Music

I’m back in Toronto this week, shakin it up in the front room of the Cameron House on the soirée of St.Valentines, as well as Terri O’s + Globe Bistro on Friday and Saturday for Winterfolk 2018! Sweet and fabulous players are joining me on these upcoming gigs. Wednesday night full band at the Cameron House with David Baxter (guitar), Burke Carroll (pedal-steel), Derek Downham (drums) and Kurt Nielsen (bass)! And for the Winterfolk lineup I will be presenting in duos accompanied by Burke and Bax respectively!!! More info at http://bobbydove.com/shows See you there friends! Love, BD

I Can’t wait to get on the road again for this next run of dates in January 2018! I’m excited and grateful to be sharing the stage with some of Canada’s finest musicians, like Bazil Donovan (Blue Rodeo) and David Baxter (Corin Raymond), Dan Henshall , Chris Altmann, Terry Savage, Nathan Gray, David Newberry and the Rotted Roots Ramblers!!! See you at the shows! Love, Bobby

I’m thrilled to be touring this fall with Carolyn Mark, the legendary alt-country Queen of Vancouver Island and Allison Brown, another fabulous singer-songwriter from Windsor, Ontario. I’ll be backing up Carolyn Mark on mandolin, as well as opening many of the shows listed on the show section of the website as well as the October dates listed on carolynmark.com !!! We’re hitting up Waterloo, Hamilton, London, Toronto, Peterborough, Wakefield, Montreal and more. Here’s the poster for the All Star Hootenanny Sunday October 8th  at the Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto!  Love, Bobby

 #summerthunderchildtour is taking me on the road July and August 2017 in Western Canada!!! It starts at Grumpy’s my favorite live-music watering hole in Montreal at Chick Pickin Mondays. A few days later I’ll be driving and playing my way through Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and BC. I’m doing many of these shows solo, and also collaborating with some very fine folks and musicians on the way, Bobby Watson, Joey Only, Carolyn Mark, Terry Morrison, Lance Loree and many others!!! Shows are listed in more detail at bobbydove.com/shows
and the fb event: https://www.facebook.com/events/480450888971840/

See you Canada LOVE Bobby

I am completely stoked to play the Brandon Folk Fest this summer! Headlined by one of my all time favorite singer-songwriters Richard Thompson and with tons of talent including my friend the iconic Canadiana troubadour Joey Only! And I am thrilled to announce that I’ll be touring Thunderchild again this spring (April/May) in Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, playing different towns and cities in Quebec and Ontario this April, May and June AND truckin’ across the country for a massive western tour this summer! Dates regularly posted on the show section of my website. Love, Bobby 

I’m back in Canada after an inspiring road trip down to Nashville, Tennessee where I saw Willie Nelson for the first time ever and got to spend time with some beautiful friends on the other side of the border! January 20th-27th I am doing a run of shows in Ontario, with solo performances as well as in combos with Bobby Watson, Nichol Robertson and Burke Carroll. I am also sharing the stage with some awesome artists such as Abigail Lapell, Sarah Jane Scouten, Angie Gunn, GT Harris and the Gunslingers and the Rotted Roots Ramblers! More details listed in the show section of my website!

“Thunderchild” is the title-track from my debut full-length album – AVAILABLE NOW for purchase on CDbaby at AND on iTunes !!!

Lyrics and music written by Bobby Dove SOCAN 2016
Recorded at James McKenty’s Studio, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. Mastered by Harris Newman at Grey Market Mastering, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Bobby Dove – Vocals and electric guitar
Anna Ruddick – Bass
Bob Cohen – Electric guitar
Laura Bates – Violin
Shai Peer – Organ
Taylor Knox- Drums

“Bobby Dove is a gifted artist, and a brilliant new light on the songwriting scene. Her songs speak to my heart, and I think you should give her a listen. Her work is a link in the chain that binds the future to the past. A time traveler, Bobby’s songs meld genres with the touch of a master. I am a fan”
Mary Gauthier (singer-songwriter)

As of now you can pre-order Thunderchild on CD or digitally! I’ve launched an indiegogo page  where I am offering merch bundles including the Dovemobile T-shirt featuring an original drawing by Doug Short, and Bobby Dove bandanas designed by Julia Narveson! I’m also offering house concerts and video performances as part of the campaign!  Thanks for checking out the funding campaign and sharing the link https://igg.me/at/bobbydovethunderchild LOVE, Bobby Dove

October 25th 2016 I am releasing my debut full-length album THUNDERCHILD online and on CD!!! The album was recorded and produced by James McKenty in Peterborough, Ontario. The fabulous folks who played on this album are Anna Ruddick, Bob Cohen, Burke Carroll, Chris Altmann, Eddy Blake Eaton, Laura Bates, Ryan Barwin, Sam Weber, Shai Peer and Taylor Knox.

Click HERE for advance tickets to my Montreal album launch with special guest Johnny Griffin (John Jacob Magistery) opening the show solo.  I will also be releasing THUNDERCHILD in Riverfield, QC, Wakefield QC, Ottawa ON, Peterbrough ON and Toronto ON Oct 26-30 with the smokin’ combo of Burke Carroll (pedal-steel), Arif Mirbaghi (bass) and Justin Ruppel (drums) and appearances by Doug Short (organ, keys), Joel Zifkin (violin), Nichol Robertson (guitar), Laura Bates (violin) and more special guests!!!

AND soon I’ll be announcing additional launch dates in Alberta and BC with guitar slinger and pedal-steel pro Lance Loree!  Stay tuned ♥ Bobby

It is with much love that I share this track from my upcoming album, penned by a dear mentor and friend, Bobby Hill.

June 18th 2015 I was beginning a songwriting workshop with Mary Gauthier in Nashville, Tennessee. During the first few hours of the workshop I got the news from home that Bobby Hill had passed away. When I returned to the room after crying and smoking outside, Mary Gauthier and the rest of our group listened and sang with me on the choruses as I played Bobby Hill’s composition. Written in the 1970’s but never performed or recorded, he had shown and then (in his own words) ‘given to me’ a year earlier, “Welcome To The Real World Again”.
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I give you “Too Late to Go Home” from my first full-length album that launches in the fall of 2016!!! In the past few years I have embarked on a kind of country-blues pilgrimage, seeking not gods or miracles, but songs and mentors, stories and friends. I have been guided by my inner voice and teachers who have shown up in many forms, encouraging and inspiring me to shed fear and doubt. Heroes often die in the making. I hope this tune speaks to fellow songwriters and anyone who has felt the need to celebrate and mourn their heroes, whether old or young, renowned or underground.

Lyrics and music by Bobby Dove – Socan/Ascap 2016
Recorded at James McKenty’s Studio, Peterborough, On, Canada
Photo by Bill Foster at the Andrew Johnson Building, Knoxville TN