Acrpost: A Project of the Pacific Association of Artist Run Centres

Event Description

Spirit-lifting music for the season from blues piano legend David Vest and his band. The closer we come to the longest night of the year, the more we need music that comes from the heart and reaches the soul, whether it’s a boogie-woogie number, a jump blues, a New Orleans spiritual or a holiday classic. For this show, David has chosen the songs that mean the most to him at this time of the season. As usual, he looks for the stories behind the songs, so that the people who wrote them can become more real to us, and so we can hear the old favourites in a whole new way. He has also written a few holiday songs himself, such as “Look What Santa Brought Me,” released last year on Cordova Bay Records. The band includes Damian Graham on drums, Ryan Tandy on bass, and Tom Bowler on guita... more...