Sue and Dwight - April 2010 News

Hi Everyone
 
Spring is definitely in the air!
 
So here’s the GIG NEWS for April if you happen to be in the Toronto area…

Every Saturday - Matinee at The Cameron House - 3:30-5:30pm - 408 Queen Street West
We want lots of bums in the seats this month…well, not bums in the hobo sense of the word, but you know what I mean! 
 
And, for those of you who used to like to straddle ours and The Cameron Family Singers show at 6pm, here’s some great news. They will be back for three Saturdays this month…April 3, 10, and 17. Oh, and according to a fiddle playing source in the band, Kevin Quain will be joining them. Yahoo, just like old times!

Other News…
 
~ RADIO AIRPLAY: I continue to listen to and scour the playlists from folks stations in Canada and the U.S. where we’ve sent our new CD and get a huge thrill each time one of our songs is played.
 
A couple of weeks ago I was listening to a show online (’Detours’ from Ohio) and heard  ‘One Song’ followed immediately by a Pete Seeger tune. Wow, that was cool. So, now I’m telling everyone that we’ve opened for him
 
‘Gulu’ received it’s first airplay this month on a show called Music Of The People in Massachusetts.
 
March 8th was International Women’s Day and March was Women’s History Month in the U.S. ‘Marching’ (our tribute to women) received airplay on some folk radio shows including Folk Oasis in Vancouver and Grass Roots Revival in Colorado Springs.
 
We happened to be listening to the Sunday Coffee House from Bellville the other night and were pretty excited to hear two of our songs played in a row.
 
 
~ BUSKING: I’ve been a busking machine…still loving it. Even after a little incident the other day where a ‘yout’ tried to loot my coinage. My stern “DO NOT DO THAT, I WILL CALL THE COPS” must have caught him off guard and he dashed off without the spoils, but it did remind me one has to be on guard at all times.
 
I think what’s making busking even more fun this year is the variety of folks I’ve been playing with…me and me, me and Dwight, me and Kim Cole, me and Shelley Coopersmith…each combo is a unique experience. Kim and I do a killer version of Gillian Welch’s ‘Orphan Girl’ and Shelley has introduced me to the high-brow music world with ‘Pachabel’s Canon’.
 
~ SHAMELESS PLUG ALERT…our CDs are both available for sale on-line at http://www.sueanddwight.com/ and/or download at CDBaby www.cdbaby.com/Artist/SueAndDwight and iTunes.
 
We hope to see you out at The Cameron House this month….and, if I may impose on you to please spread the word among any friends who you think might enjoy our music
 
Thanks and Happy Spring!
 
Sue (and Dwight)