tag:corinraymond.com,2005:/blogs/latest-news?p=4Latest News2023-07-22T22:57:43-04:00Corin Raymondfalsetag:corinraymond.com,2005:Post/72459582023-07-22T22:57:43-04:002023-10-16T10:49:22-04:00BOOKMARKS AT THE WINNIPEG FRINGE! <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/191190/c08242d80e2a684c2b9c665854d21d2628a906b0/original/bookmarks-poster-for-winnipeg-fringe-web.png/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><p>Six shows left!</p><p><a class="no-pjax" href="https://www.winnipegfringe.com/performer-detail.aspx?kw=Local+Rascal+Productions" data-link-type="url">CLICK THIS VERY SENTENCE TO GET TICKETS!</a></p><p>Bahoozbah!</p><p>CRay</p>Corin Raymondtag:corinraymond.com,2005:Post/71576062023-02-21T00:12:59-05:002023-02-21T20:43:46-05:00Back to Abnormal and Bringin' Abnormal Back! (at the end of Feb, 2023)<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/191190/3b1af3ae7b623162ec302e688025fbb5c233c848/original/me-by-randy-macneil-ottawa-nov-22-4.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p><p>This picture was taken in Ottawa (by Ottawa's <strong>Randy MacNeil</strong>, a Canadian treasure of a photographer) in November, 2022. But this photo is pretty much what I look like right <i>now</i>, sitting here on my couch, February 20, 2023. I've currently got a buncha upcoming shows and adventures, all listed at<strong> </strong><a class="no-pjax" href="https://corinraymond.com/appearing-live" data-link-type="url"><strong>“APPEARING LIVE" (click above or hover here).</strong></a> It's nice to type those words together so darn naturally –– put ‘em in bold, even –– feels almost like getting back to abnormal –– never fear, friends, fellow travellers –– you'll <i>always</i> be abnormal to me. Look me up if I swing by near you, and be kind to yourself out there. You deserve it –– you're lovely, Corin.</p>Corin Raymondtag:corinraymond.com,2005:Post/70454962022-08-25T01:21:48-04:002022-08-25T01:21:49-04:00BOOKMARKS AT THE VICTORIA FRINGE (AUG 25 – SEP 4)<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/191190/d969c19cb1f19358308aefff6125b1eb23b929af/original/vic-poster-bookmarks.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>VICTORIA FRINGE! <br>Aug 24 – Sep 4 <br>5 BOOKMARKS Performances / $15 <br>The Baumann Centre (925 Balmoral Road) </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Thurs Aug 25 – 6 pm&nbsp;Thurs Sep 1 – 8:15 pm&nbsp;Fri Sep 2 – 4:30 pm&nbsp;Sat Sep 3 – 8:15 pm&nbsp;Sun Sep 4 – 2:15 pm&nbsp;TICKETS ARE ONLY AVAILABE ONLINE&nbsp;(there won’t be any for sale at the door)&nbsp;–– Click above for tickets ––&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://tickets.intrepidtheatre.com/event/909:28/"><strong>Thurs Aug 25 – 6 pm </strong></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Thurs Aug 25 – 6 pm&nbsp;Thurs Sep 1 – 8:15 pm&nbsp;Fri Sep 2 – 4:30 pm&nbsp;Sat Sep 3 – 8:15 pm&nbsp;Sun Sep 4 – 2:15 pm&nbsp;TICKETS ARE ONLY AVAILABE ONLINE&nbsp;(there won’t be any for sale at the door)&nbsp;–– Click above for tickets ––&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://tickets.intrepidtheatre.com/event/909:28/"><strong>Thurs Sep 1 – 8:15 pm </strong></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Thurs Aug 25 – 6 pm&nbsp;Thurs Sep 1 – 8:15 pm&nbsp;Fri Sep 2 – 4:30 pm&nbsp;Sat Sep 3 – 8:15 pm&nbsp;Sun Sep 4 – 2:15 pm&nbsp;TICKETS ARE ONLY AVAILABE ONLINE&nbsp;(there won’t be any for sale at the door)&nbsp;–– Click above for tickets ––&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://tickets.intrepidtheatre.com/event/909:28/"><strong>Fri Sep 2 – 4:30 pm </strong></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Thurs Aug 25 – 6 pm&nbsp;Thurs Sep 1 – 8:15 pm&nbsp;Fri Sep 2 – 4:30 pm&nbsp;Sat Sep 3 – 8:15 pm&nbsp;Sun Sep 4 – 2:15 pm&nbsp;TICKETS ARE ONLY AVAILABE ONLINE&nbsp;(there won’t be any for sale at the door)&nbsp;–– Click above for tickets ––&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://tickets.intrepidtheatre.com/event/909:28/"><strong>Sat Sep 3 – 8:15 pm </strong></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Thurs Aug 25 – 6 pm&nbsp;Thurs Sep 1 – 8:15 pm&nbsp;Fri Sep 2 – 4:30 pm&nbsp;Sat Sep 3 – 8:15 pm&nbsp;Sun Sep 4 – 2:15 pm&nbsp;TICKETS ARE ONLY AVAILABE ONLINE&nbsp;(there won’t be any for sale at the door)&nbsp;–– Click above for tickets ––&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://tickets.intrepidtheatre.com/event/909:28/"><strong>Sun Sep 4 – 2:15 pm </strong></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a contents="Thurs Aug 25 – 6 pm&nbsp;Thurs Sep 1 – 8:15 pm&nbsp;Fri Sep 2 – 4:30 pm&nbsp;Sat Sep 3 – 8:15 pm&nbsp;Sun Sep 4 – 2:15 pm&nbsp;TICKETS ARE ONLY AVAILABE ONLINE&nbsp;(there won’t be any for sale at the door)&nbsp;–– Click above for tickets ––&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://tickets.intrepidtheatre.com/event/909:28/">TICKETS ARE ONLY AVAILABE ONLINE <br>(there won’t be any for sale at the door) <br>–– Click above for tickets –– </a><br><a contents="and&nbsp;here for the Victoria Fringe." data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://intrepidtheatre.com/">and here for the Victoria Fringe.</a></strong></p>Corin Raymondtag:corinraymond.com,2005:Post/70454952022-08-25T01:18:02-04:002022-08-25T01:18:02-04:00CORIN RAYMOND AT THEATRE SKAM (A VICTORIA MUSIC SHOW, MON SEP 6)<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/191190/bbaaccc0d985b3bbeb33182fe121d875472e0f17/original/corin-outside-cameron-w-tric-case-by-patrick.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Mon Sep 5 / SKAM Satellite Theatre / Victoria, BC <br>849 Fort St. / $25 / 630 pm doors / 7 – 9 pm <br><a contents="–––– Tickets To&nbsp;Be Had&nbsp;Here ––––" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/corin-raymond-music-performance-at-theatre-skam-tickets-399767434157?aff=ebdssbdestsearch">–––– Tickets To Be Had Here ––––</a><br>Tickets will be available at the door, but seating is limited. <br>This is a music show –– two sets –– for which Corin will be joined <br>by Victoria guitarist Travis Charuk a.k.a T-Rav the Transformer <br>(T-Rav is the man who did all the paintings for Hobo Jungle Fever Dreams) <br><a contents="SKAM.ca" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://skam.ca/">SKAM.ca</a></strong></p>Corin Raymondtag:corinraymond.com,2005:Post/70454892022-08-25T00:59:02-04:002022-08-25T00:59:02-04:00My Favourite Tour Poster Yet (by Winnipeg's Nick Luchak)<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/191190/cb57c59be484f4a2e6924e011d8ca291d7c9b9f5/original/dog-tour-poster-jpeg.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>Corin Raymondtag:corinraymond.com,2005:Post/70267122022-07-29T16:32:26-04:002022-07-29T16:32:27-04:00BOOKMARKS (AN OFF-THE-RECORD REVIEW BY TOR LUKASIK-FOSS) <p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/191190/8208b62b5af4467f38ea734b33f951ee07e9f6fd/original/cr-bookmarks-poster-p3.png/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.png" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p>Friends, I don’t know that <strong>BOOKMARKS </strong>will get a more satisfying review than this one from <strong>Tor Lukasik-Foss</strong>, a Hamilton-based writer/storyteller of whom I’m a HUGE fan. Tor saw <strong>BOOKMARKS</strong> at the Hamilton Fringe and was inspired to write it. Speaking as the creator and performer of <strong>BOOKMARKS</strong>, it's high reward to feel this understood; to have the work I’ve done be this perceived, and articulately enjoyed : </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>BOOKMARKS (AN OFF-THE-RECORD REVIEW BY TOR LUKASIK-FOSS) </strong> </p>
