Author: bruceericenloe

I write songs. I cook BBQ, I owned, operated, booked and promoted a popular music venue (The Branch Restaurant in Kemptville) for a decade, I've lived and worked in Texas, California, briefly in France and Italy and now, not so briefly, in Ontario, I've traveled all over... I'm a Dad, a Husband, a trained chef... I drove a truck that ran on vegetable oil across the U.S.... I've published a cookbook and written a memoir... I've cooked for movie stars, rock stars, the families of presidents and I've shaken hands with Dr. Dre... I've been featured on You Gotta Eat Here and I've survived sobriety and not so sobriety and business ownership and a housefire and two divorces and one not so divorced and a child's disability, and a life in music, and a life in food. I have stories, and, well, I write songs. The Burning Sensations are the band that makes them sound good.

Next Stop: Kemptville Live!

That went well– Let’s do it again!

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We certainly enjoyed playing a set at ‘VegStock 2.0‘ last weekend– so much so that I’ve booked three more Farmers’ Markets for the month of June– The most exotic is next Saturday in…

Wait for it…

Bryan, Texas!

That’s right– I’m making a quick trip to Texas to see my folks next weekend and I thought, hey, it can’t hurt to ask, right? My Dad shops at the Brazos Valley Farmers’ Market in Bryan, Texas nearly every Saturday; so I dropped a line to the market organizers to see if they’d enjoy a little homemade music via Kemptville, Ontario; and they said yes! It’s just a busking gig, but I’d love to see any of my old Bryan pals if they are around– I’ll have cds for sale, and don’t forget to tip– American money is like gold to us Canadians these days; a little goes a long way! The market is from 9am to 12 on June 11 and it is located at 500 Main street in downtown Bryan, TX USA; I will probably start at 9 and play until my guitar refuses to get any hotter…

Next stop is the Main Street Market in Ottawa on June 25– I’ll be joined there by Dr. Shawn Yakimovich on fiddle, mando and whatever other instrument he happens on… That one is from 10:30am to 1pm — Don’t miss, it’ll be a gooder!

Then Wendy’s Country Market in Lyndhurst, ON on Sunday, June 26– The one and only Ben Mullin will be joining me for that one… Which officially makes it worth the drive… Maybe even from Texas 😉 That one is at Wendy’s Country Market on Fortune Line Road in Lyndhurst–10am to 1pm…

A Burning Sensation or 3 at the Kemptville Farmers’ Market Grand Opening

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Join us today in Kemptville as we help kick off the 2016 Kemptville Farmers’ Market season… The lineup for today’s VegStock 2.0 stage is:

12:00pm: opening remarks

12:15-12:45: Meredith Luce

12:45-1:45: Bruce Enloe w/ Doug Hendry and Shawn Yakimovich

1:45-2:45: Al Wood and The Woodsmen

2:45-4pm: Phlat Black & Blue (featuring former members of Roxzilla)

The stage and market are in the B&H parking lot at 200 Saunders St. in Downtown Kemptville… Check out the full event details here: link

by way of introduction…

Radio Airplay!

Happy to have had a tune included in this week’s edition of CKCU radio’s Canadian Spaces decades long tradition of ’40 minutes of uninterrupted folk’… This has been one of my favourite radio shows since I moved to the area.

I was also thrilled by the added bonus of some sweet words from hosts Chris White and Debbie Rose about my set at last weekend’s Grassroots Festival…

Check out a stream of the entire show here: http://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/129/26989.html

Or hear just my tune ‘Pretty Good Person‘ played at 18.46 and the comments at 46.59…

Thanks folksy-folks!

So this happened…

Very honoured to share the stage last Saturday afternoon with two of Canada’s finest songwriters, Garnet Rogers and Dave Gunning (moderated by Canadian Spaces host Chris White.) Had a bit of a nervous start when, for whatever reason, my brain wouldn’t let me play the song I thought I was going to start with and I ended up taking a left turn, but everything kinda worked out and I felt pretty good by about halfway through song two when I looked over and saw Garnet smiling… Overall a pretty darn good first appearance at the Ottawa Grassroots Festival and one I won’t soon forget… Thanks so much to Arthur MacGregor and Bob Nesbitt for the opportunity.

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Upcomings…

North Grenville Sustainability Fair April 17, 2016 at 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm NG Municipal Centre … Bruce and the Texas String Quartet (the acoustic half of The Burning Sensations)
Wendy’s Country Market June 26, 2016 at 11:00 am – 3:00 pm Lyndhurst, ON … A-Bruce-tic
Kemptville Live Music Festival July 22, 2016 at 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Kemptville College Campus, Kemptville, ON … Full Burning Sensations Band on the main stage(!)
Irene’s Pub August 12, 2016 at 9:00 pm Bank St. Ottawa, ON … Bruce and the Burning (just the rock half of the band)