Our featured Rising Star this week is Windborn (www.windborn.ca).
Artist Summary
Genres: Alternative / Acoustic / Rock
Label: UNSIGNED
Management: JEFF PIKE
Artist Bio
WINDBORN IS ACOUSTIC ALTERNATIVE MUSIC LIKE YOU’VE NEVER HEARD IT BEFORE. UNIQUE GUITAR LICKS BACKED WITH POWERFUL VOCALS AND DRIVEN BY HAND PERCUSSION. WINDBORN IS BREAKING GROUND. JEFF PIKE HAS BEEN WRITING AND PERFORMING MUSIC IN WESTERN CANADA FOR OVER A DECADE. WITH ALL PREVIOUS BANDS INCLUDED HE HAS DONE OVER 500 CONCERTS FROM COFFEE SHOPS TO OUTDOOR FESTIVALS AND BIG ROCK SHOWS. WINDBORN IS A SOLO PROJECT BUT JEFF WILL OFTEN BE JOINED BY OTHER MUSICIANS FOR PERFORMANCES. CURRENTLY A FULL LENGTH ALBUM IS IN THE WORKS AND SHOULD BE RELEASED ON LINE AND IN HARD COPY IN THE SPRING OF 2011 FOLLOWED BY MORE WESTERN CANADIAN CONCERTS.
More About WINDBORN
JEFF PIKE MOVED TO THE OKANAGAN FROM ALBERTA IN THE SUMMER OF 2007. THE MOVED WAS MADE MAINLY TO BE IN A MORE CENTRAL LOCATION FOR TOURING AROUND WESTERN CANADA. SINCE THE MOVE JEFF HAS BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN THE KELOWNA’S MUSIC SCENE PUTTING TOGETHER CONCERTS WITH LOCAL AND TOURING BANDS AND BEING ASKED TO PLAY FOR A FEW DIFFERENT FESTIVALS PUT ON BY THE CITY. JEFF DOES CONCERTS FROM VANCOUVER TO CENTRAL ALBERTA AND EVERYWHERE IN BETWEEN.
WINDBORN ISN’T YOUR TYPICAL ACOUSTIC MUSIC. THE DIVERSE STYLE ALLOWS OPPORTUNITIES TO PLAY EVERY TYPE OF VENUE AND WINS FANS OF ALL DIFFERENT AGES AND MUSICAL PREFERENCES.
FROM 2002 -2006 JEFF FRONTED HIS OWN HARD ROCK BAND IN ALBERTA CALLED AGENT-O. DURING THEIR STRETCH THEY WERE PLAYED ON 5 DIFFERENT RADIO STATIONS IN ALBERTA, THEY WERE FEATURED ON A MUSIC COMPILATION CD AND THEY RECORDED A 6 SONG EP.
JEFF RELEASED WINDBORN’S RADIATE EP ON ONLINE RETAILERS IN JANUARY OF 2010 AND IS NEARING THE COMPLETION OF A FULL LENGTH ALBUM TO BE RELEASED ONLINE AND IN HARD COPY IN THE SPRING OF 2011.
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