FRANK PATRICK with REBECCA JENKINS
Thursday, 6 July 2023 | DOORS AT 19:30, MUSIC FROM 20:00
Award-winning songwriter Frank Patrick brings his unique, rootsy, “transglobal rhythm and song” to Vancouver, in collaboration with local songstress Rebecca Jenkins.
Here’s what Frank Has to say about himself:
Frank has toured Canada, the US and Europe and has shared the stage with countless artists including Buffy St. Marie, Cyril Neville (Neville Brothers), Jonathan Best (David Byrne) and Dr. Timothy Leary(!). The former lyricist, co-writer and lead vocalist of Zombo Zombo, he also toured as part of the music ensemble in the Dora Award-winning ‘Sable/Sand’ with Dancemakers.
A cycling accident in 1999 forced Frank to abandon his musical career, spending the next 7 years recovering and also writing the material that would become ‘Worlds in Transition’.
In 2007, Frank Patrick won the OCFF ‘World Music Song of the Year’ for ‘Believe’. That same year, his song ‘The Man Who Walks Alone’ was chosen for the ‘Diaspora for Africa’ international compilation CD. From the same album, ‘Boneyard Road’ was runner-up for the 2008 OCFF ‘Blues Song of the Year’. Since then, Frank has toured Canada as a solo artist every summer, save for 2020-2021.
Most recently, Frank has released 2 critically acclaimed albums in collaboration with his long-time friend and bandmate/producer brilliantfish. His second release ‘Soul Medicine’ is a testament to all of humanity dressed in darkness, light and all the living colours; a catalyst for finding the true nature of beauty and for everyone having a voice. The album features stellar performances from Ian de Souza (basses), Rebecca Campbell (vocals, percussion), Brian MacMillan (guitars), Cam MacInnes (guitars), Jerome Godboo (harmonicas), Michael Menegon (udu) and sweet T (vocals).
2021 saw the release of ‘The Almighty We’. Originally intended as Frank’s “roots” album, many of the songs were borne out of the isolation, personal and global action and reaction to COVID-19. Other songs were borne out of the soul searching journeys for truth, understanding and clarity. A call for a sense of oneness to share this planet.
‘The Almighty We’ features the acclaimed single and video ‘Mercy’ – dedicated to the front line pandemic workers – a prayer for these fragile times. The album’s second single and title track is a celebration of the power of humanity – in all its folly and beauty – to affect positive change. The album is bolstered by exceptional musical contributions from Ian DeSouza, Rebecca Campbell, Cam MacInnes, Brian MacMillan and sweet T with the addition of Ed Michael Roth (accordion) on the title track.