When CBC began their Spotlight Search in search of the nation’s next musical sensation, no one would have known the last two standing would include Cranbrook’s The Good Ol’ Goats.
Fresh off of the Spotlight Search, The Good Ol’ Goats will be bringing their brand of bluegrass alt-folk to the 2013 Starbelly Jam Music Festival this July.
The Good Ol’ Goats are Nolan Ackert on lead vocals, banjo and guitar; Angust Liedtke on guitar, dobro, banjo, harmonica and vocals; Theo Moore on standup bass and backing vocals; Angus MacDonald on mandolin, backing vocals and fiddle; Joelle Winkel on shaker and baking vocals; and Julian Bueckert on drums.
Using classic acoustic instruments and vocal harmonies, the Cranbrook band draws on themes heard in music by Mumford and Son’s, The Head and the Heart, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, and The Avett Brothers.
The Good Ol’ Goats are one of many exciting acts to be announced for the 2013 Starbelly Jam Music Festival.
The East Kootenay folk-rockers will join the Sierra Leone Refugee All Stars, West Kootenay favourites, Tofu Stravinsky, Portland’s Shook Twins, Cahalen Morrisson and Eli West of Seattle, Locarno, Quadra Island’s one-man-band Shane Philip, Creston’s Tiizak Hamra, the Buckman Coe Band, Nelson’s Bessie and the Back Eddies, and the Tipi Camp Tribute Ensemble.
“Part of what we do at Starbelly is support and showcase great local and regional talent like The Good Ol’ Goats,” said artistic director Lea Belcourt. “I’m sure they’ll have everyone on their feet this summer, and the fact that they are so young and will be playing our main stage is going to send an awesome message to Kootenay youth about what is possible.”
Crawford Bay, B.C. is located on what is known as one of Canada’s most beautiful lakes, Kootenay Lake. When travelling from the west, you get to enjoy the longest free ferry ride in the world as you make your way to the festival.
Early-bird tickets for Starbelly Jam are on sale now until May 14. The early bird rate for the adult weekend pass is $95; $55 for a youth weekend pass or an adult day pass; $65 for a seniors weekend pass; a youth day pass is $30; and a seniors day pass is $35. There is free admission for children 12 and under.
Tickets can be purchased online at starbellyjam.org/tickets2013