Rae Billing & The Unpayables: Saturday, May 16
Rae Billing & The Unpayables: Saturday, May 16. 8:00pm. $20 Advance / $25 Door. Rae Billing’s voice and lyrics create a 
touchstone that is unique on the Canadian landscape. Her voice has been described as “shiver-inducing,” “honest and pure, assured and desperate at the same time.” And her lyrics and music have been lauded as “full of wide open spaces and bittersweet emotions,” “handled with gutsy femininity.” Rae’s show will focus on her fourth alt-country album, the fluid, passionate, and critically acclaimed, Walls & Fences. The album was chosen by respected Penguin Eggs Magazine as the top pick for April 2014 and has just been nominated in the Hamilton Music Awards for best alt-country album.
Working with the multi-talented Unpayables, Matt Coleman on violin/fiddle, Andrew Aldridge on electric guitar, K. Michael Hickey on electric and upright bass, Nick Burson on drums, plus the talents of Ed Roth on accordian and organ, producer Michael J. Birthelmer on piano and guitars, and Wayne Krawchuk on backups.
“There is a depth to her songs few contemporaries have yet to hone.” Jason MacNeil, All Music Guide. Listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkI7OvCupvs www.raebilling.com
Starting out as the lead singer and songwriter of the Toronto alt-country band, Crybaby, Billing won serious critical acclaim with their debut album, Paintings which Toronto’s Eye Magazine placed alongside offerings from Lyle Lovett and Blackie & The Rodeo Kings as one of the Top Three Country Albums of that year, with scribe Greg Boyd praising “the weary sensuality” of Rae’s vocals.
