New Videos from our show in Forget, Sk
Thanks for Bamboo Shoots and Sasktel for filming our concert at the Ananda Art House in Forget, SK.
thanks for watching, Maritime and Ontario/ Quebec tour
We have been having a good time on the East Coast playing in Saint John, Halifax, Summerside, Charlottetown and Woodstock. We are playing in Fredericton tonight and tomorrow with our final East Coast show in St. Stephen. We then head to Ontario for a few shows before flying back to BC.
We've been enjoying the good beer and relaxing vibe in the Maritimes. Today we are going to get a tour of the Sabian Cymbal factory outside Woodstock, NB. For an up to the day look at what we're doing you can like us on www.facebook.com/andrewandzacharismith and on twitter at @andrewzachari Happy Friday, Zachari TRAVELLING - yea - EXPLORING the Canadian prairies.
Henry Kelsey worked for the Hudson Bay company and was the first european to ever set eyes on the Canadian prairies. ...credit where it's due, but each time I pack up my musical gear and tour through this great land, it's like the first time. Our host and promoter at The Ananda Art House in Forget SK, Shannon, said that driving through this wide open landscape lends itself to 'expansive' thoughts. I find that to be true. The stunning skyshow is itself worth the price of gas on those longhauls between concerts.
This has been a great tour so far (8 concerts played, 4 to go). We are playing folk clubs on three successive Saturday nights (The Lethbridge folk club, The Ananda Art House and the Northern Lights folk club) as well as numerous house concerts, pubs and clubs in between including concerts at The Ironwood Stage and Bushwakkers Pub.
One of the cool things about this tour has been to see some longlost relatives - in Lethbridge, Battleford and Regina. I was born in Saskatoon, so many of my relatives live on the prairies. This explains my primal connection to this land.
Zachari and I wrote a song yesterday about the doomed voyage of the great explorer Henry Hudson (who discovered the Hudson Bay). The song works as a classic sea shanty-type story, but also as a metaphor for our modern day 'captains of industry' whose greed and ambition will also eventually result in mutiny (read: revolution). Zach got us started with a cool melody and progression - along with some lines about the earth sinking like a ship at sea. I had just bought an awesome $5. book on Canadian explorers, so that steered the subject matter.
We will have only a short time at home before we fly to the Maritimes, Quebec and Ontario where our touring adventures continue. I hope you can make it out to one of our shows soon.
peace.
Andrew
Alberta Saskatchewan Tour We're about to start the spring touring season. Let's hope the weather remembers the "spring" part of that. Here are the tour dates for more info visit our shows page. We're looking forward to hitting the road again:
March 23 Cochrane, AB - House Concert March 24 Lethbridge, AB - Lethbridge Folk Club March 25 Calgary, AB - House Concert March 26 Calgary, AB - Ironwood Stage and Grill March 28 Regina, SK - Bushwakker Brewpub March 29 North Battleford, SK - Kelly Waters House Concert Series March 30 Saskatoon, SK - Fletcher House Concert Series March 31 Forget, SK - Ananda Art House April 4 Three Hills, AB - The Encore (Arts Academy) April 6 Calgary, AB - House Concert April 7 Edmonton, AB - Northern Lights Folk Club LOCAL GIGS AND THE NEW YEARAfter a great few weeks of touring in Europe together, Zach toured with his band (www.thegeese.ca) across Canada finally getting back home for December. We'll be playing a few local shows in the Okanagan at the Minstrel Cafe, Cabana, the Bike Shop and the Bean Scene. Details for those shows can be found here. We are also gearing up for a Alberta/ Saskachewan tour in March where we'll be playing the Northern Lights Folk Club, The Lethbridge Folk Club, The Ananda Art House as well as some great house concerts and a few pubs. Again you can check out our shows section for tickets information.
happy new year, Andrew and Zachari Smith 
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