Showing posts with label Michael Wrycraft. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Michael Wrycraft. Show all posts
Friday, March 11, 2011
March 11, 2011 Toronto, ON
Mes Amis,
I'm so excited for tonight's show at Hugh's Room in Toronto! The brilliant and lovely A Man Called Wrycraft (graphic designer of both my CD's) has put together yet another eclectic and badass tribute show. This time it's the second annual "50 WAYS TO LOVE PAUL SIMON" - A Loving Tribute to the Music of Paul Simon and Simon & Garfunkel. I'll be performing my first-ever duet with dashing flamenco guitarist Jorge Miguel. Also on the bill are Suzie Vinnick, Eliana Cuevas, Ben Sures, Blair Packham and many more ... See poster below for more details!
Also be sure to pick up a copy of today's Toronto sun for a glorious full-page feature on the show, and an interview with yours Sweetlandishly.
More news to come from the Sweet front soon ... Many tales to tell, and mysterious photos to upload. I do apologize for being remiss in my blogging of late. Will retroactively update you all on my recent wintery adventures asap!
Just back from an amazing gig at Hugh's Room this evening... "Girls do Boys" presented by Michael Wrycraft was a crazy evening of fabulous female singer-songwriters performing the work of their favourite male songwriters. I was joined by the glorious likes of Lori Cullen, Sass Jordan, Angela Harris, Margaret Stowe and more... got to bust out my Eminem (Lose Yourself and Stan) and ripped it up so hard! Loved it. Gonna have to start playing those songs more often. Sooooooo much fun!!!! For more photos from the show click here.
My pretties, I have been having one rip-roarin' heckuva time up in brrrr-land Sudbury. Was not expecting the cold to encroacheth this quick upon me, but I've pulled out the hats, gloves and little pink leg warmers (and pink poofy everythings) to help me cope. Had extreme amounts of fun this past weekend at the Ontario Council of Folk Festivals conference. Hooray for Erin Benjamin and Tara Levesque for all their hard gruelling work! Most memorable moments include: my truly yummy showcase (thanks to the incredible work of the Nutshell Music folks, Ken Whiteley and all the fabulous attendees...) Post-conference decompression swimming and singing with Michael Wrycraft, Liam Titcomb and Darlene, the incomparable bowling extravaganza (damn my socks looked fine with those shoes!) with Geoff Berner, Kris Demeanor, Ken Brown, his lovely Julia and the whole crew... and of course the raging Sunday night bender in my hotel room singing gospel to all wee hours (till the hotel had to sweetly warn us that there were now some "business people" on the floor...ooopsy.) Almost never had so much fun in my life... still recovering. Will be hanging out in Sudbury for another few days so Darlene can show me some local sights (other than the inside of a hotel) then off into the wild yonders for some time off (or maybe I'll just go home, lie around and get a cold or something- now that I actually can.) Yaaayyyy resting!
My, it's been SO long since I wrote... shame on me! I guess that means I've been supremely and excellently busy in the best possible way. So far the summer has been truly good to me, festivals, lounging, forest adventures, sleeping in...Mmmmmm. I've also been working hard on booking for the fall, winter and spring and am planning visits to New England, Virginia, the Carolinas, Tennessee, the Southwest US, California, BC, the far reaches of Ont-errible and justa 'bout everything in between. Yayyyy roadtrip!! Most fondest memories of the past few weeks include an incredible weekend at Mariposa with the delicious likes of James Keelaghan, Bob Snider, Michael Wrycraft, Anne Lindsay, Jason Fowler, Jim Moray and the Wailin' Jennies wailin' out the 80s tunes around the piano till all wee hours... Oh my. This past weekend at Home County was true heaven!! The hometown festival proved very fruitful and fun as all heck. Spent much time dancing with the one and only Darlene (and her mighty hula hoop) to the late night croonin' of Jackie Washington ( who played on and on and on and on.... What a guy.) Next adventures will take me to Vermont to perform at my good friend Chris Jones' venue the Eclipse Theater with two of my very favourite players (and people...) Zubot and Dawson. Yay roly-poly hills and Moo Moos and red barns... Rural yum, here I come.
In the back of Maybelle the Van. Photo by Morris Lamont of the London Free Press. For recent press photos and reviews click here!!!
Friday, April 26, 2002
April 25, 2002 London, Ontario
We are officially done recording......yipeeeeeeEEEEEEEE! I am so excited and pleased with everything that is happening. Mastering next week. Now onto obsessing about the artwork. I have been working for a YEAR (believe it or not) on the artwork and graphics for this album. Much of it is collage work I did on photoshop from a multitude of different sources. The wonderful and very talented Michael Wrycraft is going to help me out with the layout for the cover and booklet. I'm so excited to see how it all works out... Go team.
Hailed as one of Canada's "hottest young guitar players," Kristin Sweetland has been much-lauded for her intricate instrumental guitarwork, rich vocals and enchanting stage presence. A born performer and true road-warrior, Sweetland brings her wild tales of adventure to the stage in style. Her albums include Own Sweet Time, released in Fall 2007, and her critically acclaimed debut, Root, Heart & Crown. Both albums were produced by Juno award-winning multi-instrumentalist Ken Whiteley, and showcase Sweetland's stellar guitar playing alongside powerful melodies and deeply intelligent songwriting. Musically, Sweetland draws on broad influences from folk/roots, classical, flamenco, world music and rock-n-roll traditions in ways that are rich, delicious, utterly refined and unmistakably Sweetlandish.
