Join us after the Asake concert at Reign Premium Nightclub for the concert after party on Saturday 20th April 2024.
VENUE: REIGN PREMIUM LOUNGE
MUSIC POLICY : DJ BLAZE DJ STZ DJ DANIEL OMAR THE DJ
MCs : HYPEMANMATHIAS MC NANA
HOSTS: CHIMZY MORGAN KUNTA KAY EVERYONE.HATES.MANNY
POWERED BY : BVKPAGE ENT.
In this exclusive Canadian engagement, Calgary audiences will be enraptured by the combination of stunning contemporary dance and live music with Malpaso Dance Company and GRAMMY-winner Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra.
Join Arts Commons Presents for Malpaso Dance Company with Arturo O’Farrill & the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra on Thursday, March 7, 2024 at 7:30 p.m. in the Jack Singer Concert Hall at Arts Commons.
As part of the celebration, a Black History Month art exhibit with emerging Calgary-based artists Anthony T. Russell and Joyce Nseya, and established filmmaker and photographer Sam Obadero will be hosted from February 12-29 on the ground floor of Studio Bell.
Looking for the perfect date night? Block Heater music festival is coming February 15-17. Make magical memories at the Calgary Folk Fest's Block Heater, tickets on sale now.
Some days, I just want to sing the blues. Not just because powerhouse blues singers Shemekia Copeland and Dawn Tyler Watson are coming to perform here in the Jack Singer Concert Hall at Arts Commons on February 9. Well, because of them, but they make me want to sing the happy blues. Right now, they are the remedy to my current malaise.
What malaise you say? Well, as I encounter another Black History Month, I feel like we've gone backward in terms of most R&B, pop, hip hop etc. And here it comes, nostalgia for the '90's and early aughts. I remember when Lauren Hill and India Arie felt free to loc their hair while Ciara whipped her blond back and forth. Black women could be any and everything.
But now, it seems like the focus is narrowing. It feels like, whenever I start to admire some exciting new talent with a fresh unforced look, something happens. My new faves transform, like a bad magician trick, into the same Beyonce-Riri-Cardi-Minaj-Meg barely dressed Glamazons, spitting very similar explicit lyrics. And yeah, I know, Beyonce has her deep moments.
Yet it feels like the look and vibe and power have turned even in her dreadlocked proteges into leather corseted "boss bitches." Which can get a little one note after a while. Melanee Murray-Hunt - Read more.
Queens of the Blues: Shemekia Copeland and Dawn Tyler Watson
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Event Venue. Jack Singer Concert Hall.
Show Date. February 9, 2024 7:30PM.
Price Range. $39.00 - $74.00.
Fee Information.
Event Series. Special Presentations.
Learn more: Arts Commons
Shemekia Copeland and Dawn Tyler Watson have energized the music world like few others, shaking up the blues with unmatched powerhouse vocals and soulful songwriting.
Copeland, the daughter of Blues legend Johnny Copeland, has performed with the likes of Bonnie Raitt, Carlos Santana, and has even shared a bill with The Rolling Stones. She’s been hailed as “the greatest blues singer of her generation” by The Washington Post, with a voice that “cansummon pain with a sorrowful wail, then trumpet her triumph over a no-good man in the very next number.”
Watson is “one of Canada’s true blues treasures” (Blues Music Magazine) who, after five Maple Blues Award wins, won her first JUNO Award for Blues Album of the Year in 2020.
