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 www.myspace.com/thesunparlour   or www.sunparlourplayers.com

The Sunparlour Players started playing live in spring of 2005 after Andrew released the small EP "Mersea". They then released another small live EP later in 2005. Then they played a lot more. Then in 2007 they released their critically acclaimed "Hymns For The Happy" (Outside Music).

"Wave North" is their new album (Outside Music - available May 19/09). Recorded at Blue Rodeo’s Woodshed Studio and the Fembots Junkshop between Dec 2008 and Feb 2009. Choir and horns were recorded at Toronto’s Factory Theatre. Aided by celebrated producer Jeremy Backofen (Felice Brothers, Frightened Rabbit, Mice Parade) whose cross-pollinated experience with some of the most innovative alternative musicians today gave them a definitive approach to the recording of the album.

Ghostkeeper  www.myspace.com/childrenofthegreatnorthernmuskeg or facebook.com/pages/Ghostkeeper/34563340392

“If you prefer bonfires to television, lakes over swimming pools, the aurora borealis to fireworks, and wild soulful sincere ragged romantic rhythm ’n’ blues music to slick, clean, play-acted angst- pop, then chances are you'll love the band Ghostkeeper.” Jesse Powell, Beatroute Magazine, February 2007 

-Vue Mag The pair at the core of this Calgary-based four-piece come from a Métis community far north, where the muskeg’s twilight winters and short clarion summers are near otherworldly. The band’s Pavement-meets-Neil Young shambolic pop-rock has heft, driven by the heartfelt idea of music as lifesaver and revelation. -The Globe and Mail The Boxes and the Bottles, Ghostkeeper, from And the Children of the Great Northern Muskeg (Saved By Radio) The northern muskeg in the album title isn't a figure of speech: This band is from the Peace Country in northern Alberta. Shane Ghostkeeper's nimble displaced guitar picking and spoken-sung meditation on bottles, family and cold weather is the sound of privation streaked with joy. -www.sceneandheard.ca Get ready to feel like your back in the late-60s / early-70s and Sgt. Pepper has his lonely hearts club band playing. The sound is somewhere between a dose of psychedelia and a smattering of country influence. It actually mixes well and is easy on the ears. The vocals are smooth and sensual, giving you the feeling of comfort. All in all the music is well worth the listen and the lyrics actually have meaning which these days is like a breath of fresh air. – Ron A. Melihen

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