Welcome To BPA Live
BPA Live was formed by Bob Paterson on the 1st July 2005 and the agency now boasts a roster of over 30 artists including Tom Russell, Sam Baker, Jason Ringenberg, Chip Taylor, Jill Jackson, Alan Fletcher, Kimmie Rhodes, Rod Picott, Eve Selis, Otis Gibbs, Blue Rodeo and Ags Connolly.
The agency continues to grow, now working with artists from varying genres including blues and folk alongside the original Americana acts. Please use the links above for details of our evolving roster, tours currently underway, those that are currently being booked, contact details and links section.
Tours & Shows
Ags Connolly
Throughout 2024 and 2025
Jill Jackson
To the end of 2024
Jim White
February 2025
Ruth Moody
January – February 2025
Roster
Ags Connolly (UK)
Siempre is the fourth studio album from Ags Connolly and marks a change in direction for the traditional country singer-songwriter – yet without leaving his trademark honky tonk sound behind. As with his previous record Wrong Again (2019) – named UK Country Album Of...
Alan Fletcher (AUS)
For 27 years, Alan Fletcher has portrayed the character, Karl Kennedy, on the iconic Australian television drama, Neighbours. He has also appeared in Cop Shop and in the US series, The Love Boat. His first forays into music were with the rock band, Waiting Room, in...
Amanda Rheaume (CAN)
Recipient of the 2024 Spirit of Folk Award, 2023 Canadian Folk Music Award for Indigenous Songwriter of the Year and the 2023 Capital Music Awards' Album of the Year, Amanda Rheaume's rootsy, guitar-driven ballads introduce crucial dimensions to the...
Ana Silvera (UK)
Since the release of debut album 'The Aviary' in 2012 (Karamel Music Collective), singer-songwriter Ana Silvera's work has garnered broad acclaim from audiences and critics alike. Recorded on both sides of the Atlantic, and featuring arrangements from Maxim Moston...
Annabelle Chvostek (CAN)
Annabelle Chvostek is a Toronto based singer-songwriter, composer and producer whose musical achievements range from jazz to contemporary roots. She's released six solo recordings, composed music for dance and film, and was once in the band The Wailin'...
Blue Rodeo (CAN)
One of Canada's most iconic bands, Blue Rodeo released their 14th studio album, "1000 Arms", on Friday 28th October 2016. 1000 Arms was recorded over the winter of 2015/16 at Blue Rodeo's Woodshed Studios. The album shares its name with the...
Carrie Elkin (USA)
Carrie Elkin announces 'The Penny Collector' due April 7th 2017 The eagerly awaited new solo album from Carrie Elkin 'The Penny Collector', her first in six years, is set for release on April 7th. In the years since her last solo release 'Call It My Garden' Elkin has...
Chip Taylor (USA)
Songwriters Hall of Fame 2016 inductee Chip Taylor has been writing and performing for nearly 60 years and shows no sign of slowing down. The New York Times says it best, "If you only know him as the guy who wrote 'Wild Thing' and 'Angel of the Morning' - you don't...
Christina Martin (CAN)
Christina Martin is a powerhouse musician, songsmith, and performer hailing from the windswept East Coast of Canada. Her music dances effortlessly through Pop, Rock, Folk, and Americana traditions but stays deftly unchained by any one label, refusing to be...
Danny Schmidt (USA)
Named to the Chicago Tribune's "50 Most Significant Songwriters in the Last 50 Years," Austin, TX-based singer/songwriter Danny Schmidt has amassed a cult following for his stunningly poetic, poignant imagery. With lyrical depth drawing comparisons to Leonard Cohen,...
Eve Selis (USA)
"Eve Selis is a beacon of resilience and talent in the world of music, and 'Dark Sky Blue' is a testament to her unwavering dedication to her craft. With her soul-stirring voice and masterfully crafted songs, Eve invites listeners on a journey of healing and hope....
Farmer Jason (USA)
When internationally acclaimed singer-songwriter Jason Ringenberg created his children's music character FARMER JASON in 2003, he had no idea he was launching what would prove to be the most commercially successful creation of his storied career. With JASON AND THE...
