Monday, March 20, 2006
In like a lion, out like a...lion...
When I was in Grade 2, I wrote a play called "What Happened To Spring?" In fact, it was a musical - it had one song, which was about two lines long. I can probably sing it for you if you want (bands, need a cover?). It also had a cast of forest characters and their human-child friends who went searching for a magical diamond that would start spring on its way and free them of the nasty winter they were experiencing.
I can't imagine why I thought of that today. Now, where did I put my snow brush?...
One sure harbinger of le printemps, though, is that the Alberta Sessions Songwriters' Festival is happening here in (frozen)Cow(pie)town this week. They'll features such SBR stalwarts and friends as Jay Crocker, Tim Hus, Mark Davis (of Old Reliable), Lorrie Matheson, and Andrew Wedderburn (of Hot Little Rocket). For all the deets, head to the Centre for the Performing Arts' website.
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
I have been remiss
I admit - I haven't been keepin' y'all posted the way I should. Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa...
But we've been busy! That's why I haven't been posting. We've been busy with Jay Crocker's record, and it's been charting and he'll be on tour starting at the end of this month, so that's taken up time. There's been people going hither and yon to showcases, so that's taken up time. (BTW - in case you missed it, Vailhalen got props from The Globe and Mail at Canadian Music Week this year. The old gray lady's hip to the pop.) We've released the first record - yes, record! - on our Saved By Vinyl offshoot - War-Torn Man by Rodney Decroo and the Killers. That's been a chunk of time. So it's not like nothin's been happenin' - really, it's a lot's been happenin'!
Over that time, thanks to Austin, Texas for hosting our folks not once, but twice (at Folk Alliance and at SXSW. BTW, if you're going to buy beer in the Lone Star State, be forewarned that they might get annoyed if you don't have Texas-issued ID.) To Toronto for loving Vailhalen. To Europe for welcoming Old Reliable's Shuyler Jansen. To CIUT in Toronto, CHUO in Ottawa, CKMS in Waterloo, CKXU in Lethbridge, and the CKUA radio network for playing Jay's record (in stations now! Call in and request it!). And to everyone who loves good Canadian music - you know who you are.
Gotta go - I did mention it's busy, didn't I? But keep on rockin'! And poppin'! And rootsin'! And...
