Friday, March 12, 2010

Kitchen Party was created five years ago (November 2004) and quickly gained a solid professional reputation due in good part to their three successful tours of Scotland (2005, 2006 and 2008). The band is made up of Sébastien McSween, Irina Mangov, Ivan Bamfor Batterie and Kevin Fournier. All members are active in different styles of music ranging from rock to jazz to classical. This gives a unique perspective and influence on the band, which has performed over 400 shows. Kitchen Party is an energy filled formation that will transform a regular night into a devilish party mixing Scottish, Irish and Canadian Celtic styles. For more information: www.kitchen-party.com

Bruce Murdoch has an ear for genuine human expression and is known for writing deeply honest, straight, purely alive and human songs. In the last two years he has appeared in concert at La Sala Rossa in Montreal, on Canada's CKUT radio, and has performed on the main stage at the Branches and Roots Festival in Ormstown, Quebec as well as the Apple Hollow Music Fest in Franklin Ctr, Quebec. Working with a brilliant producer and guitarist, Ron Bankley, Bruce wrapped up a new CD, Matters of the Heart, which was released in August of '08. He has already started recording another CD for 2010 release. His work gives new life to the tale of the Phoenix bursting forth from the ashes. Not quite life after death, but close.

Crossing North is the singing-songwriting duo of Jennifer Carter-Kelly and Bruce Lawson. Jen and Bruce drive up from upstate New York to play on our stage and perform original country, folk and bluegrass tunes in wonderful two-part harmony over skilled guitar picking. They have three albums to their credit, Late Night Songs (2004), Fragile (2006), and the newest being No Time to Rest (2009). For more, visit their website at www.crossingnorth.com.