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Back in the studio
"Get your cans on and let's roll some tape." That is to say, "pass me the headphones and press record on the computer." We've been spending time with our good friend and producer Lloyd Peterson, in his well appointed and oh so comfy home studio, working on the next Dust Poets record. Murray has been pumping out some great new tunes and the performances so far have been thrilling - and we haven't even got to the tambourine parts yet. It is always amazing to watch a new record come together and we're working hard and having fun. With everyone's crazy summer schedules - book stores to run, weddings, etc. - it's taking some time. But every day we've spent in the studio has been a blast and we're looking forward to getting back at it early in the fall.
Posted on 09 Aug 2008 by Dust Poets
flaming manholes and other stories
Our early May New England tour is in the books, and a very excellent time was had by all. Too bad our gig in Cambridge at the Harvard Square Mayfair was cancelled due to flaming manholes. We briefly considered changing our band name in honour of the blazing metal discs, but thought it was probably already taken. Binghamton rocked as usual, we saw our friends Callie and Jen in New Paltz, we LOVED hanging out in Vermont - the folks in Ripton know how to have a good time and treated us like family. Since our agent had clearly done the tour routing while drinking heavily, we drove through Albany about 14 times that week - but found great coffee, serious Mexican food, and some wicked architecture in the NY capital.
Posted on 20 May 2008 by Dust Poets
Between the tours
We didn't want to leave BC. A million blooming cherry trees can't be wrong! It was a great tour with old friends, new fans, stunning scenery, and even a round of golf in Cache Creek. Here's a video of Walk Away from Joe's Garage in Courtenay where we played and stayed til the wee hours. Lots of ex-Brandonoids in attendance! We've been laying down tracks in a Winnipeg recording studio this week, but we start a 9-date tour through Vermont, Massachusetts, and New York with a concert in Perth ON this Friday. See you there!
Posted on 15 Apr 2008 by Dust Poets
Band BC Bound
Off to BC this week for a lovely little Canada Council supported 7-date tour of Canada's Pacific paradise. We have three dates on the Island to kick things off, where we haven't played since the beautiful summer of '04. It's about time! Then we hit the mainland for shows in Vancouver, Ashcroft, Kelowna, and Rossland. Rumour has it Sean is bringing his snare and busted cymbal in lieu of the ratty suitcase for this trip, since it went over so well in Alberta last month...
Posted on 27 Mar 2008 by Dust Poets
tennessee trip ends on the prairies
We spent a fantastic week in Tennessee Feb 21-28, enjoying a combination of great gigs, the monster party that is the Folk Alliance Conference, and a three day rehearsal binge in Memphis hosted at Nancy's Fabulous House of Music. We played gigs in Madisonville, Franklin, and Nashville and the southern hospitality and love of music hit us full force at every show. Can't wait to get back there!
Posted on 03 Mar 2008 by Dust Poets
Dust Poets Grace Your Radio
We're happy to let you know that the Dust Poets recent concert at the West End Cultural Centre in Winnipeg is going to be broadcast live on CBC Canada Live, on February 28 - dial in CBC Radio Two starting at 8 PM. Then on Saturday, Manitoban's can relive the live experience on Shaken Not Stirred on CBC One at 5 PM.
Posted on 14 Feb 2008 by Dust Poets
Western Canada Tour Post-Mortem
We're all home again after another adventure-filled romp across the prairies and northern Ontario. We saw lots of new and exotic places, got to drive on many kms of snowy black-iced highways, and participate in our first ever gennewine Saskabush heifer-herdin' cattle drive - on actual horses. Check out the Images page for evidence... The concerts were great too, and we enjoyed road-testing some new songs that we'll recording once Murray gets back from two months of exotic game hunting in the Himalayan foothills of India.
Posted on 29 Nov 2007 by Dust Poets
Holy November, It's Western Canada
Back in the van, babaaays.....we've got 11 shows over 14 days in 4 different provinces. Now I'm not much for math, but that just might be a lot of driving. Luckily Gordie's got his air brakes ticket and lots of them little white pills you get at the truck stops - so we should be juuuuust fine. But click on over to the LIVE page to get all the details on our fabulous AB-SK-MB-N.ON tourpalooza. Cheers!
