I wrote about seeing one of my favourite artists in a church in a small town…and the unexpected visceral reaction I had to some of Billy Bragg's songs. As always, it was an amazing set from the Bard of Barking. Truly the greatest punk troubadour to ever do it!
The VKH Porchfest schedule is up on their site, so have a look and plan your day hanging out in this gem of a town in eastern Ontario. All shows are completely free, family friendly and full of great talent! If you haven't been, VKH is a tiny town that is completely walkable, so you can get your steps in seeing great live music.
I'll be playing at 3:45pm at the Mill St. Park, so hope to see you there. Pop by and say hi. I'll have lots of records with me as well!
Schedule: https://www.vkhporchfest.ca/schedule
Map: https://www.vkhporchfest.ca/festival-map
Sizzling line up: https://www.vkhporchfest.ca/porchfest-2026
I'll be playing this year's Porchfest in Vankleek Hill, Ontario on Saturday afternoon July 11th. There's a ton of amazing talent to check out and many of my old friends will be performing as well.
Mark your calendar and come out to see me play some tunes in the mid-afternoon sunshine!
Hey friends!
It's been ages since my side project EXPANDA FUZZ played an actual LIVE SHOW so we wanted our Ottawa area pals to know we're playing one this Friday May 22nd!
On the bill will be our friends Neck and Dark Plains and we're all playing as a benefit to support Carty House, a safe and supportive home for refugee women while they get settled into their new lives in Canada.
Advance tickets for the show are here: https://www.houseoftarg.com/concert-listings-events/bytown-cup-benefit-dark-plains-expanda-fuzz-neck
If you can't make the show, you can make a donation to the Carty House via the Bytown Cup. I'm playing in the tourney, so this is my team's page for raising funds: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/carty-house/p2p/BytownCup2026/team/fried-green-tomatoes/member/pager
Hope to see you at Targ Friday!
Cheers, cp
My latest Substack songwriting diary entry is about an older song by The Stand GT called “Mudsick”.
Lots of fun memories putting this one together, including a peek inside the band’s infamous chicken coop!
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