Two Pianos, No Rodeo

Event Description

Calling all piano enthusiasts, blues lovers, appreciators of the slightly unhinged. Two Pianos No Rodeo features two Blue Rodeo connected pianists with insights, skills, and improvisation to share. It’s never the same twice.

Two Pianos, No Rodeo

Saturday May 30th

The Knox on 2nd

Doors 7pm Music 8pm

This isn’t a concert. It’s a piano séance in two acts. Bob Wiseman and Mike Boguski, two of Canada’s most unpredictable keyboard minds are taking turns dismantling and reimagining what a solo piano set can be. One piano. Two artists. Zero cowboy hats.

THE PLAYERS:

BOB WISEMAN @rockbobster Founding member of Blue Rodeo. Punk pianist. Lo-fi provocateur. Think Monk meets Burroughs at a Toronto dive bar. Expect sound collage, biting satire, sonic left turns. Nothing’s off limits.

MIKE BOGUSKI @mikeboguskimusic Current Blue Rodeo pianist. Ambient soul explorer. A master of restraint and reverie. Piano as landscape. Melody as memory. Quiet storms and cinematic swells. Musical cliff jumping.

�THE NIGHT:

Each artist takes the same piano and launches in opposite directions - solo, stripped down, wide open.

One piano. Two deeply personal journeys. No safety net. No genre crutches. No rodeo. Come for the clash of styles. Stay for the communion. This is piano as protest, as prayer or as whatever they feel that night.

Local support from LADYFOLK - Liza & Leighann will be opening the night with some folk and banter to get things warmed up!

LADYFOLK, a folk duo from Fernie. Originally from Labrador and Saskatchewan respectively, expect magical harmonies, a great repertoire, and really fun banter. It’s hard to believe it took this long for these two “girls” to unleash their music on this town but here it is. Enjoy!