Newfoundland rover Don Brownrigg wants to go far. From the mountains and rivers of the Codroy Valley to his newfound homestead in Halifax, his musical meanderings are catalogued in his Wander Songs debut release.

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The album features some of the city’s finest, including former Thrush Hermit drummer Benn Ross , Down With The Butterfly ’s Kris Pope , radical rhymer Tanya Davis and songbird Jenn Grant . Ottawa’s Jim Bryson makes an appearance on electric guitar, too.

“Benn was the first to offer up his help,” says Brownrigg. “That really boosted my confidence and got the ball rolling. Working with everyone was very comfortable and natural. I think the best advice when making an album of your own is to make sure you are the worst and least talented and you’ll be fine.”

With a little help from his friends, Brownrigg has created a timeless anthology. Over the course of the past few years he’s been simmering, finding his footing around town, lending his keyboard talents to Davis and vocal help to Vanessa MacArthur . He was featured in the liner notes of Jesse Dangerously and The Heavy Blinkers ‘ release Verba Volant and the song is “The Day’s Arc”, which also features a rapper named Rez Villain. You can pick up that album here:

“I have gained the utmost of respect for anyone that’s gone through the recording process,” says Brownrigg. “You hate yourself, you love yourself, you want to be other people, but you eventually settle into yourself and what you’re doing.

“I started a couple of times and put it away, as I didn’t think I was ready. I knew I wasn’t ready.”

Wander Songs is a winding soundscape of thought, as the album is a personal passage through the roots of friendship, the yearning for love and growing into oneself. Brownrigg is a self-proclaimed thinker, observer and creator. His soft-spoken pensiveness reflects the precision and artfulness of his music.

“People and things that are natural inspire me,” says Brownrigg. “I always say that I’m living in a generation or two too late.

“I sometimes get overwhelmed in the craziness and unnecessary necessities surrounding us. With everything advancing and being so overstimulating and overbearing, we’re getting a little too vanilla as a society. I get inspired by people doing their thing once they find it, or by doing something that’s a little out of the norm because it’s their trail that their beating in the grass.”

[Shannon Webb-Campbell, Chartattack (September, 2007)]

07 Aug 2008 22:00 The Ship St. John’s, NL
10 Aug 2008 02:00 Winterset in Summer Literary Festival Eastport, NL
03 Oct 2008 20:00 Pop Montreal Montreal, QC
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The Details, not content to sit around, have played at the 2006 Western Canadian Music Awards, New Music West 2007, North By Northeast 2007, Pop Montreal 2007, both Canadian Music Week 2007 & 2008, and South By Southwest 2008. They have shared the stage with a diverse group of great bands such as Stars (Arts & Crafts), Constantines (Arts & Crafts), You Say Party! We Say Die! (Paper Bag), The Meligrove Band (V2/Murderecords), Mother Mother (Last Gang), Great Lake Swimmers (Nettwerk), and many many more. Much Music also graced the streets of Winnipeg to conduct an interview with The Details which aired nationally.

From Halifax to Vancouver or vice-versa, The Details can’t seem to see enough of Canada. They have spent the better part of the last two years crossing Canada supporting their various releases.

2008 has already been a busy year for The Details who cracked the top 100 on the CMJ charts in their second week at 74. They also had a song placed on NBC’s new series ‘Lipstick Jungle’.

The Details spent the spring of 2008 once again crossing Canada followed by several festival showcases including the Jazz Winnipeg festival and a second year at Calgary’s acclaimed Sled Island festival.

Though they don’t have any upcoming dates right now, be sure to check back often with TransCanada Radio for upcoming concert dates and to find out what these awesome Canadian artists are up to!