Tag Archives: The Wooden Sky
Evening Hymns at The Tranzac
This past November, Evening Hymns released Spirit Guides, which was one of my favourite albums of the year. I’ve been a fan of Jonas Bonetta (the man behind Evening Hymns) for a long time now, so I’ve been really happy to see so many people discover him with his latest release. For the longest time, Jonas was a one-band-band, using only his guitar and keyboard (and a few looping pedals) to create his lush sonic landscapes. For Spirit Guides, he enlisted the help of his many talented friends (including Sylvie Smith of The Magic, Tim Bruton from The D’Urbervilles, Shaun Brodie of the Hidden Cameras, and most of The Wooden Sky), resulting in his most diverse and transcendent album to date.
Jonas brought out these friends for his album release show back in December, and I was fortunate enough to be in the audience. Here they are performing his song “Broken Rifle” – see if you can count how many people are on stage for this.
Gavin Gardiner at the ELK Lodge
This past Sunday I went to my friend Emily, Liz, and Ken’s (ELK) house for a little going away party for Forest City Lovers (FCL) who were heading to Europe the next day for a tour. They had a bunch of friends play some short sets and all of it was really sweet. I captured a song from The Wooden Sky’s Gavin Gardiner, which can be seen right here. I’ve been to a lot of house shows lately, and I hope to go to a lot more this summer! Food, music and friends, what could be better?