The Boxcar Boys

Festival time!!!

Tomorrow we're off to Sudbury to kick off our fun summer of folk festivals at the Northern Lights fest! It'll be a busy one for sure, on top of our own performances and workshops Rob'll be playing old-time music with aweeesome trio called Sheesham Lotus & Son, and I'll be playing some clarinet and harmonica with Jaron Freeman-Fox and the Opposite of Everything. 

Then next weekend is Blissfest in Michigan.. We're excited to join a few of our fellow Canadian folk friends, and hear a bunch of awesome acts from the ol USA. 

Stay tuned, our album is coming along real well, and after all this summer maddness we plan to have a big release party time in the fall!

 

Why we don't sleep enough

Folks, it's been awhile since the last post.. here's why:

Rob Karl and myself (John) have been playing balkan-gypsy-party-punk-super-band music with the Lemon Bucket Orkestra in Romania.. See us on the streets of Bucharest:

  

meanwhile Laura was touring good ol' Canada lands with her other band Del Bel:

and now that we're all together in TO we've started on our second album, which included two days of tracking in the studio and a live recording performance.. here's a lil clip of the show taken by our friend Eleni.

  

Okey Dokey!

 

Well,

Our April residency at The Local is over, Feria Upside-Down is over, and 3 of the 5 of us are shipping off to Romania in a couple weeks touring with The Lemon Bucket Orkestra.

But don't worry! When we get back it's right into the studio, then a summer full of Boxcar Boys performances, starting off with The Toronto Downtown Jazz Festival, June 24th. Catch our performance in the Distillery District from noon to 3pm!

Feria Upside-Down

This one's goin to be a reeaall humdinger! www.fedoraupsidedown.com for deets! 

Summer's a'comin'

Though it's only April we've been teased with a few days that feel an awful lot like summer. And that's getting us real excited for music festival season! See a few more festival dates posted on our upcoming shows page.

In the meantime, while it's still a lil' too cold to party outside, you can find us playing in the comfort of The Local Pub every Sunday this month from 9-12.

And very soon too, we'll be spending some quality time at Verge Music Lab where we'll be recording our second album!

Sundays in April

We're happy to let yous know that we'll be performing every Sunday in April from 9pm to 12am at The Local Pub. That's 396 Roncesvalles Avenue.

 

Next Up!...

Folks,

Lot's of exciting things! The Boxcar Boys are going to be playing a slew of awesome summer folk festivals and we'll keep you posted on those...

But for now you can find us at Winterfolk this weekend at the Delta Chelsea Hotel - 33 Gerrard Street West on Sunday the 19th at 7. Visit winterfolk.com for more details.

And every Sunday in April we're playing at the Local pub. A great place for live music and drinkin.

And And And There's going to be an AMAZING party hosted by Fedora Upside-Down on April 28th! Our old-timey selves, flemencossss, Ventanas, and The Lemon Bucket Orkestra. visit fedoraupsidedown.com!

exciting!

Boxies on the ol' Radio

 

Kitchen Party and Boxcar Boys at the Dakota

Friends...
We'll be playing a real fun show with our pals Freeman Dre and the Kitchen Party at the Dakota Tavern (249 Ossington Ave) on Jan 18th. $7! 10pm. Don't miss this one! https://www.facebook.com/events/249820878420560/

I Found a New Baby

Well, we've run out of demo tunes to post, but here's a lil' live performance for yas. The 1930's tune "I Found a New Baby" from our Hugh's Room show this past Sept. This features Adrian Gross on mandolin (our friend from The Roofhoppers www.theroofhoppers.com :) ).. Enjoy!

I Found a New Baby by johndavidwilliamsmusic