Acrpost: A Project of the Pacific Association of Artist Run Centres

Event Description

Iconic songwriter Harlan Howard believed that songs exist in the air all around us. That’s how these new Skydiggers songs began — in the air. There were no charts given in advance. There were no tunes that were road-tested. These 14 songs were new. It began with some off days during a busy November tour, with a revisit to the Tragically Hip’s Bathouse Studio. This studio, a heritage home transformed into one of the unique recording rooms in the world, is not just part of Skydiggers history, but is also part of our Canadian Music DNA. Surrounded by trees on three sides, and water on the fourth, it is a setting without distraction. The silence of the vast lake provided the perfect tone for what was to occur. The creation would begin when each song was first play... more...