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Black Angus is about good friends, good humour, and good songs. Their enthusiastic performances take listeners from Vancouver Island to Ireland and back again, fueled by collaboration, innovation, and a sheer enjoyment of what they do.

Black Angus offers a … Read the rest

It’s a bit like doing genealogy, actually—the surprise of finding out that a distant great great uncle played two games for Les Canadiens back in the ‘30’s, or that your mother’s family came from staunch United Empire Loyalist stock. It … Read the rest

Kat is a singer, guitarist, songwriter, and playwright who has performed and taught internationally for more than thirty years, creating many solo and collaborative recordings of original and traditional music that have been distributed world-wide. 

Based in Chicago for many … Read the rest

Over the last 17 years, Fae Wiedenhoeft (WEE-den-hauf) and her Seattle band, SeaStar, have played so much music. They’ve played bars, coffeehouses, train stations, hardware stores, video arcades, house concerts, festivals, big auditoriums, and have toured in eight countries!

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The musicians who make up Flying Snail have been playing together off and on for nearly 30 years as members of the western Canadian group Cowboy Celtic. David Wilkie, the group’s most prolific songwriter, has written a few new songs … Read the rest

From his rather unglamorous beginning as a street singer, Bryan Bowers has become a major artist on the traditional music circuit. He has redefined the autoharp and is also well known as a singer-songwriter. Bryan has a dynamic outgoing personality … Read the rest

Toronto-based singer-songwriter Shawna Caspi takes her time crafting lyrics that are poetic and meaningful, often using unusual rhymes and surprising turns of phrase. Shawna spent years on the road, playing festivals and concert halls, train cars, backyards, and living rooms, … Read the rest

The duo of Brian Robertson and Michael Burnyeat have forged a wonderful musical  partnership over many years, bringing a wide range of songs and instrumental tunes to their audiences. 

Brian is a noted singer-songwriter perhaps best known for his finely … Read the rest

Quw’utsun Valley’s newest folk-pop band Firebird is comprised of Stephanie Cutler, Jeremy Walsh (Scruj MacDuhk, Crikey Mor), and Genevieve Charbonneau (Heartwood, Genevieve and the Wild Sundays).The three are accomplished and award-winning singer-songwriters, taking turns singing leads on original songs and … Read the rest

The Hoss Mountain Stringband is a dynamic bluegrass ensemble that plays an eclectic mix of old and new bluegrass further influenced by their deep connections to old-time and swing. 

The band delivers spine-tingling harmonies along with rapid fire pickin’ and strummin’ … Read the rest