Canadian Spaces
Saturday March 3rd, 2018 with Heather Kitching and Chris White
Tom Mawhinney, Jamie Anderson, Patricia Reynolds, Kate Weekes, Christine Graves, Keith Glass, Roger Williams, Nicholas Williams

Journalist and Roots Music Canada director Heather Kitching (www.rootsmusic.ca) joins Chris White to co-host this edition of Canadian Spaces. In the studio this morning: * Tom Mawhinney is a choral director (and organic farmer!) from Napanee who is bringing the legendary 40-member Tuskegee Golden Voices Choir from Alabama to Canada for the first time ever. The tour starts Sat. March 3 at Southminster United Church in Ottawa -- tickets at www.tucanadatour.ca. * Singer-songwriter Jamie Anderson is running workshops on April 8 and 22 to help people write songs for the 4th annual Gil's Hootenanny Songwriting Contest. * Patricia Reynolds is a member of the Elizabeth Riley Band and is on the Gil's Hootenanny organizing committee. Gil's Hootenanny is a sing-along event taking place on Tuesday, May 1 at the RA Centre - see www.gilshootenanny.ca. * Kate Weekes and Christine Graves perform a double bill at Pressed Cafe (750 Gladstone) on Sat. March 3 at 8:00 pm. Tickets are $15 at the door. * Keith Glass and his band will perform and back up a featured artist at The Black Irish Pub once a month, starting on Thursday, March 8. Greg Kelly is the featured artist on March 8. Keith also plays a double bill with Drew Nelson at Irene's Pub on Friday, March 9. * Old Sod Society concert organizer Roger Williams talks about the Genticorum concert on Sat. March 10 at Rosemount Hall in Hintonburg (tickets at www.oldsod.ca). * Genticorum band member Nicholas Williams drops by the studio to perform live and talk about their new album, "Avant l'orage".