Blues performer and Juno Award winner, Julian Fauth, will perform at the 1500 Pub and Grill Saturday, Nov. 14, 9 p.m. as part of a a brief northern tour. Tickets are $10 advance at the venue or $15 at the door.
Fauth won the Juno for best blues album of the year in 2009 for his fourth album, Ramblin' Son. The CD hit number two on the Bluesville Chart in the United States.
He has toured Canada, the United States, Europe, Israel and Russia.
On Friday Nov. 13, he and his drummer Bob Vespaziani, will play at the Lavigne Tavern, east of Sudbury on Hwy. 64 in the town of Lavigne. Tickets there are $10.
According to show promoter, Sharon Grace, Fauth has never played in the north before.
Fauth's trademark style is the intense rollicking barrel house blues style, pleasing to the audience, according to his biography.
“My father worked at a radio station, and when I was six he brought home an LP called The Golden Blues Hour with 20 tracks on it: everything from Mississippi John Hurt to Buddy Guy. I have been listening to the blues ever since.”
Fauth, originally from Kitchener, got his start when blues guitarist Mel Brown heard him play piano and invited him up on stage to perform. After earning a masters degree in philosophy, Fauth came to Toronto in 1996, playing in venues in the Kensington Market area.
His philosophical studies have translated into his songwriting abilities bringing forth an urban angst, speaking of loneliness and loss, but coupled with humour and hope.
As one of Fauth's songs states:
“You can't choose the world you live in, but you might choose the way you live.
You can't choose what they take away, but you might choose what you give.”
For more information, visit www.julianfauth.com
