The Fugitives are a Canadian
Folk music
Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be called world music. Traditional folk music has b ...
group formed in 2004 in
Vancouver
Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the ...
. The members of the band are
Brendan McLeod (guitar and vocals
[music.cbc.c]
August 2, 2012) and Adrian Glynn
(vocals, guitar, lap steel, balalaika
). Former members of the band included Mark Berube (banjo and vocals), C.R. Avery (beat box and vocals), and
Barbara Adler Barbara Adler is a musician, poet, and storyteller based in Vancouver, British Columbia. She is a past Canadian Team Slam Champion, was a founding member of the Vancouver Youth Slam, and a past CBC Poetry Face Off winner.
She was a founding membe ...
(vocals, accordion) who left the band to pursue other artistic ventures. Although C.R. Avery is not a member of the band anymore, he still plays with them occasionally, most recently in 2011 at the Vogue Theatre in
Vancouver
Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the ...
.
Fans and critics find the group difficult to classify—they have been categorized as slam folk, folk hop, and spoken word cabaret. ''
The Georgia Straight
''The Georgia Straight'' is a free Canadian weekly news and entertainment newspaper published in Vancouver, British Columbia, by Overstory Media Group. Often known simply as ''The Straight'', it is delivered to newsboxes, post-secondary schools, ...
'' called The Fugitives "wildly talented spoken-word artists".
[Janet Smith]
"Dance All-Stars"
''The Georgia Straight
''The Georgia Straight'' is a free Canadian weekly news and entertainment newspaper published in Vancouver, British Columbia, by Overstory Media Group. Often known simply as ''The Straight'', it is delivered to newsboxes, post-secondary schools, ...
'', March 1, 2007.
Discography
*''Shadowbox Choir'' (2003)
*''In Streetlight Communion'' (2007)
*''Face of Impurity'' (2007)
*''Find Me'' (2009)
*''Eccentrically We Love'' (2010)
*''Bigger than Luck'' (EP) (2013)
*''Everything Will Happen'' (2013)
* Trench Songs (2020)
References
External links
Fugitivesofficial website
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Musical groups established in 2004
Musical groups from Vancouver
Canadian folk music groups
Canadian spoken word artists
2004 establishments in British Columbia