Tue, Apr 7th, 8-10pm, Concert - Wicked Grin – Maple Blues Award Winners - blues with bite
Maple Blues Award Winners - Best New Group.   Since 2003, Murray Kinsley and Wicked Grin have been rockin' festivals and clubs throughout Ontario and Quebec with their distinctive hard driving, in your face blues.  Murray’s fresh take on gritty blues and killer guitar delivers full-tilt blues with a groove that just won't quit.  Wicked Grin’s lasted CD, “Shame On Me” is getting widespread airplay and favorable reviews in Canada, USA and Europe .  The Ottawa Citizen described “Shame On Me”  as “Dark, bluesy ruminations on love and loss featuring the weathered vocals and nasty guitar of Kinsley, who must have sold his soul to achieve such depths of sonic wickedness.”  The song “Heaven” from “Shame On Me” was selected by the Ottawa Citizen has one of the top ten tunes of 2013 recorded by Ottawa artists.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGmjq-67SQk  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rFziq6KwyY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZIiXyRHwgQ   http://www.wickedgrin.ca/ Advance Tickets $12 at Char’s Landing, Gayle’s Fashions & Rollin Art Centre.  out-of-towners call (778) 421-2427 to purchase via Visa/MC/Debit
TX@door $15 FMI http://alberni.ca/events/13685 Char’s 19+ Lounge opens M-F 4pm, S-S 1pm www.charslanding.com Char’s Landing, 4815 Argyle @5th. Port Alberni V9Y 1V9
BIO
Murray Kinsley and Wicked Grin have been rockin’ festivals and clubs throughout Ontario and Western Canada with their distinctive hard-driving, in-your-face performances:  full-tilt blues with a groove that just won’t quit.
Wicked Grin’s latest album “Shame On Me” is getting widespread airplay, including on Sirius/XM’s B.B. King’s Bluesville channel. The Ottawa Citizen described “Shame On Me” as “Dark, bluesy ruminations on love and loss featuring the weathered vocals and nasty guitar of Kinsley, who must have sold his soul to achieve such depths of sonic wickedness.” The song “Heaven” was selected by the Ottawa Citizen as one of the top ten tunes of 2013 recorded by Ottawa artists.
They are working on their next release, due in late 2015.
Reviews of “Shame On Me”
Shame On Me left me with just 3 words… “More, More, More”, as I can’t wait for them to release their next album… Thoroughly Enjoyed and Highly Recommended.
                John Vermilyea, Blues Underground Network, Aug 2014
Great record.  Love it. It totally rocks.
                Peter Simpson, Ottawa Citizen, Dec 2013
Wicked Grin performed at the following festivals in 2014
Kitchener Blues Festival… Calabogie Blues and Rib Fest… Ottawa Bluesfest… Limestone City Bluesfest
For more info, visit www.wickedgrin.ca