Canada & Europe Tour
July 7 -8 Mariposa Festival Orillia, Ontario
July 12 RBC Ottawa Bluesfest Barney Danson Theatre Ottawa, Ontario
July 14 The Heartwood Restaurant, Combermere, Ontario
July 29 Fishery Wharf Cafe Boxmoor Hemel Hempstead
EASTERN CANADA TOUR 2017:
Sept 7th Osprey Arts Centre, Shelburne, NS Tickets & Info
Sept 8th Evergreen Theatre, Margaretsville, NS Tickets & Info
Sept 9 Harbourfront Theatre, Summerside, PEI Tickets & Info
Sept 10th Carleton North Theatre, Florenceville-Bristol, NB Tickets & Info
Sept 13th Lawrence O’Brien Arts Centre, Happy Valley-Goose Bay, NL Tickets & Info
Sept 14th The Carleton, Halifax Tickets
Sept 15th deCoste Centre, Pictou, NS Tickets & Info
Sept 16th Mermaid Imperial Performing Arts Centre, Windsor, NS Tickets & Info
Sept 17th King’s Theatre, Annapolis Royal, NS Tickets & Info
NB. As of 14th August we have had to cancel our French tour due to a serious family illness. We hope you understand and look forward to seeing you all again soon.
EASTERN CANADA TOUR 2017:
Sept 7th Osprey Arts Centre, Shelburne, NS Tickets & Info
Sept 8th Evergreen Theatre, Margaretsville, NS Tickets & Info
Sept 9 Harbourfront Theatre, Summerside, PEI Tickets & Info
Sept 10th Carleton North Theatre, Florenceville-Bristol, NB Tickets & Info
Sept 13th Lawrence O’Brien Arts Centre, Happy Valley-Goose Bay, NL Tickets & Info
Sept 15th deCoste Centre, Pictou, NS Tickets & Info
Sept 16th Mermaid Imperial Performing Arts Centre, Windsor, NS Tickets & Info
Sept 17th King’s Theatre, Annapolis Royal, NS Tickets & Info
AUSTRALIA TOUR 2017:
Sept 24th Wave Rock Weekender, Hyden Western Aus Tickets & Info
Nov 3rd Upper Lansdowne Memorial Hall, Upper Lansdowne, NSW, Aus Tickets & Info
Nov 4th Patonga Blues, Patonga NSW, Aus Tickets & Info
Nov 5th Oddfellows HOT CLUB, Kempsey, NSW, Aus Tickets & Info Tickets & Info
Nov 11th and 12th Bendigo Blues & Roots, Bendigo, VIC, Aus Tickets & Info
Nov 17th The Old Museum, Brisbane, QLD Tickets & Info
Nov 24th – 26th Queenscliff Music Festival Queenscliff, VIC, Aus Tickets & Info
We performed a new song ‘Going Home’ at the Ottawa Citizen, which you can watch here. The paper described Hatfitz and Cara as “dazzling with soulful blues and a sparkle of Celtic flair!”
August 26, 2016 – TD PEI Jazz and Blues Festival, Charlottetown, PEI 8pm
August 28, 2016 – Fat Tony’s Sunday Matinee, Pictou, NS 2-5pm
August 31, 2016 – Saint Andrews NB Concert, All Saints Anglican Church Hall, NB 7.30pm
September 3, 2016 – Rhythm & Roots, Ninigret Park, Charlestown, Rhode Island 1pm
September 4, 2016 – Rhythm & Roots, Ninigret Park, Charlestown, Rhode Island 1pm
September 7, 2016 – Trailside Cafe, Mount Stewart, PEI
September 8, 2016 – Stayner’s Wharf, Halifax, NS
September 10, 2016 – Les Production le Moulin, Evelina’s, Little Brook, NS 7.30pm
September 11, 2016 – Blues Night Lunenburg Opera House, NS 7pm
September 17, 2016 – City Folk @ TBA
September 22, 2016 – Contact East “Saint John”, Imperial Theatre, Saint John, NB 7.10pm
September 23, 2016 – Ontario Festival of Small Halls, Delta Old Town Hall, Delta, ON
September 24, 2016 – Ontario Festival of Small Halls, Westmeath Recreation Centre, Westmeath, ON
September 25, 2016 – Ontario Festival of Small Halls, Ecotay, Perth, ON
Well folks back again with a tune that is full on feeding our souls as there is nothing like a bit of Ottilie Patterson. Who has heard of this Irish County Down Blues Mama? She was considered the Irish version of Bessie Smith, of course she was totally underrated whilst being adored and revered by the greats in the blues world, one being Blind Boy Fuller.
So yes here is a link to a tune that gently pricks up the ears, whether you are a blues lover or not her voice cannot be denied.
