tag:ronleary.com,2005:/blogs/what-s-up?p=2
What's Up?
2024-03-15T16:43:03-04:00
RON LEARY
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tag:ronleary.com,2005:Post/7367723
2024-03-15T16:43:03-04:00
2024-03-15T16:45:13-04:00
Picking Trilliums Additions
<p>Twenty more for the <a class="no-pjax" href="/trilliums" data-link-type="page" data-link-label="TRILLIUMS">playlist</a>! </p><p>121/ Stompin’ Tom Connors “North Of Old Lake”<br>122/ Frank Risdale “L&PS” <br>123/ Tim Swaddling “The C&O Don’t Step Here No More” <br>124/ Ron Leary “Long Point ’89”<br>125/ Tire Swing Co. “Pelee Island 1”<br>126/ James O-L & the Villains “The West End”<br>127/ Elliott BROOD “Rose City” <br>128/ Daniel Romano “Poor Girls Of Ontario”<br>129/ Partner “Angels from Ontario”<br>130/ Charlotte Cornfield “Harbord & Grace</p><p>131/ Stompin’ Tom Connors “T.T.C. Skidaddler”<br>132/ Ron Hynes “Get Back Change”<br>133/ Elizabeth Shepard “Parkdale”<br>134/ Evalyn Parry “Love in The Greater Toronto Takes Public Transportation<br>135/ Cold Tea “Wyebridge”<br>136/ The Johnny Max Band “Brown’s Line”<br>137/ Nihilist Spasm Band “When in London Sleep at the York Hotel”<br>138/ Harrison Kennedy “Hogtown Blues” <span> </span><br><span>139/ The Stephen Stanely Band “Under the Mynah Bird” </span><br><span>140/ Shibastik “Bury My Heart in Moosonee” </span></p><p><span><strong>Listen on YouTube</strong>: </span><a class="no-pjax" href="https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIfdzLNper6Rqfqnh4o4_cG5hjswh8DGJ&si=_R9qM4IGq3ssyf2B" target="_blank" data-link-type="url">https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIfdzLNper6Rqfqnh4o4_cG5hjswh8DGJ&si=_R9qM4IGq3ssyf2B</a></p><p><span><strong>Listen on Spotify</strong>: </span><a class="no-pjax" href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5bvup4BogJ1Js4H7nDA0ct?si=98e839a2a0fc4d31" target="_blank" data-link-type="url">https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5bvup4BogJ1Js4H7nDA0ct?si=98e839a2a0fc4d31</a></p>
RON LEARY
tag:ronleary.com,2005:Post/7361844
2024-03-04T22:56:33-05:00
2024-03-04T23:02:36-05:00
Ron Leary's Big Bash
<p>Saturday April 6, 2024 <br>Dominion House Tavern<br>8pm ~ No Cover</p><p>You only get to hit the half century mark once, so party we will. Joining me on stage will be the exceptional talents of Dean Drouillard, Adrian Lawryshyn, Derek Impens, Tara Watts & Kelly “Mr. Chill" Hoppe. </p><p>9pm: Tara Watts<br>10pm: Ron Leary Sextet</p><p>No cover but please do contribute to the jug generously. </p><p>*Poster by <a class="no-pjax" href="https://theuglyvision.com/" target="_blank" data-link-type="url">Greg Maxwell</a></p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/411101/8f6c6fa09b4bfa4d6619b99cce1b088fd355429e/original/ron50editsmall.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_inline border_" height="946" width="612" /><p> </p>
RON LEARY
tag:ronleary.com,2005:Post/7355598
2024-02-22T16:41:49-05:00
2024-02-22T16:43:16-05:00
Ron Leary & Dean Drouillard to open for The Sadies
<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/411101/277a1961be24eea2b539496f677e4ef9ecd466bf/original/garth-jackson-pic.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_inline border_" height="552" width="828" /><p>*photo: <a class="no-pjax" href="https://www.instagram.com/troublelightstills/" target="_blank" data-link-type="url">Garth Jackson</a></p><p>Friday February 23rd @ <a class="no-pjax" href="https://www.facebook.com/meteorwindsor/" target="_blank" data-link-type="url">Meteor</a> (Windsor)</p><p><a class="no-pjax" href="https://www.showpass.com/the-sadies-at-meteor/" target="_blank" data-link-type="url">$30 advanced</a> / $40 door (limited availability - if any)<br>8pm doors<br>9pm Ron Leary / Dean Drouillard<br>10 pm <a class="no-pjax" href="https://www.thesadies.net/" target="_blank" data-link-type="url">The Sadies</a></p><p><span style="color:rgb(17,20,45);">“Without doubt or qualification, The Sadies are one of this continent’s greatest extant rock ’n’ roll bands — just as they have been for the last quarter-century. Versatile and imaginative, they skip from astral psychedelia to shuffling bucolics and leap from puckish pop to righteous garage-rock without losing momentum or mastery. Their albums deliver masterclasses on pointed songwriting, lockstep harmonies, and a devil-may-care attitude to expectations and past successes.”</span></p>
RON LEARY
tag:ronleary.com,2005:Post/7298348
2023-11-03T14:57:58-04:00
2023-11-03T14:57:58-04:00
Toronto Show - Fri Dec 1st
<p>We're playing Toronto for our first time since the spring, and once again at <a class="no-pjax" href="http://www.sellersandnewel.com/literary-society.html" target="_blank" data-link-type="url"><strong>Sellers & Newel Used Bookshop</strong></a>. It's such a great room for a show. We sold it out last go round so grab your tix in advance! </p><p>$25 minimum donation. </p><p>To reserve tickets call the store at 647-778-6345 or email <a class="no-pjax" href="mailto:sellers@sellersandnewel.com">sellers@sellersandnewel.com</a></p><p> </p><p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/411101/14204576faef2c939c5af845efaa22b895b60416/original/sellers-show-dec-1-2023.png/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_inline border_" /></p>
RON LEARY
tag:ronleary.com,2005:Post/7223296
2023-06-08T13:44:07-04:00
2023-06-08T14:19:04-04:00
Ron Leary to star in film shot on Pelee Island
