It is rare to discover artists who are successfully fulfilling a mission to change the world through their music. A few elements are crucial to make this phenomenon a reality. Great musicianship is a given, paired with musical originality, and an uncanny ability to turn wisdom and insight into commercially accessible songs. Very few choose this path.

Enter Sunrise and Good People. The power trio of childhood friends, Tsayffo (lead vocals, guitar, percussions) and Master Mind (lead guitar, vocals,) along with Mercury Brown (drums, loops, vocals) overlay and cross-cut music, culture and insight, hard-won through first-hand experience of travelling from their Montreal home to India and beyond. Their music reflects the strength of spirit overcoming the chaos of the human condition – such as the state of the Tibetan Buddhist monks whom they met with in Dharamsala. This meeting of minds &amp; hearts inspired an anthem for human rights, I WON’T FALL DOWN, performed for the Dalai Lama in Ottawa to an audience of 7,000+. Their songs are commercially appealing, personal and universal in theme and context, and radio-active across Canada.

Their 2009 recording debut, RISE UP includes three songs featured on the 2010 film soundtrack for LUCIDITÉ PASSAGÈRE, nominated for 2011 Best Soundtrack at the 2011 Prix Jutra (the French-language counterpart to the Canadian Screen Awards.) They have since placed ten more songs on the Gémeaux award-winning TV series, OUI SURF, with more tracks slated for upcoming seasons.

Damian Taylor (Bjork, Arcade Fire, Tegan and Sara) and Jean Massicotte (Patrick Watson, Lhasa, Bran Van 3000) mixed their current mini-LP, CLOSER TO THE FLAME, released in the spring of 2015. The album was mastered by Grammy-nominee Emily Lazar (David Bowie, Paul McCartney, Foo Fighters) at The Lodge in Greenwich Village.

In addition to regular touring, the band showcased at 2015 MIDEM (France), Canadian Music Week, NXNE (Toronto), Pop Montreal as well as headlining concerts for ROCK FOR TIBET. Since their early forays to raise awareness and support for displaced Tibetans, with the recent spread of people displaced by their own governments, Sunrise and Good People continue to shine a light through their music on all fronts and across all borders.