Dave Gunning’s latest album, Up Against The Sky, has been keeping him busy – busy enough to announce not only another round of touring with a series of dates in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Alberta and Saskatchewan, but now the album is being treated to a vinyl release. To celebrate the news he’s released “Ferris Wheel” as the album’s latest single; a nostalgia fuelled track about kinder, simpler times.
“Ferris Wheel” is an uncomplicated song, richly warm and a pleasant reminder that the best things in life might be nothing more than a gentle cycle of peaks and valleys rather than a perpetual rollercoaster.
Gunning, however, points out the irony that these simple pleasures have their complications, and maybe that’s why we can’t have nice things.
“My favourite ride has always been the Ferris Wheel and, more specifically, the ‘Big Eli’ model which was the one we’d always see around the Pictou / North Colchester Exhibition and the Pictou Lobster Carnival,” says Gunning. “It was often powered by an old gasoline tractor engine that would be purring away quietly. I don’t know if it’s an insurance issue now or what, but you don’t see them around anymore and I miss them. They were the best.”
Tour Dates:
09.06.19 – Sydney, NS @ Highland Arts Centre
09.07.19 – Yarmouth, NS @ Th’YARC Playhouse
09.08.19 – Bass River, NS @ Bass River Community Hall
09.13.19 – Summerside, PEI @ College of Piping
09.14.19 – Musquodoboit, NS @ Musquodoboit Valley Bicentennial Theatre
09.15.19 – Margaretsville, NS @ Evergreen Theatre
09.19.19 – Truro, NS @ Marigold Cultural Centre
09.20.19 – Pictou, NS @ deCoste Entertainment Centre
09.21.19 – Port Hawkesbury, NS @ Shannon Studio
09.26.19 – North Battleford, SK @ House Concert
09.27.19 – Edmonton, AB @ New Moon Folk Club – St. Basil’s Cultural Centre
09.28.19 – Calgary, AB @ Bow Valley Music Club – Strathcona Community Centre
10.04.19 – Louisbourg, NS @ Louisbourg Playhouse
10.05.19 – Halifax, NS @ The Carleton
10.16.19 – Mount Stewart, PEI @ Trailside Cafe
10.23.19 – Dolans, Fredericton, NB @ Music Runs Through It Concert Series
10.24.19 – Florenceville-Bristol, NB @ Second Wind Music Centre
10.25.19 – Long Point, NB @ Bates Barn
10.27.19 – Berwick, NS @ Union Street Cafe