Well now... Seems a year and a half has slipped by between our last post and now. Compared to the madness that was 2009, 2010 was relatively quiet for The Nautical Miles. We stuck close to home and played shows with bands that we love. We had lots of dinner parties, dance parties and island retreats. We rehearsed occasionally. Tim traveled around Europe. Lucas moved to Ottawa. It was a good year.

Now we are well into 2011. We continue to play shows around BC when opportunities present themselves. Work has begun on the next cycle of songs. It is proving to be a slow process, but a really exciting one. We are looking forward to sharing new material with you in the months ahead.

In the meantime, check out the Events page for some new September show listings: a quick trip up to the Cariboo, followed by a show with our good friends Drawn Ship.

Onwards and upwards!
CMNM

What a year, what a year.

We have completed "A Year In Song", our song blog. Each and every month in 2009, we have uploaded a new song to the site. They are songs that we've been playing for some time, but that didn't fit with our album Wartime Lovesong, which we released in June.

You can now visit the blog and hear them all: twelve months, twelve songs. In addition, each song is accompanied by a beautiful piece of visual art created by one of our friends.

December's song "Our Escape Plan Was Simple" is up now with artwork by Ehren Salazar. Listen! Download! Tell your friends!

And speaking of your friends, here are some gift ideas from us to you:

1) Download the complete A Year in Song collection for your parents and teach them how music files work.

2) Download the complete A Year in Song collection and burn it to a CD with hand made package for your luddite friends.

3) Order the complete Corbin Murdoch & the Nautical Miles CD anthology for $30 (shipping included)
includes: you and your landscapes (2004),
        Tell me again how this place got its name (2006)
        Wartime Lovesong (2009)
        limited edition download card for A Year in Song (2009)
To order email nauticalmiles@corbinmurdoch.com with what you want, where you want it sent, and how you want to pay for it.

Corbin is heading East for a string of shows and a showcase at The Ontario Council of Folk Festivals.

He'll make stops in Toronto, Kingston, Windsor, Montreal and Ottawa.

Check out the event page for full details.

Wartime Lovesong album will be released June 16 on Jericho Beach Music. You can hear a couple of tracks here. The rest will be available soon.

If you're in BC or Alberta, check the events page for performances near you this month.  No matter where you are, tune in to CBC radio 2 on June 17th at 8pm to hear our February 9th show at the Waterfront Theatre. It's also available online here.

A Year in Song is rolling along. We've had three updates so far:

January 15th: 37,000'
February 15th: Black Bear
March 15th: Fireblind

Check back every month for a brand new song. corbinmurdoch.wordpress.com

In other news, we are releasing our album on June 12th at St. James Hall in Vancouver. Mark your calendars!

After the release we'll be touring up to North Country Fair in Northern Alberta and back, followed by a quiet summer, and then a cross country tour in the Fall. Check the events page for more details.

We have launched A YEAR IN SONG.

Every month, on the 15th, right here we will be releasing a brand new track that you can listen to and download.

This month's song is 37,000' (aka Thirty-seven Thousand Feet), an old favorite that we finally got around to recording.

Once again, we are working with Jesse Gander at The Hive for this project.

Enjoy!

This just in...

CMNM's new album Wartime Lovesong will be released in June 2009 on Jericho Beach Music, home of some of our favorite musicians including Kim Barlow and Geoff Berner. We are thrilled! Look for an official release date and info on a spring-time album release tour soon.

Don't want to wait that long for new tunes...

Well, we have also begun a yet unnamed serial recording project. Every month for 12 months, we will be heading into the studio for a day to record a new song. Each month these songs will be uploaded to our website for your listening pleasure. First upload in January 2009. Stay tuned...

In the meantime come see us live at the Commercial Drive legion with our good friends Pawshop Diamond and Headwater on Dec 5th.

Corbin is off to Europe for a five week tour of England, Sweden, Denmark, and Poland with fellow songwriters Sarah MacDougall and Melisa Devost. The tour includes a stop at the legendary Isle of Wight Music Festival.

Check out the Events page for full details.

We have finished recording our third record WARTIME LOVESONG. We had a blast working with Jesse Gander at The Hive again. The record features a full brass section and special guest vocal appearances by Jess Hill, Debra-Jean Creelman, Lyndsay Poaps, and Melisa Devost.

We will be premiering Wartime Lovesong in its entirety with the brass quintet that we recorded with on Friday, May 2nd at The Vancouver East Cultural Centre. We are delighted to have vintage swing band Company B opening the night for us. Tickets are on sale now through Ticket Master.

In other news, our Feb 21st show at The Biltmore Cabaret was recorded live for CBC Radio 2. It will be airing on Canada Live at 8PM on Friday, March 28th. It will also be available streaming on the CBC's Concerts on Demand website.

Finally, Corbin's European tour is really coming together. Together with fellow Canadian songwriters Sarah MacDougall, Kent McAlister, and Melisa Devost he will be touring in England, Sweden and Denmark in June 2008, including a stop at the world famous Isle of Wight Festival. Check the events page for the full tour itinerary.

It's going to be a big Spring season for the Nautical Miles.

