Royal City Studios930 Woodlawn Road West Unit 1Guelph, ONN1K 1T2 Map
Musicians: Grab your song, your voice and/or instrument, and show the world what you've got!
Music Lovers: Come out and support the current generation of creators while enjoying a drink and conversation.
This is a welcoming, supportive, accessible and inclusive event to support local musicians in developing their craft.
Hosted by Geoff Jackson and the RCS House Band, the facility has amps, mics, a drum kit, and a PA system.
We are licensed, and will bring in food upon demand.
NICK MACLEAN QUARTET feat. BROWNMAN ALI (Guelph)
Royal City Studios930 Woodlawn Road West Unit 1Guelph, ONN1K 1T2 Map
NICK MACLEAN QUARTET feat. BROWNMAN ALI (Guelph)
THR-JUN-02
7:00pm - 10:30pm
@ Royal City Studios | www.RoyalCityStudios.ca
930 Woodlawn Rd W Unit 1, Guelph, ON N1K 1T2
$15 advance, $20 door
tix: www.eventbrite.ca/e/321414909647
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" A fresh look at Herbie Hancock classics and delicious new original themes all presented with taste and virtuosity. No safety net here, everyone is living on the edge."
- Bruce Cassidy (Blood, Sweat & Tears Musical Director '04-'09, renonwed EVI player)
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Led by 29-year old fast-rising piano star NICK MACLEAN -- an 8x Global Music Award winner and one of the most in-demand young jazz piano players in Toronto -- this contemplative yet thrilling quartet delivers jazz between the two poles of thoughtful introspection and powerhouse conveyance, taking influences from Herbie Hancock's primordial 1960's Blue Note era recordings. Maclean's quartet heavily features one of Canada's most provocative improvising trumpet players -- BROWNMAN ALI -- an internationally acclaimed, multi-award winning jazz iconoclast who has been heralded as "Canada's preeminent jazz trumpet player" by New York City's Village Voice and is best known globally as the last trumpet player to play in the legendary jazz-hip-hop group GURU's JAZZMATAZZ. For this show, Ali & Maclean stand shoulder-to-shoulder with 2 of Canada's top-tier 20-somethings: BEN DUFF on upright bass, and JACOB WUTZKE on drums as the group prepares to record their second studio album - a hotly anticipated follow up of their decorated debut release RITES OF ASCENSION (2017, Browntasauras Records).
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:: Nick Maclean - piano
:: Brownman Ali - trumpet
:: Ben Duff - bass
:: Jacob Wutzke - drums
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WATCH Nick Maclean Quartet perform the Brownman original 'Madness of Nero'
youtu.be/XCff--TfSdc
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For more info:
www.NicholasMaclean.com
www.Brownman.com
www.Browntasauras.com
The Great Logan Staats at Royal City Studios!
Royal City Studios930 Woodlawn Road West Unit 1Guelph, ONN1K 1T2 Map
See Logan Staats in an up-close performance, one night only at Royal City Studios. Licensed, accessible, and lots of free parking. All ages.
In 2018, veracious Mohawk singer-songwriter Logan Staats was chosen from 10,000 hopeful contestants vying for a spot on the musical competition show The Launch . Before an audience of 1.4 million viewers, Staats won, officiating the breakthrough that would lead him to Nashville and Los Angeles, and to his single “ The Lucky Ones ” winning the Indigenous Music Award for Best Radio Single. “ The Lucky Ones ” also occupied #1 in Canada.
In the years between now and then, Staats has come home, making the intentional decision to re-root at Six Nations of the Grand River. “I wanted to bring my songwriting back to the medicine inside of music, to the medicine inside of reclamation,” he says following a phase of constant travel and intensity.
To Staats, music is a healing salve, contemplatively composed and offered to listeners in need of comfort. Since returning home, Staats has been able to create music authentically again, reclaiming his sound through honest storytelling and unvarnished, sometimes painful reflection.
The songs on Staats upcoming album A Light in the Attic represent branches of a heartening journey. Staats sings of reconciliation, recovery from addiction, surviving intergenerational trauma, and convalescence after heartbreak. An evocative testament to rock’s cathartic spirit, the album (featuring the lead single “ Deadman ”) was recorded with borrowed microphones at Staats’ apartment, at Six Nations recording studio Jukasa, and at downtown Brantford’s Sanderson Centre for the Performing Arts.
“My nation and my community are in every chord I play and every note I sing,” says Staats. “They’ve saved me.”
Don’t miss your opportunity for an up-close performance by this incredible artist, activist, and spirit.
Listen to Logan on Tidal, Amazon, Apple Music, and Spotify.
Follow Logan on Facebook and Instagram.
Royal City Studios930 Woodlawn Road West Unit 1Guelph, ONN1K 1T2 Map
Relaxed open jam. Play great songs with old and new friends.
The event is free, donations are welcome to keep these happening!
Hard and soft drinks, snacks available.
Royal City Studios930 Woodlawn Road West Unit 1Guelph, ONN1K 1T2 Map
Meet and make music with other beginner or intermediate musicians/singers in a welcoming and supportive environment, then rock the house. Royal City Studios introduces Build a Band Night this Sunday, March 27th, 7-10 PM. Here’s how it works:
• Get matched up with bandmates, choose and rehearse a song from supplied music.
• Perform the song on stage in the RCS music hall.
• Get matched up in a new band, rehearse another song, and perform again!
• All singers and instruments welcome. No cost. Free parking. Accessible.
• Family/friends welcome to come along and enjoy the show.
Amps, PA, drums, etc., provided. Just bring your gear and/or voice.
Build a Band Night is one more reflection of Royal City Studios’ continuing commitment to support local and area artists of all skill levels in developing their craft.
Royal City Studios is located at 930 Woodlawn Rd. W., Unit 1, Guelph, ON. Questions? Concerns? DM RCS on social, email info@royalcitystudios.ca, or call (226) 314-2177.