On Friday May 18 at 7:30pm, the Harrison Festival Society will be presenting the world-renowned British slide guitarist Martin Harley at the Harrison Memorial Hall. This will be the Society’s final show of its 2023/24 Season of the Performing Arts, before undertaking final preparations for the 2024 Harrison Festival of the Arts (July 12-21).  

Martin Harley has been making music and touring the world for over two decades. Exploring roots, blues and slide guitar in a style The Guardian referred to as ‘Spellbinding’, Harley has released eight albums to date: four recorded on home soil in his native UK, and four across the Atlantic in Texas and Nashville.

Martin’s solo shows are known for mixing excellent musicianship and songwriting with a down-to-earth sense of humour, and tales of 3 decades of world travel.

In 2022 Martin released and toured the Harley Kimbro Lewis album with Grammy nominated musicians Daniel Kimbro and Sam Lewis, which received excellent reviews.

His recent nominations include American Musician’s Association instrumentalist of the year, Best Acoustic Guitarist, and Best Acoustic Blues artist. 
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The show begins at 7:30pm pm with doors opening at 6:30pm. Tickets can be purchased online at www.harrisonfestival.com, or at the Ranger Station Gallery in Harrison. There will also be tickets available at the door.

TICKETS ON SALE MAY 10th!

A digital download of “All The World Fades Away” included with every ticket for this show.

Rock.It Boy Entertainment presents THE JIM CUDDY BAND: ALL THE WORLD TOUR on Saturday, November 9 at the Clarke Theatre, 33700 Prentis Avenue, Mission. Tickets are $72.50 (Plus Facility Fee & Service Charges) available at Ticketmaster. Charge online at www.ticketmaster.ca

How do you chronicle a life, especially as a widely acclaimed musician with a thousand hair-raising stories to tell, while simultaneously and simply documenting the present moment? And why would anyone assign themselves such a task?

JIM CUDDY’S dazzling new album, All The World Fades Away, three years in the making, was less an option than an imperative that came out of a rare abundance of time to reflect, tinker, and create. While most rootsy singer-songwriter albums detail what the artist sees looking up, down, and around, All The World Fades Away goes deeper. Its windscreen is wider, maybe because Cuddy is that rare musician with decades to draw from and whose story is very much an arc in progress.

“I’ve begun to wonder why some images have stayed with me over the years and others haven’t. So yes, this album is about looking back. However, I tried to make sure the record is affirming of life as it is now, reflecting how much I like where I’m at today. It’s not wrapping up or being nostalgic for old times. It’s just… surveying,” relates Cuddy.

The songs on All The World Fades Away map Cuddy’s unique compendium of memories and the emotions they stir. They are poignant, personal, and relevant, not just to his life, but also to our own.

As a solo artist and as one of the creative forces in Blue Rodeo, JIM CUDDY has received nearly every accolade Canada can bestow upon a musician including 15 JUNO Awards, and The Order of Canada. Along with his bandmates in Blue Rodeo, Jim has been inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, received the Governor General Performing Arts Award and a Star on the Walk of Fame.

For more about THE JIM CUDDY BAND: ALL THE WORLD FADES AWAY visit jimcuddy.com