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Megan Nash & the Bears In Hazenmore
"If a thunderstorm had a voice, it would sound like Megan Nash."
The Afternoon Edition Weekdays, CBC Radio
In a Canadian music scene that continues to sprawl out like the prairies she calls home, Megan Nashs indie folk sound consistently stands out from the crowd. Whether it be for her powerful, one-of-a-kind voice, her deeply personal and insightful songs, or her unapologetically open and honest personality, she makes an impression upon everyone who hears her. From town to town across Canada and beyond, Nash, who calls the rural Saskatchewan area of Treaty 4 home, has been steadily connecting with listeners of all ages for the past three years. She is the kind of performer who commands your attention, haunting your soul and gently searing a stamp on your heart.
Nashs voice is hard to pin down. By constantly gliding from the gentle whispers of longing and hope to the howls of anguish and loss, her vocal palette is broad and beautiful like a Saskatchewan sunset. Each aspect of her voice is used to carve the stories she tells, leaving no detail of any of her beautiful songs absent from her voice.
Her songs are both universal and individual. She tells stories of love and loss; of worry and hope, all through the eyes of a young woman growing up and living in Saskatchewan. Her songs are steeped in prairie longing. They sound like dusty summer nights and wondering if you said the right thing, and they will make you miss someone special. Even if you dont know who that someone is yet.
If you are somehow left unmoved by the music, Nashs personality will surely seal the deal. She has a knack for making every single person in the audience feel like its just them in the room. Its like youre catching up with an old friend over coffee instead of sitting at a show. Her live banter melts in and out of songs such that the stories being told are never-ending. Some of them just happen to be sung to you; beautifully and effortlessly as if youre the only one there.
In March of 2015, Nash released Song Harvest Volume One to rave reviews. Described as an album where emotion and geography converge, forming a portrait of simple human experience by Verb News, Song Harvest Volume One is a hauntingly beautiful record. The album is made up of seven solo songs recorded in a then-100-year-old church in rural Saskatchewan. Selected early as one of their picks for best albums of 2015, Ominocity said that the production is kept to a minimum and, with sparse instrumentation as accompaniment, you can literally feel the walls shiver around her." The lead single from the record, Deer Head was nominated for a 2016 WCMA for Best Song and the video reached number one on exclaim.cas Canada-wide top-21 chart when released. Since the release of Song Harvest Volume One, Nash has toured relentlessly, including festival performances at the Regina Folk Festival and Gateway Festival in Saskatchewan, Love and Records Festival in Lethbridge, Alberta, In The Dead Of Winter Festival in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and many more.
In October of 2016 she released a brand new full-band version of a tune from Song Harvest Volume One and went out on her first full-band tour for her solo music shortly thereafter. The single garnered nationwide attention, including from CBC Radio Host Tom Allen who said [Nash] has a powerful voice and an authoritative style - a singer with much to say. Never one to slow down, Nash has also been hard at work on writing and recording new music with the band. This highly-anticipated follow-up to Song Harvest Volume One is slated for release in late 2017.
A strong female artist who regularly draws comparisons to such giants as Neko Case and Stevie Nicks, Megan Nash shows no sign of slowing down. Her powerful music will be a force to be reckoned with for years to come.
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LocationTHE DREAMLAND THEATRE in Rockglen, Saskatchewan (View)
at the head of Main Street
Rockglen, SK S0H 3R0
Canada
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| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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