April 9, 2018
Hailing from Alberta’s wild rose country, Cree/Metis guitarist and vocalist A.W. Cardinal and multi-instrumentalist Jasmine Colette form the band Blue Moon Marquee. Influenced by artists from Lonnie Johnson and Django Reinhardt to Tom Waits, the duo brings contemporary sounds and Native soul to a foundation of gypsy/swing blues and jazz. Before becoming full-time musicians, Cardinal worked in an oil field, Colette on a grain farm. The original narratives they tell through their music speak to communities of mixed heritage and the working class. Blue Moon Marquee has been nominated for Best New Artist at the Maple Blues Awards and was the most requested band at Canada’s International Jazz festivals. Colette’s smooth bass rhythms and vocal harmonies blend with Cardinal’s charismatic lead vocals and guitar in their third full-length album, Gypsy Blues.
Playlist
Artist (Song) Album
- Tara Williamson (Loon Song) Songs to Keep Us Warm
- A Tribe Called Red (We Are The Halluci Nation) We Are The Halluci Nation
- Broken Walls (Creator’s Song) The Path
- Ivaluarjuk (Anuri) Ice Lines & Sealskin
- Blue Moon Marquee (Trickster Coyote) Gypsy Blues
- Blue Moon Marquee (Shading Tree) Gypsy Blues
- Blue Moon Marquee (Pour Me One) Gypsy Blues
- Injunuity (Amazing Grace) Mahli
- Josh Halverson (Cupid – Single)
- Brendt Thomas Diabo (Dirty Old Town – Single)
- Christa Couture (In the Papers) Long Time Leaving
