Larry Foley, born and raised in Placentia, NL, Graduate of STFX University and founding member of The Punters and 8 Track Favourites.

Self professed and proud pub-singer/guitarist, Larry performs regularly and lives in St. John’s with his wife Regina and their four children: Kieran, Greta, Nora and Daniel, as well as their yellow Labrador, Molly. Enjoys long walks and India Gate restaurant✌️

Cove Pond est le projet artistique de Laura Penney et Scott Yetman. Laura compose des chansons en anglais et en français depuis plus de 15 ans. Elle collabore avec Scott pour offrir un mélange de ses compositions et de chansons traditionnelles de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador. Leur musique, conçue pour les moments plus calmes de la vie, contraste avec la monotonie urbaine en capturant les émotions des bois, des eaux et du brouillard qui les entourent.

Cove Pond is the artistic project of Laura Penney and Scott Yetman. Laura has been composing songs in English and French for over 15 years. She collaborates with Scott to offer a blend of her compositions and traditional songs from Newfoundland and Labrador.  Their music, designed for the quieter moments of life, contrasts with urban monotony by capturing the emotions of the woods, waters, and fog that surround them.

Len O’Neill, a singer-songwriter from St. John’s, Newfoundland, began his musical journey in the local pub and bar scene, playing guitar and bass in rock bands and leading the award winning indie rock band Green & Gold through two albums and several east coast tours. Influenced by a diverse range of artists spanning classic rock legends to poetic songwriters, Len crafts introspective, lyric-driven compositions exploring themes of ambition, sorrow, and personal growth.

Kyle Gryphon is a folk singer/songwriter living on the Southern Shore, NL. Writing tunes and songs for the past 15 years, Kyle has built up a repertoire of original and traditional music; raw, bare bones, downbeat songs and tunes on the 5-string banjo, button accordion, harmonica, and a few homemade contraptions from time to time. Lyrical subject matter is focused mostly on the darker side of folklore and general society – turmoil, humor, despair, and oddities past and present. Kyle plays live accompanied by Kady Meaney on guitar.

In 2021, multi-instrumentalists and singers Valmy Assam, Carole Bestvater, Maria Cherwick, and Amy Collyer-Holmes joined forces and formed LADY LUPIN, a folk rock band based in St. John’s, NL. Their sound is lush and vibrant, with a hint of sweetness, much like the wildflowers of Newfoundland. 

Kitchinparti performs upbeat, party oriented tunes with an easy-going atmosphere. Their setlist is full of fun staples, as well as fresh new originals (with over 180,000 streams on Spotify and Apple Music). Kitchinparti is comprised of Tyler Humber (Vocals and Guitar), Justin Hickey (Bass, Vocals and Guitar) and Terri Lynn Humber (Vocals and Tin Whistle).

Tyler is an ‘Applied Music’ program graduate from College of the North Atlantic, Justin plays bass for the legendary Newfoundland folk group “The Irish Descendants”, and Terri Lynn is a music teacher who has accompanied multiple musical acts including Owen Mac.They have had ample experience playing for live crowds in the downtown scene of St. John’s, regularly performing multiple times a week. They’ve sold out several shows alongside ‘Shanneyganock’, ‘The Irish Descendants’, and ‘The Navigators’. As well as garnered a following of over 2700 people on facebook during the COVID-19 pandemic through their weekly livestream series, at times reaching over 32,000 views.

Kitchinparti’s main goal is to breathe new life into the Irish Newfoundland music scene with upbeat takes on traditional songs as well as new originals that hit home the same way the tunes of old do.

