O, February, dark month of low sun and faltering resolve. Wilt thou have mercy on us yet? Happy belated New Year, friends and neighbours. Here’s what is happening in Glynn-town.

It’s been a while but Adrian is (temporarily) back on the theatre stage. He is starring in Chelsea Hotel, a new work that tells the story of a love-lorn and creatively blocked writer through the songs and poems of Canadian icon Leonard Cohen. The show plays 8 times a week at Vancouver’s Firehall Arts Centre until March 3rd.

Tickets can be found here.

And the Georgia Straight’s review is here.

Yes, I am up against Arcade Fire and Feist and about 8 Mother Mother songs, but hey.. help a brother out. Just go here and vote, takes a second. Happy Hanukah!      http://www.siriusxm.ca/top50/

For Remembrance: The Heart of Every Lion

I think Remembrance Day is an enormously important day to reflect not just on the world wars of the last century but on our desire for peace in our current time. The link above is a little video f a song I wrote inspired largely by the concept of peace– still a seemingly abstract concept but hopefully not indefinitely. Thanks to my brothers Alex and Jon and my honorary brother, Matt, for singing with me.

Wow, i’m going to be on the Vogue stage in Vancouver on Wednesday night (Nov 2nd). That’s exxxciting. This is a Fugitives show with CR Avery and Wil, it should be fantastic. Tickets are here: http://www.voguetheatre.com/detail.php?id=222 and there is a really good deal through Groupon here: http://www.groupon.com/deals/gl-vogue-theatre?c=dnb&p=1

See you there!

AG

Dear Friendlies;

It’s me again. Thank you to those of you who made it out to shows on my recent W. Canada tour with T.Nile and to the record release show in Vancouver. I’m a new man- I learnt to drive stick, I saw prairie sunsets and fell in love with a GPS named Simon.

Here is some news to fill this aptly named letter:

 Bruise, the new record, is now out in the world and making lots of friends. If you won’t be able to catch me in person then you can find it on iTunes or order it HERE. Here’s one of the recent reviews.

SHOWS!

I’ll be playing a couple more shows in BC Oct 13-16—Kelowna, Smithers, Prince George.

And then I’ll be in Ontario and Quebec Oct 19-29 (Toronto shows on the 22^nd&27^th, Montreal on the 23^rd,  and more.). All these dates are on the Tour page or on Facebook, with a couple more to come.

THE FUGITIVES ARE PLAYING THE VOGUE! That’s right, Wed, November 2^nd we’ll be at Vancouver’s Vogue Theatre with CR Avery and Wil. I’m very sad to say that this will be out last show with the incomparable Barbara Adler who has decided to focus on other projects. So I hope you can make this show—it’ll be the last Fugitives show for a little while as we figure out our next step. And also the Vogue is really big and we don’t want to feel lonely in it. Please come. Thanks. Tix available here.

That’s it for now. There’s music videos about to come out and remixes and crazy stuff but I’ll save all that for next time. As for me, my new favourite song is Essence by Lucinda Williams. A song about addiction that is addictive- perfect. And without getting overly preachy I’d just like to say that the more I read about the Occupy Wall St movement the more I feel a stirring in my bones- I truly believe something’s beginning here and I think it’s important to be a part of this thing and stay informed. Here’s an author I respect highly, Chris Hedges, speaking about it.

Love you all,

Glynn

Yes, the big Vancouver show is this Sunday, October 2nd at St James Hall in Vancouver (W. 10th & Trutch). There are no advance tickets and it is an early show so it is advisable to arrive at 7:30. The first act, the wonderful T. Nile, will start at 8pm.

Tickets are $10 and Adrian’s new record, Bruise, will be available at the show.

Adrian sings Sook-Yin a song inspired by doing laundry in his mother’s basement- watch HERE

Hey Edmontonians, we’ve had to do a last-minute shift of venue for mine and T. Nile’s show this coming Sunday. It will now be a very intimate house concert at  9329- 81 ave. Show’s at 8, parking’s in back. See you there.

Alright, my faithful friends, it’s finally here- I’m very proud to present Bruise to you, my first full-length record. It was truly a labour of love and although dark I think it represents a few different sides of me. Who am I kidding? I am a dark mofo. But anyway- this sucker is available on iTunes here and physical copies can be ordered here OR you can just wait to see my show and grab one there.

Some Western Canada tour dates have been announced for mid-September (see Tour Page!); there will be more BC dates in October as well as some Eastern Canada dates, all to be finalized shortly. And the Vancouver release show will be Sunday, Oct 2nd at St James Hall and will mark my first time playing my solo stuff with a band! Very exciting.

Thanks for your patience, thanks for your support. I hope you like this record. Artists care whether you like their stuff. We try to pretend not to care but unfortunately we do care a lot and as much as we’re trying to please ourselves through this process there’s a part of us secretly hoping it pleases you, too. It’s a big part of why we do it. Now, let’s discuss the meaning of art…

Just kidding. Let’s talk about Herzog. Cave of Forgotten Dreams is my favourite film so far this year. If it’s still possible, go see it in 3d. It’s your only chance to see, in great detail, one of the great wonders of the Ancient World and Herzog guides you through it with his own sense of wonderment and curiosity and asks a lot of questions you’d probably ask yourself if you were standing there in that cave (and also a bunch you would never think of, no matter how good your acid trip- it’s Herzog!).

I hope to see a lot of you this Fall, on the road, off the road, hopefully not in the road. Stay tuned for some music videos and fun stuff like that and let me know what you think of the record, once you hear it.

Your faithful servant in art and cave wonderment,

Adrian Glynn