We kick off a wonderful weekend of music this Friday at the Palace Yurt Stage, 3:30pm.   According to CBC 3 listeners this year, this is the “Best Festival in Canada”!

Click HERE to see the Schedule.

Check out how they’ve kept the festival Green HERE.

We join our old New Brunswick comrades for the second annual Folly Fest in Gagetown village, NB. Check out the lineup!

We’ll be trying out some newer tunes with a 4 piece band at the Seahorse this Saturday.  We’re opening for a great hip hoppish band called The Caravan.  They’re releasing a full length vinyl which should make Kris’ day.  Ben Caplan and the Casual Smokers are a billowing, bellowing cloud of grit and smoke.  I can’t wait to see them again.  It’s going to be a night!

We’re gearing up for another show at the Music Room (the first one being the album release).  This time around we’ll be doing it as a duo.  The sound should be fantastic and we’ll be recording the performance as part of an ongoing series of sessions called “Live at the Music Room”.

May 14th will feature my favourite Haligonian chorus writer, Steve Gates.

See the poster here: Live At the Music Room

It’s been a while since we’ve gotten a chance to hang out with Catherine… We miss sharing a neighbourhood with her:(

I’m pretty excited to break out the Port Song which was written at a Kitchen Party Catherine hosted. This isn’t a Catherine MacLellan show but I suspect she’ll lend some vocals to a few of our tunes, as will our old friend Andrea MacDonald. We’re lucky dudes to mix voices with these two ladies.

It’s going down Friday at 7:30 at the Dunk.  Thanks for hosting it Hal!

We’re playing places I’ve never been & I can’t wait to see them.  If you’re in or around Berwick on April 16th, please do join us at the Union Street Cafe.  If you’re around Bear River on the 17th, we’ll be at the Rebekah Music Hall.

We’re loving these “country” shows & the folks we meet at them!

Two fun Nova Scotia shows coming up next.  Friday night we’ll be joining the Hupman Brothers and Thugs at Bay (t@b) for a songwriter’s circle at the Al Whittle theatre. 

Saturday we head to Antigonish for an Art Gallery show with Paper Beat Scissors. 

For more info, see our Shows page

See you out there!

I just caught wind of some interesting environmental related seminars & such via the Nova Scotia Environmental Network.  ‘Figured I’d share them with you fine folks.

1 – “TRIPLE THREAT–IMPACTS OF THE RECESSION, THE FEDERAL BUDGET, AND POLITICAL INDIFFERENCE”

A free public lecture by Armine Yalnizyan” on Monday, March 15 at 7:00pm

Mount Saint Vincent University, Seton Academic Centre Auditorium A & D, Halifax

2 – EARTHDREAM: SOUTH SHORE ENVIRONMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL

Mahone Bay, March 19,20,21.

This looks awesome!  Check out the Website.

3 – HALIFAX CANCER PREVENTION SERIES

Every Tuesday evening from March 9 to April 27, 2010, 7-9pm

The Westin Hotel, 1181 Hollis Street, Halifax

Cost:  Free (donations accepted)

Created and facilitated by:

Savayda Jarone, Medical Herbalist

Jeffrey Maldaver, 22-Year Cancer Survivor

More Info & Registration

We finally get to soft rock the Petite Riviere Fire Hall! 

It’s all happening this Saturday, Feb 27 at 8pm.

For the uninitiated, Petite Riviere is 12km south from exit 15 on highway 103, near Rissers Beach Provincial Park and the cottage community of Green Bay. MAP

Tickets are $15 if purchased at the door, and $12 if reserved in advance reserve by emailing your ticket request to littleriverfolk (at) hotmail.com.

More info: www.littleriverfolk.com

This will be a dandy little show at the North Street Church.  Can’t wait to eat some delicious local food!

Here’s the lineup:
6:00-6:20 Alana Yorke
6:30-7:00 Becky Siamon
7:15-7:45 New Providence
7:45-8:00 David Greenberg
8:15-8:45 Don Brownrigg
9:00-9:30 Dusty Keleher & Amy Lounder
9:45-10:15 Acres and Acres
10:30-11:00 Steve Gates
11:15-11:45 Jeff Torbert

Tickets available at Local Source Market, the Ecology Action Centre, Mariposa Natural Market, Trident, The Wooden Monkey and The Grainery. You can also email musiciansforfarmers@gmail.com or call 429-2202.