ACCLAIMED SONGWRITER DONOVAN WOODS’ NEW ALBUM, THINGS WERE NEVER GOOD IF THEY’RE NOT GOOD NOW, OUT NOW VIA END TIMES MUSIC
MORE CANADIAN TOUR DATES ADDED FOR 2025 - TICKETS HERE
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“This emotional and gritty seventh album is his most vulnerable and open…mellow, warming and shot through with genuine emotion" The Sun (UK)
"When things are good and when they’re not, Donovan Woods has a song for it all."
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“It is the microscopic observation of ordinary lives that makes Woods, the alt folk equivalent of the writer Raymond Carver” - RnR Magazine
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Acclaimed songwriter Donovan Woods is adding another run of dates for 2025 throughout Canada supporting his new record, Things Were Never Good If They’re Not Good Now, out via End Times Music. Tour dates continue this December including a performance at Toronto’s Massey Hall, followed by a run of solo performances in Western Canada this January. In February, Donovan will return to Ontario and Quebec performing the final leg of the tour which unfortunately had to be rescheduled earlier this year. Full tour listings can be found below with tickets available at www.donovanwoods.net/tour
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Throughout his distinguished career, Woods has built a devoted following who cling to the acclaimed songwriter’s every word. Never one to mince them, Woods is one of music’s most vulnerable storytellers and on Things Were Never Good If They’re Not Good Now, Donovan takes that a step further. Perhaps his most open, honest and self-reflective collection of songs, Woods takes a long look inside himself and isn’t necessarily thrilled with what he sees. For an artist who isn’t afraid to bear his soul, this is as emotionally gritty as he has ever been.
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Long known as a masterful storyteller, Woods is at his absolute best on Things Were Never Good If They’re Not Good Now. Across the album’s 11 sparse, intimate songs, Woods finds himself reflecting on the ups and downs he has been through since 2020, when he dropped his acclaimed, award-winning last album, the breakthrough Without People. Through his songwriting, Woods opens up and addresses the complexities of life, and all that he has been going through. He notes, this album serves as “a funeral to the life I was living.”
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Co-produced with longtime collaborator James Bunton over much of 2023, the album’s delicate nature is reflected in its lyrics. The psychology of people’s actions always fascinated Woods and informs much of the record. Focusing on carefree, celebratory feelings has never necessarily appealed to him. Many of the songs that comprise Things Were Never Good If They’re Not Good Now focus on the intricacies of friendships and relationships, looking at the little moments in life, and hopefully, eventually taking joy in them.
As Donovan continues to work on himself, Things Were Never Good If They’re Not Good Now is the portrait of a songwriter at his creative best. Addressing the truths and pains of life is never easy, and here, he does so in a way that’s brutally honest.
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TOUR DATES // TICKETS
Dec 4 - Kitchener, ON - Centre in the Square
Dec 5 - Toronto, ON - Massey Hall
Jan 21 - Red Deer, AB - Bo's Bar and Stage *
Jan 23 - Sherwood Park, AB - Festival Place *
Jan 24 - Saskatoon, SK - Broadway Theatre *
Jan 25 - Regina, SK - The Artesian *
Jan 30 - Huntsville, ON - Algonquin Theatre
Feb 1 - Ottawa, ON - National Arts Centre
Feb 2 - Montreal, QC - Bar Le Ritz PDB
Feb 4 - Peterborough, ON - Market Hall Performing Arts Centre
Feb 20 - Paris, ON - Dominion Telegraph Event Centre *
Feb 21 - Sarnia, ON - Imperial Theatre *
Feb 22 - London, ON - Aeolian Hall *
Feb 27 - Kingston, ON - Broom Factory *
Mar 1 - Sudbury, ON - Knox Hall *
* Acoustic Solo Performances | On Sale November 8
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