Dumai Dunai – your favourite uncle’s favourite kitchen party soundtrack
Montreal-based Dumai Dunai has an eclectic sound. Formed in 2021, they bring the deep grooves of dub and the energy of punk rock to ancient Slavic singing styles and the euphoric fury of Balkan wedding brass bands. This band is on a mission, and the mission is to make you dance.
Lead singers Natalia Telentso and Eli Camilo sing and write lyrics in several languages, including Ukrainian, English, Serbian, French, and the diverse band has members originally from Ukraine, Bulgaria, Canada, and the USA.
Dumai Dunai has been honoured to share the stage with artists including the Barr Brothers, Socalled and Balaklava Blues, and have played festivals such as Pop Montreal, Ashkenaz Festival (Toronto), Mondo Karnaval (Quebec City), and Bloor West Village Toronto Ukrainian Festival.
Featuring past and present members of Boogat, the Lemon Bucket Orkestra, Orkestar Kriminal, and Kaba Horo, Dumai Dunai is currently working on their debut album, to be released in 2024.
Band members:
Eli Camilo – trumpet, vocals
Natalia Telentso – vocals
Julian Selody – saxophone
Eric Dube – trombone
Jordan Markov – drums
Kaloyan Mihaylov – bass
Kevin Moquin – guitar
Doug Dorward is a fiddle player from Dundee, Scotland. He grew up playing music with family and friends, and spent many summers immersed in Scottish music at Alasdair Fraser’s fiddle camps on the Isle of Skye and in California.
Doug moved to St. John’s in 2014. Inspired by the local traditional music scene, the tunes of Newfoundland and Labrador quickly entered his repertoire and developed his distinct voice on the fiddle.
In 2016, Doug recorded his debut album Waves. Featuring a stellar lineup of Newfoundland traditional musicians and produced by Aaron Collis (The Dardanelles, Rum Ragged), the album combines the traditional music of Scotland and Newfoundland and Labrador. Waves was nominated for “Traditional Instrumental Recording of the Year” at the East Coast Music Awards and for three MusicNL awards in 2017.
The Doug Dorward Collective is a one-time gathering of musicians for this year’s Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Festival. Don’t miss this unique blend of Scottish and Newfoundland fiddle music!
Andy Chatham and Kris Morey aren’t from Newfoundland and Labrador, but they are often mistaken for it. Both their fathers were born there and ended up on the mainland married to New Brunswick girls. Their lifelong interest in the time-honoured tunes of the East Coast, along with their love of the Maritime JamBand scene led to Dram & A Draw, where the button accordion and the acoustic guitar are brought together in a traditional, yet modern way.
Upbeat, infectious melodies combine with interwoven vocal harmonies overtop a deep bass and a powerful stomp to create a rich, full, and exciting sound. Classic Celtic tunes are reimagined for today and original songs are crafted in the old style. Dram & A Draw is a modern East Coast Kitchen Party that’ll get you up on your feet and dancing with the crowd!
Charlie-Rose Neis has been writing music since she could talk. Luckily for her, her best friend Sydney Oliver is able to help bring the dream to life. They started off as two friends just jamming with each other, and became an official duo a few months ago. They’re both headed to grade 10 this year, at Holy Heart of Mary and Holy Spirit High School.
‘He has the best Irish traditional voice currently around; if there’s better, I’ve yet to hear it.’ Folk Radio UK
A product of Dublin’s famous club An Góilin Traditional Singers, since launching his solo live career at Celtic Connections in 2016, Daoirí Farrell has gone from strength to strength. He can boast numerous honours from BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards and RTÉ Folk Award nominations, to ALSR Celtic Music accolades, with his music and live performances earning the acclaim of respected publications including MOJO, The Irish Post, Songlines and more.
Daoirí’s fourth album, ‘The Wedding Above In Glencree’, was released in 2023, made the RTÉ Radio 2 playlist in Ireland and reached number 11 on the Official UK Folk Albums Chart.
He has toured and played major folk festivals across the world, including at the National Folk Festival in Australia, in the USA as a guest singer for Lúnasa, and with Transatlantic Sessions across the UK.
‘The finest Irish male folk singer-storyteller this side of Christy Moore and Paul Brady.’ The Weekend Australian
Crooked Stovepipe is based in St. John’s, Newfoundland, the oldest city in North America and we’ve been playing bluegrass and traditional music since 1973. We have been featured at the Nova Scotia Bluegrass and Old Time Music Festival, Canada’s first and longest-running bluegrass festival, the Blueberry Bluegrass Festival in Stony Plain, Alberta, and the Evangeline Bluegrass Festival in PEI. We’ve been one of the headline bands at the Mount Pearl Bluegrass and Old-Time Country Music Festival, Newfoundland’s first festival featuring bluegrass music, since its beginning in 2005.
Neil grew up in the western United States and cut his teeth on bluegrass in Indiana in the 1960s, where he helped manage Bill Monroe’s Brown County Jamboree and played in the house band. He even got to play a few times with Bill Monroe–enough to put his name on Blue Grass Boys belt buckle #120. Neil moved to St. John’s in 1968. In 1985 he produced Bluegrass: A History, the definitive book on the roots and development of bluegrass.
Ted grew up singing and playing Newfoundland and country music in Heart’s Content, Newfoundland, discovering bluegrass in the early ‘70s. He’s been singing lead with the band ever since.
Dave is Ted’s son and no stranger to musical performance or to bluegrass. Dave also plays guitar, bass and banjo, lending his talent to the St. John’s music scene. He also runs O’Brien’s Music Inc, Newfoundland’s original traditional music store in St. John’s.
Matt is a graduate of MUN School of Music and hails from Conception Bay South. When not teaching or playing music he works on the family farm in CBS.
Carole, a native of Saskatchewan, is the newest member of the band. Carole moved to Newfoundland a few years back to attend MUN, and loved it so much that she decided to stay! Along her many travels, Carole has collected and encompassed a number of tunes and fiddle styles, but still considers the Old Time fiddle music she grew up with to be the essence of her playing.
Raised on a diet of big band swing and 1980’s hair metal, Darren Boobie Browne is a downtownie who spent much of the Lady Gaga era as a musicking globetrotter. These days home is where the art is and when not backing up fabulous performers he enjoys dabbling in languages and learning the bebop style of jazz guitar.
Daunt Lee is a life-long performer of folk music and a veteran of the traditional scene in Newfoundland. He brings joy and excitement to every stage or session, with friends and newcomers alike. His passion is creating community through music, friendships through sound, and generating unforgettable experiences with all those around him. For the past year, he’s been the face of Folk Night at the Ship, Newfoundland’s longest continuous running music event, going strong since 1976; He’s a musician and emcee for the legendary St. Pat’s Dancers, and half of the duo with the incredible Dave Penny. Daunt is delighted to join the Heave It Out of Ya! session again at the 2024 Folk Fest this year.
