Welcome to Rick & Suzie's Space
January 5, 2011
Happy New Year - we hope your year is off to a great start!
Rick and I are gearing up for some gigs in Alberta and British Columbia at the beginning of April 2011, details are on our shows page. We'll also be returning to Hornby Island to instruct at the Blues Workshop.
We'll add more shows as they come. Hope to see you somewhere soon!
Cheers,
Suzie & Rick
July 13, 2010
Howdy Folks,
Hope you're having a wonderful summer so far!
We've added a couple more gigs * to our schedule this summer; they're noted below and you can check for further details on our shows page:
July 16-18, 2010 - Stewart Park Festival 20th Anniversary, Perth, ON
July 23-25, 2010 - Islands Folk Festival, Duncan, BC
*July 26, 2010 - Sea Breeze Lodge, Hornby Island, BC
*July 29, 2010 - Carbrea Vineyard & Winery, Hornby Island, BC
July 30 & 31, 2010 - Filberg Festival, Courtenay, BC
Aug 2 - 6, 2010 - Kincardine Summer Music Festival
Aug 6 - 8, 2010 - Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival 25th Anniversary, Lunenburg, NS
Aug 21, 2010 - CNE Blues Bandstand - 12:00pm, Toronto, ON
Lots of fun, lots of music - hope you can make it to a show!
Cheers!
Suzie & Rick
April 19, 2010
Happy Spring!!
It's been just over a year since we've updated, my how time flies when you're having fun!
Rick and I are gearing up for a busy spring and summer of shows, festivals and workshops; here's where we're going to be so far:
May 10 - 14, 2010 - Hornby Island Blues Workshop, Hornby Island,BC
May 17, 2010 - Old Crow Houseconcerts, Vancouver BC
July 9-11, 2010 - Mariposa Folk Festival 50th Anniversary, Orillia, ON
July 16-18, 2010 - Stewart Park Festival 20th Anniversary, Perth,ON
July 23-25, 2010 - Islands Folk Festival, Duncan, BC
July 30 & 31, 2010 - Filberg Festival, Courtenay, BC
Aug 2 - 6, 2010 - Kincardine Summer Music Festival
Aug 6 - 8, 2010 - Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival 25th Anniversary
Aug 21, 2010 - CNE Blues Bandstand, Toronto, ON
Further details are on our shows page.
Lots of fun, lots of music - hope you can make it to a show!
Cheers!
Suzie & Rick
April 7, 2009
It's been a little while; here's a little bit of news.
Rick and I are preparing to do some Blues in the Schools in London and Kincardine, Ontario via the Great Lakes Blues Society. We're looking forward to it! We're also doing several evening concerts in London, Kincardine and Wallaceburg. Details are listed on the shows page.
Our CD is now being distributed by Outside Music - please click here to wrangle a copy of Nothing Halfway.
Also wanted to let you know there have been some additions to our shows page.
That's it for now - many thanks for checking in!
Cheers,
Suzie & Rick
June 7, 2008
Rick and I will be featured on Bravo TV's show Roots, Rhythm & Soul which was produced by Mako Funasaka of Talkin' Blues on Friday, June 13th at 7:00pm (EST). Please tune in if you're able! Further details are listed on the shows page.
Rick and I will be heading off to do a couple shows in St. Johns Newfoundland - it's the first trip to the Rock for the both of us and we're very excited! A great big shout-out to Terry Parsons for putting the mini-tour together for us. Details are listed on the shows page.
We've added some other shows that will happening in Summer 2008 - please check 'em out!
Mar 28, 2008
Here are a link to a review and some pics by Tracy Kolenchuk of our recent show in Edmonton at the Blue Chair. Big thanks to Tracy and everyone in Saskatoon, Penticton, Edmonton and Calgary who made our tour a blast! We hope we can come back soon...
Here's the link to Tracy's review and pics:
http://edmontonstages.blogspot.com/2008/03/rick-fines-and-suzie-vinnick-at-blue.html
Click on slideshow to see Tracy's pics of the show.
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Feb 15, 2008
Rick and I are getting ready to head to Western Canada (Saskatoon, Calgary, Edmonton and Penticton) for a series of dates between February 24th and March 16th - please check the shows section for details!
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May 28, 2007
Rick and I are back from BC, and are gearing up for a busy summer of shows - please check our Shows schedule for the latest updates. We're also going to be heading to Alberta in October.
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April 4, 2007
We've added some album reviews to our Music page and some tour dates to our Shows page.
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January 24, 2007:
INTERNATIONAL SONGWRITING CONTEST (ISC)
Some more great news! Rick and I have made it to the semi-finals of the International Songwriting Contest (ISC) with 2 of our songs in 2 categories! "We Got A Love Like That" has made it to the semi-finals in the Performance Category and "How'd You Know I Missed You" has made it to the semi-finals in the Blues Category. The Finalists will be posted to the ISC Website on February 1, and winners will be announced in March 2007, as soon as the judging process is complete.
You can check out samples of both songs on the music section of our website, wrangle a CD here from the site, or git yerself a digital copy at Itunes!
Yeehaw!!
Suzie (& Rick)
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January 16, 2007
Winner of 3 - 2006 Canadian Mapleblues Awards !!!
From the Toronto Star, Tuesday January 16, 2007
Vinnick victorious in Maple Blues Awards
Saskatoon-born Suzie Vinnick heads the list of winners of this year’s Maple Blues Awards, handed out last night by the Toronto Blues Society. She was named top Female Vocalist and Bass Player and shares Songwriter of the Year with Rick Fines for their 2006 release, Nothing Halfway.
For a complete list of winners, please visit www.torontobluessociety.com.
A great big thanks to everyone who voted!!
Suzie & Rick
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November 3, 2006
MAPLEBLUES AWARDS!!
Today the Mapleblues
Awards nominees were announced - Rick and Suzie are proud to say
they've been nominated for 4 awards between the two of them!!
Rick and Suzie were nominated for Acoustic Act of the Year, and SOCAN Songwriter of the Year. Suzie was also nominated as Bassist of the Year and Female Vocalist of the Year.
Voting begins on Nov. 13, 2006 and ends on Dec. 16, 2006.
Click here to vote, and click here for more info on the nominees and the Mapleblues Awards.
For information on Rick's and Suzie's solo work you can visit www.rickfines.com
and www.suzievinnick.com.
Thanks for visiting - please check out our new album,
and we hope to see you at a show soon!
Cheers,
Suzie & Rick
Check out our new album:
Nothing Halfway on Itunes
Download your favourite songs from NOTHING HALFWAY using Itunes.
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