Smokekiller is John Antoniuk “one of the most capable players in Western Canada. Showcased in Austin T and national finalist for the Radiostar Songwriting Competition.  Showcasing imaginative drumming, and reveals his love of electric guitars.

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with Guest The Jen Lane Band

Sept 17 – KELOWNA, BC  – Minstrel Cafe

Vancouver based songwriter to take debut full length album on the road for national tour dates. Produced by Matthew Rogers (Adrian Glynn, Twilight Hotel), mixed by Shawn Cole (Yukon Blonde, Bend Sinister) and featuring very special guest appearances by Carly Rae Jepsen, Adaline, Nat Jay, & Debra Jean, “The Truth” was released August 7.  All upcoming tour dates listed below, watch the video for “All I Ever Do” today.

Watch “All I Ever Do”

Stream/Download “All I Ever Do” + Media Materials

“A featured songwriter at the Vancouver Folk Festival in 2008, the performer took his “beautifully crafted” (Vancouver Sun) debut EP, ‘Princess of the Skies’, on tour dates across Canada, Europe and the U.S. His cover of Sam Cooke’s ‘Nobody Knows The Trouble I’ve Seen’ was featured in the Val Kilmer movie ‘The Thaw’, as well as his original song ‘Remedy Girl’ was featured on an episode of ‘Degrassi The Next Generation’. Woodward appeared on Light Organ Record’s ‘Our First Christmas’ featuring an original Christmas song ‘Love Will Grow’. He has also written and produced ‘Tiny Light’, a theme song for the Tiny Light Foundation, a non profit organization that provides professional photography for children and families that have been faced with a life altering diagnoses. Now, Cory Woodward is excited to unveil his new full length album ‘The Truth’ to music fans around the world.

“The Truth is a collection of songs that are a detailed expression of my world during a time of major transition. They are songs written from personal experience, they’re cries for help, a longing for change of oneself and the world, all spawned from years of battling depression and addiction on numerous fronts” explains Woodward.

On ‘The Truth’, Woodward has brought together much of the local music community, joined by Vancouver artists Adaline, Nat Jay, Debra Jean and Carly Rae Jepsen. Produced by Vancouver native Matthew Rogers (Adrian Glynn, Twilight Hotel) and mixed by Shawn Cole (Yukon Blonde, Bend Sinister), the result is a collection of eleven highly energized rock songs.

“The Edmonton born singer-songwriter has the uncanny ability to spark a connection between himself and some of the greatest musicians of all time!”exclaim!

Vancouver Based Four Piece From Kelowna To Hit The Road In Support Of Their Third Full Length Album “No Can Do”, Out October 9^th On Triple Crown Audio Recordings Of Canada. Listen To The Song “You Read My Mind” Today. Tour Dates Listed Below.

Stream/Download “You Read My Mind” 

“No Can Do” is the group’s third studio album. It’s also their most assertive and soul stirring yet, available on CD/LP/Digital via Triple Crown (home to fine recordings by Destroyer along with Ladyhawk-affiliated SPORTS and Duffy & The Doubters). Featuring 10 Duffy Driediger (lead vocals, guitar) penned songs performed in the telekinetic way only Darcy Hancock (lead guitar, vocals), Sean Hawryluk (bass, vocals), and Ryan Peters (drums, vocals) can, “No Can Do” (*no relation to Hall & Oates, Chromeo or Kiwi chanteuse Ladyhawke while we’re at it) rips hard and harder. Recorded at The HIVE Creative Labs with Colin Stewart (+ electro-acoustic help from Black Mountain/Lightning Dust’s Joshua Wells), mastered by audio guru Jeff Lipton (Bon Iver, Destroyer-Kaputt, Numero Group) with the good people at Chicago Mastering Service handling the crucial vinyl lacquer cut, the results are rebel rousing to say the least.

Having watched Ladyhawk evolve from “The Dugout” (“Ladyhawk”, 2006), “War” (“Fight For Anarchy” EP, 2007), and “You Ran” (“Shots”, 2008) to its current perch as grizzled (but always lovable) veterans of the Canadian music landscape, I can guarantee that this album will fuck you up something good. Don’t believe me??? Try it for yourself any way you see fit. Stand and be counted at one of their upcoming live shows, listen to “No Can Do” outside (*equally effective in mother nature as accompani- ment for your daily street beat rituals) or even as a soundtrack to your next house party. Whatever shape your support takes, don’t forget to dance (even if you end up flat on your ass in a beer-soaked Horseshoe Tavern or deep in a puddle at a soggy interior B.C. baseball diamond)!!! Blessed with the ability to lift us high and higher, never loose faith. Ladyhawk will take care of the rest.

