NEWS RELEASE
THE COULSON CONCERTS
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Canadian roots music vet Rick Fines has had a long and storied career as one of the country’s hardest working musicians. He has toured across Canada countless times solo, as a duo or with a full band and has recorded over 14 albums and has been a guest on many others.
Steeped in roots music, Rick Fines crafts a unique blend of warm-hearted blues, juke joint folk, and dockside soul that both embraces and defies the genres that influence him. As a veteran of the North American blues and folk circuits, he engages audiences with captivating songs, diverse guitar styling and his signature vocal growl.
He has won MapleBlues Awards for Songwriter of the Year and Acoustic Act Of The Year (twice), won first place in the blues category of 2003 International Songwriting Competition, with B.B. King one of the judges, received nominations from both the Juno and the Handy Awards, and played for legendary blues piano player Pinetop Perkins.
Rick has just released Solar Powered Too, a stunning collection of songs – stories sung in Fines' richly textured voice, a voyage through blues and folk guitar styles.
Rick Fines will perform on Sunday, July 30 at 2 p.m. Information and tickets are available online.
The Venue
The Coulson Concerts is a new folk and roots music series presented in a quaint historic church in Oro-Medonte at 301 Horseshoe Valley Rd. W. This little white church has stood watch at the top of Coulson Hill on the Horseshoe Valley Road for over 140 years. The church, built in 1881, was closed as a place of worship in the 1960s and recently restored preserving many original features, including an ornate Victorian tin ceiling, pews, plank flooring, a cast iron and nickel-plated stove, and the original pulpit. Coulson Church provides an enchanting setting in which to enjoy authentic Canadian music.
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