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SHOWCASEPEI 2011

SEPTEM BER 26 & 27

CONFERENCEGUIDE

2SHOWCASE PEI 2011 | The Schedules

Performance ScheduleSchedule of Events

SEP 24 & 25

ALL DAY

Delegate Arrivals

SUN SEP 25

4:0 0 PM – 6:0 0 PM

Harbour Cruise

7:0 0 PM – 9:0 0 PM

John Smith / Dennis Ellsworth / Max Keenlyside show at The Alibi

MON SEP 26

9:0 0 A M – 10:0 0 A M

Delegate Orientation Breakfast at Quality Inn & Suites (host hotel - innonthehill.com)

10:30 A M – 12:30 PM

Networking/Business Meetings (host hotel)

2:0 0 PM – 3:30 PM

Showcase Performances at The Guild (theguildpei.com)

5:30 PM – 7:30 PM

Reception (co-hosted by FCIPE) at The Haviland Club (havilandclub.com)

8:0 0 PM – MIDNIGHT

Showcase Performances at The Guild

TUE SEP 27

10:0 0 A M – 1:0 0 PM

Business Meetings (host hotel)

2:0 0 PM – 3:30 PM


6:0 0 PM – 7:30 PM

Supper at The Globe (dinedrinkdance.ca)

8:0 0 PM – 11:30 PM


WED SEP 28

9:0 0 A M – 10:0 0 A M

Breakfast Debrief (host hotel)

10:0 0 A M – 1:30 PM

Business Meetings (host hotel)

ALL DAY

Delegate Departures

MON SEP 26

2:10 PM – 2:30 PM

Ashley Condon

2:40 PM – 3:0 0 PM

John Smith

3:10 PM – 3:30 PM

Vishtèn

8:0 0 PM – 8:20 PM

Jordan Cameron

8:30 PM – 8:50 PM

Rebels

9:0 0 PM – 9:20 PM

North Lakes

9:30 PM – 9:50 PM

Racoon Bandit

10:10 PM – 10:30 PM

Paper Lions

10:40 PM – 11:00 PM

Nudie and the Turks

11:10 PM – 11:30 PM

Boxer the Horse

11:40 PM – MIDNIGHT

Arrows in the Air

TUE SEP 27

2:10 PM – 2:30 PM

Katie McGarry

2:40 PM – 3:0 0 PM

Molly Rankin

3:10 PM – 3:30 PM

Richard Wood

8:10 PM – 8:30 PM

Teresa Doyle

8:40 PM – 9:0 0 PM

Gordie MacKeeman & His Rhythm Boys

9:10 PM – 9:30 PM

Meaghan Blanchard

9:50 PM – 10:10 PM

Glen Strickey Quartet

10:20 PM – 10:40 PM

Tim Chaisson and Morning Fold

10:50 PM – 11:10 PM

Haunted Hearts

11:20 PM – 11:40 PM

English Words

SHOWCASE PEI 2011 | The Delegates 3

Zach Atkinson

T H E C A P I TA Lthecapitalcomplex.com

With seven years of experience promoting in Fredericton and around the Maritimes, most of Zach Atkinson’s time is focused on pro-gramming and marketing The Capi-tal Complex. Named in the Top 10 during CBC’s Searchlight for Venue of the Year 2009, The Capital’s main goal is live music—local, national and international.

Since his start as an all ages pro-moter and stepping into the role of Booking Agent with The Capital Complex, Zach has moved into other New Brunswick markets, pro-gramming music for Saint John ven-ue Peppers Pub. Working with local folk trio The Olympic Symphonium, he is part of the team who curates and operates the newly formed Shivering Songs Festival, entering its second year. With an education background in Graphic Design and a small team, Zach also runs a music solutions company focusing on manufacturing, merchandising and web development.

Troy Arsenault

S E A H O R S E TAV E R Ntheeconomyshoeshopgroup.ca/seahorsetavern

Troy Arsenault has been working in the music industry for over ten years. He is currently the booking/promotions and development agent for the legendary Seahorse Tavern in Halifax, NS.

He has been a board director for Music Nova Scotia for several years and a member of the multi-ECMA-nominated act Alert The Medic.

Troy is also the founder of Dev Com (Development Competition), a development company for acts looking to take the steps forward in preparation for the road ahead.

Mike Campbell

T H E C A R L E T O Nthecarleton.ca

Mike is currently the Managing Part-ner and talent booker of The Car-leton Music Bar & Grill (Music Nova Scotia’s Venue of the Year for the past two years) and programs the annual Halifax Urban Folk Festival. He is also a director on the board of Music Nova Scotia as well as the Unison Benevolent Fund.

In the past Mike has worked as tal-ent booker for the Marquee Club in Halifax, produced JunoFest in Halifax, programmed the Atlantic Scene festival for the NAC in Ottawa, served as a juror for the ECMAs, FACTOR, and CARAS, and hosted MuchEast and Going Coastal for the MuchMusic network.

He has also worked in record retail (A&A Records), at the label level (At-tic Records), management (Joel Plas-kett) and has a pretty decent record collection and iTunes library.


Suze Casey

C A L G A R Y F O L K C L U Bcalgaryfolkclub.com

Involved in the local, provincial, national and international folk scene for 35 years, Suze was Showcase Co-ordinator for the North America Folk Alliance for nine years, and currently sits on the Canadian Folk Music Awards Board, where she is responsible for the Jury Process.

One of the founders of the Calgary Folk Festival for the past two de-cades, Suze writes performer bios and is the Saturday evening Main Stage emcee with the Canmore Folk Festival. Since 1986, Suze has been the Artistic Director for the Calgary Folk Club, a 400-seat venue holding 13 concerts annually, now in its 40th season. Professionally, Suze holds a Masters degree in Education, and is the Developer of the Belief Re-patterning Technique.

A sought-after conference speaker, business coach, facilitator, radio personality, and author, her book, Belief Re-patterning: The Amazing Technique for ‘Flipping the Switch’ to Positive Thoughts, will be released March 2012 by Hay House.

Matt Charlton

P I G E O N R O Wpigeonrow.com

Pigeon Row is a full service public relations firm based out of Halifax, NS. Founded in 2007 by Matt Charl-ton, it began as a way to help friends The Superfantastics promote their debut album, Pop-Up Book. Fol-lowing the success of the project, Pigeon Row soon developed a large roster of diverse clients that in-cluded musicians and festivals from across Canada and the US.

