Welcome to the Tin Pan North Performers! Performer bios are cross-indexed with their showtimes and venues, plus there's a link to check out each artist's personal website. All performers are arranged alphabetically and Show Headliners are highlighted in Grey. There's LOTS of great talent here, so have fun and explore! |
Now living in the Greater Toronto Area, Colin has spent the last three years co-writing songs with fellow songwriters like Jamie Warren, Thomas Wade, Cyril Rawson, Brian Allen ( What About Love / Heart ) and most recently with Dean McTaggart ( Dark Horse / Amanda Marshall ). He has shared the stage with some of Country Music's hottest stars including Jason McCoy, Corb Lund, Aaron Pritchett, Johnny Reid and The Roadhammers. With 3 music videos featured on CMT, and almost a dozen hit singles under his belt, Colin is back with his third album entitled “ Getaway!” With a vocal style that's pleasing to the ear, combined with a powerful live performance, Colin delivers a show that people will be talking about for a long time to come |
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Garth co-wrote the song "Modern Age" which was featured in a video nominated for a CASBY Award and his song "Hideaway" was released internationally by Jeff Austin. Garth is currently completing a cd of his songs for release this summer and continues to work with a variety of other artists. |
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She is now a staff writer at Nashville's Full Circle Music and has had the pleasure of working with artist/writers Gretchen Wilson, Carolyn Dawn Johnson, Danielle Peck, Amy Dalley, Lila McCann, Catherine Britt, Gary Nichols, and Lauren Lucas , to name a few. Interestingly, this top Nashville writer was originally born in the Muskoka, Ontario area and is a Suma cum Laude University of Toronto graduate in Zoology and Anthropology. |
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After a move to
Nashville in 1988, Marc-Alan scored a cut with Shelby Lynne his first night in town. He has had success in Nashville as a writer, several publishing deals, and cuts by John Berry and David Ball, including the current single “Too Much Blood in My Alcohol Level” on the Ball “Freewheeler” album. He has co-written with the best and along with his former back-up singers “The Kinleys,” he has opened shows for Charlie Daniels, Garth Brooks, Ricochet, and Patty Loveless. |
After twelve years of playing nightclubs he left the road and moved to Nashville in 1991 to become a songwriter and has not only become a successful songwriter, Tim has become one of Nashville's most sought after singers for demos for every writer in town and has sung on albums for: Trisha Yearwood, Michael Peterson, Paul Brandt, Anita Cochran and Kevin Sharp, Meredith Edwards as well as jingles for Pepsi, TNN and many others. As a songwriter Tim has had cuts by: Trisha Yearwood, The Wiggins, Continental Divide, Marty Haden, Perfect Stranger, the hit single by YANKEE GREY called “ANOTHER NINE MINUTES and a #1 single by Kevin Sharp “SHE'S SURE TAKING IT WELL” which was the #5 song of 1997 according to R&R magazine and is included in ASCAP's top 50 songs of the 90's.Website | TPN Friday | TPN Saturday |
This quote typifies the responses Trevor Burt is garnering for his unique style-a style that combines folk and classical elements into a truly extraordinary musical expression. Trevor holds an A.R.C.T. from the Royal Conservatory of Music and A Bachelor of Music in Performance Degree from the University of Toronto. He won the Award for Excellence from the Japanese Guitar Association in 1987 and was named Mississauga Musician of the Year in 1990. |
 Douglas John Cameron brings a wonderful talent to the world of children's entertainment, both as a performer and a songwriter. He has been entertaining children and their families across Canada for the past ten years with fun-filled concerts, television and radio appearances, and on the educational front, The Rainbow Songwriting Workshop for primary grades. Douglas John's first album RAINBOWS was produced by the legendary Ken Whiteley of Raffi fame. Douglas John's second CD is a collection of finger snappin' songs from Canada's #1 preschool music video program ANTS IN YOUR PANTS seen on Treehouse TV. Douglas John wrote and recorded over thirty songs for ANTS IN YOUR PANTS and appears in a number of the videos aired daily on the popular program. and was nominated for a JUNO. Website | TPN Showtime |
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An experienced songwriter and storyteller, Michael captures the vignettes of his Canadian life experience and expresses them through his Irish soul and voice. |
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Her earliest musical influence was that of Elvis Presley and his renditions of country's most influential artists. Although Karla is also a songwriter, the material she records and performs is a group effort. Her new album, 'Blame It On Something' incorporates a handful of collaborative writing match-ups, most notably including Karla and Nashville based hit songwriter Tim Taylor. John Dymond, who co-produced with Tom McKillip, plays band leader to a who's – who of seasoned session pros through a collection of polished, contemporary country that would sound as at home on a pick-up truck stereo in some rural backwater thirty years ago as it would on major market country radio today. |
