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Swing-folk group plays new venue

The Martys team up with Joan Wallace for downtown show

The Martys – Marty Steele and Marty Howe – join up with vocalist Joan Wallace for a show at Driftwood Bistro, a new restaurant on Victoria Crescent.

The gig features Steele on piano and Howe on flute and jazz chormatic harmonica, with James McRae on percussion duties Aug. 10 at 8 p.m.

The Martys play a funky mix of swinging jazz.

With the Martys, Wallace returns to her jazz roots, which included a recording by the CBC during the early days of her career in Winnipeg.

In Nanaimo, she is a member of the folk trio Mama’s Kitchen.

Driftwood Bistro is located at 22 Victoria Cres., near the Queen’s in the former Armani’s Grill location.

For more information, please visit http://themartys.ca/.



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