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Ava Mendoza (solo)

Mendoza is a guitarist, songwriter and composer. Best known for her solo guitar/voice performances, and as the leader of the experimental rock band Unnatural Ways, she has received critical acclaim for her guitar work’s compelling combination of technique and visceral impact. Performing/recording credits include work with William Parker, the Bill Orcutt Quartet, Marc Ribot, Hamid Drake, Carla Bozulich, Fred Frith, Malcolm Mooney, Mike Watt, Nels Cline, John Zorn, Negativland, the Violent Femmes, and more.

“The guitar has a turbulent, crashing energy, erupting in violence, then settling back into a back slouching blues riff… thick and visceral enough to feel like a bodily presence, but it’s animated by an eerie, untethered spirit, corpus and shadow joined at the foot. It’s classic blues touched with the chaos of rock and the exploratory courage of free-jazz.” – Aquarium Drunkard

Emad Armoush (solo)

Armoush‘s music has been described as “haunting but authoritative, melancholic but inviting”. Syrian/Canadian multi-instrumentalist musician and singer Emad Armoush has been very active in the arabic, flamenco, world and the creative improv music scene of Vancouver since 2000. Inspired to bring his roots from arabic and flamenco traditions into his current musical life and influences, Emad has released four albums since 2021. “Fragrance”, and “Distilled Extractions” with the members of his group Rayhan, some of Canada’s most innovative improvising musicians, “Electritradition”, an album of 5 duets, and “Lunar” with his most recent project, The Avant-garde Flamenco Trio. An album of all original music and lyrics reflecting on the human cost of war and conflict in the Middle East. His debut solo album “Reminiscing Onwards” recorded and produced by Jesse Zubot at Drip Audio, features all original compositions layering voice and an array of acoustic instruments, percussions, and colored with electronics, is ready to be released soon.