Biography
Award winning, Ontario based (Kingston/Denbigh/Ottawa) Gopher Baroque has offered their unique performances for sixteen years.
Entertaining all ages from main stage at the festival to intimate coffee houses, they are quite suitable in a variety of show formats. From the amplified stage to the acoustic walk about, these performers are comfortable, knowledgeable, flexible and fun to work with.
Gopher Baroque also designs and presents Living History and Re-enactment roles for schools, museums, festivals, period events and private celebrations.
Gopher Baroque focuses on one thing: entertainment! Working hard to please their audience, these energetic entertainers respond to the folks out front to ensure that your crowd gets the great music they came for and more!
Sets flex with the needs of the crowd and event, and may begin with a foot stomping a cappella tune, offer a beautiful, gentle traditional ballad then have you laughing in your seats with their off beat (or on beat) humour!
Dawn Callan, Su Callan (yes, they're sisters) and Joe Grant each have a strong individual reputation and style of music/lyric composition which has combined to create a unique blend of thought, word and sound together.
Gopher Baroque is known for their "Canadiana folk eclectic"! They like to perform for a variety of audiences of all sizes and ages. The Gophers write and perform what feels right for them so they can comfortably and confidently provide their audiences with an experience they will enjoy.
What a proud bunch! Gopher Baroque has earned three honours: They won the ‘morbid song of the month’ contest so many times that the event was cancelled and the musicians were presented with mini caskets!
They are honoured to have a North American Folk Alliance award for education through folk music.
In 2003, they were chosen to showcase at the North East Region of the North American Folk Alliance conference.
Factor awarded Dawn Callan with four new songwriter’s grants for compositions featured on our CD “Holdin’ Down the Fort”.
The song "It's Colder Tonight" from "Holdin' Down the Fort" was also selected for publishing in the Canadian contemporary Poetry Compilation "Surfacing" as an example of a Canadian Ballad. Dawn is also a Founding Member Laureate of the International Society of Poets.
Instrumentation
Dawn Callan (vocals, bodhran, penny whistles, harmonica, mandolin, banjolin, washboard)
Su Callan (vocals, flute, penny whistle, guitar, bodhran, percussion, concertina)
Joe Grant (vocals, guitar, fiddle, harmonicas)
Discography
NEW CD AVAILABLE: Shipwrecked Whisky
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CD: Holdin' Down the Fort
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Other Recordings: In the Best of Traditions; Fish in the Sea; Gopher Folk; Gopher Kids
Links
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