KEN TIZZARD
No Dark No Light

Very few Canadian musicians have had as fascinatingly diverse a career as Ken Tizzard. In over two decades as a professional musician, he has gone from plying his trade as the charismatic bassist in top Canadian rock bands The Watchmen and Thornley (he is featured on six gold and platinum records)
to then emerging as an eloquent roots-based singer/songwriter and guitarist with a prolific solo career.

His new album, No Dark No Light, is Tizzard's fifth solo studio record since his 2006 debut, Quiet Storey House...an Introduction. A work of real emotional and musical resonance, No Dark No Light is emerging as his strongest work to date. It continues Ken's pattern of never repeating himself stylistically, as its acoustic country meets folk ambience is in sharp contrast to his previous album, 2012's The Goodness of Bad Intent. 

"In the past, I've battled a lot with trying to find a character or niche with my music," Tizzard explains. "Now I realize that maybe I'm a guy who doesn't do the same thing twice. Every record I've done has moved me in a different direction and onto a different career path. That's fine and it's fun!"

He views No Dark No Light as "the most cohesive record I've made. It almost feels like a concept record to me, and in the early stages I had songs sequenced in order that told a complete story." That approach was modified, but a thematic coherence remains.

As the poetic title suggests, these are songs born, in Tizzard's words,  "during a very dark period for me. As I was writing the record, I went outside in the countryside one night, and I remember seeing so many stars. The darker it is, the more stars you can see, and that image stuck in my head. The darker I was getting at the time, the easier it was to craft these songs."

There is a soul-baring lyrical honesty to the material on No Dark No Light. The majority of the songs are focused upon his own emotions and experiences or those of close friends, but, in true folk music tradition, he also creates characters and stories. He takes those songs just as seriously, striving to imbue them with real authenticity. "I see those songs as research pieces," says Ken. "Rather like a method actor working on a role, I really immerse myself in those themes, searching to find the real story."

Tizzard has now moved out of the dark and into the light, and his luminous music is ready to shine.

ktizzard@kentizzard.com
www.kentizzard.com

Full time pro musician since April 2008 and first started to perform music since the early 1980's

1st ever live performance as a Steel Drum Soloist Performer and real birth of Steelasophical was December 1994, performing a Xmas season at the St. Pierre Park hotel Guernsey, Channel Islands 

Track Record:
Music used in the James Bond Movie Casino Royale
Music Albums and part compilations sold in over 42 countries
Music licensed for Advertising, Education, Multimedia, Movies & Film


Media Appearances:
Casino Royale
Come Dine with Me
BBC Southern County Radio
Late Lunch
Archers Goon
Sound on Sound
Caribbean Times
Future Music
Bucks Free Press


"I have a song in my soul, I have a story that must be told, as I write these songs I tell of life, but if you listen close you will see, that this is not just my song, but ours in Joy or strife. I'm a Music Story Teller, A songman".

Bobby Pizazz Artist/Singer/songwriter
Open Door Production
November 1984 – Present (29 years 5 months)Nashville TN
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