Posted on 05 Nov 2007 by Dust Poets
Poets Do Kentucky!
Break out the bourbon, the Dust Poets are off to Kentucky! This Friday we make our Bluegrass State debut at the Glema Mahr Center for the Arts in Madisonville KY. This is gonna be great. The next morning we're going to take back roads all the way to Memphis in time for Gordie's jumpsuit fitting at Graceland. And if you're in or around Memphis Saturday night, join us at Nancy's place for a house concert - details on the Live page. Yeehaw!
Posted on 16 Oct 2007 by Dust Poets
The Great Summer It Was...
Summer is gone, but the memories live on...and most of us need to do some dry-cleaning. We finished off August in style, playing at Summerfolk in Owen Sound before heading back to the 'Toba for some shows in the homeland. Summerfolk was a brilliant weekend - they treated the musicians so well and we got to hang with some amazing people, some who we've known for a while (Genticorum, Evelyn Parry, Modern Man) and some we'd only just met (Farewell Drifters, James Stephens). The volunteers, the food, the jam sessions were all fabulous. Jim Cuddy was great to see up close, and it was a bonus that Kathleen Edwards was playing fiddle and singing backup in his band!
Posted on 06 Sep 2007 by Dust Poets
FURTHER FESTIVAL FOLLIES
Falcon Ridge was pure amazing fun. Those crazy New Englanders know how to have a good time down on the farm! The music, the dancing, the brilliant campsites, the ultra-pro stage crews, the steady supply of veggie bacon - it all made for a great time. The weekend also ended amusingly when Corey made the motel clerk kick his door in at 7am so he could get his luggage and get the waiting airport shuttle! But now it's off to Summerfolk for more festival adventures...
Posted on 12 Aug 2007 by Dust Poets
Festival Season
The Dust Poets are forsaking the setting sun this summer as we head east for our summer festival fix. In June it was the Detroit Festival of the Arts where we had the pleasure of sharing an evening stage with fellow Canadians Genticorum and the Wailin' Jennys. This month we play the closing slot at the Middlebury Festival on the Green in Vermont, sharing the night with another Canadian, Harry Manx.
Posted on 09 Jul 2007 by Dust Poets
Winter Tour Spectacular
We're home again after a terrific 4-week gig binge through most of February and the first week of March. We visited Memphis for the Folk Alliance conference (I still have the smell of BBQ in my suit), played shows in new places like Lemont PA, Framingham MA, and Picton ON, and managed to dodge several huge snowstorms around Lake Ontario! ...
Posted on 24 Mar 2007 by Dust Poets
Mad Dash to Memphis!
We're back in Toronto for a brief supply stop before heading waaay down south to Memphis (hello Graceland) for the Folk Alliance Conference. This two day drive follows yesterday's punishing 10 hour run back to TO from somewhere in the middle earth of Vermont! Needless to say everyone is a bit dopey today, but we're psyched for a rather hectic weekend of showcasing and schmoozing. Good times!
Posted on 20 Feb 2007 by Dust Poets
Back on the Wintery Road
We're back on the road next week, braving the blustery winter weather in Ontario with hopes of making it south to Memphis. On the way down we stop in New York state and Vermont, Massachusetts and Pennsylvanian on the way back. All of the gig details are on the live page. In Memphis we'll be attending the International Folk Alliance conference where we showcase the butts out of our polyester slacks with the hopes of turning heads and booking gigs on the international stage.
Posted on 05 Feb 2007 by Dust Poets
New Year Seems Nice So Far
While most of the Dust Poets are wallowing in a post-holiday sugar coma, lead singer Murray Evans is touching up his sunburn and trying to get the sand out of his knickers during the final days of his two-week Maui vacation. Sean and Karla hosted the Saskatchewan parents for a balmy green Christmas in Toronto, while Gord and Corey were back in Manitoba for a prairie holiday of curling, poker, and rye-and-cokes with the in-laws...
Posted on 03 Jan 2007 by Dust Poets
US Shows in December
After taking two weeks off to pick up the tattered remains of our individual home lives, we're back on the road in the US and A, with shows near DC, in Oxford NY, a last minute opener in Great Barrington MA, and a show in Oswego NY. We'll be seeing lots of friends from NERFA and from past tours, and look forward to playing for some new folks too!
