• HOME
• ABOUT US
• 2011/2012 LINEUP
• TICKET PACKAGE
• TV SCHEDULE
• COME PLAY WITH US
• CONTACT

Berna Dean Holland

My musical style ranges from Acoustic Folk to what might be defined as Bluegrass influenced Alternative Country.

A friend once described my singing style as what she could envision the voice of a "love child" between Joni Mitchell and Rosanne Cash to sound like. Others have said I sound a bit like Kate Wolf, Kathy Mattea and Jennifer Warnes. I cannot say that I have my own notion of who I sound like or where to definitively place my music, but I am very honoured to have been musically described in reference to any of these amazing and iconic artists. Essentially a self taught musician and songwriter, I have been fond of many artists over the years, so there surely must have been some influences along the way.

I typically write about what I observe in the world around me; from the person just trying to make a living, to songs about my concern for the Natural World. Some songs could be described as stories and others perhaps as contemporary "Protest" songs. With respect to the latter, I believe Music and Art are languages that all humans can understand and if my music manages to "speak" to people, then I will have been glad to have begun a conversation.

Website: www.berna-deanholland.com

Tim Williams

Tim Williams is a blues-based singer / songwriter / multi – instrumentalist. He is a 40 year veteran of the 'Roots' music scene in North America, roots which stretch back to the coffee-house scene of his native California in the mid 60's.

Settling in Canada in 1970, Tim is a studio musician, producer, and a performer in constant demand. He has played Folk / Blues / Jazz festivals and concert halls and clubs from Halifax, to Vancouver Island, to the Yukon.

Inspired by the Hillbilly and Western Swing music he heard as a child, Tim absorbed late Fifties Rhythm & Blues and Rock & Roll, Hawaiian and Mexican music, early Sixties Folk, and Bluegrass "like a sponge" before discovering a passion for traditional blues styles which was fueled by seeing many first generation blues musicians live during the "Blues Boom" of the mid and late Sixties.”

Website: www.cayusemusic.com

The Mike Clark Band

Mike truly is one of Canada's premiere blues and roots artists and has been nominated for a Maple Blues Award in the category of "Horn Player of the Year" for three consecutive years. In 2008 and 2010 Mike has been named "Sax Player of the Year" by the Calgary Blues Music Blues Music Association's Hall of Fame. He has performed with Albert Collins, Son Seals, Amos Garrett, The Downchild Bluesband, and Dutch Mason to name a few. He's recorded with Johnny V (If My Daddy Could See Me Now), Donald Ray Johnson (Pure Pleasure), Tim Williams (Live at Kaos), Ray Montana (Hip October), Steve Pineo (Steve Pineo with Horns) and can be heard on many other sessions.

For the past 17 years Mike has hosted the wildly popular Saturday afternoon jam at Morgan's Pub now at his own club Mikey's Juke Joint & Eatery where he continues to pack the house every Saturday. Mike can be heard as a regular sideman with Tim Williams and the Electro-Fires, Steve Pineo’s Blue Monday Band, The Du-Rite Aces and the popular Calgary party band The Dino Martini’s.

Website: www.mikeclarkband.com