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<div style="font-family:inherit;text-align:start;" dir="auto">A rather interesting development here, I've been cast in a short film called <i>Retreat</i> as a middle-aged musician who goes to Pelee Island trying to rediscover his creative spark. A stretch I know.</div>
<div style="font-family:inherit;text-align:start;" dir="auto">It's written by author/musician/performance artist <a class="no-pjax" href="https://www.facebook.com/henry.svec?__cft__%5B0%5D=AZVgW5hp6ODIa4wwuXPkdL1W70mx1-O-9gp1X4Eb2qnNHf2TNMLJaFKiKQJcaWh3pvxrHS0PP7_ot7g2efSZEGl2rZu0zIt82bg_lViSotrGkcTAbh4i-3ibAPgxab_vELX9FrSs7W-F6uXrDqcZnVTlE9Z5ZqaD38v-uI6O_K6GfA&__tn__=-%5DK-R" role="link" tabindex="0"><span>Henry Adam Svec</span></a> and will be directed by the great <a class="no-pjax" href="https://www.facebook.com/erin.brandenburg.58?__cft__%5B0%5D=AZVgW5hp6ODIa4wwuXPkdL1W70mx1-O-9gp1X4Eb2qnNHf2TNMLJaFKiKQJcaWh3pvxrHS0PP7_ot7g2efSZEGl2rZu0zIt82bg_lViSotrGkcTAbh4i-3ibAPgxab_vELX9FrSs7W-F6uXrDqcZnVTlE9Z5ZqaD38v-uI6O_K6GfA&__tn__=-%5DK-R" role="link" tabindex="0"><span>Erin Brandenburg</span></a> and will no doubt be a visually stunning film, my mug aside. Tess Girard will be the Director of Photography and Andrew Penner the Music Supervisor. An incredibly talented and accomplished crew to say the least. </div>
<div style="font-family:inherit;text-align:start;" dir="auto">Taking a crew of a dozen or so to Pelee Island will not make for a cheap venture and a GoFundMe has been set up to help cover some of the production costs. If you'd like to help make the film a reality please do consider a donation!</div>
<div style="font-family:inherit;text-align:start;" dir="auto">Here's the link, click 'read more' for all the details:<br><br><a class="no-pjax" href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/vyf6p8-retreat-short-film">https://www.gofundme.com/f/vyf6p8-retreat-short-film</a> <br><br><u>Film Premise</u>: <br><br><i>Retreat</i><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);"> is a 15-minute short narrative film directed by Erin Brandenburg, written by Henry Adam Svec, and starring Ron Leary. The story depicts grizzled songwriter Harold Murphy attempting to find solitude on a retreat to Pelee Island. He may be a local music legend, but Harold has lost his creative spark and he hopes that some time alone will enable him to write his next record. Instead of inspiration, Harold is distracted by the beauty and strangeness of the island, and by a migrant worker on a bike who haunts his days. Visually stunning, with scenes from the landscape of Pelee Island and music by acclaimed musician (and true local legend) Ron Leary, </span><i>Retreat</i><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);"> is an ode to searching for your artistic voice and finding it in the most unlikely of places.</span>
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RON LEARY
tag:ronleary.com,2005:Post/6952071
2022-04-19T18:08:45-04:00
2022-04-19T19:09:25-04:00
"Our Dogs"
<p>Here’s a brand-new single (listen on the <a contents="music" data-link-label="MUSIC" data-link-type="page" href="/music">music</a> page or wherever you prefer to stream music). It’s a song about a couple of kitties who snuck their way into my heart this past winter. </p>
<p>This is Brando (aka Chonk Dog):</p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/411101/96b4d85dc491dbad7b4e78db3927474dab0bf9aa/original/kitties-8-sm1.png/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.png" class="size_m justify_left border_none" alt="" /></p>
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<p>And his little brother Arnold (aka Arn Dog):</p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/411101/e087af765e1f37c40cfe6302af09fbad3feb51ac/original/kitties-7-sm2.png/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.png" class="size_m justify_left border_none" alt="" /></p>
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<p>(*Photos by Dean Drouillard)</p>
<p>“Our Dogs” wasn’t intended for public consumption, I was just messing around creating things as I do. But it seemed to make a connection with a few of my cat-loving friends so I decided to record it up and share. </p>
<p>The process was chill and organic. I rented a mic and recorded my part here in Windsor. Then transferred it up to Dean Drouillard and Adrian Lawyrshyn in Toronto in their respective studios to add in some texture and tension. For the finishing touch, my fav comedian Rachel K. Olsen, also a fine painter and cat lover, would bring the boys to life via the paintbrush. A fun and enjoyable creative venture from start to finish. </p>
<p>Here's the boys story… </p>
<p><em>Arn Dog, he barks like a dog <br>Chonk Dog, he eats like a dog <br>Ah they’re good kitties <br>Except when you go to sleep <br>And they start attacking your feet </em></p>
<p><em>Arn Dog, he’s a playing machine <br>Chonk Dog, he’s a digesting machine <br>Ah they’re good kitties <br>And they came… <br>They came from the street </em></p>
<p><em>It started with one <br>It turned into two <br>We went to see Brando <br>But Arnold was right there purring for you <br>They’re brothers from the street <br>A black and ginger team <br>Running up and down the stairs <br>As happy as two dogs can be </em></p>
