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RIK EMMETT
2020/21
Oct 16 - Vinyl Envy Songwriters Round - Victoria, BC
Oct 13 - Herald St BrewWorks - Victoria, BC
Sept 23 - Browns Crafthouse - Victoria, BC
Sept 11 - Victoria Music Strategy Popup - Victoria, BC
Sept 2 - Browns Crafthouse - Victoria, BC
July 18 - City of Victoria Outdoor Music Series - Victoria, BC
July 16 - City of Victoria Outdoor Music Series - Victoria, BC
June 5 - Open Tuning Festival - Virtual Edition
Nov 15 - Wenona Foreverfest - Virtual Edition
Oct 27 - Cowichan Arts Guild - Spotlight Series, Duncan
August 29 - Acoustic Blend Cafe - Virtual Live Series
February 22 - Long & McQuade - Bose Days, Toronto
Feb 2 - Wenona Lodge, Rock Lottery Series, Toronto
Jan 22-26 - Folk Alliance International, New Orleans, LA
Jan 5 - Wenona Lodge, Toronto
2019
Nov 17 - Toronto Christmas Market, ON
Nov 9 - The Acoustic Village, Star Cafe, Knowlton, QC
Oct 6 - Hops & Harvest Festival, Milton, ON
Oct 5 - Hops & Harvest Festival, Milton, ON
Sept 21 - Mount Pleasant Harvest Fair, Toronto
Sept 1 - Canadian Food Truck Festival, Brampton, ON
Aug 25 - Whoop & Hollar Folk Festival, MB
Aug 24 - Whoop & Hollar Folk Festival, MB
Aug 17 - Blue Mountain Music Series, Blue Mountain, ON
Aug 10 - Victoria Dragon Boat Festival, Victoria, BC
Aug 8 - Willows Beach Summer Music Series, Victoria, BC
Aug 5 - The Filberg Festival, Comox, BC
Aug 3 - Victoria Harbour Festival, Victoria, BC
Aug 2 - Breakwater Barge Music Series, Victoria, BC
Aug 1 - Sidney Market, Sidney, BC
July 27 - Rorschach Brewing, Toronto
July 27 - Arvo Coffee, Toronto
July 25 - Yonge & St Clair Summer Music Series, Toronto
July 20 - Distillery District Live Music, Toronto
July 19 - Canadian Food Truck Festival, ON
June 14 - Toronto Wine & Spirit Festival, Toronto
June 9 - House Concert, Moncton
June 8 - Trellis Cafe, Hubbards, NS
June 7 - Breton Brewing, Sydney, NS
June 6 - House Concert, Fall River, NS
June 3 - Paddy’s Brewpub, Wolfville, NS
June 2 - Governor’s Pub, Sydney, NS
June 2 - Herring Choker Deli, Sydney, NS
June 1 - Big Spruce Brewing, Cape Breton Island
May 31 - Living Roots Festival, Fredericton
April 28 - Canadian Cancer Society’s Daffodil Weekend, Toronto
April 28 - The Painted Lady, Toronto
April 27 - Springtide Music Festival, Uxbridge
April 27 - Canadian Cancer Society’s Daffodil Weekend, Toronto
April 13 - Beach United Church, Toronto
April 7 - The Painted Lady, Toronto
March 22 - Grumpy’s Bar, Montreal
March 21 - L’Archipel Resto, Cowansville, QC
March 16 - House Concert, Toronto
March 15 - Brown & Dickson Booksellers, London
March 14 - Brownstone Cafe, Orillia
March 9 - Rocket Science Room, Montreal
March 8 - Bar Robo, Ottawa
March 7 - Musiikki Cafe, Kingston
March 3 - TWB Brewing, Kitchener
March 1 - Signal Brewing, Corbyville
February 18 - Le Depanneur Cafe, Montreal
February 14-17 - Folk Alliance International Conference, Toronto
February 7 - The Cameron House, Toronto
January 30 - The Painted Lady, Toronto
2018
Dec 9 - Social Capitol Theatre, Toronto
Nov 20 - YYZ Live at Pearson, Toronto
October 13/14 - Hops & Harvest Festival, Milton
Sept 27-30 - Folk Music Ontario, Toronto
Sept 3 - Jakestock Music Festival, Muskoka
Aug 26 - Wenona Bar, Toronto
Aug 25 - Arvo Coffee, Toronto
Aug 17-21 - VIA Rail Artist On Board, Vancouver to Toronto
Aug 16 - Riot Brewing, Chemainus
Aug 15 - Duncan Showroom, Duncan
Aug 14 - Beacon Hill Folk Series In The Park, Victoria
Aug 12 - Osborne Bay Pub, Crofton
Aug 11 - Moss Street Market, Victoria
Aug 10 - Victoria Dragon Boat Festival
Aug 9 - Sidney Market, Sidney
Aug 9 - Parksville Beach Festival
Aug 7 - Salt Spring Market, Salt Spring Island
Aug 4 - Spiral Cafe, Victoria
August 3rd - 39 Days Of July Festival
Aug 3 - CFUV Radio, Victoria
Aug 2 - The Nanaimo Bar, Nanaimo
June 30 - Supermarket, Toronto
June 20 - Mulberry Coffeehouse, Hamilton
June 10 - Distillery District Music Summer Series, Toronto
June 9 - Open Tuning Festival, Toronto
June 3 - House Concert, Victoria
May 26-30 - VIA Rail Artist On Board, Toronto to Vancouver
May 13 - Social Capitol Theatre, Toronto
May 12 - Ravine Days, Humber Arboretum, Toronto
April 21 - Springtide Festival, Uxbridge
March 5-24 - Banff Centre for Arts & Creativity, Banff
Feb 16 - The Local, Toronto
Feb 3 - The Painted Lady, Toronto
2017
Dec 29 - Spiral Cafe, Victoria
Dec 15 - The Cavern, Toronto
Nov 26 - Wenona Bar, Toronto
Nov 24 - Burdock Music Hall, Toronto
Oct 19-22nd - Folk Music Ontario, Toronto
Sept 30 - The Cavern, Toronto
Sept 27 - The Painted Lady, Toronto
Sept 23 - Supermarket, Toronto
Sept 3 - Jakestock Music Festival, Muskoka
Aug 25 - The Cameron House, Toronto
Aug 20 - Vinyl Envy, Victoria
Aug 19 - Cowichan Bay Pub, Cowichan Bay
Aug 13 - Harmony Arts Festival, Vancouver
Aug 11 - House Concert, Victoria
Aug 10 - CFUV Radio, Victoria
Aug 4-7th The Filberg Festival, Comox
