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Ivan Rosenberg - A top notch dobro and clawhammer banjo player, Ivan plays select festivals and concerts with The Breakmen

Outlaw Social - From Victoria, BC, Outlaw Social is a exciting new band that is captivating audiences everywhere. Look for Outlaw Social paired with The Breakmen at upcoming performances.

Kim Beggs - "Yukon resident Beggs is a masterful writer of engaging personal narratives that evoke place and time in a manner of the finest folk traditionalists." GQ - Toronto Star

Anne-Louise Genest - Yukon based singer/songwriter for Caribou Records. We love Anne-Louise, and her music, check her out.

Hungry Hill - Good friends, great songwrinting are keeping the bluegrass tradition alive and well in the Great White North.

Foggy Hogtown Boys - Some of the finest pickers and singers on the Canadian bluegrass circuit. Toronto's bluegrass scene is alive and kicking, check them out on tour and at weekly gigs in Toronto at The Silver Dollar every week where some of them perform as Crazy Strings.

The Creaking Tree String Quartet - A very young band from Toronto, ON. Instrumentally, these four gentlemen remain unparalleled in terms of musicianship and original material. Winning the "Pushing the Boundaries Trophy" at the Canadian Folk Music Awards, Creaking Tree is a band that you do not want to miss, check them out!!!

Mark Berube - Mark has toured Canada and Europe, as a musician and spoken word artist. His sense of melody and smokey bar room piano stylings are infectious. "Vancouver based Berube is ... a total original in the tradition of exeptional Canadian singer songwriters" - Vancouver Province.

The Fugitives - East Vancouver's premiere spoken word/musical collaboration. Archie has been invited to join the group for a European tour in October of 2006.

The Haints Old Time Stringband - These wonderful folks play old time songs with fiddle-banjo-guitar tunes, and we love their infectious sense of rhythm.

John Reischman and The Jaybirds
A fantastic band fronted by one of the best mandolin players in the world.

Mighty Squirrel
Our friends and the best world-time stringband out there.guitar

J. Romero Banjos- Jason Romero builds some of the finest crafted and sounding banjos you'll ever play. Ben plays a Romero on the album "When You Leave Town".

Upton Bass - Matt plays an Upton bass. They sound great!

Fletcher Brock Stringed Instruments - Fletcher makes really nice instruments in Seattle WA. Lee plays one, and boy is it sweet!

Ian Brewster Photography - Ian took most of the photo's for the new web site and album "When You Leave Town".

**National Bass and Cello - Achie is the West Coast representative for Englehardt Basses (formerly Kay Bass). If you are interested in acquiring an upright bass or have any questions please visit the contact page to call him directly.