"There is something about Left Brain Blues that carves a path right to your core in the most intimate way." ~ Nancy Vivolo, VictoryMusic.org

Fish & Bird just never stop. After an extensive spring tour and a sumer kick-off consisting of a performance at the renowned Vancouver Folk Fest, these traveling minstrels direct themselves eastward once more from Vancouver in their veggie-oil fueled Delica Van. Songwriter and banjo player Taylor Ashton (Winnipeg), fiddler Adam Iredale-Gray (Victoria), guitarist Ryan Boeur (Vancouver), and upright bassist Zoe Guigeno (Toronto), a group of top notch players from across Canada continue to delight and amaze audiences with their unique brand of traditional & cutting edge blended folk music, playing festivals from BC to Ontario this summer. Don't miss Fish & Bird at ARTSWELLS, MOUNTAIN VIEW MUSIC FEST, TROUT FOREST MUSIC FESTIVAL, ROBSON VALLEY MUSIC FESTIVAL, MUSIC ON THE MOUNTAIN, SUNSHINE MUSIC FESTIVAL and MORE!!

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Fish & Bird's relationship with folk music is a little complicated. Their love for old-time and folk traditions comes from deep in their hearts, but that profound respect doesn't stop them from showing the genre a little abuse. At the core of Fish & Bird is a partnership between virtuosic multi-instrumentalist Adam Iredale-Gray and singer/songwriter Taylor Ashton, and their influence stems from such diverse styles as Irish music, jazz, garage rock, musical theatre, and old-time. Fish & Bird layer these styles with their traditional roots and stay fresh and unique through their desire to create new and exciting music. Their self recorded, self-produced, and self-titled debut EP, was released in 2007, to attentive audiences across Canada. Their latest recording, also self produced, recorded and packaged, the full-length "Left Brain Blues", named as a Top Ten for best album of 2009 by Winnipeg Folk Fest's Tamara Kater, is a more mature and developed exploration of what happens when the pair's musical influences collide. In just under an hour, it takes the folk genre for a wild ride through eastern influences, pop rock and traditional roots, while remaining cohesive. It showcases Taylor Ashton's agile voice, which ranges from a deep bass to a very sturdy falsetto, the pair's creative arrangements, a full cast of well known guest musicians, and since its release the band just keeps getting tighter.

Fish & Bird have played hundreds of shows, touring the length of the country about five times. They've garnered attention from the Canadian Folk Music Awards, and heard themselves on CBC and college/community radio stations across Canada. From festivals to house concerts, and sold out nightclubs to back rooms of cafes, they get back on stage night after night fueled by the passion to perform their unique brand of art folk for as many people as they can get to listen. Are you listening?