I’m making the big move to BC from Toronto! We’re driving across Canada in a pickup truck teeming with books and knickknacks (plaster cherub, tree-lamp! All the things that make a place home.) It’s been awhile since I’ve made the Transcanada trek, and what better time to stop in communities I rarely get to go to. So I’ve booked a mini-tour!
New dates across Canada in the next week: Thunderbay, Edmonton and Calgary. Check tour dates for details!
In honour of the recent Degrassi episode, here’s a repost of the music video we made for “Be My Girl”!
A few weeks ago I mentioned my song Be My Girl would appear on Degrassi: The Next Generation sometime in the future, yes? Guess what!? It aired last night (Friday April 8th) on Much Music and syndicated stations across the world!!
Now in its thirtieth season, Degrassi – the critically acclaimed teen drama – follows a group of students at Degrassi Community School who face various challenges like poor self image, peer pressure, child abuse, sexual identity, gang violence, self-injury, teenage pregnancy, and drug abuse. In this episode: Fiona comes out, among other plot threads.
Watch the Degrassi episode online! ~ Ep. 1042: Chasing Pavements Part Two. My song soundtracks the opening sequence.
While you’re at it, check out my “Be My Girl: official music video” on youtube!
Today I’m packing my suitcase for a three-week trip across Canada from BC’s Cariboo to the west end of Toronto and back again. We’re taking a pickup truck through the mountains and the prairies and the spring shores of the great lakes to load up with the last of the material things that tie me to Ontario. Gonna be a BC girl! I’m looking forward to experiencing this beautiful expanse at an almost human pace… five days each way… it imparts a greater sense of the size of Canada when you drive it verses the surreal pace of an airplane.
Of course I couldn’t help booking a few shows on the trip back… Sudbury on Sunday April 17th, a stop in Thunderbay on Tuesday the 19th to do an interview / play on-air at the campus station there. I’ll be in Calgary Sunday the 24th, and I’m in the process of confirming a Winnipeg show too. Look for last minute updates for details… *note: turns out the Winnipeg show will be a private function, not open to the public. sorry! But, I promise to come back to the Peg as soon as I can!* (posted april 9th)
Meanwhile, every day I will do my best to find internet connections en route so that I can keep posting my photo – a – day on my blog. Today’s photo is from my Homeroutes tour across Alberta last fall. I stopped in East Coulee to take in the miner’s museum.
