Amy Bishop’s voice is a combination of smooth pavement and rough gravel, who charms listeners with her sweet tones yet stuns audiences with the ability to hit any high note. Amy appeared on the inaugural season of CTV’s The Launch where she dazzled all of Canada with her amazing performances. Hailing from Calgary, Amy began her music career around
campfires, at block parties, and in church choir. Knowing a career in music is no guarantee, Amy decided to practice other trades, but her passion for music prevailed, leading her to collaborations with Moby and opening for April Wine, Farmer’s Daughter, and Chris Cummings. Amy has an instinctive ability to craft stories into song and deliver them with sincerity and beauty.

It is Madeleine Roger’s artistry as a songwriter that can silence a room, uniting her magnetic voice with vivid lyricism and a maturity beyond her years. A former thespian and a lifelong traveler, she is prone to absorbing stories and questioning the way that things are, creating songs with imaginative melodies and honesty that bares truths about being alive. Her debut album Cottonwood combines the elegant storytelling of folk traditions with the grounded vibe of roots music. The album portrays her reflections on femininity and equality, the majesty of the wilderness, and the beautiful awkwardness of trying to love another person.

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November 9         David Francey with opening act Amy Bishop.

November 23       Le Vent du Nord with opening act Ellen Doty.

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Ellen Braun

Ellen Braun performs both as a solo act and with her band, Trundled. Her song Inchoate, made it to the top 100 in CBC’s 2018 Searchlight. Seized in the embrace of the Rockies, Ellen’s lyrical canvas has stretched to allow her to fervently capture the hearts of audiences as they follow her artistic odyssey. Ellen writes songs one wants to both curl up with and spread out in. There’s a warmth and honesty to her storytelling that follows a hard worn path carved by Northern songwriters. Her music evokes a beautiful and vast landscape with all of its dark truths and hopefulness.

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October 12          The Sojourners with opening act Ellen Braun. 

October 26           Pharis and Jason Romero with opening act Madeleine Roger.

November 9         David Francey with opening act Amy Bishop.

November 23       Le Vent du Nord with opening act Ellen Doty.

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From greasy blues to country soul this western Canadian roots artist delivers the real thing. An accomplished guitarist with a signature dusty voice, the real gold is in his lyrics. Cook’s tales of dark beauty tempered with an offbeat sense of humour will captivate you. Hard to pigeon-hole, his influences range from Hank Williams to J.J. Cale and everything in between. He cut his musical teeth in Alberta’s rough and tumble honky-tonks and blues bars playing for cowboys, lumberjacks and bikers. In Cook’s words “It grows a thick hide on you.” His newest CD eventually is being released this September.