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Renmin Park, volume 1 (the place)
Every city, town and village in China has a Renmin Park. Translated it means People’s Park and it is in the park where the community’s social life is conducted, it is where the rumours start and where the lovers meet, it is from the heart of the park where all things real and human and […]
Renmin Park, volume 1 (the sounds)
When we first got to China one of the first things that struck me, aside from the poor air quality, were the sounds. Not only was it loud and unrelenting, but there were so many textures to the sounds that were completely foreign to these Western ears. So I wrote back home and asked brother […]
Renmin Park, volume 1 (an intro)
In late 2008, my family and I were given an opportunity to spend three months in China. We were boarded at an elementary/middle school in the small town of Jingjiang situated on the Yangtze River, about two hours from Shanghai. My wife taught English at the school, my three young kids attended a few classes […]
My Olympic Vacation
I’ve always loved the Winter Olympics because all of the sports are slightly insane. They are all played on blades or boards; they all revolve around challenging gravity or completely throwing oneself at its mercy; and all of the sports (let’s exclude curling) are played on such an edge that the slightest miscalculation can lead […]
The Nomad Series (Volumes 1 – 4)
Over the next 18 months (yes, we’ve amended our initial projection of 12 months), we will be releasing four albums, which will collectively be called The Nomad Series. The idea was born in the tumult of a perfect storm of ideas, influences, inspirations and timing. We have just launched our new website and want to […]
Huron at the Dakota Tavern
If you want a night of great music and you happen to be in the Toronto area, make sure that you check out Latent Recordings newest band, Huron, at the Dakota every Wednesday in February. They go on at 10:30 and they ROCK…man.. Someone brought along a video camera last week..here’s a taste…(this clip was flimed […]
Lee Harvey Osmond on World Cafe
Lee Harvey Osmond recently stopped by the World Cafe studios with Aaron Goldstein in tow. Take a listen to their session.
Target Cancer
We have donated a track (our cover of Ryan Adams, “In My Time Of Need”) to a worthy cause. You may have already downloaded the song from us (its also on the Acoustic Junk cd), but check out the Target Cancer site to find out more about the series and to listen to some other folks rarities.
Cookie Crumbs Vol 5 and new Tour dates
We have slowly been adding dates to our Spring tour so please make sure that you continue to check back often to the Tour page to see if we are coming to your area. Also, if you haven’t checked out Cookie Bob’s latest addition to his Cookie Crumbs series, please do so. You’ll find it […]
Cowboy Junkies in 2010
Hi everyone. I hope you all had a great Holiday Season and got through it relatively unscathed. We are back at work in our studio and working on a lot of new music. We have a grand plan to release four albums worth of music this year (ok…I’ve been thinking about this…maybe 18 months is […]