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Now with 6 independent releases, covering all styles, of and from, life's twisted tracks, and most celebrated stations. He also spent a lot of time working with Sarah Harmer a few years ago and very much has that same folky, poetic touch to his songs. Steven is now gaining some serious momentum in the mainstream commercial world. He is currently writing with Dean McTaggart and Hawksley Workman. |
With music that she refers to as ‘Variety Pop', Darling was this years semi-finalist in the International Songwriting Competition for her song “Until Then”, and she was nominated for ‘ Best Song ' and ‘ Best Pop Artist ' for the Los Angeles All Access Music Awards . She has licensed tracks for ‘ Fashion Television' & IMBD instructional video ‘Cheeracise' and has performed on ‘ The Toronto Show' |
Robert has released two children's music CDs and has licensed eight of his children's songs to Casablanca Kids for eight compilation CDs. Two of those CDs won 2006 NAPPA and iParent industry awards. Check out Robert's website for performance dates for his Kids Show and the Songs of John, Don & Jim, Robert's singing tribute to John Denver, Don McLean and Jim Croce. |
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In recent years, Steve has turned his attention to the craft of songwriting, and is a fixture at many songwriting seminars and events including the recent NSAI “Songposium” in Nashville. |
He is also a two-time winner at the prestigious Walnut Valley National Guitar Championships. He has played on dozens of albums and toured the globe with John McDermott, Nana Mouskouri, The Irish Tenors, The Cottars, and The Anne Lindsay Band. His songs have been featured on television, film and have been covered by John McDermott and Blake Papsin |
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The idea of children's entertainment came to him in the spring of 2005. By that Christmas, he released his second album, this time children's songs. His songs are crafted around his love of Canadian History, Geography and Heroes. The shows are interactive and the children come away from each show with a real sense of patriotism for this great land of ours. |
 Howard Gladstone His music exhibits a craftsman approach to lyric writing, engaging melodies, and a guitar style and vocal delivery that suits; With 3 well received CDs, Howard Gladstone's songs range from ballads to blues to folk with hints of country, pop and old-time jazz. Howard Gladstone is described as "a sincere insightful artist on an uncompromising journey" (Norm Hacking), "a singing poet" (Greenman Review), with "lyrics that bite into the social conscience of humanity and touch us right in the heart."Website | TPN Showtime |
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As a music therapist for the past decade, Marianne understands the power of song and has more new songs with a new album in progress for summer release. An
eastern tour is scheduled for the summer as well as
another invitation to perform at festivals in Ireland
in the fall. |
"We have now known each other over 40 years so tag teaming our songwriting comes easy. We use only our surnames on our joint songwriting credits to avoid conflict about whose name goes first. Like our arguing one of us starts a song and one of us finishes it." "As long as we find peace in the end everything works out roses." |
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To prove his many endeavors successful, JK is a SOCAN and CCMA award winner, JUNO nominee, and has received several nominations for “Producer of the Year,” and “Male Vocalist of the Year” from RPM Big Country Awards and the CCMA. He is the founder of the CCMA Songwriters Cafe, Inventor of the Gulley Hook (An acoustic guitar strap accessory by Levy's Leathers of Canada) and “Proud father of 5.” |
 Caitlin Hanford Caitlin has a pure, Appalachian quality to her voice-- perfectly suited to the high, lonesome sound of traditional country and bluegrass. Her voice has been described as "sweet, edged with pain...a singer who deserves to be noticed....as near to traditional country perfection as anyone can get, inside or outside Nashville." (Greg Quill, Toronto Star) She has carved a unique path in Canadian country music with two albums with Chris Whiteley in the 1980s which garnered rave reviews, many charted singles and a Juno nomination for Best Country Group (1984). Her voice and songs are well known throughout the North American traditional country music industry. Caitlin has had many of her songs published in Nashville by the well known songwriter/publisher,Paul Craft. In July of 1989 Caitlin put her knowledge of country music to good use by creating a three part radio series on the history of women in country music, entitled Honky tonk Angels, for the CBC radio show, "The Entertainers". |
She has charted on College Radio and had performances/interviews on regional and national radio programs, including: Vinyl Cafe, Routes Montreal, ExitCountry.
