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Folk Thief is the latest incarnation of Canadian singer /songwriter Dave Hadgkiss. Born and raised in Kamloops B.C., Dave began playing guitar at the age of 14. He spent some time screaming his head off and stomping on distortion pedals in the Kamloops-based geek rock band, the Gelcaps, and his own punk rock recording project, Weapons Will Kill.  But a borrowed copy of the Townes Van Zandt Biopic Be Here to Love Me inspired him to blow the dust off his acoustic guitar and re-examine the ability of music to tell stories and express the full range of human emotion…. Folk Thief was born.

With influences ranging from folk to punk, from country to rock’ n’ roll, Dave has developed his own unique style.   Sharpening his song-writing and guitar-playing skills playing local gigs in Vancouver led to being invited to open for Blind God at the Railway Club.  It’s been non-stop since then.  

Love, Heartache and Oblivion is Folk Thief’s first album. As the ‘one part happy, two parts sad’ recipe of the title suggests, the album is a fun, soulful and sometimes haunting collection of acoustic folk-pop.  When asked where his inspiration comes from, Hadgkiss says he plays the way the song feels like it needs to be... “There’s a rock opera in me somewhere!”

His debut album is receiving critical acclaim in music magazines and blogs and is being picked up on local radio stations across Canada, making the top 10 on folk/roots/blues charts, as well as the top 30.

“Undeniably intimate and likable...like a young Leonard Cohen.” Tom Harrison, The Vancouver Province

“A definite example of less is more...Folk Thief stole my heart with this lovely debut” – les siemieniuk, Penguin Eggs

“A less angry but no less earnest early Bob Dylan” - BC Musician Magazine

Folk Thief is currently touring across Canada promoting his critically-acclaimed debut album, Love, Heartache and Oblivion. As he explained in an interview with the Golden Star, the inspiration for the title of his album came after he realized that “these themes are universal and important to our understanding of each other and ourselves.” 

Watch for Folk Thief’s new album, Then the West was Lost, next spring...

mixtapes and bootlegs from the archives of chicago duo THE HOOD INTERNET. listen to @aircredits, their band with @showyousuck

Aaron Nigel Smith's “Call To Action” is to get kids and families to sing, dance and play together. In 2002 he founded FUNdamentals of Music and Movement, an arts program which is now the     program of choice to over 100 early education centers in Los Angeles, San Francisco, NewYork and Boston. His fun, inspired, and lively show is guaranteed to get the audience off their feet.
 
In 2005, Aaron’s debut CD release, Let’s Pretend, won the NAPPA & IParenting Media Awards.  His   2010 CD "Everyone Loves to Dance, received a Parents’ Choice Award and recognition in People   Magazine.  In 2009 he collaborated with Ziggy Marley on a Bob Marley kids record, B is for Bob.   Aaron Nigel Smith joined the cast of PBS Kids show, Between the Lions in 2008.
 
In 2009 Aaron and his wife of 15 years Diedre, formed the non-profit One World Chorus with the goal of building bridges internationally through choral singing. There are currently over 500 children involved in the music outreach programs in Portland, Los Angeles, New York, Kenya & Jamaica. In 2012 One World Chorus released a debut CD, Welcome to the Village, to critical acclaim. People Magazine and USA today recognized the project as one of the best children’s releases of the year and the CD received a Parents’ Choice Award!
 
In the summer of 2013 in a partnership with the City of Lake Oswego, The Lake Oswego Library and Northwestern Mutual, Aaron launched the Rox in Sox Children’s Music & Book Festival. This one-day free event features some of the nations leading talent from the worlds of family music and literature. Aaron’s simple mission is to connect and empower children, families and communities through music.

A soundscape where 80s synth pop and 90s industrial music harmonize into an onslaught of intense metal guitar riffs, pulsing retro synthetic melodies, dark atmospheres, and traditional industrial sound design, intertwined with the hope piercing through the darkness: life within Christ. Armed with infectious vocal hooks, my intent is to reinvigorate those who are hurting, and to incite hope and joy into the heart of each listener. You are invited to come along the ride through some of life’s highs and lows, being meticulously processed through musical atmospheres and emotionally-charged lyrical outcries of both joy and sorrow, only to find that hope has always been alongside you, waiting for the chance to grasp it.

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