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DUSTIN BENTALL AND KENDEL CARSON
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DAVE McCANN
Road ghosts, fallen shows and the blur of years built by song, sweat and stage noise. Americana-edged rock and roll tangled with the continuous trail of broken strings, headlights and a hell of a lot of laughter. You're looking at the guiding force behind Dave McCann and his fourth release "Dixiebluebird."

"Dixiebluebird" also brings transition, with an introduction to Dave McCann and the Firehearts. It's a new name, but the same superlative line up: long time guitarist Dave Bauer, multi-instrumentalist Pete Loughlin on Bass, Tim Williams on Drums and all the sagacious force of Charlie Hase on the Pedal Steel Guitar.
DARREN JOHNSON
For the last ten years, Darren has been a fixture on the Canadian blues and roots scene - working with the likes of Amos Garrett, Tim Williams, Jim Byrnes,John Lee Sanders, and The Blind Boys of Alabama to name a few. His music has been described as "somewhere in between Tom Waits and Leon Redbone, Howlin' Wolf and Willie Nelson". His songwriting is simple, yet deals with everyday situations for everyday people. His sound is a throwback to yesteryear, one may findthemselves deceived by the contrast between what they are hearing verses what they are seeing...
BILL POSS
Bill Poss (Passalacqua) is a road dog in road dog heaven. After touring for ten years as a solo singer-songwriter, then touring for 5 years with the Fabulous Ginn Sisters, he joined up with the Fred Eaglesmith Traveling Steam Show and for the last three years has been touring all over North America playing up to two hundred shows per year. Fred's band became his band and they open the Steam Show as Bill Poss and the Useful Tools. Bill's roots run deep in bluegrass and his short, upbeat, rural-themed songs reflect that. He has written with Fred Eaglesmith, Slaid Cleaves, Tiffani Ginn and  Elizabeth McQueen. In 2011 Poss went into Fred Eaglesmith's studio with only a guitar and a bag full of great songs. Eaglesmith hooked up one mic and one channel and sent the mono-analog signal to quarter inch tape. The result is the new Bill Poss CD "Hay" which has netted amazing reviews from people who bought it.
Poss Music Works
512-203-4619
ANDREW SCOTT
High energy, Humorous, Eccentric, Acoustic, Canadian Alt-country, folksy, bluesy, gypsy, eccentric, greased up goodness! If you want to see my Electronic Press Kit then click on the screaming mouth thingy underneath. I've just released my third solo album, "My Time In The Empire"! The album, recorded at studios in Canada, Japan and France, features 15 brand new songs and a cover of Fred J. Eaglesmith's classic ballad "I Like Trains'. We are playing our hearts out whenever we get the chance and hope to see you on the road!
FRED EAGLESMITH
Acclaimed singer, songwriter and bandleader Fred Eaglesmith is a genuine iconoclast and true original. It's the natural result of following the cue of his musical career and now 19 albums with the January 2012 release of 6 Volts. The result is one of the most fascinating and musically rewarding careers in contemporary music.
"FURIA is has been a lifetime in the making for brother and sister team Trev and Lorana Fury (guitar and vocals, respectively). 

