Selected Venue List...
Alumni Hall, London
Banff School of Fine Arts, Banff, Alberta
Bitter End, NYC
Blacksheep Inn, Wakefield, Quebec
Boogie Mountain Hillside Café, Espanola, Ontario
Campbells' Coffee House - Hamilton, ON
Carden Street Café, Guelph
Catharsis - Windsor, ON
CFMU Annual Benefit Concerts
Change of Pace, London
Charles & Myrtle's, Chatanooga, Tennessee
Convocation Hall, University of Toronto
Eaglewood Songwriters Festival, Pefferlaw
Eden Mills Town Hall, Eden Mills
Evangeline's, Chilliwack, BC
Festival of Friends, Hamilton
Fiddlers' Green - Toronto
Groaning Board - Toronto
Free Times Café, Toronto
Grant Hall, Queens University, Kingston
Grouse Mountain Festival, Vancouver
Grumbles Coffee House - Toronto
Hamilton Place, Hamilton
Home County Folk Festival, London
Home Routes Tour, Manitoba
Hughs Room, Toronto
Joan Armatrading Tour, Canada
John Labatt Centre, London
John Prine Tour, Canada
Just Milton Folks, Hugh Foster Hall, Milton
Killarney Park, Ontario
Knight II Coffeehouse, Hamilton
Le Hibou, Ottawa
Livewire Concert Series, Kingston
London Music Club, London, Ontario
Mariposa Folk Festival, Toronto, Orillia
Massey Hall, Toronto
Maxs Kansas City, NYC, w/ Mimi Farina
McGinty's, Meaford, Ontario
Moonshine Café, Oakville, Ontario
National Arts Centre, Ottawa
New York Coffeehouse Circuit:1969 - 1972
Northern Lights Festival, Sudbury
Ottawa Folk Festival, Ottawa
Place des Arts, Montréal
Pointe au Baril Community Centre Concert
Princess Avenue Playhouse, St. Thomas, Ontario
Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver
Reneé's Café, South River, Ontario
Respect Is Burning, Sudbury
Riverboat, Toronto
Ryerson Theatre, Toronto
Sancious Coffehouse, Edmonton, Alberta
Smales Pace Coffeehouse, London
St. Andrew's Hall, Sudbury
Stampede Grandstand, Calgary, Alberta
Stan Rogers Festival, Canso, N.S.
Supertramp Tour, Canada
Tango, Stratford, Ontario
The Back Door, Montréal
The Slaughterhouse, Aberfoil, Ontario
Todd Rundgren Tour, USA w/ Lazarus
University of Guelph, Guelph
Numerous coffeehouses and house concerts
Numerous television and radio shows, including: "Singalong Jubilee", "Nashville North" with Ian Tyson, Peter Gzowski's "90 Minutes Live" amongst others.
Filmscores and commercials
Nineteen albums/CDs




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Asherns Home Routes delights intimate audience
Posted By Heather Robbins, Nov 5/09
Those lucky enough to get their Home Route season tickets for performances at Tim and Jean Cameron's Ashern home will be treated to six intimate musical evenings from now until April.
"I read about Home Routes in my CAA magazine last spring and thought it would be something we would like to explore," said Cameron. "We were approved by the group and included in the 2009-10 line-up. We'll host six concerts."
The Camerons held their first show Sept. 24 with Juno award winning Toronto singer songwriter David Bradstreet.
"He's probably best known for his song made famous by Valdy, Renaissance ('Let's dance the old dance once more.')," said Cameron. "He was fantastic. Performing his own songs with his excellent guitar playing kept the audience wanting more. In the intimacy of our living room, there isn't a bad seat to be found, great sightlines and the sound was perfect. We had 44 guests that night. David mingled with us at the intermission, sold his CDs and got to know us. He said afterward he had never been in rural Manitoba before and he had such a good time he would like to do it again. We were his last stop in rural Manitoba, with two city gigs to finish off. His tour included Winnipeg, Boissevain, Carman, Neepawa, Onanole, Baldur, Brandon and a few others."
GOLDEN QUILL AWARD 2006
"Songwriting is a dedicated skill, and having honed that skill over three decades David Bradstreet continues to produce wonderful vignettes that are extremely enjoyable to listen to. But thats not quite enough to be considered for the Golden Quill award. One also has to have written memorable songs, songs that linger in the mind, songs we can all go back to. Like Renaissance, a Valdy hit that he penned in the 1970s. He has done a mountain of work writing music and songs for TV and Films as well as for commercials."
- Steve Fruitman, The 17th Annual Porcupine Awards - 2006
David Bradstreet - Lifelines
"More Great Stuff - Music to Hear. This independent CD is a mix of acoustic ballads, folk songs and jazz/blues-layered numbers recorded live in Toronto.
Canadian Living, September, 2006
"David Bradstreet just keeps on getting better like fine wine!! His voice seems to be at it's best ever and he left them wanting more! He was not just a performer, he was an "entertainer" with the strength and presence to invite the audience to sing along for the occasion. Also - his new songs were very strong indeed!"
- Jim Marino, Freewheeling Folk Show / CFMU Annual Benefit Concert, 2003
"David Bradstreet is an engaging reminder of the best of 1970s acoustic folk-rock. It ("David Bradstreet A&M sp9026-CD") sounds surprisingly fresh 25 years later, and via the Internet, it has become a classy collectible."
