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Craig Cardiff

Folk/LiveLooping/Stories/Songs

About Me


Craig Cardiff - singersongwriter, troubadour, builds landscapes of sound using live digital loops - brings the room to a hush. edged, folk, beautiful, melancholy and left leaning, one song breaks your heart and the next one puts it back together.
Catch Craig out on the road this fall 2006 in the US, and winter/spring 2007 in Canada
visit www.craigcardiff.com for more information.
Interested in booking a show? please contact below
UNITED STATES
Clubs & Festivals
Adam Bauer
FlemingArtists
734.995.9066
Colleges
Brandon Tucker
StarPolishPresents
612.392.0360
PROMOTION/LOGISTICS
Alan Keelan, Arda Ocal, Adam Macisaac, Mike Johnson
WEBSETUP
Liam Karry
Fistfull of Flowers|2006
buy in Canada | buy in UK
Bombshelter Living Room|2005
buy in Canada | buy in UK
Gingers On Barrington Street|2003
buy in Canada | buy in UK
Soda|2002
buy in Canada | buy in UK
Live At The Boehmer Box Company|2002
buy in Canada | buy in UK
Happy|2001
buy in Canada | buy in UK
Great American White Trash Novel|1999
buy in Canada | buy in UK
Judy Garland! (You're Never Home)|1997
buy in Canada | buy in UK

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/22/2005
Band Website: craigcardiff.com
Band Members: Craig Cardiff - guitar, harmonica, snare, accordion, piano, loops

Often accompanied by the following talented folks:

Paul Mathew - Bassist
Les Cooper - Guitarist / Percussion / Engineering
Joel Stouffer - Percussion / Keyboard
Paul Cressman - Bassist / Percussion / Beatbox

Sounds Like: any number of different people. damien rice, paul simon, ani difranco, barenaked ladies, counting crows, dave mathews, peter gabriel, elvis costello, ani lennox, cyndi lauper, suzanne vega, and others
Record Label: MapleMusic Canada
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Saturday January 19th-7pm! Craig is playing in Ottawa!

Saturday january 19th - 7 PM--TONIGHT! Library & Archives Canada Auditorium 395 Wellington St. Ottawa,ON $18 at the door Who will be playing? Ana Miura Chris Brown Natasha Alexandra (nlx) &&...
Posted by Craig Cardiff on Sat, 19 Jan 2008 08:42:00 PST

Craig will be playing on ErrorFM.com

Hey !Craig & one of his fine musician friends will be playing on our 1year Anniversary SHOW, Wednesday 9th January, 10pm-Midnight (UK/GMT), via www.ErrorFM.com. Enjoy!...
Posted by Craig Cardiff on Thu, 10 Jan 2008 09:19:00 PST

montreal wrap-up; home for a rest

thanks to pascale, karl, olivier, mathieu, jacques and everyone else who made us so welcome at club soda. a lot of fun - i don't think i've ever sold so many albums as an opening special guest!thanks ...
Posted by Craig Cardiff on Mon, 10 Dec 2007 02:33:00 PST

and then the blacksheep, then outside of mtl and then the blacksheep again

wonderful. wonderful. christian of phonogarde and heathore kelday of herself and catherine maclellan all joined packed crowds at the sheep.Thursday night at the sheep, Saturday in St. Jean Sur Richeli...
Posted by Craig Cardiff on Tue, 04 Dec 2007 02:37:00 PST

heading out on tuesday - montreal, wolfville, lunenberg, halifax then home

montreal is at the grad club at mcgill - should be fun - be sure to sign up on facebook as its the only place tickets are being held.wolfville and lunenburg still hav some tickets - halifax's saturday...
Posted by Craig Cardiff on Sat, 17 Nov 2007 01:32:00 PST

mountains - fernie this eve

so the shows were great. darren johnston channels louis armstrong something fierce, and the crowds bought all the albums i had. saw kent and his partner at the railway, as as sandra engstrom, the firs...
Posted by Craig Cardiff on Mon, 05 Nov 2007 09:44:00 PST

saskatchewan flatlands - crossing canada

currently driving through the prairies. long low and straight, accompanied by hydro lines. death cab and gillian welch on iTunes.i've been trying to stay slim on the sends, but there may be a few more...
Posted by Craig Cardiff on Fri, 02 Nov 2007 09:37:00 PST

new song draft - ’porchlight’

porchlight.1 month down, 1 more month left ini can't wait to see you againi'm going to hold you so tightuntill my heart gets unbroken.some of us got lostthe rest of got foundmortgaged, cars, dogs, kid...
Posted by Craig Cardiff on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 05:39:00 PST

short + sweet

goodness gracious:four perfectly amazing shows - either sold out or near capacity, all hushed. everyone welcoming new music. pascale, mathieu and karl were awesome to share the road with, all present...
Posted by Craig Cardiff on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 02:57:00 PST

Veteran singer/songwriter Craig Cardiff folks up Brock (Brock Press)

Mike DiRisio 10/10/07   Craig Cardiff is back, bringing his acoustic folk melodies across Canada. Touring all the way from British Columbia to Nova Scotia, he does not plan on leaving any Ca...
Posted by Craig Cardiff on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 01:02:00 PST