2019 Musicians

Marcus is a member of the Entertainment Hall of Fame, The Sojourners (singing trio), and has sung throughout North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, the South Pacific, Australia and the Middle East. Originally from Ralls, Texas, [...]

“With intricate fingerstyle guitar, earthy baritone and lyrics from life, Joe Stanton does what he loves – writing and performing acoustic music.” Joe’s philosophy of “playing wherever they’ll listen” has taken him and his Martin [...]

Singer, songwriter and guitarist Jim Foster first became known in Canada as the leader of the band Fosterchild, writing Top Ten Canadian hits such as “Let Me Down Easy”, “I Need Somebody Tonight”, “Troubled Child”, [...]

What sets Harris&DeBray apart from the pack is the way they connect with their audience. You feel as if you know them - and you will by the end of the night! The music is [...]

Arriving on the west coast from New York City, Tim made Vancouver his adopted home and quickly gained a reputation as one of the city’s rising young guitar talents. Hard work and dedication to his [...]

The Coast’s own Steve Hinton Band plays a hard driving, danceable mix of Blues, R&B, and Country. Al Alford on Guitar, Sully Antonyk on Bass and Tim Rannard on Drums. Over the past two [...]

Simon received a BFA in Integrative Music Studies at Concordia University 1995. In 2012, he polished up his skills at The Berklee School of Music, completing the Professional Guitar Certificate. He has played in bands [...]

It’s late, and the bar is crowded. The music is loud, and people are dancing. The bartender needs a smoke, and you could use a smile, a conversation, a moment of recognition… But you are [...]

The Grand Koolios are six of Western Canada’s premiere live performance and session musicians with collective biographies that read like a who’s who of the top blues, country and roots music worlds.

Local Karen Graves is a passionate and fiery jazz flautist, sax player, composer and vocalist. She has played with the who’s who of BC Jazz Artists including Brad Turner, Miles Black, Tom Keenlyside, Celso Machado [...]

There's no boogie woogie-blues piano man out there today who pounds the 88s with the conviction of Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne. - Jeff Johnson, Chicago Sun Times You'll jump, you'll jive and have a great [...]

Steve Marriner is the leader of 2018 JUNO Winner MonkeyJunk. He has won a collective 20 Maple Blues Awards, two Canadian Independent Music Awards, a Blues Music Award (USA), and have been nominated twice for [...]

Hailing from Vancouver BC, Canada, Cousin Harley, can explode like an active volcano, swing like the Basie band and holler like A lonesome hillbilly in the back woods of the Appalachia, all in a single [...]

His name Is Doc Fingers, but you can call him Doc. It was in the early seventies, during a stint with the Ronnie Hawkins Band that Bruce Gallagher acquired that handle. "They initiated me as [...]

Blue Line Duo features Dr Fun & CJ-Knox the Rejuvenator. "We're just two wild and crazy seasoned pros who love playing a wide assortment of old time good time music. Western swing, gypsy jazz, [...]

The devil’s music (you know – rock, blues, r&b, jazz) took hold of the young lad when his father ( a renowned musician in his own right) watched in dismay, as his son took the [...]