Performances by Brent Mason, Jessica Rhaye and Sandy Mackay with Bill Preeper
NB Art for Auction with Artworks by: Darren Emenau, Kathy Hooper, Jeneca Klausen, Sue Hooper,Gerry Collins, Glenn Hall, Darren Byers, Krysta Oland, Freeman Patterson, Meghan Barton, Cliff Turner, Jim Boyd, Shannon Merrifield, Elizabeth Miller and more!
PLUS: A night at the Marathon in Grand Manan, basket of local goodies by Elizabeth Weir, outdoor adventure with Elmhurst Outdoors, a home concert by Brent Mason, a rare guitar donated by Roger Vautour, and more!
When: Saturday, Nov. 15 at 7:00pm
Where: Algonquin Resort, St. Andrews, NB
Tickets are $20 and can be bought at the door.
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About the Performers
Bill Preeper and Sandy Mackay
Bill and Sandy play new original songs in old folk style, with a gentle energy that creates bliss for your ears. They’ve been singing and playing together for more than 20 years, and you’ll enjoy the mix of their instruments and voices- Bill’s rich baritone and Sandy’s tenor. At this show, Bill and Sandy will be performing a number of brand new works. You’ll go home humming these tunes!
You can find out more about Sandy and listen to his music here.
Brent Mason
Brent Mason is a singer-songwriter who has traversed diverse territories of tune and theme in more than 20 years of music-making, bringing back souvenirs from a range of lyrical lands, from folk and rock to pop, country and beyond, and making them all his own.
He’s something of a contradiction, that Brent: a folk singer who shuns that label, a solo performer who cares deeply about community, an instrumentalist whose guitar chops were hard-won over many years.
Mostly he’s a storyteller. His live shows are legendary for their mix of narration and music, the former running from poetry to puns, the latter sampling from a menagerie of influences, from the novels of Jack Kerouac to music legends – Dylan, George Jones, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Lightnin’ Hopkins, The Band. It is easy to picture Brent playing around a campfire, or on a boxcar, or at a halfway house. He is someone for whom the open road and the characters at the margins of society have always beckoned.
You can find out more about Brent and listen to his music here.
Jessica Rhaye
In a career that has spanned more than a decade, Jessica has played three continents, performing for everyone from Prince Charles to music-industry royalty as a Folk Alliance Official Showcase Artist in Memphis in 2010. That same year she graced the Atlantic Canada House Stage at the Vancouver Winter Olympics, and the East Coast Music Awards Concert Series in Sydney, N.S.
Her list of nominations runs long and deep, including a Canadian Folk Music Award and multiple East Coast Music Awards. She has won numerous Music New Brunswick Awards, and made the Canadian Music Week National Songwriting Finals in Toronto, as well the shortlist for several other Canadian and international songwriting competitions, including, the John Lennon Songwriting Contest.
Jessica has taken her music far from home, singing in Niger, Africa, at the Francophone Games, and touring the U.K. with Matt Andersen and Dave Gunning. A versatile live performer, she has graced stages big and small, including the famed Mariposa Folk Festival, a solo show in Hollywood, and a showcase at the Toronto International Film Festival.
You can find out more about Jessica and listen to her music here.