Luke Doucet & Justin Rutledge will play The Palomino Club in Calgary on Friday Night (April 4th) Rutledge will hit the stage at Midnight and Doucet will follow at 1am.

Tickets for the show are $10 or you can get a multiple access wristband for $30. Good deal.

Nominated for his sophomore record, the critically acclaimed “The Devil On a Bench in Stanley Park” (2006) Rutledge is being honoured alongside Corb Lund, Jill Barber, David Francey & Oh Susanna.

To bolster the outstanding nod, Justin will release his new album, “Man Descending” on April 8. The album’s release also kicks off a full length, international tour with Kathleen Edwards.

As for Luke Doucet, to appease the Canadian fans who have been madly buying his album, “Blood’s Too Rich,” Luke played a handful of headline dates in Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto before heading to Calgary.

After signing autographs and handing off high-fives, Luke will don the gloves and take the net for Juno Cup hockey. This will be his fourth year tending goal with legendary Canadian musicians and NHL greats.

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For example, here is a great snippet from a great interview with Luke Doucet.

What club do you like to go to after a show?

The Dakota Tavern has the best vibe in town, and the music is great seven days a week. Nice people, good food and the kitchen is open late, too. That’s what it takes to get hipsters to enjoy blues and country music. (Ssshhh… don’t tell them that’s what they’re enjoying; they’ll leave.)

Click here for the entire interview

Catch Luke Doucet and the White Falcon at the Shoe on March 29th for a bargain of $12.50

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Let’s start with Thursday…

The Pitter Patter Music Festival returns for the second year.  In Toronto, the festival touches some unique venues (The Montreal House, The Boat, Teranga)

(Pitter Patter) Drop $5 at The Boat to catch – Foxfire Forest, Fire Hydrant, Bass Lions, Reuben O’Dell Barkow

On to Friday…

Go for the music and stay for the food at Sneaky Dee’s – Shit la Merde feat We Are Wolves The cost: $7

(Pitter Patter) A great $5 spend at Teranga – Bocce, Beth in Battle Mode, Sleeping Kings of Iona, TMPD

Sleep all day Saturday to be ready for Saturday night…

Head to the Shoe for perhaps the gig of the weekend – Luke Doucet, The White Falcon.  $12.50 to see The White Falcon in person and catch a killer show.

(Pitter Patter) $5 for a Diableros show and at The Montreal House at that – The Mark Inside, Clothes Make the Man and The Diableros

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Here are some clips of tracks that had our ear this past week.

The Kooks performed at the MOD Club this past Monday. Straight from (my favorite music site on the web) La Blogotheque’s Take Away Shows is a great clip of The Kooks playing on the street in Paris.

Listening to Plants and Animals this week before the launch of their album this week.

Luke Doucet put on an excellent show at the Starlight in Waterloo this past week. Here is an old clip of an acoustic performance…

Happy Family Day.

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From the opening track Long Haul Driver it was evident that the band was playing at a very high level – they’ve played 26 shows since December 27th – they sounded great.

The band is roughly 2/3rds through their 3 month Canada/Austin tour promoting their new album Blood’s Too Rich.

Doucet was accompanied by The White Falcon, which includes Doucet’s wife: guitarist and successful solo musician Melissa McClelland

During the riffed up Take You Home, Doucet maintained his praise as a great guitarist with a juicy little solo. Local Juno nominee and well known multi-instrumentalist Danny Michel joined the band on stage playing the piano. He added some very unique sounds and solos to tracks and you could tell it was a real kick for the band.

“I know it’s not a big deal for you guys because he lives around the corner, but I don’t see Danny often, so I’m a bit starstruck.” Doucet commented with a nod.

The band played through It’s Only Tuesday and Michel added some very cool variety to the track, which has such a great Neil Young vibe to it. Just as Michel thought his duty was done Doucet (speaking to both the band and the crowd) said, “this should be interesting because I don’t think he knows any of these songs”

Danny Michel played another 2-3 songs adding improvised piano sounds and solos that made the gig a very unique experience.

The encore included a great cover of Johnny Cash’s Folsom Prison Blues that blended into an even more impressive Bruce Springsteen’s I’m On Fire.

The encore was one of the high points of the show, but it might not have outdone the version of The Comandante from the new album…

The opening act, the Spider Dogs had some familiar faces – they’re a spin off project involving members from three reputable local bands: The Stars Here, The Droops, and The Lucas Stagg Band…

The Spider Dogs started with Good Love and played through a handful of songs that they are testing before releasing their debut album. The band pulls off the early Rolling Stones sound and even the vibe reminiscent of The Band, but their Pop/Punk numbers don’t quite fit.

The band has a great sound and I look forward to their upcoming album.

For the rest of Luke Doucet’s and the White Falcon, visit their Myspace page.

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