Matt Charlton was named Publicist of the Year at the 2008, 2009, and 2010 Nova Scotia Music Awards. He was recently joined at Pigeon Row by Trevor Murphy who has fur-ther developed the company’s skills and outreach.

The company provides print, ra-dio, and digital media campaigns. Maintaining a high standard for the clients it works with, Pigeon Row employs the organic approach of working tirelessly to expose excep-tional music.

The company has worked with acts that include: Joel Plaskett, Daniel Romano, Apollo Ghosts, Dog Day, Eric’s Trip, Mount Eerie, Shotgun Jim-mie, In-Flight Safety, and many more.

Taylor Denn

E T O W Netown.org

Taylor Denn is the talent coordinator at eTown. His job is to seek out new upcoming talent and match them with talent that is already estab-lished for a live show taping.

eTown is an exciting weekly radio broadcast heard from coast to coast on nearly 300 stations and with over one million listeners a week. It airs on NPR, public and commercial sta-tions. Every eTown show is taped in front of a live audience and features performances from many of today’s top musical artists as well as conver-sations and information about the world around us.

At eTown, we build community through music. In fall 2011, we opened an 80-seat venue, a 200-seat venue and will continue to present larger shows on the road, as well as at our home in The Boul-der Theater.


Val Denn

VA L D E N N AG E N C Yvaldenn.com

Val Denn is a booking agent and creative life coach based out of Austin, TX, and the South Shore in Nova Scotia. She works mainly with singer-songwriters. Her passion is export development for Canada and the US, helping artists across both borders build careers in North America. She served for five years on the Board of Directors with Folk Alliance International, including being President. She has been a Juno judge twice, and this year is a judge for The Canadian Folk Music Awards. Val started out in the music business as a musician studying in Boston at Berklee School of Music. She has four CDs to her credit and still tours occasionally.

She currently splits her time be-tween the US and Canada, and owns an organic farm in Blandford, NS.

Émile Desraspe

V E N U E AU X V I E U X T R E U I Lauvieuxtreuil.ca

Émile Deraspe has always had a pas-sion for concert promotion and local cultural development. He has been involved with the arts and culture sector since his student film-making days. Émile is a musician and co-founder of various improv leagues (including a musical one). He is a member of the Board of Directors for ROSEQ (Eastern Québec concert network) and Arrimage (cultural or-ganization of the Magdelen Islands). He has been the Executive Director of the concert venue Aux Vieux Treuil since 2007.

Aux Vieux Treuil has been present-ing local, national and international artists for over 30 years. Situated at Havre-Aubert, Magdelen Islands in the middle of the Gulf of Saint Law-rence, Aux Vieux Treuil seats 105 people and is known as a welcom-ing, professional venue.

Dick Dixon

WA R W I C K F O L K F E S T I VA Lwarwickfolkfestival.co.uk

Dick Dixon is the Festival Director for Warwick Folk Festival, which celebrated its 30th year in 2009. He deals with all aspects of the festival, including artistic. The festival now has been recognized as one of the best town festivals in the UK. Every year everyone at the festival has the hard task of making it better than the last one, and manages to achieve that year on year.

At Bromyard Folk Festival Dick is the Artistic Director and a Trustee of the Charity. Bromyard is a green field site festival, and quite different from Warwick as it starts as a large empty site. Bromyard is celebrating its 44th year and is one of the most respected festivals in the UK. Dick has been delighted to be a director for the last 15 years.


Ryan Farlow

P I N N AC L E E N T E R TA I N M E N Tpinnacleentertainmentinc.com

An agent at Pinnacle Entertainment since 2008, Ryan represents artists such as The Joy Formidable, Robyn, Patrick Watson (America only), Secret Chiefs 3, and High on Fire, among others.

Pinnacle Entertainment started in 1990 and has offices in both New York and Los Angeles. They repre-sent artists worldwide, with clients including: Oasis, Slayer, Keane, Megadeth, Henry Rollins, Rob Zom-bie, Les Claypool, Mastodon, Zappa Plays Zappa, and many others.

Gilles Garand

L A G R A N D E R E N C O N T R Egranderencontre.com

Born in Montreal, Gilles has worked in culture since the end of the 1960s. In 1974, he created the music group les Ruines Babines, playing festivals in Quebec, Acadie and Louisiana. Musician and activist, he participat-ed in the intercultural and solidarity, cultural development of the 1980s.

Since 1993, he has chaired SPDTQ (Society for the Promotion of Traditional Dance of Quebec) and has been the artistic director of La Grande Rencontre, a festival of traditional music and dance, in Mon-treal. The festival will hold its 20th edition in May 2012.

For 20 years he has worked as union adviser for the Confederation of Na-tional Labour Unions, notably by cre-ating their songs of solidarity linked to the working and living conditions of the popular, working class. Orga-nizer and man of action, president of Folquébec, he participated for several years in international cultural missions, North American Folk Alli-ance, WOMEX, Showcase Scotland, the Folk Elarm in Norway, Artic Para-dise in Finland and OCFF in Canada. He is also on the board of Folk Music Canada, and still plays and teaches his harmonica and accordion.

Doug Gallant

T H E G UA R D I A Ntheguardian.pe.ca

Doug Gallant has been an entertain-ment writer with The Guardian in Charlottetown since 1975. He has profiled artists from every conceiv-able genre of popular music.

For several years he was a regular contributor to CBC’s Mainstreet, introducing new music from both established and emerging artists. He has been a columnist for Cana-dian Musician magazine and seen his work utilized in several other publications. In collaboration with Hank Stinson, Wade Lynch, Terry Hatty and Anne Allan, he created the highly successful musical Can-ada Rocks! The Hits Musical Review, which ran for two seasons at the Charlottetown Festival.

He has served on the boards of both Music PEI and the East Coast Music Association. He has sat on juries for the Junos, the ECMAs, Music PEI and the Maple Blues Awards.

Gallant is the winner of three East Coast Music Awards for Media Per-son of the Year.


Joshua Gass

K A H B A N Gkahbang.com

Josh is a 2003 alumni of the Univer-sity of Southern California where he studied Film & Television produc-tion. In 2009 he returned to his childhood home of Bangor, Maine to help grow the newly founded KahBang Music|Art|Film Festival where he currently serves as Cre-ative Director.

The KahBang Festival is an annual 9-day event that showcases emerg-ing artists in Music, Art & Film. Past music performers have included My Morning Jacket, Lupe Fiasco, Grace Potter & The Nocturnals, OK Go, Matt & Kim, and Ra Ra Riot.

