Jim Bryson

2009-06-26T15:30:00.003-04:00

Canada Day and Me:

I will be in Newfoundland this Canada Day; but across the land, lots of folks will be "Singing for their Songs".

A little bird told me Stuart McLean will be singing a few bars of Firewatch during this show.

Here are some Details:

The second annual Sing For Your Song Canada Day special

– CBC Radio One. Join Amanda Putz and Grant Lawrence from 4 to 6 p.m. local times (4:30-6:30 p.m. NL).

Listeners and CBC personalities across the country phoned into our voicemail to request their favourite Canadian songs to sing along to. The trick is: they had to sing their requests. We'll hear CBC Radio 2 Tempo host Julie Nesrallah's stunning Joni Mitchell rendition, Vinyl Cafe's Stuart McLean singing Jim Bryson, Kathleen Petty and Don Newman doing Four Strong Winds... together, as well as various listeners singing for Joel Plaskett, Sarah McLachlan, and more! Grant Lawrence also released the Radio 3 podcast version on June 26th!

To download a file of the show for your own purposes, please click here:

http://radio3.cbc.ca/blogs/2009/06/Podcast-211---Sing-For-Your-Song-All-Reque

Halifax'n:

It is my ONLY show of the summer and I got's myself a trio to do it.

Tuesday July 7th at the Company House in Halifax I will be playing a show with Benn Ross on Drums and Lucas Pearce on the basso. Tanys Davis will open and it looks to be grand low key affair.

Facebook Event Page

Company House Myspace Page

That is the words, birds, recording news coming soon early summer birds,

jim,

2009-06-09T20:19:00.002-04:00

Hey All:

A little talky talk / singy sing piece from the National Post

Enjoy and greeting from the left coast,

jim,

2009-06-05T09:27:00.002-04:00

Oh Canada Volume 1:

What better way to say "come on summer" than with a fine Canadian compilation from a fine UK blog.

Lots of Kelp fun on this one: Oh Canada Volume 1

Happy Friday friends,

jim,

2009-06-03T16:13:00.002-04:00

Hi All:

Here I be in Lewiston, NY with family in tow having a lovely week. Playing the Art Park amphitheatre all week with the Kingston 5.

What is that you ask, "hey Jim, do a show in Halifax"?

OK I will. How about July 7th at the Company House in North Halifax?

Details? Slow down now, those will be coming.

Other news? Planning some mid summer recordings so that I can see how the new songs are sticking when I throw them against a wall.

That is all for now, enjoy your day wherever you may roam,

jim,

Happy Monday

2009-05-18T19:43:00.000-04:00

Bea says happy Victoria Day and we will all be coming home this week for a little rest!!

A little tired and almost over a cold and ready for a drink on the porch with the bugs

Thanks again Kelp family for a awesome birthday show way back then.

Over, rovers,

jim,

New York

2009-05-08T18:49:00.001-04:00

Hi Friends:

In New York and the weather is great and we are right by Central Park and oh my what else?

Going to see the family again next week, which will be great great great.

Happy Mother's Day all,

jim,

Sent to my dear friend the Internet from my iPhone

2009-05-01T02:42:00.013-04:00

Thank you to everyone for such a warm and amazing Kelp 15 kick-off!!!

What an amazing family to have!!!

jim,

2009-04-23T11:32:00.008-04:00

Kelp 15 Weekend / "Live From The First Baptist Church"

From the desk of Kelp Records

Hi all. Here are some details on the Acorn / Jim Bryson / Anders Parker show next Thursday and also the rest of the KELP 15 celebrations.

Hope to see you all out as we launch the Live at the First Baptist Church live disc,

Stream it now in its entirety on the Kelp Records site.

THURSDAY APRIL 30

9pm
Mayfair Theatre (1074 Bank)
The Acorn
Jim Bryson
Anders Parker

advance tickets available at Compact Music, Sounds Unlikely, End Hits and Vertigo, or through ticketweb.ca and kelprecords.com/kelp15.

Jim is returning for the night from his new day role as the keyboarding fellow for The Tragically Hip to play a Duotastic show with Jake Bryce.

- Download the full KELP 15 comp for free and get ticket info here; and, feel free to send the

Facebook invite to your friends...

KELP 15's other shows!

