Tyler is a singer/songwriter and guitarist from Clarenville NL. He plays a wide variety of tunes. From country/folk, to traditional Irish Newfoundland music, to classic rock. His original tunes are built around storytelling and the arrangements built around the arc of each story. His goal is to create music that is authentic to myself, resonates and stirs up memories, emotions and nostalgia through all of his listeners.
Upside Clown featuring Beni Malone and Susan Jarvis takes kids of all ages on a tour of the magical world of clowning. This show especially designed for young people to welcome them to the topsy turvy, exciting, eye-opening exploits of Kosmo and Skylarker, two clowns designed to amaze and enchant young audiences.
Created by Beni Malone, Upside Clown follows the transformation of Malone from his civilian self as he puts on his make-up and becomes the lovable, bumbling Kosmo the Clown. Throughout the course of the show, Malone transforms again to the colourful, whirlwind circus clown, Skylarker, who brings the show to its exciting conclusion. During the performance, children are introduced to the delights of circus skills including juggling, unicycling, acrobatics, plate spinning hula hooping and circus antics. Malone will be joined by Wonderbolt veteran, hoop spinner, Susan Jarvis. The show is a tried-and-true performance ideal for special events.
Bio
Beni Malone has almost single-handedly introduced and developed professional clown theatre in Newfoundland and Labrador. He is a graduate of both Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey Clown College, Sarasota, Florida; Three Schools of Art, Toronto; and L’ecole Nationale Du Cirque in Paris, France. His innovative style and thrilling, energetic performances have entertained thousands of children and adults throughout Newfoundland, the Maritimes, and various other parts of Canada.
Tombolo Multicultural Festival Newfoundland and Labrador Inc. (TMFNL) is a non-profit organization committed to promoting cultural diversity, intercultural understanding, anti-racism, inclusion, music, arts and culture, immigrants integration, business development and tourism in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Mark Cormier et Ryan Perrier sont les membres de la formation franco-terre-neuvienne, Ti-Jardin.
Mark Cormier est un auteur-compositeur-interprète de musique traditionnelle franco-terre-neuvienne depuis plus de quatre décennies. Également conteur, il s’engage à partager son amour de la musique et des contes afin de léguer ces arts traditionnels aux futures générations. Il est le membre fondateur de la formation Ti-Jardin qui a réalisé quatre albums consistant de gigues et de chansons traditionnelles françaises ou des chansons qui racontent les Franco-Terre-Neuviens. Mark a présenté sa musique et ses contes sur les scènes locales, nationales et internationales. Il est un enseignant à la retraite qui habite à Cap Saint-Georges, T.-N.-L., sa ville natale.
Ryan Perrier a commencé à jouer l’accordéon à l’âge de 16 ans avec l’aide de son mentor qu’il a choisi lui-même, Jack Cormier. En très peu de temps, il était évident qu’il avait une passion et un talent pour la musique. Depuis, il a joué son accordéon avec les frères, Mark et Jack Cormier dans plusieurs festivals. La relation entre les trois a éclairé la voie pour la réalisation la plus récente de Ti-Jardin qui met en vedette les talents de Perrier sur toutes les pistes. Ryan Perrier est originaire de St. Georges, T.-N.-L.
Mark Cormier and Ryan Perrier are both members of the Franco-Newfoundlander band, Ti-Jardin.
Mark Cormier is an author, composer and interpreter of Franco-Newfoundland music for more than four decades. Also a storyteller, he shares his love of traditional music and folk tales to pass on to future generations. He is a founding member of the band Ti-Jardin that has produced four albums consisting mainly of jigs, and French traditional songs and songs that celebrate Franco-Newfoundlanders. Mark has performed his music and folk tales on the local, national and international scenes. He is a retired teacher who resides in Cap Saint-Georges, NL, his home town.
Ryan Perrier started playing the accordion at the age of 15 with the help of his chosen mentor, Jack Cormier. Very quickly, it became apparent that he had a passion and a talent for music. He has performed at numerous festivals solo and with brothers, Mark and Jack Cormier. The relationship between the trio paved the way for Ti-Jardin’s most recent album that features Perrier’s talents on all tracks. Ryan Perrier resides in St. Georges, NL.
Influenced by the aesthetic of home recordings, Thom Coombes began recording his own songs in a basement with a boom box and a built-in mic. For the past 20 years, Thom’s recording process remains much the same, traversing bedrooms, basements, and bathrooms with a Tascam 4-track cassette recorder, capturing a unique, lo-fi sound ranging from country and folk, to stripped down keyboard-based sour-pop songs.
Thom’s sound is gentle and earnest. With mesmerizing guitar and lyrics that echo everyday life, Thom turns the mundane into heartfelt stories with a touch of comedy, and a whole lot of honesty.
A modern indie folk trio from Newfoundland, The Once have collected a trio of Canadian Folk Music Awards, numerous ECMA awards, and was named Artist of the Year by the Newfoundland & Labrador Arts Council. They have earned not one, but two JUNO nominations for Roots Album of the Year and continue to take their music around the world.
With the release of 2024’s Out Here, The Once have delivered a thoughtful and playful assembly of songs mingling their musical roots from Newfoundland along with folk, bluegrass, country, Americana, and modern indie rock. Members Geraldine Hollett, Andrew Dale, and Phil Churchill have created a sound representative of their home province of Newfoundland while pushing the boundaries on the great Canadian songbook with their soothing vocal harmony and acoustically rich core.
Lyrically, The Once’s newest collection of songs encompass an arresting sense of loss with the belief that the good can be found in all people, and a desire to bring it out here for everyone to enjoy. A ray of hope in a confusing time. A port in a storm. A provocation with a grin.
This material is soaked with the poetic charm and sunny sadness of the trio’s collective disposition. Written across Newfoundland and recorded in the band’s GingerBeard House studio the band took their time creating this record. “Sometimes music takes a while to flow”, Geraldine Hollett explains. “If you don’t panic and instead surround yourself with people who love you that you can trust, magic can happen.”
The first single “Oh You” was written in the Gros Morne mountains. “A place where you can catch all the stars looking down on us looking up and wishing on them” Phil Churchill reminisces about the experience. “Oh You” is a lilting song of resiliency featuring the lush vocal harmonies fans of The Once have been drawn to for almost 20 years.
For their first album of new material since 2018’s Time Enough, taking the time to find the songs and record them at home can be heard across the material on Out Here.
“Anytime anyone felt stressed, we took a walk, a nap, or made a meal together. We let it all come easy. No stress. No ego. No space for negativity. Just love and care. Soon enough, negativity gave up and went elsewhere” Geraldine says. After eight records over 15 years “it was amazing. We have finally found the love of the process.”
The group formed in the tiny ex-fishing village of Trinity, Newfoundland and ‘the once’ means ‘imminently, but not necessarily so’ in local vernacular. “We wanted something that would embody who we are, where we’re from, and would elicit a smirk and a nod amongst Newfoundlanders back home, but would forever require an explanation literally anywhere elsewhere” Andrew Dale offers. It is a story well worth explaining.
The Old Contemporaries are a folk/bluegrass band who have been playing consistently in St Johns for over 5 years. Andrew, Maria, Josh, Yeaton and Lucas take all of their musical influences and fuse them into what is now their own unique offering in the tradition of roots music.
