Northern Lights

Jason Collett

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Northern Lights Festival Boréal is proud to announce this special fundraiser concert featuring none other than singer-songwriter and member of Broken Social Scene Jason Collett. The format will be tapas + show, featuring many tasty bites from the Respect is Burning kitchen. The show venue is the beautiful, newly renovated Durham Social room above Respect is Burning at 82 Durham St. Collett will be supported by his backing band, who are also the members of Canadian indie rock outfit Zeus. Opening the show will be rising indie star Kalle Mattson, originally from Sault Ste. Marie, as well as a local act TBA. Tickets to this special evening of food and music are $30 in advance an $35 at the door. This is truly an evening not to be missed.

JASON COLLETT ANNOUNCES CANADIAN TOUR DATES, SHARES NEW VIDEO BY HAYDEN FOR “LOVE YOU BABE”

TORONTO PERFORMER ENLISTS ZEUS AS BACKING BAND FOR ALBUM RELEASE SHOW ON MARCH 9 AT THE MOD CLUB + NATIONAL TOUR DATES COMMENCING APRIL 19 WITH OPENER KALLE MATTSON.

BAHAMAS’ AFIE JURVANEN PRODUCES ICONIC SONGWRITER’S 6TH ALBUM, SONG AND DANCE MAN, OUT NOW VIA ARTS & CRAFTS

“By paying joyous musical homage to the ’70s greats while also singing about what we ought to reclaim from that bygone era, Jason Collett has given Song and Dance Man a quality that’s both timely and timeless” Exclaim!

VIDEO: ‘Love You Babe’

PREVIEW ALBUM (CBC MUSIC): ‘Song and Dance Man’

Following a landmark ninth annual Basement Revue residency at Toronto’s Dakota Tavern throughout December, Jason Collett is ready to take his new album Song And Dance Man on the road. Gathering up the members of Canada’s premiere modern classic rock group Zeus as his backup band, Jason Collett will play a very special hometown show on March 9 at The Mod Club before hitting the highway with opener Kalle Mattson starting April 19 in Regina and making stops along the way in Sudbury, Vancouver, Victoria, Calgary, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Kingston, Wakefield, Waterloo and more.

To celebrate the upcoming tour and today’s release date of his long awaited sixth album, the Toronto songwriter has shared the video for “Love You Babe” courtesy of Paste Magazine. Edited by Arts & Crafts label mate Hayden Desser, the golden era animated clip takes a (mostly) light hearted look at romance while capturing the true topography of love.

Produced by Bahamas’ Afie Jurvanen, Song And Dance Man’s thirteen songs bear the wit and melody of classic Jason Collett: contemplative reflections on getting older, backed with an affinity for freewheeling disco music. The album’s conspiring themes of love & loneliness, sun & shadows, are buoyed by its soaring sound. Each song rises into an easy, spacious groove, lead by Jason’s languid melodies and Afie’s sun-drunk bass. The result is a dynamic addition to a strong body of work. Recorded in spring 2015 with longtime collaborators drummer/engineer Don Kerr (at his Rooster Studio), Christine Bougie on guitar & lap steel, Zeus’ Neil Quin on backing vocals, and Afie holding it down on the bass, Song And Dance Man may be Jason Collett’s finest effort yet. The storied songwriter is back in the spotlight, more comfortable than ever in the guise of entertainer.

A fundraiser for NLFB