FRIDAY MAY 1

6pm
Kelp 15 Art Show
WIP Gallery (73 Preston @ Elm)
Piet Masone
Andrew Vincent (solo)

9pm
Elmdale Tavern (1084 Wellington)
Camp Radio
Andrew Vincent
Andy Swan
Micarza Camaro

1am
Raw Sugar (692 Somerset)
DJ Geoff Brown + special guests

SATURDAY MAY 2

12pm
Steve Vardy Pulled Pork Party!
Carleton Tavern (223 Armstrong)
w/ Chris Page
Yellow Jacket Avenger
Centretown Cripplers

9pm
Gluepot Pub (340 Queen)
Nutsak (members of The American Devices)
The Flaps
Flecton Big Sky
Rhume

Weekend passes are $15, good for entry to Friday and Saturday night events (please note that Thursday Acorn/Bryson/AP tickets are sold separately and not included in the weekend pass; day shows and art show are free).

Jim Bryson Live at the First Baptist Church gets Official Street Release!!!

In Feburary 2008 Jim returned home from heavy touring to play a memorable show with Baby Eagle at the historical First Baptist Church. The show's live audio was run by Ken Stone, and was recorded to digitalness by Jarrett Bartlett, and turned out fantastic. So much so, that we decided it should become a proper release.

"Live at the First Baptist Church" is an enjoyable ride through the Bryson songbook, and a must for the "serious fan" (ie. those that relish his bouts of between-song banter-itis...heh).
Featuring artwork from Rob Hinchley, the CD package looks pretty dang sharp too. Download Jim's live version of "All the Fallen Leaves" at http://www.kelprecords.com/downloads/jimbryson_fallenleaves.mp3 to hear what I am talking about.

The album will be in stores on Tuesday April 28th, but you can preorder your copy direct from kelprecords.com for only a discounted $13 this week and we will send along the MP3s immediately so you can start enjoying it before the CD makes it to your mailbox.

It will also be availble in the digital world format on iTunes.

2009-03-20T12:26:00.001-04:00

Hi Spring:

Thanks to the surf.skate.art.love blog for this photo,

jim,

2009-03-10T18:14:00.004-04:00

Hey All:

Thanks so much for coming out to the GCTC.

Sorry it was so warm there!

Sorry also the show started a bit late. As a man on early morning baby-duty, I understand.

I very much appreciate it and so does the lovelies at the Folk Festival.

Here is something from I Can't Fly (thanks flecton): Enjoy!!!

2009-03-03T18:36:00.004-05:00

GCTC Final Call Out / Live CD Forecast:

Hi friends, this is a last shout out about the GCTC show coming up this Friday. less than 30 tickets remain for the show.

Sunday March 8th, 7pm
Ottawa Folk Festival Acoustic Waves Series Presents
Jim Bryson w/ Meredith Luce
Tickets for this Acoustic Waves concert are available in person at the GCTC box office - 1233 Wellington St. West at Holland - or by phone at 613-236-5196.

Live at the First Baptist Church CD:

We are in a fair-weathered mood and feeling 60-40 that we will have pre-"official" release copies of the live CD "Live at The First Baptist Church" to sell at this show.

A proper Kelp Records / iTunes launch of the CD will occur in a few weeks.

Rob Hinchley's limited edition etching, titled "A Tall Tree, A Small Tree" will be for sale at the show.

The run of 25 hand-made etchings also serve as the CD's cover art. They are selling for $175.00 un-framed.

That is the word friends, really looking forward to this show!!!

jim,

2009-02-28T16:53:00.003-05:00

CBC Canada Live Tomorrow at Black Sheep:

Hi all, a quick note that I will be part of a CBC Canada Live Taping at the Black Sheep Inn tomorrow as part of their Lucky Songs Series.

It is also a way of saying hi five to the Black Sheep in for their 15th anniversary.

Jeremy Gara, Lucie Idlout and Sarah Hallman are also are part of the show.

Come out for some afternoon Stout and heckle your way on to the CBC.

Show is at 4pm and is Kid friendly,

jim,

2009-02-25T10:06:00.002-05:00

GCTC and ME!

Hi all, time to get cracking on getting you all in the know about my next big home show.

This is what it is all about:

1. It is part of the Ottawa Folk Festivals Acoustic Waves Series.

2. Meredith Luce is opening.

3. Fingers Crossed, I WILL have the Live CD "Live From The First Baptist Church" for sale.

Check here and Kelp Records for the details on this limited CD / iTunes release.
Also, Rob Hinchley has printed limited edition etchings of the cover art.
These will be on sale both at the show and through the Kelp /Bryson web-worlds.

