My compliments to the NL Folk Arts Society for pulling out an amazing festival, in spite of moving indoors to Mile One Center due to wind and rain. It was a fantastic weekend…many magical moments. Workshops were brilliant and my set with The Dardanelles was so much fun! Pretty cool to bring The Ship to Mile One! This weekend I’m off to the Woody Point Writers Festival with The Dards…we’re performing both Friday and Saturday night. My first time at this wonderful festival, really looking forward to it. You can also catch me on Thursday night with several other wonderful musicians as we help launch Pam Morgan’s book of piano music for Newfoundland ballads. Check out all the details here!

I don’t think I’ve missed one yet! This weekend is the Newfoundland & Labrador Folk Festival at Bannerman Park in St. John’s. The lineup is pretty amazing and I’m thrilled to be part of it, both solo and with The Dardanelles. The Dards’ set is second last on Saturday night, and I’ll be doing a traditional song workshop on Sunday morning. Click here for full schedule. It’s a weekend of amazing music and great friends – can’t wait!

Well I’m back home after a fantastic weekend with The Dardanelles at Vancouver Folk Festival. Only a few days rest before the Feile Seamus Creagh in St. John’s this weekend. This is a festival of traditional music from Newfoundland and Ireland. The lineup this year is pretty amazing – some world-class players visiting from all over and I’m delighted to be part of it. Allan (my brother) and I are performing at the Friday concert in St. John’s and the Saturday concert in Renews. I’m also playing with The Dardanelles at the Grand Finale Concert on Sunday at Gower Street United Church (St. John’s). Click here for the full schedule!

Played some great Newfoundland festivals this weekend – Eastport and Carbonear were a blast, thanks to all who came out! I’m heading to the Vancouver Folk Festival this week with The Dardanelles….pretty pumped to be playing one of the biggest Canadian festivals! Our concerts and workshops can be found here. But before that, we’re stopping in Toronto on Wednesday night for another show at The Dakota. This time we’re sharing the bill with good friends Duane Andrews & Dwayne Cote. They’ll be hitting the stage at 7:00, and we’ll carry on from there. If you’re in or around Toronto, come have a time with us!

Had a brilliant weekend at StanFest in Canso, NS. What a wonderful festival! So many great performances, but I was particularly blown away by The Spring Standards…they were my discovery of the weekend. Awesome voices, awesome songs. More summer shows and festivals this weekend. I’m doing the Beaches Accordion Festival in Eastport this Friday with Aaron Collis and Emilia Bartellas. Then on to Carbonear on Saturday for the First Annual Celtic Roots Folk Festival. Then back home to St. John’s on Sunday to do a set for the Best Buy Grand Opening Festival (click here for the poster). There’s nothing better than summer festivals in Newfoundland. If you’re at any of these, please come say hello!

After a relaxing June, I’m ready to get back at it! Very excited to be performing at the Stan Rogers Folk Festival in Canso, NS next weekend – my first StanFest appearance. If all I’ve heard about this festival is true, it should be a pretty awesome weekend. My good friends Ennis and Ron Hynes are also part of the Newfoundland contingent. In fact, we’re all doing a workshop together on Sunday afternoon. If you’re there, please come say hello!

Hello friends, and welcome to my new website. It is the work of WaterstreetGM (Terry Sutton) - a brilliant web designer and photographer, and a dear friend of mine. My sincerest thanks to him for turning my little slice of internet into a much nicer place. Have a look around, and be sure to come by often! The summer is upon us and I’m playing some exciting festivals – solo and with The Dardanelles – so I’ll post details within the coming days.