Tasman Jude at the Duncan Showroom

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Thursday, November 6th, 2014
8:00 PM

Reggae band Tasman Jude performs at the Duncan Showroom on November 6.

Tickets are available in advance for $12 at www.showroomproductions.ca/buy-tickets and for $15 at the door.

When Al Peterson & Caleb “BraveHart” Hart decided on a whim to climb onto the stage together in January 2013 they could not have predicted what the years ahead held. After only 3 improvised songs, they were surrounded by a crowd of people asking where their music could be found, and so a band (now including Adam Paananen and Derek Wilder) was formed!

Less than months later they released their debut EP “El Norteño” which rose quickly to #2 on Canadian iTunes charts. The lead single “Take You Away” won a music video grant from Public Records & Telus and continued to win them a larger audience both at home and internationally. Soon after, the band recorded another single “Family”, with Earl Pereira (Wide Mouth Mason & The Steadies). The song received radio airplay both at home and internationally, winning awards from Alberta Music, Free FM, and The Akademia.

However more importantly, the theme of “Family” truly came to define the band. Both in the band and within their community, there is an understanding that that love is truly what matters in this world and it is what binds us all.

“We don’t have fans,” says Hart “we have family members. These people support us, love us and we hope to give them something more than music back”.

On Oct. 7th 2014, the band released the first album (Green) of a planned triple-album concept. Upon it’s release it immediately shot up to #1 in the reggae charts an #67 in the overall Canadian iTunes charts. In support of the new album the band embarked on 5 months of touring throughout Canada, Australia and Trinidad & Tobago. http://www.tasmanjude.com