John Gogo and Allen Dobb

Western Balladeer John Gogo and singer-songwriter Allen Dobb perform in a double bill at Taghum Hall.

Western balladeer John Gogo hails from a musical family in Snuneymuxw (aka Nanaimo). He’s best known for writing and performing folksongs about the people and places, and the true and the tall tales of the West Coast—the islands in particular. From Haida Gwaii to St. John’s, John has played community halls and big houses, festivals pubs, and theatres. Allen Dobb is on tour after recording his new album, Alone Together, a collection of ten new original songs drawn from characters, stories, and landscapes that are part of his experience working as a range management specialist in the interior of B.C. The vein of the Fraser River and BC’s interior landscapes run through many of his new songs.