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bg vox
Hi guys. I've been practicing something a lot lately: harmonies. Holy crap.Who knew I was such a lead singer?It started with Del Barber, who asked me to play his CD release in March at Winnipeg's Park...
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supporting the girls
Friends,This past weekend the band and I went to Winnipeg for BreakOut West. If you're not in the know, BOW is a music conference that occurs in some lucky Western Canadian city every year. It also...
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that old familiar feeling
Hi buddies.This week has been a good one. The photo here is a post Mayor's Arts & Business Awards moment after I was presented with their Emerging Artist award.It's another important reminder that...
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professional help
Applying the final coat of glaze...hi friends,I got started on the artwork for our live album last week. I had a whole team of talented ladies whose primary goal was to make me look good. Which is...
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country mouse
BB and I visit Corner Gas at TIFF 2014Cowpokes,My childhood years were spent on a small grain farm in Saskatchewan. I was a border-farm kid: I went to school in Rose Valley, had a line on the Quill...
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the leading role
Angels,A long-time reader of this blog would know that my childhood portraits may have displayed a streak of... independence.Behold. Another photo displaying my childhood insolence.But dear reader,...
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a show of diversity
photo thanks to @ReginaFoodBank for this beaut.Hello friends,It's been a busy Christmas season thus far, and I've been playing an array of shows. Everything from immaculately planned holiday parties...
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five years running
Somehow I've created an annual tradition of touring Saskatchewan in the coldest of months. I'm not sure how it happened, exactly. The first tour was a lark... I'd never booked a tour before and just...
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tour update
thanks to Jay Kimball for this snap of Mervin's show.Hello friends,It's been going really well out here on the Saskatchewan tour trail. The weather has been unseasonably warm and although it's...
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testy little beauties
Dropping a needle on a record warms me right up. Vinyl and magnetic tape are like living things. Affected by nature. Destroyed by the elements. I took great delight in teaching my niece how to fire...
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hello from below
Hello from Australia!Having arrived in Oz straight from a prairie winter, I'm quite certain that I'm literally the fairest in the land. I've found a new look, and it's defined by a massive sunhat,...
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nina
She's been popping up a lot lately. Maybe it has something to do with Australia. At any rate, I've been meaning to share more of my favourite videos in this little thread, so why not start with Ms....
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teenagers, right?
UPDATE FROM OZ:still beautiful. still hot.I didn't start in the professional world of music early in life. Though I had plenty of music training, I generally worked on the fringes of the arts...
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open sesame
I left Sydney a few days ago, not knowing when I will return next. I'm not really a jet-setter. Thanks to touring, I've become accustomed to long white lines, with every kilometer of progress made...
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what am I reading?
I've been working away at this little baby for awhile now. Since I was in Australia. I won't lie, it's challenging me. But it's a good one to chew through slowly, while mulling over the finer...
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bootcamped
I went to my first ever bootcamp this weekend. Two great humans, Vel and Liam, from Coalition Music came out from Toronto and did their 10 week Artist Entrepreneur course in two days. It was intense,...
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countdown to crustacean elation
Hi there,After a wee (unintentional) break from the blog, I'd like to tell you a bit of news. I've been busy here at Belle Plaine Corp. I'm putting days in at the computer. Dialing phone numbers....
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crustacean elation, commence.
The seldom seen, 5 am version of me.The last three months has been an intense time for my team. All of the required planning to get us out on tour has been the shared focus of our efforts and now,...
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pegs
It's about time that this was shared on my webpage.I love this video. The way her mouth goes all sideways. The straightforward way she sings. The way her and Dave Barbour share glances. His solo....
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tour tunes
Hello friends,All is well in the land of lupins, sea breezes and mud flats. We're halfway through the tour, and today we'll make our way to PEI for the delightful Festival of Small Halls. I've been...
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