Shane Simpson
Described as "remarkable for his guitar playing," (Gary Hayes, CBC Artscape) Shane Simpson's charging rhythms and melodic single note soloing have critics marvelling at his fretboard acrobatics. In addition to his prowess on the guitar, Simpson has been garnering an increasing amount of attention as a singer-songwriter since releasing his second CD “More Electric” in the fall of 2002.

2003 performance highlights include appearances at the Montreal Jazz Festival, Mariposa Folk Festival, Ottawa Cisco Systems Bluesfest, as well as the inaugural 2003 Toronto Star Bluesfest where Simpson also hosted the “Not the Opera” and “Roots” stages.

Paul Bourdeau
Paul Bourdeau has been a guitar player and teacher in the Ottawa area for close to three decades. "Raising the Juniper Tree" is a culmination of a lifetime dedicated to studying the guitar. Paul's transcriptions have been published in Guitar Player, Acoustic Guitar Magazine, Just Jazz Guitar Magazine. Paul has several books published through OFC Productions, including several on Bruce Cockburn and Stan Rogers.

Paul has also conducted jazz workshops with Lenny Breau, Tal Farlow and Herb Ellis, as well a jazz workshop for the Ottawa Folk Festival.Paul has had numerous commercial studio sessions as a guitarist with Andrew Huggett and John Harris, in addition to album appearances on Cathy Miller's "Footprints on the Moon" and "Superwoman". Paul was also the guitarist for The Speakers album "Songs I Never Wrote."

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Available CDs:
Themes For Contemporary Living (2003)