Farm Fresh

Farm Fresh was formed in Brandon, Manitoba in 1993 from the remnants of the high school band Post Office. The name is an adequate description: while the band took their cue from hip-hop acts like the Beastie Boys (thus the "fresh"), much of the subject material was straight from the prairie experience (thus the "farm"). Early gigs featured MCs Pat Skene and Rod Bailey freestyling over backing tracks laid-down earlier by Bailey and DJ Tyler Sneesby, though they would occasionally team up with a full live-action jazz ensemble for special performances. Silly crowd-pleasers like "...