PtboCanada Interview: Singer-Songwriter Hannah Georgas

Hannah Georgas performing at Gordon Best TheatreRecently, PtboCanada had a chance to catch up with Canadian musician Hannah Georgas and ask her a few questions. Georgas has been touring the heck out of North America since her debut full length album, This Is Good, was released earlier this year.

Over this past weekend, Georgas opened for local boy Royal Wood, who was performing at the Gordon Best Theatre. Here is what she had to say:


PtboCanada:
The new album which you are touring behind is titled
This Is Good. What are you referring to with this title? 

Georgas: One of the tracks on the record is entitled "This Is Good." I feel like that song sheds a similar light as to how the record all came together for me. The song was inspired by a really great memory and moment for me. I had premeditated and hoped for it to happen, and it came to fruition. I feel like the record is a similar circumstance. 

 


PtboCanada:
 What's so good about being Hannah Georgas right now?

Georgas: I get to hang out in a van with four handsome boys for the next month on tour. Playing music and traveling isn't so bad either.


PtboCanada:
Though you grew up in nearby Newmarket, Ontario, you're more closely associated with Vancouver and the West Coast. Do you feel your music speaks to either of those places more than the other?

Georgas: Songwriting is a very personal process and I find that I'm influenced by my surroundings and where I'm at in my life. The past few years I have been living in B.C., and have been affected by the people I've met, relationships I've made and challenges I've faced. Wherever I am in my life, that is what tends to come out in my songwriting.

 

 

PtboCanada: Any funny stories about touring with Royal Wood? You guys getting along? 

Georgas: We all like to make jokes and laugh backstage before, in between and after our sets. We're quite the rowdy bunch I tell ya. Good times.


PtboCanada:
Let's give our readers a sense of you and your personality via your musical background. What's your favorite album of all time?

Georgas: I love the record No Need To Argue by The Cranberries.


PtboCanada: Who's your biggest fan?

Georgas: I would have to say my manager.


[Q&A by PtboCanada's Jeffrey Macklin; pictures by PtboCanada's Evan Holt]

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Stuff to Do in the Patch This Weekend

Looking for something to do in Peterborough this weekend?

Friday:

Peterborough Fall Psychic Fair (3 p.m. to 9 p.m. - $5) Evinrude Centre 

21st Annual Autumn Treasures Fine Art & Craft Show (4 p.m. to 9 p.m. - $3.50) Trentwinds International Centre 

Royal Wood with Hannah Georgas (7:30 - Sold Out) Gordon Best Theater

Saturday:

Peterborough Fall Psychic Fair (10 a.m. to 9 p.m. - $5) Evinrude Centre

21st Annual Autumn Treasures Fine Art & Craft Show (10 a.m. to 5 p.m. - $3.50) Trentwinds International Centre 

Our Space Fall Gala (6 p.m. to 10 p.m. - $25) Adam Scott CVI

Peterborough Lions Club & Peterborough Theatre Guild present a Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre (Tickets $20, Proceeds towards the James FundPeterborough Lions Centre
 
 

Sunday:

Peterborough Fall Psychic Fair (10 a.m. to 6 p.m. - $5) Evinrude Centre

21st Annual Autumn Treasures Fine Art & Craft Show (11 a.m. to 4 p.m. - $3.50) Trentwinds International Centre 

A Century of Toys (Noon to 5 p.m.) Peterborough Museum & Archives

 
Looking for a quick bite between each event? Try the new hotspot El Camino's on George Street!

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Remembering Those Who Have Served & Sacrificed (And Those Who Continue To Do So)

The Wooden Sky Performing Outside The Red Dog

Because it's not enough to just perform inside The Red Dog, don't you know. Bands also play outside it, too. Think The Silver Hearts, for example. And now The Wooden Sky after a recent gig there.

So who's going to rock the sidewalk outside of the Red Dog next? Arkells, perhaps?

[YouTube; The Wooden Sky]

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Arkells Fall Tour Trailer (Which Includes A Stop In The Patch At The Red Dog)

Arkells have just released this awesome trailer on YouTube to promote their Fall 2010 Tour, which includes a stop at The Red Dog November 27. You can buy tickets online here. Arkells rockTotally.

[Arkells; The Red Dog; TicketScene.ca]

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Dude Speaks Quickly At The Art Gallery of Peterborough For A Good Cause

Linda Kash: Peterborough's Philadelphia Cream Cheese Angel

[YouTube; IMDb]

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Corb Lund & Washboard Hank Singing "The Hockey Song" At Showplace Last Night

[YouTube]

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Stuff to Do in the Patch This Weekend

Looking for something to do in Peterborough this weekend?

Friday

- Corb Lund and The Hurtin' Albertans (8 p.m - $35) Showplace

- Little Lake Cemetery Twilight Pageant (Tours run every 15 mins starting at 6:30 p.m. - $20) Little Lake Cemetery

Saturday

- Breakfast with Dean Del Mastro (8 a.m. to 10 a.m) Peterborough Naval Association (Map)

- Winter Gear Swap (10 a.m to 4 p.m.) Wild Rock

Daytime Pumpkin Festival (11 a.m. to 5 p.m. - $5, Kids under 3 are Free) Buckhorn Berry Farm (Map)

- Haunted Halloween (1 p.m. to 4 p.m - $3) The Hutchinson House

- Zombie Walk 2010 (6 p.m. - Free) Have You Seen (Map

Little Lake Cemetery Twilight Pageant (Tours run every 15mins starting at 6:30 p.m. - $20) Little Lake Cemetery

- Ottawa vs. Peterborough Petes (7 p.m. - Ticket Prices) Memorial Centre

- Steel Toes and Stilettos (7 p.m - $75) Market Hall

- Could You Wait? A Wartime Musical (8 p.m - $43 adult, $38 senior) Showplace

Sunday

Daytime Pumpkin Festival (11 a.m. to 5 p.m. - $5, Kids under 3 are Free) Buckhorn Berry Farm (Map


**Have fun trick-or-treating on Sunday night and remember to follow these safety tips.

 
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Spooky Reads From Local Author Ian Rogers

Just in time for Halloween, local writer Ian Rogers has a special deal on his supernatural mystery novels.

Rogers, who was profiled a couple years back in The Peterborough Examiner for his scary works spanning over 50 short stories, also has a Halloween short story, "Vogo", slated to appear online on Biff Bam Pop! this weekend.


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