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Kevin
Evans & Brian Doherty have been an integral part of the East
Coast music scene for twenty years. They have been together as
Evans & Doherty for fourteen years. To capture the essence
of an Evans & Doherty performance, take a lively blend of
traditional, original and contemporary songs, add a liberal sprinkling
of stories and humour, then sit back and enjoy these fine entertainers.
As well as performing front and
center on stage, Evans & Doherty are involved with many
aspects of the music industry. Brian owns and operates Eastern
Entertainment Agency, a booking agency and production company which
co-ordinates tours of Atlantic Canada for many Canadian and
international acts. Kevin owns and operates Modtrad Music, a
publishing company, through which much of the material performed by
Evans & Doherty is published and licensed. Through Eastern
Entertainment Agency, Evans & Doherty have produced
recordings for a number of East coast groups, as well as three
compilation recordings (A Taste Of The Maritimes, A Taste Of Atlantic
Canada and An East Coast Christmas) for national labels.
As a songwriter and producer,
Kevin has enjoyed success; his song “Christmas Memories” recently
achieved platinum status in Canada for John McDermott. Tommy Makem and
Liam Clancy recorded “The Orchard”, another of Kevin’s songs.
Stompin’ Tom Connors has recently recorded Kevin’s “Silver Sea”,
a great compliment considering Stompin’ Tom doesn’t usually record other
people’s material.
Evans & Doherty
have recently embraced the e-commerce world. Their site
www.evansanddoherty.com
offers online shopping as well as press information, a guestbook, a tour
schedule and MP3’s for download.
Evans & Doherty
along with Jimmy Sweeney, have released a new recording titled
“Sailing Ships & Sailing Men”, the musical companion to a one-hour
radio program written by the trio and broadcast on CBC’s Atlantic
Airwaves. The program deals with life at sea and the songs used by
sailors while they worked. To celebrate their fifteenth
anniversary and coincidentally the fifteenth anniversary of the
Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival, Evans & Doherty have
re-released their Live At Lunenburg recording on CD. As a bonus track,
the CD includes “Nova Scotia, Nature’s Song”, used by N.S. Tourism to
promote the province at home & abroad. Evans & Doherty,
this year, will perform at the Lunenburg Folk Festival,
The Stan Rogers Festival and The Celtic Colours festival. A detailed
itinerary can be found on the Evans & Doherty homepage at:
http://www.evansanddoherty.com
Equally at home in a
pub-setting, concert hall, festival or convention, Evans & Doherty
are first-rate musicians, singers, songwriters, promoters and
producers. They also possess the ability to
entertain any audience, any
place, any time. |