Rosebud Folk Club brings Prairie Roots Revue to Rosebud

Times Contributor 

 

Prairie Roots Revue will perform at Rosebud’s Thorny Rose Cafe Dec. 10. The Revue is a collective of five folk musicians, brought together by Zachary Lucky of Saskatoon.

Twenty-three-year-old Lucky has been writing and performing solo folk music for five years, and last year, he began talking to other prairie songwriters about touring as a group. One by one, Carly Maicher, Kacy and Clayton, and Ryan Boldt (front man and songwriter for Juno-nominated Deep Dark Woods), joined him. They became Prairie Roots Revue, now doing its second tour.

This summer, Prairie Roots Revue was performing in Lethbridge, Lucky said, where Alysa van Haastart was touring with the play She Has a Name. Van Haastart, also the organizer of Rosebud Folk Club, loved their sound – calling it “generous, full of story and empathy, and harmonious” – and invited them to perform in Rosebud.

“I’ve always had it in the back of my mind to play a show at Rosebud, but it never quite came about,” Lucky said. “I just love the chance to bring my songs to a new town, and to share those songs with people who may not have heard them, especially with the Roots Revue. These are all really great performers.”

Lucky said his own song writing is influenced by “real song writers, people who are focused on songs and melodies and what they’re saying.” He believes listeners like how honest his music is. “The songs I write, they’re not elaborate …. people find comfort in that simplicity …. when you get a song in its simplest form, there’s something in that song for everybody.”

And he loves performing with the other singer/songwriters in Prairie Roots Revue. 

“From flying solo to doing that was really enjoyable,” he said about their first tour. “Sometimes when you’re performing, you’re really trying and you’re having to try. When we were on stage for that (first) tour, we were just having a hoot every night.” 

He felt like it took “very little effort” as they just did “what came naturally.”

This is Prairie Roots Revue’s first time to experience Rosebud, and Van Haastart said the village offers “an audience like none other …. really attentive and supportive.” 

Lucky said the members of Prairie Roots Revue are excited about the chance to bring their songs to this new community. They’re not performing Christmas music, but Lucky said he hopes they’ll “capture the collective spirit” of the season and that people will “leave feeling good about being part of such a unique experience.”

Lucky and Van Haastart encourage us to check out the musicians’ websites for a preview of their music, then come out to Rosebud on Dec. 10 and enjoy the show. Doors open at 7 p.m. and music starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets $10 at the door, cash only, at Rosebud’s Thorny Rose Cafe.

Zachary Lucky (www.zacharylucky.com)

Ryan Boldt (http://ca.myspace.com/ryanboldt)

Kacy and Clayton (www.kacyandclayton.com)

Carly Maicher (www.carlymaicher.bandcamp.com)