Back in 2007, Vancouver singer-songwriter Jasper Sloan Yip built a stage in the backyard of his childhood home with his father and performed for the first time, until the police arrived. These days, Jasper has a dynamic and versatile band behind him, and their latest album "Every Day and All at Once" has been played on all three CBC Radio channels, including a live performance on Radio One. To learn more, check out Jasper's MySpace page.

At 25 years of age, Vancouver-based artist Dan Mangan has already toured Canada, the UK, USA and Australia numerous times. He’s played coffee shops to six people and festival stages to a thousand.

On his new album Nice, Nice, Very Nice, Mangan weaves unique lyrical phrases that you feel you must always have known. He delivers them with his signature graveled vocals and understated humour. He doesn’t lean on ironic instruments or gimmicks. Somehow, it all just works. Dan stands up and people get quiet. They listen. More and more people all the time.

Check out his website, www.danmanganmusic.com