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Eamon Mcgrath

Rock and roll comes to town. With the first chord, the room starts to sweat with the fists of a thousand weekends beating against its chest. The floor becomes a stomping ground for true love’s angry soldiers. The night is taken back in a declaration of war against the daytime, like a bomb that flattens a city in a roar only to leave it calm and still and shattered come the morning. Devastating and life-altering. A Peace Maker.

2009 saw the release of Eamon McGrath’s debut “13 Songs of Whiskey and Light,” a compilation of the standout tracks from 18 records. The release saw critical acclaim, including being named “Album of the Year” from the Ottawa Citizen–who also called him “the next great thing in rock and roll.”

After a European solo tour and two cross-Canada tours supporting “13 Songs,” McGrath headed into what would be a six-day retreat in Vancouver’s JC/DC Studios with John Collins of the New Pornographers and Dave Carswell of the Evaporators with over 20 songs he’d written about broken hearts, empty bottles, and loud guitars: stories of retribution, redemption, and resurrection.

The result is “Peace Maker”: bridging gaps between McGrath’s Albertan, prairie roots, and the spirit of punk rock that fills both his lungs and his words, “Peace Maker” is rock and roll and country music that’s punctuated with an adolescent howl served straight, no ice; with its roots in an urban centre that stands tall like a tower in the emptiness of Canada’s heartland.

“There’s an openness and honesty to the lyrics that belies his tender age and he can carry a song with the slenderest of help…he sounds around double his age and he sounds like someone who will still be worth listening to when he is forty two.”

- Americana UK

“The teenage kick in his raw Saturday night energy is even more authentically prodigious…his rasping Waitsian voice suggests an unlived lifetime spent in low company in smoke-filled bars. (4 stars)”

- Uncut Magazine

Ottawa Citizen gives “13 Songs of Whiskey and Light” BEST ALBUM OF 2009!



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SHOWS:

15 May - Toronto, ON @ the Whale HQ
19 May - Nottingham, UK @ Spanky Van Dyke’s w/ The Mohawk Lodge
20 May - Liverpool, UK @ Liverpool Sound City w/ The Mohawk Lodge
21 May - Liverpool, UK @ Liverpool Sound City w/ The Mohawk Lodge
23 May - Bath, UK @ Moles Club w/ The Mohawk Lodge
25 May – Barnstaple, UK @ North Devon College w/ The Mohawk Lodge
26 May - London, UK @ the Windmill w/ The Mohawk Lodge
27 May - Northampton, UK @ the Bantam w/ The Mohawk Lodge
28 May - Utrecht, NL @ ACU w/ The Mohawk Lodge
29 May - Brussels, BE @ Madame Moustache w/ The Mohawk Lodge
30 May - Groningen, NL @ Zuidbroek-Uiterburen w/ The Mohawk Lodge
31 May - TBA
1 Jun - Ghent, BE @ TBA w/ The Mohawk Lodge
2 Jun - Freiburg, DE @ SWAMP w/ The Mohawk Lodge
3 Jun - Metz, FR @ L’Emile Vache w/ The Mohawk Lodge
4 Jun - Offenbach @ Der Waggon w/ The Mohawk Lodge
5 Jun - Locarno, CH @ Cantina Canetti w/ The Mohawk Lodge
6 Jun - Lucerne, CH @ Treibhaus w/ The Mohawk Lodge
8 Jun – Paris, FR @ Le Pop-In w/ The Mohawk Lodge
9 Jun - St. Gallen, CH @ Grabenhalle w/ The Mohawk Lodge
10 Jun - Hasselt, BE @ Cafe Cafe w/ The Mohawk Lodge
11 Jun – Kassel @ Kunstochschule Underground w/ The Mohawk Lodge
12 Jun - Eindhoven, NL @ The Rambler w/ The Mohawk Lodge
14 Jun - London, UK @ Bull and Gate w/ The Mohawk Lodge
18 Jun - Toronto, ON @ 159 Manning Party!
19 Jun - Guelph, ON @ Jimmy Jazz w/ The Mohawk Lodge
24 Jun - Wakefield, QC @ the Blacksheep Inn w/ The Mohawk Lodge
26 Jun - Brantford, ON @ the Ford Plant w/ The Mohawk Lodge
01 Jul - Toronto, ON @ the Dakota “Peace Maker” CD Release Party! w/ The Mohawk Lodge
02 Jul - London, ON @ East Village Arts Co-op w/ The Mohawk Lodge
07 Jul - Toronto, ON @ the Dakota “White Whale Wednesdays”
10 Ju - Ottawa, ON @ Ottawa Bluesfest
14 Jul - Toronto, ON @ the Dakota “White Whale Wednesdays”
16 Jul - Hamilton, ON @ This Ain’t Hollywood w/ The Mohawk Lodge & Wax Mannequin
17 Jul - Windsor, ON @ The Phog w/ The Mohawk Lodge & Wax Mannequin
21 Jul - Toronto, ON @ the Dakota “White Whale Wednesdays”
23 Jul - Montreal, QC @ Divan Orange w/ The Mohawk Lodge
28 Jul - Toronto, ON @ the Dakota “White Whale Wednesdays”
Aug 14 - Toronto, ON @ Hard Luck Bar (Split Level Festival)
Aug 20 - Vancouver, BC @ The Biltmore w/ The Mohawk Lodge
Aug 27 - Calgary, AB @ Broken City w/ Dojo Workhorse and The Mohawk Lodge
Aug 28 - Edmonton, AB @ Likwid w/ Dojo Workhorse and The Mohawk Lodge

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