Time of the Season

Thursday, April 19th

@ Zaphod Beeblebrox
8pm/$6

As the Poets Affirm
w/ Mahogany Frog & Kyrie Kristmanson

Mahogany Frog - Winnipeg
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Mahogany Frog is a recording/touring band. The music draws influence from an array of genres: electronica, progressive rock, jazz, late 50's "ultra" lounge, ambient/experimentalism. With the use of a plethora of keyboards (both analogue & digital), feedback-ridden guitars, fuzz-bass and walls of electronic samples, the group creates a tube-saturated, highly overdriven jazz-rock, usually performed at extremely high decibels and with an enormous amount of energy. The music itself can be both challenging and soothing to the listener: stabbing riffs using unusual notes and time signatures often dissolve into lush electro-soundscapes, and straightforward, rhythmic interludes can merely lay the foundation for syncopated counter-melodies or sound effects. The orchestration of the instruments are unorthodox at times: using complex modal progressions or phrases as a basis for experimentations in arrangement, the rhythm and lead sections trade roles quickly and often. Musically speaking, the four members of Mahogany Frog have the tendency to spread themselves thin, as they attempt to tackle slicing leads and warm backdrops simuntaneously. Live, the songs all flow together, creating a steady bombardment of highly progressive, exciting music that explores countless moods and ideas.

http://www.myspace.com/mahoganyfrog

Kyrie Kristmanson - Ottawa
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Kyrie Kristmanson is a fresh voice on Canada's independent music scene. Her unique musical style evokes the various Canadian maritime, prairie and urban landscapes she has grown up in. She has already captivated audiences in various parts of the country with her fusion of folk, jazz and alternative rock influences. She writes powerful, exciting and thoughtful songs in English and French. She incorporates her third language, Spanish, from time to time.

Kyrie plays a nylon-string guitar that her father gave her for her ninth birthday, the beginning of her musical life. As she grew up in Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Saskatchewan and London, England, she studied voice, guitar and trumpet with a series of wonderful teachers and mentors. She collaborates regularly with other musicians both on guitar and trumpet, including the indie band Rah Rah.

Her career as a singer/songwriter began to blossom at fifteen when she was selected to play at the Winnipeg Folk Festival youth stage. Since then she has appeared at various venues in Saskatchewan and Ontario culminating in several appearances at the 2006 Regina Folk Festival where she hosted workshops with Utah Phillips, Tons Of Fun University (TOFU), Clay George, and Leroy Young. She hosted the main stage where she performed with her jazz-folk trio on the bill with Feist and the Alex Cuba Band, among others. In October 2006 she performed with Rah Rah at the Pop Montreal Festival.

http://www.myspace.com/kyriekristmanson