The "fair-weather" Canadian is back

As a friend (from the Yukon) once said of me, I am a fair-weather Canadian. Growing up on the west coast, snow and cold were something I romanticised. I woke up every Christmas morning and quickly pulled open my bedroom curtain to discover the lawn was still green. The sky still drizzled. On the rare occasion it dips below zero where we live in southwest Scotland, my neighbours say to me, “Aye but you’ll be used to the cold.” I assure them I am not. I am accustomed to life in a wet nap (as one of my bandmates once described Vancouver), which is why I have lasted 6 years in possibly the wettest place on Earth.

So why tour Canada in January/February? Great question. Mostly because they asked me to and I wasn’t busy. But honestly, this tour is a beaut. I’ll be playing with some of my favourite west coast musicians including Mark Killianski, David “Woody” Woodman, Pharis and Jason Romero, The Bentalls, Marin Patenaude, Aline Jones and more.

Lads, lasses and lovers all, I present to you my tour.

January 22 — Edmonton AB at The Hive House Concert Series
January 23 — Red Deer AB House Concert
January 24 — Calgary AB at the Nickelodeon Folk Club w/ Aline Jones
January 25 — Canmore AB House Concert
January 26 — Raymond AB House Concert
January 27 — Blairmore AB at the Crowsnest Pass Public Art Gallery
January 29 — Revelstoke BC at The Sound Cellar
January 31 — Salmon Arm BC at Carlin Hall
February 4 — Vancouver BC at The Heatley w/ Marin Patenaude
February 5 — Chilliwack BC at Bozzini’s
February 6 — Langley BC at Bez Arts Hub w/ Marin Patenaude
February 8 — Prince George BC at Cold Snap Festival w/ Pharis and Jason Romero, and The Bentalls