The Grievous Angels

The Grievous Angels Live in the Green Sanderson Hall at Hugh's Room, 296 Broadview Avenue Show at 2pm, Doors at 1pm$35+ in advance, $42+at the door "Joe Strummer would be proud." -Billboard “The band is as tight as a stripped down E Street band.” Borderline Radio “Authentic like Johnny Cash and Woody Guthrie.” Richard Marcus, music reviewer “Somewhere between Gram and Townes. Achingly beautiful.” -John Emms The Grievous Angels have covered a lot of ground over their three decades –two Juno nominations and countless gigs played. They have just released their 10th album Revolution. It is a soundtrack of resistance in an age of uncertainty. The Angels sound is built around the gritty songwriting of band leader Charlie Angus. His songs capture the tragic beauty of life in Canada’s northern blue collar outposts. The Edmonton Journal once said that Angus sings “flatter than a dirt road in Saskatchewan.” But they meant it as a compliment. They added that “one day his songs will rank up there with Ian Tyson, Stan Rogers and Gordon Lighftoot.” The Grievous Angels is a driving seven piece band with an array of instruments and styles. This is a band with a kick ass live show. They have played picket lines, ducked bottles in biker bars and acted as the square dance band for a gathering of residential school survivors on the James Bay coast. The Angels show up ready to play. They leave nothing in the tank by the time they are done.