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Protest Songs for A Better World Now Accepting Submissions
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| July 29, 2006 - CONCERT for Peace ARTISTS | ||
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 Children's Entertainment |
ShoMo & The Monkey Bunch - "I love you. You love me. We're a happy family...." A Purple Dinosaur. An irritated parent. Is that what we want kids listening to? Maybe it's time to give kids music that won't drive their parents insane. Music that has bite to it while still being sweet. Introducing Sho, Mo and the Monkey Bunch! Each song pays tribute to a different musical style that speaks up to kids with musicality, humour and a little bite. The first half of the album wakes you up and the second half rocks you into sleep. If you like the music / humour of: The Who, The Beatles, Shirley Temple, Spike Jones, Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Steve Martin, Sarah McLachlan, but you're still working with pull-ups then "Sho, Mo and the Monkey Bunch" has a song for you.Sho, Mo and the Monkey Bunch are ready to change the way you think about children's music. If you are between the ages of 2-93... Join the bunch!! |
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NEIL ALEXANDER & NAIL blend Jazz, Funk, World, Electronica & Ambient music into a cohesive whole of cutting edge music. NAIL takes the listener through an extraordinary sonic journey, with the emphasis on Groove. Neil performs and records in an astonishing variety of situations including extensive live and studio work (as well as ten years on the road with “The Machine”), Modern Dance, Alternative Theater and Film scoring. This wealth of experience carries over to NAIL performances. Having done over 2500 gigs in every kind of situation, Neil Alexander & NAIL know what it takes to deliver a dynamic performance. |
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UNCLE SETH - From its inception in 1999, Uncle Seth hasn’t stopped performing its “exuberant and accomplished mix of pop, rock, acoustic folk, twisty grooves, tender ballads, and pretty melodies, topped off by…rousing vocals” (PIC Press). The band is composed of Tara Thompson (lead vocals), Jeff Jones (electric/acoustic guitar), Jay Moonah (bass/harmonica), and Chris Patheiger (drums/percussion). Uncle Seth’s 2002 album Lame Suburban Poetry received rave reviews, finished third in the 2003 Songs Revealed Competition, and was heard on CBC Canada-wide. |
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BRENT MASON is one Canada's most noted Maritime folk-rock artists. With 5 CDs to his credit and a musical portfolio covering a decade, this singer/songwriter has acquired countless fans from all walks of life. Brent has been steadily playing the Atlantic Canadian club scene since 1992, including over 10 years as host of ever popular 'Open Mic Night' at O'Leary's Pub in Saint John, New Brunswick. Of more than 100 annual performances, some of Brent's milestones include 2003 - National CBC feature on tour in Oklahoma, 2003 - Songs of the Land and Sea feature with Stan Carew, and more. |
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JACK DE KEYZER returns with "Silver Blues", the follow-up to his 2003 Juno winning disc, "6 String Lover". "Silver Blues" is a sterling collection of tunes mined from the guitarist, singer, song writer's twenty-five year catalogue. Beginning his career in 1973 with internationally acclaimed harmonica player/vocalist , King Biscuit Boy de Keyzer next cut his teeth with Arkansas wild man, Rompin' Ronnie Hawkins before moving on to NYC rock-a-billy king, Robert Gordon. Along the way de Keyzer became the top session man for many traveling blues artists visiting Toronto. He has performed and/or recorded with dozens of artists, including Otis Rush, Willie Big Eyes Smith, Etta James, Bo Diddley and Blue Rodeo. His 1999 CD "Down in the Groove" was awarded the Canadian Maple Blues Award and Jazz Report's Blues CD of the Year. His next CD, 2003's "6 String Lover" won the top music award in Canada, the Juno Award for Blues Album of the Year. An exciting entertainer, soulful singer and electrifying guitarist, Jack de Keyzer delights a vast spectrum of music lovers wherever he performs. |
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DONNA LYNN KAY is a Canadian singer and slide guitarist. Musically, she draws her influences from the Mississippi Delta and from slide guitar greats like Robert Johnson, Son House, Blind Willie Johnson and Muddy Waters. After 7 years in Austin she has returned home to Canada. Donna's music is being played on radio stations in the USA and abroad. She can also be heard in Toronto on Danny Marks' show on JAZZ FM 91.1 Donna has just recorded some original slide guitar work for movie of the week, Gospel of Deceit which will air this summer in the USA and Canada. |
