...The Pace Hill Band

...Deep in the heart of the country, where the spirit of the sky meets the soul of the land, comes strains of music as open and honest as the people who live on that wide horizon.  The sound is prairie blues, rising from the psyche of The Pace Hill Band and settling into the 14 original songs on the band's debut album, "Pace Hill".

"Pace Hill" is the sound of life as it happens filtered through the eyes of a generation that is old enough to remember when, and young enough to wonder why, grounded by the wisdom of those who walked before them and powered by the mystery of what lies ahead.  It's a prairie-seasoned style of music that means something to any listener whose character has been cast by the lucid hues of centuries of sunrises and sunsets over the vast cradle they call home.

The Pace Hill Band is Terry Tkatchuk, Bruce LeBarre and Corrine Dauk, each of whom sheds a unique perspective on the songs they see waiting to be told and stories they feel compelled to note.  The mix of music on their new album leans a little on country, casting shades of bluegrass and shadows of rock resting on years of combined experience with bands of all genres hailing from their hometowns, Star City and Naicam, in North Eastern Saskatchewan.

The trio collaborates on words and music, with Tkatchuk's lyrics and chords polished by LeBarre's finishing touches and enriched by the harmonies of Dauk.  Tkatchuk has teamed up with numerous talented musicians from his hometown and was a member of the classic rock (rover, cover, lover???) band, Red Fish Blue Fish, while Dauk sang with and recorded an album with the Hethrington Singers.  LeBarre has strayed further from home to record a single in Nashville.  He was the lead singer for the Nott Brothers, What Four and Blackstar, a finalist inthe Bud Country Talent Search, appeared twice on Telemiracle and at the Love Music Festival, and has opened for singing legends Ian Tyson, Caroll Baker and Gary Fjellgard.

Since the turn of the millennium, the musicians have come into their own as The Pace Hill Band, finding success and entertaining at fundraisers, jamborees, concerts and folkfest-type venues throughout the province.  The band was a finalist in the 2004 CJNE Star Search and performed its new single release, "Holding the Line" at the 2005 Telemiracle.