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  4. Evolve Festival Offically Annouces Line up

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    oh yeah! can you feel the excitement?

    www.evolvefestival.com.

    EVOLVE Music and Awareness Festival Announces Line-Up

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    (NOVA SCOTIA) – The 5th Annual Evolve Music and Awareness Festival will present its most impressive line up yet of internationally acclaimed and local artists on August 27, 28 and 29th, 2004 under the sun and stars of beautiful Antigonish, Nova Scotia Canada. Nestled in Sunflower Valley - a picturesque 225-acre paradise in Canada's Ocean Playground, Evolve 5 is a three-day music, camping and interactive extravaganza which will feature over 200 artists of every discipline showcasing a diversity of music styles, including folk, jazz, funk, electronic, hip hop, blues, rock, bluegrass, experimental and world music. EVOLVE 5 will feature more than 100 live performances on five outdoor festival stages. Last year’s EVOLVE 4 was the largest yet, uniting some 5,000 artists, activists and music enthusiasts from all over North America.

    EVOLVE 5 will be "greenest" festival in Atlantic Canada; with all electric generators running on bio-diesel fuel, an on-site recycling/composting program and demonstrations of new forms of renewable and alternative energy sources. Add to that a line-up of independent film screenings, the WEE ONES kid’s zone, dozens of mind-opening workshops and activities in the Awareness Village and you've got the most important green event of the summer. EVOLVE is about more than just really great music. It is our small but genuine attempt to inspire positive change in the world. And it's working!

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    EVOLVE 5 welcomes musician, activist and poet Michael Franti & his hip hop and funk infused band Spearhead has been announced as the International headliner for this year’s EVOLVE Festival. Franti became an international superstar as one-half of Hip Hop group “The Disposable Heros of Hiphoprisy,” when he released the song “TV: The Drug of the Nation” Franti, currently on a two week peace mission in Iraq, is the charismatic front man of Spearhead; a group who with their worldbeat sound has spread a message of respect and peace to fans across the globe.

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    EVOLVE’s Headlining DJs include legendary Los Angles native Doc Martin; considered America’s most important and well-known house export. “Doc” is touring in support of his new international release “True School.” From Orange County, California breakbeat pioneer Simply Jeff returns for a second round at Evolve after a blistering three-hour set last year. London’s godfather of nu-skool breaks; Rennie Pilgrem makes his debut appearance at Evolve serving up a pure breaks set UK-style. San Francisco’s DJ/Producer and bass-nymphomaniac Lorin Bassnectar, known for his collaborations and remix work with Spearhead and The String Cheese Incident, dishes out high-energy funky beats and spiritual grooves.

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    Performers from across Canada include Hometown Antigonish Rockers, The Trews, who return to Evolve, this time with a national profile and Canadian radio hit single “Not Ready to Go,”; Toronto’s cult progressive-rockers The Rheostatics, who have over the course of two decades uniquely described the Canadian experience; NYC-based renowned singer-songwriter duo Chris Brown and Kate Fenner will once again serenade audiences with their funkified blend of folk-soul with a message; as will roots act Luther Wright and the Wrongs, known for their light-hearted blend of country, rock and bluegrass. Burt Neilson Band (Toronto), Stephen Franke and the Noises from the Toolshed (Victoria), Nero (Ottawa), Blue Quarter (Alberta), Caution Jam (Toronto), Threat from Outer Space (Vancouver) - it’s a literal who’s who of Canada’s club touring circuit. Combine that with some of the best DJs in Canada including; Kristen S (Halifax), Sonny D (Halifax), Sumkids/OM Festival Crew, The Phat Conductor (Toronto), and you’ve got one of the most daring and exciting festival line-ups in Canada. But wait there’s more!

    From the US, EVOLVE 5 welcomes Vermont’s Vorcza Trio; featuring keyboardist Ray Paczkowski who also performs in Phish front man’s side project “The Trey Anastasio Band.”; Philadelphia’s Intergalactic Faerie Funk, a hybrid electronic live act that combines deep house, tribal funk and live instruments; from Boston, Randy Deshaies is the toast of the city’s underground House scene; and from sunny Miami Florida, DJ Mike Walsh known for his phat progressive house sound.

