oday, Skydiggers share a new video for their rendition of Bing Crosby’s “Brother, Can you Spare A Dime?”. The new song will officially be released on July 3rd, along with a cover of Michel Pagliaro’s “Lovin’ You Ain’t Easy”. Join Skydiggers for a live performance this Saturday, June 27th as they take part in the DT Livestream Series. Tickets are available here.
“A couple of years ago we were asked by artistic director Andrew Burashko of the Art of Time Ensemble to participate in a concert with the theme being protest music;” shares Josh Finlayson. “For our section of the program one of the songs Andrew asked us to perform was the depression era tune, “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?”. It was a challenge we really enjoyed. Typically, we don’t learn tunes by request, so this was a unique and different experience for us. As a result, we continued playing the song from time to time and ended up making a recording of the song with bandmate Aaron Comeau at his east end Toronto studio, The Trailer.“
“We recorded a number of cover tunes on spec with our friend and frequent collaborator Michael Timmins (Cowboy Junkies) at the controls for an unrealized film project…” shares Andy Maize. “We released a version of the Hollies’ “The Air That I Breathe” from those sessions on our 2017 album ‘Warmth of the Sun’. And now from those same sessions we’ve got Jessy Bell Smith’s fabulous vocal performance of Michel Pagliaro’s “Lovin’ You Ain’t Easy”, a top-down, wind in your hair, hit the road summer anthem!”
