Tom Wilson: News

Tom will be making a few appearances with Lee Harvey Osmond at the 2009 Folk Alliance in Memphis, Tennessee.

2:00pm
Mpress Records Showcase Room #1911

10:00pm
OCFF Showcase Heritage 1

11:05 pm
Beaver Suite Room #1821

Friday Feb 20th
1:00 AM
Folk By The Jug will be in room #1923.

For more information about Folk Alliance visit their website at http://www.folkalliance.org.

Tom Wilson will be performing a series of house concerts in Manitoba from March 14-27, as part of the Home Routes concert series.

Learn more about Home Routes at their website.

This Sunday, January 18, catch Tom and LeE HARVeY OsMOND on CBC News with Evan Solomon and Carole MacNeil. Starts @ 9am ET on Newsworld, 10am ET on CBC TV.

Celeb Stoner has included Blackie & the Rodeo Kings' song "Stoned" as a hot track in their HighTunes section.

Also, check out this cover of the song, covered by Tschimmi Cash.

What started out as a tribute project to the late Willie P. Bennett, has evolved into one of the most entertaining Canadian roots super groups of all time, Blackie & The Rodeo Kings.

After releasing the critically acclaimed High or Hurtin’ in 1996, Tom Wilson, Colin Linden, and Stephen Fearing, fresh off successful solo projects, found themselves drawn in by the chemistry between them and started writing songs that could only be expressed through the Blackie & The Rodeo Kings medium. This translated into Juno nominations for BARK (2003) and Let’s Frolic (2007), as well as a Juno Award for Best Roots & Traditional Album for Kings of Love (1999).

Swinging From The Chains Of Love features a collection of tracks from the Blackie catalogue including favourites “49 Tons”, “Stoned” “Heaven For A Lonely Man”, the title track “Swinging From The Chains Of Love” and a previously unreleased track; ‘Caves of Jericho’ featuring the late Richard Bell and a cover of Johnny Cash’s ‘Folsom Prison Blues’.

Buy it now at True North Records!

LeE HARVey OsMOND is Tom Wilson, some of the Cowboy Junkies, a few Skydiggers, Ray Farrugia from Junkhouse, Brent Titcomb and a lot of groove. And they've got a great new video called "Queen Bee". See Tom in action - or lack thereof - right here.

Check out the LeE HARVey OsMOND myspace for more videos, and stay tuned for more LHO in 2009.

Tom will again host the 2008 Hamilton Music Awards, joined by actor Patrick McKenna. The event will be held at Hamilton Place on Sunday November 16, 2008. Tickets for this year’s show as well as the Industry Awards, Conference and Festival go on sale at 10AM this Saturday at all TicketMaster outlets and the Copps Coliseum box office. Tickets can also be ordered by phone by calling (905) 546-4040 or online at www.ticketmaster.ca.

Tom Wilson is happy to announce that the Tom Wilson/Bob Lanois collaboration The Shack Recordings Vol. 1 is once again available on compact disc.

Get The Shack Recordings on CD!
Also, all the Blackie & the Rodeo Kings recordings have been made available as well.

Tom will be playing plenty of festivals and shows this summer, both on his own and with Junkhouse. Check out the dates here.

Just a reminder that Tom Wilson's a Cast of Thousands exhibition will still be running from March 14 until April 14th at ChapelArts (304 Dunlevy Street at Cordova) in Vancouver, BC.

For more information please contact ChapelArts at 778.371.9210 or email
info@chapelarts.com.

Tom Wilson will be showing his original Paintings as well as performing two concerts at Chapel Arts (304 Dunlevy Street Vancouver) on March 14 and 15.

This will be the Debut art show for Tom Wilson in Vancouver.
This is Wilson’s first exhibit since his Spin Gallery showing in Toronto with Michael Stipe (REM) and Daniel Lanois in 2001.

For tickets or more information please contact Chapel Arts at
778.371.9210 or email them by clicking here.
Stay tuned to tomwlison.net for more information.

Check out this video of Tom playing with Barney Bentall at the Grand Cariboo Opry in Vancouver.

The 2007 Dofasco Hamilton Music Awards will be hosted by Tom Wilson
and Cathy Jones of This Hour Has 22 Minutes. The Band will be
honoured with the Dofasco Lifetime Achievement Award while the
Dofasco Music Business Achievement Award will be presented to Alan
Cross, Program Director of 102.1 The Edge, in Toronto.

