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Wednesday, May 28, 2008 - Posts
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Due
to maintenance, the message board is temporarily unavailable. We expect the
forums to be back up within a day or so. Thank you for your patience.
UPDATE: The board is back up and running Read More
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Greetings
- I just wanted to take this time to wish everybody a very Merry Christmas and
a Happy Holiday. I hope 2005 will be kind to you and yours. I would also like
to thank you all for attending the shows this year, for writing in your comments Read More
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The
Retriever tour has come to an end with Ron and band closing it out in St.
Catharine's ON, Ron’s hometown. So that’s it for the year. It’s all over for
2004. Except for one more little thing. Ron will be in Los Angeles on Read More
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Ron
will stop by the Vicki Gabereau show on Tuesday, November 2nd for a live
performance and chat. If you are in the Vancouver area and would like to attend
the taping, here are the details: They tape the show at 750 Burrard Street in
Vancouver. Audience Read More
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In
2002 Nettwerk America, in cooperation with VH1 Save The Music Foundation,
released "For The Kids," a collection of classic children’s songs
along with noteworthy originals performed by a wonderfully diverse group of
musicians. The Read More
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By
now, many of you may know that Ron Sexsmith duets on a single in the UK called
"Lo Mismo Que Yo (If Only)" by the Alex Cuba Band. The group, led by
Alexis Puentes, is made up of sons of the legendary Buena Vista Social Club
musicians. Read More
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Ron
Sexsmith returns to Toronto on November 25 to play the Danforth Music Hall. As
Ron has been away from home for most of this year, many of you are very eager
to see him and he is happy to be coming home. Those of you who are faithful
visitors to Read More
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Hi
everybody... Just wanted to write and say how pleased I've been with current
tour. We've been playing to some of the best and biggest crowds so far, which
has been very encouraging. I also wanted to let you know that I've been reading Read More
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Oh
Susanna. Camptown Races. Old Folks At Home... classic American standards
written by Stephen Foster, recorded by many. Now Beautiful Dreamer: The Songs
of Stephen Foster is released today by American
Roots Publishing.
This tribute to one of the Read More
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Barnes and Noble thinks Retriever is Good Music! From today
through November 4th, Retriever will be in the Good Music Program. That means
the disc will be sale priced, advertised in Tracks and Paste magazines, on the
B&N instore Red Dot Listening Read More
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On
July 27, k.d. lang will release her latest cd, Hymns of the 49th Parallel, a
nod to some of the great songwriters of her home country: Canada. That list
would not be complete with out Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, or Neil Young and
this collection Read More
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Ron
Sexsmith will be featured on the music portion of CNN's Headline News tomorrow
evening, July 13. We have not been given exact times but it will be 15 minutes
after the top of the hour starting anytime with or after the 6:15 PM Eastern
time Read More
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On
Sunday, July 11, Ron will be featured in a segment of A&E’s Breakfast With The Arts which was taped shortly before Ron’s US Tour.
The show airs at 8:00 AM Eastern time; Ron’s segment is “close to the 9:00 AM
hour” Read More
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Ron
is currently in Germany, participating in Century of Song, an event that celebrates the art of the song.
Organized by American guitarist Bill Frisell who continues his quest for
timeless and sometimes lost songs, this event is in its second year. Read More
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A new
batch of Tour
Dates are now
posted. These dates run through the fall for the UK, Europe and Japan. There
will be Canadian tour even later in the year. Those shows will be posted when
they are confirmed. In the meantime, Ron and the band Read More
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Big
news for Australia: Retriever will be released in Australia on June 14 through Shock
Records .
And for those of you who waited to purchase Retriever, your patience pays off -
there will be a bonus track. "Madeleine Knows" is a song that Read More
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Ron
has been confirmed to open the show for Diana Krall at the Montreal
Jazz Festival
for The 25th Anniversary Festival Gala, June 29th at 8:00 PM at the Bell
Centre. Ron has also been invited to be a special guest in Diana's set. The
gala is Read More
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Ron’s
song “Not About To Lose” is the kick off track on Nettwerk America’s Modern Day Troubadours. Released last week,
this compilation also features Johnny Cash, Neil Finn, Jay Farrar and Daniel
Lanois, among others. A portion Read More
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Ron
Sexsmith will be part of the Live At The Basement Music Series on Australian
Television, ABC TV, Channel 2, nationwide. The episode will go to air on May
25th at 11:05PM AEST. The show was recorded at The Basement Club in Sydney
during Ron's Read More
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On
Friday May 14, the movie A
Slipping Down Life
opened in New York and Los Angeles. Based on the Anne Tyler book, the film was
directed by Toni Kalem, and stars Lili Taylor and Guy Pearce. As the character
musician Drumstrings Casey, Guy Pearce Read More
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The
video for “Whatever It Takes” can now be viewed from the Music
page for Retriever in
both Quicktime and Windows Media formats. This clever clip was produced in
Toronto and was directed by Justin Stephenson. Enjoy! Read More
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The
video for “Whatever It Takes” has been added right into heavy rotation on
Canada’s MuchMoreMusic
video channel. And Retriever made its debut at #20 on the Best Album chart in
Sweden, the second highest debut of the week. Read More
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The last
of the US shows are now up on the Tour Dates page. If your city is not on the
list, don’t panic... Ron will likely do another run in the states later in the
year.
Check out
the current issue of Entertainment Weekly - the one Read More
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The
second leg of the US tour has been added to the Tour
Dates.
Griffin House will open the June 7-22 shows except where noted Read More
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With
Retriever out in the US, Canada, Japan, and Europe and
releases forthcoming in the UK and Australia, it is time for Ron to hit the
road. Most dates will be with the band: Don Kerr, Tim Bovaconti and Jason
Mercer; some dates will be solo. Many Read More
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Come on
in...Check out the new and improved official website for Ron Sexsmith. The site
has been redesigned in anticipation of Ron's upcoming cd release, Retriever.
The
release dates are:
April 6 - USA, Nettwerk America
April 20 - Canada, Read More
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If
you visit the Message
Board,
you will find information about two special events in Toronto. One is a contest
to win tickets for an intimate performance of Ron and one is a two-night stand
at Hugh’s Room. All the details are there.
Other Read More
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Ron
will be heading off to Europe for a promotional trip in advance of his upcoming
release (more details on that to come). It will be interviews and such for the
most part but there is one exception. On March 6th, there will be a showcase in
Hamburg Read More
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A
few extra shows with the Barenaked Ladies have been added for Western Canada.
Check out the Tour
Dates. Read More
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Message
from Ron
My Top Ten Releases for 2003:
June Carter Cash - Wildwood Flower
Bing Crosby - Bing Sings Whilst Bregman Swings
Rufus Wainwright - Want 1
Steely Dan - Everything Must Go
Fembots - Small Town Murder Scene
Joel Plaskett - Truthfully Read More
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