Northern Lights Festival Boréal (NLFB)  is currently accepting vendor/crafter/artisan applications for the 2012 festival. The festival will take place July 6^th, 7^th and 8^th at Bell Park, Sudbury.  The festival traditionally hosts numerous food vendors, artisans, crafters, retailers, as well as non-profit and environmental exhibitors. The festival usually attracts anywhere between 10,000 and 15,000 patrons from Northern Ontario and beyond, and is host to 40+ musical acts. Vendor application forms and information regarding fees, logistics and more can be found online at: www.nlfbsudbury.com/vendors.

Vendors will be selected through a formal application process and can expect to hear back by May 31, 2012 at the absolute latest. Originality is certainly an asset, as NLFB organizers seek to preserve the eclectic and diverse atmosphere the festival has become known for.

“We had a great diversity of vendors and non-profit displays last year, and we seek only to expand on this for 2012,” says Max Merrifield, Outreach and Logistics Coordinator with the festival.

NLFB is Canada’s longest continuous running music festival and celebrated its 40^th anniversary in 2011. Over the years NLFB has grown from a one day event called the ‘Northern Lights Folk Festival’ into a seasoned presenter of Canadian roots and modern music. The modern NLFB experience can be described as, ‘a roots music festival that loves modern music,’ or ‘a modern music festival that’s in love with its roots.’

For more information, please contact the Northern Lights Festival Boréal office at nlfbmarketing@gmail.com / 705-674-5512

Northern Lights Festival Boréal is pleased to offer discount early bird passes for the 2012 festival. The festival will take place July 6th, 7th and 8th at Bell Park, Sudbury. A limited quantity of weekend passes will be available between Thursday, January 12th, 2012 and Monday, Wednesday February 29th, 2012 for the discounted price of $45.00 (reg. $70.00).

PASSES ARE NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE VIA PAYPAL: http://nlfbsudbury.com/tickets. Passes may also be purchased from the NLFB office at 19 Grey St. Suite 3 during regular office hours (9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.). Passes will also be available for purchase at Records on Wheels (56 Elm St.). Further information can be obtained by calling the NLFB office at: 705-674-5512.

“2012 certainly promises to be one for the books, and $45.00 is a fantastic value for the diversity of entertainment you will be seeing this summer. We’re going to have a number of highly acclaimed performers this year, as well as a fantastic roster of emerging artists, which the festival has become known for. I’d encourage people to pick up these passes while they can,” says Max Merrifield, Outreach and Logistics Coordinator with the festival.

NLFB is Canada’s longest continuous running music festival and celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2011. Over the years NLFB has grown from a one day event called the ‘Northern Lights Folk Festival’ into a seasoned presenter of Canadian roots and modern music. The modern NLFB experience can be described as, ‘a roots music festival that loves modern music,’ or ‘a modern music festival that’s in love with its roots.’

For more information, please contact the Northern Lights Festival Boréal office at nlfbmarketing@gmail.com / 705-674-5512

Calamity Jane, an exciting recent collaboration between songstresses

Cindy Doire and Andrea Ramolo, will perform, as a 4-piece band with

guitar, bass, percussion and fiddle, at the home of Julie Boivin and

Gerry Guimond on Sunday, January 22nd at 8:00 p.m.  Doire and Ramolo

have written 14 brand new songs and they are all sung together in harmony.

Respecting their individual talents as solo artists, some of their solo material,

including some of Cindy’s French songs, will also be included in the show.

You must make reservations in advance by emailing Scott at

housecon.sud@gmail.com or phoning him at 674-0422. Directions

can also be obtained at this number. Space is limited and

most of these house concerts sell out, so don’t delay. Once capacity

is reached additional names will be put on a waiting list in case of

cancellations. So, if you are confirmed and your plans change, be sure

to contact Scott right away.

We’re suggesting a minimum contribution to the performers’ fee of $20

and 100% of what we take in will go to the artist. Bring whatever you

want to drink and, if you like, something to contribute to the snack

table.

For more information visit the following websites:

http://calamityjanemusic.ca/

http://www.cindydoire.com/

http://www.andrearamolo.com/

Friday, November 18, Kevin Closs at The Cinco Centavos

25 years of songwriting and living in the North. Please join Kevin for music and memories in a beautiful intimate downtown venue. $20/person; $35/couple. Space is very limited.Tickets available at Cinco Centavos. There is only room for about 25 people.

http://www.kevincloss.com/

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Saturday, November 19 Peter Katz at  Fromagerie Elgin.

