It's finally time to hit the road again! My passion project, How to Say Sorry and Other Lessons, never got the tour it deserved because, well, you know, a pandemic got in the way.

Now it's time to bring it to Eastern Ontario and I am super stoked with the band I get to play with! Of course, my co-writer and life partner David Restivo will be with me as an essential part of the music. I'll also have two musical sheros, Montreal's Valérie Lacombe (drums) and Toronto's Lauren Falls (bass). I've been selling this show to presenters as three women plus a pianist born on International Women's Day. Since female empowerment and self-actualization are big themes in the album, it feels deeply right to have these awesome women in my band.

I was inspired to tour with fabulous women when I met Valérie this past November. She came to Whitehorse as part of the all-woman JUNO-nominated Ostara Project. It was very joyful to hear fantastic music being made by fantastic women musicians. Men still outnumber women instrumentalists by a huge margin, so it's moving to see women playing together at the absolute highest level.

As for Lauren, I first met her when I was living in Toronto in 2015 and have been a huge fan ever since. If you don't know her yet, check out her debut album, "A Little Louder Now", which came out in late 2022 and was nominated for Jazz Album of the Year: Solo this year!

Here are the dates and cities for this tour. You can get more details and ticket links on the "Shows" page.

• May 26 - Toronto | Arts & Letters Club
• May 27 - Waterloo | The Jazz Room
• May 28 - London | Aeolian Hall
• June 1 - Kingston | MacCallum Hall
• June 2 - Ottawa | Shenkman Arts Centre
• June 3 - Montreal | Upstairs Jazz Bar

Please share the tour info far and wide, and if you're in one of these cities, get your tickets! Art is about connection and conversation, and that can only happen when people come out to take part. I can't wait to see you.