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Nominated for Best Instrumental Group for the 2017 Toronto Independent Music Awards

Wed, 20 Sep 2017 00:00:00 -0700

We are thrilled to be nominated for a third consecutive time for the 2017 Toronto Independent Music Awards for the Best Instrumental category. The award ceremony is on October 13th. Wish us luck!

For the full list of nominees click here

Vote FLOW for TradConnect's 2016 Album of the Year

Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 -0800

Happy New Year! 2016 was a great year us and we couldn't be happier with our latest album FLOW, and all the lovely feedback, reviews, airplay and nominations we've been fortunate to receive.

Many of you may know the number one social network for trad music, TradConnect and we are again pleased to be in the running for the album of the year. We would greatly appreciate a vote for FLOW this month if you are a member (you may vote once per device). If you're not already a member it is a easy sign up process and the website itself is a great wealth of info for many fanastic trad musicians and groups across the globe.

Please follow this link to vote: http://tradconnect.com/profiles/blogs/traditional-album-of-year-2016-vote

FLOW amongst Alex Monaghan's Top 10 Albums of 2016

Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 -0800

We are thrilled to once again be included in well-known trad music reviewer Alex Monaghan's Top 10 Traditional albums of 2016. A big thanks to Alex for his lovely review in FolkWorld and for including us in his top 10 for a second time.

Nominated for a Canadian Folk Music Award & Toronto Independent Music Award!

Wed, 21 Sep 2016 00:00:00 -0700

We're thrilled that we have been nominated for both a Canadian Folk Music Award and a Toronto Independent Music Award. We're up for Instrumental Group of the Year for the CFMA's and Best Instrumental Group for the TIMA's. Wish us luck!

FLOW is out!

Sun, 05 Jun 2016 00:00:00 -0700

We are very excited to announce that our second album FLOW is now out! You can listen/buy below:

FLOW now available for pre-order

Thu, 26 May 2016 00:00:00 -0700

Our second album FLOW is now available for pre-order! The album (both digital and physical copies) will be sold at a discounted price until the release on June 5th.

FLOW Release Date and Single

Thu, 12 May 2016 00:00:00 -0700

We are very pleased to announce that our upcoming second album FLOW will release worldwide on June 5th 2016. We will begin taking pre-orders shortly but in the mean time here is our single from the record. Hope you enjoy!

Collaboration with Inuit Throat-Singer IVA

Tue, 01 Mar 2016 00:00:00 -0800

We're very excited to announce that we have begun work on a collaboration project with Inuit throat-singer IVA. We met IVA while performing at a fantastic festival called Folk on the Rocks this past July and we're thrilled to be working on with her on such a unique and exciting project.

Below is a recently recorded demo. More info to come!

Nominated for a Toronto Independant Music Award!

Mon, 12 Oct 2015 00:00:00 -0700

We're thrilled to announce that we've been nominated for a 2015 Toronto Independent Music Award! Our category is Best Instrumental or Classical. The award ceremony is on October 23rd so wish us luck!

For more info and complete the list of nominees please visit: http://torontoima.com/awards/2015-nominees/

New Set of Tunes!

Tue, 24 Jun 2014 00:00:00 -0700

As some of you may know, we have been working on new material the last few months in preparation for recording our second album next year. Here is another sneak peak on our latest original set of Jigs!