This Saturday night, (Nov. 20), two of Western Canada's most promising rising folk music stars will share the stage at the Heritage Playhouse in Gibsons.
Performing for the first time on the Sunshine Coast, Joanna Chapman-Smith is a powerful young woman who has been making waves on the folk scene since 2002. On stage, sitting atop a percussion rig made out of a suitcase and outnumbered by instruments, she charms unassuming crowds into singing along and letting themselves be carried away into her world that questions right and wrong, mind and body, permanence and impermanence. Her music, influenced by her mixed Eastern European background, crosses North American folk with nostalgic and fiery Klezmer.
At 25 years old, she has already toured many times across Canada, the U.S., Europe and New Zealand. She has released two solo records to date - the most recent of which, Contraries, was awarded an IMA Award for best acoustic song.
Opening for Chapman-Smith are the Sunshine Coast's Rakish Angles, recently nominated for a West Coast Music Award. They performed to a sold-out Playhouse audience in 2009 after their first CD release and will have some new tunes to share with the audience. The boundary crossing, genre-blending stringband weaves an intricate tapestry of newgrass, Latin, Gypsy jazz and old-time music.
Tickets for the 8 p.m. show are $15 in advance or $18 at the door and $10 for students. Children under 12 are free. Tickets are available at Gaia's Fair Trade Gifts, MELOmania and WindSong Gallery.
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