On The Road Again: Wilco, Moses Mayes And Hot Toddy

Wilco don't have a new album to support, and main man Jeff Tweedy's solo live DVD won't be released by Nonesuch until the fall, but the Chicago-based band will keep in playing shape with a Canadian tour that begins later this month. Don't be surprised if the group work out on a number of new songs at these shows:

June 28 Calgary, AB @ MacEwan Hall
June 29 Edmonton, AB @ Jubilee Auditorium
July 1 Winnipeg, MB @ Burton Cummings Theatre
July 7 Toronto, ON @ Massey Hall w/The M's
July 8 London, ON @ Centennial Hall w/The M's
July 10 Montreal, QC @ Metropolis w/The M's
July 12 Halifax, NS @ Alderney Landing w/The M's
July 13 Fredericton, NB @ Playhouse w/The M's
July 14 Quebec City, QC @ Festival D'ete International De Quebec w/The M's
July 15 Ottawa, ON @ Ottawa Bluesfest w/The M's

Canadian funk-fusion band Moses Mayes will release their three-track Rock It So Hard EP on July 18 via Fusion 3. The group have also finished recording their third full-length, which was produced by Jamie Shields (The New Deal) and is expected to come out in the fall. Listen to songs from both discs at these gigs:

June 20 Winnipeg, MB @ Old Market Square
June 21 Lethbridge, AB @ Tongue 'N' Groove
June 22 Jasper, AB @ Pete's Pub
June 23 Golden, BC @ Packers Pub
June 24 Revelstoke, BC @ Mountain Music Festival
June 26 Nelson, BC @ Fluid
June 28 Kelowna, BC @ The Minstrel Cafe
June 29 Nanaimo, BC @ Queen's
June 30 Victoria, BC @ Victoria Jazz Festival
July 1 Cumberland, BC @ Waverly
July 2 Tofino, BC @ Legion
July 4 Vancouver, BC @ David Lam Park
July 5-6 Banff, AB @ Rose & Crown
July 7 Canmore, AB @ The Hotel
July 8 Edmonton, AB @ Underground
July 9 Calgary, AB @ Hi-Fi Club
July 21 Regina, SK @ Distrikt
July 29 Toronto, ON @ Harbourfront
Aug. 2 Ottawa, ON @ Maverick's
Aug. 3 Saint John, NB @ Neptunes
Aug. 4 Fredericton, NB @ The Capitol

East Coast Music Award nominees Hot Toddy will make the rounds through eastern Canada over the next couple of months.

The trio have been blending roots, blues and jazz elements over a career that's lasted 10 years and six albums. They performed at the North American Folk Alliance Conference in Austin, Texas and JunoFest in Halifax earlier this year, and you can catch them here:

June 21 St. Hyacinthe, QC @ Le Zaricot
June 22 Wakefield, QC @ Black Sheep
June 23 Toronto, ON @ Now Lounge
June 25 Toronto, ON @ Toronto Roots Festival
June 25 Hamilton, ON @ Casbah
June 26 Newmarket, ON @ Trinity United Church
June 27 Belleville, ON @ Belleville Club
June 29 Montreal, QC @ International Jazz Festival
July 1 Florenceville, NB @ Beaver Dam Pub
July 8 Charlottetown, PEI @ PEI Jazz Festival
July 15 Saint John, NB @ Salty Jam Festival
July 16 Harvey, NB @ Harvey Hall
July 18 Halifax, NS @ Atlantic Jazz Festival
July 23 Rollo Bay, PEI @ Shoreline Festival
July 30 Port Hawkesbury, NS @ Granville Green
Aug. 12 Berwick, NS @ Union Street Cafe
Aug. 13 Liverpool, NS @ The Mersey
Aug. 22 Fredericton, NB @ Officer's Square