Sault troubadour returns home for 3 holiday shows

Sault born and raised singer/songwriter, Jay Aymar, returns home this holiday season to perform three shows in the Algoma District.

The first takes place on December 22 at 8 p.m. at Auld Kirk Arts, 234 Main Street in Thessalon.

Tickets for this show are $15 in advance or $20 at the door and may be purchased at Forestland in Thessalon, Movie Video House in Blind River, Major Treasures in Bruce Mines or by calling 705-943-0062.

The following evening, Aymar will perform at the Esquire Club, 103 Second Line West in Sault Ste. Marie, starting at 9 p.m.

Admission is $10 at the door.

After a short Christmas break, Aymar and his original music will be part of the New Year's Eve dinner and show celebration taking place in the Hilton Beach Inn at the Island Bar and Grill on St. Joseph Island starting at 7 p.m.

With four studio albums under his belt, Aymar was nominated for emerging artist of the year at the 2010 Canadian Folk Music Awards.

In a review of Aymar's latest release, Passing Through, Kerry Doole of EXCLAIM! magazine wrote: "Given the glut of urban hipsters doing roots music, it's heartening to see that there are still populist hardcore Canadian troubadours making the rounds. To the likes of Tim Hus, Jack Marks and Scotty Campbell, you can add Sault Ste. Marie-based Jay Aymar... There's a little bravado in Hold On Nashville, with Aymar threatening to conquer Music City. He may, in fact, be just a little too real for Nashville, but we'll gladly keep embracing him."

About Jay Aymar by publicist Richard Flohil

You’ll never find Jay Aymar in a martini bar.

Give him a beer and a toasted western, talk about inexpensive hotels, waitresses at truck stops, and the small towns that dot this country from St. John's to Vancouver Island, and you’ll find a man you’ll want to be friends with for the rest of your life.

Jay Aymar’s an ordinary guy, with an extraordinary talent.

He’s constantly writing a song, and that’s a gift most folk are not blessed with.

And, three or four days every week, he’s standing in front of people playing those songs and telling those stories.

Could be in a bar on Toronto’s Danforth Avenue, or a hotel in Humboldt, Saskatchewan, or someone’s living room in Morden, Manitoba.

Could be at a festival in British Columbia, or a coffee house in New Brunswick, or a tavern in Tobermory.

Wherever you discover him, you know one thing right off: This man's the real deal.

No pretension, no airs, no showbiz bullsh*t.

Plain as a Tim Horton’s double-double and as straight at the highway between Regina and Calgary.

Play his CDs on your next long drive, or late at night with a close friend.

And you’ll know the most basic fact about Jay Aymar: Without exception, he tells the truth.

For more information about Jay Aymar, visit his website.