So about our recent adventures, we found ourselves on the Gold Coast in a water tank converted to a studio preparing for the new album No. 4 which was the fantastic live studio set up that is the unique creation and sound of Govinda Doyle ( No .1 Hit Big Jet Plane by Angus & Julia Stone) After we were all totally intent on heading in the same direction regarding the metamorphous process of the recording we set to work straight away.
By the end of 9 days and nights literally living and breathing the album inside the water tank we finally stepped out into the light of the day with one finished album named “After The Rain” We have recently released on iTunes and Bandcamp a favourite track called “Doing It Again”. You can find the story behind the tune here.
As soon as we had the recording in our hands we took off to Canada for a short month tour ending up in Calgary at the Stampede City sessions. Here you will find the TV recording of the show with some new tracks off the album.
So from 37 degrees to – 37 it was a dramatic change in life style where we found ourselves no kidding skinny dipping in a hot tub in minus 30 snow and to make the final finish the morning after the gig I locked us out with no neighbours or help at hand so Fitzy being the hero had to climb with his jewels in hand through a window for us to make it back inside safely before we died of hypothermia.
Yes there is footage, of course I had my camera in hand and not a stitch on. So we do leave you with the family friendly version. Kind of reminds me of a classic Faulty Towers moment.
Back to Australia for a festival and a quick charge of the batteries and then on towards UK for a two week tour and then over to Europe till the 17th of May.
We would like to thank you all for showing your support once again everywhere we have set foot on a stage whether it be UK, Europe, Canada or Australia you have truly overwhelmed us with sharing the news with friends and helping us double our crowds making us only want to come back soon. We are heading back to UK Sark, France, Canada and America over the next months of July, August and first two weeks of September then back to Australia for the Launch of the new album in October. A few great things in hand so please keep in touch and up to date with the website as will be constantly updating for you wonderful folks.
Take care for now and see you soon
Cheers Keep’er Sweet
Fitzy & Cara
Here is our Canadian Home Routes house concerts Tour!
Jan 31st Winnipeg
Feb 2nd Polonia
Feb 3rd Binscarth
Feb 4th Grandview
Feb 5th Regina
Feb 6th Buena Vista
Feb 7th Montmartre
Feb 8th Fort Qu’Appelle
Feb 9th Brandon
Feb 10th Boissevain
Feb 11th Baldur
Feb 12th Letellier
These house concerts are open to the public. “Home Routes” is a small group of hard working music lovers and they are happy to give you the details for any particular show you’d like to buy a ticket to. They can be reached, toll free, at 1-866-925-6889 or email tim@homeroutes.ca
We are making the most of our time in Canada in July, playing as many stages at the festivals as we can!
1st July Quispamsis Canada Day, qPlex 12pm -1pm then Saint John, New Brunswick Canada Day – Boardwalk 6pm
2nd July Saint Andrews, New Brunswick Canada Day – All Saint Anglican Church Hall 7.30pm
3rd – 5th July Canso Nova Scotia Stan Rogers Festival – shows all weekend
4th July Stan Rogers Festival, Fogarty’s Cove Stage 11am, Hillside Stage stage 2pm, Queensport Stage 4pm
5th July Stan Rogers Festival, Queensport Stage Noon, Hillside Stage 5pm, Main Stage 7.30 – 7.55pm
6th July Trailside Cafe, Mount Stewart, PEI
8th July Festival International Du Blues, Mt Tremblant, Quebec Pedestrian Village 12.45pm, 1.45pm
9th July Festival International Du Blues, Mt Tremblant, Quebec Casino Stage Place Saint-Barnard 1.30pm, Vieux Tremblant Stage 5.30pm
11th – 12th July Ottawa Blues Festival – multiple shows
We had a ball in Canada in 2015, as these photos from the Calgary Folk Club show. The Calgary Herald reviewed the show and said:
“You’ve probably heard that old saying about judging a book by its cover? Go ahead and make that mistake when you are about experience Hat Fitz & Cara Robinson live onstage. Looking a bit like a Son of Anarchy that has mugged Crocodile Dundee for his outback hat, Fitz takes that analogy one step further with a howling, growling voice that almost makes Tom Waits sound like a soprano.
Yet on his steel guitar, and from those hearty vocals come stories in songs like Eliza Blue, Wiley Ways, and Tarni Lee – and you are an instant fan, like the ones he has been gathering around the world for years now.
Similarly, Cara Robinson might appear innocent enough, and then she gets behind her drum kit, ever so slightly tilts her head back, parts her lips, and a soulful gospel inspiration like Power raises that revival tent roof.
Their two voices together are something you could literally listen to for hours. Certainly not as short a time as we had last night, but for their first trip touring through Canada, I think they found a number of new fans for their own version of the blues.”
Interviewer and photographer Dan St Yves also managed to catch us in bed – literally – as part of this preview interview for the show. If you have time, its a revealing watch!