<p><em>Arn Dog, he’s a lap dog <br>Chonk Dog, he’s my best bud <br>Ah they’re good kitties <br>Except when you go to sleep <br>And they start a clawing your feet</em></p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/411101/a1883526ef84f531ec52de4880fe4a60d9ad75fa/original/rko-dogs-jpg-sm.png/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.png" class="size_m justify_left border_none" alt="" /></p>
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<p>Words & Music by Ron Leary © 2022<br>Musicians: Ron Leary (vocals, acoustic), Dean Drouillard (electric), Adrian Lawryshyn (upright) <br>Mixed & Mastered by Dean Drouillard (Hepburn Lab) <br>Artwork by Rachel K. Olsen </p>
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RON LEARY
tag:ronleary.com,2005:Post/6921344
2022-03-13T19:45:44-04:00
2022-03-13T19:49:18-04:00
New Weekly Gig - Phog Lounge (Windsor)
<p>Weekly gigs are how I've survived as a professional musician these past two decades, here's my latest and I couldn't be more thrilled. Things fire up officially beginning Wednesday March 16th.</p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/411101/d57180115f6fb1246b4a4f6a27ddb0fbf6eab5bb/original/phog-wed-square1.png/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.png" class="size_m justify_left border_none" alt="" /></p>
RON LEARY
tag:ronleary.com,2005:Post/6916479
2022-03-07T22:16:44-05:00
2022-03-07T22:20:27-05:00
Toronto Show on St. Paddy's Day
<p>Sharing <strong><a contents="The Dakota Tavern" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.dakotatavern.ca/" style="" target="_blank">The Dakota Tavern</a></strong> stage with my good friend <span style="display: none;"> </span><strong><a contents="Old Kid" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://maisonneuvemusic.com/artist/old-kid/" target="_blank">Old Kid</a> </strong>and his band this St. Paddy's Day, Thursday March 17th. It's one of the finest sounding venues in Toronto and as such I'll be bringing out the full band to join me, in Dean Drouillard (guitar), Adrian Lawryshyn (upright) and Derek Impens (drums).</p>
<p>$10 Advance | $15 Door</p>
<p><a contents="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/old-kid-with-ron-leary-tickets-288690590327" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/old-kid-with-ron-leary-tickets-288690590327" style="" target="_blank">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/old-kid-with-ron-leary-tickets-288690590327</a></p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/411101/a3750582375a7516a6bf443e1b7dde2e11dfc05e/original/dakota-poster.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_left border_" /></p>
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RON LEARY
tag:ronleary.com,2005:Post/6838548
2021-12-12T16:10:33-05:00
2022-03-07T21:56:24-05:00
Peele Island Sessions (Spring 2022) - The Best of the Best
<p>Working up a plan to record a trio album with Dean Drouillard and Adrian Lawryshyn in the spring. We'll hit a cabin for a week on Peele Island and lock in a dozen or so tunes live-off-the-floor.</p>
<p>Here's the current list of tunes in the running, if there's a particular tune you think we should include please let me know in the comments. </p>
<p>Spotify Playlist of the tunes<br><a contents="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6fo6xdgDKQnUxtpga1XIlA?si=bce16a63ad8943ed" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6fo6xdgDKQnUxtpga1XIlA?si=bce16a63ad8943ed" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6fo6xdgDKQnUxtpga1XIlA?si=bce16a63ad8943ed</a></p>
<p>1. Long, Long Day <br>2. Communist Cafe <br>3. Baby I'm No Good <br>4. Your Eyes <br>5. Sweet Valentine <br>6. I Was Born <br>7. The Road in Between <br>8. Ballad of Bob Probert <br>9. Tattooed Lady <br>10. The New Girl Who's Causing A Stir <br>11. Hey, Hey! <br>12. The Ancient Seeds of Ojibway <br>13. For the Woman <br>14. Turn <br>15. Roadside Motel <br>16. Long Lost Love <br>17. You've Got It All Wrong <br>18. Musicians Make Great Construction Workers <br>19. Sitting On A Bench <br>20. Legacy</p>
RON LEARY
tag:ronleary.com,2005:Post/6778052
2021-10-16T12:40:13-04:00
2021-10-16T13:00:46-04:00
Notes From the Third Coast - Article
<p>Had the pleasure of sitting down (virtually) with <em><a contents="Notes From the Third Coast" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://notesfromthethirdcoast.com/" style="" target="_blank">Notes From the Third Coast</a></em> writer/creator <strong>Dennis Archambault</strong> to chat about border radio, Ontario music and missing Detroit.</p>
<p>Grab a read: </p>
<p><a contents="https://notesfromthethirdcoast.com/2021/10/15/where-the-coastline-narrows-culture-blurs/" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://notesfromthethirdcoast.com/2021/10/15/where-the-coastline-narrows-culture-blurs/" target="_blank">https://notesfromthethirdcoast.com/2021/10/15/where-the-coastline-narrows-culture-blurs/</a></p>
<p>Oh and hey, ima very excited to dust off the passport soon!</p>
<p><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://notesfromthethirdcoast.com/2021/10/15/where-the-coastline-narrows-culture-blurs/" target="_blank"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/411101/42667ca86afdb8e2efa62b33d2ab427f7bbfe9fd/original/notes-from-third-coast.png/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.png" class="size_l justify_left border_" /></a></p>
RON LEARY
tag:ronleary.com,2005:Post/6761613
2021-09-30T00:06:37-04:00
2021-10-16T14:35:16-04:00
CBC Radio Interview
<p>Here's an interview I did with CBC's Chris Ensing on the current state of affairs in regards to local live music.</p>
