Double Bill: Danny George Wilson / Gabriel Minnikin

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Trotwood Events proudly present a double bill of Danny & The Champions Of The World & Grand Drive frontman Danny George Wilson and Nova Scotia’s Gabriel Minnikin.

DANNY GEORGE WILSON’s formidable credentials go back to his days in seminal UK roots rock band Grand Drive with brother Julian, a solo album released on Paris-based tastemaker label Fargo Records and six albums of consistently high calibre output on Loose Music with the revolving cast of his Danny & The Champions of the World incarnation. In 2016 the Champs swept the boards at the inaugural UK Americana Awards, winning with Album, Artist and Song of the Year. Alongside Robin Bennett (The Dreaming Spires, Goldrush, Saint Etienne) and Tony Poole (Starry Eyed and Laughing) he released an eponymous album as Bennett Wilson Poole in 2018 (“instant classics… hints of Willie and Levon” Bud Scoppa, Uncut) – bagging another UK Americana Awards ‘Artist of the Year’ alongside being voted Americana UK’s ‘Band of the Year’.

GABRIEL MINNIKIN is a uniquely talented Canadian singer, songwriter & multi-instrumentalist and a mainstay in the maritime music scene since the late 90’s. With four critically acclaimed albums, Gabriel continues to dazzle with his outstanding musicianship, densely-woven melodies, and titillating lyricism.
The ‘Flower Country’ project was described as having soaring harmonies, poetic lyrics, and melodies that both haunt and intrigue. That collaboration was showcased as an Emerging Artist at the ECMA’s, and nominated for the Music Nova Scotia’s Best Country Recording for 2017.