elivers a hard-driving menu of Rock Classics, Blues, R&B, Funk, Reggae and Ska, including original tunes. Frontman Grant Sutherland has entertained Kootenay audiences for years with his high energy vocal and guitar stylings.
s a professional singer, arranger, director, clinician and adjudicator. She has been a featured soloist on recordings and in performance with ensembles including musica intima, Elektra Women’s Choir, The Vancouver Chamber Choir, the CBC Vancouver Orchestra, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra and as a vocalist for studio sessions for radio, T.V. and feature film
s a Nelson-raised singer/songwriter. Her second CD, “humble but bearing no apology”, (released Nov. 2008) was chosen as a finalist for 3 awards at the 2009 BC Interior Music Awards and she won for best Folk/Traditional Recording of the Year and best Roots/World Recording of the Year.
s a singer, teacher and workshop leader living in Nelson BC. Her music training has been life-long, including singing in many choirs in Nelson, Victoria and England. She holds a diploma in Voice and Music Composition from Selkirk College in Nelson. Bree has taught classroom music lessons, choirs, and workshops in Norway, England and Canada. She currently teaches music at the Nelson Waldorf School.
olds an ARCT Diploma in Piano Performance (Gold medalist). He performs and teaches internationally, and has appeared in character as composer Johannes Brahms. With many award-winning students, he gives lectures, master classes and concerts for music teachers' associations. He was Co-Director of Victoria Piano Summer School for 26 years, and developed a major Jazz and Ragtime festival. He has received the Governor General's Caring Canadian Award for decades of arts and human service.
as received numerous awards for both his writing and photographs, including the highly acclaimed Jack Webster Award. "A Fair Exchange Of Gifts" and "A River That Flows Not Far From My Home" have each won Best Newspaper Column from the Outdoor Writers of Canada. "Doc And The Barber", "Habits We Pick Up Along the Way", and "More Than Two Lines In The Classifieds" have each garnered the Ron Miller Storytelling Award. He will be appearing with husband and wife duo Blu and Kelly Hopkins. Blu was awarded the Okanagan Music Award for Bluegrass Artist Of the Year in 2007 and the BCIMA Award for Bluegrass Band Of The Year in 2008. He has been nominated twelve times in various categories including, Folk Roots Artist of the Year, Bluegrass Artist of the Year, Male Performer of the Year, Songwriter of the Year and Album of the Year.
s a young guitarist and composer living in Kelowna, BC. Almost entirely self-taught, Dylan is widely regarded as a genius whose playing and compositions leave listeners spellbound. His influences range from the greatest Classical and Romantic composers to sounds of today in works such as Enigma, Deep Wonder, Forest Illusion and Don’t Ever Let Go