Album Notes

The Cruzeros are a roots/country recording act from Kelowna B.C. Their self-titled debut album released in 1996 resulted in five charting singles, four videos on CMT, two Top Ten CanCountry hits and dozens of award citations including a JUNO nomination for Country Group Of The Year. Their second album, ?El Niño', released on August 7,2001, has already garnered impressive critical acclaim. The sophomore album has won the Canadian Independent Music Award for Best Country Album for 2002. It was listed by Country Music News as one of the Top 12 albums produced in the year 2000 and was also voted one of the top 20 cd's by members of the Fred Eaglesmith internet digest, the only Canadian album on a list including Steve Earle, Emmylou Harris and Johnny Cash. Four singles have been released to radio and two videos to CMT.

The band is equally at home performing unplugged or with full concert production and features Barry Mathers (guitar, mandolin, vocals), Curtis Tulman (12-string, harmonica, saxophone, vocals), Jim "Pa" Ryan (keyboards, vocals), Craig Wilson (drums) and Gordy Park (bass guitar,vocals). The Cruzeros have appeared on numerous radio and television programs in Canada. Their music has been recorded by artists in Europe and has been set to TV shows domestically and abroad. They have performed throughout western Canada, showcased in Nashville and toured in Mexico several times. The band recently performed to sold out shows of12,000 people per night at the Say Hay farm aid benefits held in Edmonton and Calgary Alberta.