The tradition continues! It’s been fifteen years of keeping this one up – every December, I learn a new Twisted Christmas/Sad Winter song and record a little apartment video. This year, I’m delighted to play this Hawksley Workman song, which is on one of the best Christmas albums in existence: Almost a Full Moon (as well as its companion album, Full Moon Eleven).

Thanks to Barb Reimer in Winnipeg for this sweet handmade toque! To look back on the entire playlist spanning the last fifteen years, go here.

I had the opportunity to attend Folk Canada‘s Folk Music Ontario conference in Ottawa. I grew up in the folk music scene in Ottawa, back in the days of Rasputin’s Cafe, the Ottawa Folklore Centre (where I bought my first acoustic guitar – that I still play at all my gigs!), and the Ottawa Folk Festival. I attended my first folk music conference in that same spot in Ottawa back in 2008. It was great to reconnect with old friends, meet new ones, and revisit the charm and wild energy of the late-night hotel room showcases:

My fall is quieter on the touring front to allow for more writing time. I’m gathering up more and more new songs and making plans for how I’ll share them. Join the mailing list if you want to be the first to know all about that.