Michèle Goyette

M E M O I R E E T R AC I N E Smemoireracines.org

Michèle Goyette has been active in the cultural sector for 15 years now. A graduate from the University of Quebec at Montreal in Business Administration, she was Event Coordinator at the Société de dével-oppement du centre-ville de Joliette, working on various animation projects. Since January 2011, she has been the Executive and Artistic Director of Lanaudière’s non-profit organization, Mémoire et Racines.

The organization’s mission is to introduce and present to a broad public a variety of traditional arts—songs, music, dance and storytelling. The organization is host to top-quality concerts and most importantly, the annual Festival Mé-moire et Racines.

Darcy Gregoire

T H E AG E N C Y G R O U Ptheagencygroup.com

A licensed agent since 1994, Darcy Gregoire joined The Agency Group in Toronto in 2007. Darcy currently represents over 60 artists ranging within a wide variety of musical genres from world music to rock to jazz to classical. The Agency Group is one of the world’s leading book-ing agencies, home to 50 agents with a combined roster of over 1,000 artists from Paper Lions to Nickelback to Feist to Dolly Parton. Having offices located throughout the world, in London, New York, Los Angeles, Toronto, and Malmo, The Agency Group offers global service to its artists. The company has been awarded International Booking Agency of the Year at the Pollstar Concert Industry Awards eight times.


Scott Hayward

T U P E L O H A L Ltupelohall.com

Music has always been a passion of Scott Hayward’s but, as a financial planner, he had never considered a career in the music business until he attended a performance at the Gray Goose Gift Shop’s “coffee house”, The Muse, in Londonderry. After the purchase and major remodeling of the facility, and learning as much as he could about the music business, Tupelo Hall opened on September 11, 2004.

Now into its eighth year, Tupelo has become a huge hit with music lovers as well as the artists who have graced its stage. Having re-ceived much critical acclaim, both the number of performances and attendance grows each year. Scott credits this success to the guiding principles of the business: to pres-ent top-flight artists in an intimate environment with excellent acous-tics. Tupelo provides a memorable experience for both the audience and the artists.

In October 2010, Hayward opened a second Tupelo Music Hall in White River Junction, VT. He also operates Tupelo Venue Management, a com-pany providing consulting, booking, and management services to other music venues.

Joe Heap

A S S O C I AT I O N O F F E S T I VA L O R G A N I S E R Sfestivalorganisers.org

Joe Heap is the General Manager of two UK Festivals, Towersey Festival and The Big Session. He is also the General Manager of Mrs Casey Mu-sic, an Arts Consultancy and Event Organiser that run one-off events, manages the two previously-men-tioned festivals and released a small number of new artist albums on their independent record label.

Joe also runs the Association of Fes-tival Organisers (AFO), a member-ship organization of some 200 in-dustry members that offers support, advice and guidance. He is a singer in his own right with many years ex-perience in the UK arts scene.

Paul Henderson

S A P P Y F E S Tsappyfest.com

Paul Henderson is the Creative Di-rector and co-founder of SappyFest, a tiny, but highly regarded six-year-old independent music festival in Sackville, NB—the heart of the heart of the heart of the Maritimes. He also moonlights as a lecture series programmer, radio host, concert promoter, and graphic designer (clients include Dine Alone, K Re-cords, You’ve Changed Records, Pigeon Row, Blue Fog Recordings and a handful of independent musi-cians, publications and arts events). He works out an ambiguous office called Thunder & Lightning Ltd. which is also currently occupied by Pigeon Row Publicity and You’ve Changed Records.

SappyFest programming focuses on creativity, artistic quality, and creating spaces for artists to have unique, dynamic performances. Ev-ery year SappyFest attracts a diverse selection of the highest calibre talent, from young local upstarts to cult legends, national heroes to the most exciting genre-bending bands of tomorrow.

Complementing the live music is a great selection of public art exhibi-tions, short film screenings, an open air market, workshops and readings.


Mike Humble

F O L LY F E S Tfollyfest.com

Mike Humble (aka mumble) is the main musical contributor to the Fredericton-based Arts/Music Col-lective FeelsGood Communities, playing percussion with Gordon Gets Lost & Owen Steel et al.

FeelsGood Communities is a non-for-profit events, management, and promotion company based out of Fredericton, NB. Partnering with Picaroons to create FeelsGood Im-perial Pilsner and FeelsGood Folly Fest in 2009, the collective also has an online community of over 1,400 members at feelsgood.ca.

FeelsGood Folly Fest is located in the Village of Gagetown, NB and takes place in early July. Showcasing local talent alongside some of Canada’s best up-and-coming acts, and host-ing an impressive arts market has put Folly Fest high on the summer events calendar in New Brunswick.

Colin Irwin

F R E E L A N C E J O U R N A L I S T, U K

Colin Irwin is a professional journal-ist based in the UK specializing in folk music and writes for various publications in the UK, including fRoots magazine, Mojo, The Guard-ian, Daily Telegraph, and various websites such as Spiral Earth, Prop-er, etc. He also contributes to the Canadian magazine Penguin Eggs and I has also been a broadcaster and has written various music-re-lated books, including In Search of the Craic, In Search Of Albion, Sing When You’re Winning and Highway 61 Revisited.

Bob Jensen

J E N S E N M U S I C I N T E R N AT I O N A Ljproductions.com

Bob Jensen is a veteran of the Canadian folk music scene, having worked as a performer, recording artist, record label owner, record distributor, publicist, manager and agent for more than 25 years.He was also a founding member of the Jasper Heritage Folk Festival.

In the past 15 years, he and his wife Gail have built JMI into one of the most respected folk agencies in the world, working with legends such as Bruce Cockburn, Pete Seeger, The Chieftains, Kate & Anna McGar-rigle, The Rankin Sisters, Jerry Jeff Walker, Fairport Convention, Archie Fisher, Sylvia Tyson, and former Roll-ing Stones guitarist Mick Taylor, to name but a few. The agency has also represented The Amazing Kreskin and fabled Hollywood veteran, Mickey Rooney.

JMI’s mandate is to seek out the fin-est roots performers from Canada and around the world.Their roster includes artists from Australia, Chile, Guinea, America, Europe and the UK.


Andrew King

C A N A D I A N M U S I C I A Ncanadianmusician.com

Andrew King is the Editor of Cana-dian Musician, Canada’s magazine for professional and amateur musi-cians and industry professionals. Prior to his current appointment, he was a writer for several print- and web-based music outlets. Published by Norris-Whitney Communications, Canadian Musician has been in print since 1979 and covers Canadian art-ists, the latest gear, technique, and the business of music.

