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 […]
Skydiggers – Here Without You
The Skydiggers new album, Here Without You, is now available everywhere. It’s a beautiful, meditative album: a stripped down exploration of the songs of the late great Gene Clark. The pairing of Andy Maize and Jessy Bell-Smith’s voices is exquisite. Take a listen to the new single Set You Free This Time and you’ll see what […]
Skydiggers release new album on Latent Recordings
Our friends the Skydiggers are releasing a new album in the next few months on our Latent Recordings label. The album is collection of Gene Clark songs (the principal songwriter for The Byrds), re-imagined by the band. The album was co-produced by Michael Timmins as well as recorded and mixed by him. It’s a beautiful […]
On the road again…
We’ll be back out there in a few weeks. We are heading South in search of robins and cherry blossoms and will be doing a handful of dates in; Tarrytown, NY; Sellersville, PA; Easton, MD and Alexandria, VA. If you are in the area make sure that you come out and say hello. We are […]
David Bowie (January 8, 1947 – January 10, 2016)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WK1ehzo1lBM On June 14, 1974 David Bowie brought his ground-breaking Diamond Dogs tour to the Montreal Forum. Earlier that day, Al and I met some stranger under the escalater on the ground floor of the Alexis Nihon plaza and bought two tickets off of him. We went to the show that night and made our […]
Notes Falling Slow now available everywhere
Our new box set, Notes Falling Slow, is now available throughout North America and Europe “wherever fine music is sold”. It’s also available on-line through all the usual mega-suppliers (itunes, Amazon etc). If you can, please patronize your local indy music store, if they don’t have it in stock give them hell and tell them […]