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No Sleep Till……..Beijing?
We’ve been working on this gig for a few months and I don’t think that any of us thought that it would actually happen. But tomorrow we head off to Beijing for a few days of sightseeing ending with a gig on June 5th as part of The Kama Love Festival, which takes place in […]
Sing In My Meadow, volume 3 – Late Night Radio
When we get back from China (if we get back from China)…I plan to get to work mixing this damn thing and then get it in your hands for those Summer road trips that you all have planned….although with the price of gas these days, one can’t just jump in the car and take off […]
Happy Birthday Bob
I spent the summer of 1976 in the extremely remote town of Fort Simpson, Northwest Territories. I was sixteen years old. My job was to fuel the small prop-planes that serviced the tiny communities, unreachable by land, which dotted the banks of the Mackenzie River. It was a true frontier town. I was alone, there […]
Rolling Stones tribute – Paint It Black
We were approached over a year ago by our good friend Jim Sampas who was putting together an alt-country tribute to the Rolling Stones. It sounded like a fun project to get involved with, so we went in to our studio and worked up a version of Moonlight Mile and No Expectations. We gave Moonlight […]
Cookie Crumbs – volume 8
Cookie Bob’s latest Cookie Crumbs is now available. Volume 8 is mostly from our Great Barrington gig in 2010. I remember that day clearly. It was a beautiful day which we spent leisurely exploring the streets and shops of Great Barrington, which is a beautiful little town in the South West corner of Massachusetts. Nice […]
Tim Gibbons – Top Hat
Tim’s album is recorded, mixed and mastered and we’re just waiting for some finished artwork. So we’ll have it available for sale in the next month or so. It’s been a real pleasure working with and getting to know his songs. I love working with people whose songs become more intricate and detailed the more […]
Patti Smith/Dave Eggers at LA Book Festival
This is from our friend Ron Wells, our LA “correspondent”…. a very thoughtful piece on the trans-formative power of art. We know spring is here when the LA Times Book Festival, now in its 16th year, arrives at the end of April. With over 300 authors and 150,000 attendees over a two day day period, […]
Sing In My Meadow, volume 3 – Jeff Bird
I said in an earlier blog that one of the aspects of the band that we wanted to capture with Volume 3 was the psychedelic, acid-blues vibe that is a large part of our live show. And a large part of that side of our sound is Jeff Bird’s manic wailing and gnashing. Jeff joined […]
Relix: Demons review
Another excellent review, please spread the word: by Glenn BurnSilver Cowboy Junkies: Demons Latent The second installment of Cowboy Junkies’ Nomad series, Demons delves into the catalog of the late singer/songwriter Vic Chesnutt. The resulting 11 tracks are intense, soulful, joyous, uplifting and heartbreakingly sad. The band excels here, pulling out the nuance in Chesnutt’s […]
John Bottomley 1960 – 2011
We received some sad news this week. John Bottomley, a long time friend of the band, unexpectedly died near his home in Brakendale, BC. We met John in the early 90’s and had the pleasure of releasing John’s brilliant album Library Of The Sun on Latent. He was an inspired songwriter, singer and performer. I […]