“This guitar represents the lingering presence of something (in my case, someone) who’s gone but also very much not. Every time I think I’ve written my way past the hurt, I’m reminded that I have a long way to go” - Alana Springsteen
Read MoreSlowcity.ca Open Mic: Andrew Bird and Phoebe Bridgers, Digging Roots, Whitehorse, Jill Barber and Slow Leaves, Jason Collett, JEEN, Ayoni, and Sunglaciers
By Will McGuirk
“I came across this Emily Dickinson poem and found it to be the most vivid description of an inner world I’ve ever encountered,” - Andrew Bird
“This duet playfully pulls back the curtain on a romantic proposition, exposing the inherent pragmatism in joining forces with another person,” - Jill Barber
"I let go of some swagger and embraced intimacy and joy and wonder. I hear this in the record and it makes me very happy to have made it.” - Jason Collett
Slowcity.ca Open Mic: Its beginning to look a lot like. . . with Valerie June, Tamia, Good Lovelies, Sasami, Bailen, and Andrew Bird
By Will McGuirk
Here in the Slowcity.ca there is an ice storm, the ground is covered in slippy white stuff, its crunchy and cold and its beginning to look like Winter is snapping at our heels. So here is some cheery Xmas sounds for y’all to go with the hot bevys and slippers.
The Good Lovlies will be donating a portion of each sale of their new ‘Evergreen’ album sold during their 2019 Christmas tour towards the planting of a "Good Lovelies Forest," near Burk's Falls, ON. “This is one small step that we can take to offset our carbon emissions as touring musicians,” says Caroline Brooks. The Good Lovelies forest will be planted in the spring of 2020