<p>Grab a listen:</p>
<p><a contents="https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-106-windsor-morning/clip/15866027-live-music" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-106-windsor-morning/clip/15866027-live-music" style="" target="_blank">https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-106-windsor-mor</a></p>
<p><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-106-windsor-morning/clip/15866027-live-music" target="_blank"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/411101/608d26a9c883c5b3b4d6c8341630c1c7d96c761e/original/cbc-local-wsr-4clr.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_left border_none" alt="" /></a></p>
RON LEARY
tag:ronleary.com,2005:Post/6761541
2021-09-29T22:45:28-04:00
2021-10-16T13:08:56-04:00
Picking Trilliums: The Next 50 (A Playlist)
<p>I'm well into the song hunting/assembling of the 3rd set of 50 tunes for the <strong>Songs about Ontario Playlist</strong><strong> </strong>which I've been working on over the past few months and well, I realized I never posted the 2nd set of 50 tunes, so here they are... </p>
<p>*This is an ongoing project so click Follow and stay tuned for the latest adds (if you're not on Spotify see the playlist below and follow along however you wish).</p>
<p>There's another 50 coming soon...</p>
<p><a contents="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5bvup4BogJ1Js4H7nDA0ct?si=4c6a3220820644c5" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5bvup4BogJ1Js4H7nDA0ct?si=4c6a3220820644c5" style="" target="_blank"><span style="color:#000000;">https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5bvup4BogJ1Js4H7nDA0ct?si=4c6a3220820644c5</span></a></p>
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<a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5bvup4BogJ1Js4H7nDA0ct?si=6e83df615b384e12" target="_blank"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/411101/3ac286c4aa2038dafd679dd869fc49f2a95c942c/original/canoe-lake-spring-1914-by-tom-thomson.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_left border_none" alt="" /></a><br><br> </h3>
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<h3>The Next 50</h3>
<p>51/ Stompin’ Tom Connors “To It And At It” </p>
<p>52/ Anna Massie “The Trip to Windsor” </p>
<p>53/ Lawrence Martin “James Bay Shuffle” </p>
<p>54/ Roger Quick “Ten Miles from Home” </p>
<p>55/ Ron Leary “Ancient Seeds of Ojibway” </p>
<p>56/ Castanets “Thunder Bay” </p>
<p>57/ Elliott Brood “Owen Sound” </p>
<p>58/ Caribou “Dundas, Ontario” </p>
<p>59/ Jackie Mittoo “Toronto Express” </p>
<p>60/ Jay Douglas “Reggae Lane” </p>
<p>61/ Stompin’ Tom Connors “Streets of Toronto” </p>
<p>62/ Kardinal Offishall “BaKardi Slang” </p>
<p>63/ Maestro “416/906 (T.O. Party Anthem)” </p>
<p>64/ Junia-T “4AM in Toronto (feat. Miloh Smith)” </p>
<p>65/ Richard Underhill “Meet Me in the Market” </p>
<p>66/ Dean Drouillard “Steeltown” </p>
<p>67/ Owen Pallett “The CN Tower Belongs To The Dead” </p>
<p>68/ Carolyn Mark “Canada Day Off/Toronto” </p>
<p>69/ Lillian Allen “My Toronto/Poetic Gesture” </p>
<p>70/ Jim Bryson “Sleeping In Toronto” </p>
<p>71/ Stompin’ Tom Conners “Tillsonburg” </p>
<p>72/ Wayne Omaha “Goin’ To London” </p>
<p>73/ Jenny Omnichord “Kings of London” </p>
<p>74/ Bobnoxious “E.O.A.” </p>
<p>75/ Steve Earle “Justice in Ontario” </p>
<p>76/ Bob Robb “Flower Pot” </p>
<p>77/ Esau Sinclair “Ontario Swing” </p>
<p>78/ Grievous Angels “Kapuskasing Highway Song” </p>
<p>79/ John Doe & The Sadies “The Sudbury Nickel” </p>
<p>80/ John Southworth “The Little Dolphins of Lake Superior” </p>
<p>81/ Stompin’ Tom Connors “Fire In The Mine” </p>
<p>82/ Ohbijou “Niagara” </p>
<p>83/ Death From Above 1979 “Trainwreck 1979” </p>
<p>84/ Sunlust “Doing Whippets in an Alleyway Behind the CN Tower” </p>
<p>85/ Jason Collett “Charlyn, Angel of Kensington” </p>
<p>86/ Kevin Quain “Market Song (Devil You Know)” </p>
<p>87/ Kevin Breit “Foster Hewitt” </p>
<p>88/ Downchild Blues Band “Mississippi Woman, Mississauga Man” </p>
<p>89/ Joey DeFrancesco “On Georgian Bay” </p>
<p>90/ Stan Rogers “White Squall” </p>
<p>91/ Stompin’ Tom Connors “Big Joe Mufferaw” </p>
<p>92/ The Kelly Song Collective “Petawawa Blues” </p>
<p>93/ Ian Bell “The Frog Bridge At Drumbo” </p>
<p>94/ Neil Young “Helpless – Live at Massey Hall 1971” </p>
<p>95/ The Guess Who “Lightfoot” </p>
<p>96/ Gordon Lightfoot “On Yonge Street” </p>
<p>97/ Truths and Rights “Metro’s No.1 Problem” </p>
<p>98/ Shad “Fam Jam (Fe Sum Immigrins)” </p>
<p>99/ Liza “LANDSDOWNE” </p>
<p>100/ Margaret Maria “Georgian Bay”</p>
RON LEARY
tag:ronleary.com,2005:Post/6726827
2021-08-25T12:52:51-04:00
2021-10-16T13:05:14-04:00
Model D's Explorer Series with Ron Leary - Border Town Blues
<p>For the past week I took over <strong><a contents="Model D" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.modeldmedia.com/" style="" target="_blank">Model D</a></strong>'s Instagram page and posted a series on Windsor's live original music scene and then as a wrap the great Detroit songwriter and journalist <strong><a contents="Mike Galbraith" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.mikegalbraith.net/" target="_blank">Mike Galbraith</a> </strong>did a piece on it called <strong>"Border Town Blues: Exploring the Windsor Music Scene and Missing Detroit With Ron Leary." </strong></p>
<p>Give it a read:</p>
