PROJECTS
ALBUMS
TIP (SINGLE)
THE LIFERS - 2019
Vocals, banjo
HONEY SUITE
The lifers - 2018
Songwriter, Acoustic and electric guitar, vocals, organ, aux percussion
OUT & IN
THE LIFERS - 2016
Songwriter, Acoustic guitar, vocals, banjolele, aux percussion
SOLASTALGIA
Annie Sumi - 2021
Vocals, banjo
PIGEON
Samson wrote - 2019
Vocals
CROSSED LEGS
SAM BOER - 2016
Vocals, aux percussion
CV
TOURS / Performance Highlights
March 2019 // House & Home Tour (The Lifers & Moonfruits)
5-date tour of Southern Ontario.
February 2019 // "Pigeon" Release Concerts (Samson Wrote)
Backing vocals & effects
Jan/Feb 2019 // Suite Intentions Tour (The Lifers)
12-date tour of Eastern Canada (Nova Scotia and New Brunswick). With the support of Via Rail Artists on Board program and Canada Council for the Arts.
December 2018 // Songs for Solstice (The Lifers & Annie Sumi)
5-date tour of Alberta and Ontario. With support from FACTOR.
August 2018 // Little Dens Tour (The Lifers)
10-date tour of Ontario. This tour was in support of the sustainable rebuilding of the Guelph Lake Nature Centre in Guelph, ON.
May-June 2018 // Sisterhood of Sound Tour (The Lifers & Annie Sumi)
34-date tour of North/East US, Eastern Canada, Ontario and Europe (Italy, Switzerland, Germany and Norway). With support from the Ontario Arts Council.
October 2017 // "In the Unknown" Release Concerts (Annie Sumi)
Backing vocals
May 2017 // The Wildflower Tour (The Lifers & Annie Sumi)
14-date tour of Eastern Canada, Quebec, and Ontario.
July-August 2015 // Cross-Canada tour (The Lifers)
Through Via Rail’s Artists on Board Program
FESTIVALS & SHOWCASES (HIGHLIGHTS)
Blue Skies Folk Festival / Clarendon Station, ON / August 2021
IICSI Improv Festival / Guelph, ON / August 2020
Hillside Festival / Guelph, ON / July 2020
Mariposa Folk Festival / Orillia, ON / July 2019
In the Dead of Winter Festival / Halifax, NS / January 2019
Showcase at Canadian Folk Music Awards with Annie Sumi / December 2018
Official Showcase at Folk Muisc Ontario Conference (The Lifers) / September 2018
Summerfolk Festival / Owen Sound, ON / August 2018
River Rock Festival / St. Mary's, ON / August 2018
Hillside Festival (Backing vocals for Annie Sumi) / July 2018
Egersund Visefestival / Egersund, Norway / July 2018
Living Roots Festival / Fredericton, NB / May 2018
Paddlefest / St. Andrew's, NB / May 2018
Developing Artist Official Showcase at Folk Music Ontario Conference / October 2016
Summerfolk Festival / August 2016
Hillside Festival / July 2016
Hillside Inside (Girls and Guitars) / January 2016
FUNDING & AWARDS
Ontario Arts Council Touring Grant - The Lifers/Samson Wrote/Tragedy Ann - 2022
Canada Council for the Arts - Arts Across Canada Touring Grant "Suite Intentions Tour" / 2019
Nomination - CFMA New/Emerging Artist "Honey Suite" / 2018
FMO Website Award (The Lifers) / 2018
Nomination - Colleen Peterson Songwriting Award (FMO & OAC) "Sister" / 2018
Ontario Arts Council Touring Grant "Sisterhood of Sound Tour" / 2018
FACTOR Artist Development Grant "Honey Suite" / 2017