Jakki
In The News
February
14,
2011
A Heart n' Home for Youth
8:00pm
Glasgow
Square plays host to A Heart n' Home for Youth on Frebuary
14th. Come celebrate Valentines Day with some of the finest
local
talent Pictou
County has to offer. With plenty of door prizes, fantastic musical
talent and some amazing items to be auctioned off, this event is not to
be missed.
The
Lineup for the evening's entertainment includes:
Carleton
Stone
Emmy
Alcorn
Fleur
Mainville
Jakki Rogue
Janice Alcorn and the North Jazz Choir
Jon Landry of
the Stanfields
Jess and Greg
Molly Thomason
Ian Sherwood
Tickets are $25.00 each and are available at Glasgow
Square, United
Way of Pictou County or, through a Roots For Youth Society Member.
In aid of supportive housing for youth in transition.
Show starts at 8pm.
Event
was a great success.
Thanks to all for your support.
ANTIGONISH:
Jakki Rogue will stretch her vocal cords – and her style – at an
upcoming fundraiser for Festival Antigonish.
The Pictou County woman, who has mainly focused on folk
music..............
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March 19, 2005 - Evening News,
New Glasgow, NS.
PERCOLATING A DREAM
It's been decades in the making but Hopewell songstress Jakki
Rogue has released her first full-length, solo disc.
BY KEVIN ADSHADE
It's never too late to make an old dream happen. After three decades as
a professional musician, Jakki Rogue has released
her first full-length solo CD. "Some dreams take a long time
to percolate," she says. "Half the battle with
dreams for people, is figuring what they want."
Read more...
April 14, 2005 - The Daily News,
Halifax, NS.
EAR ON THE EAST
Didn't miss a beat
After a break for family, singer-songwriter returns to music
JAKKI ROGUE
"TAKE A LOOK AT THIS"
BY SANDY MACDONALD
It's been a long and winding road that brought singer-songwriter Jakki
Rogue to her new collection of songs. "I call it
life's system of detours," says Rogue, the second best -
known singer from Hopewell, Pictou Co. (after George Canyon) Born in
northern Ontario, where her Latvian grandfather settled to escape the
post-war refugee camps, the singer grew up in St.Catharines (where she
shortened her name from Rognvaldson to the saucier and more
pronounceable Rogue).
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April 14, 2005 - The Chronicle
Herald, Halifax, NS
SPOTLIGHT
Rogue songs get debut at Stayner's
NIGHTCLUB NOTEBOOK-STEPHEN COOK
Pictou County singer-songwriter Jakki Rogue likes a
good challenge. Her new CD "Take a Look at This",
which she launches Saturday night at Stayner's Wharf at 9:30 p.m.,
contains several songs that arose out of life's struggles, and are
given a contemporary folk spin through Rogue's warm, consoling vocals
and flowing melodies.
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"First, I was/am very
happy to hear that Jakki has succeeded in putting this project
together. It's not an easy thing to do. Secondly, it's well
written, well played, and ultimately inspires me to look for the
opportunity to see and hear her live."
Kim Dunn (music producer for Rita MacNeil)
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