PK Tessmann is a fixture in the Vancouver Island indie-folk community. Her well-crafted, original songs are something of substance - a synergy of flowing lyrics, twinkling ukulele and acoustic guitar, and soul-stirring vocals. With two decades of songwriting and performance behind her, Tessmann is now celebrating the release of her brand-new album Dear City.  Two-time winner of Best Roots/Folk Recording at the Vancouver Island Music Awards, Tessmann's work has been described as “beguiling,” “potent,” and “unpretentious”. Her latest work is no exception.
Dear City is a collection of songs that offer a window into Tessmann's journey of grief, hope, loss and new beginnings. With each haunting song, she offers up stories of teen suicide; the plight of the Syrian refugees, yet instills warmth and hope with songs of sisterhood, motherhood and contentment.  Produced by Corwin Fox (Shane Koyczan, CR Avery, Miss Emily Brown) in the vibrant village of Cumberland BC, Dear City showcases Tessmann's songwriting with colourful yet subtle instrumentation. Vintage keys, bells, autoharp, cello, French horn and saxophone combined with whispered harmonies to compliment Tessmann's spirited vocals.
An alumnus of the Capilano College Jazz program in Vancouver BC, PK Tessmann teaches vocal lessons in her home studio, facilitates and song-writing workshops to local groups and individuals, and has released two previous records, including full-length album Maybe and a self-titled EP. In addition to her two recent VIMA awards, she has garnered further VIMA nominations for Vocalist of the Year, Song of the Year and Video of the Year, and she recently took home the title of Regional Champion in the 2015 CBC Searchlight Contest, and was named in the Top of the Pops in this year’s contest. Dear City has recently been nominated in the Indie Acoustic Project as one of the best Singer-Songwriter CD’s of 2016. 
"The middle-of-the-road has disappeared for singer-songwriters, creating a landscape where only truly talented emerging solo artists break through the pack. PK Tessmann is one of those rare multi-talents who mixes some amazing writing and composition, with a voice not dissimilar to contemporary Ingrid Michaelson for an album that never feels like it relies on any one great element but instead is always greater than the sum of its parts."

- The Scene Magazine, Toronto

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Franc-Blanc is the bi-coastal duo of Graham French and Danny White who, after years of performing under the radar as Dangraham, have finished their debut album, "Since it's been so long." The nine tracks span two years of writing from their studio in Balboa Park (SF), to a retreat on Fogo Island in Newfoundland, to Danny's new home in NYC, using nothing but hardware except for a few "phone-synth-riffs" composed on the Subway.  

Drawing inspiration from the plethora of bands they met over their eight-year stint as hack a photographer and journalist for Thrasher magazine (the Knife, the Presets, LCD Soundsystem, and Sparks, to name a few), the influences boil down to Graham's love of Junior Boys and Danny's obsession with Depeche Mode, creating what the band calls "melancholic synth-pop."

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Born and raised in Snohomish County, Washington

I am Jared Estes, i have been a Washington native all my life, and currently reside in Olympia, WA with my beautiful girlfriend Anna Rose. 
      Although i have played music all of my life, about two years ago (written in 2013) i had many things happen in my life that led to a change in my music. Which included a switch to acoustic guitar, in a search for the music of our country's roots, as well as a more organic and honest sound. 
    Our country has a very rich cultural and musical heritage, and that along with many in's and out's of current American life have affected and shaped my music. So while continuing to honor many long passed folk musicians and songs, i also consider my place in music today as an attempt to breath new life into a rich history of folk music.
My music is a result of trying to come back to terms with daily life as a human in modern society. Its a search for something real, something honest, something organic. So in honor of all those who have passed, let us play!

d. debased: former child star, current trainwreck, future pop messiah

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I own and operate Uppercut Barbershop above The Cumberland Hotel bar. now that my kids are growing up i'm trying to write music again after an 8 year hiatus.

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