The Most Wonderful Time of the Year Just Got More Wonderful

Via Twitter, Zooey Deschanel announced her excitement of a She and Him holiday record.

"Exciting news! @sheandhim will be releasing our first holiday record later this year! Been working on it a while! I'm super pumped about it!"

At this point the record is non-specified to be original or traditional holiday tunes, though I suspect a combination of these will comprise the eventual release. I shall update when I can so for now enjoy this holiday news as the dog days of summer drag on. Watch for M Ward’s next solo endeavour later this year too.

Basia Bulat Announces Winter Canadian Tour

With her sophomore album on the way in January and a new US Subaru advertisement featuring one of her songs. Basia Bulat’s star is definitely ascending. It follows naturally then that the talented singer songwriter (and my secret rock n’ roll girlfriend) has now revealed that she’s set to embark on a cross-country Canadian tour starting in February. With a few dates preceding it in Montreal and Toronto, this one is definitely going to be a hot ticket.

As previously reported, Bulat’s upcoming second release, Heart of My Own will be released via Secretly Canadian on January 26th.

An exciting performer to witness, this is one show you should not miss.

Tour dates:

12-16 Montreal, QC - Metropolis Theatre
1-16 Toronto, ON - Trinity St.Paul's United Church
2-2 Kingston, ON - Sydenham Street United Church
2-4 London, On - The Aeolian Hall
2-5 Orillia, ON - Highwayman Inn and Conference
2-6 Guelph, ON - Hillside Inside at the Sleeman Centre
2-7 Hamilton, ON - The Casbah
2-10 Halifax, NS - St. Matthews United Church
2-12 Montreal, QC - L'Astral
2-13 Ottawa, ON - First Baptish Church
2-25 Winnipeg, MB - West End Cultural Centre
2- 27 Saskatoon, SK - Amigo's
3-2 Calgary, AB - Central United Church
3-3 Edmonton, AB - Starlite Room
3-5 Vancouver, BC - St. James Hall

Basia Bulat Announces Sophomore Album, Heart of My Own

Two years ago Basia Bulat released her first album Oh, My Darling to much acclaim, including a Polaris Prize nomination in 2008. Eager fans have since been awaiting its follow-up. Good news today then that the wait will soon be over. Bulat’s sophomore record will be released on January 26th via Secret City Records- label home of Miracle Fortress, Plants and Animals and Patrick Watson. The record called Heart of My Own comes after over a year of touring that took the singer songwriter across Europe, Australia, Canada and the United States several times over. Since then Bulat reunited with Oh, My Darling producer Howard Bilerman in Montreal’s Hotel2Tango Studio earlier this year to record her latest work.

According to her press release nearly all the songs on Heart of My Own were written while on the road: traveling between cities, crossing the Canadian prairies, searching for a place to stop in the Nevada desert, trailing through the Smoky Mountains, standing in the bright dusk of a summer night in the Yukon.

Tracklisting Heart of My Own:

1. “Go On”
2. “Run”
3. “Sugar and Spice”
4. “Gold Rush”
5. “Heart of My Own”
6. “Sparrow”
7. “If Only You”
8. “I’m Forgetting Everyone”
9. “The Shore”
10. “Once More, For the Dollhouse”
11. “Walk You Down”
12. “If It Rains”


Its likely the talented musician will be revisiting many of these very places when she begins the trek to promote the new compendium of songs. She even has a few dates lined up in the coming weeks. Lucky fans might just get to hear a preview of the new record. No doubt many more dates will be announced soon.


Upcoming Tour Dates:

19-Sept CAN Kingston / Grad Club
23-Sept CAN Vancouver / St James Hall
24-Sept CAN Victoria / Metro Studio Theater / Transmission

03-Oct CAN Wakefield / Black Sheep Inn
07-Oct USA Brooklyn / The Bell House

18-Nov SP Madrid Moby Dick
19-Nov SP Orense Voces Femeninas
21-Nov SP Vigo Voces Femeninas
25-Nov UK London Cafe Oto
27-Nov NL Utrecht Le Guess Who Festival
28-Nov BE Gent Kraakpand @ Handelsbeurs