Wow! What a crazy year we’ve had!

And we’re not done yet! We have one more tour across Canada and back by VIA Rail to close out the year. We leave Sunday November 25th for a show in Toronto then off to BC for a series of shows in the early part of December. Then visiting with friends and family over the holidays before returning.

Nov 26 – Toronto – House concert (contact us for details)
Dec 05 – Mission – Hotties Food Emporio
Dec 08 – Port Moody – Gallery Bistro (tix suggested)
Dec 11 – Maple Ridge – Songstage @ The ACT (pwyc)
Dec 12 – Private Event
Dec 15 – Pitt Meadows – House Concert (contact us for details)
Dec 16 – Private Event (Rotary)
Dec 28 – VIA Rail Artists On Board Vancouver to Halifax (including NYE on the train!)

So we still have some openings for house concerts if you want to host us. It’s easy; just contact us!

In 2019 we have a few months around the Halifax area to write and record new songs before we head out and do it all again. We plan to stay in Canada for 2019 focussing on increasing our reach here, before returning to Europe again in the spring of 2020. Robert is busy booking our next spring, summer and fall. Any help is welcome at booking house concerts, listening rooms and festivals. We plan on going across Canada, so if you know of anywhere that would be a good fit for us, please let us know.

New Digs!

We promised a lot of people, while on our travels, that we would send pictures of our new place when we moved in. Well, here is a picture of the view from our living room. We are almost done our renovations and have moved in. It’s a tiny condo apartment with a bit of a view of Dartmouth, two small bedrooms, a small kitchen and a small living room! We wanted to downsize so we could focus more on music and touring and that’s exactly what we’re doing. It will take a bit of time for us to adjust to the smaller space, but we will manage. We figure since we can live out of one small suitcase each for months at a time while we are on the road, we should do just fine with four whole rooms! And the trade off… no lawn mowing, no snow shovelling, no weeding, no exterior house maintenance. Of course, we pay a small condo fee for someone else to do it, but it’s worth it. It frees up a whole lot of our time so we can focus on the things we love doing. (We will post some more photos on Facebook in the New Year).

Where have we been?

Where to start? Last winter we launched our second ever Kickstarter campaign and raised over $5000 to help pay for the recording of our latest album ‘On Being Human’. We recorded the album through March and had a soft release in April. Cailin’s Dad and stepmom visited the last week of April and we were able to finish the album in time to give them a copy. We started our touring May 9th when we boarded VIA Rail for Montreal, where we did a show at the funky Mariposa Le Cafe, and a house concert in Toronto, before boarding a plane bound for Frankfurt, Germany! We spent the next six weeks touring western Germany, Belgium, Netherlands and Copenhagen! A fabulous tour, once again. The highlights – seeing Copenhagen for the first time, performing on TV in Friesland, playing in Northern Germany on the coast of the Baltic Sea and on the North Sea, and most especially, seeing old friends and making new ones.

When we returned home, Cailin’s mom came for a visit in July, during which time we flew out to BC for a week of shows, to return in time to pack up and get out! On August 17th, we temporarily moved in to our dear friends’ house in Lower Sackville where we dropped in sheer exhaustion in the grips of one hell of a chest cold, but not before playing the Coal Shed Festival in Yarmouth, a house concert in Dartmouth, and a concert in beautiful Cape Breton. We also played for the first time at the Armdale Yacht Club in Halifax. And now we are packing up and boarding VIA Rail once again for a tour across this great land of ours and spending Christmas with family in BC.

In the plans for our future?

We are just mapping out where our next touring will be and it looks like Spring 2019 will take us to places between Halifax and Toronto; summer will keep us busy in the Maritimes; and Fall 2019 will most likely see us back in the west through BC and Alberta. We may try to squeeze in more of the prairies, too, if we can manage it. We would also like to add in writing sessions this year with fascinating Canadian artists across the country. There is so much amazing talent in the country coming from all walks of life and we’d like to experience that on a deeper level. Who knows what amazing opportunities will come of that? The best part about being a touring musician is meeting so many interesting people! Our lives are so much richer for it, and through our music, we get to share that with you. How perfect is that?

Also in the plans are to write and record a Christmas album for release in November 2019. We already have a few great songs, so we’ll be focussing on writing a few more over the next couple of months, while the season is upon us. And we plan to record the odd single here and there, too, for release at various times of the year. So, lots coming up, lots to keep us busy, lots to keep us motivated in this game we call life. So many people to meet and places to see! And we’d love to take you all with us.

In Closing

So, on that note, be well everyone. Remember to stop and breathe every now and again and listen to the beauty that’s around you, even amidst all the negativity in our daily news. There is love and kindness out there. We see it everyday. You just have to look.

Robert + Cailin

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November 20, 2018

Summer and the Big Move, Concerts, Reviews and News

It’s been a busy time here in the Campbell + Green world so where to start?

Since last we wrote we’ve toured 6 weeks across Europe, 10 days across eastern Canada and 1 week in BC. We’ve sold a house, almost bought a house, had a visit with Mom, got a nice review from ‘The East Mag’, started recording Christmas songs, played a festival and a concert or two and have more shows coming up, here in Nova Scotia!

