The_Fugitives_(spoken_word)

The Fugitives (spoken word)

The Fugitives (spoken word)

Folk music group from Vancouver

The Fugitives are a Canadian Folk music group formed in 2004 in Vancouver. The members of the band are Brendan McLeod (guitar and vocals[2]) and Adrian Glynn[1](vocals, guitar, lap steel, balalaika[2]). Former members of the band included Mark Berube (banjo and vocals), C.R. Avery (beat box and vocals), and Barbara Adler[3] (vocals, accordion) who left the band to pursue other artistic ventures. Although C.R. Avery is not a member of the band anymore, he still plays with them occasionally, most recently in 2011 at the Vogue Theatre in Vancouver.

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Fans and critics find the group difficult to classify—they have been categorized as slam folk, folk hop,[4] and spoken word cabaret. The Georgia Straight called The Fugitives "wildly talented spoken-word artists".[5]

Discography

  • Shadowbox Choir (2003)
  • In Streetlight Communion (2007)
  • Face of Impurity (2007)
  • Find Me (2009)
  • Eccentrically We Love (2010)
  • Bigger than Luck (EP) (2013)
  • Everything Will Happen (2013)
  • Trench Songs (2020)

References

  1. [1]
    es:Adrian Glynn
  2. [2]
    music.cbc.ca , August 2, 2012
  3. [3]
    "Leave the Radio On". 19 July 2012. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
  4. [4]
    Jessica Scharien, "Fugitives rock Alumni Theatre". The Omega, 02/04/09.
  5. [5]
    Janet Smith, "Dance All-Stars". The Georgia Straight, March 1, 2007.
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