Dave Ward

Z A P H O D B E E B L E B R OX zaphodbeeblebrox.com

Dave Ward has been booking shows in Ottawa for the past 12 years. In 2010 he took over the Talent Buyer/Marketing position at Zaphod Beeblebrox. Zaphod’s opened in 1992 and has been a staple in Ot-tawa’s live music scene ever since, frequently being voted as the top live music venue in various reader polls city-wide.

Matthew Large

H E L L O DA R L I N ’hellodarlinproductions.com

Matt Large is president of Hello Darlin’ Productions, a multi-service arts presentation company located in Montreal which specializes in folk, bluegrass, blues and Americana artist representation and concert presentation (over 300 concerts since 2004).

Matt is also the bandleader for noted Quebec bluegrass band Notre Dame de Grass, and is seen as one of the people at the heart of the Quebec folk music industry. He has participated in juries for the Junos, Canadian Folk Music Awards, GAMIQ - Gala Alternatif de la Mu-sique Indépendante du Québec, FolQuebec and others.

Matt is the co-director and artistic di-rector of the Festival Folk sur le Canal, now in its fifth consecutive year. The festival strives to present Canadian talent from across the country, and supports local Montreal musicians through inclusion on their annual line-up. The festival is the premier folk music festival in Montreal.

Loren Lieberman

F E S T I VA L O F F R I E N D Sfestivaloffriends.ca

Loren is best known as the General Manager of the Festival of Friends; the largest free annual summer mu-sic festival in Ontario. The Festival of Friends celebrated 36 years this past August of presenting Southern Ontario and beyond with three days of free world-class concerts on vari-ous stages throughout the weekend. This year’s performances included The Sheepdogs, City and Colour, The Arkells, The Tea Party, Jon An-derson, America, and so many more.

Loren is a well-respected and trust-ed event producer working locally with the Municipality, local charities, and private clients.


Adam Lewis

P L A N E TA R Y G R O U Pplanetarygroup.com

Adam Lewis: Co-Owner of Planetary Group. Spearheading an artist development and promotions firm based out of Boston and LA that focuses on helping new and upcom-ing artists be heard and discovered, over the past few months Adam has worked with such acts as The De-cemberists, Bloc Party, Peter, Bjorn & John, Apples In Stereo, Kings Of Leon, and The Lemonheads.

In addition Adam also currently handles all publicity, promotion and media buying for Great Northeast Productions. Great Northeast is responsible for producing 50 shows a year throughout New England, including Phish’s millennium con-cert in Florida and the annual Snoe.down Festival at Lake Placid.

Prior to Planetary, Adam was the Northeast Sales and Promotion Manager for TVT Records, working with Sevendust, Guided By Voices, The Black Crowes and Snoop Dogg. Adam’s latest projects are spear-heading tours to China, India, and Singapore for Independent artists.

Mark Monahan

O T TAWA B L U E S F E S Tottawabluesfest.ca

Founder, Executive Director and Ar-tistic Director of the Ottawa Bluesfest which programs approximately 250 acts (1,200 musicians) over a 12-day period in early July. This outdoor fes-tival attracts over 300,000 fans each year and is considered one of the top ten music festivals in North America.

Mark recently was named Artistic Director of the Ottawa Folk Festival as well, a four-day festival on the last weekend of August each year.

Marie Negus

E A S T L E I G H B O R O U G H C O U N C I L eastleigh.gov.uk

Marie Negus is the Music Develop-ment Officer for Eastleigh Borough Council, based at a vibrant arts ven-ue called The Point in Eastleigh. She organises and delivers community arts projects with the aim of devel-oping audiences for and participa-tion in the arts, and manages them from beginning to end. Her aim is to expand creation-based experiences across the Borough through main-taining and building relationships and partnerships with key commu-nity groups and organisations.

Marie is also responsible for pro-gramming music at The Point and an annual community festival. Through both she strives to bring world-class artists to the centre of the community, meeting its audiences’ needs, locally and nationally, whilst being diverse in her programming, developing audiences for new music whilst keeping existing ones stimulated. She is also committed to nurturing new talent, acting as advocates to aspiring musicians, en-hancing their artistic development and sign-posting career pathways.


Shelley Nordstrom

E A S T C OA S T M U S I C A S S O C I AT I O Necma.com

Shelley Nordstrom has been an active player in the east coast mu-sic scene and the national music industry for over 25 years. She has had experience with virtually every medium that impacts on the music industry. Her extensive knowledge and expertise has taken her from overseeing a national music retail chain and establishing national av-enues of distribution to organizing international export initiatives and trade mission events.

For the last six years, Shelley has been providing her professional contract services as Export Manager for the East Coast Music Association and has been very active in develop-ing new markets and international export opportunities for the Atlantic Canadian music industry. Shelley is co-owner of NOJO Music (with music industry professional Sheri Jones), an Artist Development Services Com-pany, and manages Dave Gunning.

Sue Panning

C A N M O R E F O L K F E S T I VA Lcanmorefolkfestival.com

Sue Panning is the Artistic Director for the Canmore Folk Music Festival. She has worked with the festival for the past six years, three as the Administrator and two as the As-sistant Artistic Director, and has just completed her first year as Artistic Director. Although originally from Ontario, Sue has spent most of her life living in the Rocky Mountain town of Canmore. Sue also works part-time for Pacific Centre for Lead-ership, working with corporations, not-for-profit groups, as well as local school groups to do Team-building and Leadership Development.

The Canmore Folk Festival runs ev-ery year over the Heritage Day long weekend in August. It is Alberta’s longest-running festival coming into its 35th year. The festival presents a variety of music including traditional folk, bluegrass, blues, World and alt-country.

Stefanie Purificati

T H E AG E N C Y G R O U Ptheagencygroup.com

Stefanie Purificati has been work-ing in the music business for over 15 years and before starting at The Agency Group was the music book-er at the Drake Hotel in Toronto. Her current position as Executive Assistant to Jack Ross allows her to work day to day on the careers of such established artists as Great Big Sea, Sam Roberts Band and Paul Brandt as well as developing clients like Arkells, LIGHTS and The New Cities. She also works part-time for the Polaris Music Prize and books a weekly series in Toronto called Wednesdays Go Pop.


