Ron Sexsmith

December 19

There is an exclusive live version of Maybe This Christmas available through Sony CONNECT™. Ron recorded this track live on his recent trip to Los Angeles. At that time, he recorded a few other tracks which will be available as a full CONNECT™ Set after the beginning of the year. Stay tuned for details on that. In the meantime, check out Maybe This Christmas.

December 18

Hi everybody - Just wanted to thank you all for coming out to the shows and cheering us on. As the 2006 tour fades away into my memory, I'm in awe at how fast it went by. We had a lot of bad luck in Europe but more often than not, the shows and the audiences made up for it. I'd like to apologize to anyone who came and heard us on a bad night. Sometimes the sound or venue was less than ideal, sometimes I was singing badly and a few times we were all just sleep deprived or running on empty but we always tried to do our best. So thanks again for all your support and for listening.

In January we will head out and play some US shows. It's been a few years for me since I've done a proper tour down there so I"m quite excited about it. (Sorry for the delay of Time Being as well.) I'm also hoping to organize an eastern Canada tour at some point in '07 too (and record a new album somehow).

So in closing, I'd like to wish you all a very Happy Holiday. Take care of yourselves until next time.

Love Ron

December 14

Here are some of my favorites albums this year:
Bob Dylan - Modern Times
Kate Bush - Aerial
Elton John - The Captain & The Kid
The Flaming Lips - At War With The Mystics
Ray Davies - Other People's Lives The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers
Johnny Cash - American V - A Hundred Highways
Allen Toussaint & Elvis Costello - The River In Reverse
Tom Waits - Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards
Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood

November 21

Ron's Christmas classic-in-the-making Maybe This Christmas has been recorded by Leigh Nash for her holiday release, Wishing For This. It is available through iTunes and a sample can be heard there.

November 20

In honor of Ron's worldwide tour, representing the dates he's done and the ones that are upcoming, we're updating the main photo on this page. The shot was taken by Annelies Eenhoorn on November 2, at Tivoli De Helling, Utrecht, The Netherlands. Special thanks to her for letting us use the picture. For setlists, reviews and yes, more photos, visit the Forum.

November 16

A press release has been sent out announcing Ron Sexsmith has inked a deal with the Kiefer Sutherland/Jude Cole owned Ironworks Music to release TIME BEING on January 9th, 2007 in the US. Ron is the second signing to the label which is distributed by Fontana Distribution. TIME BEING has already been released in Europe and Canada to extraordinary praise. Ron Sexsmith will be touring throughout 2007 in support of this release with tour dates to be announced soon. And yes, there is an alternate album cover as you see here.

November 3

Ron will be featured on iTunes UK for the week of November 6. The Single Of The Week will be All In Good Time from Time Being and will be available as a free download for those of you who don't already have it. We hope to welcome a lot of new Ron fans as a result of this recognition. For those of you just joining us, welcome... come on over to the Forum and say hello!

October 30

We have added new Photos. Some are recent and some are a bit older. We still have a few in the vault, just waiting to be added - hopefully in the near future. If you have photos which are not already in the gallery, and you'd like to share them, send them here. Be sure to give us the date, venue, and name of photographer, as well as the names of any friends and fans in the photos with Ron.

October 17

Ron has posted a few Tour Diary entries on his MySpace page. The latest one comes from Germany. Check it out!

October 3

iTunes UK has picked Ron's Time Being as a staff favourite! If you are in the UK, take a look under Staff Favourites.

September 21

The location can now be revealed for Ron Sexsmith at Second Cup Edmonton TONIGHT, September 21: Second Cup, #100 - 3414 Gateway Blvd., Edmonton, AB. At 7:30 PM, the general public will be brought into the venue. If you wish to line up early, you may do so. The shop is small so the closer you are to the front of the line, the better chance you have to get in. There is no guaranteed seating. Show begins at 8:00 PM.

September 20

The location can now be revealed for Ron Sexsmith at Second Cup Calgary TONIGHT, September 20: Second Cup, 1919 Southland Drive SW, Calgary. At 7:30 PM, the general public will be brought into the venue. If you wish to line up early, you may do so. The shop is small so the closer you are to the front of the line, the better chance you have to get in. There is no guaranteed seating. Show begins at 8:00 PM.

September 19

The location can now be revealed for Ron Sexsmith at Second Cup Toronto TONIGHT, September 19: Second Cup, 475 Yonge Street, Toronto ON. At 7:30 PM, the general public will be brought into the venue. If you wish to line up early, you may do so. The shop is small so the closer you are to the front of the line, the better chance you have to get in. There is no guaranteed seating. Show begins at 8:00 PM. However, with this show, there will be a big screen outside so those who couldn't get in can still enjoy the show.

