All the January fun!

Here is the newsletter I sent out to my mailing list for my January activities. ------------ hi folks, Happy New Year! I am happy to stop eating Christmas cookies and get back to work. Hope this finds you with hope in your heart for a decent future on topics big and small. January has some fun stuff for me. Why wait?...let's go! Tuesday Jan 6, Cluttertones @ Sellers and Newel, 8pm Wednesday Jan 7, Ronley Teper/Tim Posgate Tom Waits Tribute, The Block Co. 395 John st. Burlington, On. 8pm Thursday Jan 15, Cluttertones; Memory of Light (feature film on the big screen at Innis Town Hall on U of T campus) FREE ADMISSION 7pm -I wrote a little post about this Luka Kuplowsky film on my blog www.guildwoodrecords.blogspot.com Sunday Jan 18 Ronley Teper/Tim Posgate, Communist's Daughter (middle set for John Borra) Friday Jan 23, Tim Posgate Trio (special guests tba) The Rex jazz bar, 5-7pm Tuesday Jan 27, Ronley Teper's Lipliners, Tranzac 7-9pm Thanks for reading this. Hope you can make it out for some of the fun! -tim

Cluttertones Film Premiere

I have been playing with my friends in a group called Cluttertones for something like two decades. We have shared a lot of good times and great music. The group features Lina Allemano on trumpet, Ryan Driver on analog synth and our fearless leader Rob Clutton plays the bass and composes the music. (I play banjo and guitar) At some point while we were rehearsing for one of our recordings one of us suggested that we make a documentary about ourselves. I know that sounds a little bit strange but I think our main reason was we wanted to share a little bit of the joy, the humour and the friendship we have with those who are not in the rehearsal studio with us. This idea lingered for some time. I think we even talked about going shopping for used clothing together and capturing it all on our phones and using that as a starting point for a film. Well…we never went shopping and never started making that film. A year or two passed and Ryan mentioned that he had a friend who was a film maker that might be interested in making a Cluttertones film. One day Ryan’s friend Luka Kuplowsky showed up at one of our rehearsals and started filming us at work. It took us a minute to feel comfortable with the camera rolling all the time but eventually we became pretty good at being ourselves again. Without giving too much away before you see the film, it has some things in common with the classic documentary style showing a work in progress with a look at the behind the scenes creative process. Luka Kuplowsky studied film making at York University but he is also a wonderful singer/songwriter and did a fair bit of touring in Canada last year in support of his recent release called How Can I Possibly Sleep When There Is Music. His film, Memory Of Light; featuring the Cluttertones will be premiering on January 15 at 7pm at Innis Town Hall. Admission is free! Also, the Cluttertones are performing live on January 6 at Sellers and Newel.

MondoBanjo: Wolfe Island's Festival of the Banjo

I don't think I have blogged about this exciting new event yet. MondoBanjo is a banjo festival. It is on Wolfe Island (you take a free ferry from Kingston) It is on the weekend of September 5,6,7, 2025. Tickets go on sale on the MondoBanjo Facebook page on Wednesday June 4 at noon. Actually, it is the Early-Bird Festival Passes that go on sale that day. There are a limited number available and they are only available for one week. Also that day we will announce the artist line-up for the festival and the pricing for festival passes. https://www.facebook.com/MondoBanjo Here are a couple little tidbits that I will share with you since you read my blog. Our main sponsor is https://hotelwolfeisland.com/ This is a very cool little hotel where most of the events at the Mondo Banjo festival will take place. They have a limited number of rooms available for the festival so you might want to contact them immediately if you are thinking of attending and book your room. Another thing I am excited to tell you is that I will be performing with one of the groups at this years festival. Details on the FB page on June 4. This festival is going to have lots of great concerts and workshops but there will also be lots of jamming for all you banjo pickers of any style. <

Four Tuesdays in February at the Rex and a Podcast!

