Jim Cuddy
of Blue Rodeo with
Justin Rutledge
Part of The Upper North Side Canadian Music Series

Show Description

"Blue Rodeo's Jim Cuddy slips into solo waters for a little soul-cleansing with All In Time…a thing of musical beauty thanks to his haunting melodies, lyrical honesty and a voice that's become a Canadian classic." -Calgary Herald



Since the release of their debut album, Outskirts, in March 1987, Blue Rodeo have established themselves as one of the premiere bands in Canadian music history. They have released ten studio albums, one live album, a Greatest Hits collection, and an award winning DVD, selling in excess of 4 million copies around the world. In 1998, Jim released his first solo album All In Time, which went on to sell Gold in his native Canada. His second solo recording, The Light That Guides You Home, hit stores in September 2006 to critical acclaim and Cuddy proves once again that his songwriting ranks with the best Canada has to offer.

Justin Rutledge, tagged "a master of gothic understatement" by UNCUT, returns with his highly anticipated sophomore album, entitled The Devil On A Bench In Stanley Park. On the heels of his critically acclaimed debut, No Never Alone, hailed by the UK's NME as "an incredible breakthrough," Justin Rutledge delivers another lushly orchestrated, vividly poetic Canadian Americana masterpiece. The album is arguably dark, however it is just this sort of writing that has allowed Rutledge to share the stage with such acts as Dolly Parton, Martha Wainwright, and Patty Griffin, to name a few. On The Devil On A Bench In Stanley Park, Justin Rutledge has written ten new songs that pilot the listener through the areas of the heart and mind where shadows tend to reside, where memories are neon, and where quiet men take quiet stands.