Winter is coming. But fans of reggae music will have the chance to warm their spirits with a show by Tasman Jude, a quartet from Grande Prairie stopping in Olds during its cross-country tour.
Winter is coming.
But fans of reggae music will have the chance to warm their spirits with a show by Tasman Jude, a quartet from Grande Prairie stopping in Olds during its cross-country tour.
"Come out for a heartfelt island party," said lead singer Caleb Hart. "It's going to be fun."
The group will perform at Tracks Pub on Nov. 15 and the show starts at 9:30 p.m. There is no cover for admission.
Tasman Jude is touring to support its debut album Green, released on Oct. 7.
Hart describes the album as sounding "earthy" and "raw," emphasizing what he calls the foundation of the genre.
The band will be selling copies of Green for $15, with a dollar from each sale going to Tree Canada, a non-profit organization dedicated to sustaining urban and rural forests.
Environmentalism isn't the sole cause Tasman Jude rallies behind, Hart said.
During the 2014 World Cup, iTunes proceeds from their single New Revolution went to Street Child World Cup, a charity benefiting children living in poverty.
"We want to give back no matter what we do, in everything we do," Hart said. "We don't necessarily have just one thing we want to support but we want to make it relevant to what we're releasing."
Tasman Jude started when Hart struck up a conversation with guitarist Al Peterson at a taco stand in 2011. The two quickly became friends.
"The last thing I expected to find was not only a person who liked reggae but a musician that could play it," he said.
In January 2013, Hart and Peterson decided to take the stage at an open mike night. They didn't have any songs written so they improvised through their set.
"We just had 150 college kids just enthralled by what we were doing, asking who we were. I went on Facebook and started a band page and that was the beginning."
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