An early taste of the Irish with Evans and Doherty
PICTOU, N.S. — Kevin Evans and Brian Doherty have been an integral part of the East Coast music scene during their 30 years together.
The essence of an Evans and Doherty performance is captured by taking a lively blend of traditional, original and contemporary songs, and add a liberal sprinkling of stories and humour.
The popular duo is returning to deCoste Performing Arts Centre to help with an early St. Patrick’s Day celebration on the evening of March 15 at 7:30 p.m.
Doherty owns and operates Eastern Entertainment Agency, a booking agency and production company which co-ordinates tours of Atlantic Canada for many Canadian and international acts. Evans owns and operates Modtrad Music, a publishing company, through which much of the material performed by Evans & Doherty is published and licenced, including three compilation recordings — A Taste Of The Maritimes, A Taste Of Atlantic Canada and An East Coast Christmas for national labels.
Evans’s song Christmas Memories achieved platinum status in Canada for John McDermott. Stompin’ Tom Connors recorded his song, Silver Sea, considered by Evans a great compliment considering Stompin’ Tom didn’t usually record other people’s material.
Evans & Doherty, along with Jimmy Sweeney, have a recording titled Sailing Ships & Sailing Men, the musical companion to a one-hour radio program written by the trio and broadcast on CBC’s Atlantic Airwaves. The program deals with life at sea and the songs used by sailors while they worked.
To celebrate the occasion, the deCoste is offering this show to their members as a two-for-one deal and have provided the free Arts Are For Everyone show passes to the local libraries. For more information or to purchase tickets, contact the deCoste Box Office or visit decostecentre.ca.