The incredible vocal talents of stand up bassist Ida Sawabe, guitarists TJ Blair and Matt Magura, oldtime/ukrainian inspired fiddling of Andy Bart, and machine gun banjo picking and deadly slide guitar of David Nishikawa, combine to create a diverse and dedicated country/roots/bluegrass band, The Magnificent Sevens. Channelling musical heroes from Hank and Scruggs to Sabbath and Django, the Sevens maintain a 100% acoustic live show while blurring the lines between bluegrass, old time country, and rock’n’roll. The band has a relivent sound for the musically informed and synical landscape we live in.
From its Winnipeg, Manitoba home (the Slurpee Capital of the world), this hard working, acoustic five-piece has travelled many roads—over 100,000 km in 3 years throughout Canada and the US—since its debut release Dirty Roads (2008). A 7” collaborative recording with acclaimed Hamilton showman BA Johnston in 2010 led the band to the Youkon Terretory in support of their release. A brand new album All Kinds of Mean (2011) released across North America in Spring of 2012, will see the Sevens on the road once again, and so the legend continues.
The Mag 7's are on Transistor 66
