Juno Award-winning folk singer Valdy is set to appear at the Brackendale Art Gallery (BAG) this weekend as part of the month-long Brackendale Eagle Festival.
Valdy, who last appeared in Squamish in September, plays the BAG on Saturday (Jan. 25) as the headliner for what's being billed as a "Wing Ding." He'll be joined onstage by Jim McGillivray on drums, Lee Morin on guitar and Doug Edwards on bass and guitar.
The show begins at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20.
Meanwhile, geologist Bob Turner is set to give a talk on titled "A Geologist's View of Sea to Sky Country" on Sunday (Jan. 26) at the BAG. The talk will focus on the geological stories behind the region's mountains, glaciers, rivers and how they came to be.
Turner, a geologist with the Geological Survey of Canada and former mayor of Bowen Island, is also author of Vancouver: City on the Edge, a popular geological guide to the region, and Sea to Sky GeoTour: Geology and Landscapes Along Highway 99.
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STEVEN HILL
You'll get a live, sneak sample of multi-Juno Award-winning Canadian folk artist Valdy's upcoming album at the Brackendale Art Gallery (BAG) on Saturday (Sept. 21) at 8 p.m. The singer/songwriter and guitarist shares the BAG stage with acclaimed New Zealand finger-style guitarist Graham Wardrop, with whom he'll soon be releasing a live concert album.
"He's a brilliant player," said Salt Spring Island-based Paul Valdemar Horsdal (otherwise known as Valdy). "After the show in Brackendale, Graham and I are going to Alberta to record a live album together."
Wardrop is not only acclaimed in New Zealand as the best in his genre, but in his 30-year career he has also toured or worked with performers such as Leo Kottke, and teaches advanced finger-style techniques for steel string guitar. He also builds his own instruments.
"It was a buddy of mine in New Zealand who told me I should meet Graham, and told Graham about me," said Valdy, who already has 14 albums (four of which went certified gold) under his belt, and is known for mainstream hits like 1972's Rock and Roll Song.
