Port Credit singer kicks summer series into gear
Matthew Barber .
Port Credit singer and songwriter Matthew Barber will help usher in this summer's My Mississauga entertainment series with a performance Saturday in the Central Library Square.
The Civic Centre will be awash in sound this Saturday when Port Credit singer and songwriter Matthew Barber performs at one of the first installments of the annual My Mississauga entertainment series.
Barber will be joined by the Union Dues for the concert that takes place in the Central Library Square. The free concert starts at 7:30 p.m. Special guests, The Sunparlour Players, open the show.
Barber, who performed in Toronto as part of the 2008 NXNE Music Festival, released the album, Ghost Notes, earlier this year. It was his first since Sweet Nothing (2005).
Produced by Barber and engineered by Ken Friesen, the album is billed as a departure from Barber's previous releases. It places an emphasis on "the moodier, more stripped-down side" of his songwriting.
The album was recorded over six days last November at Bathouse Recording Studio near Kingston, following almost two years of writing and performance. The album was released in March, through Outside Music.
Shortly after the album's release, Barber was joined by his sister, singer Jill Barber, on the Sibling Revelry Tour.
Also playing on the album was drummer Kieran Adams, guitarist Dean Drouillard, bassist Paul Matthew and pianist/organist Jesse O'Brien. Jill lent her vocals to the tracks, You and Me and Where The River Bends.
Several tracks, including Easily Bruised and And You Give, can be heard by visiting www.myspace.com/mbarber.
Other events slated as part of My Mississauga include a mid-day performance by local drummer Jay Boehmer and his band at the square on Thursday.
On Friday, Freddy Vette & the Flames rock the crowd with hits from the 1950s, including artists such as Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly and Jerry Lee Lewis. Concert starts at 7:30 p.m.
On Sunday, Boehmer and his band are back with a tribute to the music of Frank Sinatra and Peggy Lee. The show, which features guest vocalists Michelle Berting and Christopher Plock, starts at 7 p.m.
For more on the band, visit www.jayboehmerjazz.com.
My Mississauga is a series of free events designed to get people to the City Centre. It runs throughout the summer and features concerts, performances, sports, yoga, theatre, movie screenings and festivals.
For more information, call 905-615-3200, ext. 2403 or visit www.mississauga.ca and click on the My Mississauga banner.
cclay@mississauga.net