Programma Ufficiale!

Behold! The ever-amorphous Programma Ufficiale (tm).

There are still dates to be confirmed in Berlin, Verona, and Bologna. And of course there will be surprise concerts along the way which the internet may never find out about. But for the moment, this is the plan:

Jan 17 - Nightscapes, MAASTRICHT (nl)

Jan 24 - Vintage Emde, KOLN (de)

Jan 31 - Anti-tapas, BRUSSELS (be)

Feb 4 - Stop TTIP, BRUSSELS (be)

Feb 4 - Cipiace, BRUSSELS (be)

Feb 10 - Reinhardt Tempel, LEIPZIG (de)

Feb 15 - Canoe Concert, BERLIN (de)

Feb 16 - Ostpol, DRESDEN (de)

Feb 18 - The Early Bird, INNSBRUCK (at)

Feb 19 - Baciccia, PIACENZA (it)

Fe 20 - Riff Disco Live, LODI (it)

Feb 22 - Stremiz, FAEDIS (it)

Feb 23 - Dar Piulle, LIVORNO (it)

Feb 24 - la Cité, FIRENZE (it)

Feb 25 - Prima Hangar, PESARO (it)

Feb 27 - Bar Perla Verde, SAVIGNANO SUL PANARO (it)

Feb 28 - Arci Chinaski, MANTOVA (it)

March 1 - Casa di Paolo, MARSEILLE (fr)

March 3 - Le Pop-In, PARIS (fr)

March 5 - Muziekanenhuis Tini, GENT (be)

March 8 - Salle Dublin, BRUSSELS (be)

We're really excited to be hitting the road with new songs AND lots of 'official bootleg' copies of Postcards AND a very limited stack of Wild Life Sketches booklet/CDs that were previously unavailable in Europe. Check back here for updates and links to facebook events as they come online.

And PS... if you're reading this from Canada we've got BIG news. There is a coast-to-coast tour in the works for march/april 2015 and Erik is coming, too :)

See you soon!

POSTCARDS from Ontario!!

THE Cougars in America POSTCARDS from ONtario tour starts in 1 week!
As of April 24, Erik Schoepen joins me lapsteel & mandolin.
AND this is your chance to get POSTCARDs with my album.

See you:

April 17 - The Phog Lounge, Windsor
April 18 - THe Jam Factory, Toronto
April 19 - Location TBA, somewhere in Goderich!
April 20 - Nithology, outside Waterloo
April 24 - Guelph Community Music Living Room Concerts, Guelph
April 25 - The Grad Club, London
April 26 - Jazzmyn's, Owen Sound
April 27 - The Arlington Hotel, Maynooth
May 1 - Mugshots, Ottawa
May 2 - The Victory Tavern, Timmins
May 3 - Tyler and Britney's Wedding!, Terrace Bay
May 4 - Serendipity Gardens, Rossport
May 7 - The Apollo, Thunder Bay
May 8 - le Bijou, Kenora

POSTCARDS is ON-line

Written over the course of a year-long road trip across Canada and recorded in a cabin in overlooking Dyer's Bay on the Bruce Peninsula, POSTCARDS is Cougars in America's 2nd full-length album now available online and sold as a series of postcards with download codes at all up-coming concerts. Each song is a picture of a moment on this trip. Special thanks to Patrick Lima for providing the cabin, to Erik Schoepen for giving the sweet sounds of his dobro, lapsteel, mandolin, resonator and electric guitars to all of these songs, and to the countless souls who offered a bed, a meal, a smile, a song, a story or a slice of cheesecake that gave me the courage to keep going. Buy it online and send me your address to get one delivered to your mailbox!