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 [...]
Bradley/McGillivray is a Vancouver-based musical partnership that has spanned 20 years. Led by groove, improv and raw, unadulterated emotion, they blend blues, jazz, funk and gospel into their own hip brand of soul. Ruth McGillivray is a singer you won’t forget–captivating, authentic and entertaining, with a wicked set of pipes. Her knock-you-flat vocals are the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
In a career spanning over three decades, Tim's music has been recorded by the likes of Amos Garrett to Jim Byrnes and has been featured in TV and films.
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.
The Grand Koolios are three 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 and Jennifer Scott. While playing in the Banff Jazz orchestra under the direction of Hugh Fraser, Graves studied and played [...]
