2010 Regina Folk Festival performers, Ghostkeeper are also performing at 2010's NXNE Music Festival along with the Calgary Folk Festival and the Winnipeg Folk Festival in support of their recently released self-titled album.
Calgary-based Ghostkeeper produces raw and electrifying music. A colourful patchwork of heartfelt, outsider blues and noisy pop, perhaps their music can be best understood through the distinctive Northern Alberta origins of Shane Ghostkeeper (vocals, guitar) and Sarah Houle (drums, vocals). Raised in High Level and the Paddle Prairie Metis Settlement, Shane & Sarah spent their adolescence isolated by geography, listening to folk and blues records passed down by family members, slowly developing an admiration for individuals that had the ability to convey rich stories through song. Both identified with traditional folk heroes like Hank Williams or Robert Johnson; likewise, the duo shared a history populated by larger-than-life characters as colourful as those in the songs they grew up with. While traditional influences remain at the very core of Shane's songwriting, a healthy irreverence towards standard song structure and an idiosyncratic storytelling voice results in something undeniably Ghostkeeper.
Keep an eye on these lovely ones!
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