The Boxcar Boys

The BackYard Devils’ story started about 5 years ago, leading to but not stopping with the release of their self-titled album in May 2011. With a swinging guitar rhythm, doghouse bass slaps, smashing guitar solos and lightning quick banjo and mandolin lines, they have managed to hammer down their own sound in an old fashion…

Shannon has been performing as a fiddler/vocalist for the past 16 years. Although Halifax, NS, born and raised, Shannon has been touring internationally the last couple of years with the award winning Scottish group, ‘The Paul McKenna Band’.

Sylvia Tyson – very few artists have created a musical legacy that has achieved such long-standing international success, and “magical” is just one of the words used to describe Sylvia and her work. She became one of the music world’s most recognizable and respected names in the early 1960’s as half of one of the…

Sin and Swoon, based out of Montreal, love George and Tammy, old time country music, and the harmony singing of the Louvin Brothers and the Delmore Brothers. Singer-songwriters Mike O’Brien (Ottawa valley native) and Michelle Tompkins (Antigonish, NS) have been performing together for the last few years.

Dan MacCormack is a Halifax-based songwriter/ multi-instrumentalist performing in a variety of contexts on pedal steel, guitar, banjo, mandolin, and fiddle. As a songwriter Dan has performed with Grassmarket, releasing three award-nominated albums. In his multi-instrumentalist/producer persona, he has performed on film and television scores and produced music for various other artists in addition to…

Alycia Putnam and family come together to create a dynamic, high energy band that blends tradition with modern influences. Family joining Alycia include her dad, Robert, on guitar and her mom, Kelly, on electric bagpipes. Alycia plays a variety of styles of fiddle music, ranging from foot stompin’ Celtic to more eclectic music, and incorporates…