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The McDades

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Here we are with 24 member choir Pro Coro Canada.

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Member Since: 1/16/2006
Band Website: themcdades.com
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BLOOM has won!

2007 Juno Award for Best Roots & Traditional Album of The Year - Group.

WINNER of TWO 2006 Canadian Folk Music Awards.

Best World Album

Best Instrumental Group

WINNER 2007 Best World Traditional Album From the Independent Music Awards!

Influences: The Chieftans, Alan Stivell, Dave Holland, Stephan Grapelli, Solas, Robert Johnson, Dervish, Lunasa, Charlie Parker, Chris Potter, Duke Ellington, Bob Wills, Bach, Brahms, Mingus, Jaco, Joni Mitchell, Paul Simon, Kate Rusby, Flook, Dexter Gordon, The Band, Miles Davis, Stan Getz, Avishai Cohen, Zakir Hussain, Peter Gabriel, Don Grolnick, Ale Moller, B.B King, Muddy Waters, Doobie Bros, Howlin' Wolf, Alison Krauss, Oscar Peterson, Altan, Mark Turner, Martin Sexton, Daniel Lanois, Bob Marley, Pierre Bensusan, Don Messer, The Police, David Binney, Rabih Abou-Khalil, Hank Williams, Radiohead, Wayne Shorter, Bruce Cockburn, Edgar Meyer, Frank Sinatra, Stevie Wonder, Edith Piaf, La Boitinne Souriante, Frankie Gavin, BTO, Varttina, Gjallarhorn, Mark O'Connor, David Bowie, James Jamerson, Ravi Shankar, Mom & Dad, Vasen, Broken Social Scene, Robert Cray, Tchaikovsky, Bill Monroe, Curtis Mayfield, Led Zepplin, The Carter Family, Fleetwood Mac, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Blondie, Jimi Hendrix, Depeche Mode, Herbie Hancock, James Brown, Brian Blade, Ray Charles. Rolling Stones, Sly & The Family Stone, Brad Mehldau, Dave Douglas, The Who, Ray Brown, AWB, AC/DC, Ben Allison, Ricky Skaggs and so many more.
Sounds Like: The Whistle Blower

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My Blog

New review for Bloom

The reviews for Bloom keep rolling in. Here's one from a music blogger named Kerry Dexter. You can read her blog here.Here's what Kerry had to say about Bloom.Stretching, bending, pushing, pulling, da...
Posted by The McDades on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:52:00 PST

folkalley.com

Hey there,If you head over to folkalley.com you can hear a live recording from the band's show in Iowa last month. There is also a video of the show floating around somewhere so when we get it with ...
Posted by The McDades on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:51:00 PST

New Years Eve -20 degrees

Here are some videos from a show we did on new year's eve last december. It was at least -20 degrees out and somewhere between 25000 to 50000 people came out to the show. It was a crazy experience. Ou...
Posted by The McDades on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 09:27:00 PST

Facebook Madness

Hey there friends & neighbors,Well, we've done it. The McDades have a new facebook page where you can get in touch with us. Come by and say ola. Here's the link; The McDades on Facebook.Cheers,The McD...
Posted by The McDades on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 08:18:00 PST

Check out this video: Hitchhikers Blues

Here's another video blast from the past. Check out Shannon kickin' it on the Hitchhikers Blues. Shannon's 17, Solon's 13 & Jeremiah is 9. Check out this video: Hitchhicker's Blues Add to ...
Posted by The McDades on Wed, 23 Jan 2008 08:27:00 PST

Check out this video: Road to Tokyo

Hi,Here's a blast from our past! Well Shannon's past specifically. For Christmas we bought our dad a machine that converts VHS tapes to DVD, so now we're getting to see all these funny old videos from...
Posted by The McDades on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 11:12:00 PST

Singing out!

We've had a great article on the band appear in this season's issue of Sing Out! magazine. If you have a chance stop by your local mag shop and pick up a copy of this great magazine or better yet, go ...
Posted by The McDades on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 04:48:00 PST

The Story Of Stuff

HiHappy holidays everybody. Check out this fascinating video.The Story of Stuff
Posted by The McDades on Thu, 27 Dec 2007 12:27:00 PST

Canada Live

Terry McDade & The McDades will be featured on Canada Live Saturday December 22nd at 8:00 pm on CBC radio 2. This is a recording from our sold out show at Sherwood Park's Festival Place Theatre and fe...
Posted by The McDades on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 02:35:00 PST

Roll into Banff

We're doing a short tour of Southern Alberta starting tomorrow. Come by and say hi if you're in the area. We also went to see our friends Stars last night in Edmonton. They sounded great. If you get ...
Posted by The McDades on Thu, 22 Nov 2007 03:14:00 PST