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Joel Fafard capped off a banner year earning nominations for "Instrumental Album of the Year" at the Junos (Canadian "Grammy"), Canadian Folk Music Awards and the Western Canadian Music Awards for his recent CD, "…and another thing…", Winning the WCMA.

we were noticing not enough tickets have sold yet for this great three band event. support your local bluegrass indie players of indie mama awqard nominee stuff, and the DUHKS

Bluegrass event, folk etc, with the Duhks at State Theatre.  http://www.thestate.org

Cult sensation and Americana music hero, Fred Eaglesmith is a songwriter's songwriter and critics' favorite. Award-winning singer-songwriter Fred Eaglesmith inspires comparisons to icons like Woody Guthrie and Bruce Springsteen, tops the roots music charts, and boasts devoted fans that include a slew of his fellow songwriters. High-profile tastemakers in the know fellow musicians like Toby Keith and The Cowboy Junkies as well as film folks like Martin Scorsese and James Caan, to name a few consider him one of the stellar musical and lyrical talents of our day. Though a decidedly grassroots artist in the thematic focus of his songs and how he pursues his career, playing some 180 shows a year across North America as well as Europe and Australia and releasing his own records under his cheekily-titled A Major Label imprint, Eaglesmith boasts an impact that far better known musical acts can only dream of. Eaglemsith's music has been described by reviewers as a "blend of aching country and barroom rock" and a "mixture of hard-edged honky-tonk balanced between rock'n'roll and early '60s country music." His dynamic live shows are "exactly like the sort of music you dream of hearing in some crowded, hot, beery bar near closing time a truly timeless brand of primitive rock'n'roll," says Amazon.com. Eaglesmith is also known as a between-song raconteur whose pointed and illuminating storytelling and comedic skills are as sharp as his songwriting.