Posted on 30 Nov 2006 by Dust Poets
7 Nights In North Ontario
The Dust Poets have just returned to the Toronto homebase after seven fantastic shows in a row across northern Ontario, hitting Pic River, both Sault Ste Maries, Waubaushene, and all points in between. It felt great to actually play some full shows after doing 15 minute showcases for the arts councils in Alberta and Manitoba the weekends prior!
Posted on 31 Oct 2006 by Dust Poets
Back In The Van: September in NY State, the Maritimes
We'll be putting our minivan packing expertise to work once again as we head out on a three week road trip that will take us to Norwich NY, the three Maritime provinces, and beautiful Baltimore for a showcase event. The band is also looking forward to putting the "fun" in Fundy while crashing at Corey's waterfront farmhouse for a few days!
Posted on 04 Sep 2006 by Dust Poets
DP Back From the "Really Short Homeland Tour"
We returned to the ancestral lands of Manitoba for a brief five-date tour over Canada Day weekend. We played a basement house concert, a sticky-floored Irish pub, a country rec centre, a monitor-less beachfront flatbed trailer, and one sweaty and drunken country music festival!
Posted on 08 Jul 2006 by Dust Poets
Dust Poets Now On MySpace
The Dust Poets have jumped aboard the MySpace.Com bandwagon. Drop by our new chunk of virtual home turf to sample music, leave us messages, and waste valuable time in general. Watch for our blog entries coming soon. And if you have your own MySpace page, let us know so we can add you to our friends list, coz apparently that's what it's all about...
Posted on 04 Jun 2006 by Dust Poets
New GuestBook
Check it Out. We have a New Guestbook. Please take a look and leave us a note telling us how much you love our Thai cooking! Cheers! - Dust Poets
Posted on 23 Apr 2006 by Dust Poets
Lovesick Town CD Release Tour
The Dust Poets Lovesick Town CD Release Tour of the Canadian Prairies has come to a close. It was a great run across snowy Western Canada, with 15 shows in 16 days. Check out the 3 new photo galleries!
Posted on 13 Mar 2006 by Dust Poets
"Lovesick Town" Tour Underway
The Dust Poets are deep in the heart of Alberta, having just played two great folk club shows in Edmonton and Calgary. And the gigs keep rolling in: a show has just been added to the tour at Lydia's in Saskatoon on March 3rd.
Posted on 26 Feb 2006 by Dust Poets
Show Added in Saskatoon!
The Dust Poets will play upstairs at Lydia's on Broadway, Friday March 3rd.
Posted on 23 Feb 2006 by Dust Poets
DUST POETS SERVE UP NEW DISC TO LOVESICK TOWNS ACROSS PRAIRIES
The Dust Poets, one of Canada’s finest folk-pop quintets, are blowing across Western Canada on a 14-date tour celebrating the release of their third CD, Lovesick Town.
Posted on 23 Feb 2006 by Dust Poets
CD RELEASE TOUR
The Dust Poets are blowing across Western Canada on a 13-date tour celebrating the release of our third CD, Lovesick Town. The tour takes us to Edmonton, Calgary, Regina, Brandon, Winnipeg, and stops inbetween. See Dust Poets Live for details.
Posted on 15 Feb 2006 by Dust Poets
NEW RECORD IN THE 'CAN'...
...as they say. Yes, the new CD has been recorded and mixed and is getting closer to making its way out into the world. The new record will be distributed by Festival Records.
Posted on 19 Dec 2005 by Dust Poets
FALL TOUR WINDS UP IN KENT OHIO
We're back home after a great tour of Ontario and the North Eastern US. The Kent State Folk Festival was a blast, seeing Donovan was a trip, and selling out of discs was a treat.
Posted on 21 Nov 2005 by Dust Poets
DUST POETS SHOWCASE AT NERFA
This weekend the Poets are off to the Northeast Regional Folk Alliance for busy three days of showcases, networking, and all-night jamming with folkies from all over New England. Stay tuned for reports and photos.
Posted on 08 Nov 2005 by Dust Poets
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