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He's your singing, songwriting, band leading, scheming, country punk, folk, smartassgrass troubadour based out of Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

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New York and all March 8th, 2010 Greetings from New York City! For the 2nd year in a row I was here during the Billy Jean King Cup that takes place at Madison Square Gardens and this year Venus Williams won. She is on a winning streak, god love her (I sure do). Hmmm, it has been a long road down from the Yukon via Vancouver but that is how this crazy game called rock and roll is played. We had a fantabulous show in the now former olympic city to display our northern chops before heading back to Onsquario for a brief but mighty rejigging of the relationshipness. All is well on ye home front but damn, I miss my mom. Tivoli, Ny started off this current run of shows and we have added fiddler Megan to the mix of our already tight team of experts. The musical up shot is that she sings, solos and smells better than Jason and I. Jack Grace is also now at the helm as nyc is his turf (in contrast to my northern sphere of influence). We play a slew of shows here and around before the road eventually leads me back to my private life at an undisclosed location where plans are afoot to record a new album. Yup, new and I am gonna do it. Right on. Well, remember to hold the door for older people and check your rear view mirror for unwanted attention. I will be back soon with updates from the land of the free! Back to Top Stage Two of ye Tour February 26th, 2010 Holy wowzers! We are on the plane now from Vancouver to Toronto where we continue on by land to Nyc and the next weeks of music and fun. Our last western show was a smash hit what with Carolyn Mark and Pigby at the Wise Hall in Vangroovy. Such a beautiful sounding room to sing in. We started the night off which allowed us to enjoy the others music and mingle with our posse of sweet friends. All in all we are certainly happy to be heading towards our loved ones but melancholy about leaving all this adventure behind. The Yukon will resonate in our consciousness indefinitely as it is prone to do. Vancouver hosts so many transplanted Kingstonians that it feels like a second home. And with the olympics going strong it is more vibrant than ever. How the city survives the economic death star that is the Olympics remains to be seen. Watch how Greece fares in the next little while to get an idea what we may in for. The little country that could is reeling from hosting the games. See http://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2010/02/17/OlympicEconomy/index.html Back to Top Yukon update 3 February 20th, 2010 What a good time we had in Old Crow, Yukon! We flew up from Dawson City after a packed show there. Nice to return to Dawson after so many years and to play for such great folks. Old Crow is a fly in community of the Vuntut Gwichin people, which means people of the lakes. They have been in the area for thousands of years and we were so lucky to go there and get a small sense of the depth of their connection to the land. And play music of course. Everyone was very welcoming and we were met by our host Dorothy Frost who was also hosting a biologist named Ann who had arrived to help facilitate a meeting of researchers taking place just as we leave. They are coming up to share their findings and research about a variety of environmental issues affecting the north and specifically the area north of Old Crow that contains a slew of lakes rich in fish and critters that provides food for the community. Caribou is also a dietary mainstay in the north as well and we have eaten our fair share. The community is thriving in Old Crow according to our wonderful host. There is something going on every night it seems. The love shown towards the children and elders is something we could learn from in our settler culture. There was much laughter wherever we went. We played a show at the centre and an afternoon show at the school. We went for a great hike up the mountain on the edge of town one afternoon to get a birds eye view of the porcupine river and surrounding area. The temperature was a balmy 24 below celsius and we were actually sweating by the time we turned around to head back. Our last night there we tagged along to a dinner and presentation hosted by parks Canada. They are working with various levels of government and the community to develop strategies for the Vuntut national park which is north of the Old Crow flats where all the lakes are. Ann explained to us how they believe the lakes are formed and how global warming is causing rapid changes in the area. We are just descending back into Dawson City over the white, stark mountains along the mighty Yukon River. We have the night off for me to show Jason the sites and nightlife. We will hit Diamond Tooth Gerties for some gambling and then the Pit, the popular tavern to imbibe with the locals. Everyone up here refers to us simply as the musicians. Old Crow is truly one of the best place music has taken me. Back to Top News Archive