CBC Studio H has played host to many local artists’ album-making. Smokin’ Contra Band checked in as one of the latest to work with producer Glenn Meisner and Patrick Martin, who records and mixes. The Meisner/Martin sound favours a polished, balanced mix. On Slim Pickins, the ragged edges of a fun, feisty folk/traditional band disappear. […]
Smokin’ Contra Band
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Smokin’ bluegrass
The band, made up of Amy Lounder (fiddle, vocals), Ben Sichel (guitar, vocals), Jason Dionne (percussion, vocals), Dave Ron (mandolin, vocals) and Graham Kerr (double bass, fingertaps), normally plays for contra dances—a style where dancers line up parallel to each other and execute dance steps as instructed by a caller, with a live band to […]
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Fall music review
September Releases York Redoubt, s/t (Noyes/Hot Money) After a coast-to-coast summer tour, including a coveted slot at Calgary’s Sled Island Festival, York Redoubt releases its self-titled full-length. Recorded by uber-engineers Charles Austin and Dave Ewenson, this fantastic album is full of sonic surprises, melding noise, harmonies and ragged lo-fi goodness. September 5 at The Seahorse […]