thepriddleconcern

Illuminaqua Festival & Bell Border Jam

thepriddleconcern — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:49:35 -0000

we'll be playing the illuminaqua festival with ron sexsmith on friday august 22. admission is free and it all takes place at merritt park in welland, on. this festival is a little different in the sense that concert is set on a floating stage and pods of fire will be illuminating the old welland canal. for more information and directions, click here.

we are also playing bell border jam in my hometown of sault ste. marie on sunday august 17 at 3pm. Get more info and directions here.

cheers
bp

THE KENTUCKY HILL MUSIC FESTIVAL THIS SATURDAY AUGUST 2

thepriddleconcern — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:03:48 -0000

this is year two of the fabulously unofficial kentucky hill music festival. last year's fest (then called "the concert for rosie") was an enormous success and featured the debut of the priddle concern and a blistering closing set by the legendary don vail (yes i play in don vail, so i can say whatever i want about them). this year's version features numerous acts, mostly from dunnville and hamilton, with the priddle concern and don vail again topping the bill. i'm happy to say efforts to make this year's KHMF an official, above-board event have failed, and it remains a "party" with bands and no admission--just a "donation" of ten dollars. food and drinks will be for sale.

this is an awesome chance to go to a small scale and extremely non-corporate outdoor festival in a beautiful setting. camping is encouraged. swimming is nearby. this remains the gig i look forward too all year, and is worth the "donation" if only for the ridiculously eclectic set of underrehearsed covers that will be don vail's encore. you know when people sarcastically ask for skynrd? well... enough said.

i'll be around there all day, please say hi

you can get directions to the festival here and RSVP on Facebook.

bp

Priddle Concern Show

thepriddleconcern — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:33:11 -0000

i have been asked by phil klygo to close his weewerk presents show on saturday july 26th at the silver dollar.

the line-up is:

charlotte cornfield 9:15
h-burns 10:15
krista hartman 11:15
the priddle concern 12:15

doors at 9, tickets $8 at the door

i also just taped a radio show for iceberg 85, where i play ten of my favourite canadian songs. it should air in july or august on iceberg 85 on sirius.

cheers

bp

The Priddle Concern EPK

thepriddleconcern — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 04:57:55 -0000

NXNE Sirius CBC Radio 3 Live To Air Concert

thepriddleconcern — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 04:47:07 -0000

We're playing The Reverb (651 Queen Street West, Toronto, ON) on Friday June 13 as part of the NXNE Festival and this concert will also be broadcast live on the Sirius Satellite Radio across North America.

If you do not live in Toronto or can't make it out to see the show, tune into SIRIUS CBC Radio3 (channel 94) as of 9pm when we kick off the broadcast!

Additional performances by Great Lake Swimmers @ 10:00 p.m, Laura Barrett @ 11:00 p.m, The Meligrove Band @ 12:00 a.m and Justin Rutledge at 1:00 a.m.

new album & instore peformance

thepriddleconcern — Thu, 08 May 2008 03:41:00 -0000

my record was just released. it's been a long time coming. some of the songs were written as early as 1996, but most of them in 2003 or 2004. recording them was done by early 2006. i suppose in a lot of ways this is the record i've been wanting to make my whole life. i guess that's putting a lot of pressure on these poor songs, but i think they just may be up to the task.

If you'd like to sample the record, I've set up a page here where you can stream all the tracks in their entirety. just vist www.thepriddleconcern.com

on saturday may 10th i'll play a handful of songs at Soundscapes, located at 572 college street, probably my favourite record store in toronto. that starts at 5pm.

if inclined you can buy my latest album from any of these fine online establishments:
Sparks Music Store • iTunes • MapleMusic • Zunior • GalleryAC • CD Baby • Amazon.ca

the priddle concern @ The Drake Hotel

thepriddleconcern — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:54:06 -0000

the priddle concern will play elvis monday april 21 underground at the drake hotel. also on the bill the always amazing don vail (full disclosure, i play in don vail, 75% of don vail play in my band).

i've known william new since he was doing elvis mondays at the 1150 club which was, as it turns out, is the very same venue (underground at the drake hotel). this was the early 90's and my old band was trying to get an elvis monday gig, so we were checking it out. i was very intimidated. it was before dave bookman and brendan canning from hhead started championing our band. i couldn't have felt less cool. there was a skinny baby-face kid tending bar. he looked more scared than me, tentative and awkward and avoiding eye contact. i liked him immediately. after twenty minutes or so he walked on the stage and started singing in a huge nick cave meets jim morrison voice. we left that night with a vague promise from derek from grasshopper to "hook us up" with a gig (never happened--everyone wanted a gig with grasshopper back then).

we later played an elvis monday at the el mocambo. we covered "albuquerque" by neil young and after the show william told me we butchered it. some weeks later he apologized to me for the remark, but i told him it didn't bother me. it's true, sometimes being in a band--and this was especially true for us then in our somewhat critics darling phase--all you get is people telling you how great you sound. you know they're not always telling the truth so you appreciate it when someone speaks their mind.

so come check it out april 21. and please stay for the always spellbinding don vail.

bp

Updates to playlist: the priddle concern

thepriddleconcern — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 21:19:24 -0000

Hold Me On Tight by The Priddle Concern

thepriddleconcern — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:57:47 -0000

Faucet Dripping by The Priddle Concern

thepriddleconcern — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:57:47 -0000