Category: CouchxCouchWest

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Canadian Music Week: Canadians at CouchxCouchWest

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For those of you who don’t know, CouchxCouchWest is an annual music festival that is held exclusively on the web, where brave souls flip on their recording devices and sing a song anywhere but a stage. Pants are optional, pets are encouraged, and you always get a front row, er, screen, seat. Canada sent several acts this year; below are some of the highlights.

Modern Day Poets, of Vancouver, British Columbia, with This City:

https://youtu.be/BBYv10gXqZA

Norine Braun, also from Vancouver, B.C. with Drunk, which is about love and day-drinking:

https://youtu.be/4icG2WJ7ioc

The Holy Gasp, of Toronto, Ontario, with a conga-driven song about creepy crawlie nightmares, aka Bedbugs.

And then to clear your mental palate, Winnipeg, Manitoba radio host Nancy Slater with her interpretation of Heavy by The Glorious Sons:

Heavy-The Glorious Sons Cover CXCW2015

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CXCW Highlights: Grace and Tony; EdTang and The Chops; Leslie Jabara and Susan Hurley

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I am still slowly working my way through the CouchxCouchWest performances, but here are three that I think are particularly awesome.

Grace and Tony, How Great Thou Art: They got this one in just under the wire, and I am so glad they did, because it is magnificent. The California scenery, yes, but also their voices, and most especially how they revitalized this old hymn.

Grace & Tony - How Great Thou Art

EdTang and The Chops, Willy Loman: In their CXCW bio they state they all met at a Michael Jackson impersonators conference in Asbury Park, New Jersey. I don’t know if that’s a hook or the truth, but I clicked on their video and I was not disappointed.

"Willy Loman" - EdTang & The Chops

Leslie Jabara and Susan Hurley, Do You Love An Apple: Coming all the way from Ireland, these two ladies, music therapist and music therapist-in-training, bring with them a lovely rendition of a bittersweet traditional song, complete with harp.

Susan Hurley & Leslie Jabara - Do You Love An Apple - CXCW2015

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CXCW Highlight: Water Tower, Town/Come Down Easy

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One of the many awesome things about CXCW is catching up with old favorites. I developed a deep fondness for Water Tower back when they were the Water Tower Bucket Boys and singing awesome bluegrass songs about acid tripping in San Francisco, and then I lost track of them a little bit. So I was super pleased when their video featuring their new song Town and a cover of Spaceman 3’s Come Down Easy popped up yesterday. They’ve evolved from their bluegrass roots, though not that far – just enough to settle into a psychedelic groove.

WATER TOWER "CXCW2015" TOWN/COME DOWN EASY

Water Tower will be at That Other Festival as well (multi-tasking! excellent!), and to follow their adventures, you may consult Facebook, here.

To follow CouchxCouchWest, you may consult Facebook, Twitter, or refresh the Festival page several times a day.