September 15

The location can now be revealed for Ron Sexsmith at Second Cup Montreal TONIGHT, September 15: Second Cup, 990 Boulevard St.-Jean, Pointe Claire, PQ. At 7:30 PM, the general public will be brought into the venue. If you wish to line up early, you may do so. The shop is small so the closer you are to the front of the line, the better chance you have to get in. There is no guaranteed seating. Show begins at 8:00 PM.

September 13

Ron Sexsmith is pleased to headline the Second Cup Cafe Music Series in select Canadian cities over the next few weeks. Along with bringing back the traditional coffee house vibe with intimate concerts in locations to be revealed soon, Second Cup will now carry CDs, with a focus on Canadian talent. Additionally, the Second Cup Cafe Music Lounge is being launched online, making downloads from participating artists available, free with the purchase of any select items at Second Cup. While many of the locations in which Ron will perform have a capacity of 80 to 100, we are giving you a we are giving you a chance to secure a spot on the guest list. Visit the Forum for further details.

August 18

New Tour Dates have been posted for winter in Western Canada. We're told that tickets will go on sale for these shows on September 15 but as always, check each venue for details.

August 15

Ron returns to Massey Hall in Toronto on May 4, 2007. Tickets go on sale tomorrow, Wednesday, August 16 at 10AM for Friends of RTH/Massey Hall and to the general public on Monday, August 21 at 10AM. Click the link above to find out how to become a Friend of Massey Hall and get first shot at great seats.

July 25

The Mavericks' singer, Raul Malo releases his latest solo effort today on Sanctuary Records. Produced by legendary Peter Asher, You're Only Lonely is a string laden selection of covers such as the Everly Brothers' So Sad and the Bee Gees' Run To Me. And according to Don McLeese at Amazon.com, the disc also includes "a lilting take on Ron Sexsmith's Secret Heart." It is a gorgeous version of a great song.

July 19

A great number of worldwide Tour Dates have just been posted. They cover Japan, Germany and the UK among others. These are all the dates that are confirmed at this time. More dates will be added as they are confirmed so if you don't see your hometown on the list, keep an eye out and your fingers crossed.

July 18

Bruce Cockburn releases his first studio album in 3 years, Life Short Call Now, today. The album features an appearance by Ron on a song called Mystery. Denise Sheppard at Amazon.com says "Mystery is straight-up classic Cockburn, yet the inclusion of Ron Sexsmith, Hawksley Workman, and Damhnait Doyle is not just beautiful but also clever, as it shows the genealogy linking Cockburn's effect on subsequent Canadian songwriters." Ron says, "I was honoured to asked by Bruce to sing on this song. It's a wonderful recording and it's the kind of song that you hope for from Bruce."

July 13

We are thrilled to announced that Time Being will be released in Australia, July 29 on Warner Australia. Ron fans down under will be able to pick up the cd in all fine retail outlets. Stay tuned for Australian tour dates to be confirmed as well.

June 30

The Forum is back up after some minor tweaking. Please feel free to register (the only way to post) or, if you have registered in the past and encountered log in difficulties, do try logging in now - we seemed to have overcome those troubles.

June 28

We will be closing the Forum later today for maintenance. After a few minor fixes and a little bit of clean-up, we'll be back.

June 21

The new website is now fully functional. Lots of new photos from 2004, 2005 and this year have been added to PHOTOS. The tab called TOOLS is for media people looking for hi-res photos and bio material. The MUSIC page has all the albums with lyrics, audio clips and videos available. The FORUM will open a new window directly to the message board and the STORE will send you to Ron merch - cds, t-shirts and tickets when available - through MapleMusic. Please take some time to browse through the new site. Enjoy!

June 5

Ron is currently on tour through the UK and Europe. For the first time ever, he is writing a Tour Diary as a blog on MySpace. Take a look now and keep your eyes on the page for more to come.

May 19

Along with Ron's new release Time Being, the Shop now has brand new Time Being T-shirts available. These shirts were exclusively sold at the Massey Hall show until now. These may be a limited run so be sure to pick one up now.

May 15

"Gold In Them Hills" from Ron's Cobblestone Runway will be used in the series finale of the television show Love Monkey. This airs Tuesday May 16 on VH1 at 10PM Eastern and Pacific Times. If you don't know about Love Monkey, it's the story of an A&R rep for a record label who is still all about the music. It stars Tom Cavanaugh, formerly of the television show Ed, which, as you all may remembered prominently featured Ron's music on more than one occasion.

May 12

On Monday May 15, select stations across Canada are carrying a 30-minute Ron Sexsmith Command Performance on Monday. It is basically a sweet conversation between Ron and Jann Arden, with a few songs sprinkled in. For a complete list of stations, visit this website's Forum under Radio Active. There will be a Webcast of the 60-minute version on Tuesday May 16.