July 29-Aug 2nd - VIA Rail Artist On Board, Toronto to Vancouver
July 18 - Girls Rock Camp, Toronto
July 16 - Distillery District Summer Music Series, Toronto
June 22 - Handlebar, Toronto
June 17 - Roncy Rocks Festival, Toronto
May 30 - Voodoo Child, Toronto
May 23 - Voodoo Child, Toronto
May 16 - Voodoo Child, Toronto
May 9 -Voodoo Child, Toronto
May 2 - Voodoo Child, Toronto
April 28 - House Show, Toronto
April 24 - The Cameron House, Toronto
April 17 - The Cameron House, Toronto
April 13 - Junction City Music Hall, Toronto
April 10 - The Cameron House, Toronto
April 3 - The Cameron House, Toronto
March 31 - Mahtay Cafe, St. Catharines
March 29 - Cornerstone Cafe, Guelph
March 27 - The Garnet, Peterborough
March 26 - The Baltimore House, Hamilton
March 25 - Musiikki Cafe, Kingston
March 24 - The Belle Pub, Belleville
March 23 - Bar Robo, Ottawa
March 21 - Casa del Popolo, Montreal
Feb 25 - The Libertarian House, Toronto
Claire Coupland ain’t just another chord strumming folk singer. She is making a name for herself as a moving songwriter, a skilled vocalist, and a compelling guitarist, combining smooth finger picking, soaring melodic lines and a voice described as “the power Susan Tedeschi paired with the clarity and velvety softness of Eva Cassidy”. She effortlessly pulls her audience into her personal world of love and life experiences, but always with a touch of her “wicked sense of humour” (Rik Emmett). Influenced by folk/rock artists growing up and a degree in Contemporary Music Performance, she blends her own style of intricate folk guitar playing with jazz influenced melodies, progressions and hard hitting arrangements, bringing her own graceful contemporary feel to indie folk music.
Watch her newest music video here.
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Claire has provided artist mentorship and her performance talent to non profit organizations such as Girls Rock Camp Toronto, Nellie’s Shelter, Souper Bowls Of Hope and VIA Rail Canada. During Covid 19, she started volunteering for FemFolk, a woman-run community that supports and provides performance platforms for women, non-binary, trans, or intersex musicians who are subject to gender based discrimination. She has also joined the team of directors at the Cowichan South Arts Guild.
She also volunteered in Crete, Greece as an endangered sea turtle tagger and conservation activist (Archelon), worked for NEED Crisis Line (BC) in conjunction with World Suicide Awareness Week and volunteered repairing medieval roads in southern France (La Sabranenque). She also had an interesting youth, having traveled Europe as a child for a year and a half on a canal boat and RV, and was a teaching assistant at a Quaker private school in England.
She has many stories…and many more to tell…
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Once paralyzed by the fear of showing her songs to anyone else, Claire was encouraged to cultivate her love of songwriting and self expression, with help from mentors such as Rik Emmett and Sienna Dahlen during her Contemporary Music Degree at Humber College, Toronto. Coupland has since independently written three studio EPs, her latest, reaching #3 in the National Folk/Roots/Blues charts in Canada with earshot!. Receiving steady CBC Radio airplay across the country, On The Other Side earned Claire her first song writing nomination (“Love In Your Eyes”, Ontario Arts Council), and has received praise and glowing reviews from music magazines, blogs, and radio stations in the US, UK and Europe. A BC born and raised musician, she has been touring Canada heavily since 2017, already landing major festival slots such as Kingsville Folk Festival, Islands Folk Festival, Midsummer Music Fest, Living Roots Festival as well as 6 transcontinental journeys across the country as VIA Rail Artist On Board. In 2018/2021, she was selected for the Singer Songwriter Residency at the Banff Centre for the Arts where she recorded with Billerman (The Arcade Fire) and worked with mentors such as Fats Kaplin (John Prine, Jack White), The Weather Station, David Francey, Kevin Welch, Kim Richey and Grammy winning song writer Don Henry. Claire was a featured writer for Humber Music's Producer In Residence Week with Bob Ezrin (KISS, Pink Floyd, Lou Reed, Deep Purple, Peter Gabriel), and has showcased at Folk Music Ontario and Folk Alliance International.
She is currently in writing/pre-production for her second full length album.
The Permanent Rain Press
https://www.bluesandrootsradio.com/album-review-claire-coupland
Top 100 Canadian Singles by Bob Mersereau
“FOR YOU” (2015) EP
LONELY HEART (2014)
ARTICLES
Nomination // “Love In Your Eyes” (2018)
Awarded // 2019
Singer Songwriter Residency // March, 2018
Feature songwriter/finalist for student recording session with Bob Ezrin
Song “Fallen” (2014)
Folk Music Ontario - Private Showcase Artist
2017/2018
