The Strumbellas (CAN)

FOLK GROUP OF THE YEAR
– SiriousXM Indies, 2014

RISING STAR AWARD
-CBC 2014

"One of Canada’s finest country-roots bands…the future looks incredibly bright…" - MUSICNERD

“Every single band member played their part with a passion you could taste, brows furrowed furiously, sweat beading and dropping with every foot stomp, making you wonder whether they really love performing this much or whether maybe they’re all just in love with each other.”
- VANCOUVER WEEKLY

"...one would be foolish to under-estimate the nature of the band’s vertical leap."
- NATIONAL POST

"No gimmicks or shameless promos required." - POSTMEDIA

FolkPop, RockGrass, AltCountry…whatever you want to call it...It’s been busy for The Strumbellas since they released their 2014 sophomore album, We Still Move On Dance Floors.

In March 2014, the Ontario band took home the 2014 JUNO award for Roots & Traditional Album Of The Year for the album. In May they laid claim to the SiriusXM Indies award for Folk Group Of The Year and in June they earned the title, Polaris Music Prize nominee, when We Still Move On Dance Floors nabbed a spot on the prestigious prize’s coveted Long List. In September they won the Ottawa Folk Festival’s Supernova Rising Star Award and in November they nabbed the Canadian Folk Music Award for Contemporary Album Of The Year. They capped off the year by winning CBC Music’s Rising Star award in December.

2014 was a year of no fixed address for the six piece as they criss crossed North America from New York to Austin to Vancouver Island, up to the Northwest Territories, across the prairies and beyond!

For the album, the band headed to the woods of the Pacific Northwest, settling in at Bear Creek Studio just outside of Seattle to record with Grammy nominated producer, Ryan Hadlock (Metric, Gossip, Moondoggies, The Lumineers). It seemed a natural progression for the band, whose dark lyrics about death and solitude crop up amongst beautiful lyrical mindscapes of trees and lakes and home.

Since the release of The Strumbellas’ eponymous 2009 EP, which was peppered with accolades from Toronto weeklies and prompted a proclamation from the CBC that they are a “band to watch,” the six-piece group has been slogging it out, earning their stripes through SOLD OUT residencies at different clubs in Toronto, as well as several cross-country tours and a plethora of Festivals.

The Strumbellas’ 2012 JUNO nominated debut album, My Father And The Hunter, offers a beautiful, harmonious dichotomy between melancholy heartbreak and blow-the-barn-doors-off spunk. The album, produced by Cone McCaslin and recorded at Blue Rodeo’s coveted Woodshed Studio, is the harvest of talented friends, some whisky and a few rounds of euchre.

For appreciators of The Lumineers, Mumford & Sons, and string-stuffed songs both anthemic and intimate!

The Strumbellas:
Simon Ward – vocals, acoustic guitar
Dave Ritter – piano, organ, percussion, vocals
Jeremy Drury – drums, percussion
Isabel Ritchie – violin, viola, vocals
Jon Hembrey – electric guitar, mandolin
Darryl James – bass

TASTE-TIPS

Wonderful! The Strumbellas' new single Spirits 

The Strumbellas über-catchy: End Of An Era

The Strumbellas: Recording The Bird That Follows Me

The Strumbellas' anthemic In This Life

The Strumbellas (Walking around in furry hats in the snow like real Canadians): Sailing
The Strumbellas live with the gentle: Run
The Strumbellas live: I Just Had A Baby
The Strumbellas: Sheriff

Doors: 20:00
Show: 20:30

Eintritt: 25.-/20.- (ermässigt)
Kombi-Ticket: 65.- (3-Gang-Menü + Konzert-Eintritt)
Hinweis: Steh- und Sitzplätze, keine Platzreservation!