Concerts

September 8^th – 7:00 PM Strathspey Performing Arts Centre , Mabou – Concert w/ feature guests The Fabulous Bard Boys
September 16^th – 2 PM @ GPS House Concerts, Dartmouth – a friendly home concert venue
September 29^th -7 PM Old School Musquodoboit – Concert at the funkiest listening room on the Eastern Shore
December we’re in Vancouver! Check our calendar, Dates are booked and more are being added.

If you know friends near the shows, let them know. We are always up for playing house concerts and listening venues, so if you would like to host or have a favourite venue where you like to listen to music, please let us know.

Our Life

We’re moving! We have sold our house so we can downsize and ‘minimize’ and have a simpler life. It will make touring a little easier too.

The old big house was, well, really big. 3700+ square feet on an acre of land is more work than we wanted and we are okay with letting our 60 seat home venue go, too. Not many folks wanted to drive 15 or 20 minutes out of downtown Dartmouth or Halifax as there was so much more for them to do closer in. We love doing hosting concerts but it’s time to focus on our upcoming projects.

We are currently staying with our lovely artsy friends, John & Brenda, in Lower Sackville, as we search for a mini-home somewhere in the region.

A New Review

The East Mag reviews the local arts scene here in Atlantic Canada – music, theatre, art, food – and reviewer Charlotte Simmons gave us these fine words regarding On Being Human: (more…)

August 27, 2018

News and Free Music

Oh, where to begin. Now that Spring is just around the corner, there is soooooo much to do to get ready for our upcoming touring season. And if that wasn’t enough already, we decided to put our house on the market, too. AAAaaaggghhh! What were we thinking?

But it’s all good. We’ve been busier than a beehive these last few weeks, making repairs and touch ups around the house, cleaning it up ‘right some good’ for prospective buyers (and realizing how much we’ve accumulated in the last 5 years since moving here… how does that happen?).

In addition, we’ve been writing a business and marketing plan to help us in our quest for music grants (we made how much and spent how much???). Who knew that writing a business plan could be so difficult? But, we’re nearly done and ready to submit for a couple different grants to help offset some of the costs of touring. Going to Europe isn’t cheap! Neither is going out west, but it’s what we love to do, so we’re going to make it happen.

And yes, we’re giving away our three newly recorded tunes! We have decided to make our new EP “2 of Hearts” absolutely free to anyone and everyone who wants it. Why? Well, we’ve done a lot of soul searching and we think our vision statement says it best (Can you tell we’ve been writing a business plan?).

“The vision of Campbell + Green is to make a contribution to humanity, to be advocates for all-inclusiveness, to heal intolerance by bringing people together through music, if even for a short time. Their vision is to continue to write songs that inspire and touch people’s hearts, and to link whole communities with each other, without preaching, through their music and performance.”

Whew, pretty deep, eh? We get that way sometimes.

But, seriously, we truly believe that music heals and can bring people together. Music does not discriminate, and neither do we. So, to show our gratitude to YOU, our friends, fans and family, please accept this gift, from our hearts to yours. And how do you get a copy of the aforementioned EP? Simple!

and click on the link at the top of the page. If you wish to repay us in some way, please share this or sign up for our quarterly newsletter – the first one is coming out shortly. We’d love to stay in touch and make sure you get any other perks we offer along the way.

Anyway, better get back to it. Once the business plan is done, we need to get pretty heavy into rehearsals, writing new tunes, figuring out all the details of travel, accommodations, etc., booking more gigs across Canada, booking lots of gigs across Canada (help! Any ideas for concerts, house concerts?), selling, packing, moving, downsizing, and yeah, I guess somewhere in there we need to find time to eat and sleep. It’s all good!

Peace + Love,

Robert + Cailin

p.s.: Please do share this and our work. It really helps and it means a lot to us.

note… header live photo credit: Bruce Dienes

February 21, 2017

Earth Day 2016 a Song For The Earth

Earth Day, 2016

Cailin wrote this while we were hosting a songwriting challenge. One week the challenge was to write starting on a different instrument than you have used before. This meditative “Song For The Earth” was filmed here in Nova Scotia. We grabbed our cameras and walked around our East Preston property and took a short drive to Musquodoboit which was the closest spot we knew of where we find a ‘mountain’.

On this Earth Day, 2016 we ask you to consider your place on our planet and how you can make our world a better place for the future generations.

We can change our future. Please Like and Share this message.

April 22, 2016

Germany Tour 2015 – Part 6, In the country

This, the last installment of our tour photos, is the collection of photos we took on our side visits while traveling from gig to gig. Whenever possible, we avoided the Autobahn and took the spectacularly beautiful country roads through the sweetest villages and lush farmland, stopping to visit as many castles as we could fit in. There was a new wonder around every corner and all we could do was look with wide open eyes and drink it all in. We can’t remember the names of most of these places anymore, but it doesn’t matter. All of Germany was, to us, a vivid and colourful living dream of music, joy and friendship. Until next time!