We are back at the Hive Studios with Jesse Gander in March making our third record, Wartime Lovesong. We will be recording many of the songs with a brass quintet. New songs will be posted shortly after our sessions.

We are taking our show on the road! In March Corbin will be playing solo shows in Toronto and Montreal and the band will play its first show in Victoria. In June Corbin will join Melisa Devost, Sarah MacDougall and Kent McAlister for a month-long tour of Europe. Lots of local shows to boot. Check the Events page for full details.

Corbin has a brand new project, an a'capella trio called Pan Pan. Pan Pan is Lyndsay Poaps, Melisa Devost and Corbin Murdoch. They sing short, sweet songs about love and revolution. They will be touring BC in May. Look for a link to all things Pan Pan right here real soon.

Corbin Murdoch Plays Heart of the City Festival

Our good friends at the Black Crow Project have put together another fundraising effort for Downtown Eastside housing initiatives. Corbin will be playing a solo Sunday brunch show at Rhada along with Jessie Turner and Pawnshop Diamond as part of the DTES Heart of the City Festival. All proceeds go to the Portland Hotel Society.

Information on the Events page.

Corbin will be playing songs live on CJSF 90.1 FM on Tuesday, September 25th at 8pm. 'Melodies in Mind' is the name of the show.

The new record, "Wartime Lovesong", is written and is being arranged by Lucas and Tim for a brass sextet. Sessions in February. Be excited!

First show in a long time on Oct 3rd. See Events page for more.

Black Crow Project

Corbin Murdoch and the Nautical Miles are pleased to be a part of the Black Crow Project, a compilation CD in support of the Portland Hotel Society, a non-profit housing organization in Vancouver.

Some of our favorite local musicians also appear on the compilation including: Veda Hille, CR Avery, Jess Hill, Pawn Shop Diamond, Po Girl, and Sarah MacDougall. All of the songs on the compilation are about crows. Our song Crow O'clock from 'Tell me again how this place got its name' appears on the compilation.

It is available at Scratch, Highlife, Audiopile, Raya, and at the Eastside Cultural Crawl. 100% of the proceeds will be given to the Portland Hotel Society.

There will be a launch party for the Project on November 27th at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre. Unfortunately, Corbin is still in Toronto, so the Nautical Miles won't be performing; however, Sarah MacDougall will be performing Crow O'clock in our stead.

Corbin is co-presenting a workshop series with Professor Peter Timmerman at the Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University about the history of Environmental and Protest Music in the english language folk music tradition. The next workshop is scheduled for mid-November. Please refer to www.yorku.ca/fes for more details.

CMNM @ the Western Canadian Music Awards

On October 20th, Corbin Murdoch and the Nautical Miles will be flying to Winnipeg to play a showcase as part of the Western Canadian Music Awards Festival. The showcase is at the Times Change(d)

Home again, home again...

The Nautical Miles have now officially survived their first tour. We had
an absolute blast! A huge thank you to all those who came out to the
shows, promoted the gigs, gave us places to sleep, made us breakfast,
baked us cookies, played scrabble against us (better luck next time), and
offered us words of encouragement.

Check out the events page for our plans for the rest of the summer. These include a show with L. Abramson and The Buttless Chaps, as well as a return to Galiano Island.

See you 'round town.

BIG NEWS:
Corbin Murdoch and the Nautical Miles will be releasing their new full length record, 'Tell Me Again How This Place Got Its Name' on May
10th at the Railway Club. The show will be a double CD Release Party with the Blue Island Trio (featuring our very own Tim Tweedale), who are launching their new disc, "Beachglass" the same night. We will also be joined by The Crackling. Full information on the events page. The show will also kick start OUR FIRST TOUR! We are going to be playing 10 dates all over BC (and Alberta). See the events page for the full tour itinerary.

Be our Friend!

Corbin Murdoch and the Nautical Miles have joined the cybernetic
popularity contest that is MySpace. Check us out here and send us a
friend request.

The internationally renowned men's choir, Chor Leoni, will be reading a piece composed by The Nautical Miles' Lucas Schuller with lyrics written by Corbin Murdoch.

The reading will take place on January 18th, at 7pm, @ Ryerson United Church (2195 W. 45th).

In September Corbin gave each of the Nautical Miles three sets of lyrics
to compose music to. This is the premiere of the first piece that has been
completed. All twelve songs will be performed in recital towards the end of 2006.

Thanks to everyone who came out for the Tour of the Drive 2005. Corbin is back in Toronto until the spring. He'll return in May to launch the new full-length record, 'Tell me again how this place got its name...' Stay tuned for more information about solo Toronto gigs and spring tour plans. Happy wintering!

New shows added to the events page.

Our new site by Scabby Media has launched. Take a look around.

Our first full length album was recorded this summer with Jesse Gander at the Hive Studios in Burnaby, BC. It features thirteen new songs and a number of guest appearances. Look for the CD launch and tour in the Spring.

Winter break from university means there'll be some shows coming up in and around Vancouver, stay tuned.

If you missed Suddenly the Weather Changed — the collaborative performance by Corbin Murdoch & the Nautical Miles, Blue Island Trio and Deadpan — do not despair, the entire show will be available for download from this site soon.

We played a showcase for Folk Alliance Canada at Calgary Country Music Week on September 10.