Aché Brasil : -
BC
Date: Saturday Evening Concert - August 2
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The party atmosphere of Carnival is created by this authentic
and high energy ensemble, which fuses dynamic music and colourful dance with the uniquely Brazilian Capoeira -
a spectacular blend of martial arts and gravity-defying acrobatics!
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Keola Beamer -
USA - Hawaii
Date: Monday Evening Concert - August 4
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One of Hawaii's premier singer/songwriters, arrangers, and composers, Keola is a master of the
Slack Key Guitar. Descending from five generations of musicians, Keola and his hula-dancing wife,
Moanalani, drive the Hawaiian Cultural Renaissance
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John Boutte and Paul Sanchez -
USA
Date: Sunday Evening Concert - August 3
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John's incredible voice breathing life into a wonderful amalgam of styles from torchy jazz to aching soul
and African-American gospel in perfect collaboration with Paul's insightful compositions that speak of the
heart of New Orleans.
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The Alison Brown Quartet -
USA
Date: Monday Evening Concert - August 4
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This Grammy Award-winning banjo-player and composer describes her work as "true hybrid sound that suggests
its influences - bluegrass, jazz, celtic music - but when taken as a whole isn't any one of these things."
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Bob Brozman -
USA
Date: Sunday Evening Concert - August 3
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A remarkably prolific artist and a master of slide, fingerstyle, and percussive guitar, Bob has redefined
musical diversity worldwide through his powerful live performances and unforgettable collaborations.
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C.J. Chenier & The Red Hot Louisiana Band : -
USA
Date: Saturday Evening Concert - August 2
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C.J. Chenier lives up to the first family of Zydeco's name and embodies the future of zydeco,
stirring contemporary influences like R&B, soul, and funk into his spicy musical gumbo.
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The Duhks -
MB
Date: Monday Evening Concert - August 4
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Grammy nominated, two-time Juno award winning, high-energy, tattooed twenty-somethings blend soul, gospel,
North American folk, Brazilian samba, old time country string band, zydeco, and Irish dance music.
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Mary Gauthier: -
USA
Date: Saturday Evening Concert - August 2
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A unique lyricist, with an ability to illuminate even moments of devastation and despair in beautiful hues,
Gauthier creates an environment for her words to enter her listeners' hearts.
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Eliza Gilkyson: -
Texas USA
Date: Sunday Evening Concert - August 3
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Her voice has a plaintive emotional power. Her lyrics are intelligent and edgy. Grammy nominated, multi
award-winning Gilkyson is an exquisite weaver of story songs.
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Kobo Town -
ON
Date: Monday Evening Concert - August 4
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Merging calypso, roots reggae, acoustic performance, dub studio techniques and Trinidadian/Jamaican
cultures, Kobo Town is a unique, stylistic, trans-national composite of rhythm, poetry and activist
journalism.
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Yves Lambert & Le Bébert Orchestra -
PQ
Date: Sunday Evening Concert - August 3
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Known for his long-time association with La Bottine Souriante, Yves Lambert has been a driving force
in giving traditional music the place that it deserves beyond the Quebec borders, and continues to pursue
the adventure with le Bébert Orchestra!
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Murray McLauchlan -
ON
Date: Monday Evening Concert - August 4
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With eighteen albums featuring the likes of "Whispering Rain" and "The Farmers Song", this Canadian
singer-songwriter legend is the recipient of eleven JUNO awards and The Order Of Canada.
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Mighty Popo -
ON
Date: Sunday Evening Concert - August 3
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A Rwandan/Burundian refugee/survivor, his music is steeped in African tradition. Winner of the 2007 Canadian
Folk Music Award Best World Artist for "Muhazi", he was a member of the 2005 Juno award winning African Guitar
Summit.
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Polyjesters -
AB
Date: Saturday Evening Concert - August 2 |
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Brothers Jason and Sheldon Valleau play everything from Billie Holiday to The Beatles... from old swing/jazz standards to
alternative country. A unique sound that is highly energetic, completely contagious, unfailingly entertaining and
appeals to everyone - pretty much everywhere!
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The Sojourners -
BC
Date: Monday Evening Concert - August 4 |
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Although the trio came together just last year to do back up vocals for Jim Brynes' Juno Award winning
Best Blues Album of 2007, they sound like they've been singing old style Gospel together forever!
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Jayme Stone with Mansa Sissoko: -
ON, Mali
Date: Saturday Evening Concert - August 2
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A griot by birth, Mansa Sissoko is one of the new generation of singer-songwriters from Mali, West Africa.
Jayme Stone is an accomplished banjo player "bridging jazz, bluegrass and everything in between."
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Dawn Tyler Watson & Paul Deslauriers -
PQ
Date: Saturday Evening Concert - August 2 |
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The 2005 and 2007 winner of the MBA Female Vocalist of the Year, Dawn teamed up with singer/songwriter/guitarist
extrordinaire, Paul DesLauriers creating a blend of folk, rock, roots and blues and the 2007 MBA Acoustic Act
of the Year.
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John Wort Hannam -
AB
Date: Sunday Evening Concert - August 3
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A born story- teller, John is known for his unique take on the simple day-to-day dramas of the common
man through songs that map the landscapes of both the human heart and our vast country.
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