--Six Shooter Bullets --
Oct. 2007, Vol. 04, No. 08
I've had this lock of hair now for half a century.
Hi Ho! In this issue,
Christine Fellows launches Nevertheless
Newly nominated Jenn Grant on tour with the Weakerthans
Justin Rutledge on tour with the Great Lake Swimmers
Justin Rutledge joins Luke Doucet on Blue Rodeo and Friends
Hawksley Workman heads to Japan
Royal Wood announces Music Gallery show
Shout Out Out Out Out close out fall tour with two nights at Lee's Palace
San Serac brings in the stars
Elliott Brood headlines Wood, Wires & Whiskey tour
Royal Wood and Jenn Grant head stateside
Tour dates
CHRISTINE FELLOWS: NEVERTHELESS
Sometimes when you hear a record, it speaks volumes. And sometimes the volume is really loud and it hits you in your heart and makes it beat faster so that you are all out of synch and you get dizzy and you start to see a million stars. Christine Fellows' new record, "Nevertheless" is sort of like that. But also kind of like watching an old silent film where the songs are the people and the people are all paintings and every time they move, they leave a little trail of beauty behind like a piece of toilet paper stuck to a nerd's shoe.
Less is more, so they say. And Nevertheless is the best in the most way (uh, what?). The fourth full length album by Christine Fellows takes its name from a poem by legendary spinster and celebrated poet, Marianne Moore, and is anchored mainly in her life and work. But the album is a collage of solitary characters, brought out from their carefully constructed shadow-boxes and placed in sunlit parlours, under stage lights, into kitchens lit by bare bulbs and overgrown backyards in the stark, slanting light of late summer.
In addition to Moore, the cast features visual artist Joseph Cornell, a spinster named Betty (whose obituary Fellows found in the pocket of her winter coat), the Greek goddess Athena (quite possibly the original spinster), a pair of doomed rolling pigeons, a curiously delicate prize-fighter, several fragments of poetry, a row of plastic lobsters surrounded by paper lace and a dead robin.
Nevertheless hits the stores on November 6. Christine celebrates the launch of her album with a show with Shary Boyle in Lethbridge, shows with the Weakerthans in Ontario, a celebration in Winnipeg at the end of November at the West End Cultural Centre, and back to Toronto for a special Music Gallery show in December. See tour dates for more details.
JENN GRANT ON TOUR WITH THE WEAKERTHANS
Christine is not the only Six Shooter goddess to be invited to share the stage with our beloved Weakerthans. The newest of our crew will join Samson and his crew for over a week's worth of dates in early November. Jenn's lovely album, "Orchestra for the Moon", earned her scores of award nominations recently, including ones from her home province of Nova Scotia for Best Female Artist/Recording, and her birth province of PEI doled out four noms for New Artist, Female Vocalist, Folk Recording, and Album of the year. Yowza!
JUSTIN RUTLEDGE WITH GREAT LAKE SWIMMERS AND BLUE RODEO
After a whirlwind trip through Europe with compadres Luke Doucet and NQ Arbuckle, Justin immediately shot himself out of a love cannon, went to the west coast to play Vancouver, and then hooked up with the Great Lake Swimmers across western Canada. His last stop with GLS is Winnipeg, and then he immediately hitches a plane to Chicago to join the Blue Rodeo & Friends tour, which also features Luke Doucet and Ron Sexsmith. The tour culminates in Nashville on Nov 1 at the Cannery Ballroom during the Americana Music conference.
Oh, and speaking of Luke: Luke Doucet & Amy Millan's episode of FUSE is going to re-air this Saturday at 3:00 pm in all local time zones on Radio One. Saturday at 6:00 a.m. ET and 1:00 p.m. ET on Sirius Satellite 137.
HAWKSLEY WORKMAN JETS OFF TO JAPAN
Konnichi-wa! Hawksley Workman sets foot on Tokyo soil for the first time ever for a performance at the Canadian Embassy. We hear there is a vending machine for just about everything there. We are going to hunt for items of our own soiled garments on the streets of Tokyo!
ROYAL WOOD RETURNS TO THE MUSIC GALLERY
Having concluded his year-long Monday night residency at the Cameron House in August, Royal Wood sets to dazzle Toronto audiences again at the Music Gallery on November 29. True North Records recent signee Catherine MacLellan opens the show. Buy tickets at www.sixshooterrecords.com.
SHOUT OUT OUT OUT OUT + SAN SERAC
Man, have you ever been bitten by bed bugs? It majorly sucks. Zero to itchy in about 8 hours, and then a steady diet of extreme itchiness for the next month or sow. Blah.
