July 20, 1978 - September 23, 2024

Raise a glass to Julia Cleveland, founder of Bluebird’s Thursday night music series. Inspiring musician, wonderful friend, beloved and integral member of our Bluebird community. Without you there is no this.

You are forever missed & we are forever blessed to have known you.

A little Julia:

Julia Cleveland Blue Legs

Links to her final show at Bluebird September 19, 2024:

First Set

Second Set

Rory Lavelle is a singer-songwriter who recently returned to Toronto from Berlin. His melodic piano ballads and charged lyrics have earned comparisons to classic 70s troubadours like Randy Newman and Harry Nilsson.

rorylavelle.bandcamp.com

Toronto-based Start Run Radio is cooking up a stew of Funk, Jazz, and Soul, paying homage to masters such as Dr. Lonnie Smith, Grant Green, and The Meters while folding in modern New Orleans flavors inspired by Galactic and Stanton Moore.

Organist Alan Zemaitis, guitarist Evan Desaulnier and drummer Josh Park.

alanzemaitismusic.com

Nate Mills is a lyricist, singer, song writer, composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist perhaps best known for his role as dynamic frontman and principle songwriter in the popular Toronto band Run With the Kittens.

Think ragged indie folk with Beck, Pixies, and Violent Femmes tendencies for this solo show.

“Let Nate regale you with songs of inadequacy and self doubt straight from the fountain of midlife!”

natemills.ca

natemills.bandcamp.com

The Harley Card Trio play contemporary jazz originals as well as music by some of their favourite composers such as Wayne Shorter, Duke Ellington, Joe Henderson, and Eddie Harris. Harley (guitar), Dan Fortin (bass), and Ethan Ardelli (drums) have a 20 year rapport in an array of musical settings.

harleycard.ca

Kevin Breit has recorded with Norah Jones, Rosanne Cash, k.d. Lang, Hugh Laurie, Cassandra Wilson, Holly Cole, Jane Siberry, Serena Ryder, Taj Mahal, Irma Thomas and countless others. He has released 29 recordings to date.

He has won a Maple Blues Award, Gemini Award, National Jazz Award, Canadian Folk Music Award, two Juno Awards and has recorded on albums that earned 10 Grammy Awards.

Joining him is bassist, Kurt Nielsen. Kurt is a versatile bassist who has graced the Bluebird with his talent many times. He has toured and performed with Paul Reddick, Amelia Curran, The Great Lake Swimmers, Andrew Austin, Stephanie Martin and many others.

https://www.kevinbreit.com/

Cindy Doire is an award winning bilingual singer songwriter with a foot- loose wandering soul that has seen her living and performing in Canada, the United States, India, The United Kingdom, Europe and Mexico. She presents us an interpretation of inspiring French jazz/folk music that unleashes a traveling French melody. She takes her listeners on a migration passage that tours from a North American sound to the Parisian cafés and cabarets.

Cindy is known for her multilingual performances in French, English and Spanish.

www.cindydoire.com