Tickets on sale and will sell out fast! $20, available only at the Fromagerie.

http://www.peterkatz.com

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Saturday November 26, 8:00 p.m. Caracol and Sarah Bradley at the

Little Montreal

‘Au cœur de l’hiver de 2011, Carole Facal (alias Caracol) s’est enfermé dans un cocon sonore pour composer les pièces de son nouvel album ‘Blanc mercredi’. Inspirés par des images hivernales, des poems d’amour, des livres de peinture et d’art déco, ses textes francophones et anglophones se collent à des musiques aux accents folk, pop alternatif et rétro-soul.Accompagnée par ses musiciens, c’est dans une ambiance quasi familial que Caracol peint son « Blanc mercredi ». En cet univers intimiste,

les sonorités délicieusement fêlées côtoient les harmonies vocales  raffinées et les guitares, résonateurs, ukulélés, vieux amplificateurs et percussions de toutes sortes. Le résultat est lumineux et authentique, résolument moderne, rempli d’amour… non sans ironie pour Caracol, qui avait jadis juré ne jamais écrire à ce sujet! Or, ses chansons hypersensibles rappellent que la beauté existe toujours et que les certitudes, aussi rares soient-elles, sont belles.’

It’s was on a snowy winter morning that Carole Facal (a.k.a Caracol) came up with her first muse for « Blanc Mercredi ». In the comfort of her cozy studio, surrounded by her faithful instruments, she wrote interminably… Inspired by winter images, love poems, paintings and Art Deco books, the songs started to rise. French and English lyrics were given beautiful folk, pop, alternative and retro-soul melodies. From this enchanting, slightly chaotic universe, emerged a collection of songs where sophisticated vocal harmonies, resonator guitars, ukuleles, old amplifiers and percussion of all kinds remind you that beauty still exists and that certainties, as rare as they are, are a beautiful thing.

For this second album, Caracol surrounded herself with pretty much the same team as for her first critically acclaimed recording, “L’Arbre aux Parfums” (2008). Produced by Sébastien Blais-Montpetit (Producer of the year 2011 at the ADISQ with Radio Radio and guitarist with DJ Champion) and accompanied by her touring musicians, “Blanc Mercredi” has a family-like spirit. This results in a luminous, authentic and modern album filled with love. Ironic for one whom once had vowed never to write about love!

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 Thursday, December 1, 7:30pm – 10:30pm The Laurentian Jazz Combo at the 1500 Pub & Grill

Live jazz! Great players!

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Dec. 3 Ian Tamblyn House Concert

Yes, sadly for those who haven’t yet reserved, reservations for the Dec 3 Ian Tamblyn concert have reached capacity and there is a waiting list for cancellations. So PLEASE, if you have a reservation and your plans change, let Scott know ASAP (706-674-0422) so your space can go to someone else in time for them to plan to attend. Please don’t cancel at the last minute or, worse, just not show up.

artistic@nlfbsudbury.com

or

Paul Loewenberg
Northern Lights Festival Boréal
19 Grey St. Suite 3
Sudbury, ON
P3E 3L2

(electronic formats preferred if possible)

Nov. 4, 2011

64 Indian Rd. in Sudbury

Music @9pm

BYOB

ALL ARE WELCOME!

Facebook Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=272395052799732

64 Indian Rd. is proud to host BC Folk/Rock duo Jesse Dee & Jacquie B this Friday at 64 Indian Rd. in Sudbury. Jesse & Jacquie are fantastic performers, on tour promoting their album “Our Ghosts Will Fill These Walls”. We are asking a $5 suggested minimum donation and all donations go directly to the artists. Music will begin at 9pm. BYOB and feel free to bring snacks to share. Check out their music here: http://www.jesseandjacquie.com/Jesse_Dee_%26_Jacquie_B/Jesse_Dee_%26_Jacquie_B_-_Home.html .

“Musically, they play a strange mix of twenties and thirties and forties and even fifties but not really those, either. You can hear a little vamp, a little jazz slink, a little folk and a whole lot of electric—what? I’m not sure most of the time but since hearing it the first time, I’m convinced every musician needs to hear it just to hear what is possible when everything clicks on all levels. Okay, it is Americana, if that means anything (and to me, it doesn’t), but it is a hybrid Americana of the best kind wrapped up in a rock blanket. It’s not making sense, is it? Maybe what I want to say is that in this case the music does not necessarily dominate, the musicians do. And on the other hand, maybe it is the other way around. If you find that confusing, imagine how confused am I.

It should be easy, locking down sounds and genres, but these guys make it tough. I would love to be able to point to comparisons but I don’t know any. All I can say is it is Jesse and Jacquie. And it isn’t because they don’t play in a variety of styles but because they do it so well that they OWN the songs. This is great stuff! I mean GREAT stuff! I haven’t heard anything quite like it.”

-A review written for the Folk and Acoustic Music Exchange
by Frank Gutch Jr.