"A new wave of young talent from every corner of the country is moving onto Canada's blues stage...including the Trevor Finlay Band." BILLBOARD MAGAZINE
"This may be the best blues album out of the Canadian capital city..." BLUES ON STAG [+]"A new wave of young talent from every corner of the country is moving onto Canada's blues stage...including the Trevor Finlay Band." BILLBOARD MAGAZINE
"This may be the best blues album out of the Canadian capital city..." BLUES ON STAGE- USA
July 2005 - Victoria B.C. - Canadian Real Blues Magazine awards "The Trevor Finlay Band" :
* Best Canadian Blues/Rock Artist * Best Canadian Blues Band/Central * Best Unsigned Blues Act * Third as the Top Canadian Blues Guitarist
If "accomplishment and acclaim are the ingredients to fame," then Trevor Finlay is surely on the fast track to musical stardom. Finlay is a prodigious talent - singer, songwriter, guitarist, band leader - who fronts one of Canada's most renowned electric blues ensembles, The Trevor Finlay Band.
Over a ten-year span Finlay has accomplished what it takes many recording artists several decades or more to complete, if they ever reach the heights this still-young musician has thus far realized. These include a four-CD body of work (1998 debut MORNING MAN; BUMPY ROADS (2001); the all-acoustic HOME TONIGHT (2003); and Finlay's latest, SHOW ME WHAT U GOT (2005); a slew of individual awards, including "Best Canadian Blues/Rock Artist," "Best Canadian Blues Band/Central," "Best Unsigned Blues Act," and "Top Canadian Blues Guitarist (3rd)", all from REAL BLUES MAGAZINE's 11th Annual Awards in 2004; nominations for "Male Vocalist Of The Year" (2002) and "New Artist Of The Year" (1999) by the Toronto Blues Society; and winner of the "First Annual Guitar Riff-Off" in Finlay's hometown of Ottawa, Canada, in 1995.
Recent media acclaim has come from all corners of the globe and includes such respected publications as BLUESROCKERS/U.S. ("an excellent guitarist, both electric and acoustic, and a most adept and tasteful slide player"); and REAL BLUES/Canada ("This guy is going to be the next big thing for all the right reasons"). The singer/songwriter/guitarist has also received accolades from BLUES AND RHYTHM MAGAZINE/U.K.; BOBTJE BLUES/Belgium; and many more.
Radio-wise, SHOW ME WHAT U GOT was requested by more than 200 disc jockeys worldwide in a two-week period through Radio DirectX (RDX) Music Promotion. RDX reported in early September that SHOW ME WHAT U GOT was the
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