    Performers from ATLANTIC CANADA include ECMA winners for Best Alternative Group The Jimmy Swift Band; Halifax’s acclaimed hip hoppers Universal Soul, New Brunswick based groove quartet Grand Theft Bus; 2004 ECMA Roots/Traditional Group Recording of The Year nominee Hot Toddy; Antigonish-based worldbeat jazz group High Plains Drifter, Cape Breton’s saltwater-funkster Slowcoaster; St. John’s Newfoundland’s gypsy jazzer Duane Andrews; Nova Scotia’s touring jazzafunkablusia Hu Noo; and Halifax’s favourite dance band The Mellotones.

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    The three-day EVOLVE FESTIVAL will have general camping as well as family (quiet) camping areas, with access to full service camping facilities which include running water, portable washrooms, drinking water and wash stations. For our full event lineup, workshop details, camping info and ticket information for the Canada’s most important shakedown of the summer, please visit www.evolvefestival.com.

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    For more information on the festival, visit www.evolvefestival.com and/or for photos and interview opportunities, please contact:

    Jay Cleary, Evolve Publicity Coordinator

    360 Degrees Artists and Touring

    jay@evolvefestival.com

  6. Evolve Article on RELIX Homepage....

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    Hey folks, look how EVOLVE is getting respect across the boarder!

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    www.relix.com/evolve

    Evolve Brings the Bonnaroo Spirit up North

    Spearhead will headline the fifth annual Evolve Festival. Located on the 225-acre Ocean Playground in Sunflower Valley, Nova Scotia, Evolve is Canada's largest jamband gathering, featuring over 200 artists drawn from folk, jazz, funk, electronica, hip-hop, blues, rock, bluegrass and world music. Taking place from August 27-29 in Antigonish, NS, Evolve will place some of Canada's most notable performers alongside several American imports.

    Evolve 5 will also be the largest "green" festival in Atlantic Canada, boasting generators running on bio-diesel fuel, an on-site recycling/composting program and demonstrations of new forms of renewable and alternative energy sources. An independent film series, a kid's zone, 50 workshops and activities in the Awareness Village will complement the weekend's musical offerings.

    Drawing from Canada's native talent, Evolve will also welcome The Trews, whose hit single "Not Ready to Go" is currently moving its way up the Canadian charts. The Rheostatics, Grand Theft Bus and two-time ECMA winners The Jimmy Swift Band also highlight Evolve's lineup.

    Vermont's Vorcza Trio, which features Ray Paczkowski of The Trey Anastasio Band and Dave Matthews and Friends fame, will also make a trip up North for Evolve. Headlining the three-day festival's DJ stage is Doc Martin, a San Francisco DJ/Producer and bass-nymphomaniac. Lorin Bassnectar, know for his collaborations and remix work with Spearhead and The String Cheese Incident, will be on hand to help blend these genres together.

    For more information please visit www.evolvefestival.com

  8. Evolve Festival Offically Annouces Line up

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    Dave-O - I guess to fully answer your question, Evolve for one gets all types of offers well after we annouce the line up... and depending on how confident we are with the ticket sales and the draw of an artist it is possible to get "special surprises" In past years Evolve has announced "surprise" artists because we haven't been able to confirm some of the acts at press and flyer printing time, so I don't think that saying "surprise acts" is done to cash in on anything, it's just a way of saying we're working on something big, any we can only hope it comes through.

    Last year we were very close to having Brad and Andrew Barr (of the Slip) and a couple of jazz friends of theirs on board for a free-form improvisational set... but when it was looking like it was finnally coming together we realized that it was going to cost an insane amount of money just to fly them all up to the show... of course We'd rather pay the artists than the airlines... and so logistically it was not possible. What a surprise that could have been!

    I will definetly let you know if any large acts get added to the festival. But I will say this, because of the many years put in to establishing this festival, we will have some surprises on the way including collaborations between all types of Electronic and Live Artists, which I think is some very exciting sh!t!

  16. ROLL CALL: AFTER PARTY June 30th, 2004 El Mocambo

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    Stephen Franke has left audiences amazed and inspired throughout his years playing guitar and touring with West Coast groups Gnu and the Ragtime Millionaires and A Particular Wave. Based in Victoria, BC, Stephen now fronts his own group backed by a young accomplised jazz trio "The Noises from the ToolShed."

