From time to time we host house concerts in Maple Ridge. These events are ‘private’ as we have a limited number of seats. We ask for a suggested donation of $15 to $25 to cover a suitable wage for the artist and we have light refreshments available. Please see below for more information…
Upcoming House Concert in Maple Ridge, BC
Jayme Stone’s Room of Wonders…
Jayme Stone on tour and in Maple Ridge, May 10th, 2012 (not at Roca house – address in north central Maple Ridge provided upon purchase below)
Banjo?? Ya, like you’ve NEVER seen it before! Virtuoso and 2 Time Juno winning Jayme Stone www.JaymeStone.com plays everything from classical to jazz, bluegrass to world rooted music. Jayme is joined by 3 fabulous musicians, each are highly noted artists in their own right… (you can Youtube search any of these and hear their work)
- Kevin Turcotte site (trumpet) Youtube
- Andrew Downing site (cello) Youtube
- Nick Fraser site (drums) Youtube
Two-time Juno-winning banjoist Jayme Stone makes music inspired by folk traditions from around the world. His latest album, Room of Wonders, explores music from Norway, Sweden, Bulgaria, Brazil, Italy and North America. The repertoire includes a movement from Bachʼs French Suite, a Moorish sword-fighting dance and Stoneʼs lush, edgy originals.
Stone thrives on unexpected inspiration: Japanese poetry, Brazilian literature, instruments he found while traveling in remote Malian villages. He finds it with influences as diverse as Anouar Brahem, Bill Frisell, and Toumani Diabaté. His Juno Award-winning albums, most notably Africa to Appalachia, both defy and honor the banjoʼs long role in the worldʼs music, turning historical connections into compelling music.
website: http://jaymestone.com/
videos: http://jaymestone.com/videos
Past concerts…
Video from Earle & Stuart concert here
Gregory Hoskins – Dec 2nd, seminar Dec. 3rd
details on seminars below
Concerts 7:30 (door @ 7) Seminars 10 AM
Note: Only 12 tickets sold for seminars!!
We are delighted to have this incredible writer & performer coming for a concert & workshop. Note that there are dogs and cats in our house! We’re in Maple Ridge – details upon purchase.
Gregory Hoskins released his first recording for True North Records with his band The Stickpeople at the age of 27. He has since released solo CDs and many recordings, and was Artist in Residence at De-ba-jeh-mu-jig Creation Center (home to Canada’s largest First Nations theater company) on Manitoulin Island in Northern Ontario creating new material, giving writing workshops, and recording. Hoskins has opened for Sarah McLachlan, the Indigo Girls, the Neville Brothers, Bruce Cockburn, Rickie Lee Jones, Hawksley Workman and folk-legend Odetta among many others. He has also written for film, television, and radio.
Hoskins describes his workshops as a course in non-fiction as it applies to songwriting – a discussion about how to perceive our own lives as fodder for songs and what is needed to write a song whose benchmark of success is that it appeals not only to the artist who writes it, but to a room full of strangers as well. Central to a lyric that doesn’t suck is The Paradox: saying something universal but in a unique way. The only thing we have completely unique to us is our very own lives and our very own take on the world we live in. But, we often have difficulty discerning what, exactly, in our life deserves to become a piece of art. The short answer: all of it. But learning to discern, well, that is the trick. And combining that discernment with the craft is another trick, too.
Shari Ulrich – SOLD OUT
Concert: Nov 11th, 2011
Seminar: Nov. 12th, 2011
Juno Award winner and inductee in the BC Entertainment Hall of Fame, Shari Ulrich is known for playing playing fiddle, mandolin, dulcimer, flute & sax with Pied Pumkin, the Hometown Band, and solo as a singer songwriter. Her latest release “Find Our Way� is her 7th solo album, and the 19th of her career including her work with Pied Pumkin, Ulrich Henderson Forbes, her trio with Barney Bentall & Tom Taylor, and the most recent High Bar Gang.
A songwriting educator for 20 years, and currently Vancouver producer of the Bluebird North songwriter series for the SAC, Shari offers a rich experience in both her concerts and workshops.
Whether you’re a seasoned songwriter or wish you were, Shari’s workshop will be a valuable exploration into this unique creative expression. It will primarily use the work of the participants as a vehicle to discuss the elements of effective songwriting. More experienced writers will be encouraged take the opportunity to focus on re-writing.
