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Juno nominees Tanya Tagaq and Ndidi Onukwulu are touring Europe and BC and Alberta respectively. Check out the links to the right.
We are thrilled to announce that two of our 2008 releases are nominated for Juno Awards.
Tanya Tagaq’s Auk / Blood is nominated in two categories, Aboriginal Album of the Year and Instrumental Album of the Year.
Ndidi Onukwulu’s The Contradictor is nominated in the Roots & Traditional Album of the Year: Solo category.
The 2009 JUNO Awards will be broadcast on CTV on Sunday, March 29 from GM Place in Vancouver, BC.
Geoff Berner’s latest album, “Klezmer Mongrels” released October 24 on the 9pm label in Europe, and January — 2009 in Canada, is the ultimate expression of his aggressive kind of klezmer. It’s a klezmer punk folk dance album about mixed-breeds of all kinds.
This is the third album of his “Whiskey Rabbi” trilogy, all recorded with the rough sound of blaring accordion, the virtuosic, scraping fiddle of Diona Davies, and the thumping, insistent rhythm of Wayne Adams’ percussion.
Catch Geoff live. Tour dates listed through the link to the right.
Read what some critics are saying about Klezmer Mongrels:
Exclaim! Vue Weekly Pop Matters
The 2008 Canadian Aboriginal Award Nominees were announced today, giving ‘Auk~Blood’ four nods for:
Best Album Cover Design
Best Album of The Year
Best Female Traditional/Cultural Roots Album
Best Producer
The Pan-Canadian New Folk Ensemble Fall Tour 2008
Some of the country’s most innovative musicians have assembled to create a beautiful odd-sorts stew of sweet frailing banjos, guitars, piano, a string section, warm harmonies, and great, great songs.
Jericho Beach Music artist Kim Barlow, Christine Fellows, and Old Man Luedecke are cherished Canadian artists who span a wide geography as well as lyrical subject matter and musical styles. They will share the stage with accompanists on violin, cello and percussion, backing each other up through two round-robin sets of brilliant, shimmering arrangements of original songs.
Apostle Of Hustle And Tagaq Announce Fall Co-Headlining Dates
July 30, 2008 – Toronto, ON – Toronto’s Apostle of Hustle and Inuk singer Tagaq are taking to the road this fall on a series of co-headlining dates. The two met last year at a CBC Fuse session in Ottawa, and inspired by the music each was making, wanted to the opportunity to spend some time together on the road. Read the rest of this entry »
“I’m not going to hurt over you again.” On a classy, sassy, brassy ballroom dance number, Canada’s soon-to-break bluesy singing star puts her foot down, and then shakes it up a bit.” Brad Wheeler, The Globe And Mail
“The opening track on The Contradictor is “SK Final”, a stunning entry for new listeners into Onukwulu’s interpretation of African blues. Onukwulu’s voice is initially guided only by the spurs of percussion and the simple progression of an acoustic guitar, a method purely designed to showcase her sprightly vocals. However, the real swagger and appeal of her vocal delivery arrives when the irresistible brass kicks in. “No, I’m not gonna hurt over you again,” she croons quite seductively, aided feverishly by the brass attack of Steve Dawson, Bill Runge, and JP Carter”. Obscure Sound
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When Tanya Tagaq Gillis’ music fills your ears - either in person or on her new CD Auk - she is genuinely one of those rare artists whose sounds and styles are truly groundbreaking. ‘Inuit throat singer’ is one part of her sonic quotient. So are descriptions like ‘orchestral’ ‘hip-hop-infused’ and ‘primal’…but these words are not usually used collectively. In the case of Tagaq, however – especially on her sophomore disc Auk- they are. Read the rest of this entry »
Ndidi Onukwulu will celebrate the release of “The Contradictor” at Vancouver’s Biltmore Cabaret on Saturday, September 20, 2008. Doors are 8:00 PM and tickets will be available at the door.
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