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Edmonton rockers hitting the Townehouse

Royal Tusk will be touring their debut LP starting this month
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Edmonton rock quintet Royal Tusk will be making a tour stop at the Townehouse in Sudbury during their Canadian tour. Supplied photo.

Edmonton rock quintet Royal Tusk will be making a tour stop at the Townehouse in Sudbury during their Canadian tour.

The group will stop in Sudbury on April 29 during their tour to promote their debut LP “DealBreaker” which comes out May 6. 

Royal Tusk's style can be described as rock 'n' roll soul, blue-collar charm, and a renegade attitude, and DealBreaker is a follow up to the band's 2014 EP “Mountain”.

Band members Daniel Carriere (guitar) and Sandy MacKinnon (bass) spent 12 years in Juno-nominated Edmonton band, Ten Second Epic and knew they weren’t done making music. 

They rounded up Quinn Cyrankiewicz (guitar), Calen Stuckel (drums) and Mike James (keyboard/guitars) for a jam session, and just 10 months later the band headed to New York to record Mountain with Gus Van Go (Hollerado, Whitehorse, The Stills).

“Shadow of Love” and "Smoke Rings" were breakout tracks off Mountain and both saw significant radio play. These singles helped earn Royal Tusk a 2015 SIRIUSXM Emerging Artist of the Year nomination, and a short-list spot for CBC’s 2014 Rising Star Award.

For music and tour information check out the band's website at www.royaltusk.com.

 


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