<p><strong>“I’m a sucker for good storytelling, but I’m also finicky—I don’t like it when stories are told in a way that feels acted, I don’t like it when stories have been polished to a high precision, and I don’t like it when stories are delivered solely for weightless amusement. I do like it when the craft of the storytelling is so hidden within a conversational delivery that I don’t notice it—when the teller seems to be speaking casually and only when I’m knee deep in their narrative do I realize that I’m enmeshed in something that is both poetic and precisely crafted. </strong></p>
<p><strong>This is why Bookmarks, written and performed by Corin Raymond, currently on view at the 2022 Hamilton Fringe, whalloped me as much as it did. It starts off so unassuming, and then in small, deliberate increments builds to a finish that is equally emotional and revelatory. No small feat for a play whose premise suggests nothing more than ‘books are cool”. </strong></p>
<p><strong>Through a succession of 5 or 6 monologues (I wasn’t counting), Raymond alternates between alliterative tributes to the tactile, talismanic quality of books and key biographical moments where his attachment to them has been forged. Within the weaving of these pieces is a seemingly inconsequential tale of losing a Helen Garner paperback in an Australian airport, and Raymond’s subsequent overreaction to the loss. This moment soon becomes a toggle switch for a more foundational trauma. </strong></p>
<p><strong>Normally, I think I might write it off as a storyteller’s trick to take a slight moment and then extrapolate on it so that it can talk to bigger and more elemental themes. But in Bookmarks, the sheer ferocity of Raymond’s conviction, and the urgency and vulnerability of his telling erase any notion that he is either contriving or being clever. By the end of the piece, it is evident that books are not just books for Raymond; they are tools essential for his survival. And those things that give us solace and stability should never ever be taken for granted; indeed, we should take time to recognize and venerate them. </strong></p>
<p><strong>And this is what Raymond has done. I’m grateful for it.”</strong></p>Corin Raymondtag:corinraymond.com,2005:Post/67468782021-09-15T16:24:41-04:002021-09-15T16:27:47-04:00LIVE-ZOOMIN' my one-person show The Great Canadian Tire Money Caper!<p>Friends,<br><br>I'm live-Zooming my one-person show The Great Canadian Tire Money Caper, followed by a little music, on Tues Sept 28!<br><br>Tickets can be had here (hover cursor over link): <a contents="https://sidedooraccess.com/shows/xtohzXIW4TDgnh5y1P31?fbclid=IwAR13jj4L09uUuInZ3TSPesAJSuk0HEb_AEHkyNgE20F9cK1i3v7-PU9ZeRY" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://sidedooraccess.com/shows/xtohzXIW4TDgnh5y1P31?fbclid=IwAR13jj4L09uUuInZ3TSPesAJSuk0HEb_AEHkyNgE20F9cK1i3v7-PU9ZeRY">https://sidedooraccess.com/shows/xtohzXIW4TDgnh5y1P31?fbclid=IwAR13jj4L09uUuInZ3TSPesAJSuk0HEb_AEHkyNgE20F9cK1i3v7-PU9ZeRY</a> <br><br>(Bookworm on Tues Oct 26 and the "workshop debut" of a brand new show on Tues Nov 30)<br><br>Stay in tune,<br><br>Corin</p>
<p>ps. This poster is making use of a gorgeous painting by Hamilton's <a contents="James Thomas" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.instagram.com/jamesdmthomas/">James Thomas</a>.</p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/191190/a741c3243356858f2ff0e45c2a55ea8862a17ecd/original/corin-raymond-canadian-tire-money-caper-poster-1920x1080.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_left border_" /></p>Corin Raymondtag:corinraymond.com,2005:Post/66529692021-06-08T16:21:10-04:002021-06-08T16:21:10-04:00ZOOMIN' LIVE THURS JUNE 24th!<p><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://homeroutes.ca/product/corin-raymond-3/" style=""><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/191190/3b63db63fb43a43c77260efddef648a48e99b9f5/original/web-corin-raymond-your-next-haircut-june-24th-1920x1080.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></a></p>
<p>Friends out there in the front row, </p>
<p><a contents="Sliding scale tickets to my Thursday, June 24th performance are to be found right here; just&nbsp;hover your cursor over this sentence or on the picture above. The front row of&nbsp;the&nbsp;third and last of this&nbsp;3-show series is as magic as ever: everyone gets to be there." data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://homeroutes.ca/product/corin-raymond-3/" style="">Sliding scale tickets to my Thursday, June 24th performance are to be found right here; just hover your cursor over this sentence or on the picture above. </a></p>
<p><a contents="Sliding scale tickets to my Thursday, June 24th performance are to be found right here; just&nbsp;hover your cursor over this sentence or on the picture above. The front row of&nbsp;the&nbsp;third and last of this&nbsp;3-show series is as magic as ever: everyone gets to be there." data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://homeroutes.ca/product/corin-raymond-3/" style="">The front row of the third and last of this 3-show series is as magic as ever: everyone gets to be there.</a></p>
<p>My last "Haircut" (presented by Home Routes back on May 13th),<strong> 234</strong> folks bought front-row tickets; and lots of those ticket-buyers brought their partners, their sweethearts, their kids –– in the end, there were about 400 beautiful beating hearts, all in the FRONT ROW –– all together, hailing friends and chatting and communing and snacking on the sweetness of the crowd as much as on the show itself.</p>
<p>I'm telling you, magic has attended these "Haircuts" both times. </p>
<p>But before I get you any more EXCITED about this third and last "Haircut" (my final online appearance until the fall), I need to acknowledge something that I don't express enough: half of what makes my shows so special is that I have <em>such</em> <em>a good crowd</em>.</p>
<p>I'm miraculously fortunate this way. My audience is just made of <em>good people</em>. I don't say this to flatter; <a contents="I say&nbsp;it because you're&nbsp;the caramel secret in the&nbsp;Cadbury's Caramilk bar of what I do –– you're the magic-front-row ingredient that makes my whole enterprise feel so right –– and when you all get together, well, that's the non-technical, intangible&nbsp;other thing&nbsp;–– that's the confluence of hearts that's my Caramilk secret" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B6R2rnvZq8" style="">I say it because <em>you're</em> the caramel secret in the Cadbury's Caramilk bar of what I do –– <em>you're</em> the magic-front-row ingredient that makes my whole enterprise feel so right –– and when you all get together, well, <em>that's</em> the non-technical, intangible <em>other thing</em> –– that's the confluence of hearts at the heart of my long sought-after Caramilk secret</a>.</p>
<p>My first show (back on April 1st), we had <strong>214</strong> ticket buyers! Our goal for the May 13th show was <strong>215</strong>, and we hit <strong>233</strong>! </p>
<p>My dream is to end this 3-show season on<strong> 234</strong>! –– is that<em> so</em> <em>wrong</em>? Friends, is it WRONG TO DREAM?</p>
<p>I, for one, believe in us. I know we can; and there's joy in numbers.</p>