Nine guys in a van can get pretty smelly pretty fast. Luckily all the dudes on Shout Out Out Out Out and San Serac's current northeast U.S./Canada tour smell like roses. oh, and sweaty socks. Despite being sleep-deprived and bed bug ravaged, the Shoutset homies are showing their new label mate (once again, San Serac) a lovely adventure. After hitting a string of U.S. dates, including a gangbuster of a CMJ showcase, the fellas head back to Canada for a few PQ and ON dates, culminating in a two-nighter at Lee's Palace in Toronto. Yeeeeeeehaw!
ELLIOTT BROOD HEADLINES A WHISKEY TOUR ACROSS CANADA
Road kings Elliott BROOD stomp across the country on the Exclaim Magazine sponsored Wood, Wires & Whiskey tour, and even though this is their sixth national tour since the release of their excellent disc, Ambassador, the press still has our phones ringing off the hook. The tour kicked off in Montreal and has been going hard ever since. BROOD pals The Acorn and the Sunparlour Players make this trans-Canada convoy a completely good time.
ROYAL WOOD + JENN GRANT TOUR USA
The best and the brightest of last year's Nova Scotian festival, In the Dead of Winter, travel caravan-style through several great cities on the USA east coast in November. Leading the pack are Six Shooter management clients Royal Wood and Jenn Grant, who are joined by an incredible sparkling of talent, including the aforementioned Catherine MacLellan, Jim Bryson, Jill Barber, David Myles, Tanya Davis, and Old Man Luedecke.
TOUR DATES
JENN GRANT
MONTREAL, PQ: National Cabaret, Nov 2 w/The Weakerthans
QUEBEC CITY, PQ: Chez Dagobert, Nov 3 w/The Weakerthans
OTTAWA, ON: Capital Music Hall, Nov 4 w/The Weakerthans
KINGSTON, ON: Elixir Nightclub, Nov 6 w/The Weakerthans
TORONTO, ON: Phoenix Concert Hall, Nov 8 w/The Weakerthans
LONDON, ON: Call The Office, Nov 9 w/The Weakerthans
GUELPH, ON: University Centre Courtyard, Nov 12 noon
BOSTON, MA: Club Passom, In The Dead of the Winter Festival, Nov 13
NEW YORK CITY, NY: Living Room, In The Dead of the Winter Festival, Nov 14
DOYLESTON, PA: Puck, In The Dead of the Winter Festival, Nov 17
PHILADELPHIA, PA: World Café Live, In The Dead of the Winter Festival, Nov 18
LUKE DOUCET WITH BLUE RODEO AND FRIENDS
FERNDALE, MI: Magic Bag, Oct 21
PHILADELPHIA, PA: World Café Live, Oct 22
NEW YORK CITY, NY: Gramercy Theatre, Oct 23
CHICAGO, IL: Martyr's, Oct 26
CLEVELAND, OH: Beachland Ballroom, Oct 27
BURLINGTON, VT: Higher Ground, Oct 28
ANNAPOLIS, MD: Ram's Head, Oct 20
NASHVILLE, TN: Cannery Ballroom AMA Conference, Nov 1
BUFFALO, NY: The Tralf, Nov 9/10
LUKE DOUCET
ST CATHERINE'S: Sean O'Sullivan Theatre, Nov 21 w/Blackie and the Rodeo Kings
JUSTIN RUTLEDGE
VICTORIA, BC: The Lucky Bar, Oct 19 w/The Great Lake Swimmers
CALGARY, AB: Quincy's, Oct 22 w/The Great Lake Swimmers
EDMONTON, AB: Mcdougal United Church, Oct 23 w/The Great Lake Swimmers
SASKATOON, SK: Lydia's, Oct 24 w/The Great Lake Swimmers
WINNIPEG, MB: West End Cultural Center, Oct 25 w/The Great Lake Swimmers
JUSTIN RUTLEDGE WITH BLUE RODEO AND FRIENDS
CHICAGO, IL: Martyr's, Oct 26
CLEVELAND, OH: Beachland Ballroom, Oct 27
BURLINGTON, VT: Higher Ground, Oct 28
ANNAPOLIS, MD: Ram's Head, Oct 20
NASHVILLE, TN: Cannery Ballroom AMA Conference, Nov 1
BUFFALO, NY: The Tralf, Nov 10
JUSTIN RUTLEDGE
TORONTO, ON: Hugh's Room, Nov 9 w/Tom Russell
ST CATHERINE'S, ON: Merchant Ale House, Nov 16
