Joe Stanton and Simon Paradis, the musical roots/country duo known as Stanton Paradis, will welcome another Vancouver roots duo to the Sunshine Coast. Dustin Bentall and Kendel Carson will be performing at a concert on Saturday, Jan. 23 at the Heritage Playhouse in Gibsons.
They also perform on Jan. 22 at the Coopers Green Hall in Halfmoon Bay – but that show is already sold out.
“We met Dustin and Kendel at the VAMS Strong Sessions Live concert in 2015,” Stanton said. (VAMS is the Vancouver Adapted Music Society, an organization that supports and promotes musicians with physical disabilities in the Metro Vancouver area.) “Simon and I were invited to perform a few songs at the VAMS show, and we shared the set with Dustin and Kendel. We all have a love of country/roots music, and we were a natural fit.” They enjoyed playing together so much they invited Bentall and Carson to the Coast.
The Bentall and Carson duo have made waves across Canada, the U.S. and Europe, sharing stages with John Prine, Elvis Costello, Blue Rodeo and, to no one’s surprise, Barney Bentall (Dustin is his son). Their most recent collaborative album is Bentall’s You Are An Island, a haunting departure from the straight-ahead country leanings of his previous releases. Critics hailed it as a breath of fresh air into the alt-country back room.
Stanton Paradis is looking forward to opening both evenings. Brothers in music if not in life, Stanton and Paradis will demonstrate their songwriting abilities (listen to their Good Road Home album from 2014) and their acoustic guitar finger-picking talents.
Tickets for the Heritage Playhouse concert are available at MELOmania in Roberts Creek, Laedeli at Sunnycrest Mall, the Sechelt Visitor Centre, and on line at www.stantonparadis.com
