Hi Music Lovers!  

It was a great summer for many in the Seventh Fire family.

Things began to stir at Seventh Fire headquarters as label head Tom Street's health continued to show improvement, and with his slowly returning energy he began taking on some light duties like facilitating CD manufacturing for both local and label artists.  Read Tom's latest blog post below.

The Weber Brothers were as busy as ever touring North America while the finishing touches were being added to their biographical feature documentary film Before We Arrive: The Story of the Weber Brothers. The film was screened in early September to a very proud group of friends and fans.

Here are a few more highlights:

Melissa Payne had a monumental summer, playing a ton of festivals including Peterborough Musicfest, Stewart Park Festival, and Boots and Hearts, as well as starting pre-production and songwriting for her next album.

Watch Melissa sing "Dry Eyes", performed at The Briars Great Hall with the Odin Quartet. Filmed and edited by Rob Viscardis.  Melissa's on tour now!  See tour dates below.

James McKenty, our trusty head engineer/producer completed work on his homestead studio and quickly began work on a number of projects including a new album by the Silver Hearts, and a very special project with the Weber Brothers, Ronnie Hawkins, and Gordon Lightfoot.

Our good friend Michelle McAdorey is releasing her album, Into Her Future on October 30th, and we can't wait for this beautiful work to come to light!  Produced by Greg Keelor, the album was engineered by James McKenty, and Seventh Fire folks Tom Street and Chris Altmann also played on it.  You can listen to the first single "Disappearing Things" here.

Michelle will be launching the album at Toronto's Monarch Tavern on November 18th, with shows in Peterborough and Hamilton to be announced.  Be sure to follow Michelle on Facebook for updates.  

by Tom Street

There is a lesson in tai chi culture that compares the natural healing process of martial arts training to diligently wading up-stream against a river’s current. The theory is that with one day’s effort, you gain one day’s result, but if you miss a day of training, you lose ten days. The river provides a great visual explanation as it’s easy to imagine yourself walking up-stream and understand that if you were to discontinue that effort, not only would you lose progress, but the current would actually send you backwards... CONTINUE READING

EXPRESS AND COMPANY:

Oct 9 @ The Moustache Club, Oshawa ON
Oct 30 @ The Red Dog, Peterborough ON

MELISSA PAYNE:

Oct 9 @ Mikey’s Juke Joint, Calgary, AB*
Oct 10 @ Last Chance Saloon, Wayne, AB*
Oct 13 @ The Truffle Pig Bistro, Field BC*
Oct 16 @ The Venue, Peterborough ON 

* w/ The Mayhemingways

MICHELLE MCADOREY:

Nov 18 @ Monarch Tavern, Toronto ON

THE WEBER BROTHERS:

Oct 16 @ Simcoe Blues & Jazz Fest, Oshawa ON