Kirsten Starcher, ARCTIC’s bassist and keyboard player, recently accompanied Bird to Prey at Toronto’s annual North by Northeast music festival. The showcase was held at Cameron House, and was filled to capacity. Bird To Prey is singer/songwriter Sarah Turk from the remote town of Fremantle, Western Australia, who mixes “folk, a little bit of blues […]

ARCTIC will perform at Ottawa’s annual Westfest on Friday, June 12. The lineup for the evening includes Jenn Grant, Cara Tierney and Danny Michel. For full details visit the festival website.

Here are some bits of selected buzz from ARCTIC’s recent May/June cross-Canada tour: “If there were a soundtrack to the Arctic, a set of sounds that properly represented desolately beautiful spaces, this would be it.” – Echo Weekly “Arctic Take Cool, Green Vibes On Tour” – ChartAttack “Actually, what Today Brought Me Here sounds like […]

This May/June, ARCTIC will hit the road for a month-long cross-country Band Expedition. Confirmed dates are: May 10: Wired Monk, Vancouver, BC May 13: The Gaslight, Regina, SK May 14: Mondragon, Winnipeg, MB May 15: The Apollo, Thunder Bay, ON May 16: Loplop’s, Sault Ste Marie, ON May 17: Tranzac, Toronto, ON (Marcus Martin solo) […]

Upcoming solo shows by ARCTIC members: Marcus Martin / ARCTIC Solo Expeditions: Tuesday, Nov 13 at Cafe Deux Soleils, 8:00 pm, $2. Also Hemant Rao and Nat Jay. Saturday, Nov 17 at Wired Monk, 8:30 pm, $5. With Adam Gibbs. http://www.projectarctic.com Kirsten Bole, solo bass: Friday, Nov 16 at Wired Monk, 8:30pm, $5. With Rob […]