Terminal Station is a Blues-Rock band in the best sense of the word. They take the traditional blues sound and kick it into high gear. Their music is raw and exciting – full of fat bass lines, explosive drumming, risk taking solos and impassioned vocals. The members of Terminal Station, Scott Smith (vocals, guitar), Jeremy [...]
International touring and recording artist Johnny Ferreira combines style and boundless energy in his performances throughout Europe, United States, and Canada. His infatuation with the saxophone began late in high school when he was 17. “It was the sound that attracted me,” he recalls. “It’s the instrument that closest resembles the human voice.” By 19, [...]
Murray Porter’s music has an instantly recognizable sound. The Mohawk piano player from Six Nations of the Grand River Territory brings his culture and history to the masses through his music. With a mix of blues, country, and humour, Porter’s gravelly, soulful voice sings not only of the history and contemporary stories of the Aboriginal Peoples of Canada, but also universal themes of love, lost and found. He has spent over 30 years playing his self-taught unique style of foot-stomping, hand clapping blues piano around the world.
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 foot stompin', guitar pickin', both singin' fun with vintage blues, roots music and new originals. Curtis and Leslie met in [...]
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 music have rewarded him with the friendship and respect of his peers. By day, Tim works with Vancouver’s finest studio [...]
Master of the Hammond B3 Organ, Peter is am\n accomplished musician fronting the Peter Van Trio and the Peter Van Jazz Organ Quartet.
A member of the PH Blues organizing team, Sully has been coordinating the popular Saturday afternoon "Blues in the Park Show" for 15 years, while performing with the house band during the shows. Sully's musical career began singing in the Regina Male Voice Choir, while learning the trumpet and eventually becoming an accomplished bass guitar [...]
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 decades Steve has co-founded two Vancouver based bands: with Andrew Hart, the Chicago Blues, R&B driven Hinton Hart Band and [...]
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 in London, Ont. and Montreal, Que, settling on the West Coast in 1996 where he played in several bands: Azulejos, [...]
Harpdog Brown has grown a solid reputation as a real-deal purveyor of classic electric blues. Think of the old Chess Records and Sun Records of the late ’40s and early ‘50s. He’s been called a Blues Evangelist, and that’s a very fitting moniker. "I speak the blues like it's the truth, and it is”, he [...]
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 alone in this crowd, along with the singer Russell deCarle. Like him — and his music — you are holding [...]
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 alone in this crowd, along with the singer Russell deCarle. Like him — and his music — you are holding [...]
