30 MusicWeek 22.06.12 CANADAPLAYLIST
Music Week brings together 10 tracks to showcase the very best in up and coming Canadian talent 01 JARVIS CHURCH
THE TRUE NORTH DO IT BETTER
Jarvis Church (aka Gerald Eaton) first came to prominence as the frontman for the multiplatinum selling pop group,
The Philosopher Kings. As half of the production/songwriting team Track And Field he was also instrumental in Nelly Furtado’s and K’naan’s rise to stardom. If forced to choose a single role, however, Jarvis would select ‘soul singer’. His new album, The Soul Station Presents: The Sam Cooke Sessions will be released on EMI Music Canada on September 18. Contact:Michelle Holtzkener •
michelle.holtzkener@emimusic.ca
02 COOKIE DUSTER STAND UP TWO FEET
Forming in 1997, Toronto’s own Cookie Duster – composed of acclaimed musicians Brendan Canning
(of Broken Social Scene), Bernard Maiezza, Damon Richardson and Jeen O’Brien – when By Divine Right and Change of Heart embarked on a Canadian tour together. While on the road, a friendship was created and an idea for a new band –which grew to become Cookie Duster. Four years later, a selftitled album of electroorganic experiments was born. At the time of its release, many of the members were also busy with their own projects. It wasn’t until 2011 that they finally found themselves discussing the possibilities of a Cookie Duster revival, and they released their new album When Flying Was Easy on June 12 via MapleMusic Recordings. Contact: Zane Smythe •
zane@sqemusic.com
03 SHAWN HOOK SO CLOSE
Shawn Hook’s EMI Music debut, Cosmonaut and the Girl, says a lot about the artist, his direction and the music. Blessed with
a stratospheric vocal range, the pianist and
guitarist from British Columbia shot for the stars on this recording, adding electronic instrumentation to his compositions. Already his music has been tagged to be used in Kiefer Sutherland’s new TV show Touch, Canadian hit TV show Degrassi, the Next Generation and HBO’s Shameless. Contact:Michelle Holtzkener •
michelle.holtzkener@emimusic.ca
04 COLIN JAMES STONE FAITH
Colin James’ career has seen six Juno Award wins, 16 Maple Blues Awards, praise from some of the biggest musicians
and guitar players in the world, performances on Late Night with David Letterman, Late Night with Conan O’Brian as well as stellar reviews in Rolling Stone and his own syndicated radio show. Colin’s 15th album, aptly titled Fifteen (produced by Joe Hardy, ZZ Top), sees this legendary Canadian do what he does best. Contact:Michelle Holtzkener •
michelle.holtzkener@emimusic.ca
05 KAYO ONE NIGHT
Hailing from the island of St Lucia, Kayo was inspired by Bob Marley, Wyclef Jean, 2Pac and Jay Z. Realising that few St Lucian
musicians make it to a global level, Kayo left home to pursue his two goals: a degree in marketing and a career in music. Now, at 23, Kayo has already completed several national tours and was just nominated for a MuchMusic Video Award for his collaboration with hiphop impresario, Classified. Contact:Michelle Holtzkener •
michelle.holtzkener@emimusic.ca
06 NASH TAKEN AWAY
Nash is the picture of perseverance. Though the suburban Montreal native is only just in his thirties, he’s already gone
through more experiences, turmoil and hardships than a person twice his age. All of these experiences have shaped who he is today and are reflected in the eclectic and colourful musical landscapes he’s created for his The Death of Reason debut solo album for MapleMusic Recordings / Shoreline Records. Of Nash, Canadian tastemaker Alan Cross has “[Nash] has a Hawksley Workman kindofavibe with these real dirty hooks, interesting arrangements, and unmistakable intensity.” Contact: Bryan Columbus •
bryan.columbus@
maplemusic.com
07 ORGAN THIEVES PHOEBE
shipped to radio all in the very same week, for 10 straight weeks. Not that Plaskett is any stranger to monumental endeavours: his last trip into the studio yielded the triple disc triumph, Three, for which he received a Juno Award and a Polaris Prize nomination. Whereas Three was luxuriously meditative, and holistic in its conception, Scrappy Happiness laid its rails one quick mile at a time, and the entire record reverberates with the restless energy that fuelled its production. Contact: Sheri Jones •
sheri@jonesandcompany.ca
09 ROYAL WOOD NOT GIVING UP
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To stamp a definitive date on when the Organ Thieves formed isn’t an easy link. While the idea of the band had been ruminating for several years, it took a series of unexpected pushes forward for vocalist Chuck Coles to transform the band he started in 2008 as a largely acoustic, one man side project into the fourmember outfit it is today. The musical landscape the band has plotted out for their new album Somewhere Between Free Men and Slaves is clear. There is no need for explanations with the album’s wrenching vocals, crisp guitar and pounding rhythm, the music is for outsiders, or a soundtrack for an uprising. Contact: Bryan Columbus •
bryan.columbus@
maplemusic.com
08 JOEL PLASKETT YOU’RE MINE
Inspired by the process of hit making in the Fifties, Joel Plaskett’s new album, Scrappy Happiness, is an
attempt to recreate how records were made in a time gone by. Rather than follow the now common schedule of write, record, manufacture and release over a period of a year or so, Joel took the album out of the incubator, one song at a time. A song was conceptualised, written, recorded and
While the power of Royal Wood’s last album, The Waiting, lay in its crystalline balladry, there is something quietly profound about listening to We Were Born To Glory; the new record from the singer songwriter, arranger and producer. With the 13 original songs, we hear Royal celebrate life with the wisdom of a seasoned soul, tempered with a youthful wonder. Catch Royal on his 2012 European tour this autumn. Contact: Allan Reid •
allan.reid@
bell.net
10 KREESHA TURNER LOVE AGAIN
After two No.1 Dance hits on the Billboard Singles Chart (Don’t Call Me Baby and the Delerium
collaboration, Dust in Gravity) Kreesha Turner took some time go back to her roots. The result is the striking musical blend that is tropic electric; an album that fluidly combines R&B, electronica and pop that’s reminiscent of 2008 debut Passion but adds elements of dancehall, reggae and worldbeat that pay homage to her Jamaican heritage. Contact:Michelle Holtzkener •
michelle.holtzkener@emimusic.ca
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