I met Hélène Nicole last fall at a house concert in the west end of Toronto. As it turned out, we were both heading out to Northern Ontario at the same time on our respective tours and even managed to meet up again in Thunder Bay.
Now Hélène is using the energy and ingenuity she put into her live performances to open a new cafe in the Beaches neighbourhood of Toronto. I’ll be playing a house concert in her new space on Saturday, May 17, with part of the proceeds going towards the cost of the cafe license. Come out for a night of music before I take off to BC in June!

These maritime shows have been full of energy, friendly faces, and fine voices. I’m hopping a plane to St. John’s, NL today for the next leg of the tour. I’ll be taping an episode of Out of the Fog tomorrow afternoon, before heading to The Levee to play the first of four nights in the city.
The folks at the Rose and Kettle Concert Sessions in Cole Harbour last week posted this video of Not So Silent, with the crowd singing along: