Celebrity birthdays for Oct. 25-31 Oct 22, 2009
Drummer Peter Timmins of Cowboy Junkies is 44. Actress Joely Fisher ("Ellen") is 42. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Daily TV guide Aug 1, 2009
9) Ryan Adams, Martin Sexton, Cowboy Junkies. Downeast Ceilidh 8 p.m. WUMB-FM (91. (Boston Globe)
Hitting a higher note Jul 15, 2009
Last season s acts included Ben Folds, a shared bill by Sondre Lerche and Brandi Carlile, and the Cowboy Junkies ... For instance, The Cowboy Junkies were confirmed about a month before they were set to perform ... The Cowboy Junkies had attendance of about 1,200 and the show featuring both Sondre Lerche and Brandi Carlile drew about 1,800 patrons. (Louisville Business First, KY)
Shows of the week Jul 15, 2009
Canada's Cowboy Junkies broke through in America with 1988's "The Trinity Sessions," with melancholy cover versions of the Velvet Underground's "Sweet Jane" and Hank Williams' "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry." Since then, the group, fronted by singer Margo Timmins, has build a following by coloring its sound with folk, blues, rock and jazz ... Son Volt is spotlighting its new CD, "American Central Dust," while the Cowboy Junkies may be road-testing some songs from an album that they are working on.... (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Great Northern Remind Me Where the ... Jun 25, 2009
"When we started writing songs," Stolte writes on , "we had just come off a year and a half of touring and didn't really know what was next. Almost immediately it was like the emotional flood gates opened. We would listen to stuff and be like 'Wow! So that's how we've been feeling about that. The resulting songs, while sounding equally detached and intimate, detail life in the late 2000 s.As a whole, Remind Me Where the Light Is makes the perfect soundtrack to a night of heartache. New Tricks... (Suite101.com)
Upcoming arts events in Northwestern Pennsylvania Jun 21, 2009
The Cowboy Junkies perform, tonight, 7 p.m., Mercyhurst College's Mary D'Angelo Performing Arts Center. Cost: $25-$35. (Erie Times-News, PA)
Weekend Events Jun 19, 2009
Cowboy Junkies to play at Mercyhurst. The Cowboy Junkies perform, Sunday, 7 p.m., Mercyhurst College's Mary D'Angelo Performing Arts Center. (Erie Times-News, PA)
Celebrity birthdays for the week of June 21-27 Jun 18, 2009
Bassist Alan Anton of Cowboy Junkies is 50. Actress Tracy Pollan is 49. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Links to other featured weather-related tunes Jun 17, 2009
by Cowboy Junkies 1/23/08. by the Temptations 1/16/08. (USA Today -- Weather)
Neil Young, 2,000 Guitars, Cirque du Soleil Pack Toronto Luminato Festival Jun 5, 2009
Young will also be celebrated June 10 by musicians ranging from former Barenaked Ladies frontman to Carole Pope, Bill Frisell and the Cowboy Junkies in a tribute to his historic 1971 concert in Torontos Massey Hall. Authors including Booker Prize-winning novelist Margaret Atwood and Ann-Marie MacDonald will host Gothic Toronto, a discussion of the citys macabre writing history. (Bloomberg -- Canada)
Songsmith Eaglesmith May 9, 2009
His songs could be assigned to several genres - alt country, rock, folk, Americana - and often have the imaginative pull and resonance of short stories, such as "Carmelita," a song covered by the Cowboy Junkies, about farm workers in Southern Ontario. "Tinderbox," one of his Juno-nominated releases, sprang from a single line in the title track that evoked an entire character. (Juneau Empire)
Fusionworks moves south Apr 3, 2009
Fusionworks dancer-turned-choreographer Karen Swiatocha presents Yoked, set to the music of Barry Black and the Cowboy Junkies. The movement includes sequences of five women leaning, catching, holding onto one another. (Westerly Sun, RI)
