Tuesday, February 9, 2010 - Music From The Heart: Songwriter's Circle
Leading up to
Valentines day, award-winning singer-songwriters Dave Gunning, Lennie Gallant,
Thom Swift and Steven Bowers will bring their “Music From The 
Heart”
Songwriters’ Circle to Strathspey Place on Tuesday Feb. 9th 2010.
Dave Gunning
Multiple-award-winning singer-songwriter Dave Gunning
released his latest album We’re All Leaving (Fontana North) in Sept. 2009. The
album, nominated for three 2010 ECMAs (FACTOR Recording of the Year, SOCAN
Songwriter of the Year and Male Solo Recording of the Year), offers 11 songs
that include co-writes with acclaimed musicians James Keelaghan, David Francey,
Matt Andersen and producer Jamie Robinson. Since debuting with Lost Tracks in
1997, Gunning has won six Music Nova Scotia Awards and three ECMAs, including
2008 Folk Recording, Male Artist for House for Sale and 2005 Folk Recording for
Two-bit World. He also won the Indie International Songwriting Contest in the
folk category for the song “Hard Workin’ Hands.
[www.davegunning.com]
Lennie
Gallant
Recognized by
his peers as one of Canada’s best performing songwriters, Lennie Gallant has
released nine albums (seven in English and two in French) which have won him a
host of awards and nominations from both the JUNO and ECMAs. His album, When We
Get There was nominated for a JUNO Award and went into space aboard Space
Shuttle Endeavour in July 2009. Canadian astronaut Julie Payette chose the album
for the astronaut crew to enjoy. Over 30 artists have recorded his songs,
including Jimmy Buffett, who invited Gallant to perform it on stage with him.
His songs have also appeared in feature films, television series, and in
numerous theatrical productions. As a performer, Gallant’s intense delivery
reaches down to the very soul of his audience, moving effortlessly through
stirring narratives, comic observations, and hard driving rhythms. Gallant has
just released two new albums, one in English If We Had A Fire and one in French
Le coeur hante´.
[www.lenniegallant.com]
Thom
Swift
Multi-award-winning singer-songwriter Thom Swift will
release his second full-length studio album titled Blue Sky Day
(GroundSwell/Warner) on February 16. His debut recording Into the Dirt, released
nationally in 2007, won an ECMA, a Maple Blues Award, a Galaxie Rising Star
prize and two Music Nova Scotia Awards, including Musician of the Year in 2008.
He was also selected by CBC’s Song Quest in 2009 as one of Canada’s top
songwriters. Like his first recording, Blue Sky Day was produced by Swift and
Halifax-based engineer/producer Charles Austin. It features 11 original songs
and a cover of “No Depression In Heaven” and offers Swift’s distinctive blend of
roots, blues, rock, folk, country and rag style.
[www.thomswift.com]
Steven
Bowers
A gifted
songwriter, singer and an award-winning producer, Steven Bowers has three
critically acclaimed CDs and a new EP to his credit. He was a finalist in the
International Songwriting Competition for his song "Bees In Jars", and was a
previous semi-finalist for his song “The Boy Who Lost An Eye”, both from his
latest full CD Homing. A masterful collection of 11 songs marked by heartbreak
and longing, and ultimately a ray of redemption, “Homing” was recognized with
Music Nova Scotia Award nominations for Songwriter, Folk Recording and Producer
of the Year and a 2009 ECMA nomination for Folk Recording of the Year. Bowers
celebrated the release of his latest recording, a six song EP titled Circadian
Anthem, with a 26-stop cross-country tour in August 2009. His song “Comfortably
Sweet” (featuring Christina Martin) spent several weeks in the top ten on the
nationally syndicated East Coast Countdown radio program.
[www.stevenbowers.com]
The Music From
The Heart tour is made possible through support from Music Nova Scotia's
"Bringin' It Home" Program.
Showtime: 8:00 PM
Admission: $20.00 \ $16 for members