Mickey Quase

C U E T O Q

Currently the Music Development Officer for the Province of Nova Scotia, Mickey Quase is one of the Elder Statesmen of the East Coast Music Industry. Years of extensive international touring, showcase fa-cilitation and conference work have afforded Mickey the opportunity to build a large network of friends and colleagues in all facets of the busi-ness, worldwide. Over the span of his career, he has worked as a musi-cian, booking agent, promoter, artist manager (Blackpool, Rankin Family, Lennie Gallant, JP Cormier, Richard Wood, Danu, Slainte Mhath), tour manager, educator, consultant, etc. Mickey has been an active member of the ECMA International Com-mittee since its inception and a co-conspirator in the conception of the Export Readiness Training Program.

Mickey offers experience and ex-pertise in career counseling, esteem management, matchmaking, inter-national development, grant writing, music placement, export training/pitching and content development. He is also interested in targeted project work primarily in roots-based music genres.

Lindsay Shedden

S L E D I S L A N Dblog.sledisland.com

Having toured the globe with bands big and small, from Arcade Fire to Bison BC to The Mars Volta, Lindsay Shedden fell in love with working at festivals. She has been to over 100 festivals around the world, but would always make sure she could make her way to Calgary to volun-teer at Sled Island.

2011 was Lindsay’s first year as Fes-tival Director of Sled Island, a big jump from venue managing, and the best year of her life. She hopes that some of you get the chance to make it out to Sled Island 2012 to experi-ence Calgary’s amazing music scene, which makes Sled Island one of the best festivals in North America.

Michelle Shields

AC T I V E E V E N T Sactiveevents.org.uk

Michelle has been working with Active Events (music agency and events management) and Show-case Scotland since September 2008, shortly after graduating from her degree in Entertainment and Events Management. Michelle also works freelance for the Hebridean Celtic Festival, BBC Scotland and Celtic Connections.

Laura Wilson

W O R L D C A F E L I V Eworldcafelive.com

Laura Wilson is the Talent Buyer for World Cafe Live. She has worked at the venue for five years and cur-rently does bookings for two spaces, in Philadelphia, PA and Wilmington, DE, as well as overseeing Ticket-ing, Marketing and Production for the venues. She has previously worked for WXPN-FM, Cypher Press + Promotions in London and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. She is a diehard traveler who will cross the globe for a good gig.

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Ryan Spalding

D I N E A L O N E R E C O R D Sdinealonerecords.com

While attending Durham College’s Music Business program in 2000, a work placement with Jonathan Ramos’ R.E.M.G., a Toronto-based concert promotions company, led to Ryan Spalding landing a job with Warner Music Canada as the Marketing Coordinator immediately after graduating in 2001. He moved up the ranks, soon working on his own projects such as Death Cab For Cutie’s Plans, My Chemical Ro-mance’s Three Cheers for Sweet Re-venge, and The Used The Used. He jumped at the opportunity to start their Urban Department and work-ing on projects like T.I., Talib Kweli, Lupe Fiasco, Estelle, and more.

In 2008, Ryan left Warner Music to join Joel Carriere’s upstart Dine Alone Records as their head of Marketing. Since the artist-friendly label’s release of City and Colour’s Sometimes in 2005, Dine Alone has released records by Bedouin Soundclash, Alexisonfire, Arkells, Tokyo Police Club, Moneen, and many more. Ryan has overseen Dine Alone’s international expansion, signing new and exciting artists such as The Civil Wars, James Vin-cent McMorrow, Neon Indian, Cave-man, and We Barbarians.

Sue Urquhart

AT L A N T I C P R E S E N T E R S A S S O C I AT I O Natlanticpresenters.ca

Our membership is made up of 94 theatres and festivals from across New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland/Labrador. Our organization services members who are multi-disciplinary and disciplinary-specific presenters in music, theatre and dance. The size and scope of the membership varies greatly from a 100-seat church performance space to a 1,200-seat professional performing arts venue, from organizations that program only dance to members who program all disciplines 100–150 days a year.

The Atlantic Presenters play host to Contact East, an annual booking conference, provides professional development for our members, and block books artists/tours.

Alex Vyskocil

U N I O N E V E N T Sunionevents.com

The Union is one of Canada’s lead-ing providers of live entertainment. With offices in Toronto, Edmonton, and Calgary, the company brings an independent spirit to every aspect of its operations. It has made devel-oping long-term relationships with artists and producing quality con-cert experiences for the fans with them its primary objectives.

Working with the Union straight from university for the last five years, Alex Vyskocil is the club buyer for Western Canada. Having worked with a diverse group of acts, he has been able to develop Canadian acts, as well as bring international acts to the Prairies. He currently works with acts such as Classified, Hey Rosetta!, Rural Alberta Advantage, and many more. He is the primary buyer for the 500-capacity Republik Night-club in Calgary.

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Arrows in the Air

www.myspace.com/arrowsintheair

Arrows in the Air is made up of a combination of two Islands—one part Newfoundland and two parts PEI. Although Arrows appears to be a new band, these three guys have over 35 years of musical experience playing in regional acts and have collectively compiled over 15 indus-try awards or nominations, including ECMA and Music PEI recognition.

After an inspiring experience in Ath-ens, GA with acclaimed producer Da-vid Barbe, Arrows in the Air released, Shadows on the Skyline. To promote their debut album, the band has been busy booking shows all over the east coast and central Canada.

Arrows have established themselves as a high energy live band that will leave you wanting more. Blending the pop hook songwriting style of Bruce White with hard rock rhythm section of brothers Craig and Brady MacDonald leaves the listener with memorable sing-a-longs that last long after the show is over.

“Great Song…Ladies and Gentlemen, there are a lot of really great songs on this record.”

— Indie Can Radio, Joe Chisholm

Ashley Condon

www.ashleycondon.com

With ECMA-nominated producer Joel Hunt (Teresa Ennis, Old Man Leudecke), Ashley released her de-but, full-length album, Come In From The Cold, on June 15, 2010. The record features award-winning in-strumentalist Dale Murray (Cuff The Duke) and Jeff Bird (Cowboy Junkies). Since its release in 2010, Come In From The Cold has been nominated for both a 2010 Music Nova Scotia award and a 2011 ECMA for Country Recording Of The Year.

Ashley has shared the stage with folk icons Tannis Slimmon, James Gordon, Jude Vadala (The Bird Sisters), Katherine Wheatley, Del Barber, Rose Cousins, Meaghan Blanchard, John Connolly, Chas Guay, and Nova Scotia artists Kim Wempe, Charlie A’Court, Ian Sherwood, Old Man Leudecke, and Kev Corbett. She is touring the East Coast and central Canada in fall 2011 and was a featured artist in Come All Ye, a 2011 Charlottetown Festival Production at The Mack theatre in Charlottetown, PE.

