2011 Deep Roots Music Festival

Sponsored by Eden Floral Design Studio (Festival Contributor) Originating in Montreal, LAKE OF STEW sing all original, all new songs featuring their ‘great big vocal harmonies’. Rarely less than a septet, they sometimes grow to a nontet. A blend of folk, jug band, gospel & bluegrass, this group would fit neatly into South Mountain kitchen…

Sponsored by The Stella Rose B & B ( Festival Contributor) Tanya Davis is a unique singer-songwriter who fuses poetry, storytelling and music together in a refreshing marriage of language and sound. Based in Halifax, Tanya has won multiple award nominations for her spoken word poetry set to music including the 2009 ECMA Female Recording…

Sponsored by K-Rock, 89.3 (Festival Partner) Digging Roots ShoShona Kish and Raven Kanatakta front the band Digging Roots and won the 2010 Juno Award for best Aboriginal album with their latest recording “We Are”. Their music blurs the lines between roots, rock, hip-hop, and the blues and this has led to awards in multiple genres…

Sponsored by Harwood House (Festival Builder) Ron Hynes Ron Hynes is best known for writing the all-time classic “Sonny’s Dream” and is often referred to as the “the man of a thousand songs”. Ron has won six East Coast Music Awards, a Genie Award, and has been nominated for JUNO, CCMA and Canadian Folk Music…

Sponsored by Victoria’s Historic Inn (Festival Builder) Erin Costelo’s music is a synthesis of barrelhouse blues, boogie woogie and 60’s soul, captured in unique arrangements with her distinctively low, smokey voice. As a singer-songwriter, Erin blends baritone vocals and rich piano driven compostions in her critically acclaimed full length CD Fire and Fuss. A Nova…