Small Town Pistols & Michelle Schultz
b'SMALL TOWN PISTOLS\\n\\nWhen you\\u2019re declared Group of the Year at Canada\\u2019s biggest country music awards show, that\\u2019s major validation from a community with high standards. Ontario\\u2019s Small Town Pistols won the CCMA title in 2014 after the brother and sister reunited for their 2013 self-titled debut.\\n\\nNow Amanda and Tyler Wilkinson \\u2014 formerly of country trio The Wilkinsons \\u2014 are back with the follow-up, Pistology, an album that is personal and sometimes edgy, covering everything from parenthood and family values to vices and rivals.\\xa0\\n\\n\\n\\u201cTyler and I learned the craft of songwriting through my dad, but in Small Town Pistols we are grown-up, able to say things that we couldn\\u2019t say in the Wilkinsons\\u2019 songs because our dad was there,\\u201d says Amanda.\\n\\n\\nWhile both Tyler and Amanda are in solid marriages with babies, this sibling duo isn\\u2019t all white picket fences and PG conversation. They are quick-witted and speak their minds as people, and in their songwriting are raw and real \\u2014 note the smoky western crime story \\u201cGhosts\\u201d to the moseying \\u201cI Only Smoke When I Drink.\\u201d\\xa0\\n\\n\\nA couple of songs celebrate family:\\xa0\\u201cCan\\u2019t Wait To Meet You\\u201d about becoming a parent and the heavier rocker \\u201cMy Family,\\u201d inspired by the morals instilled in them from their parents.\\n\\nMICHELLE SCHULTZ\\n\\nVancouver\'s Michelle Schultz has just released a new single called "Camouflage."\\xa0A major part of Michelle\\u2019s music career has been singing national anthems for several sporting and charity events. Michelle sings regularly for several teams in the BCHL and WLA, as well as for the WHL Vancouver Giants.'