Taj
Mahal: LAKE
STAGE 8:45pm - 10:00pm
Composer and multi-instrumentalist Taj Mahal, a two-time
GRAMMY® winner and one of the most influential American
blues and roots artists of the past half-century, has
made no Faustian deals in his long and distinguished
career, but he stands at an important crossroads nonetheless.
Kenny Wayne Shepherd:
LAKE STAGE 7:10pm - 8:25pm
Living more than half his life in the spotlight, Kenny
Wayne Shepherd was signed to a major record label at
the age of at 16, recorded his first album while a senior
in high school and embarked on a world tour after graduation.
Now, at only 32 years old, he has sold millions of albums
worldwide, received four Grammy nominations, two Billboard
Music Awards, two Orville H. Gibson Awards, the Blues
Foundation’s Keeping The Blues Alive Award, and
a Blues Music Award among many other accolades. Stratocaster®.
Serena
Ryder: LAKE
STAGE 5:20pm - 6:05pm
Pure raw amazing talent is what has garnered Canada’s
own Serena Ryder such great success and genuine accolades
so early in her career. Known for her powerful vocal
range, Ryder who hails from the small town of Millbrook,
Ontario, has already earned a Canadian GOLD record,
the 2008 JUNO Award for New Artist of the Year.
Lukas Nelson & The Promise of the Real: LAKE
STAGE 3:40pm - 4:25pm
Raised on a strict diet of country, blues, and rock
'n' roll, California-based Lukas Nelson, and his band,
The Promise of the Real, are starting to make waves
with their infectious, no-nonsense brand of the classic
American sound. "The recipe is simple," writes
Sam Sanborn in the March 9th issue of The Oregon Music
News, "possibly because it’s plain home-cookin’.
Colin Linden:
GARDEN STAGE 6:10pm - 6:55pm
Colin Linden is a genuine renaissance man of roots music.
He’s a singer and songwriter of great skill, an
in-demand and prolific record producer ( Bruce Cockburn,
Tom Wilson, Colin James), a sideman to the stars as
guitarist for the likes of Bruce Cockburn, Emmylou Harris,
and Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, and, for the past
decade, a member of the highly successful trio, Blackie
and the Rodeo Kings.
Little Miss Higgins:
GARDEN STAGE 4:30pm - 5:15pm
Over the past five years, Little Miss Higgins - described
as a "pocket-sized powerhouse" by Richard
Knechtel in the Owen Sound Sun Times - has built a strong
national reputation throughout Canada, appearing in
clubs and on festival stages in Edmonton, Winnipeg,
Montreal, Owen Sound, and Canso, Nova Scotia...
YUKON
BLONDE: GARDEN STAGE 2:45pm - 3:30pm After returning from a cross-Canada
tour with Jon-Rae Fletcher, both as his backing band
and his opening band, Alphababy packed their bags and
moved from Kelowna to Vancouver. Big changes lead to
new beginnings, and with that, the band changed their
name to Yukon Blonde, signed to Toronto-based Nevado
Records (Bahamas, Fox Jaws), put their 300 show history
behind them (including performances alongside Ladyhawk,
Black Mountain and Women), and set out to write all
new material, which they recorded in Vancouver with
Shawn Cole (Bend Sinister, You Say Party! We Say Die!).
Zaac
Pick: GARDEN
STAGE 2:00pm - 2:30pm
Winner of the Shore 104.3FM "Sounds of Summer"
song search competition.