Hi folks, I bring good news. (even if it is a little late) I have gigs! Four tuesdays in February at the Rex Jazz Bar on Queen st. W.  My Jazz Banjo Project features Andrew Downing on bass, Kelsley Grant on trombone and Aline Homzy on violin. We play two sets every Tuesday this month from 530-730. I really hope you can make it for the first set as that is when we will be playing all the new music I have been busy writing.  I am also happy to tell you about a podcast interview I did on the popular podcast called Music Buddy. My pal and musical partner Ronley Teper and I had a lot of fun doing this interview with Jane Gowan (recorded by Tim Vesely) and then the four of us recorded one of Ronley's tunes.  You can find Music Buddy here (or wherever you usually listen to podcasts): https://www.musicbuddy.ca/1817893/episodes/16443461-ronley-teper-tim-posgate-fearless-and-fun Ronley and I will be playing with the Lipliners for our last monthly show at the Tranzac on Wednesday Feb 26 at 930pm. pwyc. Hope see you at one of these shows! -tim

Winner winner chicken dinner!

I don't blog about hockey much anymore. It seemed like a good day for it. Heck, I got the winning goal. Tuesday morning hockey is always fun. Such a great group of guys; musicians, comedians, one of my fave neighbours and more. I always enjoy and take advantage of the open ice before we play. I need to practise all my "hot-dog moves" including the Michigan which I actually pulled off successfuly (albeit a bit sloppy) in the tuesday game one time. I wasn't having a great game individually today but I still always have a great time. There were only a couple minutes left on the clock and I saw an opening up the right wing. I considered dishing to my left winger but I thought we better get a shot on net just in case. I put up a decent backhand and I think it just squeezed under Burkie's arm above his pad. It doesn't matter; it went in and we won. After Tuesday hockey is over I always have to wait three more days until the classic Friday hockey game. My body likes the days off for recovery at this point (58 yrs old) and I will certainly watch a few hockey games between then and now. Go Leafs Go (we miss you Auston! ...speedy recovery I hope)

October gigs!

ello again, I write to you, you and you in good spirits; why it's the first day of the NHL season! There are other good things going on too. I have been getting together and playing folk songs with a talented young singer named Brigit McDermott. We are invited to perform together this Friday night at Sellers and Newel. (Yes, that is the bookstore you keep hearing about with many live music events) Probably best to reserve tickets. (we go on first at 8pm)

-- Another good one to get advance tickets for is Friday October 25, So Long Seven is playing a rare Toronto concert at the excellent venue at Alliance Francais. (just north of Bloor on Spadina) How do you say no to banjo tabla guitar and violin on a Friday night? :-) Ronley Teper and I are playing together a few times this month. Our regular monthly show at the Tranzac with the Lipliners is on Sept 23, 930pm. We are also invited to play a duo gig at the Mezzrow's from 3-6pm on Sunday Oct 20 in parkdale. (Ronley and I will also be in Hamilton on Oct 26 at the Capitol Bar)

what a fun thursday night. I just watched some of my hockey buddies play a great show a the Dakota (Max White and Jack White in their band Harmony On Mars) I made it home to watch some more playoff hockey and tell you about my gig tomorrow. I have been playing a monthly gig with Collette Savard and the Savants at the Tranzac for almost ten years now. Tommorrow is no exception. The exception however is that we are debuting four new tunes. This is rare. We squeeze in a new tune every now and then; often unrehearsed. this time we managed to get together a couple times and work on these new songs. I took it upon myself to arrange three of them. It was fun as Collette writes great songs. She is also a great singer. So...I turned one of her creations into a prog rock tune. Another one I turned it into a kind of a Led Zeppelin blues and the third one is Bill Evans Trio meets Joni Mitchell. I am not sure they will all come out great tomorrow but someday soon they will be part of our repertoire and maybe even our new record. We are at the tranzac tomorrow; May 10 from 7-9pm. Hope you can come. tim