Thursday, August 04, 2005
Bands on the Road, Bands on Stage...
Yep, there are lots of SBR-types doin' shows right now - at home, on the road, upstairs, downstairs, all around the town.
For instance, Old Reliable's going to be at the Edmonton Folk Music Festival this weekend (Aug. 4-7). Then, after a bit of a break to get Shuyler moved out to Saskatoon (no, seriously - he really is!), there'll be a BC tour in mid to late August.
The Swiftys are hitting a bunch of different festivals in the next little while, including the Trout Forest Music Festival in Ear Falls, ON, from August 12-14, and the CKCU Ottawa Folk Festival from August 19-21. Lots of details on their site - go check it out!
Falconhawk is still on tour - or, rather, back on tour, after their adventures in Arizona. (Yes - the ol' Chixdiggit bus is now at that great scrapyard in the sky...but all the people are okay, and that's the most important thing.) Full dates on their site - and if you get to see them, tell 'em how glad you are that they're there!
Lorrie Matheson's got himself a weekly Thursday night gig at The Train Station in Calgary, a new space below Brew Brothers on 11th Avenue S.W. He's curating a songwriter sereies beginning tonight, August 4. (Good thing, too - he's been spending way too much time in the studio lately!)
And speaking of studios, AA Sound System are working on their new album (don't have a title yet - as soon as I know, I'll let you know) up in Edmonton right now, ably assisted by John Blerot of Wolf Willow Sound and Danny Michel. Yep, that's right - Danny Michel.
Oh, and new albums? Vailhalen's Pop Violence will be in stores near you remarkably soon!
And not to forget - The Summerlad will be playing the CJSW Slurpee Cup afterparty on August 20 at Broken City, and Tim Hus is all over the darn place these days.
Not bad, eh?
