Hello from Summer!
You know it truly is amazing how fast this Summer is whizzing by, but yeah, definitely having fun. I guess Summer doesn't really start for me until the Ottawa Bluesfest gets going. What a rush, and the DOWN from after effects of not being there is most assuredly "The Blues!" Some really great new bands were introduced into my life however, and I am really am blessed for having been a part of it. My TOP TEN picks would have to be "Current Swell" from B.C, The B52's, Jimmy Cliff, Ben Cooper from Ottawa, Alexisonfire, Emily Fennell from Kingston, Konono#1, Susan Tedeschi & Derek Trucks, Iron Maiden & Joan Jett. There really WERE tonnes and tonnes of great shows, but as it happens, sitting here with my hot cuppa joe in the Summer breeze a week later, this is what I have come up with!! Hope you can find some new musical gems of your own out there...
Next stop for me is Blueskies Music Festival. It's up there with the TOP TWO festivals of all time (right beside the Bluesfest, to be sure!) It's a four day camping, music extravaganza and I am so lucky to be a part of it this year. It's always a surprise to find out which musical acts will grace the stage as there is no real website and no "normal" way to get tickets! Blueskies is actually a wee slice of heaven on earth, and it's a great way to fuel up for what's to come in the fall (darker longer colder days!!) The only thing lacking at Blueskies is SLEEP!! So I will be sure to get a little extra over the next few days....
After Blueskies I have a very exciting adventure ahead of me. Gigging in The Chilkotens, the west coast of Canada, north of Vancouver, on a six day white water rafting trip!! How bizarre does that sound?? I can only hope my guitar doesn't get wet or dumped, well, actually I can only hope that I don't get dumped/capsized!! It's going to be thrilling, whatever the case, but make sure to wish me luck, I am an artist music maker, not quite an athlete if ya know what I mean!! It's crazy though, trying to get a gig out West... I have been looking since April, to book a show in Vancouver, and it's two weeks away and still NOTHING!! I played last year, for the first time on Granville Island at The Backstage Lounge, and it went over swimmingly... so who knows what the deal is... people tell me you have to book a year in advance in B.C. So entirely different from Newfoundland. I am truly an East Coaster at Heart. In any case, I look forward to the nearing adventures, and thank God/Goddess/River/Sky/Moon/Sun for my musical blessings... it keeps me ALIVE and makes me want to sing for you... Hope I can soon... just get in touch, it's THAT easy. Lindsay xo