Ladyhawk “No Can Do” Tour Dates

Oct 16-Victoria BC @ 9one9 w/ Baby Eagle and the Proud Mothers
Oct 18-Edmonton AB @Wunderbar w/Baby Eagle and the Proud Mothers
Oct 19-Saskatoon SK @ Amigo’s w/Baby Eagle and the Proud Mothers
Oct 20-Calgary AB @Broken City w/Baby Eagle and the Proud Mothers
Oct 21-Kelowna BC @ TBA w/Baby Eagle and the Proud Mothers
Oct 24-Hamilton ON @ Casbah w/Baby Eagle and the Proud Mothers
Oct 25-Toronto ON @ Horseshoe w/Baby Eagle and the Proud Mothers, special guests Fiver
Oct 26-London ON @ APK Live w/Baby Eagle and the Proud Mothers
Oct 27-Welland ON @ The Rex w/ Baby Eagle and the Proud Mothers
Nov 01-Vancouver BC @The Biltmore w/Shotgun Jimmie

The buzz around young Nova Scotia native Mo Kenney has been building over the last couple of years. Look for that to turn into a deafening (but tuneful) roar with the eagerly awaited September 25 release of her self-titled debut album. Mo Kenney comes out on Toronto label Pheromone Recordings in partnership with Joel Plaskett’s imprint, New Scotland Records.

East Coast rock and roll hero Plaskett isn’t just involved on the label side, he produced and played on the album, as well as contributing a couple of co-writes. Working around his busy schedule, Joel and Mo began their collaboration in April 2011.
Plaskett’s studio Scotland Yard is a humble setting in which he weaves real musical magic. “He does all the recording onto tape and uses analog gear,” notes Kenney. “I just love the warmth of that sound.” This aural intimacy is the perfect frame for Mo Kenney’s perceptive and oft-witty compositions, and a voice capable of both gentle subtlety and soul-stirring power.

The album is the happy outcome of a true tandem operation. “Joel and I are the only musicians playing on the album,” says Mo. “He definitely influenced the production. Joel is such a hard worker and he really knows his stuff.” Plaskett may still be best known as a prolific and popular JUNO-winning rock and roll veteran, but his bonafides as a producer are now well-established. Such acclaimed artists as Two Hours Traffic, Sarah Slean, and Steve Poltz have all made good use of his studio skills.

The pair also co-wrote two songs that are highlights of a record devoid of lowlights. Slowly building to a guitar-fuelled crescendo, “Scene of the Crime” is a killer tune that finds Kenney singing with the emotive power of a Cat Power or Lucinda Williams. The frisky “Déjà vu” could be described as a positive break-up song (“gonna take a train wreck, bounce it like a bad cheque”).

A nice twist of fate lies behind the duo’s collaboration. Plaskett first became aware of Mo’s potential as a songwriter back when she was just 15. “I was doing some recording at a school in Halifax that had a little studio setup and was recording bands,” Kenney recalls. “They had Joel come in and listen to songs. Some years later, his manager, Sheri Jones, was looking for artists for the first year of The Gordie Sampson Songcamp. “Joel remembered me and on my 20th birthday, Sheri called me and invited me to come to the song camp. That is when this all started. I didn’t really have anything going on in the industry before then, so that was the best birthday present I could have had.” Respected industry veteran Jones has now added Kenney to a management roster that includes such stellar artists as Sampson, Plaskett, David Myles, and Kim Stockwood.

She may be just 22, but Mo Kenney is far from being a novice songwriter. She began writing in her early teens, and by the age of 14, she’d already recorded at a small studio in Bedford, Nova Scotia. Her musical tastes have undergone a transition over the past decade. Mo laughingly recalls a rock and roll phase as she entered her teens. “I was totally into Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and Ozzy, all the classic rock stuff. When I started guitar I was really into the electric and I remember coffee houses at high school where I’d go onstage with my electric and just rip solos.” She also had a band in high school that she describes as “rather rock and roll, but a bit folky, too.”

A turning point in her musical evolution came when she taught herself the finger-picking style on acoustic guitar. “Elliott Smith is one of my favourite songwriters and I wanted to learn to finger-pick since that’s how he played,” she explains. “It took a while, but I have my own style now. Learning how to do something different on my guitar definitely gave me confidence and a fresh new start with song writing.”
Now, her writing almost exclusively begins on her beloved Hensel parlour guitar. “I’ll come up with a guitar part I like, then the melody happens, then the words. The only song I’ve written where the lyrics came first is ‘Carnivore.’”

Another creative catalyst was provided by Mo’s discovery of adventurous alternative rock. “At age 15, I came across Wes Anderson films like The Royal Tanenbaums. They all had amazing soundtracks that opened up a whole new world of music I never knew existed before. I was completely blown away by artists like The Shins, Elliott Smith, Beirut, and Sigur Rós. I totally fell in love with it and wanted to make different music too.”

