January-September 2025*8 curated shows
144 songs*January 24
February 21
March 21
(no April show)
May 16
June 20
July 18
August 15
September 19*Southern Cross Lounge, Tranzac Club
292 Brunswick Ave
Toronto, Canada7pm-9pm
2 sets
$20*with:Andrew Downing - acoustic bass
Craig Harley - piano, accordion
Maggie Keogh - vocal
Jean Martin - drums
Justin Orok - guitar
John Southworth - vocal, guitar, piano& guests*SPHERE I
January 24
RIVERING, RAILROADIAN TYPESet:Old-fashioned rivers of rhyme
River of tears in everyone
Idle idol
Down in the under
Nocturnal mailman
Blue sleeves
Miracle in the night
Falling in love with the old world again
Tiny Tim
Lost child of the railroad
Oona
Sail the rails railroad sailor
Obscurantism
Always on the river
Last passenger pigeon of Ohio
River city girl
Pineapple shoes
Sedona Arizona*SPHERE II
February 21
ONE WINTER ROSESet:Gentle giant
The horse that swam across the sea
Moon on fire
Hey I got news for you
No inner mission
You are what you dream
One winter rose
Holy mackerel
Happy birthday mister president
The sea or the ocean
Niagara Falls is not Niagara Falls
Second childhood
Zulou
Angel landing
Womb of time
The kiss
Stand by your masses*SPHERE III
March 21
EGG-SPIRITUS EQUINOXSet:Nip it in the bud
Money doesn't grow on trees
Ombudswoman
First of May
Songs in the land
Farma pharma farma
So glad it's finally spring
Just before dawn
The Luddite
Morbid fecundity
Flood of feminine
Pumpkins
Love's magic
White peasant wine
Applecart
Irish tree alphabet
Only a bunny*SPHERE IV
May 16
LOVE SONGS 96-23Set:Make the time for your girl
Seashells and bluebells
Old soul
You led me to believe
Lucid love
I loved my girl
Trust the voice of love
Vow
Eyes are the flowers
Heroes of Eros
Vertigo
Life is unbelievable
Butterfly shadow
A day doesn’t go by
Girl on the moon
Tender mountain eyes
Loving you
I want you to take photos of me crying*SPHERE V
June 20
SINGALONG WITH SUBVERSION*SPHERE VI
July 18
CELESTIAL VISITATION*SPHERE VII
August 15
ANCESTRAL COVERS / ANCESTRAL SOUTH SEAS*SPHERE VIII
September 19
FALL SHOW DANCE*no song played twice in these spheres
DiscographyWhen you're this, this in love 2023
Rialto 2021
Miracle In The Night 2019
Small Town Water Tower 2016
Niagara 2014
Easterween 2012
SPIRITUAL WAR Cassette Tape 2011
Human Cry 2010; reissue 2018
Mama Tevatron 2009
The Pillowmaker 2007
Yosemite 2005
Banff Springs Transylvania 2000
Sedona Arizona 1999
Mars Pennsylvania 1997
Previous ShowsSeptember 28, 2024 - What now now what, Guelph, CANADAMay 4, 2024 - "secret house concert" with Ryan Driver, Toronto, CANADAMarch 21-22, 2024 - Helliconian Hall, Toronto, CANADA (Toronto Songs / Confluence Concerts)November 8, 2023 - Hotel Wolfe Island, CANADAMay 25, 2023 - West End Phoenix Festival, Tranzac Main Hall, Toronto, CANADAMay 21, 2023 - Hotel Wolfe Island, Wolfe Island, CANADAMay 20, 2023 - URSA, Montreal, CANADAMay 13, 2023 - Golden Bus, Guelph, CANADADecember 16, 2022 - Barnyard Christmas Singalong, Tranzac, Toronto, CANADAAugust 13, 2022 - Ryan Driver Backyard Event, Toronto, CANADAJuly 15, 2022 - with Alex Lukashevsky, Bampot Bohemian House, Toronto, CANADAMarch 11, 2022 - premiere of Rialto, Paradise Theater, Toronto, CANADAApril 2-4, 2020 - cancelled
