Musica&Mezcal

Anna Katarina is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter based in Vancouver, BC. She plays keys and guitar. She talked to us about her writing process, writing a song for her sister, and her debut solo album Daisychain. Anna shared with us her experience pursuing her musical career at Berklee College of Music and her 4-month residency in Nashville, Tennessee. She also talked to us about her other music project, Rumour Mill. You can catch Anna Katarina play all around BC during this summer.

Marie is praised for her powerful and soulful voice, which she uses to weave melodies and lyrics together, evoking passion and emotion with each note. Marie Hui is based in Vancouver and is an experienced performer of R&B, funk, pop, and soul among others which she mentions are also influences. Since she began her musical career in 2005, Marie has developed into a popular performer for numerous bands and a studio singer. In addition to playing across Canada, the USA, and Asia, Marie has experience writing and recording music for various production companies.

Adrina Espin is part of this amazing band called RevoluSon is a group of exceptional musicians united by love and passion for Cuban music and work towards elevating the culture, promoting social change and artistic freedom. The group was formed in 2017 as a nomadic musical duo that performed in the streets of magical towns, beaches and tourist cities in Mexico. Founding members Adrian Espin and León Mendez’ shared amazement for Cuban music led them to collaborate with many different local musicians united by a love and passion for Cuban music and it’s ability to make audiences sing, dance and enjoy. The group eventually arrived in Guanajuato, home of one of the most important cultural festivals in the world, here they met local musician Luis Ramírez. Luis was the key piece they had been missing, he joined the band in 2019 elevating the group with his experience and musicianship as a bassist and vocalist.

Flor Curcio es una cantautora, intérprete, guitarrista y musico-terapeuta de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Se encuentra presentando su disco solista “Mi Respuesta”, compuesto por un repertorio de su autoría. Sus canciones están conectadas a la raíz folklórica latinoamericana y proponen una mirada reflexiva y honda del sentimiento humano. Ha presentado su obra en diferentes escenarios de su país natal, Europa y América del Norte. Flor nos cuenta sobre su viaje por Nueva York y Vancouver organizando peñas desde Central Park hasta Science World, así como presentar su tesis en el Congreso Mundial de Musicoterapia en Vancouver.

Experienced vocalist Marlie Collins has delighted audiences across the world with her distinctive soulful tone. Her music combines modern 70's funk with southern soul. Marlie has had professional acting training and has a long history of playing both lead and supporting parts on stage and cinema. She works as the lead vocalist for the Vancouver-based bands Side One and Mooncoin Productions when she is not creating and performing her own music. She also teaches voice at the Sarah Mclachlan School of Music, works as a professional voice actor, and makes appearances in movie and tv productions.

Jair Cruz Roque es un percusionista del Estado de México radicado en Vancouver desde hace un año y medio. El camino de Jair tocando los bongos y las congas empezó hace dos años cuando familiares lo involucraron para que empezara a tocar con ellos. También nos cuenta como antes no disfrutaba mucho de la salsa, merengue, ni bachata sino hasta que empezó a aprender a tocarla. Actualmente Jair toca con diversos grupos como Rumba 7, Orquesta Tabasko y otros proyectos de rock en español y bachata por todo Vancouver.

Ness Nöst is a singer-songwriter, guitar, and key player from Montreal based in Vancouver. She talked to us about how she started in theatre and then discovered she wanted to do music. She came to visit BC and decided she wanted to stay and start off her musical career in the west. We talked about her designing her own merchandise and the service industry being inspiration for a song on her debut EP. She still hasn't released it, however you can check out other singles she's released on Spotify. Go on and check her out, you're gonna like her music!

Bradley Barkman is a Canadian singer based in Vancouver since 2014. Bradley talks to us about growing up and singing in a choir as a Soprano boy across churches and cathedrals in England. He also talks to us about paying tribute to icons, singing Cristina Aguilera's songs in Spanish, and going back to singing original material for upcoming projects. Bradley is invited to sing with many bands all around Vancouver. You can catch him singing on his instagram account @bradleybarkman and all around the city.

Raúl Castro es un acordeonista y cantautor de los Mochis, Sinaloa radicado en Vancouver desde hace 2 años. Nos cuenta sobre cómo empezó en la música, tener sus primera presentaciones, escribir música original y corridos inéditos. También nos cuenta sobre su experiencia grabando su primer disco y revivir su Norteño Banda de Sinaloa en Canadá. Puedes escuchar su música en Spotify y seguir sus presentaciones en la cuenta de instagram @grupo_rm.

Raúl Castro is an accordionist and a singer song-writer from Sinaloa based in Vancouver since 2 years ago. He talks to us about how he started un music, his first shows with his band, writing original music and unpublished 'Corridos'. He also talks to us about his experience recording a first album and reviving his Norteño Band from Sinaloa in Canada. You can listen to his music on Spotify and follow his band's upcoming shows on their instagram account @grupo_rm.

Natalie Adele is an American singer songwriter based in Los Angeles. She studied to be a writer and worked in the film industry for some time until later she realized she was not happy. Although she is very new in the music scene, she talked to us about performing some of her songs live and how she is already working on recording some of her originals this year. Stay tuned for her first album coming soon.

Natalie Adele es una cantautora estadounidense radicada en Los Angeles. Estudió para ser escritora y trabajó en la industria del cine por un tiempo hasta que después se dio cuenta de que no era feliz. Aunque es muy nueva en la escena musical, nos cuenta sobre tocar su música en vivo y cómo ya está trabajando para grabar sus canciones originales este año. Sigan pendientes para saber sobre su primer lanzamiento.