Musician/composer/producer from Toronto, Canada. Works with Royal Wood, Sarah Harmer, Sarah Slean. Last couple albums lean towards avant-garde/post-rock/alternative. Dragon! album explores instrumental surf/loung/rock. Previous records more singer-songwriter.

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Music: No Nomad
Nate Kreiswirth/Martyn Skrzypczyk
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Additional mixing and production:
Dustin Harris
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Photos/Design
Aaron Kreiswirth

Stan Simon began writing songs at an early age in Toronto, Ontario crafting poignant melodies on a broken classical guitar from his father. Largely influenced by vintage folk and country records, Simon delivers earnest lyrics, sung with a vocal prowess, sharp harmonica and a rustic acoustic sound that resonates through your body. Two records later, countless gigs, and opportunities to share the stage with the likes of Chuck Prophet, The Harpoonist & The Axe Murderer and Julia Jacklin, this troubadour finds himself looking inwards to write his next musical chapter. His upcoming album, “Songs from Strange Places” contains classic storytelling and visceral songwriting reminiscent of the great poets and balladeers before him. It is a journey through the past wandering towards the future encountering love, loss and hardship along the way.

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Experimental record label based in Halifax, Nova Scotia

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EMMANUEL JAL
PUBLIC SPEAKER; MUSICIAN; ACTOR; LIFE COACH; ACTIVIST

Emmanuel Jal is a former child soldier from South Sudan, turned international recording artist, activist and philanthropist. He is owner of Gatwitch Records, Jal Gua Foods and founder of Gua Africa charity. Jal’s vision is to share his experiences for social emotional learning through the Arts Business and Philanthropy, in order to create a higher state of conscious global awakening. 

Public Speaking engagements
President Bill Clinton for The Clinton global Initiative | Virgin Unite with Richard Branson | TED Global and TED Audacious Ideas with Larry Paige Founder of Google, Chris Anderson founder of TED, Steve Wozniak founder of Apple, Lauren Powell Jobs | David Cameron former prime minister of UK | Gordon Brown former prime minister of UK | The UN with Secretary General Ban-Ki-Moon and Stevie Wonder | The Elders Group with Nelson Mandela, Graca Machel, Kofi Annan, President Jimmy Carter, Martti Ahtisaari, Mary Robinson, President Ernesto Zedillo | One Concert with his Holiness the Dalai Lama | Child Soldier’s Initiative with Angelina Jolie and General Romeo Dallaire | Charlize Theron and Pussy Riot for Cinema for Peace | Meghan Markle for Kruger Cowne | CHER and Bob Geldof for One Young World | G20 | Nelson Mandela’s 90th Birthday | Live Aid | Peace One Day | Warchild |

Performed with / Collaborated on Screen and Music
Reese Witherspoon (co-starred in The Good Lie) | Alicia Keys | Lauryn Hill | Nile Rodgers | Peter Gabriel | Nelly Furtado | Ed Sheeran | Darryl ‘DMC’ McDaniels | Xavier Rudd | The Cat Empire | Amadou & Miriam | Ringo Star | Ellie Goulding | Machel Montano | Natasha Bedingfield | Joss Stone | Swiss Beats | Vanessa Mdee |

Awards
Vaclav Havel International Prize for Creative Dissent 2018, The Desmond Tutu Reconciliation Award 2017, Hero in the global campaign against violent extremism – UNESCO 2016, The Mattie Stepanek Peace Prize, The Hunt Humanitarian Award, The Dresden Peace Prize, The Common Ground Award and Young Global Leader for the World Economic Forum amongst others.

Albums
2018: Naath – Gatwitch Records through Universal
2014: The Key – Gatwitch Records through Universal
2012: See Me Mama – Gatwitch Records through Universal
2008: Warchild – Sonic 360
2005: Ceasefire - Riverboat
2004: Gua – Gatwitch Records

Films
2014: The Good Lie (Warner Bros)
2011: Africa United (Pathe)

Documentary
2008: Warchild

Book
2008: Warchild (Little Brown)

Charity
Gua Africa: www.gua-africa.org

Campaign & Educational work
We Want Peace: www.wewantpeace.org

Life Coaching
My Life is Art: www.mylifeisart.org

Following the philosophy “Write what you know,” Luke Nicholson’s new single,“All Your Dresses”  fully displays his gifts for melody and poignant storytelling. The first single from the Toronto singer/songwriter’s forthcoming album, Shape and Sound, pays tribute to two significant relationships for Nicholson. Through the metaphor of clothes, the special moments shared between a husband and wife are beautifully illustrated, while the ideals his father instilled in him, to be a good man and father, are captured through the simple image of a tie.

This album’s journey not only inspired Luke to “find his sound” true artistic identity, but encouraged him to take the reins of the creative process. “Marty Skrzypczyk and I played every instrument and co-produced it from the beds up. Howie Beck did an amazing job mixing and Joao Carvalho did his usual excellent mastering work. I look at this track as my artistic fingerprint, instead of outsourcing parts or players it truly is one voice speaking and it’s really made making music exciting again.”

Nicholson points to his first trip to Nashville in the fall of 2015 as the catalyst to this intrepid approach. Although he had songwriting sessions lined up, his mission became to hit Music City with everything he had by playing every open stage and introducing himself to as many people as possible. “I was a complete stranger with only my guitar as a companion, it was so exciting and inspiring to start fresh in such a historic music city”. The results were instantaneous; he received invites to writer rounds and  was soon spending time with Canadian songwriting legend Eddie Schwartz who committed to championing “All Your Dresses” leading him to Bluewater Publishing President Brownlee Ferguson; who has since taken Luke under his wing, arranging co-writes with some of Nashville’s biggest songwriters further nurturing his songwriting  talents.

Originally from Lakefield, Ontario, Luke Nicholson had his first major breakthrough in 2008, when the track “Breathe” from the film Poor Boys Game earned a Genie nomination for Best Original Song. Nicholson’s debut album Mad Love, debuted on 2012, which spawned three CBC Radio 2 Top 20 singles and earned glowing reviews in Europe, most notably from Rolling Stone Germany who described Nicholson as a “young Elton John or Billy Joel.”

Shape and Sound is proof that pop music still has the capacity to be intelligent yet catchy, mature but fun, and above all, talk about experiences to which we can all relate.

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