The Bentley Collective
May 10 @ 5:00 pM
Roger Williams - Bass and BG Vocals
Paige Armstrong - Guitar and BG Vocals
Rich Greenspoon - Drums
Brooke Blackburn - Acoustic and Electric Guitars / Vocals
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With the release of The Bentley Collective solo album, Songs, Brooke has been performing Acoustic Soul as a solo act and also as a band.
The Bentley Collective incorporates Blues Jazz, Soul, together with singer songwriter vibes to present a evening of original music.
Brooke, the primary composer Vocalist & Guitar player was nominated locally for Male Vocalist of the year and Guitar Player of the year in 2023
Nominated: Song of the Year 2024
Blues Music Awards / Memphis Tennessee
Brooke has inherited a writing style that consists of melody, groove and lyrical structure well-rooted in historical Black Canadian tradition.
Born into a musical family rooted in the Toronto music scene.
Through the covid shutdown the band had a opportunity to write and record at individuals homes to set-forth a single release “ “Heroes” and another 2 albums worth of material that will be released in 2024. Also many videos of original materials were written and recorded during or prior to the pandemic.
Some noteable performances:
Union station Summer Blues
Sangri la Hotel Toronto Residency
Poetry Jazz Cafe Residency
Theatre: The Nina project Riverboat, Sympathy for the Devil
Home for the holidays
Ottawa Blues Festival
Guitar week, Hugh’s Room Live
International Blues Challenge Memphis Tennessee
Hugh’s Room
Instagram: @thebentleycollective
YouTube channel:
https://youtube.com/channel/UCmjgjSrjY5Gra7gUjl5a26Q
Website.: thebentleycollective.com