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PEAR

About Me

Sweet...yet Gritty!
That's PEAR! Being labelled as "the most accomplished band you've never heard of" PEAR is taking the crossover market by storm with their infectious blends of alternative, pop and country music.
When Lynae and Denis Dufresne came off the road after fronting one of the most successful fiddle acts in history, they decided to take time off and start on a domestic life in Calgary. Well now... they've become a bit antsy... Together, this group of 5 musicians have performed all over the world: including Europe, Scandanavia, France, Germany, China and throughout North America. With Lynae as the songstress and Denis as the musical backbone, the two have joined together to become alternative country group PEAR: a sweet yet gritty new band that is juicier than most of the other apples out there in country music. As the core of PEAR the two are both celebrated and accomplished musicians on the country, folk and world music scenes and individually have backed up some of the biggest names in these styles of music.
PEAR weaves a signature sound that is clever and assured.
PEAR is young and sexy.
PEAR is fresh and different.
PEAR is prime for the picking...NOW TAKE A BITE!!
CONTACT:[email protected]

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 09/05/2006
Band Website: pearband.com
Band Members:
LYNAE DUFRESNE
lead vocals/fiddle/guitar

DENIS DUFRESNE
mandolin/fiddle/guitar/vocals

CONTACT: [email protected]
Influences: New Grass Revival, Nickel Creek, John Cowan, Mark O' Connor, Darol Anger, Chris Thile, Mike Marshall, Bela Fleck, Bob Dylan, Casey Driessen, Zubot and Dawson, J.P. Cormier, Solas, The Beatles (later era), Wilco, Tania Hancheroff, Stuart Duncan, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Lynn Miles, and many others...
Sounds Like: "The mix included an electric folk-rock-meets-country tune that could have been mistaken for Fairport Convention taking a run at Rush."
PETER NORTH- Freelance Journalist
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Singing For Supper Cross Canada Tour

Well folks, it may be hard for some of you to grasp this thought BUT Christmas is close. We have had snow here in Calgary since Oct. 4 so it has NOT been hard for us to think about the holiday seaso...
Posted by on Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:58:00 GMT

The Devil Went To Get A FREE Download

Hi friends, we are gearing up for an insane winter by giving away an obnoxious cover song!!As fiddle players, our 2 most requested songs are always Orange Blossom Special and The Devil Went Down To Ge...
Posted by on Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:45:00 GMT

CCMA Sightings

Hi friends!Well the CCMA's are coming up quickly and we are excited to get out and jam, hang, socialize and ...well...alright, PARTY with our musical friends during Country Music Week here in Canada. ...
Posted by on Wed, 02 Sep 2009 21:15:00 GMT

2009 CCMA Nominations!!!!

This week the Canadian Country Music Association announced the final ballot of nominees for this year's country music awards.  PEAR's own Denis Dufresne racked up 2 nominations in the instrumental cat...
Posted by on Fri, 31 Jul 2009 21:50:00 GMT

CCMA Nominations...Second Ballot

Hi everyone, a fun announcement here:Denis has made the Second Ballot at this years Canadian Country Music Awards.  It has put him in the Top 10 finalists for instrumentalists of the year.  The All St...
Posted by on Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:36:00 GMT

CD Release videos and thank you's...

I remember being a kid and my first REAL association with country music (and wanting to do it when I grew up) was watching the Barbara Mandrell show.  At 4 years old Lynae and I both began learning to...
Posted by on Sat, 13 Jun 2009 10:26:00 GMT

Hello Beautiful

I'm in LOVE with Kara DioGuardi!!  I love her singing (youtube her), writing and that bikini!!!?????  I rewound our Tivo about 20 times until Lynae punched me in the face!  OK maybe she didn't resort ...
Posted by on Thu, 21 May 2009 01:22:00 GMT

They're always watching...

About 2 minutes ago my son lets out an angry scream..."AAAAAAAAHHHHHH, JEEZ!!!"I reply with a concerned, "what's the matter Jochanan? Everything OK?"Jochanan is looking out the window: "It's snowing...
Posted by on Fri, 03 Apr 2009 08:50:00 GMT

Detroit/Toronto/#1

Here we are again. Sitting at our computers entertaining each other by typing and reading. We are both busy so let's jump to the good stuff.First, I couldn't help but notice that PEAR is in the �...
Posted by on Wed, 11 Mar 2009 08:07:00 GMT

17000+ and New Music

So, I'm watching in awe at the rise of our myspace views and plays since the release of the Big Rock Untapped album. 50,000 units have been sent out in cases of Big Rock beer as of Feb. 1 I've watche...
Posted by on Sat, 28 Feb 2009 22:07:00 GMT