Dusty Keeler

Dusty Keeler' s “tunes, crafted with out force are true to tradition” - Lindsay Dobbin Dalhousie Gazette March 25/04.His songs "are like a favorite old blanket you wrap around yourself at a campfire. His personal brand of folk is a welcome listen anytime." Lezlie Lowe, aliant.net Atlantic Airwaves Article 2002" Dusty Keeler is a singer/songwriter based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. For many years he has played around Halifax and the Maritimes and toured across Canada in 2002 and 2006. He also played shows in Ireland and Wales in 2007.Dusty has released five full length CDs since 1999, two on the independent label No Records, and three on his own. Between 1995 and 2004 he performed under the name Dusty Sorbet. Wanderers Grounds, released in 2004, was nominated for Best Folk/Roots Recording by The Music Industry Association of Nova Scotia.In 2006 he released Rain or Shine, a folk rock record with his his back up band The Rusty Wheels. Four of Halifax's finest musicians, Benn Ross on drums, Lukas Pearse on Bass, Phil Sedore on electric guitar and Tim Crofts on piano and organ.His latest, Under The Radar and Over The Canyon, record solo in an afternoon at Charles Austin's Echo Chamber Studio, is available online iTunes, CD Baby and Zunior.com.Keeler’s songs have been influenced by Canadian and American folk and folk rock, very much wearing the influences on his sleeve. For the past year he has been immersing himself in more traditional forms of folk music, listening to and learning Irish songs and tunes.Dusty has busked his way to British Columbia and back a few times, he has fallen asleep in The Badlands of South Dakota, woke up to buffalo grazing by his campsite and bought fireworks from an aging scholar of minor hockey on the shores of Lake Superior.Career highlights2008 - performed in all four Atlantic Provinces. Writing and arranging a new CD of Traditional Irish songs and originals--------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- 2007 - Released UNDER THE RADAR AND OVER THE CANYON, his fifth release. A collection of 12 songs sung solely with acoustic Guitar accompaniment. ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------- 2006 – November – Released RAIN OR SHINE, backed by THE RUSTY WHEELS, his live rock and roll band. ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------- Summer – Toured across Newfoundland, The Prairies and Southern Ontario. ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------- Spring – Performed in Vancouver and on Vancouver Island. ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ 2005 – Stayed close to home and played shows in Nova Scotia ad New Brunswick.-------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------- From 1995 to 2004 he recorded and performed under the name DUSTY SORBET. ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------- 2004 – Released WANDERERS GROUNDS. This CD was nominated for Best Folk/Roots Recording by the Music Industry of Nova Scotia (currently known as Music Nova Scotia). ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------- 2003 – While living in Halifax, hosted two weekly open mic sessions and worked as a sound man at Khyber Club. ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------- 2002 – Toured Quebec and Southern Ontario with the Heavy Meadows. ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------- 2001 – Released UNFINISHED BUSINESS, recorded the year before while he attended recording school. ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------- Voted Best Busker in the Coast’s Reader’s Poll, Halifax’s Weekly Newspaper ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------- 1999 – Released A STILL LIFE WITH TIMELY NICK NACKS. Played around the Maritimes. ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------- 1998 – Released his first CD, IN TIME, recorded in his living room in Montreal and later in Halifax. ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------- 1997 – Voted Best Busker in The Coast’s Readers’ poll for the first time.------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------- 1995-96 - Toured the across Canada and parts of the states as a roadie working for Rebecca West and Plumtree