Rik Emmett

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    Rik’s latest release is the singer-songwriter acoustic project, Folk Songs for the Farewell Bonfire. Retired from touring, he has just completed a manuscript of poetry – working title, Reinvention. He works away in his home studio The Rockit Lab, capturing new singer-songwriter-guitarist material. He also blogs regularly on his website’s member forum, interacting with his fans and answering posts. After five decades in the biz, Rik Emmett has earned the adjectives ‘prolific’ and ‘eclectic’. Following over a dozen platinum albums from his Triumph years, he’s produced 20 more as a non-platinum indie, ranging from rock and blues to jazz, folk & classical. His last full-blown rock record RES 9 was released worldwide in 2016 on the MASCOT / PROVOGUE label. His latest, entitled “Folk Songs for the Farewell Bonfire“, referred to as The Bonfire Sessions, includes 18 solo acoustic / vocal tracks, as well as 6 jazz guitar instrumentals, available exclusively as downloads off of www.rikemmett.com. International notoriety earned him entry into three Canadian Halls of Fame, and a star on the Canadian Walk of Fame. He’s also picked up a few ‘Best Guitarist’ awards from different organizations, in various style categories, along the way.