September

All the schoolies are back to their schools, and summer's on its very last legs. I got myself a nice jacket.

We wrapped our summer up with a couple of really awesome shows - last monday we did a house concert with our best friends Anna and Rachael (Blue Richard and the Apricots) and a bunch of condenser microphones. It was a pretty beautiful evening, trading off songs and playing on each other's material. The recordings are sounding pretty good, Adam's been working on some mixdowns. You can hear a sweet version of "the letter" which we played as a duo of fretless chemainus banjo and viola - so neither Adam or I were in a comfortable space instrumentally and I think that comes through as a fresh and rough version of that song. We also played a new song for the very first time, and that's up there too, it's called "Sun Just Shines". Had the music for that one kicking around for almost a year now and the words finally came to me a week or two ago and through the wonder of technology monday's version is up and available for you to listen to in its rough state. More to be added later - BR & the A's stuff gives me goosebumps - I don't know if they've even heard it yet but hoo boy is it grand.

We also opened for the stomp club later that week at their CD release party, and I came away from that inspired to learn how to swing dance (and slightly done in by half a bottle of wine). Good times! And there are more to come!

Upcoming we are playing at the solstice cafe's birthday party at the solstice cafe (of all places), and then on the 10th we fly to Halifax to kick off our tour back across the country! I will post those dates very soon - please inform your friends across canada that we may well be pickin' a tune somewhere close to their hometown! I will also attempt to do as much blogging as possible on the way, so you will hear much about our zany adventures if you keep an eye on this page!

Bye for now y'all!

Taylor