We’re really excited to announce we are playing The Vogue in Vancouver on November 2. It’s a triple bill with CR Avery and Wil. It should be rad. Both those acts are amazing. We are truly blessed and psyched to be sharing the stage with them.

You can get tix and info here: http://www.voguetheatre.com/detail.php?id=222

Until then!

July 1-3

Midsummer Music Festival, Smithers, BC

July 14-16

Vancouver International Folk Festival, Vancouver

July 21

Jale, Saskatoon

July 22-24

Brandon Folk Festival, Brandon, MB

July 24

Hillside Festival, Guelph, ON

September 3-4

Sunshine Music Festival, Sunshine Coast, BC

Love,

Us

Spring is doing its best, so let’s all breathe a little sigh of relief for that. We have just returned from our Western Canada tour, and are holed up in our respective hearths, getting ready for a busy spring of solo touring. You can see a great tour album, with photos by Adrian here. Check them out– Adrian got into photos in a BIG way. Picture lots of meandering drives around the photogenic foothills of the Alberta Rockies. If you are wondering why there is a picture of a cat in this post, lemme tell you, nothing says, “welcome home from tour” like a cat looking skeptically at a picture of a squirrel. This is documented. Bowie is always saying.

And here is a brief summary in words, organized with no particular organization:

- We toured with Tanya Davis, an amazing musician\poet from Halifax, via P.E.I. She rocks! We discovered that there is nothing more endearing than a P.E.I. accent saying the word “window”. We experimented with imitating this accent relentlessly, finding every possible excuse to say, “window”. Thank you, Tanya, for being a good sport!

- We drove through a blizzard, an ACTUAL BLIZZARD, on our way out from Winnipeg to Saskatoon. Big, fat kudos to Brendan and Adrian for not killing us. We passed 17 car corpses in an hour-long stretch of the drive. The wind made howling noises more normally associated with werewolves in Gothic thrillers. Even more impressive, the ACTUAL BLIZZARD started the night before, at the same time as our show in Winnipeg. It was still packed. Winnipeg, once again, we salute you.

- Brendan McLeod almost ate an eraser! This might not be interesting to anyone, except for his little cousin, Emma. She left a very sweet note for us, along with some candy, and a tiny little horse, for decoration. Brendan ate the candy, and tried to eat the horse. Emma got a big kick out of this. So did I. What a galoot.

- Team Accordion won our last tour’s t-shirt competition, even after giving Team Guitar and Team Banjo a six shirt lead. No big deal. Team Triangle thing experienced some unsettling set-backs in the Canadian prairie, but is looking forward to a strong showing during our Eastern Canada tour, in markets where triangles generally slay. Team Straight White Male with a Guitar still struggles, even with its current design (“Team SMWAG”), but it does appear to be struggling less, which can only be good news. Team Banjo has returned to its historically strong position, following a strong campaign by Chris Suen, which featured many leg kicks on solos.

- We witnessed the work of the road rescue team of Boundary, B.C., and even had Americanos, made by the head of the Disaster Response team. How is this, you ask? Well, a huge truck bailed across the highway, blocking all traffic on the #3, in both directions. No one was hurt, thank goodness, but our 10-hour haul from Vancouver to Fernie started to look even longer. We went back to Boundary, to wait it out in a coffee shop. We were wondering how long things would take to clear, when the guy making us coffee got a call about the accident on a walkie talkie dangling from his belt. He finished making all of the coffees. Foamed the milk. We got the picture. It was a long wait.

- We went snowshoeing in Onanole, and had our very first Naked Baby Running Across the Stage Incident at the show that night. Those things are not really related, but maybe the point is that we had a very relaxed and warm night in Onanole, with our good friends Celes and Sue Davar. Thank you!

And so many more thanks to all our friends and fans who came out to see us on this trip. Special thanks to Karen, Graham and kids in Saskatoon, to Brendan’s family in Calgary, to Jane Stewart and her roomie in Winnipeg, and to the nice guys at the Card Lock gas station in rural Manitoba, who saved us from having yet another, “The Fugitives run out of gas in the middle of nowhere” story.