An example of Kenney’s own musical adventurousness is her use of wordless vocals, an approach that adds real emotional heft to a song like “I Can’t Talk.” “I like using my voice as another instrument, and that is something that has always been in my song writing,” she says.

Having influences and inspirations drawn from classic and alt-rock artists rather than the traditional singer/songwriter pantheon helps account for the bracing freshness of Mo Kenney’s style. Fitting her sound into a neat box is an exercise in futility, though, if pressed, Mo can settle for “pop music with a folky twist. It is pop-y as they’re often short and catchy little songs. I wanted to stay away from the typical singer/songwriter thing and do something a little different. These songs are like a collection of the music I have been carrying around since I was about 15. Many of the songs were written when I was younger, so the album is a weird mix.” More wonderful than weird, we say.

A couple of the songs on Mo Kenney have already generated excitement. The opening track, “Eden” is a concise wee gem (2:17) that has spawned an evocative music video. The clip won the 10 x 10 video contest at the Atlantic Film Festival and screened at the Chicago International

Movies & Music Festival and Park City Film Music Festival in Utah, among others. The only non-original on Mo Kenney is “Five Years,” a David Bowie song given a thrilling makeover here and already a hit in live shows. “Ziggy Stardust was in a bunch of old vinyl records my dad gave me,” Mo recalls. “I discovered it when I moved into my first apartment in Halifax at age 19, and I just played that song over and over. When I do it live, there’s always a few people in the crowd who recognize and love it.”

For an artist who confesses to once having had crippling stage fright, Mo has developed a warm ease as a performer. She has appeared at such festivals as ECMA, Stan Rogers Festival, NXNE, Evolve, and Nova Scotia Music Week, as well as notable East Coast venues The Carleton and The Company House. She is excited at the prospect of opening shows for Joel Plaskett just prior to the release of her record, and an appearance at the famed Iceland Airwaves Festival in Reykjavik.

Mo Kenney has already garnered serious respect from her singer/songwriter peers. The list of those loudly singing her praises includes Ron Sexsmith, Brad Roberts (Crash Test Dummies), Gordie Sampson, and Steve Poltz. “To hear those comments from musicians you look up to is so nice,” Mo says.

The release of this stunningly accomplished debut album is definitely a momentous occasion.
Listen up!

FOR PRESS INQUIRIES PLEASE CONTACT:
Dayna Shiskos
dayna.shiskos@pheromonerecordings.com

Jimmy LeGuilloux will be at Music in the Park in West Kelowna the close out the summer festivities.  Opening the show will be the Ord Strauss Blues Review.

It’s great to see that Floyd Vedan will be back on stage, September 1st, as part of the final night of the year for Parks Alive.  You can read more about the Floydfest event taking place on Sept. 6th at the Kelowna Community Theatre (FB event).

Okanagan Strata Management presents:

Parks Alive! event schedule August 26th- Sept 1st, 2012

Family Sundays presented in part by The Juice 103.9
Location: City Park (near Hot Sands beach) – August 26th
“Fun in the Sun”
12:00 Oceans Apart (5 pc; Alt Rock)
1:10 Paperboy (trio; Indie Rock)
2:45 Fields of Green ( 4pc; Indie Rock)

Community Music Tuesdays
Location: Kinsmen Park – Aug 28th 
“Acoustic Night”
6:30 Windfall (trio; Folk/Pop)
7:30 Jimmy & Nikki Balfour (duo; Pop guitarist and Performance Art)

K96.3 Wednesday Night Showcase
Location: Island Stage – August 29th 
“Music & a Movie”
6:00 Rachel Pavlakovic (solo; Pop vocalist)
6:50 Sammi Morelli (solo; Pop/Rock/Soul vocalist)
7:30 Jennifer Boal (duo; Country/Folk/Rock)
8:30 “Despicable Me” (movie)

Thursday Legacy Series
Location: Whitman Glen Park – Aug 30th 
“Blues Jam”
6:00 Easy Fix (5 pc; Blues)
7:00 Kath & The Tomkats (5 pc; upbeat Blues)
8:15 The Darylectones (duo; Hula Blues)

101.5 EZ Rock Theme Weekends
Location: Kerry Park – August 31st 
“Summer End”
6:30 Taylor Hickson (duo; Pop)
7:00 Robyn and Ryleigh (duo; Country/Pop)
8:00 Zaac Pick (trio; Folk/Pop)
9:15 Half a Quorum (trio; R & B/Rock)

Saturday, September 1st
6:30 Joelle Fuller (duo; Pop/Folk)
7:00 Blues Brothers Too and Most Wanted w/ Big City Horns (10 pc; Blues )
8:00 Cynthia Leigh-Ann (4 pc; Pop/Country)
9:00 Floyd Vedan Band (trio; Classic and 90’s Rock)