<p>But hey, before I leave you to purchase your tickets and to sweetly ponder the faces of far-flung friends or faraway family (or friends you haven't had the chance to do something utterly joyful with in a while) whom you might be inspired to suggest join you in my magical front row, let me tell you what you can expect from me on Thursday, June 24th:</p>
<p>1. As with my each of these three shows, this one will feature 80% different material than the others did.</p>
<p>2. I'll be debuting at <em>least</em> two totally brand-new songs: <strong>"Just For the Record"</strong> and <strong>"Wasn't Done Falling in Love."</strong><strong> (</strong>I'm hoping to finish a third new song called <strong>"Listenin'</strong><strong>" </strong>between now and the 24th.)</p>
<p>3. I'll be fulfilling several requests that I was unable to satisfy for the last show or the one before that: <strong>"Blue Mermaid Dress"</strong> or<strong> "The Law and the Lonesome,"</strong> anyone? –– to name a couple. I'm even gonna break down one of the verses of "The Law and the Lonesome" and tell you the origin of each line. (For those of you who are into that kinda thing.)</p>
<p>4. I'm excited to share <em>two</em> <strong>new <em>Bookworm </em>monologues</strong> from the show I'm currently working on, which I'll be debuting in its entirety with Home Routes in the fall (more on <em>that</em> 3-show series soon enough).</p>
<p>5. Along with the requests and songs from earlier records, I'll be revisiting new material such as <strong>"The First Hundred Years Are the Hardest," "Sorry Love (For This Sorry Love of Mine)" </strong>and <strong>"We Are So Lightly Here."</strong></p>
<p>6. I will make you belly laugh.</p>
<p>7. Furthermore, I promise you at least one good cry –– in other words, feelings of sweet sorrowful human joy and relief.</p>
<p>I dare you to bring someone who's never heard of me. </p>
<p>I dare you to bring someone who has.</p>
<p>I dare you to bring someone you love.</p>
<p>Share the magic front row! </p>
<p>I dare you to purchase your ticket without further internal dialogue, as I'll feel the effect of that inspiration immediately, and it will be channelled directly into the work I'm doing to prepare for this mystical event!</p>
<p><a contents="Again, sliding scale tickets are&nbsp;HERE&nbsp;(hover your cursor)" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://homeroutes.ca/product/corin-raymond-3/">Again, sliding scale tickets are HERE (hover your cursor)</a>, my <a contents="Patreon is&nbsp;THERE&nbsp;(hover)" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.patreon.com/corinraymond?fan_landing=true">Patreon is THERE (hover)</a>, </p>
<p>And I remain, </p>
<p>Promotionally yours,</p>
<p>Corin Raymond </p>
<p>ps. Bahoozbahhh! </p>Corin Raymondtag:corinraymond.com,2005:Post/65972702021-04-07T16:52:49-04:002021-04-07T17:05:35-04:00ZOOMIN' LIVE THURS MAY 13th!<p><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://homeroutes.ca/product/corin-raymond-2/" style=""><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/191190/b23e4dec0ad2b561e959bee1412a039cc32da2d8/original/corin-raymond-your-next-haircut-may-13th-1920x1080.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></a></p>
<p>Friends out there in the front row,</p>
<p><a contents="Sliding scale tickets to my Thurs May 13th performance are to be found right here, hover your cursor over this sentence or on the picture above" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://homeroutes.ca/product/corin-raymond-2/">Sliding scale tickets to my Thurs May 13th performance are to be found right here, hover your cursor over this sentence or on the picture above</a> –– and I dare you to bring someone who's never heard of me.</p>
<p>I did my very first solo online show last week (Thurs Apr 1, 2021) and it was warm and wooden and wonderful! If you were one of the 214 who attended that one, thank you for making my month.</p>
<p>Aside from the joy it gave me to sing you 14 songs as well as share a "bit" from my next <em>Bookworm</em> show (I performed a monologue called "Airport Books" which I'm this week putting up on <a contents="my Patreon, hover your cursor here if you're curious" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.patreon.com/corinraymond?fan_landing=true">my Patreon, hover your cursor here if you're curious</a>), the biggest joy –– as it so often was in the Before Times –– was being an excuse for my fans and friends to get together.</p>
<p>I read the chat the following day and it glowed like a magical transcription of the best Cameron House convergence ever! I'm very lucky to have a fanbase that's just a benevolent horde of warm hearts. Friends, I love you.</p>
<p>This is the greatest thing about my work in the Small Time is that fundamentally, it's made of people like <em>you</em>. If you know someone who would be made happier for having Corin Raymond in their lives, I already know that I'll be happier to have them in mine. We're in a trying final stretch of the Pandemic and we need all the joy and inspiration we can find. I've got some of that stuff! So my suggestion for Thursday, May 13th is that you bring someone who's never heard me.</p>
<p>Bring a friend –– bring your uncle! Bring your sister who lives out in Burnaby now. Bring someone you miss, someone you wanna commune with in a way that's warm and winsome and open-hearted. Bring someone who likes to laugh.</p>
<p>Someone to share the front row with!</p>
<p>Again, sliding scale tickets are <a contents="HERE" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://homeroutes.ca/product/corin-raymond-2/" style="">HERE</a><a contents="HERE&nbsp;(hover your cursor)" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://homeroutes.ca/product/corin-raymond-2/"> (hover your cursor)</a>, <a contents="my Patreon is THERE&nbsp;(hover)" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.patreon.com/corinraymond?fan_landing=true">my Patreon is </a><i><a contents="THERE" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.patreon.com/corinraymond?fan_landing=true" style="">THERE</a></i><a contents="my Patreon is THERE&nbsp;(hover)" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.patreon.com/corinraymond?fan_landing=true"><i> (hover)</i></a>, </p>
<p>And I remain,</p>
<p>Corin Raymond</p>
<p>ps. Bahoozbah!</p>Corin Raymondtag:corinraymond.com,2005:Post/65037122020-12-19T18:57:29-05:002021-03-15T12:20:48-04:00I've Started a Patreon<p><a contents="Find me right here." data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.patreon.com/corinraymond">Find me right here.</a></p>
<p>I've made a new home for myself I call <a contents='"The Red Velvet Twilight Zone"' data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.patreon.com/corinraymond">"The Red Velvet Twilight Zone"</a> in which I share recordings of new songs, share progress of songs I'm working on, share poems, new stories, and talk about books –– for starters. Come and find me, friends.</p>
<p>Your friendly neighbourhood stay-at-home troubadour,</p>
<p>Corin</p>
