A fearless, freewheeling band sometimes referred to as the “Los Lobos of Canada.” This band doesn’t just exist—they flourish, and have been converting full concert halls of indifferent strangers into devoted fans for the last 30 years. This musical collective is The Paperboys. A Canadian treasure!
Tom Lavin is a Chicago-born and multi-awarded musician and record producer with over a dozen gold and platinum records.
As well as working with a number of bands over the years doing live performance, Joani Bye has spent many hours in the studio, doing commercial jingles and backgrounds on other people’s albums. She can be heard on “Livin’ On A Prayer” and “Lay Your Hands On Me” by Bon Jovi, Cher’s “Love Hurts” album and “Elegantly Wasted” by INXS.
The blues couple have recorded 8 previous albums together and have toured all over North America, UK and Europe winning numerous awards for their songwriting and albums together.
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, Marcus grew up immersed in the music and culture of the Gospel tradition. He moved to Vancouver in 1985 and [...]
“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 D28, on a 30 year journey from his favorites haunts in his home on the Canadian Sunshine coast, to a [...]
You’d never think it to look at Paul Pigat, but behind that unassuming grin and underneath those Doc Watson glasses lurks one of the most restless, combustible musical imaginations ever crammed like so much canned heat into a single body. Blessed with a jazz man’s sheen, a rockabilly heart and a hobo’s soul, there aren’t [...]
Joe Rotundo is a seasoned guitarist and singer/song writer based out of Vancouver BC. He is best known for his surf band the Modelos, and is also the lead guitarist for Vancouver rockers The Bughouse 5. Joe has been playing the blues, rockabilly, and surf guitar since the early nineties citing his main influences as [...]
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”, and “Too Late Now To Turn Back”. In 1986 Jim signed an American deal with RCA and released the solo [...]
Them Ordinary Things are Paul Dwyer, Mark Lebell, Kaia Nielsen and Simon Paradis serving fresh cuts of Folk, Americana and Blues.
Recent Vancouver transplant and now Pender's own Mark 'Fatneck' Petersen promises dancing with swing, boogies, and rockin' blues!
The Grand Koolios is composed 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.
