Photography: Ryan MacDonald
Tour starts March 9 in BC | Album release March 15, 2019
“...every number is convincing and compellingly delivered. This group’s ability to
back songs on piano, fiddles, cello, guitars and more gives them enormous scope, and keeps the surprises coming.” - Alex Monaghan, FolkWorld
TRACK LISTING - ASHLAR (Mar 15, 2019)
Time & Tide (6:03)
Deep Down in the River (4:10) vocal track
Uncle Leo’s Jigs (4:10)
Farewell Trion (4:36)
The Capable Wife (3:26)
From the Old Tapes (6:17)
O Luaidh (3:56)
Mystery Groove (5:45)
Home from the Forest (3:39)
Odds & Ends (4:19)
Produced and arranged by Còig
Genre: Traditional / Celtic
Cape Breton, NS - 100% CANCON
Graphic design / artwork: Sara Rankin
Musicians
Chrissy Crowley, fiddler
Jason Roach , pianist
Rachel Davis, fiddler and singer
Darren McMullen, mandolin, guitar, banjo, etc.
Còig - Tour Itinerary 2019
March 9 St. James Community Hall, Vancouver, BC
March 10 Simon Holt Restaurant, Nanaimo, BC
March 12 Ruskin Hall, Mission, BC
March 13 Dream Cafe, Penticton, BC
March 14 Creekside Theatre, Lake Country, BC
March 15 Key City Theatre, Cranbrook, BC
March 16 Braeside Community Centre, Calgary, AB
March 17 The Empress Theatre, Fort MacLeod, AB
March 19 The Bassment, Saskatoon, SK
March 22 Morinville Community Cultural Centre, Morinville, AB
March 30 Mahone Bay Centre, Mahone, Bay, NS
April 23 Dog House Studio, Napanee, ON
April 25 Fergus Grand Theatre, Fergus, ON
April 26 Aurora Cultural Centre, Aurora, ON
April 27 Hugh's Room, Toronto, ON
May 1 - 5 East Coast Music Awards, Charlottetown, PEI
May 9 Marigold Cultural Centre, Truro, NS
May 11 Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre Bear Head Conference Room, Port Hawkesbury, NS
May 14 - 16 92nd Street Y Center - Kaufmann Concert Hall, New York, NY, USA
May 17 - June 9 UK Tour
BIO
Còig is one of Atlantic Canada’s most exciting Celtic traditional groups made up of four accomplished multi-instrumentalists, Chrissy Crowley, Rachel Davis, Darren McMullen and Jason Roach. With the fiery Celtic high-energy style as its musical core, Còig easily shifts between century old tunes of past generations to original and upbeat compositions, featuring the bands range of over a dozen instruments (vocals, fiddles, piano, guitars, banjo, mandolin, viola, bouzouki, whistles, and more). With driving tunes, haunting songs and infectious energy, Còig is an unparalleled music force.
The new album, Ashlar features 10 original compositions, covers and traditional tunes that offers a fresh and unique mix of four different talents. From lively sets to tender trad ballads to fabulous covers, Ashlar is full of surprises. The band is writing more, singing more, and having more fun than ever. Check out their take on the Gordon Lightfoot ‘60’s classic “Home From The Forest,” featuring vocals from Darren, and Rachel’s beautiful version of the Gaelic classic “O Luaidh.” It’s traditional for sure, but it’s performed in a lot of non-traditional ways.
Còig’s music is a unique combination of influences that could only come from these four players.
“We all come from sort of a traditional background, but then we have different influences that we’re interested in,” explains fiddler and singer Rachel Davis. “Jason (Roach, pianist) has a jazz degree, and listens to a lot of different music. Chrissy (Crowley, fiddler) likes to dive into a lot of world music, Darren (mandolin, guitar, banjo, etc.) comes from a kind of Irish theme from playing around a lot. More of the traditional Cape Breton stuff is really what I love, plus all the folk songs, so it’s an interesting mix.”
The Cape Breton quartet have earned rave reviews from audiences around the world and an impressive list of credits for their recordings, ”Rove” (2017), “Carols” (2015) and “Five” (2014) including a Canadian Folk Music Award, a JUNO Award nomination and multiple East Coast Music Awards and Music Nova Scotia Awards.
The best in trad music, in a non-traditional way. That’s Còig.
SOCIALS:
Facebook: www.coig.ca facebook.com/coigmusic
Twitter: twitter.com/coigmusic
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PR & RADIO PROMOTIONS: SpinCount
Kimberly Sinclair - kimberly@spincount.com
Tel: 902.350.3968
MANAGEMENT:
Shelley Nordstrom - snordstrom@ns.sympatico.ca
Tel: 902.876.8987
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