For just over 20 years, St. John’s, Newfoundland-based musician, Kirk Wells, has been writing songs. What started as a personal project – recording self-made albums on a small digital 8-track and sharing them amongst friends and family – has become more public since the release of his first studio-recorded album in 2020, titled “Dahlia”, for which he received a MusicNL nomination for Alternative Artist of the Year. This was followed up in 2022 with “Iris”, a 7-song album meant to be a companion piece for his debut. These were both alternative albums, exploring layered sounds and effects, but Kirk also has a love for folk, rock, and country music,  and plans to release a 3-song EP in February that will put these sounds front and center. These songs will be showcased at the Ship’s upcoming Folk Night on Feb 5th, in addition to many other songs, recorded and unrecorded, covers and originals. 

Kevin Evans & Brian Doherty have been an integral part of the East Coast music scene for thirty four years. They have been together as Evans & Doherty for Thirty years. To capture the essence of an Evans & Doherty performance, take a lively blend of traditional, original and contemporary songs, add a liberal sprinkling of stories and humour, then sit back and enjoy these fine entertainers.

As well as performing front and center on stage, Evans & Doherty are involved with many aspects of the music industry. Brian owns and operates Eastern Entertainment Agency, a booking agency and production company which co-ordinates tours of Atlantic Canada for many Canadian and international acts. Kevin owns and operates Modtrad Music, a publishing company, through which much of the material performed by Evans & Doherty is published and licensed. Through Eastern Entertainment Agency, Evans & Doherty have produced recordings for a number of East coast groups, as well as three compilation recordings (A Taste Of The Maritimes, A Taste Of Atlantic Canada and An East Coast Christmas) for national labels.

As a songwriter and producer, Kevin has enjoyed success; his song “Christmas Memories” recently achieved platinum status in Canada for John McDermott. Tommy Makem and Liam Clancy recorded “The Orchard”, another of Kevin’s songs. Stompin’ Tom Connors has recently recorded Kevin’s “Silver Sea”, a great compliment considering Stompin’ Tom doesn’t usually record other people’s material.

Evans & Doherty along with Jimmy Sweeney, have a recording titled “Sailing Ships & Sailing Men”, the musical companion to a one-hour radio program written by the trio and broadcast on CBC’s Atlantic Airwaves. The program deals with life at sea and the songs used by sailors while they worked.

Equally at home in a pub-setting, concert hall, festival or convention, Evans & Doherty are first-rate musicians, singers, songwriters, promoters and producers. They also possess the ability to entertain any audience, any place, any time.

KILAUTIUP SONGUNINGA (“Strength of the Drum,” in Inuktitut) started in 2006 @the corporation of St. John’s The Rooms. Kilautiup Songuninga comprises three of the first Founding Members, Sophie Angnatok, originally from Nain, Nunatsiavut, NL, who is the first female, Inuit Throat-Singer, Singer, also a Speaker. Solomon Semigak, originally from Makkovik, Nunatsiavut, NL, also a Drum Dancer Inuit Drum Maker, Singer and Speaker. And Stan Nochasak, originally from Nain, Nunatsiavut, NL, also leading Inuit Drum Dancer, Storyteller, Invocative Singer, and Speaker. KS has publicly performed in over hundred of places, has taken trips to Ottawa, throughout the island of Newfoundland, Saglek Bay Labrador. KS has performed in the corporation of the St. John’s The Rooms; and practically all the hotels in the Capital City of NL. Has performed @the Confederation Building of St. John’s, Memorial University of NL; St. John’s City Hall; for cruise ships @the St. John’s Water front; Marine Institute; St. John’s Convention Centre; Belle Island, NL, for Canada Day for consecutive years; various public Festivals both in St. John’s and Mount Pearl; St. John’s Christmas Parade for three (3) consecutive years; St. John’s First Light Friendship Centre Association; at Vigils, Memorial Services, Caul’s Funeral Home, also at public rallies and protests. KS will also be performing for the 2025 Canada Summer Games in St. John’s, NL. KS also, for past two (2) years, has agreed contract with the corporation of the St. John’s The Rooms to use room, practice space in exchange for public performances, visitors, tourists & groups, if requested. We are proud Inuit, helping to keep the Spirit of Inuit Culture alive, indefinitely. NAKUMMEK!