WOODSTOCK, ON: Stonecroft Folk, Nov 17
TORONTO, ON: Horseshoe 60th Anniversary, Dec 8
CHRISTINE FELLOWS
LETHBRIDGE, AB: Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Nov 2 Shadow Songs w/Shary Boyle
TORONTO, ON: The Phoenix, Nov. 7+8 w/ The Weakerthans and Jenn Grant
LONDON, ON: Call The Office, Nov 9 w/ The Weakerthans and Jenn Grant
LETHBRIDGE, AB: Southern Alberta Art Gallery: Day of the Dead, Nov 2nd Shadow Songs w/Shary Boyle
WINNIPEG, MB: West End Cultural Centre, November 29 - CD release party w/ Baby Eagle
(tickets on sale at www.sixshooterrecords.com)
SASKATOON, SK: Amigos, November 30 w/ Baby Eagle
CALGARY, AB: The Marquee Room, December 1, w/ Baby Eagle
TORONTO, ON: The Music Gallery, Dec 14, w/ Baby Eagle
FORD PIER
VICTORIA, BC: Paul's Motor Inn, Nov 1
NANAIMO, BC: The Cambie, Nov 2
TOFINO, BC: w/NoMeansNo, Nov 3
SHOUT OUT OUT OUT OUT
WATERLOO, ON: Starlight, Oct 25 w/San Serac
TORONTO, ON: Lee's Palace, Oct 26/27 w/San Serac and Stop, Die, Resuscitate
VANCOUVER, BC: Richards on Richards, Dec 7
GUELPH, ON: Hillside Inside, Feb 2
ELLIOTT BROOD
EXCLAIM TOUR w/Sunparlour Players and Plants and Animals -
MONTREAL, PQ: Casa Del Popolo, Oct 11
KINGSTON, ON: Grad Club, Oct 12
OTTAWA, ON: Barrymore's, Oct 13
LONDON, ON: Call the Office, Oct 18
GUELPH, ON: Vinyl, Oct 19
WINDSOR, ON: Avalon Front, Oct 20
SAULT STE. MARIE, ON: Gallery Lounge, Oct 25
THUNDER BAY, ON: The Outpost, Oct 26
WINNIPEG, MB: West End Cultural Centre, Oct 27
SASKATOON, SK: Louis' Pub, Oct 28
EDMONTON, AB: Starlite Room, Oct 30
LETHBRIDGE, AB: The Slice Bar and Grill, Oct 31
VANCOUVER, BC: The Plaza, Nov 2
VICTORIA, BC: Logan's, Nov 3
CALGARY, AB: Broken City, Nov 5
REGINA, SK: The Lazy Owl, Nov 6
HALIFAX, NS: The Grawood, Nov 21
CHARLOTTETOWN, PEI: Hunter's Ale House, Nov 22
SAINT JOHN, NB: Elwoods, Nov 23
ROYAL WOOD
BOSTON, MA: Club Passom, In The Dead of the Winter Festival, Nov 13
NEW YORK CITY, NY: Living Room, In The Dead of the Winter Festival, Nov 14
DOYLESTON, PA: Puck, In The Dead of the Winter Festival, Nov 17
PHILADELPHIA, PA: World Café Live, In The Dead of the Winter Festival, Nov 18
PORT DOVER, ON: Lighthouse Festival, Nov 24
TORONTO, ON: The Music Gallery, Nov 29 w/Catherine MacLellan
(tickets on sale at www.sixshooterrecords.com)
LONDON, ON: London Music Club, Dec 14
HAWKSLEY WORKMAN
QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA: Woodford Folk Festival, Dec 28/29
NSW, AUSTRALIA: Peats Ridge Festival, Dec 30/31
CRONULLA, NSW, AUSTRALIA: Brass Monkey, Jan 3-4
SYDNEY, NSW, AUSTRALIA: The Basement, Jan 5
BULLI, NSW, AUSTRALIA: Heritage Hotel, Jan 6
SYDNEY, NSW, AUSTRALIA: Vanguard, Jan 8-9
BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA: TBA, Jan 10
ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA: TBA, Jan 11
MELBOURNE, VIC, AUSTRLIA: Northcote Social Club, Jan 12
NQ ARBUCKLE
TORONTO, ON: The Horseshoe Tavern, Nov 22 w/Jason Plumb
SAN SERAC
WATERLOO, ON: Starlight, Oct 25 w/Shout out out out out
TORONTO, ON: Lee's Palace, Oct 26/27 w/Shout out out out out and Stop, Die, Resuscitate
THE WET SECRETS
EDMONTON,AB: McDougall United Church, Nov 26
CHAD VANGAALEN
CALGARY, AB: The Grand, Nov 9 w/No More Shapes
Onwards and upwards!
Six Shooter Posse
Title track: From the Spinster's Almanac, Track 4 of Christine Fellows' new release, "Nevertheless".
This was: Six Shooter Bullets, Vol. 4, No. 8
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