Canadian singer songwriter Stephen Spender sings with a raspy honest and melodic voice honed through years of performance and busking in Canada. His last three albums are reminiscent of David Gray, Paul Simon, and Ray LaMontagne. His soulful and catchy songs are moving and soothing while also being playful as...
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LuiFox from Alma Chevere World Latin Band is a singer-songwriter and a multitalented artist with experience in the performing arts as a salsa dancer. Born in Venezuela with a musical family background, LuiFox started in the scene studying at the Jose Angel Lamas' superior music school in Caracas, Venezuela when...
Vancouver-based indie folk-rock-soul group, Likewise, writes and sings about global change from the inside out. A common thread of optimism links their original songs of transcendence through the insanity and exquisite beauty that is our collective human experience. With vocal harmonies, rhythm guitar, bass and percussion, and transformative lyrics, Likewise...
Serkan Sogukpinar will take you on a colourful musical journey around the world with the distinctive sound of his Bouzouki. From emotional melodies and romantic waltzes to nostalgic tangos and classical showpieces, his lively repertoire will delight all ages and tastes. Serkan Sogukpinar has been performing his international repertoire at...
Mehlinda Heartt is a Professional Harpist with 40 years of experience in her field as a performer and teacher. She has performed at weddings, receptions, concerts, and at several restaurants regularly, these include East is East Restaurants and the Wolf and Hound Restaurant. She studied Harp at the UBC School...
Music has always been a passion for Scott Jacobs. As a child, his grandfather gave him the best gift any young child could ask for: A 1941 “National New Yorker” Archtop Electric Guitar. The guitar was played endlessly by Jacobs’ grandfather, an accomplished jazz musician. From the second that the...
Pico Masaki is a singer songwriter from Japan, who performs traditional and contemporary songs with the traditional Asian instrument Koto. Pico has been playing piano since the age of five and she sings both in English and Japanese. Following some time living in Australia, Pico now lives in Vancouver. She...
Sam Chimes is an Afro-Canadian jazzy hip hop music artist. He is an international street performer, producer, and DJ who has ventured around the world twice, supported by his music. With over 1,000 performances and 2,000+ hours of performance time, Sam Chimes is the performer to bring your event to...
Rachel Cambrin is a Canadian Folk Singer living and performing in Vancouver and the lower mainland of BC. Working briefly as a songwriter for early children’s computer games, she made her way back to recording and performing. Folk music came to her during a two week blues gig at a...
Canadian acoustic guitarist Les Finnigan specializes in composing, recording and performing new original pieces for solo acoustic guitar. His compositions combine modal and counterpoint techniques, standard and alternate tunings, and hybrid picking (fingerstyle and flatpicking), to create music that is artistic, thought provoking, and rich with melodic motifs. Les Finnigan...
Stephen is a singer-songwriter from Ireland who plays predominantly original material steeped in blues, jazz and rock 'n' roll. Through a combination of beatboxing, looping and guitar playing laced with various effects, his goal is to recreate the soothing, mellow sound of an entire band. Stephen has been playing the...
Ko-Ko (Kohei Yoshino) is a singer songwriter based in Vancouver. Having lived and grown up in 4 different countries (Japan, Brazil, Mexico, Canada), he has been exposed to the unique music that each country had to offer and witnessed the power of music in bringing people together. Since he picked...
Roan specializes in singing vintage jazz songs from the 1910s -1940s, accompanying herself on ukulele. She has been busking at Granville Island since she was fourteen years old and says that it has been a wonderful learning experience! It’s never boring here, there’s always something going on, whether it’s kids...
Keegan plays solo instrumental guitar in a unique style that blends the melodies and the rhythm and bass lines together. Many of the songs are played finger-style, especially the classical songs. He is a versatile guitarist and has mastered an extremely wide variety of genres - from classical songs, to...
Joshua Minsky is a Vancouver-based singer/songwriter, specialising in French chansons. His extensive repertoire also includes blues, Jazz, Brazilian, Reggae and Funk music. Joshua was born in 1959 in New York City and grew up in Vancouver, B.C. He began to study guitar at the age of 8 and after finishing...
Jonathan Zylberberg is a classical guitarist who graduated from the Classical Music Conservatory in Buenos Aires, Argentina with a Classical Guitar Professor degree. His repertoire ranges from classical pieces to popular songs arranged for guitar, plus a bit of tango and Latin American folk music. Jonathan also offers specialised musical...
Jim Sands is an East Vancouver based songwriter, musician storyteller, and occasional clown who has performed both as a solo artist and with a variety of musical groups such as the alternative band Mad Regatta, satirical duo The Talking Freds, The East Vancouver Blues All Stars, and folk trio The...
Vancouver-based Chapman Stick player Jim Meyer presents a solo performance of instrumental music on this 20th century instrument. As a composer of music on the Chapman Stick, Jim's set brims with his original works, includes music written for the Stick by other composers, and is rounded out by select cover...
Edgar Muenala is a unique artist among his own generation, a composer, songwriter and a pan flute extraordinaire who combines ancient tunes with new age sensibility. Edgar relates to music much in the way of an ongoing journey. He is an independent artist based in British Columbia who has travelled...
Lyrically rich and committed to storytelling, Coldwater Road gives folk music a reason to dance. While playing acoustic guitar, harmonica and keeping time with his home made Bootbox, Patrick Spencer tells stories and sing songs with humor, history and human connection, suitable for all ages. His song list is a...
Anaconda (Luis Martos) has travelled from San Marcos Cajamarca, Peru to perform South American and international music with Andes instruments every summer on Granville Island since 2000. Luis incorporates birdcall and rain sound using instruments like chacchas and mouth sounds. His extensive collection of instruments also include Asian, Indian, American...
Betty sings and plays a wide variety of songs: folk, pop, country and western as well as songs from popular musicals. She chooses tunes that guests on Granville Island will enjoy and recognize; perhaps triggering a fond memory. All the better if someone gets up and dances ... applause usually...
Brian O’Brien is an Irish singer song writer from limerick city, Ireland, who now resides in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Brian performs original music along with traditional Irish ballads in venues all over Vancouver and the province. He has just recorded and releases his second studio album. Brian loves the...
Shawn Bullshields is a singer/guitarist/harmonica player with a natural charisma and professional delivery. He grew up on the Blood Reserve, Standoff, Alberta, a member of the Blackfoot Nation, which consists of 4 tribes in Southern Alberta and stretches into Montana. Shawn moved to Vancouver in the early 90s. Through various...
Affinity is a female trio made up of close friends Kyra Leroux, Julia MacLean and Taylor McKee. The three teens met as members of Perry Ehrlich’s Showstoppers, a show choir that performs across the lower mainland and have performed at Roger’s Arena with Eric Church and with the legendary band...