August 15, 2010
Ear Falls, ON

I just crawled into a warm snuggly booth at the Hotel 105 Restaurant in Ear Falls. Came in from the elements to seek shelter and fill up on some local freshwater fish and chips! It’s been raining for two days straight and I have few a thing left not thoroughly sodden, or at least quite damp.  It was a wonderful wet weekend at Trout Forest Music Festival! The people were spectacular and Northern Ontario as magnificent as always. Played some amazing workshops with the delicious likes of Oh Susanna, Annabelle Chvostek and new friend/ damn fine songwriter Ben Spencer … Had a particular blast this afternoon singing with my dear pals from Digging Roots! Damn they rock. Soooo looking forward to our hotel room jam tonight. But now it’s time to find myself a hotel room of my own, where I will systematically and creatively hang up every piece of camping equipment graciously lent to me, and pray it dries by morning. Tomorrow I drive. Tuesday I fly. Home sweet Toronto, see you soon!

P.S. Photographic and video evidence of said adventures coming soon … Plus a brand new video for rootsmusic.ca! Stay tuned. x

At Troutfest ... More summer festival shots here

November 29, 2008 
Toronto, ON

It's been a November bender of fun in the big smoke of Toronto. Came in spontaneously last Thursday to play the Open Door Festival of Music benefit at the Mod Club with Lyndell Montgomery. It was AMAZING! I had so much fun and officially love being a guitar slingin' sideperson. More please! Stuck around town this week for so much good music I don't even know where to start. Had wicked fun at the Dakota for the weekly Beauties gig. Have been hearing of their deliciousness forever and finally made it out a show! It's not very often that I go to a bar for one just drink and end up staying for three sets ...Yeow.

This weekend I got treated like a princess by my friend Selena and taken to the Aboriginal Music Awards and seriously rockin' afterparty at the Opera House. It was hosted by Raven and Shoshana from Digging Roots, two of my beautiful friends and such brilliantly talented performers. They bloody ROCKED! As well, major kudos to Tanya Tagaq who eternally blew my mind, and Stevie Salas for teaching that green sparkly electric guitar a lesson it won't soon forget.

I am so inspired .... sigh. x

   

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