odd and his band go from slow, smoky blues to breakneck bluegrass with such ease the audience is left in a state of excited suspension wondering where the next turn will take them! A night with these guys is a twisting journey through such varied musical terrain as Funk, R+B, Reggae, Country Swing, Blues, Bluegrass and thoughtful ballads in the finest singer/songwriter tradition. In Todd’s own words... “I have been told that I am all over the map and need to focus more on one style or another to be commercially successful...I can’t do it! I enjoy playing and writing so many different kinds of music that I could never imagine limiting myself to just one! I believe that audiences today want variety and excitement and surprises when they go to a concert. We definitely give them that!!”

    Todd is a veteran contributor to CBC Radio and Television. With over 20 years of live performance experience as both a musician/vocalist and a comedian, Todd’s skills are finely tuned to an exquisite point and he swings easily from lambasting politicians in hilarious political parodies to interpreting the latest news story with a twist. Then, Todd the storyteller takes over, enrapturing the audience with poignant tales of love, friendship, what it means to belong, to be an outsider, to be searching for something real in these crazy, virtual times...

    “Songwriting for me has always been about describing the world around me in all it’s wonder, stupidity, and beauty. When something bugs me or angers me, makes me laugh or haunts me, I have to write about it. Expressing myself through music is my passion and being able to share it with other people is my privilege.”

     Todd Butler is accompanied by Lee Oliphant on bass guitars and vocals and Vince Ditrich on drums and vocals.