Off to the Olympics … to Ireland … to the East Coast Music Awards … a rolling Sconestone.

Everything comes in a rush it seems. It’s such an exciting month of shows and to tie all of this together I will be carrying the Sconestone with me. Check it out at www.sconestone.com. I will be the 18th carrier of this beautiful piece of art. Each person who touches the stone commits to doing an act of kindness. It’s already been to many different parts of the world and I will be taking it from Vancouver to Ireland and then back to Pictou County, where I’ll do my act of kindness. At each stop I make, people will be able to touch the stone and make their commitment to doing act of kindness. I will then bring the stone with me to the East Coast Music Awards in Cape Breton and then to Breakfast Television in Halifax where I’ll hand it off to Jason Baxter.

I also wanted to thank Steven Bowers, Thom Swift and Lennie Gallant for the great run of shows that we just finished together in Nova Scotia. I really enjoyed hanging out with you guys, and Steve, we’ll always have the hot tub in Mabou.

The best to you all,
Dave

New dates have just been confirmed for February including a concert performance at the ‘Atlantic Canada House’ in Vancouver during the Olympics! It’s going to be awesome! Please visit the ‘Shows’ page of the website for further info.

Thanks to Galaxie Folk/Roots programmer, Roch Parisien, for making “We’re All Leaving” one of the highest played CDs of 2009!
http://www.rootsmusic.ca/2009/12/26/galaxie-folkroots-top-canadian-spins-of-2009-2/

Dave has just been confirmed for a tour of Northern Ireland in February, 2010! For these and other dates, please check out the ‘Shows’ page.

The 2010 East Coast Music Award Nominees were announced today and Dave has been recognized in 3 categories: Male Solo Recording of the year, SOCAN Songwriter of the year (”Made on a Monday”), and FACTOR Recording of the year!

http://www.ecma.ca/news.asp?section=19&id=92

I’m in the Yukon and loving it – What a place!! Below is a picture of me heading to my next show…

This is called Dog Mushing. Karen McKenna and her friend David Murray took
me out the day after my show at Annie Lake Road. It was magic! When
this picture was taken we had gone through several kms of narrow trail
through the woods, dodging trees and ducking branches, and had just
crossed a frozen lake. I had a team of five dogs and David, in the
distance in front of me, had a team of eight. He wanted to make sure
that my team didn’t overtake his. These dogs have an incredible work
ethic for sure. They just go. It was absolutely beautiful!

Hi folks,

It’s been so great to be home the last ten days. I’ve got the wood in, held the baby lots, and watched some good movies.

One of the amazing things about my job is that I get to share the stage with some great artists. The first show on the November tour is happening at the legendary Black Sheep in Wakefield, QC. Ana Egge and Peter Elkas are also on the bill.  I did a couple of Blue Bird North shows with Peter before and he’s fantastic and I’m also really looking forward to hearing and meeting Ana Egge. (more…)

Hello everyone,

Thanks for dropping by.  So here’s is the new website!  Please send us notes, if you’d like, that we can include on the interact page or any pictures that you might have as well.  We will be making every effort to keep things fresh and up to date.   It’s sure been a busy fall with all of the shows and the release of We’re All Leaving. Thanks, as always, to you for supporting what I do and for giving me a job.  You’re a fantastic bunch to work for.
The best,
Dave