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My take on the music and performance.

Luca Fogale

Posted on March 11, 2014 by heatheradamson

Playing to a full house, Luca left the audience with a resounding feeling that they had just discovered their new music crush.  You can equate hearing Luca’s music for the first time to meeting a relatively attractive person, who after … Continue reading →

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Windborn comes “home”

Posted on February 27, 2014 by heatheradamson

Hypnotic.  Enchanting. Soul churning.  Epic. Beautiful.  These are just a few words that come to mind when describing Windborn’s performance.  Windborn doesn’t just play music, they become it. They engulf the listener in such a way that you feel the … Continue reading →

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Jon Bryant

Posted on January 31, 2014 by heatheradamson

Jon Bryant. That’s a name I will never forget.  And his performance was one I will not shake for quite sometime. Born and raised in Fall River, Nova Scotia, he now resides in Seattle, Washington, but his small town Canadian … Continue reading →

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Lost in the Woods with Matt Stanley & the Decoys

Posted on January 21, 2014 by heatheradamson

Young unbridled talent is how one could classify the performances of Serenity’s first house concert of 2014.  Kamloops based Matt Stanley & the Decoys and Lost in the Woods gave us a double dose of what is lurking in our … Continue reading →

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Rolla Olak & Willhorse: Winter Wolfpack Tour

Posted on December 16, 2013 by heatheradamson

So first things first, what kind of musicians plan a full out tour in Canada, in a van, in the dead of winter, right before Christmas? Well that would be Rolla Olak & Willhorse.  And for those lucky enough to … Continue reading →

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Tom Coles

Posted on December 11, 2013 by heatheradamson

You know what I wish? I wish every young musician would seek out and spend a significant amount of time with someone like Tom Coles.  What a man, and what an artist, in every sense of the word. Tom’s show … Continue reading →

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JJ Shiplett in the house

Posted on November 26, 2013 by heatheradamson

Woah, JJ.  That woah is a loaded one, as in “woah, that voice of yours is profound,” or “woah, you’re making us feel things,” or “woah, you’ve got that bad boy thing nailed down,” or during the times he is … Continue reading →

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Ryan McAllister

Posted on November 19, 2013 by heatheradamson

One of the clearest moonlit winter nights in our valley provided the setting that welcomed us into Ryan McAllister’s house concert at Serenity Performing Arts Centre. Ryan played on the evening of our first official snow day, arriving to mountains, … Continue reading →

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Cod Gone Wild

Posted on November 11, 2013 by heatheradamson

What do you get when you combine a singer songwriter from Newfoundland, a giant of an Albertan drummer, a fiddling BC beauty, and a very cool Japanese Canadian bass player? Well, naturally, you get Cod Gone Wild. Welcomed into the … Continue reading →

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Inspired

Posted on October 29, 2013 by heatheradamson

Considering the next Serenity concert isn’t until Nov. 8th, that is a large amount of time in between posts, so this is a little something inspired from the special group of musicians in this year’s Peak Performance Project, who now … Continue reading →

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