Boxer the Horse

www.boxerthehorse.com

The past year has seen Prince Edward Island’s Boxer the Horse release their debut full-length re-cord, Would You Please, produced by Two Hours Traffic guitarist Alec O’Hanley. The record sees the band defining a sound by placing ’60s garage rock influences in a modern indie rock context.

The group’s distinct mix of jangle-pop and proto-punk earned them three ECMA nominations and a Music PEI Award for Best Rock Recording of the Year. They were also named the Best New Band of 2010 by CBC Radio 3, with their lead single “Mary Meets the Pilot” being nominated for Best Song of 2010. Boxer the Horse have performed with The New Pornographers, Two Hours Traffic, Dog Day, Apollo Ghosts, and Hey Rosetta!.

With the band recently receiving their university degrees, these Bachelors of Art will now prepare to face the real world.

SHOWCASE PEI 2011 | The Artists

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English Words

www.englishwordsband.com

Charlottetown was imprisoned in a sea of snow this past winter. Perfect conditions for an artistic rebirth. English Words are back with an entire Sharpie’s worth of new songs borrowing heavily from a fresh pal-ate of dance rhythms, samples, me-lodic and sometimes cinematic pop. Think: Happy Mondays, Star Wars, Legend of Zelda, Abba, DJ Shadow, Kanye West, and Tom Waits. Call it

“Electro-Something”, both ridiculous and justified. Wild Technicolor blast-ing through frozen white waves piled high on houses.

Glen Strickey Quartet

www.glenstrickey.com

For over 20 years, Glen Strickey has performed, arranged, composed, and recorded music of various styles all over the world. As both a sideman and band leader, Glen has had the opportunity to play with Grammy award-winning musicians and legends in the field of Jazz, including Oliver Jones, Lee Konitz, Rufus Reid, and Ruben Gonzalas.

With music featured on national television programs, movies, as well as performances on several national TV programs, his album, Roots for Rudy, was awarded Best Jazz Recording by Music PEI, and has been nominated for an ECMA in the categories of Jazz Album and Instru-mental Album. In the studio, he has recorded horn parts and sax solos on many ECMA and Juno award-winning records.

Now living in Prince Edward Island, Glen is the host of an extremely successful winter Jazz concert series and the founder of a music scholar-ship for budding Jazz musicians.

Gordie MacKeeman & His Rhythm Boys

www.gordiemackeeman.com

“Charming, toe-tapping talent that makes you want to buy all of them a beer and beg them to be your best friends.”

What do you get when you combine a love of down east fiddle tunes with old time music and throw in some crazy dance moves that remind you of Donald O’Connor? Gordie MacK-eeman & His Rhythm Boys.

Risen from the ashes of the multi-ECMA award-winning band Grass Mountain Hobos, Gordie MacK-eeman & His Rhythm Boys (winners of two Music PEI awards in 2011) are giving down east fiddle music a sincere and energetic reshaping by combining in their love of bluegrass and old time music. If you listen closely to they will take you back to those long abandoned roadhouses and community halls from across the countryside. The tunes ring with down home authenticity while keep-ing a relaxed and natural vibe.

The chemistry of these old friends is obvious on every tune and you have no choice but to stop what you’re doing and listen. Thriving on live performance, these boys are hap-piest when out on the road playing and connecting with an audience.


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Haunted Hearts

hauntedhearts.ca

Dennis Ellsworth and Haunted Hearts is a loosey-goosey five-piece honky-tonk groovin’, award-win-ning alt-country band formed and based in Charlottetown, PE.

The band is: Dennis Ellsworth (song-writer, vocals, guitar), Mike MacDou-gall (drums and percussion), Johnny Ross (piano and organ), Mark Ged-des (bass and vocals), and Thomas Webb (pedal steel, guitar, banjo).

Haunted Hearts have recorded, self-released and sold over 2,000 copies of their two full-length albums, Thank You, Goodnight (July 25, 2009), and Howdy (September 25, 2010).

The albums have found support in many different channels of radio, from multiple charting positions on Canadian Campus Radio to CBC Radio 2’s Drive, Deep Roots, and Canada Live. Haunted Hearts have also found support stateside on US Americana Radio and overseas in Spain, Netherlands, Italy and the UK.

The band is an East Coast Music Award Rising Star nominee and showcasing artist, and in January 2011 Haunted Hearts were big win-ners at the Music PEI Awards. The group won Album of the Year, Group of the Year, Country Recording of the Year, and Songwriter of the Year.

Jordan Cameron

jordancameronmusic.com

His voice will catch your attention, the stories in his songs keeps you listening. Jordan Cameron has been making a name for himself on Prince Edward Island since the release of his debut EP, Drawing From Ob-servation, in late 2009. Since then he has played all across the Island, and showcased on ECMA Stages in both 2010 and 2011. In May of 2011, Jordan released a live CD entitled Songs Played In A Room Full Of People. It is an album that captures what Jordan brings to the stage when he performs.

Now Jordan’s first full-length album, My, What A Lovely Hate, is complete and will be released in late September of 2011. It is a prime example of where his songwriting and performing has evolved to in just a few short years.

Katie McGarry

myspace.comkatiemcgarrymusic

“Katie McGarry possesses the one thing that anyone in her position needs; she has a voice that drips out of the speakers like warm sweet honey. She has the kind of voice that could come out of a radio anytime in the past sixty years; it is not out of time, just timeless.”

— Americana UK

Make no mistake, having grown up in a musical family, this talented 22-year-old singer-songwriter is ready to take her place in the rich history and tradition of East Coast singer-songwriters that have made their mark on the global stage.

Katie is coming off a busy year of playing gigs both solo and with her band that started with a sold out CD release show at The Guild with Meaghan Blanchard in October 2010. That was followed by multiple showcases during Music PEI Week 2011 and ECMA 2011. Summer high-lights include multiple gigs at the Small Halls Festival and the Canada Day Concert in Victoria Park

Her first album, My Side Of Town, was nominated for two 2011 Music PEI Awards and she is the 2011 Mu-sic PEI recipient of the Lynn Grishko Bursary valued at $500.00, award-ed annually to a deserving up-and-coming female singer-songwriter.

Katie will undertake her first Home Routes circuit in February 2012.


