Chaisson goes national

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PEIโ€™s Tim Chaisson will be taking Canada by storm on his cross-country tour with Toronto-based Poor Young Things.

Drawing inspiration from maritime acts such as the east-coastโ€™s The Rankin Family and Sam Rogers, Chaissonโ€™s music is heavily influenced by his celtic musical background.

โ€œI started playing the fiddle when I was about six-years-old,โ€ Chaisson recalled. In high school, Chaisson began to experiment in the local band scene with his family members. โ€œI took an interest in songwriting about that time,โ€ he continued.

Inspired by other singer/songwriters, other influences in Chaisson’s music include Tom Petty and James Taylor. โ€œI kind of dabbled with different genres but [itโ€™s] mostly a folk, country, rock kind of thing,โ€ he said.

The 26-year-oldโ€™s newest release The Other Side focuses on the songs rather than the genre. โ€œIt has a really raw, kind of natural feel to it,โ€ Chaisson explained. โ€œA lot of bands tend to get caught up in making the record sound perfect and this oneโ€™s not really like that.โ€

Acoustic-based, the record is backed by both bass and drums. ย 

โ€œIโ€™m a lot more confident about the songs and the songwriting on this record,โ€ he said. โ€œIts not tied down to a genre, or a scene. Itโ€™s more about the songwriting and song.โ€

The band is travelling from coast to coast, beginning in PEI by van. โ€œWeโ€™re driving the whole way,โ€ he continued. โ€œItโ€™s a really neat way of seeing the land and seeing people you havenโ€™t seen in a while.โ€

Finishing the tour in Toronto on Dec. 9, Chaisson will fly to Australia the next day for a one-month solo tour around the country.

All four band members will command the stage at Wilfโ€™s on Nov. 15. The quartet will perform with guitar, mandolin, fiddle, electric guitar, bass and drums.ย  After doing a show for Radio Laurier, WLUโ€™s campus radio station, last year, Chaisson is looking forward to coming back to play live for Laurier.

โ€œWeโ€™ve been doing a lot of campus tours and its really neat to play for the University campus crowd,โ€ he explained.ย  โ€œI think the cool thing about campus shows is that a lot of people are really open minded to all different kinds of music.โ€


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