What do you get when you combine a famed folkie with a rising star, seasoned expertise and youthful exuberance, old school groove with Broadway chops?
=0D=0A=Rick and Nico blur all boundaries, in a word, they cook! “WOW, WOW, WOW! Totally impressed by your show! It was wonderful, original, masterful… the tunes keep swimming in my head, can’t wait for the CD.”
=0D=0A=At 27, classically trained Nico Rhodes is in constant demand as a musical director for long run stage shows, including 15 for Chemainus Theatre, when not touring with chanteuse Joelle Rabu. “Nico Rhodes is astonishing, you have to hear and see him caress, cajole and at times almost punish the piano. Breathtakingly fresh sounds and style radiate from this young musician.”
=0D=0A=Since pioneering rogue folk with iconic BC trio Pied Pumkin, self taught musician Rick Scott has performed in nine countries and released 19 recordings honoured with 3 Juno nominations, WCMA and Canadian Folk Music Awards. Rick says, “Nico Rhodes is on fire. At his age I was touring far and wide with Pied Pumkin and ROOTS & GROOVES harkens back to that unfettered creativity.” Nico says, “My childhood playlist was Beethoven, Oscar Peterson and Rick Scott. I wrote Rick a fan letter when I was 8 and when I was 23 he hired me to orchestrate his music for Symphony. The guy oozes groove, we shake each other up and the audience gets to come along for the good times.”
=0D=0A=Video Links: Recording THE MYSTERY https://www.youtube.com/watch?=hGP2W57zS9I&t=1s
=0D=0A=Performing PEOPLE I LOVE YOU at Cranberry Hall, Powell River https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=028W4HhpN3M&feature=youtu.be
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