- Greg Quill, Toronto Star, 2002
"It's interesting to hear Bradstreet in the late '90s. Though his songs haven't changed in theme or texture, it's easy to detect the influence his music has had on later artists like Jane Siberry, who in turn influenced current diva Sarah McLachlan. Bradstreet still plays guitar with a dexterity reminiscent of another jazz-reared folkie, Bruce Cockburn..."
- Craig MacInnis, Hamilton Spectator
"On a few rare occasions one hears a song that touches a chord and becomes instantly memorable. For this reviewer that occasion took place when I heard David Bradstreet perform Beresford Street (Concertina Man) at the Mariposa Folk Festival some years ago. It was simple, poignant and joyous. Enough to make you shed your jaded outlook, if only for a moment, and be transported back to childhood innocence. Without a doubt, a classic folk song in any era."
- David Bray, DABzine, July 2002
"On David Bradstreets second album (Dreaming in Colour / A&M 1977), he seems to be suffering the sophomore syndrome. It is a pleasant album, but not as interesting as his debut solo album (1977s David Bradstreet). Wheras his debut seemed to be more in the folk genre, this is more produced and closer to easy listening. The main problem with the album is that its too slick. There are standout songs (the beautiful and sad Thirty Years, This Ringing in My Ear, and Ashes on the Water), which are less produced and lean more towards Bradstreets folk roots. On the plus side, Bradstreets vocals are astounding, truly beautiful, and Bob Mann contributes some very good guitar solos that owe a great deal to George Harrison. The other interesting aspect of this album is the lyrics. Although the music may suggest background music for housework, the lyrics deserve close attention. Bradstreet has a knack for writing songs that tell heartbreaking stories (all of the previously mentioned titles are good examples) as well as strong/angry songs (Last Catch, for example). David Bradstreet is an extremely talented individual, and this album demonstrates that talent. With a different producer, it could have been brilliant, but the songs seem to get lost in the production
- iTunes Album Review (2009)
"There's a sense of calm that spreads through these songs - filmic contrasts of elemental images of earth, sea and fire."
- Peter Goddard, The Toronto Star
"Bradstreet possesses a smooth, immensely musical tenor voice that's been sensibly augmented by crisp semi-acoustic arrangements and tasteful production."
- David Freeston, The Montreal Star
"His newer material has a sophistication and drive - there's more propulsion, more energy. And it looks good on him."
- Greg McMillan, Hamilton Spectator
"Bradstreet has put together an exceptional work. In voice, musicianship, writing, indeed, in all the elements that together make an album, Bradstreet has achieved a level few performers ever reach."
- Tim Whelan, Regina Leader Post
"David Bradstreet has been missed. He knows how to write terrific, thought-provoking lyrics and match them to beautiful, well-played melodies. Also worth noting is the overall sound of the CD. It is beautifully recorded, while still maintaining a welcoming warmth. This is the type of CD that allows listeners to discover something new with each listening. Highly recommended."
- Aaron Badgley, All-Music Guide
"Bravo Bradstreet" "There are lots of musicians around who are deserving of wider recognition but certainly none are more deserving than Toronto's David Bradstreet"
- Chris Cobb, Ottawa Citizen
"... one of the most potent breakaway albums ever..."
- David Farrell, The Record
"Bradstreet has combined composing, arranging and lyric-writing skills of the highest order. The result is masterful."
- Randi Spires, The Ontarion
"...songs soft and low - with power"
- Richard Christy, Kingston Whig Standard
"It's Saturday night in Barrie and there's a rap on my basement apartment door. I open it and find an attractive bearded stranger standing there with a guitar case, casually dressed in khaki shorts, sandals and a t-shirt. While I ponder my good fortune (it is date night after all!) I realize this wandering minstrel is none other than Juno award-winning musician David Bradstreet arriving to perform for the Barrie Folk Society at my humble place of residence. I invite David in and he proceeds to set-up for this evening's performance. As he tunes his guitar and I cut vegetables, we spend the next half-hour chatting like old friends (somehow I don't remember him being this attractive when I saw him perform at the Eaglewood Folk Festival in Pefferlaw). As guests begin to arrive, David effortlessly slips into the role of doorman and greets everyone. The next two hours pass by quickly as he spellbinds the audience of 30 people with his wonderful music and humourous stories spanning a career of over 30 years in the music trade. During the intermission and after the concert, he mingles with the crowd and autographs CDs. Such is a typical evening at a house concert..."
- Elaine Murray, The Barrie Folk Society
The Galaxie Folk/Roots Channels most-played, high-rotation Canadian album releases for July 2006:
1. Ron Hynes --- Ron Hynes --- (Borealis)
2. Leslie Alexander --- Garden In the Stones --- (Superoops)
3. Arrogant Worms --- Beige --- (Arrogant Worms/Festival)
4. David Bradstreet --- Lifelines --- (www.davidbradstreet.com )
5. Steel Rail --- River Song --- (www.steelrail.ca)
6. Brock Zeman --- & The Dirty Hands --- (www.brockzeman.com)
7. Stephen Fearing --- Yellowjacket --- (True North)
8. Penny Lang --- Stone + Sand + Sea + Sky --- (Borealis)
9. Charlie Sohmer --- Dying to Have A Good Time --- ( www.glowinghearts.com)
10. Angela Harris --- Roots --- (Maximum)
11. Carolyn Mark Just Married: An Album of Duets (Mint)
12. Christa Couture --- Fell Out of Oz --- (Maximum)
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