Blue Sky Day (GroundSwell/Warner), set for release on February 16, 2010, is the second full studio album by multi-award-winning singer-songwriter Thom Swift.

His debut recording Into the Dirt was released nationally in Sept. 2007.  It won an East Coast Music Award, a Maple Blues Award, a Galaxie Rising Star prize and two Music Nova Scotia Awards in 2008.  He was also selected by CBC’s Song Quest in 2009 as one of Canada’s top songwriters.

Swift’s much respected musical reputation has been established with years of touring and recording with the acclaimed blues-jazz group Hot Toddy Trio.  With nine albums to their credit and a career that spans over 15 years, the group has played numerous Canadian and International folk, jazz and blues festivals.

Like his first recording, Blue Sky Day was produced by Swift and Halifax-based engineer/producer Charles Austin (Joel Plaskett, Buck 65, Matt Mays).  Featuring 11 original songs and a cover of “No Depression In Heaven”, it offers a distinctive blend of roots, blues, rock, folk, country and rag style.

Special guests on the album, include acclaimed multi-instrumentalist J.P. Cormier and blues-roots artist Matt Andersen along with Swift’s band percussionist Geoff Arsenault (Ray Bonneville, Mary Jane Lamond), Brian Bourne (Rawlins Cross) on bass and Chapman stick, guitarist Chris Corrigan (Rita MacNeil, Mary Jane Lamond) and keyboard master Bill Stevenson on piano and organ.

With the release of Blue Sky Day, Swift will perform across the country, including shows at the Olympics in Vancouver, ECMA Concert Series in Sydney, album release concerts in Halifax, New Glasgow, Fredericton, Saint John, Riverview, Charlottetown and Toronto.

Plays at The Mack, 8 p.m.
Tickets: $ 25
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