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About Me

"I've lost you through the wires of a thousand Telephones," Ian Foster sings on his debut album, Through the Wires. Foster's songs are a story set to music; a tale of a modern world where finding meaning is paramount and where that meaning is for sale.
A finalist for the 2003 International Songwriting Competition, Foster has been performing live for years in his hometown of St. John's, NL, Canada. In 2004, he showcased at the Music Industry Awards and Conference in St. Johns, and continues to play at numerous venues and festivals around the island. Upon the release of his debut album in September 2006, Ian will be performing on stages across Canada in the coming year. His is the new voice for listeners needing politically and personally present songs.
With a band made up of world-class musicians, the music itself combines elements of blues, rock, pop, and indie styles to paint an eclectic backdrop for Foster's very human stories. Love, anger, passion, sadness, laughter--they all live in the melodies.
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On the Radio:
CBC Radio, 640 AM, St. John's, NL
Radio Newfoundland, 930 AM, St. John's, NL
97.5 K-Rock, St. John's, NL
CHMR FM, 93.5, St. John's, NL
East Coast Countdown, Various Stations across the country and online (www.eastcoastcountdown.com)
WebRadio, Golden Flash, Beligum (www.goldenflash.be)
Fred's Records, Duckworth Street, St. John's, NL
CDPlus, Avalon Mall, St. John's, NL
HMV, Avalon Mall, St. John's, NL
Spun T-Shirts, Water Street, St. John's, NL
Griffiths Guitar Works, Ropewalk Lane, St. John's, NL
Partytime Sound, Stephenville, NL
Sam the Record Man, Barrington Street, Halifax, NS

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/7/2006
Band Website: ianfosterband.com
Band Members: Ian Foster--Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Allan Locke--Harmonies, Bass Guitar
Kurt Moyst--Harmonies, Electric Guitar
Derm Carberry--Drums

Influences: Matthew Good, U2, Death Cab for Cutie, Radiohead, Hawksley Workman, Ryan Adams, Daniel Lanois, Ron Sexsmith, Sam Roberts, Counting Crows, Eric Clapton, The Beatles, Bob Dylan

Sounds Like:
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Tour Blog 5--End of the Line (THANKS inside)

Well, I made it up safe and sound, back to St. John's. What a time! 8 flights, a couple packs of strings, 6 new songs, 15 shows, a bunch of sold CDs, a bunch of media things, and about 20 Subway meals...
Posted by Ian Foster on Fri, 10 Aug 2007 05:18:00 PST

Tour Blog 4 (please note: upcoming press and cancelled show)

So here I am, in the nation's capital. Good times! I got into Ottawa yesterday, after a nice weekend in PEI (which involved two shows at Baba's Lounge, and an afternoon hanging out on a beach, daring...
Posted by Ian Foster on Sat, 28 Jul 2007 08:01:00 PST

Tour Blog 3

"This is the end" the Air Canada Flight Attendant said."Of Air Canada flight number 7654 to Halifax." She said these two sentences as, well, two sentences. Maybe Air Canada DOES have a sense of humour...
Posted by Ian Foster on Thu, 19 Jul 2007 11:08:00 PST

Tour Blog 2

Well, I'm on my last day in Halifax at the moment, typing from Christina's laptop. I'm hanging out with a Haligonian friend for the rest of today, then off to New Brunswick tomorrow morning by bus at ...
Posted by Ian Foster on Thu, 12 Jul 2007 10:47:00 PST

Tour Blog 1

It's 4:13 p.m. and raining in Halifax. I can see it coming down from the second floor of the Paper Chase, opposite Argyle Street, where I'm typing these words. I got in yesterday without a hitch, ...
Posted by Ian Foster on Fri, 06 Jul 2007 11:55:00 PST

East Coast Road Trip interview

Please check out the East Coast Roadtrip (one of the current top friends). I am the current featured artist there. The East Coast Roadtrip is a show broadcast on CKEC New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. For tho...
Posted by Ian Foster on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 12:07:00 PST

Interview for the AAMP

Check out www.aamp.ca for an interview/article with Ian Foster. It's the first artist profile on the Association for the Arts in Mount Pearl.
Posted by Ian Foster on Sun, 08 Apr 2007 12:23:00 PST

"Through the Wires" album review

Here is a review written by Russell Peddle for "The Measure." "The Measure" is an industry magazine published and distributed by MusicNL to its members. It is not widely available to the public, so th...
Posted by Ian Foster on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 07:41:00 PST

Tour Blog .3

Hey folks, So it's Saturday night and I'm writing from a free net computer in the Bed and Breakfast I'm staying at on Barrington street. It's a pretty cool affair--very 19th century, with a canopy bed...
Posted by Ian Foster on Sun, 18 Feb 2007 04:29:00 PST

Ian Foster on Radio ECMA this weekend!

Tune in on www.ecma.com for Radio ECMA, a 24-hour broadcast station that happens this coming weekend starting Thursday. On Friday, Feb 16th, at 2 p.m. you can listen to a 1/2 hour interview and acous...
Posted by Ian Foster on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 07:42:00 PST