Propter Hawk and Big Bad Jug Band

is a post-jug quintet from Orillia and Hamilton, Ontario. We write modern protest songs performed in styles of yesteryear. You will hear a touch of The Kinks, Scott Joplin and The Carter Family in our gonzo take on jug music. Mixing rock and roll, doo-wop and bluegrass progressions, it’s like weird Al Yankovic and Jerry Garcia started a jug band together.

Propter Hawk - https://www.youtube.com/@PropterHawkofficial

Fronted by vocal powerhouse Malorie Jo Blake, this 5 piece rock enterprise answers the sonic question of what would happen if Janis Joplin and Paul McCartney had a love child and gave it up for adoption to estranged uncles Otis Redding and Robbie Robertson. Employing vintage gear, a live horn section and recording to tape, the band cemented their signature twist on their adopted genre with hard hitting singles Theatre of the Whole World, Clean Old-Fashioned Hate and Telephone, followed by their exceedingly praised self-titled debut album. International radio play, feature on Sportsnet’s Hockey Night in Canada, a shoutout in the Toronto Star’s What To Listen To This Weekend, and impassioned shows across their native land have ascended their reputation to one of Toronto’s most respected live acts.

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