4. I will be performing in some form sans band, hence the Acoustic Waves title of the series. Still working on the exact version of me you will see.

5. Here is the listing:

The Ottawa Folk Festival and the GCTC present An Acoustic Waves Concert !

Jim Bryson
S/G Meredith Luce
Sunday, March 8, starting at 8 p.m.
Irving Greenberg Theatre Centre, (1233 Wellington Street, at Holland).

*Tickets are $20, and are on sale now only through the GCTC Box Office in person at 1233 Wellington Street at Holland, or by phone at 613-236-5196; seating is reserved, so purchase early for best selection.
**Some tickets remain, but going fast.

Sherbrooke on me Own:

This Friday I am headed on down the road to Sherbrooke to play in the wonderful Granada Theatre in support of my friends Jake and the Leprechauns.
They are releasing their second record "A long Dash (Followed by Ten Seconds of Silence) " and it is a real Dandy.

Jake and the Leprechauns w/ Jim Bryson
Friday February 27th.
Theatre Granada
Sherbrooke, QC.

That is the world friends, enjoy your day,

jim,

2009-02-11T23:09:00.002-05:00

As the Family Sleeps:

All is quiet (touch wood) here in Toronto tonight. Lisa and Bea made the foggy drive down the 401 and we are together now until Saturday.

Just reading the Camp Radio Blog And getting a tad envious of all the recording Chris is getting done.

On the travel front, here is a condensed version of our tour thus far: left Canada / got hassled at the border for a while / played in a haunted theatre in Kent / found a "love toilet" in Cincinnati / drove through a lake effect blizzard / watched the Superbowl in Pittsburgh / had an amazing time in Chicago / welcomed Gord Tough aboard and came home to Canada.

To be continued....

Night, night friends, Twitter on!!!

jim,

2009-02-03T19:40:00.002-05:00

Love Toilet # 2

Here we are hand in hand,

Today we find ourselves in a whiteout 45cm snowstorm in Indiana.

Good night to stay home and watch movies,

jim,

2009-02-03T08:17:00.001-05:00

Photo of the Day:

The "Love Toilet" was found in Ohio yesterday in our dressing room.

I think it is amazing.

Off to Indiana today.

Over rovers,

jim,

2009-01-27T11:43:00.002-05:00

Leaving in a Passenger Van:

Heading out for a bunch of shows with Kathleen Thursday.

Superbowl day off with Tom Brown in Pittsburgh is the plan for this week.

It is going to be very hard though, as I have never been away from Beatrice for more than a day thus far.

I also bought a sofa, looks good eh?

That is my news, oh, these two shows too!!!

February 27th
Granada Theatre
Sherbrooke, Qc.
guest of Jake and the Leprechauns

March 8th
Ottawa Folk Festival Acoutic Waves Series
GCTC / Irving Greenberg Theatre
Ottawa, Ontario.
S/G Meredith Luce
Tickets you ask? Get them HERE

Twitter Bug:

I live in the Twitter world, I am JimBryson. Imagine that. I is now the way I get my news too,

Happy winter, it is so beautiful out there, quit your complaining and get out in it,

jim,

2009-01-01T11:20:00.002-05:00

Into the 2009 We Go:

I wrote an eight-hundred word explanation of my year in passing but stopped shy of hitting send for some reason.

Too many ding dang things to say and not really any good ways of saying it.

So in preference, I now look away from the reverse and into “the future” and mention a few things that I would like to do and maybe even should do next year.

Here are some:

1. Stay close to home whenever I can.
2. Record some songs both in places familiar and new and with people familiar and new.
3. Fold my sweaters regularly.
5. Learn something new. I might actually try to build a shed. I even own a saw that can help carve my way.
6. Get things done.
7. Read more books and less web pages .
8. Get a hobby that does not involve a Macintosh Laptop.
9. Return calls quicker.
10. Go someplace new.

It was a very tough year for some of our friends and some of our family and many of you are thrilled to bits to see that boat anchor of a year finally be gone.
To you and yours and friends and everyone, here is hoping that 09 is a little lighter to carry around.
Over, rovers,

jim,

2008-12-31T17:52:00.001-05:00

Bye Bye 2008:

Ok, enough already, bye bye 2008.

Open up all the doors and get ready to sing out the old and call in the new,

j,

2008-12-29T09:35:00.003-05:00

Greetings from the Living Room:

Hi all. Hope the ho ho holidays are treating you all amazing. Whether you are at home, at the Post Office or wondering if the bus will ever show up.

