Sean McCann Of Great Big Sea Hits New York For His New Album

Earlier this month, the Newfoundland folk singer/songwriter was in the city with his trio, Sean McCann and The Committed. They performed at City Winery, the halfway point on their tour, to promote the new album, Son of a Sailor. It's McCann's second solo record, a follow up to last year's release, Lullabies for Bloodshot Eyes. The members of The Committed are Kelly Russell (fiddle), who also played a mean concertina, and Craig Young (acoustic and slide guitar, mandolin).

The band opened with Long Road and then the title track, which McCann said "I wrote for my dad." Later, he remarked that he had a song "I wrote for my wife because she asked me to write a song about her," which got a good laugh from the enthusiastic crowd.

Of the venue he charmingly commented that "I've been to New York a lot, but I haven't always met people as nice as the ones at City Winery." He then sent a song out to the bar staff.

As is the custom, the winery made a batch of wine with the band's name on it, and they proceeded to drink a bottle while on stage. Bandmate Young chimed in saying, "I have my own whine: it's too cold up here." It may have been all of the drinks being consumed, but that too was met with laughter.

The US tour wrapped up last week but in November you can catch Sean McCann and The Committed in Toronto and Banff.

If you won't be traveling north of the border, have a listen to some of tracks, watch videos, and more on McCann's website.

http://greatbigsean.com/site/