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Artist
Thom Swift
12+ albums
bluesblues rockfolk rockAlt-country
about
Winner of the 2008 East Coast Music Award for Blues Recording of the Year Winner of the 2008 Maple Blues Award for New Artist of the Year Winner of the 2008 CBC Galaxy Rising Star Award With his well-travelled guitars, rich and soulful voice, insightful writing and casual wit, Swift warms audiences everywhere he performs. In the spring of 2007, Swift teamed up with producer/engineer Charles Austin (Buck 65, Joel Plaskett, Matt Mays) to record ten original songs at Halifax, Nova Scotia’s Echo Chamber Studio. Released in stores nationally on August 28 by Festival Distribution, Swift’s much-anticipated solo debut Into the Dirt features some of Canada’s top musical artists. Swift, who plays acoustic guitars, resonator guitars, banjo and mandolin on the recording, is joined by six talented friends, including 2007 Canadian Maple Blues Award-winning drummer/ percussionist Geoff Arsenault (Ray Bonneville, Mary Jane Lamond), Brian Bourne electric bass and chapman stick (Rawlins Cross, DRUM!), Chris Corrigan electric guitar (Rita MacNeil, Mary Jane Lamond), PEI songstress Rose Cousins vocals, New York blues artist Guy Davis on didgeridoo and harmonica and B3/piano legend Bill Stevenson. From the brawny groove of the title track “Into the Dirt”, which takes a dark look at the inevitable cycle of life, to the infectious ragtime-inspired guitar work showcased on “Hackett’s Cove Rag”, to the country-roots feel and dobro highlights of “Crying Shame” to the uplifting stride piano p
