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 (Acoustic/Alt Folk)  Click to play an mp3 sample. Oliver. A rare find in any artistic situation, Oliver is a true ‘meeting of the minds’; two seasoned songwriters sharing a passion for songs of style and substance. The sound has been described as both modern and classic; with songs that are hook laden and “singable”, heartfelt and introspective. The twelve songs that comprise their debut recording “Every Red Light” run the gamut of bright pop to dark acoustic, woven together with ambient guitars and beautiful melodies.
Acoustic based, the songs are just as strong when performed unplugged as the lush, moody textures you’ll find on the release. Compared to everything form Damien Rice, John Mayer, to even a male Sarah McLachlan or Dido, the music is best described as Alt-Folk, with more emphasis on the ‘Alt’. The six-foot-plus, dread crowned Chad Oliver certainly adds to that label. It might not be whom you would expect that beautiful voice to come from, but he certainly makes this band ‘stand out’ in a crowd.
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 (Country) Click to play an mp3 sample. ShutterFly is made up of Taryn Sinclair on lead vocals and David Sinclair and Zak Sinclair on guitars and backup vocals. Part of the
new 'alt-country' genre, they have performed at concerts, festivals
and coffee houses around British Columbia. They are a versatile group
and appear as a 5-piece band (with bass & drums), or at smaller
venues with a more 'acoustic' format as a trio or four-piece band.
Their first CD 'Shutterfly' was released
independently in 2002 and received good reviews and radio play in Canada
on country and college stations. Taryn Sinclair has been performing
since she was 8 years old, singing with the Vancouver Bach Children's
Choir, and in musical theatre, and on jingles and recordings. Taryn
studied at the Capilano College Music Program. She writes lyrics and
music for the band. Zak Sinclair has been playing guitar since
he was 4 years old, studying classical, rock and jazz. He co-writes
with Taryn and David. David Sinclair, Taryn and Zak's father,
is a well known guitarist, having toured extensively with Sarah McLachlan
(1992-2003), kd lang (1992-94), and numerous others, including his own
bands, Straight Lines (CBS- 2 albums, gold record, airplay
awards) and Body Electric (Attic/Parallel One - 3 albums, airplay awards).
As a studio musician, he has recorded with artists including Amy Sky,
Prism, Paul Janz, BTO, Valdy, Terry Jacks, Susan Jacks, Rita MacNeil,
Irish Rovers, Matthew Lien, Gary Fjellgaard... He has also played on
and composed for numerous TV series and films. David also writes songs
for the band and is the producer of the CDs.
www.shutterfly.ca
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 (Country) Click to play an mp3 sample. Brent Howard has been a nominee for best Male Country Vocalist at the Canadian Country
Music Awards, Pacific Music Industry Awards and the BCCMA, Awards. Brent
also won the rising star award "the Ray McCauley Horizon"
award. Brent has shared the stage with some of the brightest country
stars such as Deanna Carter, Alabama, Michelle Wright, The Farmer's
Daughter, Patricia Conroy, Chris Cummins, Lisa Brokop and Jason McCoy.
The 1st C.D. had four singles do extremely well from his self-titled
album on FRE/EMI The first single, "What is and Isn't Mine"
climbed to #15 across Canada and the video was "Pick of the Week"
on C.M.T. Now with some pre-releases from the 2nd album entitled "now
where was I?". The album is getting very strong praise from radio
and fans alike and the future looks very bright for Brent Howard and
his new exciting band Southern Cherry.
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