By Steve Newton TUESDAY: the Rickshaw presents Montreal-based Celtic-punk band the Peelers at LanaLou's Restaurant, with guest Johnny Trash. TUESDAY TO FRIDAY: the Arts Club Theatre Company presents the musical Million Dollar Quartet-- which depicts the famed 1956 jam session between Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins--at the Granville Island Stage. … Continue reading Newt’s top 10 (or 12) things to do in Vancouver this week, July 3 to 7
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Beppe Gambetta has been a Zeppelin guy and a Doc Watson guy
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT, AUG. 28, 2003 Beppe Gambetta has been opening new doors for American traditional music in Europe since 1977, when he founded the acclaimed Italian bluegrass group Red Wine. In recent years his output has included Serenata, a 1997 CD of works by turn-of-the-century Italian string virtuosi, which he recorded … Continue reading Beppe Gambetta has been a Zeppelin guy and a Doc Watson guy
Fingerstyle guitarist and Beatles freak Steven King is scary good
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT, MAY 30, 2002 By Steve Newton Steven King may not be as well known as the horror scribe who spells his name differently, but he’s been winning acclaim as a technically boggling acoustic fingerstyle guitarist since 1994. That was the year King claimed the U.S. National Fingerpicking Championship, performing … Continue reading Fingerstyle guitarist and Beatles freak Steven King is scary good