Our wonderful Heather Masse has a new record out - a jazz collaboration with trombone icon Roswell Rudd. August Love Song is the remarkable collaboration between Heather and octogenarian trombone maverick Roswell Rudd. They met when they both appeared on the Prairie Home show, and were surprised to discover that they were neighbors in the Catskills in rural New York, and that they had a strong musical connection that bridged their ages. The You can find out more about it and purchase it HERE.
Wendell Berry Documentary Debut - The Seer
We are excited to have our song Bird Song included in the new Wendell Berry documentary entitled The Seer. He is a favourite poet of all of ours, so it's quite special to be part of this project. The movie gets its official debut this Saturday, March 12 at SXSW. If you want more information on the movie or Wendell Berry and how he has become one of the most passionate and eloquent voices in defense of agrarian life, please go to the TheSeerFilm.com.In addition, the film's director and producer have started a fund raising campaign to get the last little bit of financing in place for the final post-production expenses. There are only a few days left and they are very close to their goal. Please check it out at their KickStarter page.
LIVE-STREAM our June 26 concert in Grass Valley, CA
If you missed out on tickets to our sold out show at the Center for the Arts in Grass Valley, CA, we've got some exciting news for you! The entire concert will be live-streamed starting at 8pm (PT) on Friday, June 26! To tune in, please click HERE.
Santa Barbara tickets on sale now!
Tickets for our show in Santa Barbara, CA on February 8th are now available for purchase HERE. See you at the Lobero Theatre in just a few weeks!
New Shows for NE USA in Spring of 2015
Hey Everyone.We had such a great time in the NE USA this past spring that we have done the unimaginable - decided to come back in the spring of 2015! The following dates have been confirmed and tickets for all of these shows go on sale on Friday, July 18/2014. Please scroll down for show info and ticket links to purchase. Hope to see you there.Thursday, April 30th, 2015 - 7:30PMThe Egg, Albany NYTicket Link (more specific link to follow)Friday, May 1st, 2015 - 8:00PMThe Calvin Theatre, Northapmton MATicket LinkSaturday, May 2nd, 2015 - 8:00PMThe Capitol Center for the Performing Arts, Concord NHTicket Link (more specific link to follow)Sunday, May 3rd, 2015 - 7:30PMBerklee Performance Center, Boston MATicket Link
Watch Us Live At Infinity Hall
The wonderful folks at Live At Infinity Hall have just posted our 2011/12 Concert with them. The show has been on PBS a few times but this is the first time it's available online and for FREE! Hurry though, as it's only going to be around for four weeks. If you have the time, please go to Infinity Hall and enjoy.
June Toronto Show Announced.
We're happy to announce that we are returning to Toronto, ON for a show on June 21, 2014 at Enwave Theatre at Harbourfront Centre. Tickets for members are on sale today, and for the general public they will go on sale on Friday May 2.For ticket info and to purchase your tickets, please go to http://www.roythomson.com/eventdetail/wailinjennys. We know, we know - the hyperlink isn't working on the main page. That's why we wrote a rambling intro with lots of paragraph breaks on this post so that it would bleed over to this "official" post page - where for some reason the hyper link DOES work. Computers... as if they'll ever be smart enough to take over the world. Ha!
TV or not to TV? That is the Question...
Hey everyone.Just a quick blurb that our song Long Time Traveller will be featured on tonight's episode of The Originals on the CW Network. We have been informed it will be used during the funeral scene...