December 16, 2015

Germany Tour 2015 – Part 5, Koblenz

Koblenz was the first town in Germany that we stayed in and also the last, on account of that is where our dear friend, Jessica, lives. She was instrumental in making our tour a success, and for that, we are eternally grateful. Koblenz is at the junction of the two rivers, the Mosel and beautiful Rhine. We were fortunate to have a day to drive up the Rhine river looking for castles and taking tours and, yes, having a ‘bier’. Not a difficult thing to do since there are castles everywhere in Germany (as well as good bier!). Even though it was a grey, rainy day, we thoroughly enjoyed our exploring and discovered some spectacular sights along the way. And thank goodness for GPS. That’s all we’re saying…

December 15, 2015

Germany Tour 2015 – Part 4, Hameln

The town of Hamlin (English spelling), or Hameln (German spelling), very much seems as though it has sprung out of a fairy tale story. In fact, the story of the Pied Piper originated in this town and there is evidence of that all over the place, from bronze rats in the pavement to decorative motifs on the buildings. Once again, it was the people who made this visit so special. Our hosts, who graciously organized a wonderful house concert for us in their home, outdid themselves in showing us (in a very short amount of time) highlights that few ‘tourists’ would have the opportunity to see. Case in point: climbing up the spiral stone bell tower of a thousand year old church, then traversing the bat infested attic and climbing the rest of the way up the steeple to a view that was beyond stunning and breathtaking. Sigh. We must return.

December 12, 2015

Germany Tour 2015 – Part 3, Berlin

One of the most valuable things we learned on this trip was that any place we go it is made more enjoyable by the people you meet. We loved Berlin due to the fact that we were able to meet with wonderful friends who took the time to show us some of their favourite places. The old ‘East Berlin’, a great vegetarian restaurant, the incredible Templehof Airport redevelopment and their favorite walking tour. Simply a wonderful day!

This was not at the vegetarian restaurant. 🙂

December 10, 2015

Germany Tour 2015 – Part 2, Hamburg

We were fortunate, on this tour, to have a sun-filled day in Hamburg around which we walked a LOT! All day, in fact. It’s rich history of shipping, mercantile and music was everywhere to be seen. The port of Hamburg leads to the north sea and has been a commerce hub of Europe for centuries. Robert was thrilled to see the amazing church and pipe organ that Handel and Bach once played, and the ferry, which is part of the public transit system, provided us with a great sightseeing adventure.

December 6, 2015

Germany Tour 2015 – Part 1, Munster

Our very first concert in Germany was in a small town called Havixbeck in the Munster area. The venue was a sweet little museum of artifacts made of local sandstone, which was one of the primary sculpting mediums for the old churches in that area. The countryside was so beautiful, we stayed on an extra day to explore the area before having to head over to our next gig in Altenberge, at the Cafe Sculptura. Also included in this album are photos from a side trip we made while in Hamburg, which was our next stop on this trip, to a town called Ahrensburg, where we visited a lovely ‘water castle’ (castle with a moat). As you can see from the photos, we met some amazing people and had some wonderful experiences. I mean, how many tourists get to ride a horse with a spectacular moustache through the streets of a town in Germany? And to sample the amazing food prepared by one of our fabulous hosts? Photos from Hamburg will come next. Stay tuned. (Also included is a pic of one of the several press clippings we had in the Munster newspaper – can’t wait to go back!)

November 29, 2015

UK photos

Hi Folks! Yep, these are the photos we took while vacationing in London. Most of the photos are from our visits to the Tower of London, The British Museum, The Victoria & Albert Museum, and The Science Museum in London. Click on the photos to enlarge them. Enjoy!

November 14, 2015

NS Music Week, Concert and Glasgow photos…

Phew!! We’re back! Our tour through Germany and visits with friends and family in the UK & France were awesome. As we get over our jet lag, we are looking ahead to more music, and looking back over the trip reminiscing over all the wonderful experiences and the people who made those experiences wonderful.

Moving forward, we are excited to announce that we have been granted a showcase at Nova Scotia Music Week with the chance to meet delegates from Germany and Austria.
Saturday, November 7th at 4:15 PM we will be playing at Rudders in Yarmouth, NS. Come say hello if you’re out for the celebrations, and wish us luck for getting some buyers interested in our music!

We also have a concert booked on the way up to Yarmouth and a couple more after that. Check our listings to find the one nearest you: Click here:

About the trip… what did we love? EVERYTHING! But truly, it was the people we met along the way that made it truly special. We fell in love with Paris. We fell in love with the French food. We fell in love with the German countryside. And we fell in love with the people. 🙂 We have lots of stories and we learned a ton, and can’t wait to do it again. Over the coming winter months, we will be writing new material and Cailin will be working in her art studio as well as teaching vocals, beginner guitar, and art classes.

Below are pics from the day we spent in Glasgow. There are many pics to show you, so we will load them up in groups over time. Next to come… London!

October 26, 2015

The Countdown Begins…

Almost done!

We recorded the last vocal track the other day for our new album! Yay! We’re so excited! It is, without a doubt, the best work we’ve written and produced thus far and are over-the-top excited to share it with you. It’s been a wild ride these last couple of months, not only with the writing and recording, but also with our successful Kickstarter campaign (more…)

March 17, 2015

Category: Our life