Jason Ringenberg (USA)
Jason Ringenberg's Fruits of Honest Labor by Tommy Womack A couple of years ago Jason and I were doing a run of dates together through the snowy Midwest. I was road-ragged and he was fresh as a daisy. He'd driven across Alaska not long before and spent six weeks in...
Jill Jackson (UK)
Jill Jackson is one of Scotland’s leading singer songwriters and an acclaimed artist within the thriving international Americana music scene. Her sensitive and sympathetic storytelling, heart-rending vocals, and sheer love of Americana music, have earned her a loyal...
Jim White (USA)
Jim White gets around. When he’s not releasing his own critically acclaimed solo albums he splits time producing records for other artists, exhibiting his visual art in galleries and museums across the US and Europe and publishing award winning fiction. Numerous songs...
Karen Jonas (USA)
Americana/Alt-Country songwriter Karen Jonas knows how to tell a story. Her new album The Restless (3.3) is “a stunning collection of dreamy and dark alt-country confessionals; a deep exploration of love and vulnerability from one of Americana’s most hopeless...
Kimmie Rhodes (USA)
In her three-decade-plus career, Austin-based singer-songwriter Kimmie Rhodes has released 16 solo albums, written and produced three musical plays, published a novella/cookbook and written many multi-platinum songs, recorded by such stellar artists as Willie Nelson,...
Morton Valence (UK)
Morton Valence are a London-based alternative country duo, formed around the vocal pairing of Anne Gilpin and Robert ‘Hacker’ Jessett. They describe their music as ‘urban country’. Their recorded work and live performances have been acclaimed by both audiences and...
Nathan Bell (USA)
An Iowa-bred, Tennessee-grown, down-to-earth American original, Nathan Bell creates spellbinding live performances with a combination of impeccably sung stories and dazzling musicianship not always found in the singer-songwriter genre.With a keen eye and ear for the...
Otis Gibbs (USA)
"Gibbs' songwriting is deeply personal and profound. It's plain to see Otis Gibbs is a man you should give a damn about." - Rolling Stone Otis Gibbs is a songwriter, storyteller, painter, photographer and planter of 7,176 trees. He once wrestled a bear, and lost. He...
Rod Picott (USA)
The thrum of insects on a hot August night. A saw blade biting kiln-dried hemlock. The lonesome highway whine of long-haul trucks. A crude swallow of cheap whiskey that tears at your throat. Tears of loss and the easy laughter of old friends. This is the sound of Rod...
Ruth Moody (CAN)
Ruth Moody is an award-winning singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist hailing from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Her otherworldly soprano voice and her inspired songwriting have gained the admiration of the hearts, minds, and ears of millions of listeners. As a solo artist...
Sam Baker (USA)
LAND OF DOUBT THE NEW RELEASE BY SAM BAKER Release date June 21st 2017 Over his dreamy electric-guitar themes, buttressed by trumpet, keys, percussion, strings and more guitar, Baker's conversational voice (and his mist-filled black-and-white photographs) evokes the...
Suzie Ungerleider (CAN)
In 1995, taking my stage name from the famous Stephen Foster song seemed perfect. Oh Susanna was both a play on my own real name, Suzanne, as well as a way to hearken back to the great American folk songs that were a source of inspiration for my own music. Oh Susanna...
The Hello Darlins (CAN)
Often compared to The Eagles, The Band, Bonnie Raitt as well as classic country acts like Dolly Parton and The Carter Family, it’s impossible not to be moved by the band’s flawless group harmonies and ability to deliver the highest level of musicianship...
The Wailin’ Jennys (CAN)
The Wailin' Jennys are Nicky Mehta, Ruth Moody and Heather Masse: three distinct voices that together make an achingly perfect vocal sound. Starting as a happy accident of solo singer/songwriters getting together for a one-time-only performance at a tiny guitar shop...
Tom Russell (USA)
Singer songwriter, painter, essayist - Tom Russell has recorded thirty five highly acclaimed records, & published five books: 120 Songs of Tom Russell; Tough Company - Letters with Charles Bukowski; Blue Horse Red Desert: The Art of Tom Russell; Bloodsport a crime...
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