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Bushy Park

Is the collaboration of four fine folx who said “Dyke country music? Hell Yeah!” We are a dyke country band with a fun, quirky, musical repertoire that does gender flips on classic country songs along with openly queer originals. Fun, inclusive, professional, homey. Country music is music with stories about everyday people – except in this case it’s everyday queer people. 

Sassy and sultry country and blues classics with a twist or two. About as wholesome and pure as any group of Canadian lesbians can be. Family friendly (except maybe that one song…) Suitable for audiences that bat for any softball team you like.

Our shows also work well for multi-age crowds. Straight people strangely love us too. We are professional, on time, and on task, easy to book and work with.

Short:

Vancouver’s best dyke country band. Gender-flipped inclusive covers and originals. Suitable for audiences that bat for any softball team you like. 

Longer:

Bushy Park is the collaboration of four fine folx who said “Dyke country music? Hell Yeah!” We are a dyke country band with a fun, quirky, musical repertoire that does gender flips on classic country songs along with openly queer originals. Fun, inclusive, professional, homey. Country music is music with stories about everyday people – except in this case it’s everyday queer people.  Suitable for audiences that bat for any softball team you like.

Straight media friendly:

Bushy Park is an all woman country band playing gender-flipped versions of classic country and quirky originals.

En Français

Bushy Park est un groupe de country queer feminin qui joue des versions inversées par gendre du genre country classique et des originaux décalés.

 

Sophia Kelly – vocals, mandolin, She/her (he/him)

Collette Fauchon – Guitar, backing vocals she/her

Jude Goodwin – Dulcimers, backing vocals she/her

Marg Scott – Keyboards, Harmonica she/her they/them

Suitable for audiences of all genders, ages and orientations. 

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We are a four person band – an honourarium starting at $50-100 per person is appreciated, plus covering travel, housing/billets/food (if outside metro Vancouver) and sound equipment if required. 

Bushy Park Members

Sophia Kelly – Vocals, Mandolin, Percussion

Sophia  Kelly takes her inspiration from Dolly Parton and Mae West. She’s good Canadian grrl from a small town with loose morals and high values.  She wrote her first song at age 8 (about a corn field) and has been singing on stage since then. With a background in celtic, jazz and sacred choral music, what the heck is she doing fronting a country band? She’s kickin’ it, that’s what she’s doing. https://soundcloud.com/sophia-kelly-music Pronouns: she/her or he/him (any are fine)

Marg Scott – Keyboards

Marg Scott has solid country cred. First off, she is is from Alberta. Like almost all of the rest of the band, she’s had a head injury, but hers was from falling off a horse. She was keyboard player with 90’s Vancouver based grrl punk band Revulva and also currently plays with folk band Ultrasound.  Pronouns: she/her and they/them

Jude Goodwin – Dulcimer, Strum Stick, Harmony Vocals

Jude isn’t country, but she lived in the country and played dulcimer with any traveller that happened to drop by her farm. Jude also played dulcimer in a local bluegrass band, and sang backup with a country band in Rossland during the 70s. While looking for an apartment recently during Vancouver’s hot (impossible) rental crunch a landlord asked, “Do you play a musical instrument?” Jude looked to the sky and thought about her piano, her guitar, her box of harmonicas, and her 4 dulcimers. “No,” she replied. “Well, except a dulcimer but it’s small. And quiet.” Jude started with Bushy Park in the spring of 2022, and also sings a cappella with a women’s barbershop group called Peace Arch Chorus. Her pronouns are she/her.

The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain – Dolly Parton

Colette Fauchon – Guitar, Harmony Vocals

Bio to come. Pronouns: She/her

The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain – Dolly Parton

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