The Jerry Cans

Australian Tour Dates March 2017

Performance Date Venue Town

Friday 3 March Fly By Nite Club Fremantle WA

Saturday 4 March Nannup Music Festival Nannup WA

Sunday 5 March Nannup Music Festival Nannup WA Monday 6 March Nannup Music Festival Nannup WA Wednesday 8 March Grace Emily - Fringe Festival Adelaide SA Thursday 9 March Grace Emily - Fringe Festival Adelaide SA

Friday 10 March Port Fairy Folk Festival Port Fairy Vic

Saturday 11 March Port Fairy Folk Festival Port Fairy Vic Sunday 12 March Port Fairy Folk Festival Port Fairy Vic Monday 13 March Port Fairy Folk Festival Port Fairy Vic Wednesday 15 March Northcote Social Club Melbourne Vic Thursday 16 March Sooki Lounge Belgrave Vic Friday 17 March Blue Mountains Festival Katoomba NSW Saturday 18 March Blue Mountains Festival Katoomba NSW Sunday 19 March Blue Mountains Festival Katoomba NSW Wednesday 22 March Great Northern Hotel Byron Bay Byron Bay NSW Thursday 23 March Sol Bar Maroochydore QLD Friday 24 March Black Bear Lodge Brisbane QLD Saturday 25 March The Darwin Railway Sports + Social Club Darwin NT

About The Jerry Cans

Way above the tree line, you’ll find the Jerry Cans, a band that is on a mission to tell you more – a lot more – about Canada’s North.

The Jerry Cans fuse Inuk throat singing with the fire and energy of a rock band in a packed bar. Add a hint of reggae, the gruff passion of country noir, powerful fiddle parts and rough-hewn vocals in two disparate languages and you get a sound that recalls The Pogues’ Celtic punk and the frenetic Canadian roots rock of Spirit of the West.

The band’s mash-up of musical influences flows from their roots in the Arctic, where the first European explorers from Scotland and Scandinavia brought accordions and fiddles and bodhrans. Nancy Mike, the only Inuk member, featured throat singer and accordionist, grew up in Pangnirtung, a hub for folk music. With the exception of violinist Gina Burgess, who travels between Halifax and , the rest of the Jerry Cans are all from Iqaluit, ’s fast-changing capital, where people from all over the Arctic and the world collide.

Andrew Morrison, the band’s singer, main songwriter and engaging front man is a former Northern CBC Radio producer who’s lived in Iqaluit almost all his life. Morrison, the band’s main songwriter, has become fluent in Inuktitut, and he had a major incentive to do so. When he asked Nancy Mike’s unilingual father for permission to marry her, his answer was yes - on condition that he “learn to speak.” Now the couple has two young babies - Laivi and Viivi - who often travel with the band.

Bassist Brendan Doherty and drummer Steve Rigby met back in grade school and grew up listening to Nunavut rock bands, along with traditional performances at community cultural events. They picked up instruments and experimented with hard rock and metal before heading south for university.

The band has toured in Greenland, performed at WOMAD events in Australia and New Zealand, and played major festivals across southern Canada, from the Maritimes to British Columbia. Between festivals the band has played clubs and special events from Toronto to Sydney and from Ottawa to Nome, Alaska.

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Contacts

Artist Representation in Australia For all general enquiries please contact: Graham “Buzz” Bidstrup @ AMPED: [email protected] 0419 226 434

Live Performance Bookings For all Australia and New Zealand Live Bookings please contact: Manny Kyriakidis @ PUSHWORTH: [email protected] - 0418 874 141

Brand and Market Management For all Marketing, Social Media, Radio + Sponsorship Opportunities please contact: Nichola Burton @ AMPED: [email protected] - 0414 975 201

Media and Public Relations – TV and Print For all TV and Print Media enquiries please contact: Cat Swinton: [email protected] - 0411 333 190

Media and Public Relations – Radio For all Radio Media enquiries please contact: Michael Mathews: [email protected] - 0418 536 637

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New Single Northern Lights

NUNAVUT’S FIRST RECORD LABEL, AAKULUK MUSIC, ANNOUNCES ITS FIRST RELEASE: INUUSIQ/LIFE BY THE JERRY CANS OUT NOVEMBER 2016.

Iqaluit-based rockers The Jerry Cans announce their third album, Inuusiq/Life, an album about the challenges and beauty of life in the Far North. Inuusiq/Life will be the first releaseby Aakuluk Music, Nunavut’s first record label.

Emissaries of a complicated Arctic identity, the Jerry Cans seek to share their experiences of the complex struggles, obstacles and triumphs of Arctic life. Inuusiq/Life is a serious reflection on culture and politics, family and land expressed in a vocabulary that transcends language. The album is replete with big group sing-alongs, tender piano ballads and accordion-fueled stompers that fuse roots rock with the territory's musical traditions.

“Ukiuq” (“Northern Lights”) is the first song to be shared. The song was recorded in both Inuktitut and in English, and is offered as a double single (and a free Inuktitut lesson). Of the two versions that share one message, Nancy Mike says, “Releasing an Inuktitut and English version of the songs is something totally new for us! Both versions of the song give me the feeling of being in the long cold Arctic winters. There are so many different types of heartbreaks and souls lost during those times but when you look up to the lights it can bring you comfort. Sometimes it is hard to find that light and warmth in the winter, and we hope this song gives you a bit of that spark."

Click here to watch the English Language Version for Ukiuq (Northern Lights)

Click Here to listen to the single in English or Inuktitut here (private link)

Inuusiq/Life was recorded at The Woodshed in Toronto, and was produced by winner Michael Phillip Wojewoda. The band will perform in Ottawa, Toronto, Halifax and St. John’s this fall in support of its release. The tour includes a stop at Mundial in Montreal, the leading North American world music festival and conference.

CLICK HERE FOR PRIVATE MEDIA ALBUM ADVANCE Download password available upon request.

INUUSIQ/LIFE TRACK LISTING: 1. Ukiuq (Northern Lights) 2. Iqqanaijarumanngittunga (I Don’t Want to Work) 3. Nirliit (The Geese) 4. Arnalukaq (Little Girl) 5. Makiliqta (Rise Up!) 6. Paniarjuk (My Little Daughter) 7. Tusaavit (Can You Hear?) 8. Isumagivappinnga (Do You Think of Me?) 9. Anaanaga (My Mom)

Inuusiq/Life will be released on November 4, 2016 by Aakuluk Music in Canada and on 27 January 2017 in Australia, and distributed by Pheromone Recordings.

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