<p><a contents="https://www.modeldmedia.com/features/Ron-Leary-explorer-series.aspx" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.modeldmedia.com/features/Ron-Leary-explorer-series.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.modeldmedia.com/features/Ron-Leary-explorer-series.aspx</a></p>
<p><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.modeldmedia.com/features/Ron-Leary-explorer-series.aspx" target="_blank"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/411101/c1ee4bdd93608307f35ef827dc989aafdc6a4557/original/model-d-ron-leary-story.png/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsImxhcmdlIl1d.png" class="size_l justify_left border_none" alt="" /></a></p>
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RON LEARY
tag:ronleary.com,2005:Post/6686845
2021-07-13T17:37:41-04:00
2021-10-16T13:06:09-04:00
Picking Trilliums: Songs about Ontario (A Playlist)
<p>I've started up a new research project...mining songs that situate themselves within the Ontario territory.</p>
<p>This will be an ongoing project for the foreseeable future so click follow and stay tuned (if you're not on Spotify see the playlist below and follow along however you wish).</p>
<p>There's another 50 coming soon...</p>
<p><a contents="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5bvup4BogJ1Js4H7nDA0ct?si=4c6a3220820644c5" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5bvup4BogJ1Js4H7nDA0ct?si=4c6a3220820644c5" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5bvup4BogJ1Js4H7nDA0ct?si=4c6a3220820644c5</a></p>
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<p><strong>The First 50</strong></p>
<p>1/ Stompin Tom Conners “Sudbury Saturday Night”</p>
<p>2/ Pukka Orchestra “Cherry Beach Express”</p>
<p>3/ Grievous Angels “Heartbreak Town”</p>
<p>4/ Willie Dunn “Charlie Wenjack</p>
<p>5/ Roger Quick “Southern Ontario Farm Boy</p>
<p>6/ Jean Leloup “Balada A Toronto”</p>
<p>7/ Allison Brown “Invisible Line”</p>
<p>8/ Jim Bryson “Ontario”</p>
<p>9/ Sarah Harmer “Escarpment Blues”</p>
<p>10/ Ron Leary “The Road in Between”</p>
<p>11/ Stompin Tom Connors “The Peterborough Postman”</p>
<p>12/ The Stephen Stanley Band “The Troubadour’s Song”</p>
<p>13/ Martha and the Muffins “Echo Beach”</p>
<p>14/ The Shuffle Demons “Spadina Bus”</p>
<p>15/ Lenny Breau “Taranta”</p>
<p>16/ K-OS “Crabbuckitt</p>
<p>17/ Georges Langford “Thunder Bay”</p>
<p>18/ Murray McLauchlan “Down By The Henry Moore”</p>
<p>19/ Run With the Kittens “Parkdale”</p>
<p>20/ Lilly Singh & Humble the Poet “Ivivi” </p>
<p>21/ Stompin Tom Connors “Algoma Central No. 69”</p>
<p>22/ Neil Young “Born in Ontario</p>
<p>23/ The Tragically Hip “Bobycaygeon”</p>
<p>24/ James O-L and the Villains “Wild Goose Jack”</p>
<p>25/ Sunparlour Players “Point Pelee Is The Place To Be!”</p>
<p>26/ Allison Brown “Currents Collide”</p>
<p>27/ Gord Downie “The North”</p>
<p>28/ Shibastik “Thunder Bay”</p>
<p>29/ Corey Charron “Smoking Crack With Rob Ford”</p>
<p>30/ Tanika Charles “Parkdale”</p>
<p>31/ Stompin Tom Connors “Black Donnelly’s Massacre”</p>
<p>32/ Kyp Harness “Ipperwash”</p>
<p>33/ Neil Young “Ambulance Blues”</p>
<p>34/ Ron Sexmith “West Gwillimbury”</p>
<p>35/ Erika Werry “Ode To Ron”</p>
<p>36/ Rheostatics “Claire”</p>
<p>37/ Pat Maloney “Bruce County Power Trip”</p>
<p>38/ The Hidden Cameras “Mississauga Goddam”</p>
<p>39/ Grievous Angels “D Miner Reel”</p>
<p>40/ Emerson Woodcock “Jimmy Whelan”</p>
<p>41/ Stompin Tom Connors “Horseshoe Hotel Song – Live”</p>
<p>42/ Digging Roots “Hwy 17”</p>
<p>43/ Drake “Weston Road Flows”</p>
<p>44/ The Spy’s “Machine Shop”</p>
<p>45/ PUP “DVP”</p>
<p>46/ Dave Russell & the Precious Stones “Deep Talk in Shallow Water”</p>
<p>47/ Corin Raymond “Riding West on Dundas”</p>
<p>48/ Sarah Harmer “St. Peter’s Bay”</p>
<p>49/ Wade Hemsworth “The Blackfly Song”</p>
<p>50/ Gord Downie “The Lake”</p>
RON LEARY
tag:ronleary.com,2005:Post/6636019
2021-05-20T23:00:02-04:00
2021-05-20T23:08:22-04:00
I Was Born (Official Video)
<p>The lead off track from <em>Tobacco Fields</em> got the video treatment.</p>
<p>It was inspired by the classic City TV show <em>Night Drive</em> and features one of Canada's largest infrastructure developments of the past decade the Herb Gray Parkway right down here in the deep the south.</p>
<p><iframe class="justify_inline" data-video-type="youtube" data-video-id="OzQjppURm5g" data-video-thumb-url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/OzQjppURm5g/mqdefault.jpg" type="text/html" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/OzQjppURm5g?rel=0&wmode=transparent&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" height="315" width="560" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe></p>
<p>"I Was Born" <em>Tobacco Fields</em> (2017)</p>
<p>Ron Leary - vocals, acoustic guitar<br>Dean Drouillard - electric guitar<br>Adrian Lawryshyn - upright bass<br>Adam Warner - drums<br>Tara Watts - vocals<br><br>Produced by Andy Magoffin (House of Miracles)</p>
<p>Listen to the album here: <a contents="https://ronleary.com/music" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://ronleary.com/music">https://ronleary.com/music</a></p>
RON LEARY
tag:ronleary.com,2005:Post/6627887
2021-05-11T19:29:50-04:00
2021-05-11T19:30:46-04:00
Bridging the Social Distance - An Interview w/ Jenny Mitchell on Guelph's CFRU 93.3 FM
