This International Women’s Day Springtide and The Second Wedge Brewing Co. are delighted to present our first concert of 2025 as a double bill with festival alumni Minuscule and Australia based duo Minor Gold live at The Second Wedge.
It’s the perfect pairing to warm up your winter in a hurry! Tickets are on sale now for this intimate show on March 8th at The Second Wedge Brewing Co. in Uxbridge.
Powerhouse Cosmic Americana duo MINOR GOLD are ARIA nominated and award-winning songwriters & Tracy McNeil (CAN) and Dan Parsons (AUS). Since releasing their critically acclaimed self-titled debut album in August 2023, the pair have navigated life on the road without missing a beat.
Their sound echoes 70’s cosmic Americana with an easy charm and potent honesty, but it is the indeterminate perfection of how these two artists’ voices lock in together that hit right where the emotions live inside us. With dynamics ranging from the intense restraint of campfire intimacy through to open throttle abandon, Minor Gold move you – weaving masterful harmonies and deft guitar playing around unforgettable, stripped back performances.
Recent winners of the ‘Folk Award’ in the Queensland Music Awards, Minor Gold’s songs have had multiple adds to high rotation on radio in Australia and charted in the Top 10 on the NACC in the U.S. – there is much love for this charmed duo who keep delivering the goods. While touring North America in 2024, the pair took a short break in July to record their sophomore album in Los Angeles with producer Dan Horne (Mapache, Cass McCombs, Circles Around the Sun). Excited by the results, this new music is due for release in early 2025, but not before they tour the UK/EU for the first time in Jan/Feb with an appearance at Strib Winter Festival in Denmark.
“The pairs real superpower is their melodic vocal interplay and sixth-sense harmonies…Imagine standing at a crossroads, halfway between Laurel Canyon and a sandy palm tree cove. These are the intoxicating sounds you might hear drifting on that summer breeze.” – Chris Familton | Rhythms Magazine
The post-modern harmonic collective Minuscule is on a mission to redefine choral music. Offering a genre-bending blend of intricate five-part vocal harmonies and emotionally stirring, tongue-in-cheek lyricism, Minuscule continues to win over audiences nationwide. At times playful, at times painful, they explore every corner of the human experience, combining the thought-provoking poeticism of Joni Mitchell and Gord Downie and the layered, interweaving vocal fabric of Imogen Heap and Florence & The Machine. They have collaborated with genre-spanning Juno- and Polaris-nominated artists, from wistful indie-folk group Great Lake Swimmers, to epic heavy-metal duo Vile Creature – the latter for which they received a Juno nod for their choral arrangements.
The debut album Great, co-produced by Minnes and Joe Lapinski of WOW! Recording Studio (Ron Sexsmith, Sarah Harmer, Woodshed Orchestra) features title track Great, which secured Minnes’ recognition as Songwriter of the Year at the Niagara Music Awards and was featured on CBC’s Q. Minuscule has enchanted festival crowds across Canada, including: Hillside, Robson Valley, Springtide, In The Soil, Cicada, Paris Drinks, Live From The Rock, African Women Acting, Speak Music Be Kind Fest, Sonic Glow, and more.
Springtide acknowledges the financial support of the Government of Canada’s support through the Federal EconomicDevelopment Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario), The Department of Canadian Heritage and Central Counties Tourism