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November 14th Canmore with Apollo Suns

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Two of Western Canada's finest horn/brass bands in Canmore.



Apollo Suns blend jazz, rock, and psychedelic influences, crafting a signature sound that keeps the dance floor alive. Crowned “Instrumental Artist of the Year” at the Western Canadian Music Awards in 2018, 2020, and 2024, they’re set to deliver a high-energy, genre-bending performance.

Delirium Street Party Brass pushes the boundaries of the brass band genre with tracks from The Alberta Sessions EP, featuring Angela Wrigley on vocals, and an exciting debut of new instrumental renditions. Expect a captivating fusion of electronic pulse and brass-rock intensity, with a full ensemble of tuba, trombone, saxophone, floor toms, vibraphone, drums, trumpet, and a playful selection of percussion “toys” to delight and surprise.

Maclayne opens, performing songs on her debut tour.

TICKETS

Brass Band at Pixel Park Tomorrow

April 18th we are doing an afternoon 6PM brass band show at Pixel Park! Thanks Calgary Culture + Entertainment District.
Location: 314 12 Avenue South East.

After this we are going into the clubs for our The Alberta Sessions EP Tour, so don't miss this opportunity to see us in our native "street party brass" environment!

Catch us on CKUA at 10:30AM tomorrow, we're going live to talk about this even and the tour.

Don't forget there's a half court hoop for basketball, a dog park, and a skateboard plaza at Pixel Park.

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The Alberta Sessions EP Available to Pre-Order

Pre-order "The Alberta Sessions EP"

The new EP has beautiful album art by Juno nominated designer Simon Paul, with full album credits.

Order it from our store on Bandcamp


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The Alberta Sessions EP and Tour News Release

DELIRIUM STREET PARTY BRASS RELEASE THEIR NEW EP THE ALBERTA SESSIONSINSPIRED BY ALBERTAS GREAT FEMALE SONGWRITERS, WITH A BRASS BRAND TWIST!

ALBERTA LAUNCH TOUR WITH ALI WICK KICKS OFF @ THE IRONWOOD STAGE AND GRILL AS A PART OF THE JAZZYYC INTERNATIONAL JAZZ DAY FESTIVAL ON SATURDAY, APRIL 27
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THE ALBERTA SESSIONS EP AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE APRIL 26th, 2024

Calgary, AB
– Alberta is about to get a double shot of brass, jazz, funk and pop music with Delirium Street Party Brass and Ali Wick, on tour in late April/early May in support of their debut EP’s!

DELIRIUM STREET PARTY BRASS
Delirium Street Party Brass is a groundbreaking ensemble from Calgary, AB that is steadily building a reputation as one of the premiere brass bands in Canada. The group blends jazz elements from the New Orleans street band tradition with pop stylings, using its unique, percussion-and-horns-centered instrumentation to deliver a new take on the growing brass band genre.
DSPB features a diverse mix of the top jazz, soul, funk and pop musicians in Calgary, who represent three generations of professional musicians that all share a love for large ensemble energy and improvisation. The band’s lead singer Ali Wick is a powerhouse of pop with a unique style that blends numerous genres, while taking this diverse genre to a youth-based audience.
DSPB’s debut The Alberta Sessions EP is a reimagining of songs hand-selected by the Producers from the catalogue of our great legends of song in Alberta. The process of song selection was very thorough and without even trying, ended up producing 6 songs that are all penned by female, Alberta-born artists. Songs by Joni Mitchell, Kiesza, Jocelyn Alice, our own Ali Wick, Tegan and Sara, and Feist comprise this very special EP.
The EP was produced by 3-Time Juno Award winning Producer Scott Morin and DSPB band-leader John Abraham, with songs recorded and mixed at OCL Studios by Brennan Kennedy. The end result is an album that reinvents some of the classic songs from 6 of Alberta’s greatest songwriters through the lens of 12 uniquely talented jazz, pop and soulful musicians on the EP. For the upcoming Alberta-wide tour to launch this EP, Delirium Street Party Brass will be touring as a scaled down but still-meaty-8-piece-ensemble, filling each venue with their trademark brass band sound.

ALI WICK

Ali Wick is not only the lead singer and front-woman of DSPB, but a deeply talented singer, songwriter and recording artist in her own right. This tour will feature Ali performing her own special set of original songs, in addition to her role as singer in Delirium Street Party Brass. Ali will be performing a repertoire of new originals in support of her upcoming EP release which was recorded in Nashville, Calgary and Toronto and sees this raw, soulful and emotional artist step out with a set of autobiographical songs that relates deeply to a wide range of music fans.

THE ALBERTA SESSIONS EP TOUR – DELIRIUM STREET PARTY BRASS & ALI WICK – DATES:
  • Þ  CALGARY, AB – THE IRONWOOD STAGE & GRILL – 04/27/24 (PRESENTED BY JAZZYYC)
  • Þ  LETHBRIDGE – THE SLICE – 04/30/24
  • Þ  RED DEER – THE VELVET OLIVE – 05/02/24
  • Þ  EDMONTON – THE STARLITE ROOM (REVIVAL) – 05/03/24
  • Þ  CANMORE – THE CANMORE LEGION – 05/04/24


THE ALBERTA SESSIONS EP PREVIEW

BIG YELLOW TAXI (JONI MITCHELL) – 2:50
HELLO LOVE (ALI WICK) – 2:43
HIDEAWAY (KEISZA) – 4:40
1 2 3 4 (FEIST) – 3:20
CLOSER (TEGAN AND SARA) – 4:30 (radio edit available: 3:37)
JACKPOT (JOCELYN ALICE) – 3:59
Produced by Scott Morin and John Abraham

THE ALBERTA SESSIONS EP – ARTISTS:
Ali Wick – Vocals
John Abraham – Trombone and band leader
Scott Morin – Alto Saxophone
Jeremy Coates – Sousaphone
Allistair Elliott – Trumpet
Dana Kaukinen – Bass Trumpet
Erin Elies – Tenor Saxophone
Dave Lake – Bass Drum
Gavin Sorochan – Drums
Jim Johnston – Drums
Brian Cole – Vibraphone
Bob Fenske – Percussion, Vibraphone


Featuring:
Angela Wrigley – Vocals (Closer)
Drumline (Hideaway) Ty McLellan – Tenor Drums Brandon Smith – Snare Drum Jared Smith – Bass Drum
Zach Blair – Tenor Drums Trenton Lee-Owe – Snare Drum
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For press inquiries, contact: Scott Morin, Mascot Music | scott@cellarlive.com | Cell: 403-690-4747
Delirium Street Party Brass thanks Calgary Arts Development for the support of the EP and tour.
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Brass band cover of 1234 (Feist) featuring Ali Wick

Check out 1234 wherever you get your music! Listen your favourite music platform.



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Today March 22nd we release 1234. This is from our upcoming "The Alberta Sessions" EP. Our EP celebrates the songwriting of Alberta female artists in the brass band genre, featuring the amazing Ali Wick. What a better celebration of Alberta music than a song from Calgary's hometown girl Feist. We love the bouncy feel of this one, and Allistair Elliott's "Sgt Pepper" style piccolo trumpet at the end, and John Abraham's understated trombone solo. The post-teen melancholy in the lyrics is quite seductive. Hope you LOVE IT.