Joe Gee

Joe Gee offers a wide variety of traditional and contemporary music, including jazz, blues, show tunes, and pop, as well as original songs. He is well known for his energetic yet smooth piano and vocal style. He has been performing professionally at clubs, restaurants, piano bars, concerts and special events for over three decades, during which time he has developed both a repertoire of several thousand songs and the ability to select the right material and approach for any audience or setting. He has spent time living and performing in several different major markets – New York, Baltimore, MD, Charlotte, NC, and Austin, TX – and this has also served to broaden his musical and cultural perspectives and helped to ensure that his music appeals to a wide-ranging audience of all ages.

Brock Zeman

Brock Zeman may only be twenty-five years old, but already he’s released three previous albums with his signature roots style, and been praised by critics for the maturity of his vocals, the depth of his storytelling and his impressive live performances – which he shares with audiences widely and regularly, across North America and Europe.

His fourth album, Welcome Home Ivy Jane, produced by Keith Glass of Prairie Oyster fame, along with Zeman and Steve Foley at Audio Valley, cements Zeman’s talent as a songwriter who balances the grit of everyday life with a lyrical heart. Sung in his deep, rich and twangy vocals and backed by a first rate band, Zeman is, as one reviewer has said, “certainly a rising star” (Atlantic Seabreeze).

Zeman’s vocals often illicit immediate comparisons to Americana greats; Country Music News has said that Zeman has “a voice that begs to be compared to Steve Earle” while Rootshighway claims that “Brock Zeman should have been born in Austin Texas.” But it is Zeman’s songwriting that makes the comparisons to the great singer-songwriters stick.

Sioux Newberry

Whether she’s lacing a jazz tune with ethereal harmonies or laying down dizzyng rap lyrics on a festival stage, Sioux’s melodies and lyrics consistantly establish her as a master of reflection, with topics that demand that her audience looks both inward and outward. She has regularly injected her vocal stylings and melodies into the performances of well-known DJ’s in the Toronto area and for Ontario music festivals, including Guelph’s Hillside Festival. On her own with her guitar, Sioux’s unmilled and dicey songs keep you glued as she dips into the stylings of folk, jazz, hip-hop, rock and country. In addition to her solo work, Sioux’s many musical projects include writing and performing as an MC/vocalist for the Guelph-based HipHop collective ANTIKNOWLEDGE and touring with the elusive David Newberry and the Charismatic Megafauna. Keep your eyes peeled for new recording from all projects.

Tom Savage

Tom Savage writes songs that make people stand up and take notice. Tales of love and loss lay the groundwork for many of his compositions, but Savage is not afraid to tackle social and political issues in his writing as well.” What I try to do when I’m writing a song is to leave it open-ended enough for the audience to interpret in their own way, but at the same time, get my point across on some level.”

Musically, Savage draws from a diverse range of influences. His early days covering Neil Young songs in the band Too Far Gone, and twanging out the Rockabilly sounds of Elvis Presley and Gene Vincent in The Cronies, have left an undeniable imprint on Savage’s style. “As an artist, I believe that my style is the cumulative result of everything I’ve ever heard or played.”

Savage’s singing style has drawn comparisons to a wide variety of artists such as Bruce Springsteen, Fred Eaglesmith, Warren Zevon, Steve Earle, etc.

Tom Savage has recorded two albums, Day-To-Day Truths (1999) and Brand Of Sympathy (2001), and has just released his latest effort, Never Shed No Tears.

Mark Jungers

Mark Jungers is no stranger to the Americana roots music scene. He’s been playing it for years- since well before the term “Americana” was coined- because in his world, country, roots rock, folk, and bluegrass music need not be mutually exclusive. Mark and his band play what is the heart of Americana: gutsy, unpretentious music filled with spirit and spontaneity.

Mark Jungers was born and raised in a small farming community called Bird Island, Minnesota, about 80 miles West of Minneapolis. When his father died young, Mark and his brothers were left to carry on the family farm…or lose it. It was then that the steadfast work ethic of the American farmer was instilled in Mark. But his musical drive would not be denied. He would often sneak up into the hay barn late at night to play guitar and write songs. To this day, the family farm thrives, as does Mark Jungers’ songwriting.

Julian Fauth

Julian Fauth is a barrelhouse bluesman from Toronto. An accomplished piano player and singer, he is active in the Toronto blues scene and tours worldwide. He has been nominated for (and received) several prestigious blues awards including the 2009 JUNO award for Blues Album of the Year. He has just released his new album “Ramblin’ Son.”

Andrew Vanhorn Trio

Vile Richard is comprised of singer/songwriters Olaf Alders and Andrew Vanhorn, joined by a quirky collective of musical friends and neighbours. Alders and Vanhorn have been seen and heard across Eastern Canada, performing live on TV and radio from Hamilton to Halifax.

Having met as Humanities students at McMaster University, Alders and Vanhorn soon started performing regularly at venues around the Hamilton, Ontario area. Vile Richard started off by releasing, “Lucky Me”, a rock album which owes a great debt to Matthew Sweet, Elliot Smith and the Lemonheads. The band then toured Eastern Canada opening for Mike Trebilcock (Killjoys) in support of the album.

A second full album arrived as the band proudly announced the birth of their second child, How to Find and Fascinate a Mistress. The sophomore album finds the band picking up some new instruments (banjo and glockenspiel) and recording the album in their own studio. Creating the tracks in their own studio, Vanhorn and Alders have been free to experiment with a sound that blends aspects of traditional country with their own rock roots. The result is an album that is firmly stuck somewhere between folk and rock, with a distinctive Canadian sound, drawing comparisons with Blue Rodeo, Barenaked Ladies and Great Big Sea.