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Jian Ghomeshi @ Hugh's Room - Toronto, Ontario - Sun, Dec 7, 2003

Roots Roundup

Sun Dec 7 - Roots Roundup
$10 featuring
Autorickshaw-
(featuring Ed Hanley and Suba Sankaran)
Dan Kershaw
Serena Ryder
Jian Ghomeshi
Richard Underhill Quartet

Autorickshaw
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Autorickshaw is a new world music ensemble steeped in the traditions
of North and South Indian classical music, while also drawing from
Western classical, jazz and contemporary music influences. One of
the primary goals of autorickshaw is to bring the traditional training in
Indian classical music, jazz and Western classical music together with
the collective upbringing in multicultural society to create and perform
music that, while strongly rooted in ancient, traditional artforms, is
uniquely Canadian.

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Dan Kershaw
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Lyricist and musician Dan Kershaw heads the 5-piece band,
Brothers Cosmoline, featuring pedal steel and hip-shaking country
soul, whose music underpins a literate, brooding revision of the
concerns that used to characterize the country genre: work, class,
love, marriage, faith, longing, and escape.. "Simply put, one of the
most creative, soulful & original country bands touring clubs in
North America today... the twin vocals of Kershaw & Kristin
Briggs created a shiver factor that was right up there with the best
of Gram Parsons & Emmylou Harris...with original songs of
remarkable depth, it's hard to imagine any ingredient could
be missing." -Peter North / Edmonton Journal


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Serena Ryder
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Serena Ryder has been knocking people out on the concert and festival
circuit since she burst onto the scene 2 years ago. Just 20 years old, this
Peterborough native has a huge vocal range, a remarkable collection of
original tunes, and a fearless approach to performing. Serena's 3-
octave voice growls, struts, scats, and demands like nothing you would
expect from anyone but a seasoned pro. She backs up her strong
vocals with catchy acoustic guitar and expert songwriting. Serena also
plays the mandolin and harmonica. No one would guess by her voice,
musicianship or stage presence that Serena is just 20 years old. Her
casualness and sincerity give audiences a taste of her compassionate and
grounded personality. To date, Serena has released 4 independent solo
albums. She is currently working on writing and recording her next
release -- her North American debut -- due out in early 2004.

http://www.serenaryder.com


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Jian Ghomeshi
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Jian Ghomeshi is a multi-talented musical artist, writer and television
personality born in London, England and now based in Toronto. He is
currently the host of "Play", a national arts and entertainment talk show
that appears live on CBC Newsworld each week. He is also the host
of CBC TV and radio prime-time program, "The Great Canadian
Music Dream". Jian is perhaps best known known as a lead singer,
drummer and songwriter in the multi- platinum selling folk-rock group,
Moxy Fr�vous. With Moxy Fr�vous, Jian has toured internationally
and written top-40 songs such as "Stuck in the 90s," "Sad Girl,"and
"I Will Hold On." His television and radio credits include appearances
on CBS Sunday Morning, CNN Showbiz Today, Late Night with
Conan O'Brien, NPR's All Things Considered, CBC's The National,
The Juno Awards, Open Mike with Mike Bullard and as a co-host
on The Chatroom (National TV).

As a solo performer, Jian blends his passion for humour and politics
with beautiful melodies and poignant personal lyrics that make his
wildly unique solo live performances a mix of storytelling troubadour
and pop/rock spectacular.
http://www.jianghomeshi.com


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Richard Underhill
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Rich Underhill, co-founder of the Shuffle Demons, has over the past
twelve years performed at over 100 Jazz, Folk, and Rock festivals in
Canada, Europe and Cuba. His preference has always been the
blending of different styles of music through improvisation, and he has
recently begun exploring samples of distorted animal sounds, sound
effects, movie soundtracks, and groovesource albums.