May 11

Ron will be featured on Bravo Canada's "Arts & Minds" series. A crew followed him around the Junos and leading up to Massey Hall. The show will air several times: on Bravo Saturday, May 13 at 7:00 AM and 6:00 PM; Sunday, May 14 at 7:00 PM. Additionally, the show will air on all CityTV stations at 12 Noon on Saturday, May 13 and 11:30 PM on Thursday, May 18 as well as CP24 at 2:00 PM on Sunday, May 14. All times are Eastern Daylight Times.

May 9

Warner Canada has set up a Ron Sexsmith Podcast for the next 4 weeks with 4 separate video clips, consisting of interview footage. 1) Ron talks about meeting some of his musical heroes. 2) Ron chats about the recording process with producer Mitchell Froom and the guest players on the album. 3) Ron discusses the songs on Time Being (part 1) 4) Ron discusses the songs on Time Being (part 2) The first one is up now. View that one and subscribe to future podcasts.

May 3

Here are the release dates for Ron's upcoming album, Time Being, worldwide:
May 12 - Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy May 15 - UK, Ireland, Spain, Belgium, Holland, France May 16 - Canada May 17 - Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland June 14 - Japan The release dates for US and Australia will be announced shortly.

May 1

Ron will be performing 3 songs between 10:00AM and 11:00AM at a CBC RADIO taping of "Go" on Saturday, May 6th at the CBC RADIO studios in downtown Toronto. Info on how to get tickets is HERE.

April 20

Now that all the excitement of the Massey Hall show has dimmed (though it will be long remembered), it's time to get down to the business of the release of Time Being. Worldwide release dates will be posted soon. In the meantime, All In Good Time is making strides at radio in Canada. Check out the Messageboard for a list of stations playing the song and details on how you can help make this song a hit.

A few more shows and one more person have been added to the June tour. Check the Tour Dates for the additions. As previously announced, Tim Bovaconti will be joining Ron for these dates and it now can be confirmed that Jason Mercer will be along as well.

March 30

New Tour Dates have been announced for a short trip to Europe and the UK. These June dates will be both festivals and headlining shows, all will be performed as a duo. For this trip, Ron will be bringing along Tim Bovaconti to add a little something extra. Where available, links are provided for ticket information (and in some cases, internet ticket sales are sooner than ticket sales to the public). More Tour Dates will be announced as they are confirmed.

March 28

We have made a few changes to the messageboard - there was little bug when we changed over to new registrants having to enter a code but we've gotten it all worked out now. So if you recently tried to register and gave up in confusion, please do try again. Also, if you have this board bookmarked, you'll need to change/update your bookmark. It is now HERE. There will be lots of information posted in the next weeks, both on this site and on the messageboard, so you won't want to miss a thing.

March 24

This just in: for Ron's April 8 show at Massey Hall, it can now be announced that the opener is Kathleen Edwards. She will be performing in an acoustic duo. Get your tickets now.

March 20

The new single from Ron's forthcoming album, All In Good Time, is going to Canadian radio today. Be sure to call your local stations and ask them to play All In Good Time by Ron Sexsmith! Our key target stations are Halifax: C100; Montreal: MIX 96, Q92; Ottawa: MAJIC 100, KISS 105.3; Toronto: CHUM FM, EZ ROCK, CHFI, MIX 99.9; Hamilton: K-LITE; London: FRESH, Q97.5; Winnipeg: Q94, CLEAR; Regina: LITE 92, Z99; Saskatoon: C95; Calgary: LITE 96; Edmonton: EZ ROCK; Kelowna: SUN; Vancouver: Z95.3, QMFM; Victoria: KOOL, OCEAN

February 11

The nominations for the 35th Annual Juno Awards were announced and Destination Unknown is among the select records to be honored. In the category Roots & Traditional Album of the Year: Group, Ron Sexsmith and Don Kerr's duo album received a nomination and Ron was nominated for Songwriter of the Year with the songs Listen, One Less Shadow, and Lemonade Stand from Destination Unknown. The awards will be presented on Sunday April 2 from Halifax and will be broadcast on CTV from LIVE from the Halifax Metro Centre. Tickets will go on sale on Saturday February 18 at 10:00am (AST).

February 9

Two of Ron's songs have been licensed for the upcoming 2006 Olympics broadcast from Torino Italy. Gold In Them Hills and From Now On may be heard - though we can't say when or how many times - in some of the prepared features. Tune in!

January 2

Ron will once again be participating in a very limited number of dates on the Bluebird North tour. The shows are February 16, 17 and 18 in Halifax, Moncton and St. John's, respectively. Take a look at the Tour Dates on this site for specific details. Other performers on those shows are Jane Siberry, Ron Hynes and Morgan Davis. Jac Gautreau will be hosting with either Blair Packham or Shari Ulrich.