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Don Ross & Brooke Miller In Concert ~ March 11th
Vancouver Island MusicFest Proudly Presents
Don Ross & Brooke Miller
in Concert
Sunday, March 11th
Door 7 Show 8
Tix 15.00 available at The Cumberland Hotel
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don’s been touring the world long enough now to have become an influence on a generation of guitarists and other musicians. he feels fortunate to have grown up sheltered from the influence of too many other acoustic guitarists, as it had made it easier for him to focus on the composing and playing of music, rather than focusing on technique-based pyrotechnics. that said, he has still managed to be the only player to win first place twice at the national fingerstyle guitar championship (’88 and ‘96). he has released over a dozen solo albums as well as collaborative cds with andy mckee and men of steel (beppe gambetta, dan crary, tony mcmanus and don).
born in montreal to a scottish immigrant father and a mi’kmaq aboriginal mother, don has been touring full-time since 1989. in 2006 he released a live cd entitled live in your head and he released the thing that came from somewhere with andy mckee in january 2008. his all-vocal CD, any colour, was released in April 2009 and his most recent all-solo-guitar cd, breakfast for dogs, was released in november 2010 on candyrat records
hailing from prince edward island on canada’s east coast, brooke’s abilities as a singer-songwriter and guitarist have been showcased across north america, japan, and europe over the past several years. her first recording, lending an hourglass, was released in 2003. recognized and signed by the mavens at sony music publishing in new york, brooke released her gorgeous second cd, you can see everything, in 2007. she counts ricki lee jones, the police, bruce cockburn, tom waits and lenny breau as influences on her style, which is characterized by smoky vocals and impeccable fingerstyle guitar work. winner of the 2007 colleen peterson songwriting award (conferred by the ontario council of folk festivals), brooke is destined for recognition as one of canada’s strongest new crop of writers of acoustic music.
in 2010, brooke released shake it off on the candyrat label. 2011 sees the launch of brooke’s new self-titled CD/LP which finds her playing both electric and acoustic guitars. the recording is distributed by universal music group. she performs regularly across canada, the united states, japan and germany.
don and brooke live in halifax, nova scotia, canada
