Mike Evin is a Canadian

Canada

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 singer-songwriter

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 originally from, and (as of March 2009) based out of, Montreal

Montreal

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, Quebec

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. He has relocated several times to several different cities, including Toronto, and Halifax. Evin's primary instrument is the piano and keyboard instruments, though he also played guitar on his first album. His main touring piano is a small 64-key upright he named Beatrice.

Evin has released three albums and one E.P. since 2001. His second album, I'll Bring The Stereo, was co-produced by Barenaked Ladies

Barenaked Ladies

Barenaked Ladies is a Canadian alternative rock band. The band is currently composed of Jim Creeggan, Kevin Hearn, Ed Robertson, and Tyler Stewart. Barenaked Ladies formed in 1988 in Scarborough, Ontario, then a suburban municipality outside the City of Toronto...

 bassist Jim Creeggan

Jim Creeggan

James Raymond Creeggan, better known as Jim Creeggan , is the bassist for Canadian band Barenaked Ladies...

, and his brother, former Barenaked Lady Andy Creeggan

Andy Creeggan

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. Both play on the album, along with a host of notable Canadian musicians; Tyler Stewart

Tyler Stewart

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 and Kevin Hearn

Kevin Hearn

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, also of Barenaked Ladies, Kurt Swinghammer

Kurt Swinghammer

Kurt Swinghammer is a Canadian singer-songwriter and visual artist.A graduate of the Ontario College of Art and Design, Swinghammer joined the band Vital Sines in the 1980s before launching his solo career...

, Dave Matheson, Gary Breit

Gary Breit

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, and Ian McLauchlan

Ian McLauchlan

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, among others. His follow-up E.P, Let's Slow It Down was produced by Don Kerr

Don Kerr

Don Kerr is a Canadian multi-instrumentalist and record producer.He was a member of Rheostatics from 1995 to May 2001. He plays in Ron Sexsmith's band, and sometimes with The Kelele Brothers. He and Sexsmith released an album together, Destination Unknown, in 2005...

.

Evin has performed both with a backing band, and as a solo act. In February 2009, he was an artist on the Barenaked Ladies' cruise, Ships and Dip V. He performed several shows backed by the Creeggan brothers, and Tyler Stewart.

Discography

• The January Muse (2001)
• I'll Bring The Stereo (2005)
• Let's Slow It Down (E.P.) (2007)
• Good Watermelon (2009)