Alan Doyle - Welcome Home Tour
alandoyle.ca
Thursday May 2, 2024 08:00 PM EDT
Cost: $40-$55
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CRITIC’S PICK: Alan Doyle, Adam Baldwin, City Winery —__ The 14-time Juno-nominated ex-frontman of Canadian pop-rockers Great Big Sea appears on what he’s calling “The Welcome Home” tour, named after the title of his recently released sixth solo album. He has a powerful voice that can be strident and subtle, writes intriguing material with a Celtic folksy flair and has been a professional musician since the early ‘90s. He knows how to hold an audience. — Hal Horowitz
$40-55. 8:00 p.m. City Winery, Ponce City Market, 650 North Ave. NE., 30308. 404-496-3791. City Winery
From the venue:
Alan Doyle— actor, producer, best-selling author, and best-known as lead singer for Newfoundland’s beloved Great Big Sea these past 20+ years— hardly needs an introduction. With five solo albums under his belt, Doyle has been touring the world with his ace six-piece band for the last decade. In late 2014, Doyle released his best-selling memoir Where I Belong, followed by A Newfoundlander In Canada released in October 2017, and All Together now released in November 2020. Amidst these projects, Doyle found time to write music for and appear on CBC’s Republic of Doyle, guest on CBC’s Murdoch Mysteries, a role in 2014’s Winter’s Tale and 2010’s Robin Hood. With his 2022 live album “Here, Tonight” and a recent JUNO nomination for his 2021 album “Back to the Harbour”, Doyle chalks up a lot of where he is right now to luck. “I’m the luckiest guy I’ve ever even heard of,” he says. “This was all I ever wanted, a life in the music business, singing concerts.” Doyle hails from Petty Harbour, NL, and formed Great Big Sea in 1993 with Sean McCann, Bob Hallett, and Darrell Power, in which they fused traditional Newfoundland music with their own pop sensibilities. Their nine albums, double-disc hits retrospective, and two DVD releases have all been declared Gold or Platinum and have sold a combined 1.2 million copies in Canada.