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Max Keenlyside

myspace.com/maxkeenlyside

Max Keenlyside is an 19-year-old pianist and composer from Prince Edward Island. He first got involved in music at the age of nine, and since then has amassed a formidable ros-ter of over 60 original compositions. Max is also known for his stride and

“Jelly Roll” Morton chops, as well as a firm grounding in the ragtime piano tradition. A favourite at jazz and rag-time festivals across North America, and a PEI representative in the Canadian National Artist’s Program held in conjunction with the 2010 Olympics, pianist and composer Max is a “musician’s musician” in the very best sense.

Keenlyside plays with plenty of pep and energy (but never too fast!) and his performances are laced with hu-mour, all the while remaining faithful to the spirit and intent of the origi-nal composers. He is known espe-cially for his renditions of pieces by Jelly Roll Morton, James P. Johnson, Eubie Blake, and other stride and early jazz composers. Max’s first album, KeenlyStride, was released in May of 2010. He currently resides in Charlottetown, pursuing various musical projects.

Meaghan Blanchard

myspace.com/meaghanelizabeth-blanchard

Meaghan Blanchard is a 23-year-old singer-songwriter from Hunter River, PE. Her album Chasin’ Lonely Again was a 2011 ECMA award winner, and her album Changing Things picked up four 2009 Music PEI awards including Folk Album of the Year and received two ECMA nomination.

She was one of a select group of art-ists chosen to perform at the royal concert for Kate and Prince William’s visit to PEI in July 2011. She has also performed at the Cavendish Music Festival, the PEI Jazz and Blues Festival, the Malpeque Folk Festival Concert On The Row, and the Indian River Music Festival this summer.

Meaghan has appeared on three ECMA Awards shows as a performer, as well as the 2009 nationally-televised Canada Games Opening Ceremonies, and was part of a TV special on East Coast artists recently broadcast on the CMT network. She performed 47 shows in 15 days dur-ing the Vancouver Winter Olympics and was one of four artists selected to perform with the Nova Scotia Symphony in the 2011 ECMA’s gala concert, A Sound Celebration.

Meaghan will showcase at OCFF in October and head to Alberta in February 2012 for her second Home Routes tour in Western Canada in as many years.

Molly Rankin

mollyrankin.com

With a hearty upbringing of tradi-tional Celtic music spawning from a family of musicians, Molly had gained inspiration to tackle the music beast herself. Throughout her acne-stricken teen years in Cape Breton she performed at many local venues and set out on a cross-country tour with her family of Rankins but, coming off of tour and into her 20s, she developed a thirst for pop. In June of 2009 she hopped into a sweat-stained minivan with some new acquaintances and found her destination on Kempt Road in Charles Austin’s studio. Eschewing the typical singer-songwriter fare, Molly has carved her musical niche closer to Jett than Baez. “Punk folk!” rabid fans exclaimed at her Hali-gonian debut; “Shut the folk up!” Molly rebutted.

Her rollicking debut, SHE EP, casts a wide net, simultaneously trawling the sonic seas of Joni Mitchell, Roy Orbison, and Paul Simon. Due to the success of her first EP, Molly has found a spot on the Windish Agency roster, recently touring with Peter Bjorn & John, and Hollerado. As for the fall, a new recording is in the works, accompanied by frantic and unorganized touring.


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North Lakes

myspace.com/thenorthlakes

Taking inspiration from ‘60s garage-rock and a reinterpretation of the Chicago blues, North Lakes are a group of bold youths with swagger-ing voices based out of Charlotte-town, PE. Their debut, Cobra, was produced by Charles Austin (Super-friendz, Buck 65) at Echo Chamber Studios, with post-production by Adam Gallant. The album also features several guest appearances from noteworthy artists such as PEI music warlord Pat Deighan (In-Flight Safety, Love Junk-ies) who plays on ”All Over You” and Kinley Dowling (Jenn Grant, Hey Rosetta!) who appears on “Isabella (Save Me From Your Brother)” and

“Gimme Mercury.” Roger Carter, a vintage door-to-door sales-person, also plays the organ on all tracks. North Lakes’ first album, Cobra, has recently won the 2011 Music PEI Award for Best Alternative Record-ing of the Year, and the album’s single, “Bravado”, has climbed CBC Radio 3’s R3-30 2011 charts to #2.

North Lakes are currently working on their sophomore album to be released in September.

Nudie and the Turks

nudieandtheturks.com

An Island sensation for years, Nudie and the Turks have not only released two independent albums (the self-titled Nudie and the Turks, and Looking For a Good Time), they have toured long and far and played in venues of all sizes across North America. They play tradi-tional country music the way Hank Williams would have liked it; great song-writing, minimal instrumenta-tion, a strong voice and an every-man attitude.

John Smith

johnsmithjohnsmith.com

John Smith is the British guitar man who has quietly become one of the most exciting voices on the new folk scene. Touring relentlessly, he has found a loyal following in the UK and Ireland, Europe, Japan, Mexico, and the USA. He has opened for many of the greats including Iron & Wine, John Martyn, Gil Scott-Heron, Chris Thile, Tinariwen and David Gray.

Paper Lions

paperlions.com

Critically acclaimed indie pop-rockers Paper Lions have the energy, passion and sheer musicianship that has been bringing audiences to their feet (legitimately) every-where from concert halls, to clubs, to outdoor festivals. Full of talent, personality, and phenomenal originality, Paper Lions live show has brought consistent praise from fans and critics around the world. Paper Lions have won ECMA Awards and Music PEI Awards, they have been nominated for the CBC Radio 3 Bucky Awards and the Verge Music Awards. They have performed with Cake, Hollerado, Hot Hot Heat, To-kyo Police Club, Hey Rosetta!, The Watchmen, CCR, and many others.


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Racoon Bandit

racoonbandit.com

Racoon Bandit are picking up steam in the non-steam era. The folk-rock outfit formed in 2009 in a well-lit porch in Charlottetown, PE, when songwriters Fraser McCallum and Adam Gallant both tumbled back onto red soil.

Together with bassist Scott Gallant and drummer/songwriter Roger Carter, the full quartet blends poetic lyrics with a driving rhythm section, punchy harmonies, and gripping guitar flashes. Equal parts alt-folk and indie-rock, the Bandit sound has drawn comparisons to early Neil Young, Wilco, and Frightened Rabbit.

Racoon Bandit recently released their second album, Into the Hills, on Collagen Rock Records. This full-length collection of folk and folk rock songs ranges in texture from wistful ballads to punchy pop-rock to roots-rock shuffles.

Nominees for the 2011 ECMAs and winners of the 2011 Music PEI Video of the Year Award, Racoon Bandit has shared the stage with many greats including April Wine, Two Hours Traffic, Said the Whale, In-Flight Safety, and Erin Costelo.

