S.G. Sinnicks is a two-time ‘Hamilton Music Award’ winner (‘Folk Roots Record of the Year’, 2009 & 2012, as well as a ‘City of Hamilton Arts award 2013. Steve began playing drums at 11 and at 15 began to play the pubs with everyone from local artists to Canadian legend Stompin’ Tom Connors. Since transitioning to original songwriting in the 90’s, he is now known across Canada and the US as a singer/songwriter in the vein of Nick Lowe or Billy Bragg with a history of dissent and telling the story with words, music and solidarity with a career that spans three decades. His activism is inseparable from his songwriting and his music reflects a deep connection to the labour movement and the plight of the working-class.
Performances: NXNE, CMW, Edmonton Songwriters Festival, COCA Conference, Hamilton Days of Protest, G7 ‘Days of Action’, Festival of Friends, Red Skies, Hamilton Place, Oakville Place, Sanderson Centre, Convocation Hall, Western University, McMaster University, Freshwater Folk Concerts, It’s Your Festival, Lindsay Academy Theatre, Capital Centre, The West End Cultural Centre, Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire, Irish Cultural Centre Milwaukee, University of Memphis, University of South Carolina and too many clubs to mention.
Live Credits:Stompin’ Tom Connors, Tom Wilson, Stephen Fearing, Burnin Ethyl, Elizabeth Hill, Kim Deschamps, Big Smoke, Tartan Terrors, Scottish Dance Company of Canada, The Killjoys, Big Eddy And The Trailer Park 5.
Recording Credits: Shawn Brush, Ray Materick, Coyote Shivers, Harrison Kennedy, Jacob Moon, Rob Lamothe, Big Eddy And The Trailer Park 5, Tartan Terrors.
Opening Act For: The Rheostatics, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Spirit of the West, Junkhouse, Fred Eaglesmith, Garnet Rogers, Ron Hawkins, Teenage Head, Terra Lightfoot
Television: Much Music, Open Mic with Mike Bullard, Breakfast Television, (City) Lunch T.V., News at Noon (OnTV), CFTO, The Big Breakfast (Winnipeg)
Radio: CKCO, Y95, CFMU, CIUT, CJRT, CFRU, CHML, C101, CJAM, CKCU, CKDU, CBC Sunday Edition, Richard’s Roundup, NPR Philadelphia, CBC Fresh Air, WIRT, WLKK, WORT, WMPG, FONR, Banks Radio, Valley FM 89.5 (Australia), CDNX, BBC Radio Clyde, IPO Radio, Radio Skye, Radio Caroline (UK), Dublin City FM (Ireland), Narradio 95.3 (Sweden), Love FM, Mike Rogers (Japan), FM4, Flatliners Radio (Germany) amongst many others.