Time: 8 p.m.

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With eight-albums to his name and a few hundred live performances every
year for almost a decade, singer-songwriter Brock Zeman is
well-established as one of the Ottawa Valley’s hardest working musicians.
All of this before the age of 30.  He’s also highly regarded, having
earned praise from critics across the country.  Exclaim! magazine says
Zeman “is a songwriter worth hearing over and over again,” CKUA hails
Zeman’s work as “intelligent, tuneful, heart-felt songs served up with an
authentic but understated style” and the KW Record says that “Zeman
doesn’t surrender an inch to any Texas singer/songwriter you care to name.
Closer to home, he has the chops to join the likes of Fred Eaglesmith on
the lonesome outskirts of town after the street lights come on.”

Zeman has also played on stage with some of the top talent of the
contemporary roots and Americana scenes, including Steve Earle, Lynn
Miles, Fred Eaglesmith, Corb Lund, Toby Keith, Prairie Oyster and the
Rodeo Kings, to name a select few.  Keith Glass of Prairie Oyster calls
him, “an emerging Canadian powerhouse,” while Juno-award winner, Lynn
Miles says “he’s a master songwriter…he belongs on stage with the big
boys.”  By his mid-20s, Zeman signed with Busted Flat Records and had
played most major music festivals in the country.  So marks the first fine
chapter in Zeman’s music trajectory.

The past year has seen Zeman take on new challenges and roles in the music
industry and expand his musical horizons.  He founded Mud Records, his
signature label for releasing new material, including his most recent
album “Ya Ain’t Crazy Henny Penny.” But Mud Records also serves as the
imprint for showcasing new roots talent handpicked by Zeman.  The first
release on Zeman’s label was “Nights Take Forever” from singer-songwriter,
Robert Larisey who made the Top 50 Artists listing in the Roots Music
Report for the recording, while altcountry.nl gave it a 4 out of 5 stars.
More recently, Mud Records released the debut album by the Brothers
Through the Hill, “Adelaide”; the album received a rave review in the
Ottawa Citizen, which also added that Zeman “recognizes talent when he
sees it.”  Rootstime calls Mud Records “a promising young label.”

Zeman has also stepped away from his guitar for a time and worked
behind-the-scenes in the production studio on his most recent album as
well as both the Larisey and Brothers Through the Hill releases.  Zeman
also produced the debut album from renown fantasy author, Charles de
Lindt.  He is also planning and producing albums for a small roster of
other musical acts to be released on Mud Records in the coming months.