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Artists
Bluegrass Horizons Bone Lake Amphitheatre "The playing is just superb, these guys are fantastic." - CBC Radio One Andrew Collins - mandolin Brad Keller - guitar Brian Kobayakawa - bass John Showman - fiddle This ridiculously talented Canadian group takes the string band sound that is the root of bluegrass and proceeds to shatter your expectations. You'll still be tapping your toe, but this four-piece band's formidable composing and arranging expertise takes them places most bands can only dream of. The Juno-nominated group's recent album, The Soundtrack has won multiple Canadian Folk Music Awards and was produced by Grammy winner and Nashville veteran Bil VornDick.
An Evening With Dan Hill Bone Lake Amphitheatre This pop prodigy recorded four gold and multi-platinum albums while barely out of high school. More recently, he won a Grammy Award for his writing and producing work on Celine Dion's mega-hit Falling Into You. Now, after 15 years working behind the scenes, five-time Juno winner Dan Hill is back in the spotlight with Intimate, a disc featuring new material as well as hits he has penned for other artists. Dan was motivated to return to the studio following the powerful response to his bestselling book I Am My Father's Son (a memoir of love and forgiveness). An Evening with Dan Hill features songs and storytelling plus an homage to his lifelong friend Paul Quarrington, who had become such a favourite at The Forest Festival.
Carry Me Home Bone Lake Amphitheatre This concert promises to be a sonic and scenic spectacular, one that people will talk about for years. The Nathaniel Dett Chorale performs Afro-centric music of all styles, including classical, spiritual, gospel, jazz, folk and blues. Its 21 classically-trained vocalists have shared the stage with internationally recognized artists such as jazz pianist Joe Sealy, opera star Kathleen Battle, and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. The chorale’s mission is to build bridges of understanding, appreciation and acceptance between communities of people. Experience this masterful choir under the stars, in the finest acoustic setting available anywhere in the world - the matchless calm and resonance of a wilderness lake, deep inside Haliburton Forest.
Jazz from Havana Historic Logging Museum Hilario Duran is simply the hottest instrumental jazz property in Canada right now. One of the premier exponents of Latin Jazz in his native Cuba, Hilario's Latin Jazz Big Band album, From The Heart, featuring Paquito D'Rivera was nominated for a 2007 Grammy and won a Contemporary Jazz Album Juno. Hilario's trio features two of Canada’s finest jazz musicians, Roberto Occhipinti on bass and Mark Kelso on drums, and has been busy accumulating Juno awards (the second on the day Hilario became a Canadian citizen) and over a dozen National Jazz Awards. Hilario Durán has performed at many prestigious festivals (Montreux, Paris, Nice, Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Vancouver, Chicago, Havana and North Sea jazz festivals). Hilario’s trio will be touring Canada, the US and internationally in 2010 in support of its new release, Motion.
What's Going On Historic Logging Museum Saturday night is party night! Toronto's legendary Soul Stew will steam up The Logging Museum with molten soul, R&B, funk and jazz inspired by the classic sounds of Marvin Gaye, James Brown, Stevie Wonder and Sly and the Family Stone. A fixture in the hippest Toronto clubs, Soul Stew is simply the best soul band in the land -- bar none -- and its six "first-call" studio musicians have collectively and individually performed and recorded with The Boss Brass, Gorillaz, Bruce Cockburn, Paul Butterfield, The Parachute Club, Jane Bunnett, Holly Cole, Marc Jordan, Gino Vanelli, Tito Puente, Mary Margaret O'Hara, Aretha Franklin and Nelly Furtado. Put on your dancing shoes, ‘cause we're clearing a dance floor for this one.
Gospel Music Makes Me Feel Alright! Historic Logging Museum Roots music veteran Ken Whiteley brings guest vocalists and an ace rhythm section to add to his own compelling voice for a Sunday Sing-Out that will shake the rafters with joy, then move you with dignity and grace. Ken's deep knowledge and infectious passion for gospel guarantee good times for all. Ken Whiteley has won a Canadian Folk Music Award and a Genie Award, plus Lifetime achievement awards from the Ontario Council of Folk Festivals and Mariposa Folk Festival. He has been nominated for seven Juno awards and 13 Maple Blues Awards. A producer of over 125 projects, Ken's recordings have garnered 10 Canadian Gold and Platinum records, four American Gold records, 22 Juno and two Grammy nominations, and sold over eight million copies.
Brass under the Stars Bone Lake Amphitheatre "The members of True North Brass produce our finest five-some since The Canadian Brass." http://www.truenorthbrass.com/about/reviews/- The Toronto Star. Proudly Canadian in focus and expression, True North Brass has been welcomed across Canada and abroad. The ensemble's membership includes two outstanding composer/arrangers who create the group's fresh and distinctive programming, from baroque masterpieces to Hoagy Carmichael and the blues. This concert will feature J. Scott Irvine's Mediations on a Huron Carol in an authentic wilderness setting. True North Brass has released four critically acclaimed CD recordings, been featured on CBC Television's Opening Night program and is heard frequently in major concert halls and on CBC Radio. |  |
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