The East Pointers announce national album and tour …

JUNO-Award winning Canadian trio The East Pointers have unveiled a host of local bands as guests on their fast-approaching Australian tour.

Fiddler/singer Tim Chaisson, banjoist Koady Chaisson and guitarist Jake Charron released their second album What We Leave Behind in September, which was described as a “beautifully crafted piece of work, filled with instrumental intrigue and narrative complexity” by The Music.

11-piece collective The Northern Folk will bring their unique brand of folk/pop/stomp/rock to The East Pointers Melbourne shows at the Caravan Music Club on 30 Nov and The Toff in Town on 3 Dec. Singer-songwriting duo Emma Angelsey & Tash Parker are also special guests at The Toff in Town, as well The Sepulchre in Hobart on 6 Dec and The Metropole Guesthouse in Katoomba on 9 Dec.

Perennial folk-pop favourites The Little Stevies will open at the Theatre Royal in Castlemaine on 8 Dec, whilst big brass band outfit the Hot Potato Band will kick off The East Pointers’ Factory Theatre show in Sydney on 6 Jan, alongside folk-grunge pair Little Georgia.

About the special guests, Koady says: “We played with Emma Angelsey in Tasmania earlier this year, and we’re looking forward the chance to see she and Tash live so many times on this tour. We saw Ash from Little Georgia play in Canada once actually, and her voice is amazing. We haven’t seen Little Georgia or The Northern Folk live but we’ve heard the buzz about them and we’ll be seeing them at Woodford, too. The Little Stevies are excellent, we’ve seen them a bunch of times at different festivals in Australia and Beth and Byll are hilarious, and so talented, and Hot Potato Band are old friends – we’ve known them as long as we’ve been coming to Australia. Playing shows with friends and artists you admire is the best and having artists from the country you’re touring in as guests at a show really is an honour and a great chance to get to know more about the local scene.”

Australian 2017 Tour Dates:

16-19 Nov – Mullum Music Festival, Mullumbimby NSW
24-26 Nov – Queenscliff Music Festival, Queenscliff VIC
Thu 30 Nov – Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh VIC – with The Northern Folk
Sun 3 Dec – Toff in Town, Melbourne VIC – with The Northern Folk and Emma Angelsey & Tash Parker
Wed 6 Dec – The Sepulchre, Hobart TAS – with Emma Angelsey & Tash Parker
Thu 7 Dec – Ainslie Arts Centre, Canberra ACT
Fri 8 Dec – Theatre Royal, Castlemaine VIC – with The Little Stevies
Sat 9 Dec – Metropole, Katoomba NSW – with Emma Angelsey & Tash Parker
Thu 14 Dec – Jive, Adelaide SA
Fri 15 Dec – Darwin Railway Club, Darwin NT
Sat 16 Dec – Albany Entertainment Centre, Albany WA
Sun 17 Dec – Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle WA
27 Dec – 1 Jan – Woodford Folk Festival, Woodford QLD
Thu 4 Jan – Sol Bar, Sunshine Coast, QLD
Fri 5 Jan – Old Museum, Bowen Hills, Brisbane, QLD
Sat 6 Jan – The Factory Theatre, Marrickville, Sydney NSW – with Hot Pototato Band and Little Georgia
Sun 7 Jan – Lizotte’s, Newcastle NSW

Tickets and further information at eastpointers.ca

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