Shiga-what?

I had a great end of summer trip to the pastoral Gaspésie Region of Quebec playing some shows in front of the ocean with seals honking in the background. We traveled to Gaspé with Blood and Glass and played the Shigawake Music Festival with Patrick Watson and The Barr Brothers. The highlight for me was staying up till sunrise in a barn the last night with Sarah and Joe and singing Will Oldham songs, and finding a bottle of terrible whisky partway through the night before the others had retired.

Shigawake is a very special place and a special festival.

After a return to Montreal, having had my summer fill of “squeaky cheese” (i.e. artisanal poutine cheese), I started preparing to go back to another beautiful landscape in Quebec to shoot the music video for my first new single, Under the Radar. I haven’t done much art since high school…but thanks to my internet research and stumbling upon Jonni Good’s website, I’ve built some beautiful antlers and a mask to outfit my friend Maica Mia. Her costume is sublime; my partner Linus had the vision in a dream and we’re nearly close to completing it. I’ll be layering paper maché and varnishing throughout the rest of the week while we finish the storyboard. We’ll be shooting the video north of Montreal. It’s cold enough now not to have to worry about insects tormenting us, but I’m praying it doesn’t rain.