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<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/191190/998c60bd63e15259e998d2527da3be83bcb21b99/original/rise-sessions-me-under-athens-poster.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>Corin Raymondtag:corinraymond.com,2005:Post/65017412020-12-17T13:08:49-05:002021-02-13T08:19:41-05:00New Online Concert with Home Routes: The Stay-at-Home Troubadour Revue<p>Friends and fellow travellers, on Feb 2nd I'll be leaping boldly into the new millenia with my first virtual concert appearance, which I'm making with two of my best pals, Scott Cook and Jonathan Byrd. I'll be throwing down all new material. Tickets are on sale now right here: <a contents="CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://homeroutes.ca/product/feb-2-2021-troubadour-revue/" target="_blank">CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS</a></p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/191190/e662691f6d02f79861ac6e98a2bd58793a7c8e29/original/131762571-5093695637322348-7537228278361566337-o.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>Corin Raymondtag:corinraymond.com,2005:Post/59674312019-11-20T18:20:56-05:002021-02-08T14:20:16-05:00MERCY THIS HUSTLE, AND BLESS JEN KIRKWOOD'S HEART.<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/191190/e4a4b6238b60767f6e0e35a19e0f383b2386abc7/original/randy-bar-robo-reading-from-below.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p><strong>"Dirty Mansions is the magnificent sum of all its parts: the book, with so, so many great stories; heart achingly sad and funny and everything in between. The CD with the exquisite mix of these now favourite songs. And of course, the album release shows (THE BEST SHOW YOU WILL SEE THIS YEAR). Go see this! You need this today, tomorrow, and let’s face it, you probably needed it yesterday. Corin Raymond, you are music’s true alchemist. Pure Gold." – Jen Kirkwood</strong></p>Corin Raymondtag:corinraymond.com,2005:Post/59672072019-11-20T15:21:06-05:002021-02-16T04:03:44-05:00Put a Record On Nov 19: Dirty Mansions with Corin Raymond CFMU<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/191190/a42c73080c8974e064dad35b0c515ea279edc781/original/randy-bar-robo-let-me-tell-you-w-mike.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsImxhcmdlIl1d.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a contents="Talkin' Dirty Mansions and the Hamilton launch with Alysha Main" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://cfmu.ca/episodes/17690-put-a-record-on-november-19-dirty-mansions-with-corin-raymond">Talkin' Dirty Mansions and the Hamilton launch with Alysha Main</a>!</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Killer photo by the extremely talented Randy McNeil.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"> </p>Corin Raymondtag:corinraymond.com,2005:Post/59493032019-11-04T16:01:29-05:002021-03-06T07:28:03-05:00DIRTY 2019 RELEASE DATES!<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/191190/ae729376cda7da7dcc540a6d6a882b737ba22908/original/dirty-release-dates-2019-2.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p>All dates and tickets at <a contents="TOUR DATES" data-link-label="Tour Dates" data-link-type="page" href="/tour-dates">TOUR DATES</a>, and note that LONDON is separate, at the top of the page. All advance ticket purchases for London go straight to me, and there's no fee for those. Bahoozbaaaah! CR</p>Corin Raymondtag:corinraymond.com,2005:Post/58131102019-07-03T17:24:51-04:002021-02-13T01:24:21-05:00SOME EXTRA MILES TO GO BEFORE I SLEEP<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/191190/3de638c3f33f1fa7663e90d1f4cabdf45e282cc6/original/canadian-as-fuck-mary-matheson.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p> You might’ve noticed that I’m willing to go some extra distance for what I do. Not just with what you’re holding in your hands, but at every step. If a song proves resistant in the studio, if we’re not feeling the direction we’ve taken, despite the time and money that’s been spent, I’ll go back, and begin again. This is my gift, and my curse. I’ll put a thousand bucks into a song and then, later on, make it walk the plank. It happens. It’s just not the usual practice in the Small Time, where money and deadlines are tight. Hey, we’re all in the same boat. None of us can afford to make records, and to make a good one is expensive. It costs to record, to mix, to master; to book your studio time, pay your producer, your engineer, your players. It costs to bring them back, if that’s called for. You don’t want to spend more than you have to, but sometimes it’s part of the job. </p>
<p> Furthermore, it’s extravagant to make a book, to print it, and ship it to where it needs to be. It may feel excessive to pay to publicize, promote, and put it out there, but to honour the time, money, and energy you’ve expended––well, as Scott Cook says, “You know I didn’t come this far not to go all the way.” And don’t get me wrong. It’s a lot of work, but it’s work that’s fun to do, and most of the time, it’s rewarding as all heck. But to finally have a record that’ll stand the test of time requires no small amount of potatoes. As a previous example, my album Hobo Jungle Fever Dreams cost $60,000.00 to make. All in, all told, top to bottom. Dirty Mansions will be similar, but you know what? It’s worth it. I wouldn’t take back a penny. I’ll listen to Dirty Mansions on my deathbed and go out grinning. Of course, none of this touches on the thousands of hours, the years it takes to write the songs, or to learn how to play them, or the never-ending grind of “writering,” as opposed to “writing,” by which I mean the mountain of administrative work that stands between me and my having a career. </p>
<p> Which, for me, raises the question: “What’s it worth?” What’s the figure we can put on the music that heals our souls? What’s the empirical value for the work that’s brought us these songs? Can it even be tabulated? Could I ever remunerate Tom Waits, or Leonard Cohen, or any of my friends, for that matter, for what they’ve given me? I certainly bought Tom Waits and Leonard Cohen records when they were for sale, and paid, multiple times, to see them, but even so. The five times I saw Leonard Cohen in concert, we applauded like every single song was his final encore. We couldn’t clap hard, or long enough, because we weren’t applauding only the momentary performance of that song––we were applauding for everything that song had ever meant to us, over a lifetime. Perhaps the nominal amount we spend on that ticket is an inadequate way to express this gratitude, but a way nonetheless. Perhaps there can never be a price on what Leonard Cohen’s music means to us. Maybe it’s this exchange of our money for his lifelong dedication to music that provides us the rare opportunity to turn our money into love. </p>
<p> As a working songwriter, I need to find a way to let people know I have albums for sale––or steins, t-shirts, what have you. I’m an entertainer, so I’m expected to make jokes, and keep it light. When I say, “This is your chance to turn your money into pure love,” people laugh, because “Hahaha, listen to the funny man asking us to buy something! He’s so funny!” When I describe this alchemy of money into love, it’s not a gag. We’re just not socialized to think about money this way, but given the current consumer climate, I deserve as much as any working stiff to say something about the money I earn. Do you remember a little thing I like to call “The Great Canadian Tire Money Caper”? Remember how much joy was yielded by each, single paper nickel? How extraordinary was that? What a beautiful, living example of our reciprocity! What a revelation of value. Because, of course, each of us needs more than a single nickel made of paper, to keep our engines turning. This isn’t about the money, and of course, it’s about the money. Because I need the money, like everybody does––and yet, at the same time, it’s not the money I really need. This is the paradox of what I do. So where does it bring us? </p>