<p>Grab a listen, here's an interview with Guelph's <a contents="artist-in-residence" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://guelph.ca/living/arts-and-culture/special-projects/airprogram/2020-artist-in-residence-jenny-mitchell/" target="_blank">artist-in-residence</a> <strong>Jenny Mitchell</strong> (<a contents="Bird City" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://birdcity.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Bird City</a>) on <a contents="CFRU 93.3 FM" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.cfru.ca/" target="_blank">CFRU 93.3 FM</a>.</p>
<p>We cover lots of ground over the hour... Windsor-Detroit, my hometown, touring Canada (and the US), creating art during the pandemic, <a contents="Stompin' Tom Connors" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSHnwiUn9Xw" target="_blank">Stompin' Tom Connors</a>, being an independent musician in the 21st century, the pandemic album I made with <a contents="Dean Drouillard" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.deandrouillard.com/" target="_blank">Dean Drouillard</a>, Northern Ontario, van life, digital impermanence, and heck a whole bunch more.</p>
<p>Listen <a contents="here" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.cfru.ca/?s=Bridging%20The%20Social%20Distance&posttype_search=mcm_recording" target="_blank">here</a> (May 11th, 2021):</p>
<p><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.cfru.ca/?s=Bridging%20The%20Social%20Distance&posttype_search=mcm_recording" target="_blank"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/411101/f1a2fb000b2cb2ba8afc76f60a1ca01735f638fb/original/cfru-logo.png/!!/b:W10=.png" class="size_l justify_left border_" /></a></p>
RON LEARY
tag:ronleary.com,2005:Post/6591508
2021-04-01T20:11:18-04:00
2021-04-01T22:58:49-04:00
The Great Canadian Outdoor House Concert Series - Booking Now!
<p>This summer I'm going to be exclusively playing outdoors and possibly in your backyard!</p>
<p>There will be shows in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario. A number of dates are already booked but there's still quality dates available. </p>
<p>If you'd be interested in hosting a show please do send a message along.</p>
<p><a contents="https://ronleary.com/contact" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://ronleary.com/contact">https://ronleary.com/contact</a></p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/411101/f48f193920f780fabf550f066f5115361f0b81d6/original/chris-jost-poster-summer-2021-final.png/!!/b:W10=.png" class="size_l justify_left border_" /></p>
RON LEARY
tag:ronleary.com,2005:Post/6587644
2021-03-28T22:56:27-04:00
2022-03-02T02:46:01-05:00
YouTube - One Song at A Time (Weekly Series)
<p>I've started adding songs to my <a contents="YouTube channel" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5jM_a_BnTwDYQ-0oLUFp5g" target="_blank">YouTube channel</a>.</p>
<p>There'll be hits, misses, unreleased and ones written for others. This past week's tune was "Lies," a song I wrote and recorded for my debut <em>theroadinbetween</em> (but it wouldn't make the cut).</p>
<p>Subscribe to keep posted on the latest.</p>
<p><iframe class="justify_inline" data-video-type="youtube" data-video-id="0wDWXF88L9I" data-video-thumb-url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/0wDWXF88L9I/mqdefault.jpg" type="text/html" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0wDWXF88L9I?rel=0&wmode=transparent&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" height="360" width="640" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe></p>
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RON LEARY
tag:ronleary.com,2005:Post/6457743
2020-10-17T01:15:55-04:00
2020-10-17T01:16:57-04:00
LiUNA! & Bluesfest Windsor Presents... Ron Leary & Dean Drouillard
<p>New live video with my good bud <a contents="Dean Drouillard" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.deandrouillard.com/" target="_blank">Dean Drouillard</a>, thanks to <a contents="Bluesfest Windsor" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.bluesfestwindsor.com/" style="" target="_blank">Bluesfest Windsor</a> and <a contents="LiUNA 625" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.liuna625.ca/" style="" target="_blank">LiUNA! 625</a>.</p>
<p># Power to the people!</p>
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<p><em>Singer songwriter, folklorist Ron Leary’s smokey, rye-soaked voice is legendary throughout our region. Whether his songs touch on politics of the day, the downtrodden, romance or joy, he’ll raise your spirits and leave you wilfully optimistic. Don’t miss this special Porch Party featuring Ron Leary with special guest and longtime sidekick, musician, composer Dean Drouillard from Toronto.</em></p>
<p><em>It's a special tribute to the region's healthcare and mental health professionals protecting our community during COVID. </em></p>
<p><iframe class="justify_inline" data-video-type="youtube" data-video-id="tXr02gY9VCM" data-video-thumb-url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/tXr02gY9VCM/mqdefault.jpg" type="text/html" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tXr02gY9VCM?rel=0&wmode=transparent&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" height="360" width="640" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe></p>
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RON LEARY
tag:ronleary.com,2005:Post/6441505
2020-09-23T22:25:08-04:00
2020-09-23T22:26:02-04:00
Ron Leary and Kelly Hoppe At Phog - by Troublight Films
