[BCMA] Media Release: Live @ The Reach Valentine Special - Rio Samaya launches 2011 Concert Season February 12, 2011

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media contact:
Kat Wahamaa
604-864-8087
kwahamaa at thereach.ca



Live @ The Reach
Rio Samaya launches 2011 Concert Season
with a Valentine Special Event
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The Reach Gallery Museum Abbotsford, 32388 Veterans Way
Saturday, February 12, Doors 7pm
Tickets $20 person/$35 couple on sale now at The Reach

January 25, 2011, Abbotsford, BC...Saturday,  February 12, The Reach  launches a new season of Live @ The Reach with a Valentine's special, featuring Rio Samaya, aka Pancho and Sal - a couple that make "beautiful music together". With roots from South America, they play original, traditional and contemporary music, a caravan full of treasures and surprises.  Joining them is Kuria Blessings from Zimbabwe on mbira (ancient Zimbabwean thumb piano) and Navarro Franco, an amazing percussionist. This makes a magical combination of Latin Folk, African, and Rumba with Pancho and Sal on accordion, quena, Charango and guitar - music for lovers that will move body and soul. Tickets are $20 per person or $35 per couple. Ticket price includes:  bubbly, a red rose, special appetizers and, of course, a little Valentine's chocolate! www.riosamayaband.com<http://www.riosamayaband.com>
The Salty Angel Kings
Friday March 18 | Doors 7pm |  Show 7:30pm
Tickets $15  Students $12
Music from Eastern Europe, Russia, the Middle East and Latin America is what you will hear rolled into an Ethnic Blues Fusion. The band's visionary and lead vocalist, Elana Watson, sang with the Toronto Philharmonic  Orchestra and  the Bruce James Jazz Swing Orchestra and is internationally known for her many recordings of Flamenco, African, Middle Eastern, Trip Hop and more. Joining her are acclaimed Abbotsford artists Marcus Unger (piano), Lorin Friesin (violin) and Sergei Krachmal (clarinet/saxophone). www.elanawatson.com<http://www.elanawatson.com>
The New Orleans Ale Stars
Friday, April 29 |  Doors 7pm |  Show 7:30pm
Tickets $15  Students $12
The New Orleans Ale Stars (no, that's not a typo!) are all about: hot jazz played by serious musicians who don't take themselves too seriously. It's authentic, it's infectious and it's about the best time you can have this side of New Orleans! Their CD 'Kansas City Kitty' won the Jeff Healey Award for best traditional/classic jazz album in Canada in 2007, and whether playing close to home or jazz fests around the world, they are guaranteed to get the crowd on their feet.
www.neworleansalestars.com<http://www.neworleansalestars.com>

Art Napoleon
Friday,  May 27 |  Doors 7pm |  Show 7:30pm
Tickets $15  Students $12
Art Napoleon, a bushman from the boreal foothills of Northern BC, can still skin a moose with a pocket knife but he is better known as one of Canada's great music troubadours whose words and music bridges cultures. Armed with a wicked sense of humour and an uncanny ability to improvise he engages audiences of all ages. A born entertainer, he can embody the shaman archetype to cast a spell on the gathered. His latest release Creeland Covers (2010) which features familiar rock, reggae and country covers sung in Cree, has received rave reviews. www.artnapoleon.com<http://www.artnapoleon.com>

JouTou
Friday,  June 17 |  Doors 7pm |  Show 7:30pm
Tickets $15  $12 students
JouTou is one of Canada's best world-music ensembles, with a performance that moves from Montreal to Casablanca via the Caribbean. Their magical world of musical cultures is created by Andre Thibault on flamenco guitar and oud (lute), Qiu Xia He on pipa (Chinese lute), and Liam McDonald on percussion. With virtuosic playing and musical exuberance they've brought joy to audiences worldwide. The band's name derives from the French words "joue tout", which mean "play everything", and indeed, the group's repertoire includes everything from French and North African music to Gypsy, French Caribbean and Quebecois songs and originals based on this diverse array of styles. www.silkroadmusic.ca/jou-tou<http://www.silkroadmusic.ca/jou-tou>

Live @ The Reach is an eclectic music series presented by The Reach Gallery Museum Abbotsford - a great night of music surrounded by the latest exhibitions.  For more information and tickets call 604-864-8087 ext. 111 or email info at thereach.ca<mailto:info at thereach.ca>.  Tickets can also be purchased on-line at thereach.ca. The Reach is located at 32388 Veterans Way, Abbotsford, one block north of the corner of Trethewey and South Fraser Way. Live @ The Reach is funded with support from the Abbotsford Community Foundation.

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Kat Wahamaa
Cultural Programs Manager
t 604 864 8087 x 124
f 604 864 8048

The Reach
Gallery Museum Abbotsford
32388 Veterans Way
Abbotsford, BC V2T 0B3
thereach.ca<http://www.thereach.ca/>

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