<p> Perhaps, on a smaller scale, our relationship as audience and artist, works something like this: I’ll agree to give you everything I have. I’ll invest it all, go all in. The whole kaboodle. For reasons which are not money reasons. Reasons which, at first, aren’t even aware of money. Motivations that would be impossible for our present Premier of Ontario, or for the current President of the United States to understand. Because they aren’t profit reasons. This exchange between us, this “Economy of Generosity,” isn’t about anyone getting richer––at least not in any way that capitalism would approve. In fact, it’s about us being allowed to forget the money. Let’s face it. This is the beautiful irony of how this weird job works: You will never be able to pay me for what I give to you. But the money you do give me has value beyond its denomination, beyond the banker’s eye. This deal of ours will never be successfully added up on any abacus, or personal computer. Do you see what I’m getting at? This is how we turn our money into love.</p>
<p>(Excerpted from the upcoming Dirty Mansions book. <a contents="To get involved, slide on over to the Dirty Emporium." data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://corinraymond.com/dirty-mansions" style="">To get involved, CLICK HERE and slide on over to my Dirty Emporium.</a>..)</p>Corin Raymondtag:corinraymond.com,2005:Post/57285392019-04-22T16:20:08-04:002021-04-21T13:09:56-04:00Let the Western Games Begin!<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/191190/50e2028925ff5d3ee539b2be61213d698472702f/original/corin-west-final-jpg.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>Corin Raymondtag:corinraymond.com,2005:Post/56363322019-02-10T14:12:32-05:002021-04-21T13:13:21-04:00Folk Alliance Bound! <p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/191190/e0e011ecb2a7464aabd18c69fdc186de8dd5d6f1/original/coming-in-2019-dirty-mansions-jrach.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p>I'm proud to be flying under the Mavens Music management banner next week at Folk Alliance International in Montréal, excited to room with Del Barber, and stoked to be playing each night in the company of the irrepressibly-talented Mike T. Kerr! </p>
<p>More than that, I'm excited for the unexpected moments, to get my mind melted by people I don't even know yet, and to to hang with old friends that I only get to see at conferences like this one. A little taste of Montréal winter won't hurt, either. Huzzah! </p>
<p>Catch me here: <br>Weds 10:30 pm #453 Intercontinental Revue at Folk Alliance 2019 <br>Thurs 10:30 pm #457 Folkin' Genius Lounge <br>Thurs 12:30 am #428 Rusty Car Music <br>Fri 12:00 am #321 Folk Music Canada <br>Sat 12:00 am #457 Folkin' Genius Lounge <br>Sat 1:00 am #550 NERFA Presents </p>
<p>ps. Stunning graphic by Jordanna Rachinsky.</p>
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<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/191190/ce63bb08977e9d3a28c68870075e151cafa22f24/original/corin-social-media-card-fai-2019-2.jpeg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>Corin Raymondtag:corinraymond.com,2005:Post/51559802018-03-30T08:33:57-04:002021-03-15T11:25:57-04:00Three Weeks Down with a Month to Go... I Love this Place.<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/191190/8a10c26d12bc2352fb2531927981f7bca64df53e/original/tour-dates-flyer-landscape2-lores.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>Corin Raymondtag:corinraymond.com,2005:Post/49133532017-10-31T12:05:02-04:002021-03-15T11:25:13-04:00This is Gonna Be Fun.<p>The poster says 8 pm, but the show begins at 830 pm - in the back room of The Cameron immediately after our weekly 6-8 pm Sundowners set in the front room....</p>
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<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/191190/4562aa0bfecbfd596a2b08b47033525bddce9601/original/throwntothewolves2b.jpg?1509465774" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>Corin Raymondtag:corinraymond.com,2005:Post/48681772017-09-27T21:28:54-04:002017-09-27T21:30:52-04:003 Shows with Kim Beggs: OWEN SOUND, OTTAWA, and HAMILTON. Comin' right up.<p style="text-align: center;">Kim is touring her new album, <em><strong>Said Little Sparrow</strong></em>. I'm telling new songs and singing new stories.</p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/191190/7e148d5b88280912e6451d6b1d4b88f50cd4e1e5/original/kim-beggs-oct-tour-poster-for-web.jpg?1506562107" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>Corin Raymondtag:corinraymond.com,2005:Post/48681752017-09-27T21:25:32-04:002017-09-27T21:26:09-04:00Horseshoe Hootenanny Sunday October 8th!<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/191190/53a6ecd8dea04b6b3d92615a25da9a1114b1d95b/original/horseshoe-hootenanny.jpg?1506561867" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>Corin Raymondtag:corinraymond.com,2005:Post/47726772017-07-09T14:19:56-04:002021-03-03T02:49:54-05:00Upcoming 2017 Festivals- Get your tickets and see you there!<p><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.wildmtnmusic.ca" target="_blank"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/191190/90ba0f1108fc2590093ff5d3e098ea2c1951011b/original/screen-shot-2017-07-09-at-2-12-41-pm.png?1499623985" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></a></p>
<p><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.artswells.com" target="_blank"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/191190/ba8bfadf37b40a2940657203c60898dd255037ea/original/screen-shot-2017-07-09-at-2-13-51-pm.png?1499624052" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></a></p>
<p><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://pfs.org/philadelphia-folk-festival/" target="_blank"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/191190/05cd9806ed137d1baf48e9d7b2085cd5a3fb3420/original/screen-shot-2017-07-09-at-2-15-16-pm.png?1499624165" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></a></p>
