“Viewing the Feral Children spectacle is a truly singular experience; emotional bellowing from the bottoms of a psychedelic vortex. Creating detailed lysergic textures on the fly with the usage of a looping pedal and sampler whilst strumming his uniquely tuned, de-strung guitar. This album got heavy play while I was finishing my thesis, putting out a record, and working full-time. I managed to avoid dropping acid but the album was a certified trip each time I took a break from hell to listen. Highly recommended. A top release from 2008.” – WEIRDCANADA.COM
About The JD Edwards Band J.D. EDWARDS: is a fine solo acoustic singer songwriter, based Winnipeg, and he is equally a seasoned rock and roll bandleader and composer and a trombone player and an amazing singer. His songs are for real and his musicianship is for real. In some ways he reminds us of Dave Matthews but more for his intensity as a performer than for his writing. J.D. is a poet marching only to the beat of his own drum and in doing so he has created a unique body of work mature in its understanding of the human condition and good to listen to. “…The night began with J.D. Edwards, a solo guitar player with a voice so intense you can see the passion of music he has flowing out of him. I was most impressed with the movement and energy he showed on stage – always swaying about, not seeming to sit still and showing how much he feels the music. With J.D., you could tell he played with his whole body and soul…” Gabby D’Angelo – The Argus – Lakehead University’s Newspaper The JD EDWARDS BAND: is sometimes a multi-piece electric folk-rock experience that is quickly becoming a ripple in the Canadian music scene. Through incessant gigging and innovative groovy song-writing, JD Edwards is breaking through the barriers of mediocrity and giving Canadian listeners something to dance about. The band’s sound is a synthesis of Blind Melon’s funk and The Black Crowes’ blues, while JD sings with the stoned sexiness of Van Morrison and the orgasmic outbursts of Ben Harper. They manage to musically acknowledge their influences without compromising their ingenuity or principle; JD Edwards and his bands will take you on a new adventure in a familiar place every time. 

 Born in Oshawa Ontario, JD Edwards lived and breathed music, playing and performing in all sorts high school plays and student bands alike. As time went on, however, he grew to feel that his hometown didn’t offer him what he was searching for musically, so he moved to Kingston, Ontario to study music and later to Toronto. JD led a ten-piece funk/rock outfit by the name Travel Agent and released, “Terminal 103” in 1999. But years passed and time intervened again as band members faded and the music took another turn. 

 In 2004, JD was performing mainly as a solo artist throughout the Toronto cafes and coffee houses. One night at the Kathedral, normally a heavy metal bar downtown Toronto, JD met Warren Steer at a open mic stage and the music started to move yet again. Warren, a bass player by night visual artist by day, introduced JD to Mitch Hall who completed the trio as the drummer. Unfortunately, the band played only a handful of gigs and recorded a couple of meager basement jams before tragedy struck the band in May of 2004. Warren Steer, 34 years old, had passed away in his sleep. RIP 

 As 2005 came to pass, JD found himself in mourning for the loss of his friend and music companion. The opportunity for a change in scenery was at hand. Figuring out that the Winnipeg music scene was something he wanted to be part of and place where he could begin again fresh, he grabbed his guitar and his dog and jumped on a plane for the prairies. Here he met a guitar player by the name, Mike Ormonde, who then introduced JD to many other Winnipeg musicians and later to his current line up of players. Winnipeg proved to be a melting pot of musicians with all sorts of backgrounds. With such an eclectic mix of players JD had to work with, an eclectic sound was sure to follow. 

 Now, with more songs than you can shake a drumstick at, JD Edwards has been unleashing his energetic original repertoire across Canada. Already, in the infancy of the group, they have played with some of Canada’s finest, including Hawksley Workman, The New Meanies, John K Samson, Coco Love Alcorn, The Waking Eyes, The NODS, JP Hoe, Jessee Havey and the Quirks, Billy Joe Green, Connie Caldor and Patrick Keenan. They have made several appearances on CBC, 101.5 UMFM and 92.9 KickFM. 2010 is set for a new album by the JDEB as they have joined forces with Jack Shapira, a wonderful Winnipeg Producer and Engineer, and will release it some time in the Fall. 2008 saw the JD Edwards Band release their debut self-titled, full-length album, with Producer and Engineer Mike Wagner. JD has also released “JD Edwards Live at the Gas Station Theatre”, an acoustic recording from 2008 at The Gas Station Theater with some really good friends and producer Dan Donahue.