Manitoba Live Music Event

Event

Date
Friday, May 26, 2017 at 8pm
Performers
Dylan Ireland
Kayla Howran
Location
The Sunset Saloon
Address
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Door Cost
$20.00

About

Tell the Band to Go Home & Steel Belted Radio proudly present:

Dylan Ireland (formerly Express & Co.) & Kayla Howran 
at The Sunset Saloon (house concert in Westwood)
Friday, May 26, 2017
8:00
Suggested donation $20 (price flexible, all proceeds to the artists)

If you wish, bring a drink for yourself, and/or a snack to share, but we’ve always got plenty of all of those on hand!

All are welcome (bring the kids, friends, family, people off the street, whatever)! Our house is family friendly (we’ve got 3 kids, a trampoline, and plenty of room, so feel free to bring the family), easy-going, friendly, and open to all! If you don’t know us yet, come on down and make some new friends!

The Sunset Saloon is a house concert venue in Westwood (near the YMCA on Portage.) We’re open to all. Feel free to pass along the event info, bring friends, bring your kids (our kids will thank you), or just come by yourself and make some new friends! Admission is by donation, which goes directly to the artists. Most folks pay $20, but these hard working musicians wouldn’t turn down more.

Dylan Ireland first came to my attention through the lamented 7th Fire Records 7″ Series. That label did an amazing job of spreading the word about some great Canadian talent that even I’d never heard of, much of it from the musical breeding ground of Peterborough, ON. Express and Co. was a vehicle for Dylan’s songs and singing, but it was also rounded out and aided by the talented Melissa Payne. Dylan & Melissa stopped in for a show at The Sunset Saloon (and the similarly lamented River City Social Club) in 2013, and it was a lot of fun. Each has gone on to a great solo career. Dylan has a new album coming out this summer under his own name, and I’m sure that we’ll hear plenty of great new songs when he stops in again, this time with his new gal, Kayla Howran.

Although Kayla has been around for a while, I know less about her, so I’ll have to lean on an official bio:

It doesn’t take long once you start listening to the songs on Kayla Howran’s powerful, moving and melodic new album Spare Parts when you realize you are hearing something truly special – an artist whose musicality, creativity, potent lyrical mastery and soul-baring sensitivity has been elevated to a whole new level.

The Peterborough, Ontario native returned to her rural roots after spending a number of years in Toronto where she released her 2011 debut album Pistol, had the chance to play in some of the top clubs on the Toronto circuit, share the stage with some top musical luminaries and tour the country twice.

As an indication of her onstage charm, popularity and unmistakable talent over the past number of years, Howran has performed at some of the top clubs in Canada, and has shared the stage with the likes of Jim Cuddy, JD MacPherson, NQ Arbuckle, Danny Michel, Justin Rutledge, and Pete Anderson (Dwight Yoakam).

Noted guitarist, songwriter and producer Colin Cripps produced Spare Parts. Currently a member of Blue Rodeo, he has produced albums for Kathleen Edwards, Ladies of the Canyon, Junkhouse and Jim Cuddy. The album was recorded at The Tragically Hip’s Bathouse Studio near Kingston.

Through the process of writing and recording Spare Parts, Kayla Howran has boldly discovered her own uniqueness and emerges as a confident artist with an exceptional album that is honest in its sentiments, and infused with charm and authenticity.

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