Sunday September 13th, 2009: Mariposa presents The Friends of Fiddlers Green

$20/18

Singers, songwriters and all around bon-vivants. The Toronto-based 'Friends' are Ian Clark, Alistair Brown, Ian Robb, Tam Kearney, Laurence Stevenson, Grit Laskin. Among them they boast six versatile musicians, five fine singers, two brilliant joke tellers, two widely-sung songwriters, and the occasional Fiery Dragon. This totally uncategorizable collection has been together, in one form or another, for over twenty years, and has played countless clubs, concerts and festivals across Canada and the northern United States. Nobody, not even the Friends themselves, can predict what might happen during one of their concerts, but it always includes humour, powerful vocal harmony, great musicianship, social commentary and an irresistible urge to dance. Late-breaking news is that the Fiery Dragon was slain on April 23, leaving room for the addition of Ian Bell to the group, which has kicked up the shenanigans just a notch or two.

website : www.finestkind.ca/fofg.html