Some of you have no doubt noticed that the download section is not retaining your CC info, which is forcing you to re-enter the info each time you purchase a download. The company responsible for this is aware of the situation and is working on correcting it. Sorry, about this, we know that it is a hassle and we appreciate your patience. We’ll hopefully have it fixed soon.
We’ve added three new cover songs to ‘neath your covers, part 2 in the Exclusive section of the site. Just click and scroll down until you find the section or you can access them directly through the players located at the bottom of this blog entry. You can listen for free and hopefully that will inspire you to throw a few bucks into our hat by downloading a song or two.
The songs we’ve added are two Neil Young songs, Don’t Let It Bring You Down and Love In Mind, which we performed at the Massey Hall tribute show. We recorded these during rehearsals for the show so we caught them in their early phase. We have been performing Don’t Let It Bring You Down at pretty much every concert over the past couple of months so it has already begun to spin in a different direction and it is quickly becoming one of our favourite live “moments” each night. I think Love In Mind is one of Neil’s hidden gems. It’s a very quirky song which he composed on piano and, as far as I know, played it exclusively as a solo piano piece, so we had to do a bit of re-arranging to transform it into a guitar based, band song. It’ one of those pining love songs inspired by the road (our contribution to that genre is At The End Of The Rainbow from the Miles From Our Home album. Its a hidden track…remember that craze….so you have to play Those Final Feet and use the player to advance forward) The third song that we’ve added is a cover of the Rolling Stones No Expectations. We were asked to contribute a song to an alt-country tribute to the Rolling Stones. We recorded Moonlight Mile for the album, but while we were at it we decided to also take a crack at No Expectations for the sheer fun of it (and also so that I could fool around with my newly purchased National Resolectric guitar). Once the tribute album is released (there is no fixed release date just yet but it will probably be this Fall) you will be able to listen to and purchase Moonlight Mile from this site as well, but in the meantime …there is No Expectations. Enjoy.
If you live west of the Mississippi (or are planning to be in the West in the coming few weeks) make sure that you check out our tour schedule. We are doing a bunch of dates with Son Volt as a co-bill. It should make for an excellent night of music. If you can’t be there in person then follow along by checking back to this page every few days. I’ll try and keep it updated with photos and incoherent ramblings.
CBC Radio is broadcasting the June 10th Massey Hall Tribute to Neil Young live in two parts on June 29th and July 6th.
Check it out at: http://www.cbc.ca/radio2/programs/canadalive/2009/06/29/neil_young.html
And, the show is available for streaming in its entirety for the next 12 months at: http://www.cbc.ca/radio2/cod/concerts/20090610young
Be gentle; this is my first blog post!
Welcome to my first blog post everyone and welcome to the new site. As is mentioned above, this site will eventually become the official Junkies site (once we get a bit more comfortable with it) and the other one will be closed down. We are pretty excited about the potential of the site because we can pretty much run it directly, without having to rely on too much IT support, which will mean that we can get relevant news and info to you right away and, most importantly, the site is focused around music. The new software platform that we are using will make it easier for us to get you new recordings in a much more timely and efficient manner.
This home page and this blog will be the center for everything that is happening in the CJ universe and every time we add something new to the site, whether it is a tour date, new download, new video, new Margo bobble-head doll, you will read about it first, here in the blog. The blog will also become the de facto Tour Diary…in other words, bookmark this page.
The site is pretty straight forward and is navigated through tabs at the top of the page. Some new things that we have added is the Video section and, of course, the Music and Exclusives section. The Music section is where you will find all of the music that we have released through “official” channels, which is basically our studio albums and concert DVDs. In the Exclusives section you will find music that is extremely hard to find or, more than likely, not available (through legal means) anywhere outside of this site. Take some time to scroll through the Exclusive section as there is a lot of material and this is where most of the “between album” material will be posted. A lot of the downloads that are currently on the site are the same ones that were on the old Latent Recordings site (there is a lot of new stuff in the pipeline), although all of the music on the entire Latent site has been re-formatted into a much higher quality mp3 (320kps). Any music downloaded from this site can be played by any music software that you choose to use (yes, it can be played in itunes, just drag and drop). Some new stuff that has already been added is Margos’ Corner which has some songs that Margo has recorded over the years outside of Cowboy Junkies. There are also a few new songs in the Acoustic Junk section (these are the same that are on the Acoustic Junk CD that we have been selling at concerts). In any case, every music section and every album has a music player so you can listen to whatever interests you.
Also coming very soon is something that we are calling “The Clubhouse” (which happens to be the name of our studio). We are about to begin work, in earnest, on our next album. “The Clubhouse” package will allow you virtual access inside the studio, where, through video, photos, blog posts and mostly music you will be able to follow the twists and turns of the making of the album…but more on that at a later date.
There is more to say and more to come….so keep posted…..this blogging is exhausting…please take the time to do some exploring.
