Shadows and Light

As Ray Bonneville says, he is “deeply in love with playing live music”. This deep love of his is transmitted to and shared by his audience as soon as he starts to play and sing. Before I heard Juno award winning singer-songwriter Ray Bonneville at the Evergreen Theatre, I had only heard his music a few times, but since that concert his CD has barely left my player, it has so got under my skin! (Quick link to gallery.)

Ray Bonneville at the Evergreen Theatre

The gallery can be directly accessed here and features a track from Ray’s CD “Roll it Down”, entitled “Slow Matin”, one of my favourites of the concert.

This was another fabulous evening brought to us by the Evergreen Theatre, that introduced me to this great singer-songwriter!

Ellie

Six harmonious, clear voices filled the Evergreen Theatre as the Ernst Sibtet – brothers and sisters of the renowned Lunenburg Ernst Family – performed their widely varied repertoire. (Quick link to gallery )

Ernst Sibtet at the Evergreen Theatre

The singers, whose voices range from high soprano to low bass were also joined for a couple of pieces by their father, Gregg. The Sibtet is composed of siblings John, Marja, Eva, Joseph, Peter and Joshua. The A Capella pieces they featured spanned six centuries from medieval and Rennaissance through to pop contemporary – all performed with the Ernst special touch and some arranged by the group members. The photo gallery of images of the performance can be viewed here and you can listen to a track by the Sibtet entitled “I Don’t Know Why” playing over the gallery.

Thank you for a lovely and very different evening of entertainment!

Ellie

The Evergreen – the “Little Theatre that Could” had a packed house to hear the iconic “Man of the Thousand Songs” award winning Atlantic Canadian (Newfoundland born) Ron Hynes. To Canadians and folk music fans around the world, Ron Hynes needs no introduction from me. See the photo gallery here or read on below

Ron Hynes, Iconic Atlantic Canadian Singer Songwriter at the Evergreen Theatre

Ron Hynes’ multiple awards and nominations include six East Coast Music Awards, a Genie Award as well as too many others to mention here. His relaxed manner and warm down-to-earth connection with his audience made for a great evening’s entertainment. Listen to a track entitled “The Boy from Old Perlican” from his latest self-titled CD here.

Ellie