Imagine combining the musical stylings of Wilco, Radiohead, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, and Bruce Springsteen, and you have just imagined the sound of Kalle Mattson.

Out of Sault Ste. Marie, Kalle Mattson is the musical embodiment of Kalle Wainio and three band mates who released their first record Whisper Bee in 2009. That album was twice nominated for the Northern Ontario Music Award.

Recently relocated to Ottawa, the band is back with their second album Anchors.  Wainio, a third-year music student, and his band mates spent their summer break last year in the studio recording with Howie Beck.

“I write every song in the band, although there are sometimes co-writes, and am the primary singer,” said Wainio. “The words and majority of the music are written by me beforehand and brought to the band, and then it becomes a whole new thing.”

If pressed for one genre as a primary influence, Wainio says it would be folk music, although as the band works though each song other sounds reminiscent of indi-rock and country emerge.

While there isn’t a direct connection between Kalle Mattson and Wainio’s music studies, his compositions are impacted as he acquires more knowledge and a greater appreciation for different styles of music.

“The Carleton music program has created an extremely supportive environment where all things Kalle Mattson are encouraged, I don’t think you’ll be able to find that commitment to all genres of music in any other university program.”

Once he completed his BMusic, Wainio plans to make the band a full-time priority.  In the interim, fans can download singles at http://www.kallemattson.com

James Wright, Alexis Luko and Andrew Burn are well on their way to ensuring Carleton music students have a refurbished piano to play.

The SSAC professors and music student raised approximately $6,000 and counting, at the Friday October 22, concert and fundraiser. 

This spring, the antique instrument will be sent to a specialist in Napanee for restoration and then returned back to campus where it will finally be heard after a long silence.

To view the CBC news coverage, advance to 3:15 of the news broadcast at CBC http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/News/Local_News/Ottawa/1317910092/ID=1622587459

Students and faculty of the School for Studies in Art and Culture’s music program are hosting a fundraiser to dust off an instrument tucked away since the 70s. The fortepiano which traces its lineage back to the 1770s, is in dire need of a tune-up.

Music professors James Wright and Alexis Luko, and Andrew Burn, a music student who specializes in baroque bassoon, are organizing a benefit concert, “For Heaven’s Sake! Let’s fix this fortepiano, to raise $10,000 to restore the 240 year old piano to its former glory.

“This is a hugely exciting initiative, but it might not have been kick-started had it not been for the interest and efforts of Andrew,” said Wright. “He is an outstanding student in our program.”

Ottawa-area musicians and faculty and students of the School for Studies in Art and Culture will perform eighteenth-century English music on October 22, at 7:30 p.m. at the Church of St. Bartholomew, beside Rideau Hall.  Burn is enthusiastic about the specially-designed program, which ”will feature the music of both home-grown English composers such as Arne, Avison, and Burney, and composers who settled in England such as Handel and Herschel.”

 “We have reason to believe that our Beck/Barwick instrument is an extremely rare gem,” said Luko. “Very few of these instruments are still in existence.”

In the 1980s, the estate of Jack and Francis Barwick bequeathed a collection of paintings by David Milne to Carleton University. The Carleton University Art Gallery (CUAG) was built to house the collection.

Francis Barwick was among the first harpsichordists in Canada in the 20th century. Among the possessions she willed to Carleton, was the historic Beck Fortepiano.

The instrument will be sent to a restoration expert in Napanee in the spring of 2011. Once restored, the fortepiano will be returned to campus and heard once again in concerts celebrating early music.

Tickets are $40 for adults and $20 for students. For additional information visit http://carleton.ca/music/events/for-heavens-sakelets-fix-this-fortepiano/

James Wright, Alexis Luko and Andrew Burn are well on their way to ensuring Carleton music students have a refurbished piano to play.

The SSAC professors and music student raised approximately $6,000 and counting, at the Friday October 22, concert and fundraiser. 

This spring, the antique instrument will be sent to a specialist in Napanee for restoration and then returned back to campus where it will finally be heard after a long silence.

To view the CBC news coverage, advance to 3:15 of the news broadcast at CBC http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/News/Local_News/Ottawa/1317910092/ID=1622587459

James Wright, Alexis Luko and Andrew Burn are well on their way to ensuring Carleton music students have a refurbished piano to play.

