelodeon Debut!
(British Columbia)
1st Nick opener Feb’97
Lowry Olafson’s intricate fingerstyle guitar playing provides a compelling backdrop
for his rich and uniquely soothing voice. His original songs, engaging anecdotes, and
inspired violin instrumentals invite listeners of all ages into a world that celebrates the
poetry of life. His repertoire covers a wide range of musical styles and moves easily
from his trademark love songs, to songs that inspire and get you thinking or tickle your
funny-bone, to songs of loss and longing that take you deeper into who you are. His
ninth CD, Borderland is ripe with imagery, and bursting with catchy melodies and soft
grooves.
(Ontario)
January 14
Amanda Walther and Sheila Carabine met in their high school music class and wrote their first song
together in 2002. Since then they have released five albums and toured extensively across North
America. Dala’s album Everyone Is Someone earned them their fifth Canadian Folk Music Award
nomination and a Toronto Independent Music Award for Best Folk Group. The live CD and DVD
for their PBS broadcast special, Girls From The North Country earned Dala the 2010 Canadian Folk
Music Award for Vocal Group of the Year and the live album was nominated for a 2011 Juno Award
for Roots and Traditional Album of the Year: Group. Dala write songs that are both catchy and
insightful. Amanda’s ethereal soprano voice blends seamlessly with Sheila’s velvety alto, creating the
lush harmonies that have become their trademark. The sheer joy with which they perform is infectious,
turning first-time listeners into instant fans.
Ann Vriend
“Dala can sing! What beautiful flights of melody and harmony,
reminiscent of the Everly Brothers, the Louvin Brothers,
Emmylou Harris and associates; though Dala can trade a
melody line and leave one wondering who is taking the lead
and simply leave one behind when the harmonies kick in. Peterborough Examiner
November 26
(Alberta)
A Nickelodeon Debut
Ann Vriend’s unique style brings together elements of soul, pop, country, jazz, blues
and gospel and so, as many critics agree, it sounds both familiar and strange at the
same time. Vriend’s vulnerable yet exquisite voice is often the first thing that turns
heads, while her story-like but often enigmatic lyrics reveal her lauded literary depth.
Her fifth CD Love & Other Messes defies narrow genres, veering effortlessly between
straight-ahead, quiet country, to soul-wrenching blues, to folk-inspired storytelling.
She is fantastic in concert, a very, very, funny woman that tends to belt out her songs
in between her most entertaining comedic intervals.
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Upcoming Concerts
JANUARY 28
Chic Gamine
Chic Gamine won a Juno for their debut CD and their second CD was
nominated. Four women with sweet or soul-torn voices, sing old-school
R&B and doo-wop and the French-Canadian chanson, jazzing up the
vibe with percolating drum kit beats and sauntering bass.
FEBRUARY 11
Valdy
Valdy is remembered for Play Me a Rock and Roll Song, his bittersweet memory of a relaxed and amiable story-teller, facing a rambunctious audience at the Aldergrove Rock Festival circa 1968.
Valdy has sold almost half a million copies of his 13 albums, has
two Juno Awards and seven Juno nominations.
FEBRUARY 25
The Breakmen
The Breakmen started out as a bluegrass quartet that became a sharply
focused roots music outfit that owes as much to The Band as it does to Bill
Monroe. Last year they earned Canadian Folk Music Award nominations
for Emerging Artist(s) of the Year and Vocal Ensemble of the Year.
MARCH 10 Lorne Elliott
Lorne Elliott started as a folk musician in East Coast Canada but kept
writing fiction as well as songs, monologues and one-liners. With his
unique and wacky performance style he’s totally original, entertaining,
up-lifting and foolish enough to make everybody laugh.
MARCH 24
The Once
The Once released a debut album that resulted in 2 Canadian folk
Music Awards, 4 Music Newfoudland and Labrador awards, an East
Coast Music Award, and a Galaxie Rising Star Award. They present
a subtle yet haunting folk sound, unaccompanied ballads layered with
“vocal harmonies thick enough to stand on”.
APRIL 14
Whitehorse
Whitehorse is the husband and wife duo of singers and songwriters,
Luke Doucet and Melissa McClelland whose songs are dangerously
personal, seductive and compelling. Juno nominee Luke is an
exceptionally fearless, fluid and melodic guitarist. Melissa’s vocals are
classic, timeless, enrapturing and brazenly genre-flouting.
Guitar Raffle!  The Nick will once again conduct a raffle for a Bristol BD-16 Dreadnought guitar and wall hanger, generously
donated by Mike MacLeod and The Acoustic Guitar (www.acousticguitar.net). Tickets will be sold throughout the season
and our Nick performers will autograph the guitar. The draw for this one-of-a-kind guitar will be held on April 14, 2012.
All proceeds from the Nickelodeon Guitar Raffle will be used to send youth participants to the Foothills Acoustic Music
Institute camp.
The Nickelodeon Music Club is a volunteer operated, non-profit organization. The Nick wishes to thank its volunteers for the
countless number of hours they dedicate. Without the work of our volunteers, these special nights would not be possible.
www.thenick.ca