The Rural Alberta Advantage

We're honoured to be a part of this awesome tradition of tribute to legendary local music broadcaster Bookie with the love of our local music community!

Saturday May 9 at The Garrison in Toronto- the fun is free with donation of a non-perishable food item in benefit of the Daily Bread Food Bank. Amy and Nils have picked a banger tune to perform- join us!

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NEW MUSIC- The Hunt in Edson

I’m always surprised how the small events in life worm their way into our songs, or even multiple moments that seem unrelated at the time. Several years ago on a beautiful summer morning, my wife woke me up with a jolt when she realized that our cat Edson had brought a mouse into our bed. As surprised as I was, the mouse in Edson’s jaw was even more surprised when it was dropped and hit the bed, having been granted a new lease on life. From there, the mouse scurried up my leg trying to make a break for freedom and ended up behind the bed. The next several minutes involved a comical level chaos between us all, before I managed to trap the mouse and release it back into the yard.

Around the same time, a friend let me know that they had received some life changing news, and opened the conversation with a quote I was unfamiliar with … “nothing concentrates the mind like a noose around your neck”.

Somehow, both of these unrelated events kept popping up in my head as I was working on this song, wondering what the mouse must have thought about his unlikely escape that summer morning and how much it differed from what was going through my own mind on that morning. - Nils

NEW MUSIC The Hunt in Edson is out now.

Road tested in Europe and beyond with you, and recorded back in Toronto with our pal Gavin Gardiner. Mixed by Juno Award winner (and just announced nominee again for 2026, congrats!) Jay Dufour. Artwork series continues from Erik M Grice. Thank you!

Darling what a way to wake up
At least this ain't the predator’s jaws, for a touch
Nothing like a rope around the neck
Just to clarify your thoughts
Everyone’s a goner
The nature of this life, albeit cruel
Will have beauty too

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Dear Minneapolis,

We have made the difficult decision to cancel our upcoming show at Fine Line on February 13th. Refunds will be automatically sent to ticketholders. 

We are so sorry for the pain your city is experiencing. Minneapolis is always the place we most look forward to playing on our US visits, and the violence you are enduring right now is senseless and heartbreaking.

At the moment, touring in the US is not the same for us as it once was, and we are trying our best to make decisions we feel are most respectful of everyone’s safety as the utmost priority. We know things are changing quickly on the ground from day to day and we hope with all our hearts things will improve very soon, but it wouldn’t be fair to you or the amazing team and community at First Avenue to wait until the last minute to make this call.

We love you very much, and we hope to see you again very soon. 

❤️ The RAA