The Breakmen bring rock & roll banjo to the Miners’ Hall

One of Vancouver’s best loved bands “The Breakmen” will rock the Rossland Miners’ Hall on Friday, February 17 with their unique blend of banjo, folk and multi-instrumental talents.

The Breamken swap between handmade tele-caster guitars, Hammond organs, mandolins, harmonicas; all backed by some of the best drummers and studio musicians in the country to create their own brand of Canadiana music.

The Breakmen have fast become a sharply focused roots music outfit that owes as much to The Band and Blue Rodeo as it does to John Hartford and Bill Monroe. With a new approach to songwriting and an effort to create something lasting, The Breakmen are ploughing new and fertile ground in the dry and dusty fields of the Canadian Folk Music Scene.

Breakmen band member Archie Pateman adds that “people often tell us that our albums feel like something to them or that the collection of songs helped them through something. Some can’t put their finger on it, and some have an exact feeling in mind….that means a lot to us in a time of singles and 99 cent songs.”

According to Vancouver's The Georgia Straight, "The third recording from Vancouver's The Breakmen draws on influences of alt-country, bluegrass, old-time, vintage Neil Young, and Grateful Dead circa Workingman's Dead to create a West Coast music sound that has muscle and resonance.”

The Breakmen concert is part of Rossland Council for Arts and Culture’s (RCAC) 2012 Performance Series. Tickets are $25 at the door or $22 in advance at Out of the Cellar 2067 Columbia Avenue, 362-7600. $2 off for RCAC members.

The next concert for the RCAC performance series is The Fugitives on March 10, 2012 (banjo, guitar, spoken word). More information is available at www.rosslandcac.com.