Alberta. We will miss you. Jamie and I have been on tour since May 1st. We started in Calgary and are slowly making our way to the West Coast of BC. Here I am standing at Horseshoe Canyon with Kurt Weiland who joined us for some of the tour, and will return again to bless us with his many talents.

Jamie and I looking out at the Badlands, where the vast prairies suddenly fall away into huge canyons and wild rock formations called Hoodoos. It is a magical place and it's rugged beauty inspired a few songs in us!

Music in Goa

It was a busy winter in Goa. So many wonderful collaborations with musicians from around the world. Everything from Rock, country, pop to Indian Trance fusion, some great Russian blues, and psychedelic Nepali bass lines, heartfelt original songs from Austrailia and the Uk... I wish I was better with the photos and videos, but we were very much in the moment in arambol this winter. Photographer Petro Honcharenko took some sweet shots of playing at my favorite banyan tree, I'll post them to the gallery and see if we can round up any video from the season...

Photo: Petro Honcharenko

Rio, Samaya, Sahara Jane, Kamila in France "Live What You Love"

Ahh..memories of France with Kamila and the Rio Samaya Band!! Rio wrote this song inspired by a whale painted on the wall of the cliff in Arambol.. remember anyone? It said "Live what you love!" I get all nostalgic whenever they sing this song. We sure missed them in Goa this winter, and the whale swam off too... but the song remains!

Coming West!

Slow Train video

This is our whole band from last fall! Jamie and I are looking forward to our West Coast Canada tour in May!!!  The dates are up in the Calendar!

The End of the September Tour

We have finished our Eastern Canada tour and it was truly wonderful. Jamie and I loved playing together and are already planning a spring tour for BC in May! Yay!!

Thanks to everyone who hosted us, played with us and spent time with us. It is like being home again to be on the road playing folk music with you all. And thanks to my sister Ariana Nasr and my brother in law Andy Flinn for recording this album and for all your support!

Carrying Salmon Upriver in Bowmanville and canoe sailing around the Thousand Islands...

So aside from our wonderful visits with friends and the sweet shows on this tour, there were some things I would love to share...

One inspiring moment was a walk down by the river with our friends Aubrey and Koren and family, where they took us to see the salmon run in Bowmanville... The community raised a ton of money to build a new fish ladder so the salmon and trout could make it up the river to spawn. But the fish ran early and the water was too low and they could not make it over the dam, so the community HAND LIFTED them up!!! In hip waders, rain or shine, volunteers have now lifted more than 5000 fish over the dam!

Click here for some good pics!

Another beautiful experience was Canoe sailing around the Thousand Islands with my friend Hilary Calnan. She and her husband Joe run Rivercraft - they build the boats and they are both trained guides who take people out for days at a time, camping and sailing... this pic isn't us, but it gives you an idea. SO much fun!!!

Well, we are about halfway through our Eastern Canada tour. Between playing shows and reconnecting with friends along the way, we have had little time to give updates!

This is my first tour with Jamie Loughead from Old Barns, NS. And what an amazing band mate, tour partner and friend! Everyone who has heard Jamie's bass playing and harmony vocals are raving!

Our shows in New Brunswick were so wonderful, we made new friends in Sackville and reconnected in Fredericton with our wonderful community there. Thank you so much for hosting us and for your support! Montreal always makes me so happy, I love to play at L'Absynthe on St. Denis! We celebrated Jamie's 30th birthday after that! Too much fun!

Just to add to the festivities, our dear friends in Bowmanville made him chocolate cake for breakfast after we played at the lovely and delicious Bistro 238 in Courtice, ON.

Freetimes Cafe in Toronto is one of may favorite places, and much love to the Wonderful people who came out to be part of the show there! It is good to be back in this city where I have learned so much!

So Kingston is our next stop on wednesday, and we are so looking forward to it. I haven't played in the area since playing at Blue Skies with Kamila some years ago now... It is a town dear to my heart!