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Between recording projects and touring, in 2007 Barney Bentall launched what is now known as The Caribou Express tour. This Old West‐inspired troupe is helmed by Bentall and features a regular cast of some of Canada’s finest roots and country musicians who host a one‐of‐a‐kind fundraising event in cities throughout Western Canada each year to…

Gordie MacKeeman exemplifies the term natural showman. An ace fiddle player nicknamed “crazy legs” for his frenetic loose-limbed step- dancing, he just loves to perform. Combine that exuberance and onstage dynamism with the stellar musicianship of his multi-instrumentalist comrades His Rhythm Boys, and you have an unstoppable roots music force. That potent combination has made…

Matthew Barber The White Buffalo Bio "I've always taken great pleasure in being difficult to categorize," says the White Buffalo's big-voiced frontman, Jake Smith. Since releasing his first album in 2002, Smith has explored the grey area between genres, carving out a sound rooted in dark folk, countrified soul, cinematic storytelling and roadhouse-worthy rock. He keeps…

Band members, left to right are:  Brandon Godman, Sam Grisman, Laurie Lewis, Tom Rozum and Patrick Sauber. Grammy Award-winning musician Laurie Lewis is internationally renowned as a singer, songwriter, fiddler, bandleader, producer and educator. She was a founding member of the Good Ol’ Persons and the Grant Street String Band and has performed and recorded…

Tin and the Toad hail from the great plains of western Canada with a sound that rumbles like a freight train and whispers like the wind. Songs of whiskey, campfires, horses and broke-down equipment ramble into tales of love and loss rooted in western tradition yet deranged by the modern world. Four unique songwriters create…

Life has a way of knocking on our door on the days we least expect it. For singer songwriter Royal Wood, life knocked pretty damn hard. For in the same year that he lost his father to illness, he also fell in love and got married. “I read once that you can’t get wet from…

Life has a way of knocking on our door on the days we least expect it. For singer songwriter Royal Wood, life knocked pretty damn hard. For in the same year that he lost his father to illness, he also fell in love and got married. “I read once that you can’t get wet from…

Since 2008, the name MonkeyJunk has been synonymous with the emergence of a new kind of blues on the Canadian and international scenes.  Continually pushing boundaries and blurring genre lines, the Ottawa Ontario-based trio has added an edge to their music by incorporating swampy blues & rock with thoughtful and intelligent lyrics. Their fifth Stony…

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Hillbilly Madness run amok Called the “Motorhead of Rockabilly” by a delirious fan after a particularly raucous show in Holland, there’s nothing tentative about Cousin Harley’s pedal to the metal approach to this stripped down form of rock and roll. As Pigat notes, “Cousin Harley’s been my main project for 12 or 13 years now,…

Kat Danser’s music is a steel belted radial easily flexing between a dusty gravel road and a fresh coat of asphalt. True to her Polish- Gypsy heritage, Danser is in perpetual motion and her swampy roots and blues style is a fine-tuned reflection of life lessons from the road. Edmonton’s Kat Danser doesn’t just play…

When you first encounter him, soft-spoken Kim Churchill seems like an archetypal blond, blue-eyed surfer from southern New South Wales. But behind his laid back demeanour and even tone, the 26-year-old singer-songwriter has a secret: he’s an extreme risk-taker. Churchill spent 18 months working on the follow-up to his breakout LP, 2014’s Silence/Win, and received…

American Flowers, the revelatory Signature Sounds debut from acclaimed husband and wife led band, Birds of Chicago, will be released on Friday, November 17th, 2017. Known for their "near perfect Americana" (No Depression), JT Nero and Allison Russell had recently finished recording their sprawling rock and roll circus of an album, Love in Wartime, co-produced by…

Winnipeg, Canada – Success is a mystical pursuit; a blend of timing, talent, good fortune, dedication and hard work.A break in the schedule of award winning roots-rockers The Bros. Landreth offered Joey Landreth a chance to step forward and test the creative waters with is 2017 debut solo album Whiskey. It proved to be a very…

“Limiting myself to a genre has never really been my thing,” says Pokey LaFarge. “I’m most purely a rambler. I’m traveling the world all the time, and my songs have been directly influenced by my travels. You’re liable to hear something in my songs that sounds like traditional jazz; next thing you know, you might…

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SOLD OUT! Donovan Woods’ new album is a study in contrasts, as one would expect from its name: Both Ways.That push-and-pull, especially in relationships, has long been Woods’ stock in trade. As the lead track of Both Ways , “Good Lover” unfolds with acoustic instruments and Woods’ quietly compelling delivery --not what a listener might…

Respect for tradition with the sophistication to shake it off. Deadpan expression of a staunchly honest vision. Edmonton based Altameda have evolved into a band with a bold, and unrelenting sound. It’s the culmination of experience, both musical and rawly human, that makes Altameda the band they are. Hitting festival circuits and stages across Canada…

Tickets are no longer available online.  You can purchase tickets at the event or at The Geomatic Attic Table at Wide Skies Music & Arts Festival.  The Songwriters Circle (Indoors, Southminster United Church) is a ticketed event, part of the Wide Skies Music & Arts Festival 10:30 pm to Midnight This is a collaborative, workshop…

The Geomatic Attic welcomes Jill Barber to the Yates Memorial Theatre.  Tickets are $44.00 plus Fees and can be purchase at the Enmax Box Offices. Canada’s Sweetheart Jill Barber heads out on tour this fall with her ‘Dedicated To You' tour, a special series of concerts composed of dedications from her fans to their loved…

SOLD OUT! JIMMY RANKIN TAKES THE PARTY ON THE ROAD WITH “SONGS FROM ROUTE 19” TOUR New show features his smash new Joel Plaskett-produced album, Moving East, plus solo Jimmy hits and Rankin Family classics Now this is big news. One of the true originals in Canadian music is taking the Cape Breton party on…

JIMMY RANKIN TAKES THE PARTY ON THE ROAD WITH “SONGS FROM ROUTE 19” TOUR New show features his smash new Joel Plaskett-produced album, Moving East, plus solo Jimmy hits and Rankin Family classics Now this is big news. One of the true originals in Canadian music is taking the Cape Breton party on the road…

Del Barber is a singer-songwriter from Manitoba, whose winsome balladry and wry wit harken back to country-folk traditions that remind the listener of the late greats of songwriting history. Del is no stranger to finding inspiration in the cultural backdrop of Canada. On the JUNO Award-nominated Prairieography, Barber documented stories of prairie life, highlighting the…

TICKETS ARE STILL AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR! The Lonesome Ace Stringband is an old-time band with bluegrass chops that play some  righteous folk and country music. There's a depth of groove and sense of space not often heard in bluegrass today, a level of instrumental interplay and vocal blend uncommon in old-time, and an on-stage…

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William Prince is a JUNO Award-winning singer-songwriter whose music is full of emotionally charged experiences that linger in memories. Raised on the Peguis First Nation of Manitoba, Canada, William has been honing his craft since the age of nine when he first picked up the guitar and piano. His biggest inspirations include Johnny Cash, Kris…

To purchase tickets click this link to the University of Lethbridge Box Office A staple of the Canadian arts scene for almost 20 years, Workman boasts a catalogue of 15 solo releases showcasing his now signature spectrum of sonic influence, from cabaret to electro-pop to anthemic rock and plenty in between. The accolades amassed include…