Shawna Caspi CD Release

Well, I'm ringing in the new year with news of a new gig - yeehaw! And this is the best kind of gig, because I get to open for my dear friend, the lovely and talented Shawna Caspi, who is releasing her long-awaited first full-length solo album, Paint by Numbers. Come on by and listen to Shawna's amazing storytelling in song, and be sure to pick up a copy of the album! Here are the details:

Shawna Caspi CD Release, with Lesley Hoyles opening
Saturday, January 26th
Doors at 9pm
Cover: $8
The Cameron House
408 Queen Street West, Toronto

For some clips from the new album, check out Shawna's website at www.shawnacaspi.com.

New gig!

I think I'm just going to altogether stop trying to be good at this, because then it's just one more thing for me to fail at. Franchement!

Anyways, I have a gig next Sunday, and all y'all who are in Toronto should stop on by for some cozy Sunday afternoon fun.

Here are the details:
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Sunday, November 18th
2:30pm - 4:30pm
The Tranzac Club
292 Brunswick Avenue (just south of Bloor)
Toronto, ON

Spend a cozy November Sunday afternoon at the Tranzac with Lesley. Come for the whole show, or drop in for a while. New songs and stories...
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Hope to see some of you there!

I'm still alive - and have a new gig!

Well, I think I have officially become the worst blogger ever. So, a very quick update: since my last post, I have lost and renewed my faith in music, travelled to Halifax and Cape Breton, played a fun gig at Toronto Pride, continued to work through a very busy time at my day job, visited and had visits from friends and family, spent a long weekend in Montreal, and various other much more mundane things. So, there is clearly far too much to do a proper update, musical or otherwise, so I will go ahead with posting details about my upcoming gig at the Free Times Cafe in Toronto:

Songwriter-in-the-round
Wednesday, August 15th
8:30pm
$5 or PWYC
Free Times Cafe
320 College Street

Playing with Australian singer-songwriter Sarah Turk, and one other artist, TBA.

Come on out and eat some delicious latkes and listen to some delicious tunes! I'd love to see you there.

And hopefully I'll actually post about it afterwards. But I'm not making any promises.

L. xo.

Thanks, CBC!

The gig on Sunday went really well - the Tranzac was great to play at, and I hope to be able to play there again sometime soon.

The other exciting news I got came last night at choir rehearsal, when one of the women in my choir congratulated me on being played on CBC on the weekend. I, of course, had no idea that this had happened, but it turns out that I was in fact played on Saturday morning on Fresh Air. How exciting! I think this is my first time, too. Thanks, CBC. You totally made my day.

Last minute show announcement!

GigGigGigGigGig!

Huzzah! I finally have a gig booked in Toronto. Come on down at the end of February and escape the dull winter with some yummy drinks and yummy songs. For more details, check out my site: www.lesleyhoyles.com.

New Song: Flight Path / Year of Reunions (you choose!)

I sat all day under the flight path and thought of you / You’ve been gone for less than a week but already I don’t know what’s true /
We talk of our sad existence like I don’t know how the world existed before I met you and now that you’re gone I’m blue /
From the start you were something to leave but somehow I got confused / ‘cause it was the leaving that pulled me back, yeah, it was the leaving that brought me to you /
And all the planes here have me thinking ‘bout you and what it’ll be like when you’re back for good / Now we’re talking ‘bout leaving together and holing up somewhere deep in the woods /

And this will be our year of reunions / counting down the seconds ‘til you’re here to stay / I won’t tell you that I’m tired of waiting / I’ll just feign patience, sleep through the day /

We’ll close the curtains and turn off the lights here / imagine the world has ceased to exist / Batten down hatches, ignore all the phone calls / picture it as a forbidden tryst /
‘Cause all of the world is telling us to prove what we have is real / But I don’t know how to put down on a form what I feel /

And this will be our year of reunions / counting down the seconds ‘til you’re here to stay / I won’t tell you that I’m tired of waiting / I’ll just feign patience, sleep through the day /

Is it so terrible that I want to stay as far from the airplanes as I can? / Riding the subway all day from the airport then home again / And things are not as they seem as we become less and less real to each other / Telephone wires get buried too deep ‘til the voices are smothered /

And this will be our year of reunions / counting down the seconds ‘til you’re here to stay / I won’t tell you that I’m tired of waiting / I’ll just feign patience, sleep through the day //


Which title do you prefer?