How Canadian can you get? Ontario singer-songwriter Danny Michel has set a July 1 release date for his new album, Sunset Sea and announced extensive summer Canadian tour dates.
The Canada Day release, which was co-produced by Michel and Grammy-nominated producer Mark Stockert, was written "all over the place," but mainly in Belize, Michel said in a press release. The disc contains elements of the global environment it was written in, with "horses hooves galloping at the perfect tempo, kitchen stools scraping on wooden floors, bells, banjos, lapsteel, accordion, clarinet, kalimba, trumpet, reggae reverb and even gangs of internet-commissioned 'heys!' from fans," says the release. Fellow Canuck singer-songwriter Sarah Harmer contributes guest vocals to one track on the album, "Binary Star."
Sunset Sea, Michel's eighth studio disc, will be released independently and in digital and physical (CD and LP) formats. The album, which follows up 2008's Feather, Fur & Fin, can be ordered here.
Michel's summer touring plans find him playing lots of fests throughout Canada during the summer months. Check out a complete itinerary below.
Tour dates:
6/29 Halifax, NS - The Company House
7/2-7/5 Canso, NS - Stan Rogers Folk Festival
7/10-7/11 Sudbury, ON - Northern Lights Festival
7/28 Toronto, ON - Art of Time Ensemble
7/29 Ottawa, ON - Art of Time Ensemble
8/14 Guelph, ON - Riverside Park Amphitheatre
8/20-8/22 Owen Sound, ON - Summerfolk Festival
8/28 Meaford, ON - Irish Mountain Music
9/11 Winnipeg, MB - West End Cultural Centre
9/15 Duncan, BC - Duncan Garage Showroom
9/16 Courtenay, BC - Joe's Garage
9/17 Victoria, BC - Hermann's Jazz Club
9/18 Vancouver, BC - The Biltmore
9/22 Canmore, AB - Communitea Café
9/23 Alberta - TBA
9/24 St. Albert, AB - Arden Theatre Brenda
9/25 Calgary AB - TBA
9/26 Lethbridge, AB -g- Geomatic Attic
10/6-10/7 Waterloo, ON - Starlight Club
10/8-10/9 London, ON - London Music Club
10/11 Saskatoon, SK - TBA
10/12 Prince Albert, SK - TBA
10/14 St. Catherines, ON - Brock Centre for the Arts
10/15-10/16 Toronto, ON - Glenn Gould Theatre
10/20 Guelph, ON - Dublin Street Church
10/21 Peterborough, ON - Gordon Best Theatre
10/22 Kingston, ON - Chalmers United Church
10/23-10/24 Wakefield, QC - The Blacksheep Inn
11/13 Bayfield, ON - Bayfield Town Hall
The Canada Day release, which was co-produced by Michel and Grammy-nominated producer Mark Stockert, was written "all over the place," but mainly in Belize, Michel said in a press release. The disc contains elements of the global environment it was written in, with "horses hooves galloping at the perfect tempo, kitchen stools scraping on wooden floors, bells, banjos, lapsteel, accordion, clarinet, kalimba, trumpet, reggae reverb and even gangs of internet-commissioned 'heys!' from fans," says the release. Fellow Canuck singer-songwriter Sarah Harmer contributes guest vocals to one track on the album, "Binary Star."
Sunset Sea, Michel's eighth studio disc, will be released independently and in digital and physical (CD and LP) formats. The album, which follows up 2008's Feather, Fur & Fin, can be ordered here.
Michel's summer touring plans find him playing lots of fests throughout Canada during the summer months. Check out a complete itinerary below.
Tour dates:
6/29 Halifax, NS - The Company House
7/2-7/5 Canso, NS - Stan Rogers Folk Festival
7/10-7/11 Sudbury, ON - Northern Lights Festival
7/28 Toronto, ON - Art of Time Ensemble
7/29 Ottawa, ON - Art of Time Ensemble
8/14 Guelph, ON - Riverside Park Amphitheatre
8/20-8/22 Owen Sound, ON - Summerfolk Festival
8/28 Meaford, ON - Irish Mountain Music
9/11 Winnipeg, MB - West End Cultural Centre
9/15 Duncan, BC - Duncan Garage Showroom
9/16 Courtenay, BC - Joe's Garage
9/17 Victoria, BC - Hermann's Jazz Club
9/18 Vancouver, BC - The Biltmore
9/22 Canmore, AB - Communitea Café
9/23 Alberta - TBA
9/24 St. Albert, AB - Arden Theatre Brenda
9/25 Calgary AB - TBA
9/26 Lethbridge, AB -g- Geomatic Attic
10/6-10/7 Waterloo, ON - Starlight Club
10/8-10/9 London, ON - London Music Club
10/11 Saskatoon, SK - TBA
10/12 Prince Albert, SK - TBA
10/14 St. Catherines, ON - Brock Centre for the Arts
10/15-10/16 Toronto, ON - Glenn Gould Theatre
10/20 Guelph, ON - Dublin Street Church
10/21 Peterborough, ON - Gordon Best Theatre
10/22 Kingston, ON - Chalmers United Church
10/23-10/24 Wakefield, QC - The Blacksheep Inn
11/13 Bayfield, ON - Bayfield Town Hall