Three musical acts will be coming to Bozzini’s in February.
Grammy Award winner Colin Linden, Tom and Kalissa Landa with Juno Award winning band The Paperboys, and Vancouver musician Don Alder are all coming to Chilliwack to perform next month.
Alder, an award-winning, innovative musician, will kick off the February set of concerts on Saturday, Feb. 3.
He has been a prominent figure in the Canadian and international music scene for many years, performing at festivals and concerts across the world.
His music is a fusion of traditional and contemporary styles, blending elements of folk, blues, and jazz into a seamless and captivating sound. His virtuosic fingerstyle guitar playing is complemented by his soulful vocals and engaging stage presence.
Just before Valentine’s Day, on Feb. 12 and 13, Tom and Kalissa Landa will perform two shows.
The couple is best known for their work with The Paperboys, Locarno, and The BC World Music Collective.
For their duo show, they draw on the vast catalogue of all three bands, as well as original compositions. Musically, they genre hop from folk to Latin (Mexican), to Celtic, to singer-songwriter and roots music.
And then on Feb. 27, Colin Linden will return to Bozzini’s for one show.
Linden has been performing since he was 12 years old, leaving home as a teenager to travel the south at the invitation of Mississippi Sheiks delta blues guitarist Sam Chatmon which took him to Detroit, Chicago, Indianapolis, St. Louis, Memphis and Hollandale, Mississippi, meeting and visiting the sites of his heroes – Brownie McGhee, Muddy Waters, Sippie Wallace, Tampa Red, Blind John Davis, the Rev. Robert Wilkins, Sleepy John Estes and Son House, visiting the landmarks and juke joints, many of which he’s played in during the course of a 45-year career producing and playing blues and roots music.
As a singer/guitarist, he’s accompanied everyone from Bruce Cockburn (as his producer and touring musician) to Bob Dylan, Greg Allman, Rihannon Giddens, Pistol Annies, John Prine and more.
Over the years, Linden has played on more than 500 albums and produced 140, including his first-ever actual Grammy in 2020 for producing Keb Mo’s Oklahoma, winner for Best Americana Album. He has also nabbed a staggering 25 Juno Award nominations and nine wins.
Bozzini’s February shows:
Don Alder performs Saturday, Feb. 3 at 9 p.m. (doors at 8 p.m.). Tickets $25. Tom and Kalissa Landa of The Paperboys hit the stage on Monday, Feb. 12 and again on Tuesday, Feb. 13. Both shows are at 7 p.m. (doors at 5:30 p.m.). Tickets $32.50. Colin Linden returns to Bozzini’s on Tuesday, Feb. 27 at 7:30 p.m. (doors open at 6 p.m.). Tickets $37.95.
Tickets on sale at Bozzini’s or call 604-792-0744 to reserve. For more, go to www.bozzinisrestaurant.com.
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