Biography
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The Dust Poets are a five-piece acoustic folk-pop group with roots deep in the Canadian prairie. The band pokes affectionate fun at themselves and the world around them while spreading their own irreverent brand of small town angst. The Dust Poets have performed extensively across Canada and in the United States, and are well known for their infectious spirit, powerful stage presence, genre-bending originals, and juicy harmony singing. Their 2006 CD, Lovesick Town, was proclaimed a "little masterpiece" by the Toronto Star. The band is currently putting the finishing touches on a brand new record which is due for release in early 2009.
The Dust Poets perform the original music of veteran singer/songwriter Murray D. Evans, whose wry writer's eye explores themes of home-town losers, travel in foreign lands, and the absurdity of war. Ranging in tone from the darkly humourous to the achingly tender, Evans finds a fertile muse in the joys and disappointments of modern living.
The musically restless Dust Poets create arrangements that wander easily among different styles, including folk, bluegrass, swing, pop, and circus freak ragtime. The band's all-acoustic line-up features guitar, upright bass, accordion, mandolin, clarinet, and percussion, plus extraordinary four part vocal harmonies.
Since forming in Brandon, Manitoba back in 2001, they have released three albums and toured throughout Canada and parts of the United States. Their first record, “One Night in Berlin", earned a nomination for Outstanding Roots Recording for the 2002 Prairie Music Awards. Their second professionally recorded release, entitled "Four Legs Good," was released in 2003 and contains all the edgy excitement of their live show. In 2006 the band released, "Lovesick Town” which finds songwriter Evans reveling in the quirky caricatures of small town life and showcases the band’s versatility with an infusion of horns, drums and electric guitars.
The group is currently working on a fourth album of original material that is due for release in early 2009.
The Dust Poets continue to earn fans and attract international attention with great music, a great sense of humour, and great performances, every time they take the stage.
Instrumentation
Murray D. Evans - vocals, guitar, harmonica
Karla Ferguson - vocals, accordion
Corey Ticknor - vocals, mandolin
Sean McManus - vocals, clarinet, percussion
Gord Mowat - acoustic bass
Discography
Full Length CD: Lovesick Town, 2006
Full Length CD: Four Legs Good, 2003
Full Length CD: One night in Berlin, 2001
Compilation CD: Manitoba Roots v.4, 2006
Compilation CD: Head In The Sands Records, 2004
Compilation CD: Made In Manitoba, 2004
Compilation CD: Manitoba Roots v.3, 2003
Links
| http://www.dustpoets.com |