For those sharing their work, whether a finished song or in progress, you can play it from a recorded CD, self accompanied on an instrument, or a cappella. There will be a guitar, piano and CD player available. The atmosphere will be relaxed and comfortable, so don’t be afraid!
Stacey Earle and Mark Stuart – Sold Out!
Video from concert here
Stacey & Mark on Wednesday, July 20th, 2011 – Few husband-wife musical duos provide audiences with the complete entertainment package that Stacey Earle & Mark Stuart dish out in a live performance. Armed with clever acoustic guitar interplay, autobiographical songwriting, lovely harmonies, and humorous storytelling this couple captivates your attention from the first moment they are onstage. Based out of Tennessee, Earle and Stuart draw from blues, pop, country, rock, and more in their heartfelt music. The years of touring the folk/Americana circuit (playing 170 concerts a year) have given them a knack for reaching out to the audience in an intimate “come in to my living roomâ€? fashion.
You may have seen Stacey or Mark with Stacey’s brother, Steve Earle. Maybe on Jay Leno or on tour but now you can see them up close and personal in a more intimate setting.
Cailin and I are very pleased to be able to bring this fabulous couple to our little town.
More Info & Samples ‘click here’
We’ve decided we will not move concert even though we are sold out. July can be hot and we have a heat pump to cool us down… halls don’t!
Bill Bourne, August 28th, 2010 – SOLD OUT!
From the Unified Field Theory to Forgiveness, from Flamenco to Funk… that was a great night. Thanks to all who came out and shared a fabulous night and most of all, thanks to you, Bill Bourne, for being the musical messenger and transporter and taking us along for part of your journey.
Bill Bourne – geez… what can we say! he’s great… multi-Juno winner Click here to check out Bill’s site
This event sold out.
2010 – Findlay Napier & Gillian Frame (fiddle) and Douglas Millar (keys). They were fabulous!
Check out www.FindlayNapier.com
or Findlay on MySpace
or Findlay on Facebook
A brief bio…
Findlay Napier and Gillian Frame are best known for their work with award winning folk band Back of the Moon. In it’s six year run Back of the Moon released three critically acclaimed albums, toured extensively in Europe and North America and won a number of awards including Best Folk Band at The Scottish Traditional Music Awards.
Gillian was the first person to win the Radio Scotland Young Scottish Traditional Musician of the Year Award. She studied Scots Fiddle and Scots Song at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. She is world renowned as a teacher and a performer. After Back of the Moon Gillian joined Findlay’s band ‘Findlay Napier and the Bar Room Mountaineers’. She performs as a fiddle duo with Fiona MacKaskill and is the leader of a contemporary singing group called The Hidden Lane Choir. She has also performed with well known Scottish groups Brebach and Deaf Shepherd.
Although his main focus at the RSAMD was traditional Scottish Song Findlay spent most of his time writing songs. In 2003 he began writing with Nick Turner and they have released two albums under the psudonym Queen Anne’s Revenge. After Back of the Moon Findlay set up Findlay Napier and the Bar Room Mountaineers as a live vehicle for his songs. In 2008 The band released an album ‘Out All Night’ to great critical response. The follow up album, which is currently being recorded is due for release in Winter 2010. His last two singles, ‘Harry Met Charlie’ and ‘Raise a Glass’ were both Daily Record singles of the week. Gillian and Findlay are married and live in Glasgow, Scotland.
2010 – Gaye Delorme 
With great sadness we heard that Gaye passed away June 23, 2011 from complications of diabetes and the related illness it creates. Gaye Delorme was a world class guitarist, songwriter and entertainer. His natural humour and easy delivery was a joy to see and we are honoured to have known Gaye. Play like a God with God, Gaye. Peace.
Check out Gaye’s website online and also at Wikipedia and here at MySpace.com
Ivan Boudreau – March 26th, 2010
We hosted Ivan Boudreau with his great presentation of his well crafted and performed original songs. Click here for more on Ivan Boudreau
Bruce Coughlan – Feb. 21st, 2010
Our first concert featured Bruce Coughlan click here for Bruce Coughlans’ website and click here for the Tillers FOlly site This was a great event with Bruce sharing his songs, and the stories about the songs, in a friendly & relaxed manner… and our living room makes it easy to listen and meet the artist!
Hi– I’ll be passing through this summer—– Check out my website for audio and video. If you’re interested in booking a house concert at the end of July or mid August—-Please drop me a note—-Hope to hear from you—- Rockland.