Ian Tamblyn January 27
On Saturday, January 27th at 8:00 pm., The Folkus Series of Almonte will bring musician and songwriter Ian Tamblyn to the acoustically fabulous Almonte Town Hall. Ian will be accompanied by Ottawa's Fred Guignon and Kenny Kanwisher. Opening the evening will be Ottawa's own Joshua Morin. Tickets are $22 in advance, $25 at the door. For ticket orders and information call The Miller's Tale at 613-256-9090. Doors open at 7:30. To find out more about this and future concerts visit http://www.thehumm.com/folkus.
Considered a national treasure by critics and peers alike, Ian Tamblyn is a musician, songwriter, playwright, producer, and traveller. He has penned more than 2,000 songs in three decades, recorded twenty-five albums, and countless soundtracks for theater and film for which he has won numerous awards. Although he is intensely and unmistakable Canadian, writes Les Semeniuk in Penguin Eggs, when citing Ian's lyric, 'Cowichan colours ache in the cold and the Tim Horton's donut is always fresh', he is also the most international of our artists.
Ian's work in adventure travel and on scientific expeditions has taken him to the outposts of Scotland and Ireland, the icebergs of Greenland, Canada's north, the underwater world of Antarctica and all points in between. Angela LePage writes, His travels have equipped him with a reverence and appreciation for nature unmatched by most, (A. LePage, Sing Out! Spring 2002). Ian's impressions, the people he meets, and the experiences nature throws in his path, weave their way through his songs like whales swimming through water.
Some of Ian's most memorable songs can be heard on the 2006 Coastline of Our Dreams, a tribute album which features artists such as Lynn Miles, Hart Rouge, Valdy, Ken Whiteley and Georgette Fry.
A multi-instrumentalist, Ian creates musical textures, landscapes and atmosphere for his lyrics as he moves from the guitar, to the piano, the flute, and on to the hammer dulcimer.
On Saturday, January 27, Ian will be accompanied by Ken Kanwisher and Fred Guignon.Visit http://www.tamblyn .com.
Ottawa-based Joshua Morin will perform an opening set of his distinct combination of folk storytelling and indie rock.
Upcoming Folkus concerts are a double bill featuring Ember Swift and Layah Jane on February 17th, and The Hootenany Revue on March 31.