Chris Page

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!

Our annual singer songwriter show SOLOS GOING STEADY is just around the corner. 

On Saturday April 18th, join me, Susan O, Suzanne Nuttal, Liz McDermott and Patrick Shanks at Irene's where each of us will play a short set of original material. 

Tickets available here: https://irenespub.ca/events/solos-going-steady

Here's a list of 2025 records that I enjoyed this year.

Dig in and let me know if you find something new here...or if there's something I missed. There's just so much good stuff out there if you dig for it!

Happy New Year everyone! Thank you for all your support this year. 

Cheers - 

cp