Ndidi Onukwulu
On her debut No, I Never, Ndidi Onukwulu proved she can wrap her silky voice around anything from country blues to her own rootsy salon sound. Now we have The Contradictor, all about focus, training that formidable silk edge on everyone's private pain, and contradicting the anguish with a full, upbeat, resonance.
The Contradictor is personal and universal, built on Ndidi's songwriting mining the extremes of intimacy, with the bigger sounds and tones she is most interested in uncovering. These are songs of heartache, heartbreak, and longing. 'Not nice,' as she says, but as full as these can be. And as rich.
Artist: Ndidi Onukwulu
Title: The Contradictor [2008]
ESL
E.S.L. are a band of gypsies, performing uniquely orchestrated songs inspired by everything from polish cabaret to Neil Young to the Beastie Boys and Velvet Underground, to name a few. The group combines a playful songwriting style with the incredible chops and melodies to keep the music unique and interesting, both for themselves and their listeners.
Artist: e.s.l.
Title: Eye Contact [2008]
Girl Nobody
Vancouver’s Girl Nobody formed in 1999 and has since become one of the few bands that can offer cerebral charm and sexual bravado within a lullaby of pop swoon, all the while continually stretching musical parameters. The band’s innovative song-writing offers fresh variations on the classic structures of pop songs, ballads and dance numbers.
Kim Barlow
Kim Barlow is a leaf set in stone: jagged as a Yukon horizon; tender as spring. Her songs are wry and impassioned, deft distillations of the beautiful and absurd world she inhabits. Playing guitar, banjo, and cello, the Juno Award nominee uses her training as a classical musician to create complex and unexpected settings for her fables of lost children, plaints of lust, and songs of protest.
Artist: Kim Barlow
Title: Champ [2007]
Geoff Berner
"I want to drag klezmer music kicking and screaming back into the bars." That's the goal of Vancouver singer-songwriter-accordion player Geoff Berner. It would be tempting to paint Berner as a kind of klezmer rebel, but he maintains that he is working firmly in the true tradition. "When we went to Romania, we found musicians who are masterful, but can also play so loud and passionately that pitch and meter don't matter. And the words in the songs are full of drinking, politics and sex. That's my kind of tradition."
Artist: Geoff Berner
Title: The Wedding Dance of the Widow Bride [2007]
James Keelaghan
James Keelaghan is an international folk music treasure - known for finely crafted songs of intimacy and saga, and for a commanding stage presence. He has earned world acclaim for his song writing and performances. His most celebrated songs draw from historical accounts bringing an inspired discovery of people and places in another time. His accounts of personal journeys are remarkable too - tender and unflinching.
Artist: James Keelaghan
Title: A Few Simple Verses [2006]
Title: Then Again [2004]
Title: Home [2001]
Title: Road [1999]
The Wailin' Jennys
Nicky Mehta, and Ruth Moody and Heather Masse are singer songwriter alchemy. They combine their individual talents into a rare musical mix that is enchanting and powerful. They unite classic and contemporary folk, and then add alt pop, Celtic, and country, for an earthy urban folk sound marked by spine-tingling 3-part harmonies.
Artist: The Wailin' Jennys
Title: Firecracker [2006]
Title: 40 Days [2004]
Lache Cercel and the Roma Swing Ensemble
Lache Cercel comes to Canada from Romania. He calls his fusion Roma Jazz or Roma Swing. In the tradition of Django Reinhardt and Stephen Grappelli, Cercel lays classical and improvisational jazz alongside traditional renderings, which makes for a phenomenal sound.
Artist: Lache Cercel and the Roma Swing Ensemble
Title: Muzika Konkordo [2006]
Ndidi Onukwulu
Singer and songwriter Ndidi Onukwulu (pron. In-DEE-dee On-OOK-whoo-loo) is a newcomer to blues scene in Toronto, Canada. She is building a repertoire of traditional blues, combined with Malagasy and Nigerian music. “It’s a new form of African blues”, she says. Ndidi is an eclectic performer with a bright future ahead of her.
Artist: Ndidi Onukwulu
Title: No, I Never [2006]
Tagaq
In just six short years the ground-breaking Inuk throat singer Tanya Tagaq Gillis, has brought an ancient Inuit vocal game to the heights of the experimental music scene. She’s collaborated with Bjork and the Kronos Quartet, and toured with some of the world’s leading global artists.
Artist: Tagaq
Title: Sinaa [2006]
DiggingRoots
DiggingRoots possess a self-described style of 'Odeimin Music' or heartbeat music that pulls the rhythm of this land base into a bold, moving, and at times, defiantly honest voice. A history lesson has never been this stirring, and uplifting. Clearly these two are making their mark as up and coming innovative artists.
Artist: DiggingRoots
Title: Seeds [2006]
Alpha Yaya Diallo
Alpha Yaya Diallo a composer, band leader and extraordinary guitarist originally from Guinea, West Africa. He delivers electrified Griot songs of the Manding with all their sputtering rhythmic intricacies to the sunny lilt of Congolese Soukous. A powerful mix of voice, guitars and percussion.
David Francey
In just 4 years David Francey has become one of Canada's top folk artists. He has received the Juno Award (Canada's Grammy) in the Best Roots and Traditional Album - Solo category for both his second CD, 'Far End of Summer', and his third, 'Skating Rink'. David has won the hearts of audiences across North America. We look forward to his new Jericho Beach release.
Artist: David Francey
Title: The Waking Hour [2004]
Martyn Joseph
Martyn Joseph's 20 year career has embraced some notable achievements including 5 Top 40 UK chart positions. His first studio album since 1999 is now available. This album's lyrical integrity and insight coupled with his trademark, passionate melodies have produced a musical collection that some industry insiders are applauding as Martyn's finest album so far.
