PROJECTS
JOHNNY BOBBY CAKE
MARK LALAMA -DAVIDE DIRENZO- RICH MOORE
Formerly known as The Mark Lalama Trio (see below)
Every Tuesday at The Painted Lady
218 Ossington Ave, Toronto
8:00-10:30. FREE ADMISSION.
DIZZY & FAY
My project with Amanda Walther (DALA). Inspired by the songs and composers of the great American Songbook,
Dizzy and Fay is a piano/voice duo that writes and performs original songs echoing timeless standards, late nights, jazz cigarettes and songs you swear you've loved your whole life. Follow The Diz and the Fay here for releases and shows and other stuff.
photo by Jen Squires
Sisters Euclid
I have tried and tried, so far unsuccessfully, to retrace the steps that have put me on the silver screen with such artists as these. I am incomprehensibly proud to call them my Sisters. To commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Sisters Euclid, we celebrate the release of the Sisters Euclid movie, This Palomino Hour. Shot in dubbly and the whole dangbang. It is our sincere hope that you watch this film, enjoy this film, and find it irrestible to interact with our beloved DONATE button. Thank you so much.
MARK LALAMA TRIO
The Mark Lalama Trio is Mark Lalama on keyboards and vocals, Davide DiRenzo on drums and vocals, and Rich Moore on bass and vocals. This trio is fast earning a reputation as one of the most engaging and intuitive bands around. Separately they are in-demand session and touring musicians who have played on hundreds of stages and studio recordings. Together they create a unique brand of genre bending magic. It's a rare combination: impassioned and gifted performers who seem to share a musical telepathy, delivering incredible original songs and never failing to inspire those who are there to take it all in.
Rich Moore
"You fellas are so dammed good… great players all, with oodles of feel and ears like satellite dishes...I felt like a mangy dog riding shotgun in the back seat of a Cadillac. Thank you so much for inviting me to the party."
-Stephen Fearing, multi award-winning singer/songwriter.
“HOLY CRAP THIS IS AMAZING. HOLY CRAP.” -Sarah Slean, internationally renowned singer-songwriter/composer/recording artist/poet/visual artist.
"You guys are all monsters!" - John McDermott , Iconic Canadian Tenor
Davide DiRenzo
“Having heard the Mark Lalama Trio for the past 3 years, I'm always amazed when they play. Individually, they are first call musicians but when they play together, something else happens - something profound. Now Mark is a truly gifted songwriter - maybe songcrafter is the word here - and the songs can run from contemplative to uplifting to bourbon-soaked and when the band delivers them, I'm usually turning to the person beside me in disbelief asking, "did that just happen?" They can create such sweeping sonic landscapes and then bring it in to whisper in your ear - sometimes within the same song. The band moves through the dynamic and nuance of the music by offering and receiving so there is this grace, this openness between them in which we're invited to join.” - Brian Andres, Applewood Hollow B&B
"These three...draw you in and keep you there...taking you on a musical roller coaster that will have you smiling and laughing one minute and weeping the next. They are the appetizer, the main course and dessert all rolled into one deletable evening for the senses -- It just doesn't get any better than this." - Deb Slade, Director, Centre for the Arts, Brock University, 2012 National Arts Presenter of the Year
"He's a giant. A true artist." - Roger Hodgson, Supertramp
"I am humbled when I hear work such as yours. It is so good." -Ian Thomas, multi award winning singer-songwriter.
“The Canadian John Hiatt has arrived and is taking no prisoners.” -Maury LaFoy, bassist and mutli instrumentalist/composer/producer.