Cort Delano

Genre: Folk
Secondary Genre: Country Calgary, Alberta Canada Contact

Cort’s the real thing, an original. He performs roots songs in a roots style without anything to hide behind or lean on. He’s picking up where the revival left off.. "there's not a moment squandered. Delano heads straight for the heart.” Americana U.K. Michael Mee

Artist Information

Biography

!st Place WINNER -- South Country Fair Songwriting Competition 2010

Cort Delano raised in Claresholm Alberta, began traveling the world to seek his purpose in life, laboured in the oil-patch, the trades and attended college, but it wasn’t until he returned home and picked up his Father’s guitar, that had always been there, that he found his destiny. Cort Delano is a young Ian Tyson brought into the 21st century with a twist of Tom Russell. Like Ian Tyson And Tom Russell, I believe this is what Cort Delano is on this earth to do; What Tom calls “ The Minstrel Trade”.

PUBLISHED WORKS:
"Maski-Pitoon - Broken Arm" Published in
Home and Away by House of Blue Skies.

PRODUCTION:
Co-Produced Songwriting Workshop for the Calgary Folk Club Featuring Lennie Gallant. Oct 09

SONGWRITING COMPETITION:
Calgary Folk Fest
Best Song For Alberta

2nd - Broken Arm - 2009
2nd - Jughound - 2007
3rd - Clamshell Mainstage - 2006

cortmusic@gmail.com


Opened and Shared Stages with John Wort Hannam,
Shane Yellowbird, Tom Jackson, The Divorcees, Steve Fox.


PAST SHOWS ACROSS CANADA

Solstice Cafe, Victoria BC
The Main on Main, Vancouver BC
The Calgary Folk Club, Calgary AB
BIG VALLEY JAMBOREE, Camrose AB
Spedina Freehouse, Saskatoon SK
Lady of the Lake, Brandon MB
C.O.C.A. Showcase, Windsor ON
Cafe L’innocent, Riviere Du Loup QB
Five Points Lounge, Moncton NB
Gingers Tavern, Halifax NS
Churchill Arms, Charlottetown PEI
The Ship, St. Johns NL
Sunstroke Festival, Whitehorse YT

His engaging presence and ease on stage comes across natural, refreshing, like a summer breeze. The audience can just sink into his lively story telling performances.

The songs on his latest CD “Sad Sorry Ass Folk Singer” demonstrate the creative diversity from one man as a songwriter. From satirical to political, romantic to hard edged, get up n go to social observances. Cort has an ability to create songs from a cellular level, he digs deep, finds the soul of the song and creates the interpretation. “Patches” will bring you to tears. “Clamshell Mainstage”, a song about the South Country Fair, won 3rd place in the Calgary Folk Fest Songwriting Competition in 2006. While Jughound, a song about “oil country” placed 2nd in 2007 both in the Best Song for Alberta Category.

Do yourself a favor and pick up a copy of his latest CD, and over a cup of coffee listen to the music, read the lyrics and you too will think back to a time in the 60’s when the answer could be heard, “Blowin’ in the Wind”.


VOLUNTEERED PERFORMANCES FOR COMMUNITY PROJECTS

Calgary Drop-In Center 2008/09
Calgary Mustard Seed 2007/08
Cochrane Humane Society Gala 2008 ($32,000 raised)
Life Without Limits Gala 2008 ($100,000 raised)
Engineers without Borders 2008 ($2000 raised)
Joy of Life - Shoe in Fundraiser 2008


SONG COMMISIONS

Aboriginal Dance Toupe, Red Deer 2007 "Youthful Innocence"


FESTIVALS

Pro Bull Riding, Stavely 2008
Robson Valley Music Fest 2008
Sasquatch Gathering 2008
Spruce Meadows North American Tournament 2008
C.O.C.A "Border City Rocks" 2007
Big Valley Jamboree 2007
Mountain View Music Fest 2007
Spruce Meadows Christmas Market 06&07
Cowboy Poetry Gathering Pincher Creek 2007
Stavely PBR 2007
South Country Fair 2005