<p>Here's a 4-song session shot and edited by Garth Jackson at <a contents="Troublelight Films" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://vimeo.com/troublelightfilms" target="_blank">Troublelight Films</a> with <a contents="James O-L" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://jamesolandthevillains.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">James O-L</a> doing the audio.</p>
<p>Set list:</p>
<p>Sweet Valentine<br>I Was Born<br>Legacy<br>Pick It Up</p>
<p><iframe class="justify_inline" data-video-type="vimeo" data-video-id="459387826" data-video-thumb-url="https://i.vimeocdn.com/video/959973954_295x166.jpg" type="text/html" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/459387826" frameborder="0" height="360" width="640"></iframe></p>
<p>Taped live at Phog Lounge (Windsor, ON) Sept 6, 2020</p>
RON LEARY
tag:ronleary.com,2005:Post/6357240
2020-06-17T22:58:44-04:00
2020-06-18T23:26:13-04:00
The Making of "As Long As I Don't Think About the Future"
<p>June 6, 2020 </p>
<p>On March 14 2020, Ron Leary and Dean Drouillard played to a small but engaged crowd, tightly packed around the stage at Phog Lounge in Windsor, Ontario. The energy in the room was electric. Though they had performed together hundreds of times, it had been years since they took the stage as a duo. The next day the city, country and world began shutting its doors. Everyone locked themselves in their homes and consumed the news as the COVID-19 pandemic changed life as we knew it. </p>
<p>Twenty-five years earlier, when Leary was a music student at the University of Windsor, the two met at The Coach & Horses, a downtown dive where Drouillard hosted a popular weekly open-mic night. The chance encounter led to a decades-long friendship, several albums and countless shows together. </p>
<p>Barely into the shock of the lockdown, on March 25th Leary emailed Drouillard a phone memo recording of a song called “Bled to the Bone,” a song he’d written the previous night. It was a poignant and revealing folk song about the struggles that come with working hard to eke out a living as a performing musician – Leary and Drouillard’s vocation up until COVID-19 hit. With no end date on the government-mandated isolation and all but essential businesses closed indefinitely, the lyrics strike an understandably heavy tone. The song is a reluctant surrender to the powers that can make living as an artist an unbearable challenge. “Bled to the Bone” would be the first in a series of reactive, emotional vignettes that Leary sent to Drouillard periodically over the locked-down spring of 2020. </p>
<p> “Frontline” arrived in Drouillard’s mailbox a week later. In it Leary expresses the need to appreciate the sacrifices medical practitioners make for the health and well-being of the public on a regular basis, but especially in the midst of the pandemic that was raging. He also praises and sympathizes with the low-wage essential workers for their service – for putting themselves and their families at risk. Drouillard responded to the honesty and urgency in the song and inspired further fleshed out the tune by adding instrumentation and contributing to its atmosphere. </p>
<p>Leary continued experimenting further in new pieces - translating his solitary experience into words. He laments the loss of normalcy and social contact in “Feelin’ It Tonight,” and catches up with a past romance in “First Love.” But in “Deserted Streets,” any previously unspoken creative boundaries were blown wide open. Ron’s spoken word delivery brings the listener on an eerie walk through the empty streets of Windsor – a ritual for Leary that had suddenly become utterly alien. The piece reflects on the absence of people and traffic, particularly in what was an already struggling downtown. Drouillard contributes abstract percussion while Windsor’s electronic inventor Mike Beauchamp layers atonal drones from synthesizers and his renowned musical invention, the Therevox. </p>
<p>No plan had ever been discussed for these recordings. They were simply an outlet for Leary and Drouillard to exercise creativity and to ease the ennui of being stuck at home without paying work or hope thereof in the foreseeable future. But after the first few pieces were completed, they realized they were onto something exciting and necessary. They would make an album. </p>
<p>Their modus operandi was to create from instinct and emotion, be in-the-moment, and not get hung up on rough edges or blemishes since each piece was meant to reflect the raw experience of life in uncertain and unprecedented times. </p>
<p>They mainly kept the project as a duo, but it was graced with a couple of special guests. Aside from Beauchamp, haunting harmonica was contributed to the biting, one-chord “Curating Death” by Kelly “Mr. Chill” Hoppe. The Windsor music veteran, who has toured the world with Big Sugar and spent countless nights on stage with Leary, also recorded his part into his phone. </p>
<p>“Table 17” and “As Long As I Don’t Think” further explore spoken word and sound design. The album concludes with a chorus of banged pots and pans – a nightly celebration that began in March and still continues in Drouillard’s Toronto neighbourhood to show support for the frontline workers. </p>
<p><em>As Long As I Ain’t Thinking About the Future</em> has an inherently low-fi sound for an album, largely due to the media (iPhone, 4-track cassette) it was recorded to. But the practice of making this record flows naturally from the way Leary and Drouillard created recorded music together in the 90s when Ron would pass along cassettes of his original songs for Dean to add additional instrumentation, each welcoming the other to share their artistic choices. </p>
