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On November 17, Shari Ulrich hosts Dante Hadden, Chris Ronald, and Brandon Wolfe Scott on the Roundhouse stage. Following the usual intimate, acoustic songwriters-in-the-round format of this beloved series (now in its 31st year in Vancouver!), these four very different artists will take turns performing and sharing the stories behind their songs. SongBird North offers audiences an insider’s experience of the art and craft of songwriting – and of course, a unique and compelling evening of live music. SongBird North: Where Writers Sing and Tell is produced by Shari Ulrich for the Songwriters Association of Canada. The SAC gratefully acknowledges the support of the SOCAN Foundation. For more information on the SAC’s mandate, activities and membership programs, please visit www.songwriters.ca.
TICKET INFO:
Tickets $30; discount available for SAC members
Available online in advance (https://songbirdnorth.tickit.ca/)
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BACKGROUND: Since 1995, SongBird North (formerly Bluebird North) has been a mainstay in Vancouver for songwriters from across the continent, as a bi-monthly showcase that features four talented singer/songwriters of widely varying styles, on stage together, taking turns playing their original songs and sharing stories with one another and the audience about their work. While the series began in Toronto and has toured nationally, Vancouver remains its longest-standing host city. www.songwriters.ca
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ABOUT THE PERFORMERS – November 17, 2026
DANTE HADDEN is a singer-songwriter based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Blending the raw honesty of folk with acoustic textures - guitar, strings, and honest, heart-driven songs - his music dives deep into themes of love, life, and heartbreak. With soulful melodies and evocative lyrics, Dante connects to the emotions we all carry. Over the past few years, he’s been writing and recording in Vancouver. His second EP, Most Nights, came out in late 2018 and ended up hitting #1 on CBC Music’s Top 20 in 2019. His latest single, High Pressure, came out earlier this year along with a live session filmed at the Warehouse studio here in Vancouver. He’s also working away on his third EP coming soon. https://www.instagram.com/dantehadden/
CHRIS RONALD
Since emigrating to Canada in 2002, Chris Ronald has amassed a repertoire that spans the folk spectrum and reflects both his British and Canadian backgrounds. As a teenager listening to Neil Young, Paul Simon, Nick Drake and the like, Ronald got hooked on songwriting when he put to music a poem he wrote in high school. However, he only started to go public after he moved to Vancouver and self-produced his first two albums, Pacific Time and Turning Tides. His third album, Timeline, catapulted Ronald to a new level in his career with, among other accolades, a nomination for “Songwriter of the Year” at the Canadian Folk Music Awards. Following his CFMA showcase performance, Ronald was swiftly signed to esteemed Canadian folk label Borealis Records, with whom he released Fragments, followed by Light & Dark. Both albums achieved top 10 on the international Folk Chart. https://chrisronald.com
BRANDON WOLFE SCOTT
Even in the heartbreak, there's something uplifting about Brandon Wolfe Scott's songs. On his new EP, Pressed Flowers. out today via Victory Pool Records, he earnestly searches for a brighter future. When he isn't touring with Yukon Blonde, contributing to recording projects with other artists, or working at Green Auto, one of Vancouver’s beloved DIY venues, Scott has been quietly building remarkable collections of songs as a solo artist since 2016. Though he's always been a private and protective songwriter, particularly when it comes to his solo work, he let his walls down for this fourth studio release, teaming up with Gavin Gardiner(of JUNO & Polaris Music Prize-nominated indie-folk outfit The Wooden Sky) and Champagne James Robertson (Lindi Ortega, Dwayne Gretzky), the architects behind the “slow-motion surf rock” band MOONRIIVR. Pressed Flowers captures the moment Scott’s life turned upside down while serving as an ode to the power of musical friendship. https://www.instagram.com/brandonwolfescott/
SHARI ULRICH (Host / Producer)
Starting out as a multi-instrumentalist and singer with the legendary Pied Pumkin, Shari began writing songs at the end of the reign of The Hometown Band in 1977. Her first song “Feel Good” was a hit and her solo career followed in 1978 with radio hits with “She Remembers”, “Bad Bad Girl”, “Romeo”, “Every Road”, and others. She has released 9 albums of original material along with another 16 in collaboration with UHF (Bill Henderson & Roy Forbes) and BTU (Barney Bentall & Tom Taylor). Her work has garnered two Juno Awards, an induction into the BC Entertainment Hall of Fame, and a CFMA for English Songwriter of the Year. She has been a songwriting educator at UBC and Humber and has been a long-time champion for writers, hosting and producing Bluebird North and SongBird North locally and nationally for the Songwriters Association of Canada for over 30 years. https://shariulrich.com
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