# Event Details - **Event Name**: James Keelaghan & David Woodhead - **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 02 Apr, 2027 at 07:00 pm – Fri, 02 Apr, 2027 at 09:00 pm (-05:00) - **Event Description**: Storied Canadian songwriters James Keelaghan and David Woodhead come together for a night of award-winning folk music.About this EventJames Keelahan:Called Canada’s finest singer-songwriter by one of the most respected and lauded music journalists of the last 50 years, James Keelaghan is an artist who has proven to be a man for all seasons. As the calendar pages have turned, for almost a quarter of a century now, this poet laureate of the folk and roots music world has gone about his work with a combination of passion, intent and intensity, and curiosity.Fusing his insatiable appetite for finding the next unique storyline Keelaghan also forges his pieces with brilliantly defined craftsmanship and a monogrammed artistic vision, making him one of the most distinctive and readily identifiable voices of not only the Canadian scene, but as a member of the international singer-songwriter community.Armed with a songbook that has enlightened and enthralled, and been embraced, by audiences around the world, Keelaghan’s life as an artist is one that is a perpetual journey on so many levels.Most importantly it’s a journey that has invited fans of literate and layered songwriting to be a part of his artistic expeditions, some that weave their way through marvelously etched stories of a historical nature with underlying universal thenes , and others that mine the depths of the soul and the emotional trails of human relations. His masterful story telling, over the course of nine recordings, has been part of the bedrock of his success, earning Keelaghan his share of nominations and awards, and acclaim from Australia to Scandinavia. “The necessity to write has always been a double-edged sword. I’ve always had the urge to write. Some things weren’t being said in the way I wanted to say them. Then there are the different sides of what I write about. The narrative writing, the historical material, as well as the personal, where you have to take responsibility for what you are saying,” says the Calgary native who has been calling Winnipeg home for the past few years. A disciplined visionary, Keelaghan’s aces have long been a love of language, and history, as he earned a history degree years ago, his skills as a thespian that he acquired at an early age, that explain his ability to make an immediate connection with audiences in a live setting, and an ear for a memorable melody, and harmonies that make those melodies glisten.David Woodhead: BioImmersed in the world of independent music-making from the start, David Woodhead has had a truly wide-ranging and dynamic career, evolving a distinctive melodic and textural approach that he can mold to fit almost any situation.You’ve probably seen David’s name listed on the backs of recordings in your collection and, yes, he'son some 300 projects and worked with many influential artists including Perth County Conspiracy, Stan Rogers, Oliver Schroer, Gil Scott-Heron, and David Sanborn. His live gigs have included working with Malagasy guitarist Donné Roberts (a recent Juno nominee), classical-folk fusioneers Ensemble Polaris and veteran jazzers Manteca, as well as touring internationally with master songwriter James Keelaghan.David has done instruction at the Folk Alliance International conference (Kansas City), Haliburton Winter Folk Camp, the Goderich Celtic College and Ontario’s The Woods. He's been an invited guest improvisor at Arraymusic and Casey Sokol’s improv soirées at York University, and done a Music Residency at the Banff Centre, working on music which led to his most recent Confabulation CD, Tunnels and Visions. Recently he's been taking part in various events involving Quebecois and Balfolk (European folk dance) music, playing tenor banjo and mandolin.His own music draws from the intimacy of the folk world, the harmonic sensibilites of jazz, and a sense of precision from classical arranging, with room for freedom in individual expression and improvisation. David's Confabulation ensemble has a somewhat exotic and rambunctious nature, while the more recent Oriana Quartet is focused on taking a folk-jazz chamber music approach.From the beginning:Growing up in a musical Montreal household with a collection of Folkways records, where his parents' friends came over to play music for fun,he started playing ukulele and banjo at grade school assemblies. Childhood summers in Vermont gave him exposure to a player piano with a pile of rolls of popular and classical hits of the early twentieth century, an influence still apparent in his repertoire! There were music lessons on piano, violin and recorder, moving on to high school bands, then doing six-nighters in the Ottawa Valley.After earning a degree in Geography, he moved to the countryside near Stratford, joining the ground-breaking Perth County Conspiracy (“does not exist”), which led to other contacts in the independent Ontario singer-songwriter scene and connecting with emerging songwriter Stan Rogers. Leaving the freelance Ontario scene behind, he lived on the West Coast for two years (1978-79) and developed his bass style in the trio Island, in which he was the main soloist. After the breakup of the band came a return to Ontario and extensive work with Sneezy Waters, Valdy. Brent Titcomb and Scott Merritt, eventually (1988) hooking up with Oliver Schroer, Don Ross and percussionist Mark Duggan, who were exploring new musical territory in the group Eye Music. The relationship with Oliver Schroer proved particularly enduring and David worked on most of his recordings through the following years, absorbing much inspiration.Along the way there have been many fruitful learning experiences in the studio working withproducer/engineers Daniel Lanois, Roma Baran (Laurie Anderson), Arthur Barrow (Frank Zappa), John Switzer (Jane Siberry), Stacy Heydon (David Bowie), Paul Mills (Stan Rogers), and Steve Rodby (Pat Metheny)– all people who took time to shape music and explain their philosophies and methods.David has kept many artifacts from his decades of music-making – reel-to-reel tapes, cassettes, and photographs documenting a considerable range of Canadian musical activity. It's an ongoing project digitizing and cataloging it, but those gems being unearthed make it all worthwhile!I've watched him work many times over the years and he's that musician who leads from in front and behind as the situation demands and seems happiest planting various challenges and musical surprises in a spirit of playfulness – Jowi TaylorWas that you playing the bass up there? Oh, you’re delicious!”- Odettawww.davidwoodhead.comwoodway@sympatico.ca - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/st-cloud/james-keelaghan-and-david-woodhead/100001996348935406 - **Event Categories**: music, entertainment, art, live-music, trips-adventures, business, dance, literary-art, conferences, calendar, storytelling - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Duration: 2 hours - Location: First Presbyterian Church - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 12.51, max: 23.18, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: St. Cloud - **state**: MN - **country**: United States - **location**: First Presbyterian Church - **lat**: 45.556931 - **long**: -94.15385649999999 - **full address**: First Presbyterian Church, 340 5th Avenue South, St. Cloud, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: James Keelaghan & David Woodhead - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events4/banners/f60b4cfe5fce23ddb78a7f9f49f78867e289c86ebd9fffd66a8241f747b4e170-rimg-w1174-h756-dc081818-gmir.jpg?v=1785687427 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is James Keelaghan & David Woodhead being held? - **A:** James Keelaghan & David Woodhead takes place on Fri, 02 Apr, 2027 at 07:00 pm to Fri, 02 Apr, 2027 at 09:00 pm at First Presbyterian Church, 340 5th Avenue South, St. Cloud, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing James Keelaghan & David Woodhead? - **A:** James Keelaghan & David Woodhead is organized by Granite City Folk Society. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** James Keelaghan & David Woodhead is ideal for live music fans, concert-goers, and anyone who enjoys unforgettable performances from their favorite artists in an electric live atmosphere. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in St. Cloud, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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