Gabriel Minnikin

Genre: Acoustic
Secondary Genre: Americana Manchester, Not Applicable United Kingdom Contact

If you dig singer/songwriters from yesteryear like Tom Waits, Randy Newman, & George Harrison and producers like Phil spector, Brian Wilson, & Daniel Lanois then I'd like to think you might dig my songs too.

Artist Information

Biography

Gabriel Minnikin is a singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist from Nova Scotia Canada. Even though Gabriel has been seen around Manchester since the year 2000, he has only recently made it his home. It wasn’t until 2004 that Gabriel would finally become an official Mancunian. It would also be the year he released his critically acclaimed debut record ‘Hard Feelings’. Steeped in the loam of Americana and hewn from the rough wood of blues, old time folk, country, & mountain music, Hard Feelings would establish Gabriel as a recognized singer/songwriter. He has been fortunate enough to tour and share stages with loads of great artists, Garth Hudson, Calexico, & The Handsome Family to name a few. He did however find himself back in Canada recording what would be his sophmore release ’Wandering Midnight’. Despite being a relatively unheard record, it did produce some more interest from fans, labels, and press. Gabriel’s voice has an unbelievable range. He has received work for BBC voiceovers, gained radio support from John Peel & Bob Harris, has done television appearances, toured extensively, produced records, been a side musician for many great artists, and has even had a hand in recording a film soundtrack. 2009 will hopefully be the year that his third record will be recorded and released to the masses.

Instrumentation

I almost always play with a six piece band consisting of drums, bass, guitars, pedal steel, and piano. Lately I have been fortunate enough to be playing with two string quartets along with some brass and woodwind for good measure.

Discography

Hard Feelings
Wandering Midnight

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Press

  • Hard Feelings album review in Netherlands. [+ Show ]

    GABRIEL MINNIKIN Het lot van een scribent, zullen we het maar noemen. De postbode weet de cd..s m...

  • Wandering Midnight album review in Canada [+ Show ]

    Paul in Toronto While Listening to…Gabriel Minnikin Accompanies My Midnight Wandering It's ...

  • Live England festival performance review. [+ Show ]

    On Sunday, TV21 hosted a unique performance from Canadian composer, Gabriel Minnikin. Today he has a...

Setlist

I can play for an hour, if more is required then I'll gladly play some more songs.

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