" -The Blues Magazine UK

Known in his travels as “The Dirty Little Picker” Darren Eedens has been relentlessly on the road and releasing steadily for 4 years. A Canadian Musician known for his abilities on his home soil that now calls Cardiff, Wales home as he tours Europe more and more.

An old soul filled with story telling imagination, Darren Eedens, bends truths, and creates upbeat rhythmic tracks with hauntingly morbid lyrics. With his many influences ranging from the honky tonkin’, folk and bluegrass pickers of the past, he uses his unique and powerful voice to captivate anyone within earshot. With an unmatched live energy, he shares his views on life and more often death, shedding a beautiful light on the tragic tale. Standing on tables belting out words beyond his years, audiences are silent, only adding the necessary stomp clamps to many of the entirely acoustic pieces. You can catch Darren Eedens playing hard and fast, with his banjo, guitar and mandolin as his weapons of choice, sometimes using his voice as his only instrument. It is not uncommon to find Darren belting lyrics out at the top of his lungs, picking more notes per bar than most people can wrap their heads around. He breaks any barriers that one would expect to find when attending a show to see a solo act. His energy is unmatched and from the first note picked literally has the entire audience ready to move and party, yet can bring a crowd right down to an absolute silence while he picks a ballad of love lost.

Highlight festivals - Canadian Music Week, Muddy Roots Europe (belgium), Hillside Festival, Indieweek, NXNE, WinterBeats (copenhagen)

Has share the stage with (in no particular order)- Louis CK, Luke Doucet, Larry and his Flask, Legendary Shack Shakers, Joe Buck Yourself, Emm Gryner, Julie Doiron, Royal Wood, Daniel Romano, Christopher Paul Stelling, Hatful of Rain, The Felice Brothers, Murder by Death

Darren’s career is on the upward slope and his music is sure to reach you; whether it makes you simply tap your toes, drink a few to many beers, dance away, or reflect on the lesser evils of the world, you will not forget him.

Darren Eedens is proudly endorsed by Deering Banjos, The Loar, and Blueridge Guitars