The 2007 Dofasco Hamilton Music Awards take place at Hamilton Place
on Sunday November 18th at 6PM. This years show includes 115
nominations in 29 categories. Multiple nominees include: Lori Yates,
Ruth Sutherland, Jeremy Fisher, Steve Strongman and Bob Doidge, Diana
Panton, Michelle Titian, Kim Koren, Bob Lanois, Blackie and the Rodeo
Kings, Wax Mannequin, Finger Eleven, Silverstein, Foreign Films, 40
Sons and Daughters, St. Alvia Cartel, High Voltage, David Braid and
Brubeck, Fred J Eaglesmith, Tim Gibbons, Alfie Smith, Sonny Del Rio,
Poor Angus, The Orphans and Drew Smith.

Performers at this years ceremony include: Simply Saucer, Bob
Lanois, Lori Yates, High Voltage and Teenage Head. The Band will be
recognized in a musical tribute performed by Garth Hudson and Blackie
and the Rodeo Kings.

Tickets are on sale now for all of the Hamilton Music Awards events
which take place November 15th through 18th at Hamilton Place, The
Hamilton Convention Centre, Silver City Ancaster and various venues
throughout downtown Hamilton. Tickets for all events are available at
www.ticketmaster.ca <http://www.ticketmaster.ca/> , Copps Coliseum Box Office, by phone at (905) 527-7666 or at The
Beat Goes On (Upper James).

Blackie has been nominated for Best Vocal Group in the Canadian Folk
Music awards as well Colin has received a nomination for Producer of
the Year for Lets Frolic.

Check it out at http://www.canadianfolkmusicawards.ca/cfma/
And also: check out the multiple categories B&RK has been nominated
in at the 2007 Dofasco Hamilton Music Awards

http://www.hamiltonmusicawards.com/

WE GOT BARK PODCASTS!

Featuring the music of Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, their
inspirations, solo material and your sweet little host, Smokin' Tom
Wilson

1) open up iTunes and go to the iTunes store

2) choose PODCAST, and do a search for BARK in the title field.

3) download, enjoy and watch for further episodes. Episode 2 will
hit iTunes within the next day or two!.

4) more to follow. tell all your friends.

Blackie & The Rodeo Kings rocked the Cowboy Junkies Train across Canada in 2006... And now they're ready to do it again - this time on their own. Join us for the trip of a lifetime across Canada on the rails that built a nation. Seventy avid music fans and amazing musicians make a non-stop rolling music festival on board a private section of Via Rail's legendary CANADIAN from Toronto to Vancouver. Three days and nights of music on board the last great long-distance streamline train still operating in North America - Open mics and workshops every afternoon from each member of BARK, on-board concerts every evening in our intimate Performance Car, where the scenery and music never stop.

The dates for this show are November 9-13!

For more information or tickets Call Charlie Hunter toll free at 866-484-3669 (or 802-463-3669. 802-463-3677 fax) or email flyradar@sover.net. He loves talking about this stuff. Space is limited to approximately 70 patrons. For more information Click Here.

Check out the shows page to come on out and see Tom, Stephen and Colin!

Check out the shows page for new Janruary Dates!

A Tom Wilson interview is being included in the upcoming film about celtic musician John Allen Cameron on Bravo Network.

For more information please check out the article in the Halifax Chronicle Herald by clicking here.

Blackie and the Rodeo Kings took home the Record of the Year award at the Hamilton Music Awards for their new disc < a href="http://www.rodeokings.com/music.php" a target="_blank">Let's Frolic.

Tom Wilson is up for 3 Hamilton Music Awards this year including "Male Artist of the Year, "Song writer of the Year", and "Roots Recording of the Year" for Tom's latest release Dog Years.

Tom is also up for an additional 2 "Hammy"'s with Blackie and the Rodeo Kings's latest release Let's Frolic for "Roots Recording of the Year", as well as Record of the Year.

The 2006 Hamilton Music Awards will feature a performance by Blackie and the Rodeo Kings on November 18 and Tom will be hosting this year's music awards show with Wendy Wolfe at the Dofasco Centre for the Arts on November 19.

For more information on the Hamilton Music Awards please click here.

You can also get show information and ticket information by visiting our Shows section at Tomwilson.net.