<p><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://deeprootsmusic.ca" target="_blank"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/191190/25759958be8e4ecbe71292fb426bea8d765bbd2d/original/screen-shot-2017-07-09-at-2-17-30-pm.png?1499624278" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></a></p>Corin Raymondtag:corinraymond.com,2005:Post/46963252017-05-04T10:41:12-04:002021-03-10T06:02:20-05:00AR OK MO LA & TX Dates with the Byrd!<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/191190/d2b5351dcd354d2dcafda17017dc1c42e810a05d/original/txlaokar-tour-may2017.jpg?1493908736" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>Corin Raymondtag:corinraymond.com,2005:Post/46963232017-05-04T10:35:30-04:002021-01-20T06:10:31-05:00Chat with Entertainment Media at the Junos<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large"><iframe class="justify_inline" data-video-type="youtube" data-video-id="fO5zikWPdMQ" data-video-thumb-url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/fO5zikWPdMQ/0.jpg" type="text/html" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fO5zikWPdMQ?rel=0&wmode=transparent&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" height="200" width="320" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe></span></div>Corin Raymondtag:corinraymond.com,2005:Post/46668342017-04-11T14:25:28-04:002017-04-11T14:25:28-04:00BOOKWORM strikes again this Friday!<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/191190/05192079ba979c8fc646514a3e8135857ff63a99/original/bookworm-music-elora.jpg?1491935115" class="size_l justify_center border_" />Corin Raymondtag:corinraymond.com,2005:Post/46591092017-04-05T13:28:17-04:002021-02-15T07:01:01-05:00Contemporary Roots Juno could not be in a Better Hand<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/191190/3e9b905f30574bbf386fa343b165685789dae1b0/medium/17492451-10154685990431634-452662496851757657-o.jpg?1491413200" class="size_m justify_center border_none" alt="" /><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/191190/976c9f3953122e6f6afd090591c5e35950877c2e/medium/c8bphfbuqaavghf.jpg?1491413118" class="size_m justify_center border_none" alt="" /><br>The Juno for Contemporary Roots Album of the Year could not be in a better hand. <strong>William Prince's EARTHLY DAYS</strong> isn't just my favourite album from last year, it's a touchstone I'll keep near me for the rest of my life. It's the record my heart had already chosen for the win and sharing the Contemporary Roots category with it was one of the sweetest aspects of my nomination. When EARTHLY DAYS producer <strong>Scott Nolan</strong> handed me a copy of it last April, I didn't have the faintest inkling he was passing me a Juno-winning record, let alone that I'd be contending by its side. It'd be another five months - not til I got my driver's license - before I'd even hear it. That's a first listen I'll never forget, despite the fact that I've sung along to it now (without exaggeration) about a hundred times. EARTHLY DAYS is a gift. Not only is it exquisite sonically, with William's baritone taking you into its arms amid Nolan's flawless arrangements and unerringly, sparsely adorned songscapes - but it's also an album filled with what <strong>Jonathan Byrd</strong> calls "songs of service." Songs we can call on. Songs that can actually teach us to be kinder, that can offer us courage. Songs that, in short, can help us to love better. And they're GREAT songs. Great stories. And there was a brief time when no one I told had yet heard the name William Prince - and I'm such a believer, I would actually get audiences to shout his name back to me, to help them remember it. A lot more people will know the name William Prince now, thanks to last night's trophy - and hopefully it'll mean as many new listeners discovering EARTHLY DAYS. William Prince is my brother in song, and a Juno was never more deserved. <br><br><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/191190/b1fceeea79a40bbf2bda1cbaa56fb09aef2fc5eb/medium/17795703-10154343340436269-3103210903763912655-n.jpg?1491413393" class="size_m justify_center border_" /></p>
<p>Congratulations also to <strong>Paul Reddick</strong> (and by extension, <strong>Greg Cockerill</strong>) for the Blues win for Paul's badass record<strong> RIDE THE ONE</strong>. When I first heard it I sent Paul a message saying, "It's mean and primal and feels like the road blurring by, like I'm chasing something, or being chased. I always think of the blues like it's a train passing, forever - which is how this record feels - like it's ALWAYS happening, and that the songs are just a matter of where you choose to get on or off." Another shout out to Reddick's fellow Blues contender <strong>Sean Pinchin</strong>, whose nomination - and whose set at The Rainbow Bistro on Friday night - made me so damned happy. Big love as well to <strong>Shari Ulrich</strong> and <strong>Barney Bentall</strong> of <strong>The High Bar Gang</strong>, who shared their nomination for <strong>SOMEDAY THE HEART WILL TROUBLE THE MIND</strong>, in the Traditional Roots category, with <strong>Jenny Whiteley's THE ORIGINAL JENNY WHITELEY</strong> (featuring <strong>Joey Wright </strong>and produced by <strong>Sam Allison</strong>) - all of whom it was a bonus to run into at the Shaw Centre last night. </p>
<p>Also, thrilled for <strong>The Fretless</strong>, who took the award for Instrumental album. It's been a pleasure to know <strong>Trent Freeman</strong> since the evening we late-night jammed in his family's kitchen on Vancouver Island after a house concert there with Jonathan Byrd seven years ago. </p>
<p>This was the first time I've ever attended an awards show, and it was a rich and inspiring evening. It was definitely a great excuse to buy a new pair of pants, and I got to eat a delicious dinner with <strong>HOBO JUNGLE FEVER DREAMS</strong> producer and brother-for-life <strong>David Gillis</strong>, as well as with my manager, <strong>Tamara Kater of Mavens Music</strong>, my publicist,<strong> Kimberly Sinclair of SpinCount</strong>, and my copilot, faultless editor, dramaturge, consigliere, and best friend <strong>Lara Hollway</strong>. </p>
<p>Tonight I'll get my photo taken a couple more times, hit the big show at (of all things) The Canadian Tire Centre... and then it'll be back to work. There will always be a next time, and we'll be starting work on another album soon. In the meantime, do yourself a favour and go listen to <strong>William Prince's EARTHLY DAYS</strong>. Over and out, CR.<br><br>(Corin's facebook post the morning of April 2nd, 2017)</p>Corin Raymondtag:corinraymond.com,2005:Post/46588712017-04-05T09:54:39-04:002020-10-13T05:52:44-04:00Now on Spotify!<p><iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="56" scrolling="no" src="https://embed.spotify.com/follow/1/?uri=spotify%3Aartist%3A5a8Ql8ONcYgLf8RiCn8ou9&size=detail&theme=dark" style="border:none; overflow:hidden;" width="300"></iframe></p>Corin Raymondtag:corinraymond.com,2005:Post/46269282017-03-12T15:15:26-04:002020-10-27T00:42:29-04:00JUNO FEST!I got them Hobo Juno Fever Dreams again.<br><br><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/191190/aef4ebfbf5db974e515015c200b2546c6c125da7/original/friday-rainbowbistro-instagram.jpg?1489346067" class="size_l justify_center border_" />Corin Raymondtag:corinraymond.com,2005:Post/46218852017-03-08T14:10:36-05:002017-03-08T14:10:36-05:00ALBERTA and then the JUNOS!<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/191190/038fdd08a501563beb8f2d858862233ec4c80e97/original/corin-alberta-2017-3.jpg?1489000221" class="size_l justify_center border_" />Corin Raymondtag:corinraymond.com,2005:Post/45879542017-02-13T08:33:26-05:002020-11-26T01:21:02-05:00Got a damn Juno Nomination! <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/191190/146f13bb389f076d9a89a4f7284881d2b092b3c1/large/screen-shot-2017-02-13-at-8-31-56-am.png?1486992768" class="size_l justify_center border_none" alt="" />Corin Raymondtag:corinraymond.com,2005:Post/44134422016-10-10T23:51:41-04:002016-11-23T11:43:45-05:00The West Side of November!<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/191190/9c4bbdac34cfb3eea6224d30f3f5cc5cde6f387d/large/corin-westerly-poster-web.jpg?1478366295" class="size_l justify_center border_none" alt="" />Corin Raymondtag:corinraymond.com,2005:Post/43792942016-09-19T08:04:47-04:002017-01-14T13:30:20-05:00Americana Music Conference in Nashville!