Check out this cool video on Southern Souls of the Peter Elkas band playing a stellar live version of Cool Thing to Do from his latest record, Repeat Offender.

PETER ELKAS – ‘Cool Thing To Do’ Live at This Aint Hollywood from Mitch Fillion (southernsouls.ca) on Vimeo.

We received new In Need of Medical Attention, Down At The Khyber and La De Da, along with Ashtray Rock and EMERGENCYs… .

Truthfully Truthfully is a double LP with Make a Little Noise and is looking seriously snappy alongside the new pressing of Plaskett’s triple LP, Three.

Check out our record store finder to see if these are for sale at a local independent record store near you. If not, request that your store carry New Scotland Records.

We also offer mail-order for each of the LPs, the old fashioned way, at MapleMusic.com

Just in time for the holidays!

New Scotland is very happy to be releasing Al Tuck’s seventh album. Al is a songwriter’s songwriter whose influence can be heard in the who’s who of Maritime musicians. Laid back, blurred at the edges and one of a kind, Under Your Shadow re-amplifies the mystery that surrounds Al as he appears, disappears, then reappears in venues, hotel hallways and house parties across Canada. Melodies that roll easily to the eardrums and timeless, personal lyrics that blend humour, sadness and wonder to perfection. For fans of Skip James, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen and S.E. Rogie.

Much thanks to Steve Guimond at Hour in Montreal for his simply insightful, 5-star review.

“Canada’s unsung song-poet laureate Al Tuck – the greatly mystifying, sadly undiscovered by most and wickedly blessed – drops what may be the best album of his buried-meets-storied career, the hauntingly beautiful Under Your Shadow. Bound to the East Coast, Tuck carries on a built-in Maritime cowboy storytelling tradition, with one eye on the history of his windswept homelands and one eye on his own deeply personal battles and demons. Displaying a wry wit and the gift of the gab, Tuck will dazzle with his wily tongue, cigarette-soaked croak and slick six-stringed fingering through tales of folk, country, blues and lite pop.”

New Scotland Records is releasing Al Tuck’s highly anticipated new album, Under Your Shadow, on Tuesday, November 08. The first track, “Slapping the Make On You” was co-produced with Joel in the Scotland Yard studio, and you can listen to it here: http://tinyurl.com/3n87h4h

Southern Souls taped Al performing an amazing version of “Under Your Shadow” earlier in the year. You can check it out here: http://www.southernsouls.ca/al-tuck/

Al has announced a series of dates he’s performing with Sudbury’s Ox as his backing band.

Nov. 03 – Kingston, ON – The Mansion
Nov. 04 – Ottawa, ON – Raw Sugar
Nov. 05 – Montreal, PQ – Grumpy’s
Nov. 08 – Fredericton, NB – The Capital
Nov. 09 – Moncton, NB – Plan B
Nov. 10 – Halifax, NS – The Carleton
Nov. 11 – Charlottetown, PE – Hunter’s

Check out his website for the complete tour details. www.altuck.ca

This past weekend recording the future classic, Slapping the Make On You. Al’s next record will be out on New Scotland in a few months.
Photo by Jon Goodman.

Hey Everybody,
Peter Elkas has some Ontario tour dates! Check them out here.

Tonight at Gus’ Pub in Halifax. With Gillian Austin, Matthew Grimson and Rolly also on the bill. Be there or square.

Hey Universe,
You can read a review and enter to win a copy of the latest record “Emergencys, false alarms..” at Chromewaves.net

A swell review by Rob Duffy for the latest collection. Read it here.