2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 Flair Martin Halifax, NS Hailing from Halifax, Nova Scotia Flair Martin has been rocking dance floors across the Atlantic Provinces since 2003, with bassline fueled beats that range from booty shakin’ Jackin Chicago house, to big room bangin funky progressive. Flair has held residences at…
2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 Five Alarm Funk Vancouver, BC Five Alarm Funk is Vancouver’s own 11-piece Afrobeat-Funk-Jazz Orchestra. Since 2003, the band has brought their relentless grooves to clubs and many major festivals across Western Canada and are always asked to keep coming back. Intense horn lines and percolating…
2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 Farbsie Toronto, ON DJ Farbsie, founder of the Make It Funky Collective got deep into funk at Mo’ Gravy in london in 1996 prior to that his musical influences were formed in the jam band scene traveling to over 400 shows across North America. Having…
2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 English Words Charlottetown, PEI On January 15, 2010, surrounded by a typically packed hometown crowd, Charlottetown, PEI band Smothered In Hugs made a liberating on-stage announcement: they were changing their name to English Words. Accompanying this proclamation was a brand new four-song EP, which the…
2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 Easy Star All-Stars New York, New York Combining musical versatility, instrumental prowess, beautiful vocal harmonies and a superb rhythm section, the Easy Star All-Stars have established themselves as one of the top international reggae acts since their live debut in 2003. They rock every crowd…
2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 DVD Cape Breton, NS Born in the backwoods of Cape Breton, a small island off the coast of Nova Scotia, DjDVD (aka Dave Mackenzie) brings the same passion and energy to his music that he does to life. He specializes in extremes – dark and…
2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 Dubtribe Sound System San Francisco, California Dubtribe Sound System is a San Francisco based electronic musical group who produced and performed live world wide between 1991 and 2005. Dubtribe consisted of singers Sunshine Jones and Moonbeam Jones, but also included many sit in and “on…
2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 DRC Halifax, NS Peter Leask aka DRC has always loved music. As well as DJing he plays guitar and is a fan of all genres of music. Since he was young he was always involved in music, whether it be at a house party with…
2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 Dono and The Real Malloy Halifax, NS This Nova Scotian-born DJ/producer’s mixes shed some seriously bright lights on unstoppable, thick, throbbing baselines and pounding kick drums- it’s simple to see why light music just doesn’t cut it for DJ Dono. Dono skillfully rips together a…
2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 July Talk Toronto, Ontario Upon returning to his hometown of Toronto from a final European tour with his band, Peter Dreimanis sat sweaty and half-drunk in a candlelit basement bar, nursing a drink, debating his next musical pursuit. Lulled in lethargy, he paid little attention…