Ontario - Americana, Country, Rock
Joshua Cockerill
This impressive performer 'wowed' the audience at the Mariposa Showcase auditions, earning him a spot to perform at the 50th anniversary of Mariposa Folk Festival. Combining an energetic performance style with impressive songwriting skills and great musicality, Joshua is bound to make a big splash at Mariposa this year. "Influenced and inspired by legends Neil Young and Leonard Cohen and contemporaries Blue Rodeo and Rutledge, Joshua Cockerill is an alt-country rocker with a poet's soul". - Winnipeg Free Press
www.myspace.com/joshuacockerill
Joshua Cockerill is appearing in
Prairie Voices Friday at 8:30pm
Showcase, Showcase Sunday at 11:00am
Whiskey, Wood and Wire Sunday at 2:30pm
Toronto songwriter Joshua Cockerill found his country roots growing up in Alberta, then moved to Toronto where he took to writing and performing alternative country music, reflecting his western pride with an eastern big-city sensibility.
After kicking around the local music scene for a few years, Joshua decided to break his piggy bank and independently finance his first recordings.
"I've known I wanted to be a musician since I was ten years old," says Cockerill, "You could say that everything I saved up over the years was preparing for the making of this album."
His debut album, "The Trick With Your Heart I'm Learning To Do", features guest appearances by Serena Ryder, Justin Rutledge, Jack Marks, Greg Cockerill, and Dustin Bentall, among others.
Band members are David Baxter (guitar), Burke Carroll (pedal Steel),
John Dinsmore (bass), Devon Henderson (bass), and Joshua Van Tassel (drums).
Testimonials:
"Joshua Cockerill is f***ing amazing. Buy his record. Now."
- Serena Ryder
"As a songwriter, Joshua is one of the bright lights on the Canadian scene, and has one of the best new voices I've heard. Both sonically and lyrically, his album towers above any first attempt I've heard recently. I'm going to wager that Joshua will be around for quite some time." - Justin Rutledge
"Influenced and inspired by legends Neil Young and Leonard Cohen and contemporaries Blue Rodeo and Rutledge, Joshua Cockerill is an alt-country rocker with a poet's soul". - Winnipeg Free Press