Brock Adam Zeman is a singer-songwriter from the
Ottawa Valley based in
Carleton Place
Carleton Place is a town in Eastern Ontario, Canada, in Lanark County, about west of downtown Ottawa. It is located at the crossroads of Highway 15 and Highway 7, halfway between the towns of Perth, Almonte, Smiths Falls, and the nation's capi ...
, Ontario, Canada. He has released twelve albums and a live DVD/digital audio release called The Pinball Sessions. He is known as a prolific performer having given more than two hundred live performances across North America every year for the last decade.
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Before his mid-20s, Zeman had signed with indie label, Busted Flat Records, had played most major music festivals in Canada and performed on stage with some of the top talent of the contemporary roots
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scenes, including Steve Earle
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, Fred Eaglesmith
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, Corb Lund
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, Toby Keith
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, Prairie Oyster
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, and Blackie & the Rodeo Kings
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''Exclaim!
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'' magazine calls Zeman "a songwriter worth hearing over and over again" while CKUA
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hails Zeman's work as "intelligent, tuneful, heart-felt songs served up with an authentic but understated style." The Waterloo Region Record
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says that "Zeman doesn't surrender an inch to any Texas singer-songwriter you care to name. Closer to home, he has the chops to join the likes of Fred Eaglesmith on the lonesome outskirts of town after the street lights come on."Ottawa Citizen
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History
Established as the Bytown ''Packet'' in 1845 by William Harris (journalist), William Harris, it was renamed the ''Ci ...
says that Zeman "recognizes talent when he sees it" and ''Rootstime'' named Mud Records "a promising young label."
Discography
*The Carnival is Back in Town ( Busted Flat Records, 2017)
*The Pinball Sessions (Live DVD and digital audio release) (2016)
*Pulling your Sword out of the Devil's Back (Busted Flat Records, 2015)
*Rotten Tooth (Busted Flat Records, 2013)
*Me Then You (Busted Flat/Mud Records 2012)
*Ya Ain't Crazy Henny Penny (Mud Records, 2011)
*Live @ the Acoustic Grill (Acoustic Grill Records, 2008)
*$100 Difference (Busted Flat Records, 2008)
*The Bourbon Sessions (Busted Flat Records, 2007)
*Welcome Home Ivy Jane (Busted Flat Records, 2006)
*Brock Zeman and the Dirty Hands (Busted Flat Records, 2005)
*Songs from the Mud (Busted Flat Records, 2005)
*Cold Winter Comes Back (Busted Flat Records, 2003)
See also
*Music of Canada
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References
External links
Official Website of Brock Zeman
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1981 births
Canadian alternative country singers
Canadian folk singer-songwriters
Canadian male singer-songwriters
Canadian country singer-songwriters
Living people
Singers from Ontario
People from Carleton Place
21st-century Canadian male singers
21st-century Canadian singer-songwriters