Mike Evin is a Canadian singer-songwriter based out of Toronto, Ontario. He has relocated to several cities, including his original hometown of Montreal,Piano Pop with Mike Evin and Co. ''The Torontoist'', September 26, 2006. Accessed March 12, 2009. and Halifax. Evin's primary instrument is the piano and keyboard instruments, though also plays guitar and certain other instruments.
Evin has released five albums and one E.P. since 2001. His second album, ''I'll Bring The Stereo'', was co-produced by
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bassist Jim Creeggan, and his brother, former Barenaked Ladies keyboardist Andy Creeggan. Both play on the album, along with a host of notable Canadian musicians; Tyler Stewart and
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Early life
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, among others.
His subsequent albums and EP have featured production from the acclaimed
Don Kerr
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Evin has performed live both solo, and with numerous combinations of backing musicians.
In the mid-to-late-2000s, Evin toured with his own piano – a small 64-key upright he named "Beatrice".Mike Evin CDBaby page Accessed March 12, 2009.
In February 2009, he was invited as an artist on the Barenaked Ladies' cruise, Ships and Dip V. He performed several shows backed by the Creeggan brothers, and Tyler Stewart. He was invited back for a second time on the following cruise (dubbed Ships and Dip 4) in February 2011.
Discography
*''The January Muse'' (2001)
*''I'll Bring The Stereo'' (2005)
*''Let's Slow It Down'' (E.P.) (2007)
*''Good Watermelon'' (2009)
*''Do You Feel The World?'' (2011)
*''Life As A Lover'' (2015)
*''With Love From Cuba'' (E.P.) (2015)
*''Evin on Earth'' (2019)