Darren Arsenault

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Media Appearances:

CBC Maritime Noon, live Christmas show
Breakfast Television, Halifax, NS
Leading Edge, Halifax, NS
Played banjo and Dobro tracks for Atlantic Lottery commercials
CBC Morning News, Live coverage at the "Tall Ships Parade of Sail", Halifax, NS
"Weird Homes", Life Channel
"Room at the Back", Independent film by Glen Walton, Halifax, NS
Blues Stage at the ECMAs
Sound track for a Jason Young documentary "animals"

Quotes:

"Very strong player and writer"- Murray McLaughlin

"Tony Rice meets Bruce Cockburn" - Stephan Fearing

"There's not a lot of guys who can pick like that" - Mose Scarlett

"You guys are hot. Is that original?" - Jack DeKyser

"What a fun band! A lot of talent" - Rita McNeil

"Amazing songwriter and campfire king." - Rebecca Campbell

"This guy really knows his way around a banjo." - Peter Wernick (Dr.
Banjo)

"Smokin!" - Morgan Davis

" Darren writes with an old soul" - Jackie Washington

"I've never heard a banjo sound like that before" - Ashley MacIssac

"The icing on the cake at the Kipowo Song Along" - Folk Soundings

"Darren never fails to offer fresh material and novel insights into the
myriad musical forms that he investigates." - David O'Leary (Fundy Folk
Co-ordinator)

"His show was fast-paced and entertaining., and the evening seemed to end far too quickly.." -Karen Reinhardt (Sea Side Folk Co-ordinator)