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In 1997 RIK LEAF started Tribe of One, an artist collective committed to improving the world through their artistic contributions. Over the last seven years, Rik has produced and participated in a variety of cultural initiatives with international organizations including the Red Cross, War Child Canada and the United Nations. A humanitarian tour of war-torn Kosovo sponsored by Canadian Foreign Affairs featuring Bruce Cockburn and Vanessa Redgrave solidified Rik's conviction in the relevance of artists of conscience, and has inspired even more socially-conscious work at home and abroad ever since. Rik has toured relentlessly across Canada over the last six years, with international tours to Denmark, Sweden, and the U.K. During this time he has been featured on five internationally released compilation CDs in addition to his four independent releases. Rik's latest CD, 'now is the winter of our discontent' was released in 2006. |
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LAURA FERNANDEZ - Singer songwriter pianist Laura Fernandez was born in Madrid, Spain and lived in Switzerland before immigrating to Canada as a young child. Her song writing is reflective of these cultural influences as she writes and performs in both English and Spanish. She is a well known painter and illustrator and often compares her song writing to Vermeer's paintings and the quiet capture of moments in time. Fascinated by portraits she describes her songs as self portraits and her most intimate reflections on relationships and situations. Her songs are open and revealing laying bare the nature of complex emotion. Laura Fernandez was the winner of the best soft rock band at the New York International Independent Music Festival. |
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DANNY MARKS - In 2006, Danny Marks is the current holder of the Toronto Blues Society's Blues with a Feeling Award for lifetime achievement in music and broadcast. This iconic rocker's roots go back to the sixties as a founding member of Capitol Records' group, Edward Bear. After a span as a journey man session musician throughout the seventies, Danny settled in to the club scene, establishing a cult following as a genre bender in music and humor. A house band gig at Toronto's famed Albert's Hall led him to host his own nation-wide TV show, Stormy Monday. Through the eighties, Danny starred in CBC radio's hit series the Hum Line. Most recently, Danny Marks recorded two original music albums, Guitarchaeology and True, before paying tribute to Toronto's R&B roots with Big Town Boy in 2005. Danny's in his fifth year as the radio host of JAZZ.FM91's Saturday night blues show, bluz.fm. Danny's gearing up for another busy summer of festivals and selected club dates, and delighted to be part of a people's event such as this, for the only cause that matters, world peace. |
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Brian Gladstone - Brian’s particular way of seeing things through irony and old time approach reminds me of great artists as John Prine, Dave Van Ronk, and Mississippi John Hurt. He is their own true son and he continues their great sounds. (SUSA ONDA RADIO, ITALY) WHERE DOES ONE BEGIN TO DESCRIBE BRIAN GLADSTONE? The man is such an anomaly on the side of modern music; a self-propelled master of folk, a throwback to days when music was simpler, yet somehow more touching. The Toronto-based singer-songwriter is an early Bob Dylan, a guitar wizard on par with Jesse Cook, and a lyricist who can evoke a plethora of emotions with a single song. (CANEHDIEN.COM) With his countrified, playfully narrative lyrics, the indie performer … recalls legendary storyteller John Prine. Psychedelic Pholk Psongs is an eclectic 90 minutes of unadorned, twangy country, moody folk and silly ditties. (TORONTO SUN) |
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MICHAEL WHITE & ANIMAL HOUSE -
Led by vocalist Michael White, Animal House is the Q107 Classic Rock House
Band featured on the "Breakfast With Derringer Show", one of the highest
rated morning radio shows in Toronto. The band also performs every Wednesday
as the house band at Q107's Ultimate Jam presented by Long & McQuade music
at Healey’s, a well known downtown Toronto hot spot. While on tour With The White in 1983, Robert Plant met with Michael and told him to contact Atlantic Records. This resulted in Michael signing a $350,000 record contract with the label and the release of his self-titled debut album on Atlantic in 1987. Since then Michael has recorded two more CD's for Griffin Music. One in 1990 titled "Michael White/The White" and a 1994 release "Michael White Plays the Music of Led Zeppelin". All of these albums have received critical acclaim from the press in Europe, the U.S. and Canada (Bullseye Records), including excellent reviews in The Chicago Tribune, Billboard and Britain's Kerrang magazine." |