Other achievements include:
Honorable Mention for HEART, SOUL & SONG,
Unison International Song Contest,
7th Annual Great American Song Contest. |
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Although public performances are
infrequent, he enjoys putting those ideas in front of live audiences. “It's
an amazing thing, seeing people react to the music,” he says. “That's really
the whole point.” |
He represented the Sister Cities of Nashville, once again. This time it was at Le Foire Internationale Du Caen, France, which he will do again this September. Garry opened for the legendary Eric Andersen at Hugh's Room last October.
He has performed in Belfast, Nashville as well as Canada. His music is being played in various parts of the world…. To be continued |
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"I have been fortunate to have had singers, players, producers and publishers who have worked extensively with people like Faith Hill, Daniel Langois, Randy Travis, Trisha Yearwood and Keith Urban assist me with my demos and you can hear the results on my website." Steve is currently in the studio recording new songs. |
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Lenore has just released her 3rd CD. "Another Life" features the production talents and superb guitar work of roots veteran Paul Mills (Stan Rogers, Ron Hynes) with additional support from some of Toronto's finest acoustic musicians. The result is an intimate collection of original songs that showcase Lenore's unique vocal, insightful lyrics and stylistic diversity. Nominated: "Best Folk Artist" Toronto Independent Music Awards, 2006 |
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Currently composing, performing and recording with her own band, Anne is also a much sought after side person, composer, arranger and background vocalist, performing with some of Canada's top musical acts: Blue Rodeo , Jim Cuddy , John McDermott - and she played a key role as folk fiddler in The Lord of the Rings stage show. |
Allison has twice attended Ben Speer's Stamps-Baxter School of Music in Nashville, TN. She studied with "Gaither Homecoming" artists Ben Speer, Allison Durham Speer, Daryl Williams, Harold Lane, Mike Allen, and Reggie Smith. In 2005, the school rewarded Allison the Brock Speer Scholarship Award. Allison is currently building their careers in Nashville with performances at festivals, cafes, songwriter nights, and churches. |
 Linda M has licensed music to Warner Bros. Television, Sony Music and the feature film "Shades of Blue".
In March, She wrapped her third Pro Writing Session in Nashville with such hit makers as Bobby Terry (Faith Hill), Jeremy Spillman (Leanne Womack) among others.
She played a string of Side Stage showcases alongside Don Henley, Natalie Merchant, Ani DiFranco, Lyle Lovett, Santana and Macy Gray at The Molson Amphitheatre in Toronto. Linda M's tours span a 4-season German Club and Concert Series to the Legendary BITTER END and CBGB's to across Canada. Linda M signed her first writing deal with L.A. based Music Publisher JAY WARNER. Website | TPN Showtime |
He is currently working on recording his first album “Old Man In C” with an anticipated release date of 2050. |
Bruce has performed frequently at the CCMA's Songwriters' Café, and is the host and co-producer of Source of the Song in Glen Williams, an acoustic songwriter's concert series that has featured some of Canada 's best songwriters. |
David had his first taste of performing at Fiddlers, and got hooked on songwriting. Other influences are artists like Steve Goodman and Neil Young. David's debut CD “Can't Close A Blind Eye” was produced by Juno award winner David Bradstreet, and is available on over 30 download services, in full album/single song format. |
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McVeigh achieved national radio airplay with his single “You Are All I Dream Of”. The song went to #1 on Canada's leading country music internet station, “The Country Edge”. Dan's songs have been recorded by a number of Canadian artists such as Debbie Nelson and Myra Leblanc. Dan performs regularly throughout Ontario and in Nashville, Tennessee. Dan has performed with artists like Diane Chase, Gil Grand, Colin Amey, Jason Barry, Barry Brown, and Wendell Ferguson. |
Jory Nash is a past winner of the prestigious Songs From The Heart songwriting award, sponsored by the Ontario Council of Folk Festivals. He is a fiercely independent artist, recording, distributing and promoting his music all on his own. He has appeared at numerous Ontario folk festivals, including Hillside, Mariposa, Shelter Valley, Home County & Summerfolk, and has showcased at Ontario Contact, OCFF and NERFA. Jory has released 5 CDs; his most recent CD is called FolkJazzBlues&Soul, which was released in February, 2007. Collectively, Jory Nash has sold almost 10,000 units, all independently. He has been prominently featured on numerous CBC radio programs including Disc Drive, Fresh Air and Here & Now. Jory Nash has a hat collection that numbers in the hundreds. He has a BSc.in Biogeography. Jory Nash is also a Gemini, and a die-hard Toronto Maple Leafs fan. Jory Nash fears he may never see the Stanley Cup come to Toronto in his lifetime. |
