The Artists

portrait-douglaslochheadA Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and the League of Canadian Poets, Douglas Lochhead has, since 1959, published over 30 books and chapbooks. His love of nature and the landscape around his home in Sackville New Brunswick have featured prominently in his work.
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portrait-rockyripleyRocky Ripley, a well respected musician from Amherst NS, is concentrating his efforts on recording, engineering and working with other musicians producing their work, as well as occasionally being featured in various productions with Tantramar Theatre.
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portrait-tanyabostickTanya Bostick is a graduate of the music programme at Mount Allison University. A fine teacher, she operates the Bostick School of Music with her husband Shawn.
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portrait-drewmooreDrew Moore, a gifted guitar player, has been playing with various groups for the past 3 decades and also runs a successful teaching programme.
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portrait-terryhumeTerry Hume has been playing professionally throughout the Maritimes. He is as comfortable playing jazz as he is with rock or blues.
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portrait-davesmithDave Smith has been leading blues bands since the mid 1970’s. A strong harp player and vocalist, his band The Streamliners are well known.
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portrait-danburkeDan Burke graduated from Mount Allison’s Music programme and recently from St. Thomas University with a B. ED degree.
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portrait-janetcrawfordJanet Crawford is a singer-songwriter with a repertoire that includes original tunes, some old-time country and especially standard jazz classics. Besides her performance with small ensembles she is also the principal vocalist with the Elastic Big Band from Nova Scotia.