Posterchild’s Maple Faerie
When I first started investigating options for album art, I contacted one of my favourite Toronto “street artists” (I put this in quotations because the term “street artist” is ambiguous, sometimes pretentious, and oft misused), Posterchild. We exchanged emails back and forth for a while; the many delays the album process underwent and the business of both our lives made communication a bit slow. Much has changed since then: at the time, I was playing with the idea of calling the album In Flight, but it is now entitled Sticker Collection and the album art has gone in a very different direction.
However, Posterchild did a piece/installation inspired by what I sent him anyhow. I was, and continue to be, thrilled and also quite moved that my music was the inspiration for such beauty. I ended up incorporating what he did into the album art (which is a digital collage and is also very exciting!).
Collaboration between artists of different inclinations and disciplines is important, I believe, not just for the creations that result but also for dialogue, experimentation, and furthering our own artistic pursuits. It touches me deeply when I am able to be a part of this sort of collaboration.
Plus it’s pretty freaking cool.
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Live on Rogers TV
I’m back in Owen Sound and it’s a bit of a whirlwind, but let’s update:
Appearing on Rogers TV Cable 53
For those of you in Grey-Bruce, you can catch me with Robin Pradham (owner of the Rocky Raccoon, fantastic chef, and all around great guy) live on Rogers at 11 am tomorrow (Friday February 27th). The show runs from 11-12. I’ll be performing a few tunes and Robin will be cooking.
Owen Sound Shows
Tickets are going fast for the show I’m doing at Robin’s Rocky Raccoon as well as for the house concert the night before. Information about both events can be found here.
These shows will be recorded, and is the first appearance of the new configuration of the Renegade Company (with old favourites and new delights).
Interviews
I finished an interview for the Sun Times this morning, and will be doing a Local Artist Profile at Bayshore Broadcasting this afternoon. I’ll provide more information/links as they come, but keep your eyes and ears out for those as well (the Sun Times story should be in the paper tomorrow, Saturday at the latest).
And the site is still coming…
A fabulous new site is on it’s way. It’ll be better lookin’, smarter, and easier to get along with.
Yes, you can RSS blog posts and/or gigs with the current site.
And yes, you can join the (as of yet unpromoted and largely unknown, but functional) Lauren Best and the Renegade Company facebook group.
And yes, please do join the mailing list if you still like to receive emails and haven’t entirely moved on to spacebooks and rssessessess and whatnot.
A Parting Thought
I saw a concert at the Rivoli on Tuesday night that was inspiring and moving, mind-blowing and soul-stirring and soup-making and bone-shaking. We already knew we loved the Undesirables and even had previously had a taste of some of the Toronto poets which were featured. But what I didn’t really have a grasp of was C.R. Avery. Please go listen to him right now. Right now. And remember his name, and go see him if you ever have the chance.