<p><em>As Long As I Ain’t Thinking About the Future</em> is a paramount creation in a still maturing partnership.</p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>* Listen to the album on</strong> <a contents="Bandcamp" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://ronlearydeandrouillard.bandcamp.com/album/as-long-as-i-aint-thinking-about-the-future" target="_blank"><strong>Bandcamp</strong></a></span></p>
<p>- Post written by Dean Drouillard, with input from Steven Palmer and Ron Leary.</p>
<p>- Photo by Kenneth Mills (Phog Lounge, Windsor, ON, March 14 2020)</p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/411101/05010aadc33e2e63fb7f2b810b5e1f41751304da/original/rondeanphogspr8a.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_left border_" /></p>
RON LEARY
tag:ronleary.com,2005:Post/5961935
2019-11-18T12:18:28-05:00
2020-02-25T02:33:38-05:00
Ghost Artist Screens in St. John's
<p><a contents="Ghost Artist" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.ghostartistfilm.com/" style="" target="_blank"><strong><em>Ghost Artist</em></strong></a> the documentary film by Steven Palmer is off to play the <a contents="MUN Cinema Series" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.mun.ca/cinema/" target="_blank">MUN Cinema Series</a> in St. John's, NL after successful runs at <a contents="WIFF" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://windsorfilmfestival.com/movies/ghost-artist/" target="_blank">WIFF</a> and <a contents="FIN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://program.finfestival.ca/Guide/8fb8f5f8-ff8e-44be-ac66-61d985463a16/Ghost-Artist" target="_blank">FIN</a>. It also features music from Tobacco Fields, hello!</p>
<p><em>When a revolutionary film about medicine and the body is rediscovered after 50 years in an archival vault, it leads to its uncredited maker, Robert Cordier, still working in Paris at 82. Beyond making 20,000 faint at the Montreal world’s fair, Cordier’s 1967 movie was inspired by an unsung career of collaborations with such legendary figures as James Baldwin, Andy Warhol, Allen Ginsberg, Jean Genet and Salvador Dalí. As Cordier helps to revive the original film, the great storyteller unmasks the film as a remarkable avant-garde creation for the masses, a strategic cross-over with spectacular results.</em></p>
<p><iframe class="justify_inline" data-video-type="vimeo" data-video-id="301863009" data-video-thumb-url="https://i.vimeocdn.com/video/740559640_640.jpg" type="text/html" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/301863009" frameborder="0" height="180" width="320"></iframe></p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/411101/addf0953a468696e35ddc06132a6bae976ebaa44/original/poster-65-uai-516x764.png/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsInNtYWxsIl1d.png" class="size_s justify_left border_" /></p>
RON LEARY
tag:ronleary.com,2005:Post/5961877
2019-11-15T13:53:56-05:00
2019-11-15T13:53:56-05:00
Producer Notes: Musicians Make Great Construction Workers
<p>Producer Johnny West wrote a piece on the making of the new record "Musicians Makes Great Construction Workers" (which you can stream below). If you're interested in how the album came about and how it was made, this says it better than I could ever.</p>
<p>Give it a read.</p>
<p><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://johnnywestmusic.wordpress.com/discography/sexy-extra-curricular-activity/ron-leary-musicians-make-great-construction-workers-2020/" style="" target="_blank"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/411101/2849d30098dc600ddafaba8b96e45b041ecc60da/original/dressing-to-undress.png/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.png" class="size_m justify_left border_" /></a></p>
RON LEARY
tag:ronleary.com,2005:Post/5958274
2019-11-12T17:38:31-05:00
2019-11-14T23:54:07-05:00
Forwards & Backwards: The Wards of Windsor Music Project
<p>Here's the song I contributed to the <a contents="Forwards &amp; Backwards: The Wards of Windsor" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.wardsofwindsor.com/" style="" target="_blank">Forwards & Backwards: The Wards of Windsor</a> compilation that just came out. Joining on the track are Kenneth MacLeod (mandolin), Marion MacLeod (accordian) and Derek Impens (bass & percussion).</p>
<p>The project's been getting lots of media attention locally and the Album Release Show will surely be a time.</p>
<p><strong>Mackenzie Hall - Nov 30, 2019 </strong>(two shows, 4 & 8 pm)</p>
<p><a contents="Details and Buy Tickets" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/forwards-and-backwards-the-wards-of-windsor-music-project-evening-show-tickets-79133417181" style="" target="_blank">Details and Buy Tickets</a></p>
<p>In the Press:</p>
<p><a contents="CBC" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/wards-of-windsor-music-project-1.5349534" style="" target="_blank">CBC</a></p>
<p><a contents="CTV" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://windsor.ctvnews.ca/10-windsor-artists-combine-for-wards-of-windsor-compilation-album-1.4683851" style="" target="_blank">CTV</a></p>
<p>Ron Leary - "The Ancient Seeds of Ojibway" (Ward One)</p>
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RON LEARY