Gord Downie
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 […]
Westward Ho!…and a little Vic Chesnutt
We are heading West next week to some of our favourite Big Sky country. If you are looking for a last minute road trip check out our Tour Page and point yourself in our direction. In the meantime here is another blast from the Latent Lounge with Andy Maize of the Skydiggers helping us out […]
Latent Lounge – Trinity Session covers
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 […]
Latent Lounge update (Live stream and Five Years)
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 […]
Latent Lounge
We are excited to announce Latent Lounge a concert series that will take place at Monarch Tavern in downtown Toronto on March 22, March 29, April 5 and April 12. Each evening will consist of three sets of music; a headlining set ( LeE HARVeY OsMOND, Cowboy Junkies, Jerry Leger & The Situation and Skydiggers); […]
Leonard Cohen, 1934 – 2016
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 […]
October and November Tour Dates
We are heading to Ste Catherines this week for a show at the brand new First Ontario, Performing Arts Centre , so if you are looking for an early start to your weekend please come and join us. Next week we head south to Nashville, Atlanta and Athens, Georgia for a series of dates. In Athens we’ll […]
Blue Moon Revisited cover
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 […]
new signing for Latent Recordings
We just want to let you all know that we have signed a new artist to our Latent Recordings label. The name of the band is HarpAcash & the Morals and we will be releasing their debut album (produced by Michael Timmins) in the Fall. In the meantime we have launched a new series on […]
July Tour
We had a fun Canada Day long-weekend celebrating it with a show at Toronto’s Harbourfront and then heading to beautiful Prince Edward County where we played a show at the Regent Theatre in Picton. Tomorrow we are back on the road heading to the wonderful Stone Mountain Arts Center in Maine. Over the next two […]