Alberta-by-the-way of Toronto artist Brad Brewer is in the North Okanagan next week to plays shows at Lorenzo’s Café and the 1609 Lounge at Silver Star.

Alberta-by-the-way of Toronto artist Brad Brewer is in the North Okanagan next week to plays shows at Lorenzo’s Café and the 1609 Lounge at Silver Star.

Canadiana folk-roots artist to hit these hills

Brad Brewer stops by Ashton Creek and Silver Star Mountain to promote new album due out in April.

He’s gone from busking along Toronto’s subway line to playing in the shadow of the Rocky Mountains, and now Brad Brewer is about to hit the hills of the North Okanagan.

Brewer is travelling through Western Canada, with stops in Ashton Creek and Silver Star Mountain next week, to promote his new album due out in April.

“I am looking to connect with new venues and locals that will help me expose my music to new markets,” he said.

Brewer has a love for all kinds of music. That love for all genres, primarily his Canadian brand of alt-country/roots-rock, has helped him shape his percussive, guitar-playing style and mould the tight, pounding rhythmic sound he is known for today.

After two continents and 750 live performances, the misplaced Torontonian has finally found the right formula: “do it because you love it.” And after many years of pounding the stage with nothing more than a stompbox, a guitar and a bit of inspired Rocky Mountain passion, he has found his feet (pun intended) and has never looked back.

Brewer plays at 1609 Lounge (Level 2, 148 Silver Lode Lane, Silver Star Mountain) Wednesday, March 8 from 4-7 p.m. No cover. He is also at Lorenzo’s Cafe (901 Mabel Lake Rd. east of Enderby) Thursday, March 9 from 8-11 p.m. $10 cover.

More information is available at lefthandedbandit.com

 

Vernon Morning Star