Moberg and Werner playing this week's Twilight concerts
Alan Moberg performs Friday night at Fraser River Heritage Park.
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Updated: June 29, 2009 11:12 AM
The Envision Twilight Concert Series welcomes award-winning singer-songwriter Alan Moberg to Fraser River Heritage Park July 3 from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Moberg writes songs of his beloved British Columbia. His songs tell stories of trials and triumphs in the lives of ordinary men and women, giving them identity and dignity. His songs reflect life on land and sea, on interior ranchlands in the Cariboo and on the coast of the Pacific. Moberg is the stuff of folklore.
Born on the Sunshine Coast in Pender Harbour, he has worked both as fisherman and landscape gardener. He is adopted into the Gitskahn Killer Whale Clan of Kispiox and has become part of the Kwakiutl clan of Fort Rupert through marriage.
Among various awards in his long career is one by BMI (Socan) for “outstanding contribution to Canadian music.” His original and cover tunes receive airplay coast-to-coast in Canada, and in the U.S., Ireland, and Australia. In 2007 his single Farther Along charted in the top 10 on several Canadian university stations on their Roots playlists.
He is popularly known for his Williams Lake Stampede which has promoted B.C. cowboy culture around the world and has been recorded by Chor Leoni and the Calgary Boys Choir. Moberg was inducted into the BC Country Music Hall of Fame in October of 2008.
His live concerts are rich and satisfying, joyous and uplifting. He puts smiles in peoples’ hearts and gets toes tapping.
Alan Moberg’s performance is sponsored by the Blackberry Kitchen.
The July 3 Artists at Twilight feature artist in the gazebo is Heleen Deboer, spinner and weaver.
The concert series brings Nikki Werner back to Fraser River Heritage Park July 8 from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.
For Werner, a down-to-earth attitude is what country music is all about. From an early age, Werner would use her comb as her microphone performing in front of the mirror, belting out the tunes of her favourite artists. It’s that same youthful energy and love for country music that is in every breath of her songs.
Werner’s voice is like a combination of the sincerity of Martina McBride with the attitude of Terri Clark. With a voice that you won’t soon forget, Werner’s talent is endless — she has a passion to create that special moment with every audience.
Werner, a four-time B.C. Country Music Award nominee, has performed across B.C. and Alberta at venues such as the Merritt Mountain Music Festival and she has opened for Julian Austin.
Werner’s new album, Girl’s Night In is a pure example of what she stands for as a woman in today’s society. “You don’t have to play just one role anymore,” says a confident Werner. Six of the 10 songs were co-written by Werner with writers from Canada and Nashville such as Tim Taylor (Aaron Pritchett’s My Way) and Rick Tippe, while other songs were penned by noted writers including an updated version of the Bellamy Brothers classic Let Your Love Flow.
Her first single, How Can You Love Someone, penned by Rodney Atkins, has recently broken into the top 100 in Canada. Her follow-up single Let Your Love Flow is starting to climb the charts across Canada. Werner promises a high-energy show that features something for everyone.
Nikki Werner’s performance is sponsored by Pete’s Place Pizza
Bring a lawn chair or blanket and head to the park. The Log Cabin Café and the Blackberry Kitchen are open for business before and during the concert. Admission is free but donations are appreciated and encouraged. Your support along with the generous contributions of our sponsors will ensure this series continues. For more information please call 604-826-0277.
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