Pretty Archie
Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada | Established. Jan 01, 2014 | SELF
Music
Press
"...debut CD Steel City was recently nominated for Music Nova Scotia’s Country/Bluegrass Album of the Year. They have real high energy performance that is deserving of the recognition they have established quickly" - Roots Music Canada
Sydney, NS – December 26, 2013 – Pretty Archie is flying out of the gate with Steel City with a polished bluegrass sound with much of the high energy you’d find in any rock show - East Coast Kitchen Party.net
see url - Compassion Action
Interview about "Steel City" and its influences - The Verb - Regina
http://www.coastalradio.ca/pretty-archie-artist-of-the-week/ - The Coast Radio 89.7
see url - Cape Breton Post
see url - Cape Breton Post
Discography
Still working on that hot first release.
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Bio
Pretty Archie is a
Country/Folk/Bluegrass band from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Long time friends
Brian Cathcart (Lead Vocals, Guitar), Matt McNeil (Lead Guitar) and Colin
Gillis (Harmonica, Bass, Vocals) and Redmond MacDougall (Banjo,
Percussion, Vocals) make up this quartet. Always jamming together growing up,
they guys decided in May 2012 to form a band.
The
band chose the name Pretty Archie after a local (Cape Breton) character known
for playing with 2 strings outside shopping malls in any weather and not always
(or ever) in key. The guys thought the name Pretty Archie embodied the love of
playing and performing music along with representing their hometown.
Pretty
Archie's first full length album was recorded in January 2013 at the famed
Grant Ave. Studios in Hamilton, Ontario with well known producer/engineer Bob
Doidge (credits include Gordon Lightfoot, U2, Johnny Cash and Blackie and the
Rodeo Kings). The debut 11 song LP Steel City was released on March 9th and is
available on iTunes. 'Steel City' was been nominated for Music Nova Scotia's 2013
Country/Bluegrass Album of the Year.
Pretty
Archie has had the opportunity to be a showcasing artist at East Coast Music Week
2014 along with playing The Horseshoe Tavern, The Dakota Tavern (Toronto,
ONT), Stan Rogers Folk Festival (Canso, NS), The Ironwood Stage and Grill
(Calgary, ALB) and many more venues across Canada. Pretty Archie is known for
their entertaining, high energy, foot stomping shows. Their unique sound (a
catchy blend of country, bluegrass, blues and folk components) has lead to the
band developing a following that grows after each show they play.
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