<p>From the 20th to the 25th of September you'll find me in Tennessee, getting amongst the beautiful week-long madness that's AmericanaFest, where I'm playing showcases alongside other Mavens Music artists Kaia Kater and Willie Stratton! My showcases are open to Americana Conference Badge Holders only. If you'd like to attend, message me and I will put you on the guest list. <br><br>Proud to be travelling under the Mavens banner! Excited to take these songs down south and to make the acquaintance of the friends they meet there.<br><br><a contents="Want to know more? Click here!" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://us14.campaign-archive1.com/?u=b7443e387bcd04b029bc0ac13&id=255996290b" target="_blank">Want to know more? Click here!</a><br><br><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://us14.campaign-archive1.com/?u=b7443e387bcd04b029bc0ac13&id=255996290b" target="_blank"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/191190/66ca93c2c91cf131d09be531f642c75e82bded3f/medium/mavens-music.png?1474286626" class="size_m justify_center border_" /></a></p>Corin Raymondtag:corinraymond.com,2005:Post/43165612016-08-09T11:54:13-04:002021-02-08T14:21:49-05:00Hard On Things: Video by Beehive Productions<p><iframe class="justify_inline" data-video-type="youtube" data-video-id="P-AidkR6bkM" data-video-thumb-url="http://img.youtube.com/vi/P-AidkR6bkM/0.jpg" type="text/html" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/P-AidkR6bkM?rel=0&wmode=transparent&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" height="300" width="480" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe><br> </p>
<p>Published on May 19, 2016 </p>
<p>Video by Beehive Productions <br>Written by Corin Raymond & Rob Vaarmeyer </p>
<p>Hard On Things Lyrics: </p>
<p>I’m hard on my body <br>I’m hard on my bones <br>I’m hard on every tool I own <br>hard of hearing I’m hard of taste <br>gettin’ all my teeth replaced <br>I’m hard on every tool I use <br>I strip the drivers and the screws <br>I’m hard on my soles <br>hard on my heels <br>hard on tires I’m hard on wheels <br>hard on clutches hard on brakes <br>I’m hardest on my own mistakes <br>my suspension needs new springs <br>‘cause I’m hard on things </p>
<p>yeah I’m hard on things <br>mmm mmm mmm mmmmm <br>I’m hard on things <br>mmm mmm mmm mmmmm </p>
<p>I’m hard on boots hard on gloves <br>I’m hard on all the ones I love <br>I’m hard on hearts I’m hard on flings <br>I’m hardest on the sweetest things <br>I’ve worn out two gold wedding rings <br>‘cause I’m hard on things <br>I may be right and I might be wrong <br>it’s hard to put that in a song <br>it’s hard to make this Gibson sing <br>whenever I try I break the strings <br>‘cause I’m hard on things </p>
<p>yeah I’m hard on things <br>mmm mmm mmm mmmmm <br>I’m hard on everything <br>mmm mmm mmm mmmmm </p>
<p>I’m hard on my friends ‘cause it’s hard to care <br>for someone you love who’s hardly there <br>I’m hard on my wallet I’m hard for cash <br>I go hard until I crash <br>I’m hard on my liver and it’s hard on my head <br>it’s hard to sleep when I lie in bed <br>with the nightmares the morning brings <br>I’m hard on things </p>
<p>I’m hard on things <br>mmm mmm mmm mmmmm <br>I’m hard on things <br>mmm mmm mmm mmmmm <br>it ain’t easy when you’re hard on things <br>mmm mmm mmm mmmmm <br>I’m hard on things <br>mmm mmm mmm mmmmm </p>
<p>Rob Vaarmeyer and I wrote this song together in August, 2010, on the porch of 39 Oxford St. in Toronto’s Kensington Market. Clouds of smoke and summertime chatter drifting over from the porch next door, where these hip hop kids were hangin’ out. One of ‘em in particular was digging what we were doing: “That’s poetry, man!” he’d exclaim from time to time. Felt like we were on to something good. We stayed on that porch till long after the sun went down and finished five songs (another we finished that day, “Take Me to the Mountain,” is also on Hobo Jungle Fever Dreams). Find the album, for mail order or digital download, at www.corinraymond.com. </p>
<p>Note: I do “Hard on Things” in F#m (I’m capoed on the 2nd fret, using an Em shape). F#m is the i. The actual chords: F#m, E, A. The shapes I’m using with my 2nd fret capo: Em, D, G. The numbers: i, VII, III. </p>
<p>This video features: M.C. Hansen on lead guitar, Jacob Chano on snare/snare case, Treasa Levasseur on vocals, and Brian Kobayakawa on upright bass.</p>Corin Raymondtag:corinraymond.com,2005:Post/41830542016-05-16T15:16:06-04:002021-03-06T06:34:18-05:00Acoustic Guitar Review of Hobo Jungle Fever Dreams<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_xl">"A hypnotic, literate collection of dark tall tales."</span></div><br>"Romantic, immediate, and narcotic, <em>Hobo Jungle Fever Dreams </em>charts an emotional topography in which touchstones from the waking world drop into dreamscapes and resonate, the dead stay reassuringly close, and the fever never breaks." -Acoustic Guitar<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/191190/ed868e3c6a049e678c8a2473dd20470d926f2d57/original/acoustic-guitar-june-2016-corin-raymond-page-002.jpg?1463425926" class="size_l justify_center border_" />Corin Raymondtag:corinraymond.com,2005:Post/41657852016-05-04T15:54:09-04:002017-01-14T13:30:20-05:00Cherry Wood Steins! Alex Ferri, of <a contents="Mystic Wood" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://websta.me/n/mysticwoodcarving">Mystic Wood</a>, handcrafted 30 of these gorgeous steins for the HJFD CD Release on March 31st, 2016, at Toronto's Lula Lounge. By the time I finished the 3rd show of the CD Release tour (at the WECC in Winnipeg, MB) they were all gone. I called Alex the next day from Dauphin, MB, to order another batch - which have just arrived, and which are now available to order. Damn, these things are so beautiful and SO badass. I feel very lucky to have a co-conspirer like Alex in my corner, and to have such a unique piece of merch to accompany this year's celebration of the new album. "All my friends work their dreams with their hands." That lyric. of Old Man Luedecke's, from his manifesto of a song "I Quit My Job," applies as much to Alex Ferri - who was able to leave his job of many years as an arborist and, as a result of his work on this project, to launch his woodworking business fulltime - as to anyone I know. Every time I hold one of these steins in my hands, I'm inspired to work on songs; I'm inspired to make more beauty, any way I can. When you purchase one of these wooden vessels, you're not only gaining a piece of gorgeous (and very practical) art, you're also enabling more art to happen, by me and by Alex, and, I'll wager, by others who will be sparked and motivated to make something beautiful of their own. It's a delicious circle! Here's to making things, friends (I'm hoisting my own 20 oz sten as I say this), and to future collaborations between artists of all kinds. Promotionally yours! CR.<br><br><a contents="" data-link-label="Store" data-link-type="page" href="/store" target="_blank"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/191190/b96ccb08f51009ddb23299dbc05fcb8526a0eefc/medium/pint-stein-in-hand.jpg?1462389388" class="size_m justify_center border_" /></a>
<div style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Click here to order your very own!" data-link-label="Store" data-link-type="page" href="/store">Click here to order your very own!</a></div>Corin Raymondtag:corinraymond.com,2005:Post/41541032016-04-26T11:19:52-04:002021-03-15T11:26:55-04:00Morning Glories: Video by Beehive Production<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/RNIKcyOsR_E" width="560"></iframe><br> </p>