I got one of those iPhone thingies and while everyone has told me Shazam is the ultimate application, I found a 4 track recording application.

I made up a silly ditty just to try it out, you can hear Bea's swing seat cranking away in the background.

Have a listen and a laugh: Phone it In

In other worlds, I have lots coming up in the new year with Kathleen and otherwise. Check back in for lots of information.

Manotickin':

I am playing a small show in Manotick on January 10th. Very limited seating and a fundraiser for the Green Party put together by Lori Gadzala. E-mail me if you are looking for more info on it folks.

Well, that is the word from here today.

Have a great NYE whatever life finds you doing,

jim,

2008-12-20T23:31:00.002-05:00

Oh what a Season:

Hi hello hey.

Sitting watching the fire in the fringes tonight.

It is too late to be up for the new dad, so I will write the proper seasonal writings next time.

But for now, the very best to you and yours from all of us at the .org (pager, team kelp, jim, lisa and bea).

Later I will have the finest of stories for you, but for one line updates: Twitter

Night night,

jim,

2008-12-04T22:34:00.004-05:00

CBC Radio Morning:

Hi all, late note to leet you know I will be playing a couple of new songs and chatting on the CBC Radio 1 program Ottawa Morning. I am on after 8am.

Black Sheep Update:

Just a quick note that Saturday's show is SOLD OUT.

Tickets remain for The Sunday matinee,

Thanks all, see you this weekend,

jim,

PS: Watch THIS at work tomorrow.

2008-12-01T13:05:00.002-05:00

Show Show:

I got to say, I am very excited for the Blacksheep shows this coming weekend.

We have been working on new songs and I am pretty excited to finally play them for folks.

Paul Symes tells me it is year 9 so that is what I am telling the world it is.

As for me, I got some big plans for this weekend:

Plan 1: Self-imposed banter restriction
Plan 2: last call at the Cafe (Saturday)
Plan3: Bringing Bea for the Sunday show.
Plan 4: Remember the words to a couple of old songs.

See you there, there are still some tickets available for the Sunday Matinee show,

jim,

2008-11-19T23:30:00.002-05:00

Too Late is What Used to be Early:

That is what I am thinking as I sit here with the house cleaned and shut down for the night. Just me and Dolly still up.

I found that painting up yonder in the basement when I moved out here. I guess an aunt of my mother painted it and I had it hanging in the basement where I record, but have given it time now over the mantle the last two days. I love it, the others here? Well, they tolerate it. So it shall stay for a pinch anyway.

I would not have thought that so early would seem so late so soon, but ther it be. I am thrilled to be here like this. Not much happens out here anyway. When I stayed up reading and e-mailering in the the city, I could watch people stumble and yell at each other and look out the second story window at 3am. Out here, well, not so much. Big step out is to organize recyling. I I love it strangely in ways and in ways it is driving me batty. See which hand calls the others bluff.

I am really looking forward to these two Blacksheep shows we are doing. I have been working on songs on my own and have not played anything outside of here except for two songs in a hotel room at 1am three weeks back. I sent out the songs yesterday to the gents so they could become somewhat familiar to the tales of talking trees and laughing leaves and drinking clumsy cottagers. Our Jeremy is in Iceland, so he will come to one rehearsal, but we will try out some of these this Sunday as some of you eat greasy food and watch 3 down football in a dangerous dome stadium that once lost a piece the size of a rail car. Recently maybe that even happened.

Well, that is my Wednesday, sleep well wherever you may be,

jim,

2008-11-13T12:52:00.003-05:00

Black Sheep Inn and Live Recordings:

Baby Papa life is really amazing and life at home is a real treat right now for me.

The 9th Annual Black Sheep Holiday shows are fast approaching and tickets are selling, so Sir Paul Symes says get 'em now.

Here is the info on it:
Jim Bryson's 9th Annual Blacksheep Inn shows.
Saturday Dec. 6th w/ Tusks (Samir Khan of Kepler)
Sunday Dec. 7th Matinee w/ Tanya Davis
$15 advance.
Get 'em at www.ticketweb.ca and possibly Compact Music.

One final note. Me and Da Kelp Records are working on having the live recordings from the 1st Baptist Church be available for the show.
This CD and Download "show only" limited run release is a 15 song set and offers lots of show favourites and a dash of rarely heard songs thrown in for good measure.
And worry not people, we have removed most of the banter ;)

That is the word, winter birds,