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Broken Social Scene have released their first new song in seven years. Entitled “Halfway Home”, the new song follows the band’s critically acclaimed 2010 album Forgiveness Rock Record and is a welcome return from the Canadian collective.

Broken Social Scene performed “Halfway Home” live for the first time last night on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. The performance included band members Kevin Drew, Brendan Canning, Justin Peroff, Andrew Whiteman, Charles Spearin, Sam Goldberg, Ariel Engel, Metric’s Emily Haines and Jimmy Shaw, Stars’ Amy Millan and Evan Cranley, David French, and Dave Hodge.

WATCH THE BAND PERFORM “HALFWAY HOME” ON THE LATE SHOW
WITH STEPHEN COLBERT

Following celebrated performances at last year’s Pitchfork Festival in Chicago, End of the Road Festival in the UK, and more, Broken Social Scene have also announced their first tour dates of 2017. Dates are below; press HERE to buy tickets to any of the shows.

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BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE TOUR DATES
May 23 - Manchester, UK - Albert Hall
May 24 - London, UK - Brixton Academy
May 26 - Neustrelitz, DE - Immergut Festival
May 28 - Antwerp, BE - Trix Club
May 29 - Amsterdam, NL - Paradiso
May 30 - Paris, FR - Alhambra
Jun 1 - Barcelona, ES - Primavera Sound
Jun 3 - Toronto, ON - Field Trip
Jun 24 - Pasadena, CA - Arroyo Seco Weekend
Aug 5 - Montreal, QC - Osheaga

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DONOVAN WOODS SHARES NEW LIVE VIDEO AHEAD OF JUNO PERFORMANCE

WATCH AND SHARE “IT’LL WORK ITSELF OUT” RECORDED AT MASSEY HALL

2017 JUNO AWARD NOMINEE FOR SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR, DONOVAN WOODS, TO PERFORM AT JUNO SONGWRITERS’ CIRCLE APRIL 2

NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES CONTINUE THIS WEEK

“Four songs on Woods' own label. It is a gift…He knows what he's doing. Songwriters should pay attention.” – No Depression

“wistful songs that tug at the heartstrings of anyone who's had feelings about partners, ex-partners, where you're from, where you shouldn't have gone” - NOW Magazine NNNN

“a gentle, honest collection of melancholic observations and hushed
tunefulness” - The Globe And Mail

“By balancing such fringe and mainstream elements so effortlessly, Woods looks poised to finally bring those disparate camps together. … he does it time and again” - Exclaim!

“a knack for taking huge, universal feelings and distilling them into simple,
poignant moments” - Noisey

 

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Acclaimed singer/songwriter Donovan Woods is sharing his live performance video for “It’ll Work Itself Out”. Shot at the historic Massey Hall in Toronto, as part of their Ghost Light Sessions series, the track appears on his recently released four-song digital EP, They Are Going Away. Of the song, Woods says, “I suppose this is about feeling that if you travel furiously enough your problems won’t catch up and, ideally, will take care of themselves. This is not true.”

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This weekend, Woods is up for the 2017 JUNO Award for Songwriter Of The Year and will perform at the JUNO Songwriters’ Circle in Ottawa on April 2 hosted by Bruce Cockburn. Woods recently finished a string of tour dates with Alan Doyle, and will continue on the road in Canada throughout the Spring. Before he arrives in Ottawa to celebrate his nomination he will perform in Nashville at the prestigious Tin Pan South Songwriter’s Festival. Full tour dates can be found below.

Recently signed with Warner Chappell Music, Woods has penned songs for Tim McGraw, Billy Currington, Charlie Worsham, and Charles Kelley, who recorded “Leaving Nashville” for his solo release. The New York Times and Rolling Stone hailed the song from Kelley’s album as “a beautiful song” and “stark, stunning ballad.” Woods’ version of the song is included on Hard Settle, Ain’t Troubled.