Artist: Martyn Joseph
Title: Whoever it was that brought me here will have to take me home [2004]
Po'Girl
Co-conspirators Trish Klein, Allison Russell and Diona Davies deliver soulful roots, jazz, and country grooves with all the grit and spirit of the old-time sound through their beguiling original songs and distinctive adaptations of traditionals. They are urban minstrels for the twenty-first century.
Artist: Po’Girl
Title: Po’Girl [2003]
Leon & Eric Bibb
Leon Bibb is a well-loved pillar of Vancouver’s theatre community with an impressive international film and theatre career. His son Eric is a brilliant acoustic blues musician. Singing together they bring a relaxed warmth charged with special excitement.
Artist: Leon & Eric Bibb
Title: Family Affair [2002]
Khac Chi Ensemble
Before settling in Canada, the Khac Chi Ensemble were two of Vietnam's premiere musicians, performing concerts of exquisite beauty and virtuosity. Showcasing rare and unique musical instruments from the mountain peoples of Vietnam, interspersed with the haunting melodies of Dan Bau, a one-string zither from northern Vietnam, the Khac Chi Ensemble takes you on an adventure in sound.
Artist: Khac Chi Ensemble
Title: Spirit of Vietnam [1999]
Silk Road Music
Silk Road Music combines the traditional styles of the East with new influences picked up in the west. They play Chinese music with jazz, folk, and Irish performance techniques, and they play with musicians from other cultural backgrounds creating a new sound entirely.
Artist: Silk Road Music
Title: Endless [1998]
All releases are distributed by Festival Distribution, a national distributer of roots, folk and world music. To order on line please go to www.festival.bc.ca.
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Jericho Beach Music
1351 Grant Street
Vancouver, BC V5L 2X7
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Tel: 604.253.2662
Fax: 604.253.2634
jerichobeach@festival.bc.ca
Canada’s Jericho Beach Music was formed in 1997 with the release of 'Compadres'; a truly Canadian collaboration between singer/songwriter James Keelaghan and Latino guitarist Oscar Lopez. Jericho Beach Music was a natural expansion of Festival Distribution, Canada’s distributor of independent folk, roots, jazz and world music. The label was named for Vancouver’s stunning Jericho Beach, site of the annual summer folk music festival where musicians from all over the world gather for an eclectic and inspiring weekend of music. Releases from Jericho Beach Music reflect the diversity of musical style and culture that thrives in our neighborhood and around the world. Jericho Beach Music is committed to ensuring effective promotion, production and administration together with giving independent musicians artistic freedom.
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BRIAN BENDER & THE WORLD BEATNIKS - "Urban Jungle" Original Reggae, Funk, Afrobeat, Calypso, Samba, Second Line compositions.
With special guests: Eric Krasno (Soulive, Lettuce) Adam Deitch (John Scofield, Lettuce) Charles Neville (Neville Brothers) Jose Gonzalez (Bando Criollo) Backa Niang (Gokhi-Bi System)
BRIAN BENDER & LITTLE SHOP OF HORAS- "Eyn Velt" Original and traditional Jewish melodies blended with Latin, Caribbean, African and Middle Eastern rhythms.
With special guests: Frank London (Klezmatics, Hasidic New Wave) Alicia Svigals (Klezmatics, Mikveh) Stuart Brotman (Brave Old World) Charles Neville (Neville Brothers) Grant Smith (Klezmer Conservatory Band) Raquy Danziger (Raquy & The Cavemen)
This specially compiled 4 CD Box Set from Time Life features the best Folk Rock songs from the ’60s, ’70s, ’80s and ’90s! Includes 71 Songs That Defined An Era and Influenced Generations... In Stores September 11
Not just another genre, folk rock was born as a statement—of purpose, of taste, of superiority—the baby boom’s first imprimatur, a musical mission and a personal battle cry in a divisive time of racial tension and escalating war. For a generation of philosopher dropouts and drug-inspired visionaries, it was also the best way to partake in the era’s hippest form of artistic expression, in numbers previously unknown to man.
I'll be releasing my brand new CD Heffrology at Montmartre Cafe (4362 Main St) on Saturday September 22nd at 10pm. I would be honored if you came down :)
Hello folks Please visit the American media guide for August featuring Gordie Tentrees and Roger Marin http://www.regionalrootsradio.com/mediaguides/august/ Thanks
Gordie Tentrees www.tentrees.ca Roger Marin www.rogermarin.com
Don Amero is one of Manitoba’s rising stars and we’ve got “Wash Away” from his debut album Change Your Life available for download in The Loudspeaker at aboriginalmusic.ca this week.
Download “Wash Away” by Don Amero until Thursday, August 30, 2007
Tracy Bone received nominations for Best New Artist, Single of the Year, Best Songwriter, Best Album Cover Design and Best Country CD at last year’s Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Awards. Her first single “Games” was also named the NCI FM “Single of the Year” in 2006. This year, she’s got a full slate of new songs and you can download "Soldier of Love" in The Loudspeaker this week.
Download “Soldier of Love” for free until August 2, 2007!
"Brilliant" - John Richards, John in the Morning, KEXP 90.3 FM Seattle
"9 stars out of 10! Kanzler writes beautifully understated tunes that straddle almost every genre of American roots music. His vocals compliment the songs beautifully, sounding like a cross between a more grizzled Ryan Adams and Johnny Hickman. "Black Top Road" is an essential album...a classic from the Alaskan wilderness." - Dan Wilkinson, AmericanaUK
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Jersey City-based country/folk artist Amy Speace is presently being featured in PBS' leading series of "short-form" programming, FastFocusTV. The segment features an interview with the WIldflower Records singer on the former actress' emerging music career. The interview is interspersed with live clips from Amy's performance at Mo Pitkins in NYC this past December.
