Tooo sleepy to write.... Motel 6 smells like wet doggies. Forgot how much I love television... xo nighty-night
Saturday, June 25, 2005
June 25, 2005 Chicago, IL
I've been having such an amazing weekend in Chicago. This city is happening! Besides the over-the-top torturous traffic congestion (which in the 101 degree armpit-of-the-universe heat is reasonably unbearable) I've been having such fun exploring the city. Had a fabulous "Women With Guitars" show at the Abbey Pub on Friday night and met some truly fine and talented ladies. On the other side of the club the Easy Star All-Stars were playing and kickin' it up big time! I never even thought I liked Reggae but these guys certainly changed my mind. For their second set they played the entirety of Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" à la exceptional reggae. It didn't even remotely suck. I loved it. Other highlights of the weekend were Neiman Marcus hat shopping and the Taste of Chicago- the city's annual outdoor food festival. I ate some superfine crab cakes and seafood gumbo... yum. And drank some truly heinous Budweiser-made beer -Don't try that at home. Will be heading off Virginia-bound in the morning... yayyy remote mountain nothingness and no traffic! Gotta make it cross the whole blasted Ohio turnpike first tho. But I know there will be Cracker Barrel hash brown casserole somewhere on the way and that will make it all eternally worthwhile....
At the Crown Fountain in Millennium Park, Chicago... more photos
Home sweet home... So glad to be here for some resting and eating and cleaning before I yet again hit the road. And thank the universe, our recent painfully stifling Southwestern Ontario heat wave has finally broken! My brain is once again officially functioning and that is very helpful to the cause of getting work done. I've just posted a whole slough of Europe photos from my ongoing self-portrait series... check them out here! I'm around Ontario for the next week and a bit and then off to Chicago for some Women with Guitars action. Then down the the Virginia holler... Gonna lock myself in a cabin in the middle of the beautiful nowheres for a while and work hard on finishing some new-album writing. Yeehaw! New album! It's getting closer to existing every single day... I'll keep you updated... xoxo K
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.