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From the archives...

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

...Collette brings you this recently unearthed treasure. It's a live version of "Midnight" taken from the CD release concert for "Zen Boyfriend." This features Canadian jazz legend Richard Underhill along with drummer Adam Warner (who will be back on Collette's forthcoming CD,) bassist Wes Neal, and producer/fall guy John Zytaruk on lap steel. Glad this one-of-a-kind version was documented!

CD Update:Bob Wiseman

Sat, 12 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Collette and John spent an unforgettable couple of hours the other night as the brilliant Bob Wiseman laid down some piano tracks for the new album.

New CD preview/Little Willie John cover

Sun, 02 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Here's a little teaser to give you an idea of what Collette's forthcoming third CD will sound like. Although this won't appear on the CD, this is a cover of Collette performing Little Willie John John's classic "My Love Is." This came about at the very end of the recording sessions when, just for fun and to celebrate the completion of the last song, Collette decided to get everyone to jam on this great song which has long been a favourite in her live repertoire. Recorded in one take this shows the beautiful natural ambience of the church and the exceptional skills of acoustic bassist Brian Kobawakawa, drummer Adam Warner, producer John Zytaruk and master engineer Joe Mancuso. Enjoy!

Inspiration

Sun, 18 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Back in North Bay when Collette was growing up, her first big concert experience was seeing Tom Cochrane in Memorial Gardens (where John saw Rush when he was but a wee lad...) Anyway here's Collette and John doing Tom's classic "Life Is A Highway." Stay tuned for a future version of "Xanadu" or maybe "Closer to the Heart..."

Collette makes a video

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

This past Saturday Collette and John spent a long hot afternoon in Oakville shooting the performance portions of a music video for one of the songs from Collette's forthcoming third CD. Director Jessica Adams and cinematographer Lucas Chong deserve special thanks for their hard work and artistic vision. Collette especially was a real trouper as she performed for take after take in the stifling heat. The glamour of showbiz!

CD PROGRESS REPORT

Thu, 07 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Just a quick update to let everyone know that progress is going well on Collette's forthcoming third CD. The tracks recorded in the spring are now being mixed and various overdubs of background vocals and guest soloists are being added. We're lucky to have master fiddler Saskia Tomkins return for a few tracks and are very excited that original Blue Rodeo keyboardist Bobby Wiseman will be adding some piano to one of the songs. In the meantime come on down to the Tranzac club on the first TUesday of every month to get a sneak peak at some of the new songs!

No Tranzac show in May

Fri, 29 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Regrettably, due to circumstances beyond their control, Collette and John will NOT be performing their monthy show at the Tranzac this Tuesday May 3rd. They will be back on Tuesday June 7th. See you then!

Next show/CD update

Wed, 23 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Come one come all down to the Tranzac Club in Toronto on March 1st to hear Collette and John perform...including songs from her upcoming CD. Things are moving along nicely with sessions booked for late March in a 160 year old church. Adam Warner will return on drums and the Creaking Tree String Quartet's Brian Kobayakawa will play acoustic bass. John will produce and award-winning engineer Joe Mancuso will take care of the sound. Thanks to all who have contributed to the advance sales-your support is invaluable in enabling this to happen with these great cats...

The Basement Revue

Fri, 31 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Collette and John ended the year on a high note when they were selected by guest host Rich Terfry (aka Buck 65) to play at Broken Social Scene member Jason Collett's annual Basement Revue, held at Toronto's very cozy Dakota Tavern on Dec. 28th. They performed three songs which will be featured on Collette's upcoming CD and then John had the pleasure of improvising some dobro behind acclaimed author Gil Adamson ("Outlander") as she read a poem about a gunslinger. Finally John joined Buck 65 onstage for a performance of "Paper Airplane" a song they co-wrote along with PEI songstress Jenn Grant and which will be featured on Buck's next CD to be released early in the new year. Other performers that night included Great Lake Swimmers' Tony Dekker as well as the Cowgirl Choir so it was a pretty special evening. The craziest part though, was what happened during paramedic/author/storyteller-extraordinaire Morgan Phillips' monologue. An audience member standing near the bar passed out and hit the floor hard, necessitating Morgan to cut short his appearance and spring into action to assist the unfortunate individual. The audience got to see first hand just how Morgan does his job but the only way to find out how the story ended was to buy Morgan's book "The Emergency Monologues" (which Collette did of course!)

People Still Gots Ta Eat

Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

We now have more details about Collette's upcoming appearance at The Cameron House next week in support of The Daily Bread Food Bank. HOTCHA has put together a stellar lineup of excellent musicians and it's sure to be a night to remember. Come on down to support a most worthy cause and to hear a ton of great songs by some fine folks!