Amadians

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Amadians believe life is too short to be the same as everyone else, and they take that philosophy into their songwriting by pulling their favourite elements from a variety of genres. American singer/songwriter Courtney Devon, along with Canadian members James Roth, Kyle Fox and Ian Powell, find inspiration from blues, pop, rock, jazz and hip-hop to create an alternative soul-rock sound that truly captivates you both live and in recordings. ----- In an age when fake news, apocalyptic forecasts, and click, bait and switch headlines have become an accepted part of daily life, we as a society are living in paranoid times. Half-baked, wide awake, and marinating in our own depression, it’s easy to feel hopeless and spiritually homeless, in a world that often seems abysmal and like it might implode at any time. As our desire to escape it all increases and our need for connection beyond the synthetic realm begins to bloom, bands like Winnipeg-based alt-soul-pop outfit Amadians remind us that no matter how wild or wicked things get out there, on the dance floor, we’re all just humans. Formed in 2016, Amadians––Courtney Devon (vocals), James Roth (guitars), Ian Powell (bass), and Kyle Fox (drums)––have spent the past three years trying to distill the best components of everything from pop, rock and blues to funk, soul, and jazz, into the sort of songs that not only get inside your bones but that awaken that primal urge inside us all to just cut loose. “Courtney and I have been w

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