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WELCOME TO THE
PAQUIN ENTERTAINMENT
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| Every month, we bring you a feature artist and latest news from our roster. |
| For more information on any of our artists and to find out where they are available for bookings through Paquin Entertainment, please feel free to contact us: |
East 416-962-8885
West 204-988-1120
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Flower Child sits pretty at #17 and is enjoying heavy rotation on CMT. |
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| FEATURE ARTIST: DERIC RUTTAN |
| Deric Ruttan is his own artist and he doesn't need to be compared, but he'll take the compliment, especially if they're icons like Bruce Springsteen, Waylon Jennings, and Steve Earle. A storyteller by nature, Deric carefully tailors his expressive vocal approach and an acoustic guitar style perfectly suited to his tales. His songs target the heart with believable, tastefully understated lyrics which transcend genre, bringing the structure of classic folk tales to country music's raw honesty and rock's visceral edge. |
| Deric's songwriting skills proved to be transferable as his internal creative focus involuntarily shifted from recording his own next record to writing songs for other artists alongside good friend, Brett Beavers. One of their early collaborations with Dierks Bentley turned out Billboard #1 and #3 hits with "What Was I Thinkin'" and "Lot of Leavin' Left to Do." Deric's fingerprints are also found on other tracks such as "Hold My Beer," which was co-written and performed by Aaron Pritchett. |
| Deric's latest album, First Time in a Long Time, available across Canada on April 1st, is everything his fans have been waiting for: cool confidence and hip swaggering. Connecting with audiences seems to be what Ruttan's new album is all about, and he'll be doing plenty of that on the road this April as he travels across Canada. Check out Deric's website to find out when he'll be in a city near you. |
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| TURNING CANADA ON |
| CBC's They Will Rock You: 10 Hot New Canadian Bands features 10 emerging bands from across the country that writer Sarah Liss predicts will break in '08 with her reasons why: |
| Tokyo Police Club: "Their live shows, which are delirious and manic without ever losing focus." |
| Plants and Animals: "Technically skilled rock squadron whose drawn-out songs incorporate everything from creaky folk to Afrobeat. This three-piece can pull off an eight-minute progressive-rock jam without seeming self-indulgent." |
| Jenn Grant: "Jazz-inflected, acoustic soul chanteuse is a gifted singer, she exercises phenomenal restraint." |
| Thunderheist: "Their dirty, booty-shaking basslines and Isis's smokin' vocals." |
| Born Ruffians: "Their exuberance and addictive, shimmering hooks - and because they're white kids who manage to integrate subtle reggae accents without sounding like posers." |
| Land of Talk: "Powell's mercurial passion and aggressive guitar playing makes her the best rock 'n' roll frontwoman in the country - we think." |
| We'll be watching. |
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| HEAD OF THE CLASS FOR PAQUIN ARTISTS |
| Each year at Canadian Music Week, Canada's national music magazine, Chart Attack, sends out their writers to review showcasing bands. The 7 Paquin artists reviewed scored between 80-100 points, which means that they "rocked us so hard we peed our pants." (Chart Attack) Here are the results: |
| The Acorn - 87%: With their bouncy and poppy sound, The Acorn kept the midnight crowd entertained while drawing in new fans to their sweet, sweet sound. |
| Jenn Grant - 84%: This young Maritimer has all the essentials to take her from indie star to superstardom. With her capturing stage presence and vocals, she would be the type who could quiet any bar. |
| Julie Doiron - 82%: This part-time indie/folk songstress and full-time one-woman rock show possesses charm that leaves her fans rolling on the floor laughing. |
| Plants and Animals - 94%: This band not only garnered one of the top festival report cards, they also left the crowd yearning for more with their catchy sound and palpable onstage chemistry. |
| Sunparlour Players - 89%: These musicians exemplify Canadian culture and they are the type of band that you would find in your favourite Canadian club for decades to come. |
| Wil - 90%: One of the country's most talented singer/songwriters, Wil made believers of the audience with his acoustic guitar prowess, mesmerizing the crowd with his ability to make one instrument sound like an entire band. |
| Young Rival - 87%: These free-rockers managed to seamlessly blend one song into the next. They are the epitome of a garage band you used to know in high school and have grown into skilled musicians and performers. |
| Other Paquin artists who showcased their talent over the week include: Corb Lund, The Divorcees, Julie Crochetiere, Kobo Town and Tokyo Police Club. |
| Finally, congratulations to Corb Lund, who won Favourite Folk/Roots Artist or Group of the Year at this year's Indie Music Awards. |
| See you next year! |
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DID WE MENTION?
- Congratulations to Scotland's modern traditionalists, Lau, on their recent win at the BBC Folk Awards. Since its inaugural year in 1999, the BBC Folk Awards is an occasion to celebrate music and those who create it. Selected by a panel of 170 industry folks, including broadcasters, journalists, festival organisers, agents and promoters, Lau was presented with Best Group.
- The East Coast's favourite singer/songwriter Dave Gunning recently picked up two wins at the East Coast Music Awards for Male Solo Recording of the Year and Folk Recording of the Year for House for Sale. And Canada's ambassadors for all things Honky Tonk, The Divorcees, took home Country Recording of the Year for You Ain't Getting My Country. In other celebratory news, the East Coast Music Awards marked its 20th anniversary this year. Congratulations to all!
- Toronto quartet The Coast have been revered as Artist to Watch in '08 by new music authorities Exclaim and Toronto's weekly magazine, Eye Weekly. And now, "the shimmering guitars and dramatic keys (think U2 meets New Order) and a rougher, almost roots-rock sensibility," of The Coast are MySpace Music's feature artist. Check out their MySpace page to hear tracks from their upcoming album Expatriate, which is due for release on April 1st.
- World-traveller Hayden will be playing five dates down under in Australia and New Zealand and then flying back across the pond to join Feist on her U.S. tour. The tour will be hitting 15 cities including Dallas, Atlanta and New York. Check out Hayden's website for more dates.
- Polaris Prize winner, festival curator, violinist extraordinaire and now London Metropolitan Orchestra conductor, Owen Pallett of Final Fantasy recently contributed to The Last Shadow Puppets' forthcoming disc, Age of the Understatement. The Last Shadow Puppets is the brain-child of Arctic Monkeys front man Alex Turner and Miles Kane of The Rascals. The 12-track LP will be available on April 21st.
- Alana Levandoski's long-awaited sophomore album is finally in the works. After beginning in rural Manitoba, Alana will immediately head to the world-class Parr Street Studios in Liverpool, England to finish the album. To boot, three-time Grammy Award winner Ken Nelson will be producing it. The famed UK producer's resume includes Coldplay, Badly Drawn Boy, Howling Bells, The Charlatans, Echo & The Bunnymen, Kings Of Convenience, Ray LaMontagne, Snow Patrol and Paolo Nutini.
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