<p>Published on Mar 23, 2016 </p>
<p>Video by Beehive Productions <br>Written by Corin Raymond </p>
<p>Morning Glories Lyrics: </p>
<p>Luther </p>
<p>he’s a pension cheque gambler <br>he’s a park bench instructor <br>he’s a bread crumb handler <br>and a pigeon conductor <br>he’s an old ashtray miner <br>a half a lung hacker <br>a life’s-been-unkinder <br>and a penny roll stacker </p>
<p>Chuck </p>
<p>he’s a liquor store strummer <br>he’s a half a block howler <br>he’s the sound of my summer <br>he’s a “Dead Flowers” growler <br>he’s a sidewalk street singer <br>a Baldwin Spadina <br>old resonator slinger <br>and a drunken John Priner </p>
<p>Dolores </p>
<p>she’s a stray cat collector <br>she’s a landlord’s dilemma <br>she’s a mangy menagerie <br>marigold mama <br>she’s a plastic flower bike basket <br>Eaton’s Glider rider <br>a long Lola loiter <br>and a Pall Mall provider </p>
<p>I can smell the lilac from my room <br>the hollyhock sidewalks of June <br>where roses are blooming red as wine <br>but there are morning glories that only bloom <br>late in the chilly afternoon <br>and they might be the sweetest on the vine <br>they might be the sweetest on the vine </p>
<p>let’s float in the air <br>over Kensington Market <br>we could take your car there <br>but there’s no place to park it <br>up here with the pigeons <br>whom gravity pardons <br>we can see all the green bins <br>and sidewalks and gardens </p>
<p>we can look and there’s Chuck <br>singing ‘…Muhlenberg County’ <br>and he’s already tucked away <br>two Old Milwaukees <br>and just two streets over <br>from Spadina and Baldwin <br>there’s Luther sittin’ under <br>the bronze of Al Waxman </p>
<p>and there’s goes Dolores <br>on her way down to Lola <br>to lounge in a chorus <br>of lit-up low rollers <br>she gives Chuck a smoke <br>and he gives her a song <br>Luther’s still broke but <br>he shuffles along </p>
<p>and she hands him one too <br>‘cause she can afford it <br>and the twilight falls blue <br>on their cherry tip auras <br>and it’s plain to see now <br>that the darkness is growing <br>that you’re not down and out <br>when you’re down and out going </p>
<p>I can smell the lilac from my room <br>the hollyhock sidewalks of June <br>where roses are blooming red as wine <br>but there are morning glories that only bloom <br>late in the chilly afternoon <br>and they might be the sweetest on the vine <br>they might be the sweetest on the vine <br>they might be the sweetest on the vine </p>
<p>This song is a love letter to The Kensington Market, the Toronto neighbourhood where I began it in 2010. I chipped away at it for four years and it was finally finished - after an inspiring songwriter’s session at Blue Rock Studios in Wimberly, TX - just as Jonathan Byrd and I pulled up to Concerts in the Attic in Forth Worth, on May 1st, 2014. A good time of year to finish a song populated with flowers and sidewalk characters. It's dedicated to Katie Lameck (1975-2015), my housemate whose front yard-garden morning glories were the kind - I'd never heard of this before - that didn't open til the end of the day. </p>
<p>Note: Key of A. I’m capoed on the 2nd fret, using a G shape. Chords: A, D, E. Shapes I’m using: G, C, D. Numbers: I, IV, V. </p>
<p>This video features: M.C. Hansen on lead guitar, Jacob Chano on snare/snare case, Treasa Levasseur on keyboard/vocals, and Brian Kobayakawa on upright bass.</p>Corin Raymondtag:corinraymond.com,2005:Post/41186282016-04-03T14:55:53-04:002017-01-14T13:30:20-05:00Western Tour with Jonathan Byrd!<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/191190/dfb2ec0accfc7de9cbb2bcce45b5e4e4ec4a50c8/original/byrd-corin-2016-tour-for-web-2.jpg?0" class="size_l justify_center border_" />Corin Raymondtag:corinraymond.com,2005:Post/41186272016-04-03T14:52:56-04:002021-02-11T03:20:01-05:00Review by Mike Regenstreif<p><span class="font_regular">It's a treat to be reviewed by someone who pays attention to the details, and who listens with as much care as Mike Regenstreif.</span><br><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://frfb.blogspot.ca/2016/04/corin-raymond-hobo-jungle-fever-dreams.html" target="_blank"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/191190/9326cc822ab63295a71bbdc05ce9054b22adcffb/original/screen-shot-2016-04-03-at-2-45-59-pm.png?0" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></a></p>Corin Raymondtag:corinraymond.com,2005:Post/40663212016-02-29T18:17:42-05:002021-04-21T13:13:21-04:00Elmore Magazine Review of "Two Miles of Train"<p><br>Sweet feedback! I especially love the shout outs to Raghu Lokanathan and Andru McCracken! The album will be available for download and mail order on March 3rd - so it's nice that the "title track" gets some love. Listen to it below, CR.<br><br><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.elmoremagazine.com/2016/02/music-news/wanderlust-drives-corin-raymonds-new-track-two-miles-of-train" target="_blank"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/191190/0eb9b96fc40bbd100f14f0f9ea513a900f41e2be/original/screen-shot-2016-02-29-at-6-33-04-pm.png?0" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></a></p>Corin Raymondtag:corinraymond.com,2005:Post/40246212016-02-04T12:21:36-05:002017-01-14T13:30:19-05:00 Hobo Jungle Fever Dreams Toronto CD Release! <p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_xl">Thursday, March 31st at the Lula Lounge! </span><br><span class="font_large">All dinner reservations at Lula Lounge<br>ensure you seats, great food,<br>and tickets at the advance price.<br>7pm doors, 8:30 pm show. Tickets: $20 adv/$25 door.<br>Guests TBA.</span><br><br><span class="font_large"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/191190/ea173778289a90944ea8d8e41a9c663530763b9b/medium/hjfd-cover.jpg?1453929972" class="size_m justify_center border_" /><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/191190/903b328ac5d73e6982aabf7341892078a888002b/small/screen-shot-2016-02-01-at-12-54-24-pm.png?1454349285" class="size_s justify_center border_" /></span></p>Corin Raymondtag:corinraymond.com,2005:Post/40193422016-02-01T17:46:35-05:002021-02-11T03:22:41-05:00Secret Society of Hobo Jungle Fever Drinkers<p>Well friends, it's February, and by the end of the month 60 of these cherry-wood beauties will be in the mail, along with all of our Hobo Jungle Fever Love for the pledgers who pre-purchased this record through our PledgeMusic campaign. We couldn't have done it without you. And to the Secret Society of Hobo Jungle Fever Drinkers - bless your Hobbit hearts!<br> </p>
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<a contents="Check out Alex Ferri, the creator of the steins and the genius behind Mystic Wood." data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.facebook.com/Mystic-Wood-1547572115502042/?pnref=story" target="_blank">Check out the work of Alex Ferri, creator of these steins and the genius behind Mystic Wood.</a> <br><br>Feeling left behind and want a little mailbox love?<br><br>March 3rd: Hobo Jungle Fever Dreams Release<br><a contents="Pre-Order Hobo Jungle Fever Dreams here!" data-link-label="" data-link-type="album" href="/album/336934/hobo-jungle-fever-dreams">Order Hobo Jungle Fever Dreams HERE!</a><br> </div>
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