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The Wilderness – Something Else! review
Another very generous review. If you haven’t bought it yet….heck, you should. Also make sure you check out the upcoming tour dates. This is an album for people who still think Trinity Sessions stands as the Cowboy Junkies’ best recording, but also for those who want to hear how that sound has expanded and matured […]
The Wilderness – Phawker review and interview
Here’s another excellent review of the album. For the full article and a very good interview with Margo please click here. You can pre-order the album today and make sure that you check out our upcoming Tour Dates. Something about the Cowboy Junkies just seems right lately. Maybe it’s the fact that they’ve been writing […]
The Wilderness – Paste review
Here is a really nice review from our friends at Paste Magazine. Pre-orders for the album (with heavy discounts) are still available. Also, we’ll be starting the second leg of The Nomad Tour in a couple of weeks. For the culmination of their four-volume Nomad series, the Cowboy Junkies provide a satisfying set that is […]
Tour Diary – Westhampton Beach, NY (March 10, 2012)
When I woke up today we were parked just off the main street of Westhampton Beach way out on Long Island. Streaming past the bus were moms and dads with strollers and kids; small gangs of teenage girls and teenage boys; roving packs of college males; older moms and younger grandmums in their fur coats […]
Tour Diary – Boston, MA and Philadelphia, PA (March 8 and 9)
Boston (Somerville) It was a very fun night tonight. Thank god, because last night was torture. We drove through the night, up and down and across and over and around the Allegheny Mountains . I lay in my bunk for hours trying to counteract the G’s. I even tried some kind of homeopathic sleeping pill […]
videos from CBC Drive program
Here are a couple of live performances that we recorded and filmed at the CBC studios last month for the program Drive: The music from the entire session can be heard via itunes podcast here.
The Nomad Tour 2012 – Second Leg
We’re headed out to the midwest for Round Two in April and we’ll be in MI, IL, MN, IA, MO, NE, KS, WI and TN. More specifically, we’ll be in Ann Arbor, Evanston, Minneapolis, Davenport, St Louis, Omaha, Salina, Madison, Cincinnati, Nashville, Chicago and Kent. Check here for all the details.
a conversation with Billboard
I had a good conversation with Gary Graff of Billboard the other day, here it is…. Cowboy Junkies Getting Back To ‘The Folk Vibe’ on ‘The Wilderness’ Say Something by Gary Graff, Detroit | March 08, 2012 3:15 EST As Cowboy Junkies prepare to wrap up their four-album Nomad Series with the March 27 release […]
Tour Diary – Charleston, WV and Harrisburg, PA (March 4 – 7)
Charleston, WV Charleston is home to the NPR show Mountain Stage. It has been a staple in our touring lives for the past couple of decades. This was our ninth appearance on the show. It’s gratifying to know that a show that caters strictly to live music can be as successful and survive for as […]
Tour Diary – Norfolk and Charlottesville, VA (March 2 and 3)
Norfolk We’ve been coming to Norfolk for years now and we have watched this city grow from being an ugly little wart on the face of the enormous naval base that houses the Atlantic Fleet, to being a very sharp little burgh with lots to recommend it as a tourist destination. A lot of US […]