The Hidden Cameras return to Canada, performing tonight at The Capital Bar
Published Thursday July 23rd, 2009
This evening's show at The Capital Bar will mark the third time since December 2007 that eclectic folk-rock ensemble The Hidden Cameras have performed in Canada.
That's partly because the band's frontman, and chief songwriter, Joel Gibb is now living in Berlin.
The group spent most of 2008 touring through Europe and Gibb said he's going to enjoy this trip through the Maritimes.
"I like Fredericton more than Saint John, I must say," he said. "It's a horrible place to play. I like Sackville and Fredericton - Sackville during the school year is better. I think our last show in Fredericton was pretty fun. Lots of good people came out."
The Hidden Cameras will hit the road in full force this fall to promote the group's fourth album Origin: Orphan, which should hit store shelves on Sept. 22. Gibb said the band will be touring across North America this fall and these shows will help the band road-test some of its newest material.
"It's always good to get on the road and play some new songs," he said.
"With each album, you have more and more songs to think about. It's a matter of being able to play all the new songs and then rotating old songs in and out of the lineup.
"You keep old favourites, obviously, and then you dust off a few others and revitalize them."
When asked if he's excited to get the new material out into the world, Gibb said it's more like he feels he's accomplished something.
"It'll just be like a great big, giant bowel movement," he said with his tongue firmly planted in his cheek.
"It's a big relief. It's what I've been working on for three years, so it's really nice to just, you know, dust your hands of it all. Say goodbye."
The show is expected to start at about 10:30 p.m.
Talented performers set for New Brunswick Highland Games
Everyone's a Scotsman (or -woman) when it's time for the New Brunswick Highland Games.
In addition to the genealogical tents, traditional Scottish tartans and food (Haggis? Yikes!), heavy athletics competitions, and dancing and piping, a number of talented musicians will celebrate their love of Celtic music by performing on-stage.
Among the many scheduled performers are Brollachan, Katherine Moller, Fox Radio personality Mark Roberts, Sebastien Boudreau, Susan Kennific, and Colette Chevrie.
Krista Touesnard, who plays fiddle with Brollachan, said she's looking forward to celebrating her heritage and helping to promote Celtic culture with her bandmates.
"They're my best friends, so when I play with them it's never like work to us," she said.
"We're doing what we're very passionate about. So the more that we play, the happier we are. It's about expressing ourselves through music and we have three people who complement each other very well. We're very fortunate to have found that."
City Live attended last year's games, and was impressed with the variety of options available.
Patrons can wander between tents and fields to watch pipe bands prepare, or to catch an afternoon live set.
NotaBle Acts theatre festival gets underway today
Talented playwrights from across New Brunswick are preparing to put their work on display over the next two weeks at the NotaBle Acts Theatre Festival.
The festival kicks off this evening with a performance of On and Off the Shelf at The Playhouse. This adaptation of the play, which was originally entitled Disponibles en Librairie, will run until Saturday and will be directed by popular comedian and performance artist Marshall Button. It stars Wally MacKinnon and Jane Wheeler.
The second main-stage show is Nomentacke - a historical drama set in Bermuda about a group of shipwrecked British colonists and a pair of Powhatan Indians. The play was written by Saint John writer Mark Blagrave.
Two one-act plays will be staged at the University of New Brunswick's Memorial Hall on July 28 and from Aug. 1-2.
Erin Keating's Heart-Shaped Boxes tackles an unconventional relationship that blooms between a Gen-X Nirvana fan and her gruff record-store owner boss, who thinks music died after 1969.
The other play, The Nicest Place In England, is by Bruce Allen Lynch and looks at the life of British author Virginia Woolf. There will also be public performances of plays at The Playhouse and the Beaverbrook Art Gallery and at the Barracks Square.
There's a lot going on, so please check the festival's website for more details at: www.nbacts.com.
Adam Bowie is a staff reporter at The Daily Gleaner. If you have a community event happening, write to him at bowie.adam@dailygleaner.com.
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