with Art of Time Ensemble, Enwave Theater, Toronto, CANADADecember 8, 2019 - The Tin, Coventry, UKDecember 6, 2019 - The Waiting Room, London, UKDecember 4, 2019 - Nachtasyl, Hamburg, GERMANYDecember 3, 2019 - Monarch, Berlin, GERMANYDecember 1, 2019 - Trafo, Jena, GERMANYNovember 29, 2019 - Blue Bird Festival, Vienna, AUSTRIANovember 2, 2019, Hamilton Public Library, Hamilton, CANADAAugust 4, 2019 - Festival of the Sound, Parry Sound, CANADAJuly 25, 2019 - Toronto Summer Music Festival with Art of Time Ensemble, Koerner Hall, Toronto, CANADAJuly 19, 2019 - private concert, Ottawa, CANADAJuly 14, 2019 - Hillside Festival, CANADAJuly 6, 2019 - Stratford Festival with Art of Time Ensemble, Stratford, CANADAMay 4, 2019 - Imperial Pub Backroom, Toronto, CANADAApril 12, 2019 - KAZOO Fest, Guelph, CANADAFebruary 21-23 2019 - performing at Art of Time Ensemble 20th Anniversary Concert, Enwave Theater, Toronto, CANADADecember 22, 2018 - performing with Fucked Up at Toronto Overdose Prevention Society Benefit, Opera House, Toronto, CANADAOctober 19, 2018 - performing with Fucked Up, Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto, CANADASeptember 22, 2018 - performing with Hayden & others at Dave Bidini book release, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, CANADAMarch 13, 2018 - Easterween at MA Scene Nationale, Montbeliard, FRANCEFebruary 21, 2018 - Creative Vision/Accessing & Heightening; Ignite Workshop/ARTSCAPE (lecture talk) Toronto, CANADANovember 9, 2017 - reading original prose-poem selections for Andrew Downing's Otterville, Canadian Music Center, Toronto, CANADAAugust 18-19, 2017 - Summer's End Folk Festival, Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick, CANADAApril 29, 2017 - The Bicycle Cafe, Flesherton, Ontario, CANADAApril 7, 2017 - Kazoo Fest, Guelph, Ontario, CANADANovember 24, 2016 - Cafe OTO, London, UKNovember 19, 2016 - Stadtkonzerte, Luzurne, SWITZERLANDNovember 18, 2016 - Karlstorbanof, Heidelberg, GERMANYNovember 17, 2016 - Cafe Hochberg, Hamburg, GERMANYNovember 16, 2016 - Die Wohngemelnschaft, Cologne, GERMANYNovember 15, 2016 - Privatclub, Berlin, GERMANYOctober 28, 2016 - Burdock Music Hall, Toronto, CANADANovember 12, 2015 - BAM, Paris, FRANCENovember 10, 2015 - MA Scene Nationale, Montbeliard, FRANCENovember 9, 2015 - Brotfabrik, Frankfurt, GERMANYNovember 8, 2015 - Private concert, Munich, GERMANYNovember 7, 2015 - Beatpol, Dresden, GERMANYNovember 6, 2015 - Rolling Stone Weekender, Weissenhauser Strand, GERMANYNovember 5, 2015 - NaTo, Leipzig, GERMANYOctober 14, 2015 - Burdock Music Hall, Toronto, CANADAApil 2, 2015 - Moment's Club live on Radio Bremen, Bremen, GERMANYMarch 30, 2015 - Gruner Salon, Berlin, GERMANYMarch 25, 2015 - The Servant's Quarters, London, UKMarch 23, 2015 - The Tin, Coventry, UKFebruary 27-28, 2015 - Lou Reed Tribute/Art of Time Ensemble, Enwave Theatre, Toronto, CANADAFebruary 14, 2015 - Easterween, Western Front, Vancouver, CANADAFebruary 13, 2015 - Yukon Film Festival, Whitehorse, CANADA
WritingHares of the Heist in a Windmill Pub - miniature tall tales (Sud de Valeur Press 2024)Rialto - novella (Sud de Valeur Press 2021)Daydreams For Night - alternative children's book (Asuka Japan 2016)Florida & Faun - poems (Sud de Valeur Press 2006)
VideographyDown in the under 2023Pure song of the children 2019No inner mission 2019Champion of love 2016Second childhood 2016Weird woman 2015Loving you 2015Ode to the morning sky 2014Hey I got news for you 2014Nip it in the bud 2012First of May 2009Pineapple shoes 2007Life is unbelievable 2007Simple simple boy 2005Sunday brunch buffet 2002Now that I'm a railroad boy 1997Entertaining the troops 1995
FilmographyRialto 2022
management: Jenn Edgar [email protected]
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