SaskMusic

SaskMusic continues our Sweet Summer concert series with a FREE show at Bushwakker. Join us for 4 great artists and great food and drink! This is a licensed venue (no minors). 

Emily Dubois is a musically ambitious fiddler from small-town Langbank SK, currently living in Regina. Her affection for the fiddle started early; regularly attending youth fiddle camps like the Kenosee Lake Kitchen Party, she was exposed to fiddling styles from a variety of notable Canadian players. Over a ten-year span, fiddle-camps and their community nurtured Emily’s passion for collaboration, performance, and her own evolution to mentoring and teaching young fiddlers. Emily mentored under Vancouver Island’s Ivonne Hernandez, completed the a diploma in Camosun's Contemporary Music Performance under Daniel Lapp, competed in the 2019 Canadian Grand Masters, and graduated from Capilano University with a certificate in Arts and Entertainment Management. You can find her fiddling around town, instructing at fiddle camps such as Shivering Strings, FiddlyNess, and the Kenosee Lake Kitchen Party, competing this Summer for her 3rd time at the Canadian Grand Masters (Kamloops 2025), and working on her upcoming EP of completely original music, due this fall.

Wielding an eclectic brand of folk/roots/jam rock, the Matt Remenda Ensemble blends "trueling" leads between guitar, keyboard, and drums with melancholic and haunting three-part vocal harmonies to create a maverick sound that can only be described as “stomp, clap, hey” music of the 2000s injected with the angst of grunge and alternative rock of the 90’s. Performing upwards of 150 sets per year, the Saskatoon-based quartet (consisting of Matt Remenda - vocals/guitar/mandolin/tin whistle; Nathan Abramyk - vocals/drums/percussion; Cameron Baribeau - keys; and Michael Stankowski) has a vibe that maintains the “looseness” associated with being a jam band and all the “tightness” that arises, inevitably, from being one of Saskatchewan’s most active (and understated) groups. Furthermore, with all individual members having extensive experience acting as session musicians, the band has acquired a reputation for adaptability to the requirements of every gig (from playing pop covers for four hours at the grand opening of a grocery store to playing unhinged jazz-punk at festival main stages, with the same ardor).

Mary Liv is an emerging artist, performing old time and original music as well as teaching traditional fiddle, banjo, and guitar styles. Her performances have a balance of classic tunes and songs as well as originals that share funny stories and true, heartfelt stories from her life. Be ready to laugh and maybe cry while you listen to her sing you a truthful story or rip a fast fiddle tune! Mary Liv loves singing and playing any instrument around. She has taught music to all ages through her private studio as well as Northern programs such as CAMP SK Arts and Fiddles North. Through her years of experience, she has learned how to teach different ages, levels, and learning styles. Liv has a strong focus on the value of community and music and how they fit together. She has played in many bluegrass, country, and old time bands and fiddled for artists such as Jake Vaadeland, Justin LaBrash, and The Local Group and played such venues as The Bassment (Saskatoon), E A Rawlinson (PA), and Northern Lights Bluegrass Festival (SK).

Glenn Sutter is a Saskatchewan singer-songwriter whose engaging, good-natured folk-rock draws you in, like a gentle fire. From finger-style guitar to boogie piano, his songs touch on nature, love, and the human condition, with hints of Greg Keelor, John Prine, and John Hiatt. Sutter hit the national spotlight in 2010, when his tune “Weight of the World” became the Saskatchewan track on David Suzuki’s Playlist for the Planet. Since then, he has toured, played big stages and festivals, and released a lot more music, including a 2024 love song called “End of the World”  that was picked up for syndication by CBC. 

Watch for more dates in our Summer series!