The Things We Do To Each Other video
Make sure that you check out our new song and video from our upcoming new album, All That Reckoning. You can pre-order now!
Make sure that you check out our new song and video from our upcoming new album, All That Reckoning. You can pre-order now!
We are excited to let you know that our new album, All That Reckoning, will (finally) be released on July 13th. The album is now available for pre-order. Here is the title track with a video made by brother Pete. Enjoy!
Michael’s quest to make the NHL before he turns 60 took a significant hit this month when he slid in to the boards and broke his wrist. It also put a significant dent in our touring plans for January and February. We’re sorry to let you know that the February Blowin’ and Driftin’ Tour that was to take place across Ontario has been postponed until October. You can find the new dates on the Tour Page. All tickets will be honoured for those shows. If you have specific ticket questions please contact the venue. Sorry about the hassle…
Due to construction delays, Cowboy Junkies show at City Winery Boston on November 2nd will now take place at Regent Theatre Arlington. We apologize for any inconvenience this change may cause. Ticket holders will be notified via email, and guests will be given the option of keeping their tickets and attending the show on November 2nd at The Regent Theatre or receiving a refund (store credit or in full).
The good news is that the Regent is larger than the City Winery so there are now more tickets available for the Boston show!
Tickets for the show Regent Theatre Arlington are available here:
http://www.regenttheatre.com/…/city_winery_the_regent_theat…
A very sad day up here in Canada as we process the news of the death of Gord Downie. Gord was the front man and lyricist for The Tragically Hip, one of the best live bands to ever emerge from this country. His lyrics contained a complexity, fragility and beauty that often worked in joyful juxtaposition to his bands hard-rocking exterior. He was a songwriter who set the bar high for many of us; he was a willing collaborator; a grand experimentalist; and a loving dad. He will be missed by many, but especially and fiercely by a precious few.
Here is our version of The Tragically Hip’s, “Little Bones”.
Last week at the Latent Lounge a number of Latent artists covered songs off of The Trinity Session. Pete and Mike sat in on a few of the songs, it was an amazing night. We have been and will continue to be posting songs from all four Latent Lounges so make sure to subscribe to the Latent Recordings YouTube channel.
Here are Skydiggers, Jerry Leger and HarpAcash with their Trinity interpretations…Enjoy!
We had an amazing time at the third installment of Latent Lounge last night, celebrating the release of Jerry Leger‘s new album Nonsense and Heartache as well as the songs of The Trinity Session. We will be posting some videos of the night in a day or so on our Cowboy Junkies Facebook page and on the Latent Recordings Facebook page (please Like them if you haven’t already). But in the meantime you can check out all of the videos that we have posted so far on the Latent Recordings YouTube channel. Here is David Bowie’s Five Years from last weeks Dead Heroes cover set.
You can also still access the live stream of the complete 2nd night of Latent Lounge which includes our performance of 4 new songs. Click here and follow the links.
We grew up in the same town, Montreal. And even though his age placed him more in my parents generation, he defined the youthful energy of Montreal in the 60’s and 70’s: respectfully contrary, with one foot in the old world and one in the new, sophisticated and urbane. This modest, gracious Jewish gentleman whose poems and songs tried to work through the paradoxes, the beautiful victories and the terrible defeats of life and love, taught us what it was to be cool.
He came backstage after one of our shows in LA in the late 80’s with the most strikingly beautiful woman on his arm. The next day at our show, somewhere down the coast, two dozen yellow roses showed up with a note; “Thank you for your music and hospitality – Leonard”. Many years later he sat in the first balcony at Massey Hall where, along with our peers and contemporaries, we saluted him in song. But my favourite memory takes place outside a concert hall in Vancouver after he had just been inducted in to the Canadian Music Hall Of Fame. My wife and I were trying to hail a cab. Beside us was a dapper looking older man (he would have been close to my current age) standing alone, waiting for a cab or his car. It was Leonard Cohen. I went up to him and introduced myself. He held my hand for an extra beat and slowly intoned, “cooool band”. So long Leonard, you taught us well.
Latent’s latest signing, HarpAcash and the Morals, have taken Cowboy Junkies version of Blue Moon Revisited and re-invented it in their own image….I guess we could call it Blue Moon Revisited Revisited. Please take a look and a listen. It is also available as an audio download through their website. The band has a new album coming out in September and will unveil a few more covers songs (including another Cowboy Junkies tune) throughout the Summer.