Rebels

grouperebels.com

Even though both Jean-Eudes Turbide and Steeve Poirier lived on the same island, the Magdelen Is-lands, for almost 30 years, it wasn’t until they both ended up on Prince Edward Island that they discovered each other’s passion for music. In the fall of 2009, Steeve and Jean-Eudes met for the first time, and cre-ated the band Rebels. A few months later, Rebels released their first self-titled album which combined various French styles of folk music from Atlantic Canada.

Since their first album, Rebels trav-elled all over—discovering different music and working towards creating a sound they can call their own. The music is a refreshing twist of tra-ditional music from the Magdelen Islands, inspired by the local tradi-tions of the region. Rebels recently recorded a new album, which has been promoted in both Québec and France.

Richard Wood

rwood.ca

Award-winning Prince Edward Island fiddler Richard Wood has performed all over the world, including Carnegie Hall with The Chieftains, and on David Letterman with Shania Twain. Most recently, he performed for the Duke and Duch-ess of Cambridge during their Royal Visit to Canada, and with Symphony Nova Scotia at the East Coast Music Awards in 2011.

Combining deep-rooted tradi-tional prowess with high-voltage rock’n’roll attitude, each perfor-mance includes elements of Celtic jigs and reels tempered with beauti-fully melodic original airs.

Richard’s exciting live show dazzles with unending energy & pounding rhythms, along with virtuoso mu-sicianship and an endearing stage presence. He is accompanied on guitar, vocals and bodhran by Gor-don Belsher.

“Truly Richard Wood and Gordon Belsher brought the house down at St. Kieran’s! From opening explosion to standing ovation, they endeared themselves into our hearts forever!”

— Joan Chamberlain, St. Kieran’s Executive Director, Berlin New Hampshire

“Perfect precision, playfulness and power!”

— Charlottetown Guardian


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Teresa Doyle

teresadoyle.com

Teresa Doyle sings an eclectic mix of jazz, Celtic/Gaelic and folk from her releases. Her journey with the human voice has taken her around the planet exploring ancient Gaelic, swing, latin, free improvisation, South Indian music and her Mari-time Celtic roots.

Teresa is taking time from her busy touring schedule to record this fall with fiddle virtuoso Jaron Freeman-Fox. Look for this dynamic duo on stage at festivals and theatres in the coming months.

Doyle’s music has met with critical acclaim at home in the Maritimes, across North America, in Europe and in Japan, garnering numerous awards including two ECMAs, two JUNO nominations and the 2007 Victor Martin Lynch prize for music. In 2011 she recorded tracks for Pu-tumayo World Records in New York and Rough Guide in the UK.

“Teresa is a versatile and supple singer…whether singing a playful flirt of a samba or a heart-rending Irish ballad her vocal artistry and song writing are rock solid.”

— Philly Markowitz C.B.C.Toronto.

Tim Chaisson and Morning Fold

timchaisson.com

“Let me brag about my friend Tim Chaisson. I was originally impressed with him as a songwriter but through-out the process of recording this record I’ve come to realize that Tim is not only a great vocalist but also a multi-instrumentalist with talent far beyond his years. I even got him to play on my new record.”

— Gordie Johnson, Big Sugar

“Tim Chaisson is one of the most promising rising stars in all of Cana-da. Whether he’s singing an strum-min’ or shredding on the fiddle, his talent will knock your socks off!”

— John Angus MacDonald, The Trews

A tour-de-force in amalgamating diverse backgrounds and genres, Chaisson and his band unite the finite intricacies of folk, pop, country, rock and even the Celtic inspiration that initially spurred him on in his youth.

Vishtèn

vishten.net

Since the band formed more than ten years ago, Vishtèn has become one of the most loved Acadian folk bands in the world and has been enjoying great success. They have released three albums, won numerous awards and have toured in more than eight countries with over 1,000 performances through the years. Growing up in rich cul-tural Acadian communities in Prince Edward Island and the Magdelene Islands, these three creative and talented musicians have become ac-complished multi-instrumentalists, singers and dancers.

They have been crafting their own brand of new-traditional music and creating their own unique sound, incorporating traditional songs and driving rhythms. On stage, twin sisters Emmanuelle and Pastelle LeB-lanc and Pascal Miousse share with their audience a love of their music and heritage, captivating audiences wherever they play.


22SHOWCASE PEI 2011

On behalf of Music PEI, I would like to welcome

the music industry delegates from across Canada,

the United States and United Kingdom to Show-

case PEI 2011. We are honoured you have taken

time out of your busy schedules to join us for our

most important business development annual

event. Showcase PEI has continually grown since

2008 and each year has created numerous busi-

ness opportunities. We hope you’ll enjoy your

experience on PEI—the food, the scenery, the

hospitality and, most importantly, the music. Our

little Island has a big music scene and we fully

expect you’ll be impressed at the amount of talent

Canada’s smallest province has to offer.

To the artists, thank you for showcasing your

musical talents. Whether it’s on a stage at home,

somewhere throughout Canada, or around the

world, you continue to make us proud and prove

that PEI has some of the finest artists in today’s

East Coast music scene. Good luck, have fun and

enjoy Showcase PEI 2011!

Jim Hornby President, Music PEI

FACTOR, the Foundation Assisting Canadian

Talent on Recordings, is a non-profit organiza-

tion dedicated to providing financial assistance

to Canada’s independent music industry. The

Foundation administers two components of the

Department of Canadian Heritage’s Canada Mu-

sic Fund, New Musical Works and Collective Initia-

tives, in addition to contributions from Canada’s

Private Radio Broadcasters.

FACTOR is proud to support Showcase PEI 2011

and we would like to welcome all artists and mu-

sic industry delegates from Canada and around

the world.

Showcase PEI is an important music industry

conference that significantly supports the de-

velopment of the PEI music industry. We wish all

participants the best at this year’s Showcase PEI!

Duncan McKie President, FACTOR

Innovation PEI is very proud to support the work

of Music PEI and particularly Showcase PEI. This

dynamic business development conference is an

extremely important event for the development

of the music industry on PEI and to the careers

of exporting and export ready artists. We are

pleased to welcome all delegates from across

Canada, the US and the UK to Prince Edward

Island and trust you will not only find many busi-

ness opportunities but enjoy the hospitality of PEI

and its people.

Lee Brammer Trade & Marketing, Innovation PEI

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Message from Our Funders

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music industry.

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music industry.

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