“2011 ECMA Showcase Artist”
“2011 New Album Release”
“2010 NSMW Showcase Artist”
“2009 East Coast Music Award Nominee”
“2009 An’R International Award of Excellence”
“2009 NSMW Showcase Artist”
“2008 Canadian Folk Music Award Nominee”
BIOGRAPHY
Drumlin has been performing and recording music for over a decade. This vibrant, young, classically trained band first gained national recognition celebrating and working with some of Nova Scotia’s finest heritage music, hand picked from the Helen Creighton collection. Mackerel Skies charted in the ‘top ten’ on college and community radio stations, was embraced by CBC radio, and has received great reviews, numerous accolades, and international airplay.
Drumlin’s new modern folk album, Paper Flowers, to be released in spring 2011, has a different twist. The album is almost entirely Drumlin’s own songs, speaking of romance, hope, loss, adventure, and connection, including a single adaptation of a song fragment found deep within the Nova Scotia Archives.
“Our continuing progress has been very inspiring for us! We incorporated our own life interpretations into Paper Flowers. It will be a cross-generational approach to music, as it will feature songs written by Drumlin as well as songs from Nova Scotia’s historically rich culture.”
~Anya
Drumlin’s goal is to produce a high quality, historically valuable and marketable sound recording for Canadians, working towards continued local, national, and increased international recognition. Through hard work, professionalism, strategic marketing, savvy performance and excellence of product, Drumlin strives to continue making a long term contribution to the Canadian music industry.
“Drumlin has proven to be one of the most durable and talented groups on the East Coast music scene. They consistently deliver a high quality of musicianship whether it is live or recorded…” ~John Wiles, Station Manager
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DRUMLIN recognizes the support of the Province of Nova Scotia through the Department of Tourism, Culture, and Heritage. They are pleased to work in partnership with the Culture Division to develop and promote cultural resources for all Nova Scotians.
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PRESS
“Drumlin has established themselves, over several years of careful and diligent development and management, as one of the East Coast’s most promising musical entities.”
-Brookes Diamond
Yorkton This Week
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Review – “MACKEREL SKIES” – Drumlin
“The Canadian Maritimes must truly be a place of a music fertile soil because group after group seems to emerge from the region with a sound which captivates. The list of course includes the likes of Great Big Sea, The Rankin Family and the Barra MacNeils. Now you can add Drumlin to the list.
Like the others mentioned, Drumlin emerges playing the music of the region, a music rich in tradition, growing from strong Celtic roots, and grasping the heart of the land and the ocean from which it flourishes.
In this case Drumlin goes right to the heart of the traditional music of Nova Scotia with a CD of 12 songs inspired by the province’s heritage songs from the Helen Creighton Collection, a famed-regional collection by a woman born in 1899. It is a volume of songs which provided Drumlin with a fine selection of songs, proving that when it comes to music you can look to the past to find something compelling for the present.
There are songs of outstanding beauty here such as My Irish Girl with its haunting tin whistle work, and great ballads such as Down In Old Ireland, the kind of song with a story revealed by the lyrics. The tin whistle also shines on Homeward Bound.
As for the group itself, Drumlin is another of those family units which also seem to emerge so often from the region. In this case it’s the Gilbert family with Anya, Dal, Kassia, Liam and Nehara performing on the CD. The family are fine musicians and have wonderful clear, and strong voices.
Certainly Drumlin is a band with the skills to properly portray the historical music contained here, and as a package it’s a fine recording, premised by the fact you must enjoy Celtic/Cape Breton music to enjoy this one.”
- Calvin Daniels
Yorkton This Week newspaper, July 16, 2008 -Yorkton, SK, Canada.
Tim Feswick/Record Producer
“This recording of Mackerel Skies has been a producer’s dream.
Each song has it’s own unique allure, from the first cut featuring an incredibly rare treat of a ”first taker” (the vocal track being recorded only once, with no overdubs) to the contemplative mystique of Homeward Bound.
DRUMLIN’s individual musicianship is honest, meticulous, and mature, creating an entity solidified by mutual respect of one another.
This has been an unforgettable journey, and a labour of love that I will forever treasure!”
– Tim Feswick
Clary Croft/musician
“To my knowledge, DRUMLIN’s Mackerel Skies, is only the third recording made
up solely of interpretations of songs from the Helen Creighton collection.
Diane Oxner’s 1956, Traditional Folksongs from Nova Scotia and my own, 1982
release, False Knight Upon the Road, is now joined by DRUMLIN’s fresh and
exciting collection of songs rescued by “Canada’s First Lady of Folklore”.
“This talented family of young performers has given these traditional songs
new life yet manages to keep the integrity of the original works intact.
While not literal copies of the original songs, [they wisely offer credit to
the people who sang them for Helen], DRUMLIN has taken these precious
chestnuts and given them a contemporary sensibility. For many, DRUMLIN’s
Mackerel Skies, will represent the future for traditional songs from the
Maritimes and, I believe, Drumlin is moving in a good direction.”
- Clary Croft
