(If you look closely, you'll see that I'm already ignoring the garbage separation system I set up for myself :-)
Friday, September 30, 2011
Tour Day 2
I love my new boots! They were great last night.
(If you look closely, you'll see that I'm already ignoring the garbage separation system I set up for myself :-)
(If you look closely, you'll see that I'm already ignoring the garbage separation system I set up for myself :-)
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Tour: day 1
My lover suggested I take a photo of the car each day of the tour - I guess to show off what an Incredible slob I am :-)
I think that's a great idea so here's the first shot. The dolphins are toys my nieces won when they were visiting this summer - too big to fly back on the plane, so I'll be chauffeuring them to Toronto. Nice to have the company.
Time to hit the road to Tatamagouche!
I think that's a great idea so here's the first shot. The dolphins are toys my nieces won when they were visiting this summer - too big to fly back on the plane, so I'll be chauffeuring them to Toronto. Nice to have the company.
Time to hit the road to Tatamagouche!
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
What? I'm going on tour tomorrow?
I'm not entirely sure how this happened, but apparently, I am leaving to go on tour up to Ontario tomorrow. This means that today is going to be completely crazy because I am not ready to leave to go anywhere - let alone 2000 km away for 3 weeks.
How could I be so unprepared? Well, it probably has something to do with the fact that I helped my neighbours host a folk festival this past weekend, but that's a blog post for another time.
Somehow, I'm sure I will manage to get everything I need into the car and launch myself tomorrow.
I will be absolutely delighted if you are able to catch one of my shows while I'm on the road. Here are the dates!
Thursday, September 29, 2011, 7:30 pm
Tatamagouche, NS
no cover
Come and join us for activist songs and songs of joy and heartbreak. I love Fables and the folks who hang out there. Looking forward to this show!
Monday, October 3, 9:30pm
Chick-Pickin' Mondays at Grumpy's in MONTREAL
1242 rue Bishop
I'm performing the opening spot at this infamous weekly gathering of women singer-songwriters. I can hardly wait!
Wednesday, October 5, 2011, 8pm
House Concert in OTTAWA
Please e-mail for more details: mail@alexsings.ca
Friday, October 7, 2011, 7:30 pm
House Concert in PETERBOROUGH
Please e-mail for more details: mail@alexsings.ca
Saturday, October 15, 2011, 8 pm
House Concert in TORONTO
52 Boustead (Roncesvalles + Dundas West)
Tickets: $12
Tickets available through Eventbrite. Seating is limited, so please buy your tickets early.
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival
Tomorrow I perform at Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival. For me, this is The Big Gig.
You see, I think of Folk Harbour as my home festival. I attended (as a member of the audience) for the first time in 1987. Yep, 24 years ago. I was 16, and the festival was just two years old.
I bet most of the other teenagers there had been dragged by their parents, kicking and screaming, but not me. Archie Fisher and Garnet Rogers were headlining and I could hardly wait to see them perform.
My friend Steve and I went together. I remember sitting under the mainstage tent being treated to the finest folk music imaginable - less than half an hour's drive from where each of us lived. What I remember most clearly is a feeling of enchantment – especially when Archie and Garnet played Witch of the Westmoreland, fulfilling my greatest hope for the evening.
There have been other Folk Harbour experiences since that one. After I moved away to Toronto, I tried to plan my summer visits to co-incide with the festival, and I've heard some great music on that mainstage, but my first night at Folk Harbour remains the most special.
On that night in 1987, I had absolutely no idea that I was going to become a singer-songwriter when I grew up. More than 20 years later, I released my first cd and one of the first places I sent it was to Folk Harbour's programming committee. Tomorrow, with the same stars in my eyes that were there when I was 16, I'll step up on that mainstage and sing my heart out.
I can hardly wait.
More details for those of you coming to the festival:
I'll be playing on three stages tomorrow (Friday, August 5):
1pm in St. John's Anglican church as part of a blues workshop with David Myles, Thom Swift and Harry Manx
4pm at the Bandstand - a half hour solo set
8:15 (approximately), I'll be on the mainstage for a tweener - just one song - between the 2nd and 3rd mainstage performers
You see, I think of Folk Harbour as my home festival. I attended (as a member of the audience) for the first time in 1987. Yep, 24 years ago. I was 16, and the festival was just two years old.
I bet most of the other teenagers there had been dragged by their parents, kicking and screaming, but not me. Archie Fisher and Garnet Rogers were headlining and I could hardly wait to see them perform.
My friend Steve and I went together. I remember sitting under the mainstage tent being treated to the finest folk music imaginable - less than half an hour's drive from where each of us lived. What I remember most clearly is a feeling of enchantment – especially when Archie and Garnet played Witch of the Westmoreland, fulfilling my greatest hope for the evening.
There have been other Folk Harbour experiences since that one. After I moved away to Toronto, I tried to plan my summer visits to co-incide with the festival, and I've heard some great music on that mainstage, but my first night at Folk Harbour remains the most special.
On that night in 1987, I had absolutely no idea that I was going to become a singer-songwriter when I grew up. More than 20 years later, I released my first cd and one of the first places I sent it was to Folk Harbour's programming committee. Tomorrow, with the same stars in my eyes that were there when I was 16, I'll step up on that mainstage and sing my heart out.
I can hardly wait.
More details for those of you coming to the festival:
I'll be playing on three stages tomorrow (Friday, August 5):
1pm in St. John's Anglican church as part of a blues workshop with David Myles, Thom Swift and Harry Manx
4pm at the Bandstand - a half hour solo set
8:15 (approximately), I'll be on the mainstage for a tweener - just one song - between the 2nd and 3rd mainstage performers
Friday, July 29, 2011
Cool Down Without Powering Up
A couple of weeks ago, I received my first songwriting commission: to write a song encouraging people to stay cool without turning on their air conditioning. A tall order to fill, especially since the client, Hypenotic, was in Toronto and Toronto was in the midst a major heat wave!
Out here Nova Scotia's gloriously temperate South Shore, I took the four cool down techniques Hypenotic had given me and wrote them into a song. Then, I went to Kirk Comstock at Comstock Recording Studios and we recorded it.
Next, the folks at Hypenotic created an animated video to go with the song. Here's the finished product. I hope you enjoy it and use some of these methods to conserve energy during the summer heat.
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Meet the Press
I woke up this morning to a bunch of nice messages from several people who'd just read an article about me in our local newspaper.
And, I've also heard some great feedback from folks who heard me interviewed on CKBW this past Sunday morning.
I just want to say how good it feels to be living in a community where people take the time to celebrate local people, their talents and accomplishments.
It's good to be back home.
And, I've also heard some great feedback from folks who heard me interviewed on CKBW this past Sunday morning.
I just want to say how good it feels to be living in a community where people take the time to celebrate local people, their talents and accomplishments.
It's good to be back home.
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Updates to Summer Shows
Hi Folks!
Just a quick update about the schedule for Folk Harbour. I'll have three appearances on Friday, August 5 (Changed from Saturday, August 6th). I've corrected my original Summer Shows post with all the details. Please update your schedules! Sorry for any inconvenience and thanks!
Alex
Just a quick update about the schedule for Folk Harbour. I'll have three appearances on Friday, August 5 (Changed from Saturday, August 6th). I've corrected my original Summer Shows post with all the details. Please update your schedules! Sorry for any inconvenience and thanks!
Alex
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