Boston’s Joy Kills Sorrow are a wildly popular group at the forefront of the Boston acoustic music scene and FolkWest was lucky enough to catch these stars as they rise to the top, for a special show at Fairfield Church on Saturday, May 22nd, to celebrate the diversity of folk music in our fair land [...]
Everything good about music is all rolled up into one band with The Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra! Join these gypsy-ska-folk types in celebration of the release of their new album “The Blanche Album”, with a few shows around their home – Vancouver and Victoria. No one compares to the stylings of these well-dressed gypsies, so don’t [...]
New ModMay client O’MALLY makes her debut across Canada with “Speck”, but O’mally is hardly a speck on the music scene. A young girl with old time in her blood, she makes easy work of the clawhammer banjo and sings from the murky depths of her soul. Catch a “Speck” of O’mally as she passes [...]
Calgary’s Country scene just got better with the addition of ‘Out In The Storm’, the debut release from RUTH PURVES SMITH AND THE 581. Ramping it up with a CD release extravaganza in both Calgary and Edmonton, Ruth and the band are proud to release this long awaited and wholly engaging album, so don’t miss [...]
Kung Fu Country Outlaws the JOEY ONLY OUTLAW BAND are releasing their new and first full length album, “Transgression Trail”. Join the Outlaws, Calgary’s Brooke Wylie and the Coyotes, Matt Olah of Cowpuncher, and Vancouver’s Kent McAlister in celebration of Joey’s birthday present to himself, the new album, at the Rickshaw Theatre in Vancouver. Once [...]
The sweetest songbird of them all TANNIS SLIMMON is going back to her Manitoba roots to play a Home Routes tour this month! Home Routes is a fantastic not for profit organization that tours bands through trusted home venues across Canada, its tons of fun for musicians and fans alike! Open to the public, you [...]
Canadian Country Music Darlings THE GRUFF are hitting that Trail of Missing Thoughts one last time this spring. ‘Gruffians’ Jenny Ritter, Phaedra Kemp and Terri Upton, joined this time around by slide/dobro player Christopher Herbst, are hitting the road for a goodbye tour before going their own musical ways in 2010. Heading through BC, Alberta [...]
Pan-Canadian musical group FISH & BIRD are hitting the roads on an epic journey this spring. From Vancouver to Montreal and back again, the 4 piece outfit of new-school tradionalists are criss-crossing the country in their veggie oil fueled Delica Van, supporting their recent release “Left Brain Blues”. Don’t miss your chance to see this [...]
BILLY MANZIK heads out on some initial tour dates supporting new release “AllTogetherNow”! He’s been getting rave reviews from Americana UK and NoDepression.com, charting on !earshot’sRoots Charts, and being played on CBC Radio One’s “Fresh Air”. Playing throughout Alberta in early April, Billy is ramping up for a bigger tour happening in late summer/early fall, [...]
NEWSLETTER. There is so much going on in April, why not check it all out? Also, ModMay Promotions attended SXSW 2010 and had quite the experience… ~ Click HERE to read the Official Press Release