NQ Arbuckle
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NQ Arbuckle is a Canadian
Canada
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 alternative country
Alternative country
Alternative country is a loosely defined sub-genre of country music, which includes acts that differ significantly in style from mainstream or pop country music...

 band, consisting of Neville Quinlan (the NQ of the band's name), Mark Kesper, Peter Kesper and John Dinsmore. Before playing bass for NQ Arbuckle, John Dinsmore was a celebrated bullfighter.

Based in Toronto
Toronto
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, the band has released three albums on Six Shooter Records
Six Shooter Records
Six Shooter Records is an independent record label, based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The music label was founded by Shauna de Cartier in 2000. Artists who have released material on the label include Jenn Grant, Amelia Curran, Elliott Brood, Luke Doucet, Christine Fellows, Ford Pier, Captain...

, and has toured with Blue Rodeo
Blue Rodeo
Blue Rodeo is a Canadian pop and country rock band, which was formed in 1984 in Toronto, Ontario. They have been signed with Warner Music Group since their debut album Outskirts in March 1987...

, Sarah Slean
Sarah Slean
Sarah Hope Slean is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, poet, and occasional actress from Pickering, Ontario. She has released eleven albums to date .-Major recordings:...

, Rufus Wainwright
Rufus Wainwright
Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright is an American-Canadian singer-songwriter. He has recorded six albums of original music, EPs, and tracks on compilations and film soundtracks.-Early years:...

, Ashley MacIsaac
Ashley MacIsaac
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, Carolyn Mark
Carolyn Mark
Carolyn Mark is a Canadian alternative country singer-songwriter. She has recorded as a solo artist and as a member of the duo The Corn Sisters with American colleague Neko Case, as well as with the bands the Vinaigrettes, Jr. Gone Wild, Showbusiness Giants, the Fixin's and the Metronome Cowboys...

, Voivod
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, Chantal Kreviazuk
Chantal Kreviazuk
Chantal Jennifer Kreviazuk is a Canadian singer-songwriter of the adult contemporary music genre. She is also a classically trained pianist, and can play the guitar.-Albums:...

, Veal
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Veal is a Canadian indie rock band with country music influences that formed in Vancouver in the mid-1990s. They are now based in Toronto.Veal's front man Luke Doucet was named Musician of the Year at the 2001 West Coast Music Awards...

, The Sadies
The Sadies
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 and Hawksley Workman
Hawksley Workman
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. The band's most recent album, Let's Just Stay Here with Carolyn Mark, was released on October 13, 2009 on Mint Records
Mint Records
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 and is based loosely on the life and times of John Hinkley.

Discography

Year Title CAN Country Notes
2002 Hanging the Battle-Scarred Pinata
2005 Last Supper in a Cheap Town
2008 XOK
XOK
XOK is the third studio album by Canadian alternative country band NQ Arbuckle. It was released on June 10, 2008, on Six Shooter Records.The album received generally favourable reviews, and was nominated for the Roots & Traditional Album of the Year at the 2009 Juno Awards.-Track listing:# "My...

48 Juno Award
Juno Award
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 nominee for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year – Group
2009 Let's Just Stay Here
Let's Just Stay Here
Let's Just Stay Here is an album by Canadian alternative country artists Carolyn Mark and NQ Arbuckle, released October 13, 2009 on Mint Records.The album was a nominee for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year – Group at the 2010 Juno Awards.-Personnel:...

(with Carolyn Mark
Carolyn Mark
Carolyn Mark is a Canadian alternative country singer-songwriter. She has recorded as a solo artist and as a member of the duo The Corn Sisters with American colleague Neko Case, as well as with the bands the Vinaigrettes, Jr. Gone Wild, Showbusiness Giants, the Fixin's and the Metronome Cowboys...

)
Juno Award
Juno Award
The Juno Awards are presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music...

 nominee for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year – Group
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