Pretty Archie’s genuine, heartfelt writing connects listeners with a saltwater perspective on modern living. The fun-loving and at times heartbreaking music finds common ground in the blurred genres of Country, Folk, Bluegrass and Americana. Their unique sound and energetic shows leave listeners with a lasting memory.

With every record and tour Pretty Archie carries a little piece of home a bit farther afield. Since their 2013 debut album the band have built an ever-larger following on the east coast, across Canada and are now set to continue growing their International audience. 

Pretty Archie will release their 6th studio album (produced by Mark Howard) on January 21 and will celebrate their 10th anniversary in 2022!

Awards & Recognition:

• 5x Music Nova Scotia Awards nominations
• 3x East Coast Music Association nominations:
  • Country Album of the Year; North End Sky and Sing Alongs & Love Songs
  • Roots Album of the Year; Running for Cover

Like the yellow morning sun inviting fields of sunflowers to turn toward her, Jessica Pearson naturally draws her listeners in. Her love for storytelling, drawing on folk, outlaw country, and Celtic traditions, is evident in her songwriting.

In 2021, Pearson received the Folk Music Ontario ‘Songs from the Heart’ award for her song Ready My Heart. She was also selected for Global Music Match, a program created to connect artists internationally on social media platforms during the COVID-19 pandemic. Jessica Pearson & the East Wind was also nominated for ‘Group of the Year’ at the 2021 Capital Music Awards. Pearson’s forthcoming album has been nominated for ‘Album of the Year’ at the 2022 Faces Ottawa Awards.

Her long-awaited debut album On The Line was released on  January 21, 2022 through Willow Sound Records, to a sold out crowd.

Toronto based blues/roots singer, songwriter and piano player, Jenie Thai, is excited to get back to performing live, in-person shows with her band in 2023.

In 2019, Jenie supported The Legendary Downchild Blues Band’s 50^thAnniversary Tour, including their SOLD OUT show at the National Arts Centre, where she performed alongside Dan Aykroyd, Tony D (MonkeyJunk) and Suzie Vinnick, to fantastic response from the audience for her lights out piano playing and sing on Downchild’s “Trying To Keep Her ‘88’s Straight”.

Jenie has performed at numerous festivals, including Montreal Jazz Festival, Edmonton Folk Festival, Mariposa, Toronto Jazz Festival, and the Salmon Arm Roots & Blues Festival to name a few.Check out one of Canada’s exciting, young up and coming talents with her original material from her latest album “Night On Fire” 

Based in Canada's Capital Region, Bent Up Good is a blues quartet on a mission to tease out fun, quirky and provocative creations, and celebrate a diverse array of old and new blues classics—spiced with some genre bending "hues."

Introduced in fall 2019, the quartet boasts three vocalists, who can't resist layering onto each other--all while locking down grooves that range from the soulful to the incendiary. For 2023, the band is poised to release new material that until recently, has only been accessible at live shows.

Bent Up Good is: Mark Vukas (vocals, guitars), Reg Clements (vocals, bass), Chris McGuire (vocals, keys) and Andy Sommerfeld (percussion, engine room).