Secret Nation, a budding St. John's promotional company helping Canadian musical artists play in Newfoundland & Labrador, is proud to present Ethan Mitchell and Dalton Carew, both songwriters and musicians from Ottawa, Ontario. For this event they will be joined by mighty locals The Dandelion Few.
Show starts at 10pm, after the session.
10 Dalton Carew
11 Ethan Mitchell
12 The Dandelion Few
//ETHAN MITCHELL//
Ethan is an Ottawa based songwriter, singer, and guitarist. He plays antique and original music inspired by his roots in the Ottawa Valley. While his guitar playing is steeped in old-time traditions, his writing is rife with aphorisms and little comforts for the modern age. He writes about cowboys, country folk, city folk, lonesome folk, friendly folk, and anything that rouses his imagination. His debut album, Western Movies released in March 2025, and is available now wherever you like to listen to music.
www.ethanmitchellsongs.com
//DALTON CAREW//
A singer-songwriter emerging in Ottawa, Dalton’s sound is shaped by the tangle of his hometown in the west, his roots in the Maritimes, and an upbringing throughout Southern Ontario—a restless friction of division, which he has come to defiantly embrace.
Forming the cornerstone of his compositions, he uses lyrical and melodic tension as he balances strength and tenderness while leaning into ornamentation like Celtic trills or the cowboy’s yodel. With a voice as unrefined as it is earnest, his sound carries the wear and tear of countless nights spent busking in markets, streets, and parking garages with his battered steel guitar.
Drawing influence from folk legends like Ewan MacColl and Woody Guthrie, Dalton channels this raw energy into his performances, be it on the street, in a pub, or at a café.
//THE DANDELION FEW//
St. John’s-based folk duo The Dandelion Few are Tiffanie George (NL) & Seán Bradley (IRL). Since 2018, they have carved out for themselves a niche place within contemporary folk music within Newfoundland & Labrador. The band, originating in Dundalk, Ireland, make music that is as varied as it is pure, from stripped down ghost ballads depicting dark stories of island life, harmony rich introspective lullabies drawn from seasoned poetic depth, and full band arrangements that steer more towards the experimentations of late 60s golden era of folk rock.
The Dandelion Few have garnered four MusicNL nominations (Folk/Roots Artist of the Year, Group of the Year and Global Artist of the Year) to their credit along with numerous accolades including the Banff Center for Arts & Creativity Rogue Residency 2022. The group released their third studio recording “Ovv Vrese & Suond” in September 2024.
Often working in collaboration with other musicians and artists of various mediums, their performances have been described as poetic, pensive and intimate. With a background centered on artistic prowess, they continue to move forward with their harmony fused lyrical songs to the next creative endeavor.
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