Hamilton’s Heart for Haiti concert, with MC Farley Flex, is an all-star benefit featuring Feist, Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, the Arkells, Brian Melo, Lee Harvey Osmond, Melissa McClelland, Luke Doucet, Jacob Moon and many other artists is being planned for Hamilton Place’s Great Hall Sunday, January 31 at 7pm Tickets are $25 (ticketmaster.ca or 905-527-7666). Proceeds will be distributed three relief efforts: Canadian Friends of Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Joy and Hope of Haiti, and International Child Care.
Singer/songwriter Earl Stevenson has been at Catherine North working with producer Dan Achen and engineer Michael Chambers recording his first full-length album. For the bedtracks Earl had Arun Rattan on drums, Rory Donaghy on bass and Joe Nolan on guitar.
Lucky for us (but unlucky for Rory), Rory forgot his camera at the studio. So we’ve got some photos from the sessions. Enjoy.
The Rest are in the UK touring their full-length album, Everyone All At Once. And because one cannot be too busy, they’re also working on an EP with an illustrated novel. Here are some details from their latest newsletter:
…we’re working on a new EP that will be accompanied by an illustrated novel. The Cried Wolf Book which will include 4 songs and will chronicle the life of the boy who cried wolf as an adult. Our good friend MLXNDRSC, an amazingly surreal and inventive visual artist, is illustrating the story. We are releasing each section online for free through Auteur Recordings every month until January first. The novel kicks off with our cover of Robyn’s smash With Every Heartbeat, and it can be downloaded and heard for FREE while viewing the first section of the story here.
Rose Cousins finished recording for her upcoming album, The Send Off, with producer Luke Doucet here at Catherine North in mid-September. Luke and Rose invited Al Cross (drums), Rich Levesque (bass), Steve O’Connor (keyboards), Matt Brubeck (cello) and Kinley Dowling (viola) to perform on the album. We’re looking forward to seeing it released. Rose will be performing for her Toronto CD release at Hugh’s Room on Wednesday, October 21.
P.S. Thanks for the wine, Rose!
Hailing from Exeter, UK, Count to Fire made the trip across the Atlantic to record their new album at Catherine North Studios with Hamilton-based producer/guitarist Colin Cripps. Engineer Michael Chambers and assistant Dan Hoshoian spent the past two weeks tracking their upcoming full-length. We also had the chance to see the Pixies/Spirits show at the Casbah on August 28. Unfortunately, the band didn’t have a chance to finish the 4kg of spaghetti or 2kg of peanut butter they bought while they were here.