Beginning over 20 years ago in Drayton Valley, a rural Alberta town, there have been many line-ups and band names.  But the vision remains the same as it always has.   Create great music with total disregard for genre or any other kind of limitations.  People who have followed  their progress from the beginning will note a dramatic evolution, with Trev & Lorana constantly pushing the limits of their capabilities, as well as  those of the other musicians around them.
FURIA
KEN HAMM
Ken Hamm is one of Canada's foremost interpreters of traditional roots and blues music. Since 1978, when he began touring solo, Hamm has won a wide following for his stellar guitar work, as well as for his original songs that reflect his rural westcoast life. Along the way Hamm was awarded a Juno for Best Roots & Traditional CD and has been nominated for Recording of the Year and nominated several times for Best Acoustic Act of the Year by the Toronto Blues Society. Hamm was also nominated three years running as Best Acoustic Blues Guitarist by North America's "Guitar Player" magazine.
Born in Chiang Mai Thailand, and raised outside of Edmonton, Jenie Thai is building a musical presence in the community with her energetic quirks and engaging presence on stage. Raised in a musical household of six, silence was rare. Growing up, Jenie would fall asleep to the sounds of blues and melodies of folk that her parents played while entertaining guests downstairs. 
JENIE THAI
MARY GAUTHIER
"There's freedom in knowing that you don't have to know it all," she says, "which is why to me, a song should end with a question, not an answer."  It might seem that after six groundbreaking albums of original songs, more than a dozen years of recording and touring around the world, a harvest of music industry awards, and covers of her songs by a roster of great artists - that Mary Gauthier (say it: go-shay) should have a handle on some of the big answers.  Yet with each new album, with each new cycle of songs that illuminate her soul, with each old and new set of characters and life changes she introduces, Mary is always ending up with more questions.  Where do her people come from and where do they go?  How can they find shelter from the storm?  What is the truth?
MASON RACK
Originating from the Gold Coast in Queensland, Mason Rack Band is not afraid to break all the musical genre rules. The bands new album Limits of Grip does just that, flaunting expectation by combining a classic mix of heavy rock, blues, jazz and roots complimented by the modern flavours of country punk, jazz, alternate rock and reggae funk. 
The popular three piece is renowned for their amazing live stage performances. Punters have been kicking up their heels for years to the drop down percussion beats that involve all three members of the band and the audience. The band has played alongside artists including Xavier Rudd, Jack Johnson, Buddy Guy and Keith Urban to name a few.  
NQ ARBUCKLE
Anyone who has met NQ Arbuckle knows that he wears his heart like a red wet spot on a crisp white shirt. They also know he'll say it's just ketchup. His music, on the other hand, never dismisses lightly, where the greatest moments exist in the smallest of events: a casual glance becomes a confession of love; a glass of beer at the bar can be an act of forgiveness.
NQ Arbuckle is the boy next door, and if you listen carefully, in the wee hours of the morning, you may hear him plucking out the tune to his next song. And if you really strain your ears you might just hear your name, because NQ Arbuckle is singing about you.
TATAM REEVES
Straight from the heart, Tatam displays a unique sound consisting of acoustic and vocal melodies that paint a rich portrait of life's light and shadow into an adventurous account of the tremulous beauty buried deep within emotion. Born in Edmonton and raised in Western Canada, Tatam has grown always, with guitar in hand. Influences such as Tori Amos, Ani Difranco and Kelly Joe Phelps have helped guide his music into a marriage of instrument and voice. Focusing his personal endeavours into storytelling and puzzle-piece poetry, Tatam is turning heads and proving to be a rare gem wherever he performs.
T BUCKLEY
T. Buckley is a roots artist who delves into the sounds of traditional country, folk, bluegrass and rock'n roll. Whether he is performing at a folk club, pub, backyard or festival, Buckley continues to impress audiences with his ear-catching songwriting and his eye-catching performance.

In late 2010, Buckley teamed up with producer/guitarist Tim Leacock and recording engineer/bass player Derek Pulliam to record his first full length album, Roll On. Immediately after its release, Roll On topped music charts in Alberta radio stations. This album includes Walkin' Home¸ winner of the 2010 Calgary Folk Music Festival's songwriting competition. Roll On grabbed the attention of CBC's notable critic, Bob Mersereau who wrote, "Roll On is filled with strong images, concise writing and memorable melodies."
THE F-HOLES
Don't let the name fool you!  Winnipeg band The F-Holes are much more than their tongue-in-cheek name implies and they are ready to prove it with the release of their second album "Angel in The Corner" (Morning Noise Records). 

Since forming in Winnipeg in 2004, the F-Holes have been sharing their unique blend of country, Dixieland and Manitoba roots music with audiences all across Canada.  They've played shows with artists such as Gord Downie, Fred Eaglesmith and Fred Penner and have received acclaim from critics and audiences alike for their unmistakable vintage inspired sound and passionate live performances.
TIM HUSS
Tim Hus has a voice sweeter than a Husqvarna chainsaw, a wit that is sharper than rusty barbed wire, and a list of songs longer than a Saskatchewan fence line! Following his acclaimed CD Bush Pilot Buckaroo comes the highly anticipated fifth album (his 2nd for Stony Plain Records) Hockeytown joining Corb Lund and the legendary Ian Tyson on the label. Hus comes at his audience like a runaway rig, while firing off image-laden lyrics with the intensity of a western gunslinger.

The Alberta based singer with the black hat and easygoing personality is a captivating and crowd pleasing performer who easily draws listeners into the settings of his storytelling country and roots music. Tim's distinctive songwriting and spirited performances by the members of his dynamic band stand as a cornerstone of authentic Canadiana!
Tom Wilson is a three time multi-gold record awarded Canadian musician. The songs he has written have been recorded by Sarah McLachlan, Colin James, Lucinda Williams, Billy Ray Cyrus, Mavis Staples, The Rankin Family as well as his own band Junkhouse, who scored eleven Top Ten hits; and Juno-winning Blackie and the Rodeo Kings (one of Wilson's songs was widely publicized for its presence on George Bush's iPod). His most recent incarnation, Lee Harvey Osmond, has received extensive airplay throughout the United States and as a result has been on tour in the United States for the last two years.
TOM WILSON