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Train trip to Toronto

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  I'm real excited to be performing on the VIA Rail train from Vancouver to Toronto this September as part of VIA rail's "On board entertainment" program. I'll be playing 3 sets a day on the train, and a couple of performances in train stations en-route. Departing from Vancouver September 15. Then a few shows in Southern Ontario before flying home. TRAIN TRIP

A Bit More String at Coopers Green April 13

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Kaia Nielsen and Mark Lebbell like to call their music Canadicana, drawing inspiration from non-traditional roots cover tunes. Their repertoire includes tales of trucks and trains, love lost and found, bears and leaf blowers, all held together with little bits of string. Together with Ken Dalgeish and Graham Walker, they make up the Bigger Bits of String Band, and always deliver an evening of harmony, humour and hipshaking grooves. At the...

The Littles Trio at Coopers Green Hall – March 16

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The Littles trio will be playing a special re-union show at Coopers Green Hall in Halfmoon bay, Saturday March 16. Joe Stanton, Simon Paradis, and Gerry Millar. Doors open at 7:00, the show will start 7:30 ....Coast time and we're hoping to have a special guest of two, T.B.A. advance tickets available here: number of tickets 1 ticket $15.00 CAD 2 tickets $30.00 CAD 3 tickets $45.00 CAD 4 tickets $60.00 CAD

Vancouver Island tour

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New dates added for the Vancouver Island tour this February The Sooke Folk Music society Feb. 16,  The  Pender Island Legion  Feb. 17 , The Muir Gallery in Downtown  Courtenay, with Skye Wallace  Feb. 21, Chars Landing in Port Alberni February 22, The Hub in Powell River Feb. 23, and The Geopia Gallery in Earls Cove Feb. 24.  
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In case you missed it – A greatest hits CD

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Last summer I put together a compilation disc to be available for the  Vancouver Island musicfest. Its a collection of 10 songs, from all of the previous CD's, including 2 previously unreleased  instrumental tunes that were cut from the final version of Passenger Stanton. One of those tunes, "Light rain with a dark roast" was originally called Sleeping dogs, but having  stole that title for a song on The Precious Littles record. and with the...