GREATESCAPE

Delivering some of the finest roots music to emerge in Toronto for some time, the stark arsenal of GREATESCAPE includes an accomplished original repertoire of cinematic scope and a performance style bordering on telepathic. The veteran songwriting duo of James Murphy and Paul White began GREATESCAPE as a showcase for their newly-minted collaborations. Melding the introspective storytelling style of the great southern troubadours with the free-form jazz rock of the psychedelic era, Murphy and White have written and arranged a songbook that speaks to the future with a clear understanding of tradition and history.

Formed on the wrong side of the tracks in Hamilton, Ontario, GREATESCAPE has created an exciting brand of high energy, infectious soul music that grabs you by the mind and pulls you under it's hypnotic spell. Guitarist James Murphy and keyboardist Paul White left their respective homes in Winnipeg, Manitoba and Port au Port, Newfoundland to become recording students on the outskirts of Steeltown. While working and living at a local recording studio in the mid nineties, Murphy and White recorded with and engineered a diverse array of artists ranging from goth industrial to Anguillan reggae. Using the full capabilities of a studio environment, the duo began to filter the sum of their influences and unexpected collaborations into a prolific songwriting partnership, leading GREATESCAPE to a new chapter in Toronto.