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Saturday, August 20th, 2011

8:00pm

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Yukon roots music songwriter Gordie Tentrees has released his 3rd album, Mercy or Sin, produced by Juno Award-winning producer Bob Hamilton.

Gordie Tentrees is from the cold and rustic Yukon Territory and writes like a doppelganger of the preeminent Texas storytellers on his third album, Mercy or Sin. “Alfred” leads off the record, a darkly poignant acoustic tale that wouldn’t sound out of place on a Guy Clark album. (“Walks with a hitch, right side hip, reads a dirt palm, right before he spits, thinks on the rain, hollers for the end, Alfred is old his blood ain't thin.”) But don’t settle in for a languid country/folk songwriter album, because he brings on resophonic guitar and stomp board on a roaring “No Integrity Man.” He was selected by CBC’s Song Quest in 2009 as one of Canada’s top songwriters and hosted the prestigous SOCAN songwriters circle at the 2009 Western Canadian Music Awards. The song "Mercy or Sin" was a finalist in the 2009 International Songwriting Competition out of 15 000 entries. He also performed at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver for the New Songs New Voices Show. Tentrees was selected as the best of Canada’s songwriters to perform during the games.

Gordie has toured relentlessly in North America, Europe and the UK, building an international buzz in the roots music world. He has toured with Fred Eaglesmith, Kelly Joe Phelps, Ray Wylie Hubbard and shared stages with the D-Rangers, Rick Fines, Blackie & The Rodeo Kings, performed a CBC Saturday Night Blues concert, and showcased at North American Folk Alliance, Western Canadian Music Awards and South by Southwest