Ontario

The Darcys

Active Dates: 
2006
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Faye Blais

More than your average girl hailing from Northern Ontario, Faye Blais resonates the sweetest melodies coupled with raw acoustics that swiftly turns into the soundtrack to your life. With a stage presence that is equally delectable, Blais is a force to be reckoned with. This indie-folk princess will certainly win you over with her quick wit, spontaneity, and subtle ability to stroke the warmest pieces of your soul.

Dan Kosub

David Francey

David Francey was born in 1954 in Ayrshire, Scotland, where as a paper boy he got his first taste of the working life. He learned to read at an early age, and by age eleven was devouring the newspapers he delivered. This helped establish his interest in politics and world events while developing the social conscience that forms the backdrop of his songs.

He was twelve when his family immigrated to Toronto. He says he can trace his love of the land, the history, and the people of his adopted country to weekend family drives exploring southern Ontario. Music played a large part in these family outings. They sang traditional Scottish tunes as they drove through the Canadian countryside. Dad and sister Muriel sang melody, while mother and David sang harmonies.

Sarah Burton

After years of hammering on a Hasbro xylophone revealed a precocious musical talent, Sarah Burton's parents enrolled her in piano lessons. Perhaps if they had known that piano lessons would lead to a torrid life of debaucherous rock and roll, they would never have made her practice those sonatas. By the age of thirteen, Sarah grew tired of those sonatas, and turned her affections to the old guitar under the piano. The guitar — a weathered but beautiful classical guitar from Spain — had spent most of Sarah's life living under the piano in a beat up case. Her father had stopped playing the instrument years ago, but kept it as a link to his teenage years in Madrid. Feeling compassion for the lonely instrument, Sarah picked up the guitar and started lessons. It didn't take long before she had written her first song on the guitar, "Dirty Man," a feminist protest against sexual harassment.

Dragonette

Moneen

Active Dates: 
1999
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