We are gearing up for an exciting couple of months of tour this Summer, starting off with another fun trip with Tanya Davis in June. We’ll be hitting Ontario, Quebec, and the Maritimes. In July, we’ll be galloping around to a bunch of Folk Festivals. If you live in Canada, we want to know you this Summer. Come and see us soon, and for now, big, sloppy hearts from our home hearths!

The Fugitives

We have full dates for our upcoming Western Canada tour. We are looking forward to seeing your firm, hard-working, pioneer selves out in the cities of your choice. And please note, if you are a Rigorous Easterner, or even a Central-er, we haven’t forgotten about you. Dates are in the works for a Maritimes\Ontario\Quebec stint in June. Keep your hands on your hearts, and see you soon!   The Fugitives

March 2-15 – Western Canada Tour Dates

Many of these shows will be supported by the amazing Tanya Davis. Check her out at www.tanyadavis.ca

March 2 – Fernie Arts Station, Fernie 8:00pm

March 3 – The Ironwood, Calgary

March 4 – Athabasca Performing Arts Centre, Athabasca 7:30pm

March 5 – Festival Place, Sherwood Park

March 6 – Blackbird Coffee House, Coleman

March 7 – The Slice, Lethbridge

March 9 – Onanole

March 10 – Brandon Folk Festival Society, Brandon

March 11 – Park Theatre, Winnipeg

March 12 – Lydia ’s Loft, Saskatoon

March 13 – Armstrong Inn, Armstrong (with Mark Berube)

But we were invited to give some tracks to a great new xmas compilation out on Light Organ Records. We were surprised to find that not only did we really like the xmas songs we wrote, but we really liked all the songs on this compilation.

So, please – go listen! Our two xmas songs are up at our myspace:

www.myspace.com/canadianfugitives

If you want to get the album, you can get it on itunes here:
http://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/light-organ-records-our-first/id402376800

It’s weird to be, like, ‘Merry Christmas!’ in November, but our two new original Christmas songs came out yesterday. They part of a compilation from Light Organ Records, which also features songs by Adrian (team triangle!), Nat Jay, We are the City, Cory Woodward, The Zolas, Adaline, and on and on and on. All amazing Vancouver independent musicians!

Check it out and download it here:

http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/light-organ-records-our-first/id402376800

Also, on December 3, we will be playing the annual folk festival fundraiser for the Vancouver Folk Fest. Nothing we would rather support than that! And the line up is sick. Us, Hannah Georgas, The Sojourners, and Roy Forbes. Check all the details for the show here:

http://thefestival.bc.ca/archives/2466

Buy the physical copy here from 604 records:

http://www.604records.com/store/product/product/the-fugitives

Preorder it on Itunes here:

http://itunes.apple.com/us/preorder/eccentrically-we-love/id362143025

It’s called Eccentrically We Love, and we are so so so excited about it. We recorded it this past December, right after our seven-week Canadian tour. We came home, locked ourselves in North Vancouver’s Neighbourhood studios, and spent a month of recording. After 1,536 hours in each other’s company (yes, we were counting), we decided that we still like each other!  Even better news is that we realized our different musical backgrounds actually bring us together and make stuff better! More than any of our previous work, this album is the result of co-writing, co-editing and co-performance. Collaboration! Yeah!

As you might have guessed from the album title, all the songs are about love and affection, in one way or another. But never fear! We haven’t gone sappy. Eccentrically We Love chronicles the beautiful itchiness of being close. It’s about getting irritated,  angered and distraught, and the exhilarating necessity of feeling this way.

We were very lucky to work with some amazing people on this. Leo-Award winning producer\composer Matthew Rogers co-produced, Veda Hille guided and inspired,  Jesse Zubot slayed on violin and Rod Murray did delicious things with his trombone.

We are stoked to hear what you think about it all. The album’s available through 604 records, on i-tunes, and at live shows. Drop us a line through this site, or come talk to us when we’re near. Chances are we’re coming to you soon. Show dates are up on our calendar. Send yourself! Send your friends! As always, we will be disastrously enthused to see you.

Hearts and Exclamation Points!!!

The Fugitives