Northern Sons    

Northern Sons have been providing bluegrass fans in Canada and the Sates with great harmonies, instrumentals and humerous shows for 22 years now!   Our accomplishments included hundreds of stage performances from large venues of 5,000+ to small church gigs of a few dozen.

Northern Sons have maintained the core "vocal trio" of Thom Gardiner, Marty Coney, and Rory Gardiner since 1985!  Fiddler, Chris Wilson joined in 2002.  Bill Henry  came to us in 2007  and adds his bass harmonies and mandolin styling to complete that distinctive "Sons" sound.

Over the years Northern Sons have been honoured with many awards, enjoyed many festivals, venues and stages; met many wonderful people; and thoroughly enjoyed the music we have played for everyone who has come to one of our shows.

We continue to write and record new songs, and play traditional bluegrass standards.  Our shows take our audience up in emotion with some edgy tunes and then bring them back to reality with songs like 'On Hobo's Wings', (our signature tune, penned by our very own Thom Gardiner). 

Our travels throughout Canada and the eastern United States has provided us with an opportunity to meet many old fans and allowed us to create new friends.  We are truly blessed to have a loyal fan base and thank you all for your support.

Our band members are as follows:

Click on any of our names below for more info on individual members. 

Marty Coney - Bass and Vocals

Thomas Gardiner - Guitar and Vocals    

Rory Gardiner - Banjo and Vocals

Bill Henry  - Mandolin and Vocals

Chris Wilson - Fiddle