Tue, Aug 7th, 7pm (doors 6), Australia’s Mapstone - Reggae, Sacred, World, Roots

TRIBAL HEART ROOTS MUSIC   Mapstone have quickly emerged onto the roots music scenes in Australia, Canada and Bali. Their positive blend of conscious roots music, reggae, folk and world tones has already seen them share the stage with Nahko and medicine for the people, Dustin Thomas, the Beautiful Girls, Murray Kyle and old friendsʼ Buckman Coe. The bands dynamic repertoire and intriguing blend of voice, didgeridoo, percussion, guitars and harmonies gives them a unique ability to elevate and inspire any crowd. Big stage Festivals, busy pubs, yoga centres, theatres, and dance floors. Wherever and whenever it is, the spirit and the energy are strong.

www.facebook.com/mapstonemusic   www.instagram.com/mapstonemusic

www.mapstonemusic.bandcamp.com   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAjmE7udjjc

Advance $15 (Showdate $20 / Kids $10) now

charge by phone (778) 421-2427, cash @Rollin Art Centre, online http://bpt.me/3566037, service charges may apply

FMI http://alberni.ca/events/32549   https://www.facebook.com/events/1844529602522736/

Char’s Landing 19+ (accompanied kids welcome) 4815 Argyle @5th Port Alberni V9Y 1V9 Tel: 778-421-2427 www.charslanding.com

BIO

M&pstone h&ve quickly emerged onto the roots music scenes in Austr&li&,
C&n&d& &nd B&li. Their positive blend of conscious roots music, regg&e,
folk &nd world tones h&s &lre&dy seen them sh&re the st&ge with N&hko
&nd medicine for the people, Dustin Thom&s, the Be&utiful Girls, Murr&y
Kyle &nd old friendsʼ Buckm&n Coe. The b&nds dyn&mic repertoire &nd
intriguing blend of voice, didgeridoo, percussion, guit&rs &nd h&rmonies
gives them & unique &bility to elev&te &nd inspire &ny crowd. Big st&ge
Festiv&ls, busy pubs, yog& centres, the&tres, &nd d&nce floors. Wherever
&nd whenever it is, the spirit &nd the energy &re strong.

MAPSTONE h&ve recently pl&yed prestigious festiv&ls such &s Woodford
folk festiv&l, B&li spirit festiv&l, Isl&nd vibe festiv&l, Byron B&y Spirit
Festiv&l, Isl&nd Elements Festiv&l, Blessed Co&st Festiv&l, Cr&nfest, F&lls
Festiv&l, Byron B&y Surf Festiv&l. In support of their 2 &lbums, EP, &nd
singles, M&pstone h&ve toured Austr&li&, C&n&d&, B&li, Engl&nd &nd Sri
L&nk&, &nd will be on the ro&d &g&in in 2018

Their most recent rele&ses "Spirit Songs" &lbum &nd new singles
“Ch&nge” &nd “Trib&l N&tion” h&ve &ll been pr&ised &nd &cknowledge &s
he&rtfelt &nd uplifting works. Working with sought &fter producers OJ
Newcomb, P&ulie B &nd Murr&y Kyle, M&pstoneʼs music continues to grow
&nd inspire.

The e&rly months of 2018 h&ve seen M&pstone complete their “Honouring
Our Elders” tour which tr&velled &cross C&n&d&, Austr&li& &nd B&li.
The summer months of the Northern hemisphere will see the b&nd on the
ro&d to promote of their new “singles” &s p&rt of their “Protectors Of The
S&cred” tour.

“M&pstoneʼs conscious rootʼs music is infectious to the soul, uplifting &nd
le&ves you c&lling for more. Full of joy, depth, inspir&tion &nd spirit, this is
& b&nd on & mission with enough he&rt to see it through. Do yourself &
f&vour &nd experience this music&l medicine.”

Ph&t M&g&zine Byron B&y