Marc Atkinson Trio

at Nickelodeon Music Club,

1101 2nd Street NW, Calgary, Alberta

Jan 26, 2008, Sat

Enjoy good music and good times at the Nickelodeon Music Club. The club meets 12 times a year for shows a wide range of music with a focus on folk.
An evening at the Nick begins with an opening act, followed by two sets by the featured performers.
Season's passes are available, good for all 12 shows. They are transferrable. Call 284-5440 for more information.
Single tickets are available two weeks in advance at the U of C Ticket Centre, Hot Wax Records and Megatunes.
There are also tickets available at the door, sold on a first come, first serve basis.

This wonderful Victoria-based trio, Marc Atkinson lead guitar, Joey Smith bass, and Chris Frye rhythm guitar, makes fans for life everywhere they play. Praised for their laid-back humour, captivating live performances and awe-inspiring instrumental skill, The Marc Atkinson Trio has reached a remarkable level of musicianship and creativity.

Acknowledging Django Reinhardt’s influence (particularly evident in Atkinson’s blazing but melodic improvisations), the trio also ventures into musical terrain that the king of gypsy swing never explored, including flamenco rumba, the nineteenth-century classical music of Chopin, Brazilian choro music, and Broadway show tunes.

Opening of show by Tim Williams
Tim Willliams (Calgary) First Nick opener, Feb. ‘90
Much more than a blues musician, Tim Williams has played with Moroccan Gnawa master Magid Bekas, Malian Griot Boubacar Traore, Classical Indian mandola artist Snehashish Mozumder, English guitar hero Sir Martin Carthy, and multi-instrument wizard David Lindley. A 2005 release, Passed rough Here includes classic favorites from several older discs. His latest CD, Songster, Musicianer, Music Physicianer was released this year. Imagine, if you can, a front porch where Robert Johnson, Hank Williams, Hula Hattie, Flaco Jimenez and Bob Marley meet often and discover just how much they have in common. Tim’s solo and electric music would fit right in.