The SSAC professors and music student raised approximately $6,000 and counting, at the Friday October 22, concert and fundraiser. 

This spring, the antique instrument will be sent to a specialist in Napanee for restoration and then returned back to campus where it will finally be heard after a long silence.

To view the CBC news coverage, advance to 3:15 of the news broadcast at CBC http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/News/Local_News/Ottawa/1317910092/ID=1622587459

Students and faculty of the School for Studies in Art and Culture’s music program are hosting a fundraiser to dust off an instrument tucked away since the 70s. The fortepiano which traces its lineage back to the 1770s, is in dire need of a tune-up.

Music professors James Wright and Alexis Luko, and Andrew Burn, a music student who specializes in baroque bassoon, are organizing a benefit concert, “For Heaven’s Sake! Let’s fix this fortepiano, to raise $10,000 to restore the 240 year old piano to its former glory.

“This is a hugely exciting initiative, but it might not have been kick-started had it not been for the interest and efforts of Andrew,” said Wright. “He is an outstanding student in our program.”

Ottawa-area musicians and faculty and students of the School for Studies in Art and Culture will perform eighteenth-century English music on October 22, at 7:30 p.m. at the Church of St. Bartholomew, beside Rideau Hall.  Burn is enthusiastic about the specially-designed program, which ”will feature the music of both home-grown English composers such as Arne, Avison, and Burney, and composers who settled in England such as Handel and Herschel.”

 “We have reason to believe that our Beck/Barwick instrument is an extremely rare gem,” said Luko. “Very few of these instruments are still in existence.”

In the 1980s, the estate of Jack and Francis Barwick bequeathed a collection of paintings by David Milne to Carleton University. The Carleton University Art Gallery (CUAG) was built to house the collection.

Francis Barwick was among the first harpsichordists in Canada in the 20th century. Among the possessions she willed to Carleton, was the historic Beck Fortepiano.

The instrument will be sent to a restoration expert in Napanee in the spring of 2011. Once restored, the fortepiano will be returned to campus and heard once again in concerts celebrating early music.

Tickets are $40 for adults and $20 for students. For additional information visit http://carleton.ca/music/events/for-heavens-sakelets-fix-this-fortepiano/

Students and faculty of the School for Studies in Art and Culture’s music program are hosting a fundraiser to dust off an instrument tucked away since the 70s. The fortepiano which traces its lineage back to the 1770s, is in dire need of a tune-up.

Music professors James Wright and Alexis Luko, and Andrew Burn, a music student who specializes in baroque bassoon, are organizing a benefit concert, “For Heaven’s Sake! Let’s fix this fortepiano, to raise $10,000 to restore the 240 year old piano to its former glory.

“This is a hugely exciting initiative, but it might not have been kick-started had it not been for the interest and efforts of Andrew,” said Wright. “He is an outstanding student in our program.”

Ottawa-area musicians and faculty and students of the School for Studies in Art and Culture will perform eighteenth-century English music on October 22, at 7:30 p.m. at the Church of St. Bartholomew, beside Rideau Hall.  Burn is enthusiastic about the specially-designed program, which “will feature the music of both home-grown English composers such as Arne, Avison, and Burney, and composers who settled in England such as Handel and Herschel.”

 “We have reason to believe that our Beck/Barwick instrument is an extremely rare gem,” said Luko. “Very few of these instruments are still in existence.”

In the 1980s, the estate of Jack and Francis Barwick bequeathed a collection of paintings by David Milne to Carleton University. The Carleton University Art Gallery (CUAG) was built to house the collection.

Francis Barwick was among the first harpsichordists in Canada in the 20th century. Among the possessions she willed to Carleton, was the historic Beck Fortepiano.

The instrument will be sent to a restoration expert in Napanee in the spring of 2011. Once restored, the fortepiano will be returned to campus and heard once again in concerts celebrating early music.

Tickets are $40 for adults and $20 for students. For additional information visit http://www2.carleton.ca/music/events/for-heavens-sakelets-fix-this-fortepiano/