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Multi award-winning artist Donovan Woods' new single “While All The While” is out today. Co-written with GRAMMY Award-winning songwriter Lori McKenna (Little Big Town; Tim McGraw), the track explores a journey of life’s everyday, seemingly mundane moments that make up the fabric of our lives. Accompanying the track is a mini EPK in which Woods interprets humans' double-lives as we keep certain people and memories in the back of our minds throughout the day.
“While All The While” is essentially Woods’ songwriting in miniature, a portrait of quotidian life that swells into a poignant meditation on how we sit with and reconcile our conflicted feelings. “Therapy helped guide me into the idea that it’s OK to be sad. I can be sad and still make jokes and laugh. I can be sad and sing. I can be sad while still being grateful and happy that people come see my shows and care about the songs I make,” Woods says.
“I brought this idea to Lori, and we tried to write a song about just that. Getting up and going on with life,” he adds. “A little celebration of the things we do while all the while a little sadness is still there with us.”
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On Saturday, Dec. 7, Woods will perform at Koerner Hall in Toronto, a venue where he previously worked the front desk while pursuing his music career. Only 6 years later, he’s now sold out the 1200-capacity concert hall as the headliner with very special guests Matt Nathanson, Henry Jamison and Hannah Georgas.
This morning, Woods performed on CBC’s Metro Morning for Sounds Of The Season on Matt Galloway’s last day, which will benefit Toronto Food Banks. Recently, he also penned two songs which appeared in the Hallmark Holiday movie Our Christmas Love Song.
TOUR DATES
Dec 7 - Toronto, ON - Koerner Hall
Dec 12 - Montreal, QC - Petit Campus
Dec 13 - Ottawa, ON - National Arts Centre with Basia Bulat
Dec 14 - Ottawa, ON - National Arts Centre with Basia Bulat
Feb 7 - Goderich, ON - The Livery Theatre
Feb 8 - Guelph, ON - Royal City Mission
Mar 6 - Omemee, ON - Coronation Hall
Mar 7 - Creemore, ON - Avening Community Hall
Mar 8 - Saint Catharines, ON - Warehouse Concert Hall