DONOVAN WOODS TOUR DATES
Mar 30 - Nashville, TN - Tin Pan South Songwriter’s Festival
Apr 2 - Ottawa, ON - JUNO Songwriters’ Circle
Apr 25 - London, ON - Aeolian Hall
Apr 26 - Picton, ON - The Regent Theatre
Apr 27 - Peterborough, ON - Market Hall Theatre
Apr 28 - Ottawa, ON - National Arts Centre
Apr 29 - Creemore, ON - The Avening Hall
Apr 30 - Ridgeway, ON - The Sanctuary - Centre For The Arts
May 1 - Creemore, ON - Avening Community Hall
May 2 - Bayfield, ON - Old Town Hall
May 3 - Hamilton, ON - Hamilton Public Library
Jul 14 - Campbellford, ON - Westben Arts Festival Theatre

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STEPH CAMERON SHARES NEW TRACK FROM UPCOMING ALBUM

POLARIS MUSIC PRIZE LONGLISTED SONGWRITER’S NEW ALBUM, DAYBREAK OVER JACKSON STREET, OUT APRIL 14 VIA PHEROMONE RECORDINGS

LISTEN AND SHARE “WINTERWOOD” HERE

LIVE PERFORMANCE DATES BEGIN APRIL 15


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Today, Saskatoon-based roots singer / songwriter Steph Cameron is sharing “Winterwood,” the latest track from her upcoming album Daybreak Over Jackson Street. “Winterwood” is about “being at the mercy of uncertain forces,” says Cameron. “Of a moment where time is frozen and clear and our own vulnerability is stark and beautiful.”

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Due out April 14 via Pheromone Recordings, Cameron will support Daybreak Over Jackson Street with a hometown release show on April 15 in Saskatoon before making her way to Toronto for Canadian Music Week.

In 2014, Steph Cameron arrived on the scene like a bracing gust of fresh musical air with her debut record Sad-Eyed Lonesome Lady, receiving unanimously enthusiastic reviews. “This is a monumental, brilliant album… heralds the crowning of a bright new talent,” declared PopMatters in calling it the #1 Canadian album of 2014. No Depression termed it “a stunning debut,” while Exclaim! noted that “Sad-Eyed Lonesome Lady delights from start to finish. Steph Cameron is the real deal.” The record also made the coveted longlist for the prestigious Polaris Music Prize in 2015.

Look for music scribes to again reach for superlatives to describe Daybreak Over Jackson Street as Steph’s new album navigates subtle changes in stylistic terrain. If the debut felt as if it emerged fully-formed from the bohemian streets of Greenwich Village circa 1963, then the extra maturity of this album gives it more of an early ‘70s Laurel or Topanga Canyon atmosphere.

Like her debut, Daybreak Over Jackson Street was recorded at elite Toronto studio Revolution Recording with producer Joe Dunphy. It retains the sparse template of her first record – one voice, one guitar, both recorded in intimate fashion and to tape.

Many of these new songs feature a more mature Cameron looking back upon earlier turbulent times. “As I get a bit older I’m able to recall my youth from a different perspective. Many of these songs draw their content from the life and relationships I had in my youth; to people and places, particularly East Vancouver.” She describes “Daybreak Over Jackson Street” as a song “about living in an impoverished neighbourhood in an urban setting. That song acknowledges some of the elements of life in a slum.” A similar locale, East Vancouver, permeates “Richard,” a haunting ode to a troubled comrade left behind – ‘a hotel is a real sad place for living’.

Having spent some time living in The Kootenays, the great outdoors appears in Cameron’s “That’s What Love Is,” a lovely and gentle tune featuring a circular guitar pattern and such atmospheric imagery as ‘late at night when the coyotes call, the dogs whimper and the leaves fall’. Then there is the fast and breezy “Little Blue Bird,” one ‘sitting in the snow, staring at the stars dreaming of the railroad cars’.

LISTEN TO AND SHARE “CALIFORNIA” HERE

LISTEN TO AND SHARE “YOUNG AND LIVING FREE” HERE

LIVE DATES
Apr 15 – Saskatoon, SK – Village Guitar & Amp
Apr 22 – Toronto, ON – The Dakota Tavern (8 PM) - CMW

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DAYBREAK OVER JACKSON STREET TRACKLIST
01 Daybreak Over Jackson Street
02 Young And Living Free
03 That’s What Love Is
04 On My Mind
05 Richard
06 Winterwood
07 Little Blue Bird
08 You Oughta Know By Now
09 California
10 Sing For Me
11 Peace Is Hard To Find

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