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Biography JASON BURNSTICK
2007 Juno Nominee, CAMA Award Winning and 2009 Jessie Richardson Award Nominee (DORA Award) lap slide guitarist, Jason Burnstick is a musician and composer who performs with his arsenal of weissenborns and double neck lap slides. Known for his ability to freely move from one style to the next, Jason attributes this freedom to his musical upbringing.
His tasteful musical presence compliments the mood of whatever setting he is placed whether it be a live performance, theatre, documentaries or in the opening musical themes with a hit TV series like Tamera Bull’s First Talk on APTN. Jason can also be found performing a mixture of blues and folk with his own band throughout Canada. Finally, Jason can also be found performing with good friends and peers Juno award winner Leela Gilday, blues rock styling’s of George Leach or multiple People’s Choice Award winner R&B artist INEZ.
“The whole play had the constant and unobtrusive playing of Jason Burnstick’s guitar and weissenborn lap slide playing and singing…“ Alex Waterhouse-Hayward, Photographer, writer, artist. Kevin Loring’s, Where The Blood Mixes
There is an obvious flavour of blues and Latin influences in his style stemming from the guidance and support he received from his older brothers and the Latin texture is accredited to the 1994 Juno nominated Andean Group Kanatan Aski.
One of Jason’s personal musical highlights was when his idol Pura Fe asked him to sit in as a musical guest at the Yale blues club in Vancouver in 2007 during her set. “I know Pura Fe is going to go down in history as one of our greats!…Jason Burnstick”
Currently, Jason has stepped back into his blues roots and armed himself with a very precious gift from his musical hero Pure Fe, a double neck lap slide. Jason feels that he has found his voice and that the weissenborn and lap slides may be his final musical resting place.
In 2009, Jason’s music was featured on a compilation CD Color’s of my Life honouring the murdered and missing Aboriginal Women in Canada. His song “I Pray” has climbed the charts in the Aboriginal community and has reached #4 on the CFWE Most active list and climbed from #30 to currently #9 on NCI-FM charts since it‘s release and still climbing!! His 5 song EP “Home To Abbey” is set for release in early 2010 featuring his single “I Pray“.
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