    Dave Matthews Band After Party

    Wednesday, June 30 - El Mocambo, Toronto, Ontario

    Afterparty for Dave Mattews & Bela Fleck,

    w/ guests Mr. Something Something

    The grooves have West African roots, with breaks and basslines designed to induce and sustain a state of ecstatic dancing. The horn section strikes with power and uplifts with melody, leading the dancers through extended forms. Above it all, acting as a lightning-rod for the combined energies of a Mr. Something Something event is the lyric statement of the case for change and consciousness. And dance. www.mrsomethingsomething.com

    www.elmocambo.ca

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    For more information and samples from the new album visit Stephen Franke and Noises from the Toolshed Website

  17. Evolve Festival Offically Annouces Line up

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    all the talk last year of a big surprise proved itself to be just that: a lot of talk.

    I agree that there are a lot of rumour mongers, but with the shear size of this festival and the amount of artists that will be on hand surprises are bound to happen.

    Did anyone catch Booty Juice's Sax player play with Simply Jeff at Evolve 4? Or at Evolve 3 when the Slip's Barr Brothers played an improv set with DJ Mike Walsh? Or when Nero's Dave Lauzon sat in with The Slip? Evolve 2's Burt Neilson/Caution Jam super set? I can only imagine what is in store...

  18. Contest: Moses Mayes: Tuesday, July 13 in Toronto

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    After a one year absence from the the spotlight, Moses Mayes is back to play some music....

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    Moses Mayes

    w/ Special Guests Riff Raft

    Tuesday, July 13 - doors at 9PM

    El Mocambo Downstairs

    www.elmocambo.ca

    By approaching live dance music with a carefully crafted sound, Moses Mayes's unique blend of funk, jazz, house, and Latin rhythms has had clubs packed across Canada. High energy vibes, combined with tight grooves, Moses Mayes's live show has fused the modern dj's cuts with the excitement and spontaneity of live instrumental music.

    Check out Moses Mayes on Tour supporting his newest release... NEEDLE TO THE GROOVE moses_nttg_album.jpg [color:"brown"]

    MOSES MAYES CONTEST:

    I will be giving away (1)pair of tickets and (1)copy of the new CD... so please respond to this thread if you want to enter the ticket and CD contest. :: ::

  19. really bad Farenheit 9/11 review

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    she seems to be so pro-Bush that she won't acknowlege any of his possibile wrong doing. It's funny that she thinks only leftists will be the ones watching this movie, i disagree. But she has some good points about the validity of the film's evidence... Of course I haven't seen the movie yet... this is all the more reason to check it out.

  22. Evolve Festival Offically Annouces Line up

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    I'm not sure of the status of Drums and Tuba, I hear they have cancelled their entire Canadian Tour, so looks like there is now an opening for a special surprise... I'll keep you cats updated.

    There is some discussion on the tickets sales, I mean last year you could see MMW on their own for the same price as the entire Evolve Festival. After some deliberation the Evolve Family decided that a modest increase in Ticket Prices will help keep the festival a sustainable event and give the festival the resources to keep it a world class festival for years to come.

    Check the Canadian Line-up of Bands, I mean these are some of Canada's Finest talent... and Evolve does a lot to support these groups and to get them in front of a larger audience.

    The Rheostatics (Toronto), Luther Wright and the Wrongs (Kingston), The Trews (Antigonish) Burt Neilson Band (Toronto), Stephen Franke and the Noises from the Toolshed (Victoria), Nero (Ottawa), Blue Quarter (Alberta), Caution Jam (Toronto), Threat from Outerspace (Vancouver), The Jimmy Swift Band (Halifax) Universal Soul (Halifax),Grand Theft Bus (Fredericton), Chris Brown and Kate Fenner (NYC), Hot Toddy (Fredericton), High Plains Drifter (Antigonish), Slowcoaster (Sydney, Cape Breton), Duane Andrews (St. Johns NFLD), Hu Noo (Halifax), The New Shady Groove (Brigton), The Mellotones (Halifax), Andru Branch and the Halfway Tree (Halifax), Fat Jebus (Fredericton) and much much more...

    see you there!

  25. J.J. Cale @ Lee's Palace 06/27/04

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    I wished I could have made it.. it was too busy a week for me... of all shows that night, that was the one I wanted to see most..

    here's the run I just finished...you can see why I'm beat.

    Friday, Steve Kimock/Burt Neilson Opera House, TO

    Saturday, Tala, New Shady Groove Show El Mocambo, TO

    Sunday, PHISH's Sunday Concert Saratoga Springs, USA

    Tuesday, Coca Conference Fredericton, NB

    Wednesday, High Plains Drifter Concert Antigonish, NS

    Friday, The Green Party Party Om Festival crew/Wassabi Collective, TO

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