Blue Rodeo

As you may have heard, Blue Rodeo has been selected as the official ambassadors of the Canadian edition of Record Store Day 2014. To mark the occasion, the band will be reissuing their classic 1989 album Diamond Mine as a double LP on blue and green 180-gram vinyl!

This will be a limited edition release, so if you want one, make sure you make it out to your local record shop on April 19! For more on the reissue and Record Store Day, please visit RecordStoreDayCanada.com.

Blue Rodeo has been announced as one of the artists taking part in Trent University’s 50th Anniversary celebrations. The band will perform at the Peterborough Memorial Centre on Friday, August 8 and tickets are on sale now!

Don’t miss your chance to get great seats for what’s sure to be a fabulous summer show!

It was announced earlier today that Blue Rodeo is among the winners of the 2014 Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards. Other winners include actors Tom Jackson and Brent Carver and dancers Anik Bissonnette and Louise Lecavalier.

For more information on the Governor General awards, please visit GGPAA.ca, and join us in saying congrats to the band!

Blue Rodeo wrapped up their two month, cross-country In Our Nature tour this past weekend, but you can re-live the experience with the In Our Nature tour merch we’ve just added to the BlueRodeo.com Store. Choose from new t-shirts, sweatshirts, a hockey jersey and a beautiful screen-printed poster by Jud Haynes, it’s all available for order now!

Anna Wallner, co-host of Anna & Kristina’s Grocery Bags, recently posted a glowing review of Sing For Your Supper on AnnaAndKristina.com. Head on over to read her thoughts now, and be sure to pick up your copy at the merch table or in the BlueRodeo.com Store.

Blue Rodeo has been chosen as the official ambassadors of the Canadian edition of Record Store Day 2014, the annual celebration of independent record stores, this year set for Saturday April 19. Head to RecordStoreDayCanada.com now to see video of Jim, Greg and Basil as they browse some vinyl and interview shoppers about the joys of record collecting.

The CBC has announced that the Gold Medal Mix of Maestro’s “Reach For The Sky”, which prominently features an appearance by Classified and a classic Blue Rodeo sample, has been selected as an official anthem of their coverage of the 2014 Winter Olympic games, so you’ll hear it regularly throughout the event. Keep your ears peeled!

Exciting news this morning: Blue Rodeo have been nominated for the JUNO Award for Group Of The Year!

This year’s awards will be handed out in a ceremony in Winnipeg on March 30, to be broadcast on CTV. For a look at the complete list of nominations, please visit JunoAwards.ca.

This Friday, January 31, at noon EST, BlueRodeo.com will host the LIVE world premiere of It’s In Our Nature To Fly, an eighteen minute short film directed by Chris Mills, featuring music from Blue Rodeo’s latest album, In Our Nature. Make sure you’re here (on the homepage) at noon on Friday for your first chance to see this beautiful and unique short film!

Update:

It seems like some clarification of my position is needed here. It bothers me that the good people of Fort Mac feel insulted or blindsided by my comments. Please understand I am not against the oil sands. Like most people I rely on oil products in my life. I am against expansion that does not go hand in hand with environmental protection. I believe it is possible to have an oil industry and clean air and water. I believe the people of Fort Mac, whether they work in the industry or not, deserve to be protected from unnecessary pollutants resulting from the extraction of oil. It can be done. I have great respect for all the folks up there temporary or permanent and we had one of the most memorable shows of the tour there last week. We need to have this dialogue for the betterment of all.

Thank you.

Jim Cuddy
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I believe that Neil Young is brave and articulate and very well informed about the oil sands.

Right now, Canada is at a crossroads between economics and the environment and we need to make a very, very brave choice. How much revenue are we willing to sacrifice to ensure that we have clean water, clean air and good health for the people and the planet?

To clarify, I was asked about the town of Fort McMurray, not the oil sands. My comments regarding the exaggeration of the conditions there were about Fort McMurray. The oil sands are as visually grotesque as described. Fort McMurray, on the other hand, is a thriving town whose people are directly affected by the issue of the expansion of the oil sands.

This is not a trivial issue and it is not a time for the media to do anything but provide clarity. This is an issue that is vital to all of our best interests. It is essential that we have an open dialogue about it and we force our government to listen.