Explore the Surrey musician directory to discover and book local talent.
Jasbir Cheema-JCee
Jay Gavin has been active in the local alt country Americana scene for six years. Jay has extensively toured North America playing bass with Texas legends Speedealer, local Delta rockers Grass City and BC punkers Huskavarna (Spawner Records) before coming to his own as a energetic, confident country/folk singer songwriter. Jay released his first ep (Spirits) as a singer songwriter in 2016 with a follow up full length in 2018 (Boat on a Whale). The future was looking bright with tours in Canada and shows in Nashville for 2020 but the pandemic has put a hold on things and Jay is chomping at the bit to get back at it. With a full length album scheduled for 2022 and five new singles ready to release, Jay is ready for the new world.
Jason Quartets is a fusion band with Korean instrumentals. We play fusion jazz, blues and experimental music. Club Music Vancou is a community of Korean musicians created in 2019. Amateur and professional musicians of various genres gather to network and perform in the community. Currently, six bands are active, and the genres include pop, blues & soul, jazz, funk, rock, fusion gugak (traditional Korean music), and experimental music.
From his early life as the son of a PEI fisherman, growing up surrounded by pickers & singers to his years touring North America in punk & metal bands, Jay Gavin has come full circle and returned to his roots in country, folk & bluegrass. With two albums Spirits 2017 and Boat on a Whale 2019 under his belt, Jay is well known for his natural authenticity, his often-humorous, twangy, foot-stompin' songs featuring traditional instruments and his rollicking, good timin' live shows. Jay has kept busy throughout the pandemic playing local shows and releasing videos for original honkytonk styled Lost in Austin, Conway & Loretta cover, You’re the Reason our Kids are Ugly and releasing single Beautiful Shame, a duet with his cousin, Shyanne Mae G.
Looking for the ultimate dance band that can cater for all your guests? Look no further! We’re a full-on big band too! We provide a vast entertainment singing repertoire from Eastern Bollywood Golden Oldies to the most recent Western chart hits. We’re one the finest dance party cover bands and offer the ultimate entertainment in live music for cocktail receptions, wedding receptions, garden parties, special events, corporate functions and private parties. We’ve carefully selected the most professional and experienced artists, thus creating a powerful musical synergy. Our creative art of musical composition, arrangement and stage performance will have your audience dance the night away to our grooving Bollywood fusion tunes!
As a guitarist, singer, improviser, and songwriter, Jeremy Stewart has been performing for over 20 years. He has toured Canada and shared stages or collaborated with artists like Geoff Berner, Wax Mannequin, Raghu Lokanathan, Joey Only, and many others. Stewart was the touring lead guitarist for Lheidli T'enneh Elder and Juno-nominated songwriter Marcel Gagnon. Formerly a fixture of the northern BC folk festival circuit, Stewart now makes his home in South Surrey.
Jessie Cavalier
Jim Hopson is an in-demand freelance low brass player, composer, arranger, and educator based in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Effortlessly versatile, his body of work as a performer crosses every genre and includes tours and appearances (live & recorded) all over the world. A dedicated educator, he has taught private lessons and clinics to thousands of young musicians, and has conducted student ensembles of all ages and abilities. He is a first-call arranger for bands and orchestras throughout BC, and his arrangements have been featured on numerous albums, TV shows, and films. His two studio albums ‘West Coast Nights’ (2015) and ‘Generations’ (2018) are available on Bandcamp.
John Parsons
Jordana Talsky is a singer, songwriter and vocal looper who fuses multi-genre influences into her own sound. She accompanies herself by voice with a Roland Boss RC505 loop station. Her ethos is to incorporate digital means into live performance in an organic way, and with the loop machine, she creates a choir on the spot with no pre-recorded parts. Accolades include finalist for CBC Searchlight (2018), placements in the John Lennon Songwriting Competition, Sarah Vaughan International Vocal Competition, Julian Award for Emerging Canadian Artists and Toronto Independent Music Awards. She has toured across Canada, Europe, and the U.S. has enjoyed widespread worldwide airplay of her releases.