Jenny Whiteley's glitterfolk crew LeVolume play The Burdock, June 8

Jenny Whiteley's LeVolume play a rare Toronto show sans gator at The Burdock on June 8 at 7 pm. Get tickets right here.

Listen to a few songs by LeVolume via Soundcloud right here. 

One For The Weekend: Jenny Whiteley's Le Volume

Check out "That Was Then, This Is Now" by Le Volume feat. Julian Brown, Joey Wright and Jenny Whiteley below. 

Check out Le Volume's unjustly overlooked debut album from 2020 via Bandcamp right here. 

Jenny Whiteley celebrates 20 years of Hopetown @ Moonshine Café, May 4

Jenny will be joined by Joey Wright, Amy Millan & pals at Oakville's Moonshine Café at 8 pm.

Here's the scoop on Hopetown...

Hopetown is a collection of songs that may seem more traditional in content at first glance: lost love, prison misery, a “where’s he at?” lament. Dig a little deeper, however, and you’ll hear that The Halls Of Folsom is about not wanting to leave prison, and that No Reason Blues is about anxiety and the need to worry about something. There are some great country songs here too…I Never Knew (written with Hearbreak Hill’s Chris Quinn and Dottie Cormier) and I Know How To Say Goodbye (co-written with Colin Linden) tug at the heartstrings, while more the ethereal Circus is In Town and the evocative Hallelujah Haircut (a co-write with Fred Eaglesmith) take the album down some winding dirt roads and into an eccentric small town of the mind. Just when you think your ride is over, the haunting and beautiful a Capella Day to Day rounds out the album, leaving the taste of love and honey in your mouth, as the claw hammer banjo echoes through the hills. 

The title Hopetown comes from a village outside of Kingston: “We were driving home from doing a music program at a camp for developmentally challenged adults, which had been a fantastic experience, and we missed our turn and ended up in Hopetown. The name on the road sign just jumped out at me. A few years ago, I would have used it sarcastically, that was just my sense of humour, but now I really feel uplifted by the title. It reflects my life more than the work in some ways…don’t worry, there are still lots of broken hearts and murder and even a prison song on the album, for all of my fans out there!” 

You can get a copy of Jenny Whiteley's Hopetown album via Bandcamp right here. 

Summer camp for grown-ups – bluegrass style!

The Old School Bluegrass Camp – started by Jenny Whiteley & Alysa Hawkins – returns to Milford, Ont from June 30th to July 5th.

Here's the scoop...
We are thrilled to announce the fifth year of our Old School Bluegrass Camp June 30th-July 5th! Our instructors are Joey Wright (mandolin), Kristine Schmitt (vocals), Sam Allison (clawhammer banjo) and members of The Barrel Boys: Kyle Kirkpatrick (guitar), Nathan Smith (fiddle), Rob McLaren (bluegrass banjo), and Tim O'Reilly (bass). Ivan Rosenberg will be at camp to teach electives and lead the nightly slow jams, and Luke Mercier is our on-site luthier, available to keep all your instruments in tip-top shape.

Students have a morning instrument or vocal class, electives, and band labs, instructor concerts to take in, open mics, and their own student concert.

The focus of this camp is learning to play music with others. We create several student bluegrass groups that spend the week jamming together, rehearsing with an instructor to guide them, gelling as a group, and ultimately performing on our stage in the student concert.

Enrolment is limited to 50 campers, giving each camper an unprecedented level of teaching, coaching, mentoring and one-on-one instruction. Students will leave camp with new friends, new skills, plenty to work on in the coming year, and improved confidence in their next jam.

Food, camping, special workshops, nightly concerts and more are included with registration.
Register at: https://oldschoolbluegrasscamp.wordpress.com/register/
More information at: https://oldschoolbluegrasscamp.wordpress.com

Willie P. Bennett Tribute @ Hugh's Room, Thursday

Here's a rare clip of the late great Willie P. Bennett performing at Hamilton's Festival of Friends back in 1976. 

Happy Birthday Jenny Whiteley

Here's Jenny and crew peforming Chris Coole's $100 from her album The Original Jenny Whiteley. 

Jenny Whiteley @ The Burdock, Thursday

Jenny's latest album, The Original Jenny Whiteley features studio versions of roots songs she's been playing for ages.

Here's the scoop from Black Hen Music...
"Jenny has been inspired in her latest project to channel her early influences and musical life - her brand new recording “The Original Jenny Whiteley” includes several originals in the style of early jazz, jug band and old time music.  There are also some of Jenny`s live faves here, including In The Pines and Stealin` Stealin'.  The recording sessions were all done live off the floor at H. Chris Brown`s Wolfe Island Post Office Studio, with producer-musician Sam Allison and Teillard Frost (Sheesham and Lotus)."

Jenny Whiteley launches her new album at The Burdock tonight. Doors open at 8:30 pm, the show starts at 9 pm sharp. Tickets are $10 advance, $15 door. For more show info, check The Burdock site. Get a copy of The Original Jenny Whiteley album on CD or digital download directly from Black Hen Music right here. For the moment, you can also grab a free download of the song "$100." Check out her version of Uncle Dave Macon's "Morning Blues" below.

Don't miss Doug Paisley @ The Horseshoe tonight

Hear Doug's duet with Bonnie 'Prince' Billy below.  He'll be joined by Jenny Whiteley & Jerry Leger this evening.