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Oh my god! SOMEBODY from the Yukon. It's pretty hard to find artists from up north for our Featured Canadian Artists section. I was starting to think that nobody lives up there. Here is Gordie Tentrees, while his music sounds very Americana, it has influences of his Canadian roots. He'll be touring all over North America this year with 10 dates for Ontario. Check out the track Alfred . Gordie Tentrees- Alfred Website

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You may have been following Gordie Tentrees for the past 7 years as he has collaborated with bandmates Ken Hermanson and Matt King, releasing 2 records in that time ( Bottleneck to Wire {2007} and 29 Loads of Frieght {2004}). If not, this may be the time to turn your interest to this Yukon based Roots songwriter. The new album captures the bands' live show and features 12 story-driven songs with production expertise by Juno-Award winning producer Bob Hamilton. Having toured extensively in North America, Europe and the UK, Tentrees has created an international [...]

i gotta admit there is a bunch of great stuff coming out of canada this year. or is it maybe that im just paying attention now, and they have always put out great stuff? definitely probably the latter. up next on my list of cool stuff this year coming out of america's cap is gordie tentrees' mercy or sin . btw, is gordie a pretty standard canadian name? anything to do with gordie howe? anyway, this is mr tentrees third record, i believe, and what i have taken away from this record after one listen is that [...]

So yes, it is Canada Day and it is the yearly ritual of a day off from work the celebration of Canada's birth as a nation. Let's rejoice, shall we? So more and more lately, Canada has been known for great music (especially in certain circles that I frequent in the music blogger world) and ritefully so. But how well do you know Canada? I don't think many of you know too much about the nation of Canada as opposed to it being where half your recent iTunes playlists artists call home. Lets cover some of [...]
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Chris Hickey : "Kerouac" [mp3] from Razzmatazz other Chris Hickey posts at Largehearted Boy Fiery Furnaces : "The End Is Near" [mp3] from I'm Going Away other Fiery Furnaces posts at Largehearted Boy Gordie Tentrees : "Alfred" [mp3] from [...]