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Artist: Madviolet
Website: www.myspace.com/madvioletmusic and
www.madviolet.com
Track Name: Skylight
Playback: Flash
Download?: Yes

After checking a few more of the names on the Brunswick Music Festival email from last week, I think I may have found this (next?) years wild card pick… Madviolet (even if they dont bring the band).

Brenley MacEachern and Lisa MacIsaac are the Toronto-based duo who make up the core of of Madviolet, they trade lead vocals, layer on the harmonies and drive the songs forward with acoustic guitars and fiddle, and after their inaugural trip to Australia were impressive enough that they scored an invite back last February for a tour highlighted by a series of shows at the Tamworth Country Music Festival.

Here is some of the stuff from the site…

Both women are steeped in acoustic, folk and country traditions. For Lisa it’s a matter of genetics. She began playing fiddle at Cape Breton kitchen parties as a child and turned professional in her mid-teens, wracking up mileage on Celtic roadshows with her brother Ashley, Bruce Guthro and Gordie Sampson, among others.

Brenley was raised in Ontario by parents with a passion for country music and, on her father’s side, deep Cape Breton roots. She worked in the graphic arts industry before turning to music full-time with the band zoebliss, which took its cues from Portishead and the folkier end of the trip-hop movement. “That was true to my tastes back then,” she says, “but I started listening to the family LP collection again and was amazed at how many Tammy Wynette and Charley Pride songs I knew.”

No downloads but both sites have flash player, “Skylight” is on their www.madviolet.com site , the flashplayer is top left. I will have to have a listen to more of their music to be sure (dont you just love “research” sometimes) but the early indications are good. See you at the show next year.