Lineup for the 16th Annual Tin Pan North Songwriters Festival:

7:30pm set features

Victoria Banks

Frank J Myers

Anthony Smith

9:30pm set features

Tebey

Jimmy Rankin

Patricia Conroy

“It was an idea sparked by the legendary Tin Pan South festival held each spring in Nashville, Tennessee: Intimate acoustic rounds at diverse clubs featuring those unheralded heroes, the songwriters.

After sojourning to Tin Pan South Nashville for many years, NSAI Toronto coordinator Dan McVeigh and then co-coordinator Bruce Madole had the vision to bring something like it to Toronto. The shows would feature performances by NSAI members, many of them already accomplished songwriters and performers. Today Toronto NSAI Coordinators,Dan McVeigh & Roger Beckett bring the 16th Annual Tin Pan North festival to Hugh’s Room once again.”

Our first headliner confirmed for this year is none other than hit maker & CCMA Award winner, Victoria Banks. Victoria’s hits include “Saint & Angels” by Sara Evans, “Come On Over” by Jessica Simpson & “Dance With Me” by Johnny Reid.

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Victoria Banks was named 2010 Female Artist of the Year and Songwriter of the Year by the Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA). She penned the ASCAP and SOCAN award-winning Sara Evans hit “Saints & Angels”, Johnny Reid’s CCMA Song of the Year “Dance With Me,” One More Girl’s BCCMA song of the year “When it Ain’t Rainin’,” the chart-topping “I’m Gonna Make You Love Me” for Doc Walker, the Sara Evans’ single “Can’t Stop Loving You” and the Jessica Simpson singles “Come on Over” and “Remember That”.

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Frank J Myers is the writer of “I Swear” which was number one for 4 weeks on the Country charts for John Michael Montgomery and number one for 11 weeks on the pop charts for All-4-One. Frank also co-wrote the 7-week number one smash by Lonestar “I’m Already There” which was nominated for a Grammy and CMA Song and Single Of The Year.The song also went to number 2 on the AC chart.

He has had 10 number ones and 20 top tens.

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Anthony Smith is a versatile songwriter, producer and arranger who has achieved great success in many genres, including Country, Pop, R&B, and Jazz.

His smash Hit “Tomorrow” from the album Neon by Chris Young was nominated for “SINGLE” of the YEAR in the 2012 ACM awards. Some of his hit songs include “What About Now” – Lonestar (also used in a national “Toyota” campaign), “I Want My Life Back” – Bucky Covington, “When Love Cries” – Donna Summer.

Smith has an upcoming single being released in Canada by Robbie Johnson on Sony Records. Additionally, Smith recently had singles released in Canada on Jaydee Bixbee and Shane Yellowbird and on Sony International Artist “Aleksander With” in Norway and Germany.

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Patricia Conroy, Canadian Country Music Association’s “Female Vocalist of the Year” and “Album of the Year” winner for Bad Day for Trains, which featured two number ones, “What Do You Care” and the title track and the Canadian top 10 hit “My Baby Loves Me”. Patricia is also a Juno Award winner for Most Promising Female Vocalist of the Year and the Best Country Female Artist.

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Jimmy Rankin is one of Canada’s most beloved singer-songwriters and hit makers, with platinum albums and pretty much every award the nation hands out. His first major composition, Fare Thee Well Love, was the title track of the group’s smash album from 1992, #1 on the AC charts, quintuple platinum, and in 2013 was voted the #1 East coast song of all time by CBC listeners

tebey

Tebey’s songs have been recorded by the likes of Canadian country artists Emerson Drive, Doc Walker, Jason Blaine, Chad Brownlee, and Aaron Pritchett among others. Tebey has also seen his songs recorded outside the country genre, by pop acts like One Direction, FLO RIDA, Shawn Desman and The Veronicas. He scored his first #1 single in the UK, ‘All About Tonight’, performed by Pixie Lott.

Saturday May 23, 2015

Tickets: $20 Advance/$22.50 Door (includes HST)

Performance: 7:30pm