Wade and David Myles @ Toc Toc

David Myles is currently on tour across Canada promoting his new album Things Have Changed. We played a show together at Toc Toc, a laid back pub in Montreal on June 22.

Sometimes I think that the male singer/songwriter thing is dead. Thanks to people like James Blunt and John Mayer, I cringe whenever I see someone take the stage with just their guitar.

Luckily, that's far from the case with David Myles. He's more blues or folk than singer/songwriter (in the context I used it above). But however you want to classify his sound, it's worth a listen. His songs are enough to convince anyone within earshot that its still ok for a guy to get on stage with a guitar and nothing else (other than of course, his sharp touring suit).

His new album builds on his 2005 debut Together & Alone. The new album is more upbeat than his last and it chugs along at a toe-tapping pace. The guitar work is superb and the additional instruments and vocals are a welcome addition to the sparser Together & Alone. During live shows Myles tells great stories, both during and in-between songs. But the melodies are what steal the show. Whether singing about a killer hangover or the guises we put on in our various relationships, Myles excels at extracting the important details of any sentiment and setting them to appropriate chords and rhythms.

He's probably stopping in your city, so go check him out and buy his CD
Or, if you prefer the lazy route, here's a video clip of David and I from Toc Toc.

David Myles - Take a Bow
Wade - Broken Record