The Wooden Sky is the sound of collective will; a group of individuals coming together to forge something bigger. With a new record and new friends to help them play it, the Wooden Sky are poised to push “folk rock” into something new, exciting, and earnest. And they're aiming to spread their 'don't call it alt-country' sounds across Canada by touring through central Canada on their way to performing at the Vancouver Olympics in February. And really, I dare to to listen to the immensely addictive and satisfying single "Oh My God (It Still Means A Lot To Me)" without humming the refrain for the remainder of the day.
After a VERY successful 2009 that included the release of the critically acclaimed If I Don't Come Home, You'll Know I'm Gone, a cross-Canada Bedrooms and Backstreets alternative spaces tour, a North American tour with Elliott Brood, and 'A Documentary in Pieces', a series of short films documenting their aforementioned B&B tour, the band has no intention of letting up in 2010. Their latest release topped numerous 'best of 2009' lists, which will hopefully keep them warm as the trek across the snowy terrain of the North. The tour starts January 22nd in Kingston at the Grad Club, heads out east, and then cuts all the way Nationwide and wraps up at the Olympic Village in Vancouver on February 25th.
Tour Dates:
Jan 22 - Kingston, ON @ The Grad Club
Jan 23 - Montreal, QC @ Il Motore
Jan 26 - Charlottetown, PEI @ Baba's Lounge
Jan 27 - Halifax, NS @ Company House (In The Dead Of Winter Festival)
Jan 28 - St. John, NB @ Blue Olive
Jan 29 - Fredericton, NB @ The Capital w/Sleepless Nights
Jan 30 - Sackville, NB @ George's Roadhouse w/Sleepless Nights
Feb 4 - London, ON @ Fanshawe (Matinee)
Feb 5 - London, ON @ Fanshawe (Evening)
Feb 9 - Winnipeg, MB @ WECC w/The RAA
Feb 10 - Saskatoon, SK @ Amigos w/The RAA
Feb 12 - Calgary, AB @ Broken City w/The RAA
Feb 13 - Edmonton, AB @ The Pawn Shop w/The RAA
Feb 14 - Edmonton, AB @ The Pawn Shop w/The RAA
Feb 17 - Fernie, BC @ The Grande Central
Feb 18 - Canmore, AB @ Communitea Café
Feb 20 - Rossland, BC @ Old Fire Hall
Feb 21 - Mission, BC @ S&P's
Feb 24 - Seattle, WA @ High Dive
Feb 25 - Vancouver, BC @ Olympic Village (Ontario Pavilion)