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For an evening of stellar music, look no further than Blues Night! As at home in the spotlight as she is behind the scenes as a session bassist, Suzie Vinnick is an award-winning singer/songwriter and musician whose voice has been described as spun gold and honey (Access Magazine). Known worldwide for his gritty songs and deep-grooving blues style, 30-year blues veteran Ray Bonneville has built a solid reputation as a world-class guitarist and harmonica player, and has shared the stage with blues legends such as B.B. King, Muddy Waters and Robert Cray.
About Suzie Vinnick
“One of the greatest voices in Canada!” - Elaine Overholt, vocal coach to Richard Gere, Queen Latifah and Catherine Zeta-Jones
“This is the Suzie Vinnick [...] blues fans have been waiting for: an intimate all-blues concert of just you, Suzie’s warm engaging voice and her fine acoustic guitar . . . ” - Blues Doctor Julie Hill, Blue Remedy (CKLN 88.1 FM Toronto)
After winning numerous awards for playing, singing and writing the blues, Suzie Vinnick has finally put out a blues album under her own name. She has been into the blues since her teens, and has been a perennial nominee and six-time winner of the Canadian Maple Blues awards for her work with such blues players as Rick Fines. And while she has three critically acclaimed folk-roots albums under her belt, including one that earned her a 2009 Juno nomination, this is her first solo outing as a blues artist.
About Ray Bonneville
“Bonneville writes tunes that are enterprising of melody while telling smart, surprising little tales of emotional dislocation . . .” - Downbeat Magazine
“Like gunpowder and opium.” - Ray Wylie Hubbard
Ray Bonneville is a Canadian born, Austin, Texas-based singer, songwriter, guitarist and harmonica player, who is known for his “loose, darkly funky vibe” (All Music Guide). His Red House release Goin’ By Feel was named one of the best CDs of 2008 by DownBeat Magazine and featured the Americana hit I Am the Big Easy, which was the number one most played song on folk radio that year and won the Folk Alliance Award for Song of the Year. The tune was a powerful tribute to the resilience of New Orleans, where Ray lived for half a decade and picked up his funky fingerpicking guitar style.
Noted for having one of “the sexiest guitar styles around” (Acoustic Guitar), Ray is a unique player and has quickly become a fixture in the Americana scene since moving to Texas, becoming one of the go-to session player for artists like Ray Wylie Hubbard, Gurf Morlix, Mary Gauthier, Tim O’Brien and Eliza Gilkyson.
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