Saturday, November 5, 8:00 pm, $10. The Acoustics, the lively world/roots musical ensemble, are back! Alfonso Spoto accordion; Enzo Spoto, vocal, lead and rhythm guitar; Richard Hone, drums; Bonnie Krenciglowa, violin; Andrew Eckart, bass. http://www.theacoustics.ca/
For the past ten years, they have been cultivating their own unique world/roots music, with a lively upbeat Mediterranean sound.
The Acoustics were first recognized for their musical achievements in 2004, when their CD A Thousand Yesterdays was the winner of the Hamilton Music Award for Best Instrumental Recording of the Year. Next, their CD Forever and A Day was named Folk/Traditional recording of the year at the 2008 Hamilton Music Awards. Forever and a Day went on to come in second place for World Album of the year at the 2009 JPF Music Awards in Nashville, Tennessee. Subsequently, the album was nominated for two 2009 Hamilton Music Awards: Folk/Traditional Recording of the year and Instrumental Recording of the year.
The Acoustics have been in the studio recording their third CD, which is expected to be released next year in May of 2012.