Poetic, subtle, emotional. Sparkling, tingling guitar. Always finds that unique passing or turnaround chord that makes the song shine. A songwriter's songwriter. Juxatposes the familiar with the off-beat, real life with fiction. Audibly influenced by Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell and
Neil Young. |
 Blair Packham Stocky. Bearded. With a warm smile and a sense of humour (and, occasionally, a bad temper). Blair's a success. He's been a professional musician all his life. Former leader of the late '80s pop band The Jitters. He writes television music and jingles and his music finds its way into films and shows like Dawson's Creek. Writers and critics and fellow musicians tumble over themselves with praise like "Great playing; tuneful, honest, sharp-witted songs; one of Canada's best unsung songwriters." The guys in Barenaked Ladies play his songs in their dressing rooms before they go on stage. He produces critically acclaimed CDs -- at least five so far -- two for himself, and three for his partner, Arlene Bishop. He writes songs that are not clichés. His models are, of course, The Beatles and Squeeze and Elvis (Costello, not Presley). He's got attitude and wit and smarts. He collaborates with people like Craig Northey, Tam and Tash Amabile (remembered for their work with The Pursuit of Happiness), Danny Michel, and Fergus Hambleton, front man for the long-running reggae/ska band The Satellites. Blair makes music for a living and loves it. |
Her songs have garnered 5/5 ratings on GarageBand, Internet radio play and have been picked up by a number of rising Canadian artists for albums. She is a fixture at festivals and venues in Toronto and Nashville and is about to start regular cover/original gigs in the GTA. An avid writer/co-writer, she has written 50 songs in the last year. Most notably, she is co-writing the next Greg Wyard album project and writes with Ash Street Music Publishing in Nashville. |
The album also includes the single “Save His World” written for Michael Papaioannou who was diagnosed with a rare disease called Lesch-Nyhan. The song earned commercial radio airtime in 2006 on 97.3 EZ Rock in Toronto in support of the Sick Kids Radio-thon. The title track “Next to You” was produced by John Jamieson and Sawyer in SoundHouse Studios, Kilbride, ON, and is currently being played across Canada on several radio stations. |
As a composer and arranger bernie has co-written with Jody Gibson, with the song "Gone" going to number one for four weeks on JR's "Independent Country Top 40", and the song “Last Surrender” released on the European label “Musique 75”. On his latest independent EP, bernie has gone all digital, with the album available as download on mainstream on-line services in addition to being available at his blue i music label . |
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She began her music career with performances in high school, winning first prize at the Rosedale Heights School of the Arts Talent Show. Barely out of her teens, at 20 years old Madeleine Slate has a repertoire of over 40 songs, has skills on 5 instruments and vocals, and has been performing professionally for 3 years. |
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That same year Mersaidee and co-writer Will Hopkins won 1 st place for best country song for their song “You Knew”, they also went on to win best song overall out of every genre entered at the SAW song contest held in Washington, DC. Since 2004 Mersaidee has been working with Ralph Murphy who produced her current Debut CD, titled “Honest”. Her first single from this CD “You Knew” hits the air waves in Canada June 1 st 2007. |
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She is currently the vocalist of her school's Senior Jazz Band and plays the saxophone in her school's symphonic band. She hopes to one day be an artist, writing and performing her own songs. |
Suzie won the Mapleblues 2006 Female Vocalist and Bassist of the Year and shared the award for SOCAN Songwriter of the Year with Rick Fines. She also won 3 rd place in the Blues Category of the Unisong International songwriting contest with her co-write “The Honey I Want”, and “The Honey” also won 1 st place in 2005 in the International Songwriting Contest (ISC). Suzie has been featured nationally on CBC Radio on Stuart McLean's Vinyl Café, and has performed across Canada and the US, and for Canadian Peacekeepers in Bosnia and the Persian Gulf. She performs powerfully as a solo act, with Rick Fines, and is also a member of the groups the Marigolds, Betty & the Bobs and Vinnick Sheppard Harte. |
