Big John Bates: Noirchestra are kicking off their Japan tour with very special guests Colby Morgan & the Catastrophes and Mississippi Live & the Dirty Dirty.

Big John Bates: Noirchestra is an intense symphony of twin peaks guitar, post-punk violin, orchestral upright bass and dramatic lead vocals
http://bigjohnbates.com/
A Canadian rock n roll, pop-powered experience performing at the intersection of emotional vulnerability and chiming, grinding guitars.
https://colbymorgan.bandcamp.com/
Mississippian Connely Farr heads up some of Vancouver's finest to serve up a plate of soul tunes straight out of the Dirty South.
http://www.thedirtydirty.net/