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Terri Upton
Terri’s musical career began like that of many children: she was forced into piano lessons at an early age.  She didn’t much care for recitals and practicing, but fooling around on the ivories stimulated the growth of her Jazz lobe.  Later on, high atop two telephone books in a grade school ukulele class in Victoria, BC; she first plucked the strings of an upright bass.  Its vibrations thrilled her instantly.  After graduation from high school and a trip to the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival, Terri began her professional music studies at Malaspina University College.  After her studies, Terri dropped off the musical radar for two years, working for the Man in Halifax, Duncan, and Victoria.  The rare jazz/folk gig registered a blip here and there, but her full reemergence only occurred after she received a phone call from The Gruff, who for bassless reasons asked Terri to accompany them on their 2005 tour.  When not being Gruff, Terri indulges in catnaps and an occasional response to the call of the night life.

Tune in!
to CBC Radio 2 to hear our set from the Mission
Folk Festival on CBC's Canada Live on Sunday Nov 2 from 8-10

We've been invited to showcase at Alberta Contact and the WCMAs (Oct 17-19), the Organization of Saskatchewan Arts Councils annual conference
(Oct 30 - Nov 1) and Arts Northwest in Eugene Oregon (Oct 13 - 16)!

New album!
February 2008 brings "A Trail of Missing Thoughts" which is now available from CD Baby! (So is "The Gruff") (www.cdbaby.com)
Click here to order!

You can now collect your favourite tunes off of our latest albums from iTunes! Download and be merry.

Pick up the Spring 2007 issue of Penguin Eggs magazine to read our new article!

Yay us! We're happy to announce we were presented "Artist of the Year" at the 2007 Vancouver Island Music Awards.