Previously, Ward was a member of the ‘Second City Touring Company', based in Toronto. In 1984, as Canada's first ‘VJ', he helped launch MuchMusic, where he interviewed artists as diverse as Paul McCartney, Neil Young, Kate Bush, Tina Turner and Stephen King. In 2002, Ward was featured in ‘Austin Powers - Goldmember' in the group Ming Tea, alongside Susanna Hoffs, Matthew Sweet and Mike Myers. For the first three seasons, Ward contributed songs to the soundtrack of the Epitome Pictures/ CTV hit series ‘Instant Star'. Recently, he's been developing the career of new Montreal rock artist Lindsay Robins, whose debut cd was released on Aquarius Records in September ‘06 and working on the great rock n' roll novel. |
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His career started after high school. After winning the Youth Talent Search at London's Western Fair, he was sent to Memphis, Tennessee to compete with winners from across North America. This led to a year performing in a revue at Memphis' Libertyland theme park. Upon his return he started collaborating with record producer J. Richard “Rick” Hutt (The Northern Pikes, Tom Cochrane, Beverley Mahood) and cut his first single in ‘82, “World Of A Child”. He released six independent singles through the 80's, including the Top Ten “Take Me Home Mississippi”, which garnered him a Best New Artist award. Since then Jamie has been honoured with awards and accolades from a multitude of professional organizations including the JUNOs, the CCMA, and the OCPFA. |
Katherine has been a regular at folk festivals, concert series and clubs across Canada since the release of her first CD. As well as her own career, she is a member of the Toronto band, Betty and the Bobs; is a guitarist in Wendell Ferguson's trio “The Smoking Section”; and she presents songwriting, vocal and independent music career workshops at schools, folk clubs and music stores across Canada. Katherine's music has been used for documentaries, tv series and films. Among numerous radio and television appearances, she has been a featured vocalist on Stuart McLean's Vinyl Cafe, as well as a musical guest on Morningside with Peter Gzowski, This Morning with Bernard St. Laurent, TVO's Studio Two, and CBC Radio's Vicki Gabareau Show. She performed her song "On A Beach In France" on CTV's Canada AM and Good Morning Canada to commemorate the anniversary of Dieppe. |
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He has appeared on over 150 recordings,by such diverse artists as Leon Redbone, blues greats John Hammond and Blind John Davis and country stars Prairie Oyster and Stompin Tom Conners. His own recordings have won awards and accolades,including Jazz Report Blues Album of the Year, six Juno Award nominations , and Maple Blues Awards as Horn Player of the Year and SOCAN Songwriter of the Year. Chris has written a number one Canadian country hit for Prairie Oyster, and also had his songs recorded by such artists as Amos Garret, Cindy Church, Penny Lang, Quartette and Juno winning blues band Fathead.He has also written music for radio, television and film, including Sesame Street and the National Film Board. Chris composed the music for the acclaimed documentary "The Bunny Years", (about the Playboy clubs ), which has aired internationally on the A & E, B.B.C., and C.T.V. networks with great success. |
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He has recorded and performed with John Hammond, Tom Paxton, Amos Garrett, Blind John Davis, Raffi, The Campbell Brothers, Stan Rogers, Leon Redbone, Guy Davis, Fred Penner and countless others. Recordings produced by Ken Whiteley have won 2 Juno Awards, 2 Grammy Nominations, 20 Juno Nominations, 4 American Gold Records for work with Raffi and Nancy Cassidy and 10 Canadian Gold and Platinum Records. Ken Whiteley also won a 2004 Genie Award for his Best Original song “Tell Me”. |
Linda has secured a string of single song publishing deals through her many trips to Music City USA. Linda is now a staff writer for Next Number One Music Group in Nashville TN. Linda's first cut was released on January 1st by new USA country artist Deanna Denning. |
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With a sound reminiscent of David Gray and John Mayer, he credits the Beatles, 10cc, Squeeze and Crowded House for giving him his musical foundation. Greg's current CD, "Something I made up" is a testament to the
Brit-pop songwriting tradition full of McCartneyesque melodic hooks and thoughtful lyrics. Greg's musical achievements to date include: 2006 - Winner of Toronto's Paragon singer songwriter competition, 2005 - Selected one of best 14 singer songwriters of Greenwich Village, New York City and included on compilation CD, available on iTunes and 2001- Winner of Blue Rodeo Battle of the Bands contest Look for Greg's third album - to be released summer/fall 2007! |
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This past year has been a continuation of airplay in Canada, USA, and Europe. I've even received requests for my CD's from Argentina and Denmark. All of this makes this old geezer and crotchety ole coot hobbyist very happy. |
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