Halfmoon Bay, BC
$750 per hour performance. 50% deposit required.
Travels up to 200 miles
ORIGINAL SONGS ONLY (no covers) I'm an Indigenous Cree singer songwriter living on the Pacific West Coast of Canada near beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia. I live on the unceded lands of the Coast Salish Sto:lo Sumas & Matsqui territories (The people of the River). I have been songwriting for decades and love creating stories and musical pieces. My mentors are the late Larry Norman, Charles Norman, Nick Chursinoff. I enjoy the song styles such as Classic Rock, Latin Jazz, African, Blues, Latin rock and World music. I enjoy the styles of Dylan, Marley, Knopfler, Cockburn, Hendrix, Santana and Putamayu world music. Thanks for taking the time to listen. Sincerely, Brander Raven
2 reviews
Willis T.
July 6, 2023Brander Raven has played with many big name bands but is really in his element when he is playing his amazing original music to a grateful and satisfied audience. The lyrics speak of experience and love and loss and also about a great love for land and tradition and the possibility of change. The drums get down in your soul and make you move and the guitar playing just is the whisper of the mountain breezes calling you home.
Hired as: Singing Guitarist
Cindy W.
July 5, 2023We hired Brander to perform at our event. He was the first of several acts and the crowd really connected with him. Brander is talented and professional. We will definitely be hiring him again!
Hired as: Native American Entertainment
Price range: $750 per hour performance. 50% deposit required.
Languages: English
Gig length: 30 - 50 minutes
ORIGINAL SONGS ONLY. Insightful and gifted story teller in song. An Indigenous perspective. With a back ground in Fine Arts, Music, Recording Engineering, Counselling Therapist, Writing, and Indigenous Philosophy to bring you a thought provoking and evocative experience. Great songwriting and easily understood as a word painter. Sometimes deeply personal, sometimes prophetic and political, sometimes tongue in cheek humorous. You will be brought back to the days where songwriters were seen as able to portray the tragic hero, sinner and saint in the webs of their musical expression.
Brander started guitar at the age of 18 and very quickly developed to writing and performing his own original songs a year later with a band. His vocal styles give impressions of Bob Dylan, Nick Drake, Rodriguez, Gordon Lightfoot, Bruce Cockburn,Mark Knopfler, Sting, Santana and Bob Marley. His guitar work is blues, jazz, reggae and alternative styles. By the age of 30 he had amassed over 200 songs, recorded privately hundreds of ideas.
1993 he worked and lived with the late Larry Norman (the Gospel Rock innovator) as a producer’s assistant & opening act for Solid Rock records Studio City, California. The 1994 LA earthquake brought him back to Canada. In 2000 he played live with Larry at Creation Fest 2000 West at the gorge amphitheatre in central Washington.
Brander has quietly carved a wonderful body of music and is now eager to share it.
Require sound system, mics and PA, monitors and power. Please contact artist directly as per needs for venue Email (email hidden)
Wednesday
Nonprofit Event
12:00pm - 12:30pm
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Vancouver, BC
ALL ORIGINAL SONGS. NO COVERS. Dependent upon venue theme and need. Negotiable with venue promotion. IE: Indigenous themes, varied.
Larry Norman, Bob Dylan, Mark Knopfler, Santana, Nick Chursinoff, Bob Marley, Robbie Robertson, Johnny Cash, Bruce Cockburn, Jimi Hendrix, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Steve Miller, John Lee Hooker, Putamayo, Rodrigez - Waiting for Sugarman, The Who, Gordon Lightfoot, The Police, Peter Gabriel, Johnny Clegg.
PA System with mics, stands, monitors, PA speakers, Sound board, Sound Person, Music stand, Lights, Power supply.
Singing Guitarist
