"RRC Presents"
RRC Presents is a concert series that takes place at the Old Town Hall in Winchester, and features a variety of musical styles and performers.
March 23, 2023, 7:00pm
Old Town Hall, 478 Main St, Winchester, ON
The Gladsome Gentlemen is a progressive bluegrass band formed by four of Ottawa’s most seasoned pickers. Joe McDonald (guitar, vocals) Trevor Lubin (mandolin, vocals) Dylan Watts (banjo, vocals) and Duncan Reitbeock (Bass) play a mixture of original and traditional tunes with a modern gladsome twist. They are considered Ottawa’s happiest bluegrass band and when paired with their thoughtful songwriting, intricate instrumentals and virtuosic picking they are a delight to catch live.
Lost at the Junction explores the beauty between traditional and new, forgotten and undiscovered. Featuring local artists Lauren Casselman and Tom Henbest, this musical duo aims to create an intimate experience through old-time, folk and singer-songwriter sounds.
Lauren studied vocal performance at Carleton University with an emphasis in musical theatre. Passionate about sharing theatre with young people, she has directed several youth musicals here at the Old Town Hall and has toured schools with educational theatre companies. She trains a team of oxen, a husband and a dog.
Tom is a self-taught multi-instrumentalist who thrives in the obscure and often long-ignored historical music world. He has led the Upper Canada Village music department for the past decade. When he is not playing banjo or herding goats, Tom enjoys attending square dances and ceilidhs — especially when there is a complimentary lunch.
May 25, 2023, 7:00pm
Old Town Hall, 478 Main St, Winchester, ON
An intimate concert of Americana roots-rock live at the Old Town Hall, a 100 year old theatre in Winchester, ON.
Brock Zeman, and Ken Workman, both backed by a full band, will be performing live at The Old Town Hall in Winchester, ON, on May 25, 2023.
When it comes to storytelling, Brock Zeman is a master craftsman. The Canada-based singer-songwriter has spent the past 12 years carving and chiseling Americana soundscapes, drawing from roots-rock and alternative country. But what separates Zeman from his contemporaries isn’t a willingness to speak truth – it’s his unwillingness to conform to the rules of Nashville and the traditional framework of genre. What gives Zeman’s stories force isn’t that he’s just singing a narrative – he’s living it.
A native of Ottawa, Canada, Ken Workman was raised on the vinyl sounds of roots and began singing at age 11 in a Choir and quickly fell in love with music and wanted to learn more. He picked up his first guitar at age 15 and enrolled in lessons.
Tones of blue collar struggle and working-poor values line songs that breathe to life tastefully crafted melodies. A true roots-rock experience with a hint of pop, his live show demonstrates dynamics that can reduce a room to silence or fill a dance floor by exploding with a driving beat. His songs unite a heart full of emotion and a memory full of experiences of a working class childhood.
PAST EVENTS
December 22, 2022, 7:00pm
Old Town Hall, 478 Main St, Winchester, ON
Thank you to everyone who attended our final concert of 2022 - Christmas at The Old Town Hall. We would like to share with you, photos, videos, the set list from the show, as well as a digital copy of the program!
Thank you to the band: Bogdan Gheorghe - Guitar, Ken Workman - guitar/Vocals, Dylan Roberts - Drums, Laura Greenberg - Bass, Dave Tettmar - keys/Vocals
And our guest performers: Matthew Chaffey, Kristine St-Pierre, Nick Beaton, Tracy Howe, Scott Harvey, Finley June, Lauren Cassleman, and Al Wood.
Photos from the concert, courtesy of Moira Law...
November 30, 2022, 7:00pm
Old Town Hall, 478 Main St, Winchester, ON
OK Naledi is an Afro House music project created by Queer, Motswana Canadian musician Naledi Sunstrum. Traditional sub-Saharan clean guitar lines, classic deep bass, movement-inspiring beats and that iconic, driving Afro House tempo – these are the pieces that define OK Naledi
Special guest Finley June will open the show. Finley is the 2022 winner of the "Writing in 150" Competition (songwriting category), and her first single will be released later this year.
Live at the Old Town Hall November 30, 2022
Live at the Old Town Hall November 30, 2022
Live at the Old Town Hall November 30, 2022
Live at the Old Town Hall November 30, 2022
October 27, 2022, 7:00pm
Old Town Hall, 478 Main St, Winchester, ON
On Oct 27, 2022, Matthew Chaffey will take the stage at the Old Town Hall in Winchester, with his 8-piece band, featuring a horn section!
Matthew Chaffey is a Canadian singer in the soul/rock/pop genre who has years of experience fronting bands, writing material on Juno winning albums and touring coast to coast to coast that has earned him a reputation of being one of the strongest and most powerful singers on the Canadian musical landscape.
Special guest Claude Munson will open the show on October 27. Ottawa’s Claude Munson writes uninhibited impressionist-folk.Whether drenched in crystalline synths or stripped bare, Munson’s songs tackle modern life and love with radical intimacy. His soaring, gritty tenor paints vivid pictures of hard promises and ecstatic joys: atmospheric narratives that unfold, Rorschach-like.
Live at the Old Town Hall October 27, 2022
Live at the Old Town Hall October 27, 2022
Live at the Old Town Hall October 27, 2022
Live at the Old Town Hall October 27, 2022
July 5, 2022, 7:00pm
Old Town Hall, 478 Main St, Winchester, ON
THE TEXAS HORNS
The Texas Horns, widely recognized as the preeminent hard-blowing three-piece blues, soul and roots music horn section, bring 25 years of stellar live performances, acclaimed session work, and solid album production to their every effort. Based in Texas in Austin and San Antonio, The Texas Horns are Mark “Kaz” Kazanoff, tenor sax, harmonica and vocals; John Mills, baritone sax and flute; and Al Gomez, trumpet and flugelhorn.
Recorded LIVE at the Old Town Hall on July 5, 2022
Old Whiskey Road
May 22, 2022, 2:00pm
Old Town Hall, 478 Main St, Winchester, ON
Canadian Folk Music Award nominees Old Whiskey Road bring their brand country, blues, and folk music to Winchester, ON on May 22. OWR "plays like they're cranking out tunes for a saloon full of rowdy gunslingers" (TheRevue.ca), with their unique sound that is at times wild and gritty, and at times soft and sorrowful.
Recorded LIVE at the Old Town Hall on May 22, 2022