Artist Bios

Down To The Wood

Down to the Wood is an Alberta-based bluegrass band that plays music the old fashioned way, coming together around one microphone to sing and play together. They play a mix of straight ahead traditional songs, instrumentals, and a-cappella numbers, as well as original interpretations of songs not normally associated with the bluegrass genre.

The band has been playing for over eight years, playing at bluegrass festivals, folk clubs, concerts and house parties. They have been featured on A-channel’s “The Big Breakfast” and CFRN TV’s “Good Morning Canada”.

Band Members include:

Glen Hoffart – Bass, vocals Glen plays a variety of musical instruments but it is on the bass that he makes his mark with Down to the Wood. Glen’s distinctive driving bass playing and solid vocals is the glue that holds the band’s traditional sound together.

Marc Ladouceur – Guitar, mandolin, and vocals Marc has played in a variety of genres and brings all these different flavours into the band mix. Marc sings the high lonesome parts and solo’s on the guitar and mandolin with ease and precision, which elevates the Down to the Wood sound enough to allow them to perform with only the 3 members.

Curtis Appleton - Banjo, guitar and vocals Curtis has played music as long as he can remember and decided the 5-string banjo was his calling. His vocals, banjo and guitar add to the sparse mix to blossom the Down to the Wood energy and excitement.