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Sun Sets West is the alias of Canadian multi-instrumentalist Craig Aalders. Merging thrilling immediacy with contemplative abstraction, Sun Sets West creates music that's moving, addictive and original. Debut album Rise and Fall with the Waves is out now. 
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Polychromatic sound-wave distillation from the Pacific Northwest.
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‘One of Canada's premiere songwriters. With a voice like a clarion call she's one of our premiere singers, too.’ —Judith Lynch, CBC’s First Play

Colleen is a multi-instrumentalist and the creative force behind indie-rock collaboration Major Love, as well as a singer-songwriter in the folk-pop tradition. Colleen has been writing songs for over two decades, and released her first solo album in 2004. She’s worn a number of hats as a performer - classical chorister, folkie, show-girl, rocker, interpreter. She’s drawn to beauty and cynicism equally - and that tension carries her songwriting into some dark corners, often with humour and joy. Apart from her six solo releases (and an earlier foray into garage rock territory as bassist/singer in Edmonton mainstays The Secretaries) 2018 saw the release of Major Love - a collaboration with Edmonton’s Scenic Route To Alaska. Their Aug 24th debut on Cowboy Junkies' imprint Latent Recordings garnered two singles in the CBC Radio Top 20, 13 weeks in the earshot! National Top 50, and some early support at commercial and satellite radio. 

Colleen is an in-demand session musician, backing up Great Lake Swimmers, Sarah Slean and Hawksley Workman. In her own shows she continues to lovingly interpret the songs of Carole King, Laura Nyro and Joni Mitchell (who shares her Saskatchewan roots.) These artists are all influences for Brown, evidenced in her forthcoming self-produced solo album (late 2020).

In response to the Covid 19 Pandemic, Colleen has begun a weekly songwriting and recording project - ‘Isolation Songs’. She is releasing self-recorded music that speaks directly to this strange and transformative time. 

”The talents of this Edmonton-based vocalist shine like a beacon. Her boldly written originals...have the good bones and great melodic rhythm of classic big-screen pop songs" -Robert Everett-Green, The Globe & Mail

Nuclear Fish Music presents Purple Joe...

Songwriter & Producer Canada. 
Performed, written & produced by Max Hallow with occasional help from flying gnomes and similar human creatures.

Label. Platform. Context. 

Local. National. International.

Canadian singer/songwriter multi-instrumentalist, Dan Walsh is already well known for his collaborations with a number of talented musicians. He’s added his bluesy-bluegrass signature style to more than 40 albums and toured across North America, Europe and Australia.

For many years Walsh was a key member of Fred Eaglesmith’s band, The Flying Squirrels, where he played more than a couple of hundred gigs a year and shared the stage with the likes of Willie Nelson, Little Feat, Delbert McClinton, Willie P. Bennett and the Del McCoury Band.

In 2012, Walsh re-invented himself as a solo looping artist and released his 3rd solo album entitled “Outta The Jam.” Adam Dawson from Broken Jukebox writes:

“Outta The Jam is technically the third release from sideman extraordinaire, Walsh, but it’s the first one the bearded one sings on. The addition of vocals is a major plus to me as instrumental music gets really boring really fast no matter how great it is. While the instrumentation, specifically Walsh’s flawless guitar work, is still the star on this one, his songwriting and vocals are a welcome addition.

The presiding sound of the record to me, is fantastic white guy funk teamed with gritty Warren Haynes like slide guitar riffs. The songs themselves range from the silly, playful “Beard”, an ode to Walsh’s defining physical feature, to the seriously, personal “Naked Emperor” and “Our Stairs” which documents the feelings in the aftermath of a failed relationship.

I was impressed throughout the entire album with Walsh’s previously missing vocal talents and his ability to find the right sounds to perfectly compliment them”.

Since going solo, Walsh has performed over 420 shows across Canada including opening for Ike Stubblefield and Col. Bruce Hampton.


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