TOURS

Yukon, Tour June 2008
Cross Canada Atlantic Tour Sept-Nov. 2007
West Coast and Vancouver Island Tour. Feb 2007
Trillium Treason Tour (A.B. round-up) Sept. 2006
www.Perpetualmotionroadshow.com
West Cost tour Vanvouver- L.A. January 06
East Coast tour Chicago - N.Y.C. - Toronto July 06


RADIO INTERVIEW

C.B.C. ”Key Of A” w/ Katherine Duncan April 5 2008
CKUA w/ David Ward March 24 2008
Indielove (Toronto) Nov 2. 07
The Coast 89.7 (N.S.) w/ Jason Macdonald
Kitchen Radio. w/ Jason Valleau April 18. 07
CJSR: "Melodies in Mind" w/ Ryan Fletcher 02.13.07

QUOTES

"At an afternoon show in downtown Calgary's Cathedral Church of the Redeemer Cort Delano a varied crowd, ages 20-80, clapping, singing along and dancing in their seats. As much as you can dance in a pew anyway." Spencer Brown, Marketing Director, Calgary Pro Arts Society.

"Can't Wait to Have him Back!!" Alexander Choriatis Redstone Grill

"fantastic f**king set!" Ian Glen Kinney, That Empty Space U of Calgary

"He is like Bob Dylan with an edge!" Arts Touring Alliance of Alberta, Showcase Panel

"Listening to Delano’s songs is an experience akin to watching a small sliver of a stream as it tumbles and winds down a mountain, gaining strength, volume and briskness, fresh to the taste."
Janelle Hardy---What's Up Yukon!

"He moves between genres and styles with consummate ease. there's not a moment squandered. Delano heads straight for the heart.”
Americana U.K., Michael Mee

“The highest of all though is the energy and thrill of his live performances.”
Shayne Aiechele . BeatRoute Magazine.

"You're just involved in a completely different reality ... Delano put himself in that mindset when he composed his harshly-strummed, hotly burning folk number, At the Gates.”
Heath Mccoy. Calgary Herald.

“A true Poet, with an instinct for the perfect hook, Cort is bound for greatness.”
Troy Kokol. Songwriter



COMPILATIONS:
"Open Road" South Country Fair 2005 (first ever from the east stage!)

Instrumentation

Cort Delano- Guitar, Vocals, Harmonica
Darcy Stamp - Fiddle and Mandolin Player

Discography

LP "Sad Sorry-Ass Folk Singer" 2007
LP "Fools Moon" 2004 independent release.

Audio

  • Hanging from a String
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  • Open Road
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  • Maski-Pitoon - Broken Arm ?-1869
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  • Clamshell Mainstage
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  • On The Ground
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  • Shinny Game
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  • Tucked Away (The Love letter)
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  • Jughound
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  • Patches
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  • Lucky 13 Sasquatch Gathering
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  • Sad Sorry-Ass Folk Singer
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Lyrics

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  • Tom Russell... Roots on the Rails

  • Ian Tyson... Roots on the Rails

  • Tom Jackson @ Chocrane Humane Society Fundraiser Gala Performance

  • John Wort Hannam WCMA's

Press

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Setlist

Original:
from the album "Fools Moon"
Ana Ongo
Skipping Child
Beaver Tale
Shinny Game
Merchant Man
Dear Joanna
Open Road
Sunspots
Holes in my Shoes

SECOND ALBUM released in April
Sorry Ass Folk singer
Ballad of Jerry Potts
Tucked Away (the love letter)
Shot Down
On The Ground
Jughound
At the Gates
Patches
Hobo's Lament
Gettin Down the Road
Clamshell Mainstage
Gone Fishin'
Where I knew (everyone in highschool)

Ride
Sexual
Hunters Lost

Covers:
The Weight
Chelsea Hotel #2 (Leonard Cohen)
Girl From The North Country
Cry,Cry,Cry
The House Of the Rising Sun
Early Morning Rain
Needle and The Damage Done
Navajo Rug
Like a Rolling Stone
Elderly woman behind the counter of a small town
Hide your love away
Church Of The Long Grass

A host of other cover/original songs Filling 3 sets of 45 min.

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