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WELCOME TO THE
PAQUIN ENTERTAINMENT
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| Browse through our quarterly newsletter to learn about our featured artist and get 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
info@paquinentertainment.com |
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K'NAAN shows signs of being a true road warrior; catch him on the road this fall with the likes of Lenny Kravitz.
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| FEATURED ARTIST: CORB LUND |
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With a CCMA award and a new album out this week, Corb Lund and the Hurtin' Albertans continue galloping full speed ahead on their ride toward international success.
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The record, which was produced by Harry Stinson of Marty Stuart's "The Fabulous Superlatives," blends classic country sounds with Corb's unique sense of play and whimsy. Corb proudly shows off his Canadian colors, with song titles referencing Saskatchewan, Alberta and the prairies.
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In support of the record, Corb and his cavalry are heading out this fall on an extensive North American tour. Will we see more accolades from this year's CCMA Roots Artist of the Year award winner? Count on it. Visit Corb's website for tour dates. The new album is available now in Canada and September 29th in the U.S.
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| AWARD SEASON CONTINUES |
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As fall draws closer, so too does the end of the awards season. Paquin is proud to announce this year’s nominees and recipients:
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Canadian Country Music Awards
This year, Alberta's Corb Lund took home the nod for Roots Artist of the Year, while Newfoundland's Tara Oram took home the Rising Star Award.
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In addition to artistic and industry awards, each year the CCMA recognizes a longstanding contributor by inducting them into the Hall of Honour. This year's well-deserving inductee is musician, composer, visual artist, educator and social activist, Buffy Sainte-Marie!
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Western Canadian Music Awards
The Deep Dark Woods took home the 2009 WCMA for Roots Duo/Group Recording of the Year for their third album, Winter Hours. On the industry side, Paquin Entertainment won its sixth consecutive Agency of the Year award.
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Finally, Gilles Paquin was honoured with this year's Industry Builder Award, which recognizes an individual who has had a significant and long-lasting impact on the music industry.
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Congratulations to all!
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| HANNAH GEORGAS CATCHES THE EYE OF WALMART (AND TAYLOR SWIFT) |
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For those heading off to their freshman year at college, these are exciting times. Equally as exciting are the recent events in the career of Vancouver-based Hannah Georgas, whose 30-second jingle featured in Walmart's back-to-school ads has created lively chatter among the web that would make other independent artists envious.
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Co-written with Ryan Guldemond (of Vancouver band Mother Mother), the jingle acts as a musical backdrop to a mother dropping her children off at their dorm for their first day of college. Although Georgas only sings two short lines, that was enough to catch the attention of country music superstar Taylor Swift. After seeing the commercial, Swift announced to her 1.1 millions followers on Twitter that the commercial made her cry, starting a frenzy in both traditional and social media.
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Though the song is not commercially available, Georgas and Guldemond are working out a full version to be included on her next album, slated for a March release.
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For tour dates, visit Hannah's MySpace.
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| NEW SIGNINGS |
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Echoes of Ireland
Take the rich comic blarney and guttersnipe grit of Emerald Isle storytelling royalty Frank McCourt and Malachy McCourt, mixed with the The Magic of Ireland's timeless culture of music, song and dance and you have Echoes of Ireland - one helluva Ceili!
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Elisapie Isaac
Elisapie Isaac's debut solo recording, There will be Stars, is the highly anticipated follow up release to Taima, the internationally-acclaimed and award-winning duo, which she co-founded in 2001. For this Inuk singer, composer and filmmaker, There will be Stars is not so much an album as a seduction from somewhere distant, somewhere other-worldly.
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Grass Mountain Hobos
The Hobos are of another time: a time when pleasure usurped profession and live music provided the soundtrack for excess. This period they bring to life on stages across Canada. With a stage show that harkens back to the days of the traveling salesman, The Hobos are the cure-all elixir for those requiring entertainment.
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Leeroy Stagger and The Wildflowers
There are songwriters who find a creative niche and never stray from it; then there are songwriters who choose to continually break down what they are known for and start again from the ground up. Leeroy Stagger is the latter.
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Silver Starling
After 15 years of collaborating on recordings, producing, engineering and mastering an innumerable amount of music projects (Dr. Noh, Stars, Torngat, Arcade Fire), Montreal's gentle giant, Marcus Paquin, decided it was time to lock himself in his studio and dedicate himself to his own.
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The Wooden Sky
Trying to nail down the disparate genres explored by the Wooden Sky isn't an easy task. When pressed, the band tosses out tags like "folk rock," but the words don't hint at the nuances in their sound. Since 2003, the Toronto collective has been pushing the limits of folk and country, adding pieces of outside influence and slowly growing their own unique sonic aesthetic.
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Woodpigeon
Woodpigeon is more than just the most beautiful word in the English language, although that's precisely why it was chosen by songwriter Mark Hamilton as the moniker for his pretty-pop project.
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| THE BACKYARDIGANS' NATIONAL TOUR GOES SEA DEEP IN ADVENTURE |
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Family entertainment phenomenon, The Backyardigans, have begun their 34-city national tour across Canada in their latest live theatrical production, Sea Deep in Adventure.
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An award-winning choreographer, performer and theatrical producer, Patti Caplette (Artistic Director, Koba Entertainment), directed and co-wrote Sea Deep in Adventure with New York-based writer, Rodney Stringfellow, a contributing writer on the hit TV show. Original tunes from the TV show, composed by musician/composer Evan Lurie (The Lounge Lizards) figure prominently in the stage production.
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The show takes audiences into an unforgettable underwater musical adventure, including a wave of song-and-dance styles including psychedelic soul, Bollywood, bossa nova and more!
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| DID WE MENTION? |
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Reclaiming her place as a media favourite, Buffy Sainte-Marie has spent her summer stunning audiences and inspiring reporters around the world. Buffy, who's last British appearance was 17 years ago, sold out Queen Elizabeth Hall "with an emotional crowd for whom she could do no wrong" (The Guardian). Earning rave reviews for her latest record, Running for the Drum, and her live performance, Buffy has once again found herself in the U.K. spotlight with features in top publications, including The Guardian, The Telegraph, Mojo Magazine and Uncut Magazine.
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K'NAAN continues to blaze through North America in support of his chart-topping release, Troubadour. Showing no signs of slowing down, K'NAAN can be found on the road this fall burning up the stage from Quebec to Los Angeles, performing with the likes of Lenny Kravitz, Jason Mraz and Maroon 5. Find out where K'NAAN will be on tour through his MySpace.
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Eight years since their last album release, the Mike Plume Band have landed their first charted single with "This is Our Home (8:30 Newfoundland)" on the CMT charts, only behind the likes of Reba McEntire, Keith Urban and Kenny Chesney. The new album 8:30 Newfoundland was recorded in Nashville by six-time Grammy Award winner Brent Maher (The Judds, Johnny Reid). The Mike Plume Band can be found on the road this fall with fellow Paquin artist, Corb Lund. For information on tour dates, visit the band's website.
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