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Kamila Martel and the Ne’erDoWells are best described as a Saskatchewan original. It is a gypsy, roots-rock band with an innovative sound all its own. Led by singer/songwriter Kamila Martel, the Ne’erDoWells are a fusion and synthesis of some of Saskatoon’s finest, multi-talented and best-known musicians. Megan Lane, Eliza Doyle, Tim Vaughn, Paul Kuzbik, Finn Day-Wiggins and Steven Maier have created an astonishing genre-bending and blending new soundscape to showcase Kamila’s sweet siren voice and unmatched performance style. .. .. The Ne’erDoWells brew an eclectic mix where dirty electric blues guitars meet sweet banjo sprinkles, while the bass slaps to dance grooves, the keyboard karate and ripping solo’s create waves and layers like an ocean full of songs haunted by sweet siren vocals, harmonies, searing slide, samples and sounds from by-gone eras. Melodic, enticing, enchanting, powerful and soulful, with enough groove to get you on your feet. .. .. Kamila Martel, songwriter, lead vocalist and front woman for the Ne’er Do Wells, grew up on roots music in Big River, Saskatchewan ,as a third generation Métis musician. Now living in Saskatoon, which she calls the “Paris of the Prairies,” Kamila has spent the past ten years developing as a singer/songwriter on a solo level, as the front woman of the Saskatoon-based band, the Cracker Cats and now as the leader of The Ne’erDoWells. .. .. Kamila has toured extensively throughout Canada and Europe playing key festivals and venues on the East and West coasts, in the Northwest Territories and Yukon and numerous music festivals. .. .. Over the years, Kamila has shared the stages with the likes of Mary Flower, Neko Case, Carolyn Mark, Bocephus King, Crooked Creek, The Good Brothers, The Sadies, Fred Eaglesmith, Willie P. Bennet, The Swiftys, Nathan Rodgers, Big Dave Maclean, Morgan Davis, The D. Rangers, Romi Mayes, and Rae Spoon, Eileen Laverty and Joel Fafard, Little Miss Higgins, and the Deep Dark Woods. .. .. Throughout this time, Kamila has remained an ambassador for Saskatchewan music. She has showcased and attended workshops and conferences as a delegate at the Canadian Music Week, the Juno’s, the Saskatchewan Country Music Awards, Western Canadian Music Awards, the Toronto Blues Summit and the Maple Blues Awards. .. .. As well as collaborating with other musicians in her bands, the Cracker Cats and the Ne’er Do Wells, Kamila has performed extensively as a solo artist at venues such as The SaskMusic 20th Anniversary party, The Ness Creek Music Festival, The Saskatoon Blues and Saskatchewan Jazz Festivals, and throughout North, Central and South America in search of new inspiration, contacts, markets and music lovers for her work. .. .. Through Kamila’s smoldering vocals and haunting original material, the Ne’erDoWells deliver raw, captivating, emotionally charged and passionate performances. While blues and jazz do the tango, Kamila and the Ne’erDoWells twist bluegrass into gypsy blackgrass, turn gospel towards modern soul, kick in high energy punk and lace it all up with love and lust. .. .. After performing and touring together for a year, Kamila Martel and the Ne’erDoWells are ready to record, release and promote the music that has been bringing audiences to their feet wherever the band plays. .. .. Like a red rebel band of gypsies: passionate, inspired and infectiously full of danceable, musical fun, Kamila Martel and the Ne’erDoWells are sure to be seen in the future, shining on many more stages as they wander the world. ....
Members
Kamila Martel - guitar, vocals .. Finn Day-Wiggins - keys, vocals .. Paul Kuzbik - guitar, vocals .. Steve Maier - bass, vocals .. Megan Lane - drums, vocals .. Tim Vaughn - guitar .. Eliza Doyle - banjo, tweeners .. Roger Mercier - drums