A joyous blast of energy, Sunshine (live), is available on all streaming platforms HERE. The song is their first official live track and the title track off a brand new live album, set to be released later this year. The new album will be available at shows starting earlier this summer and available online and in stores at a date soon to be announced.
Musically, Sunshine is an upbeat funk, soul, electric blues tune that simultaneously shows off the emotive, sometimes quirky, powerful vocals of lead singer Meghan Parnell and the skilled yet spirited, inter-play between the band.
Sunshine was recorded live on tour in 2024 at Arlington Arts in Newbury, UK and mixed by Bywater drummer Bruce McCarthy in Toronto, Canada. The video was shot by Lightning House Media over the course of 2 sold out shows at the historic Rivoli in Toronto in December.
In August 2024, Bywater Call released their third album Shepherd which featured the singles “Everybody Knows,” “Holler,” “Colours,” “As If,” “Roll,” and “For All We Know.” “Everybody Knows” and Holler” were championed and put on high rotation on Planet Rock; the UK’s popular classic rock radio station.
In their August 2024 issue, Henry Yates of Classic Rock Magazine made Shepherd his Album of the Month in his Blues Roundup, and said it was “an inventive and uncommonly catchy record,” and added, “the sense of a band on the brink is unmistakable.” The album was also selected as the Top Blues Album of the Year in the magazine’s year end round up.
Often transcending genres, Bywater Call is known for their dynamic, emotional live shows, featuring powerful vocals and exciting interplay between all band members.
“Bywater Call have melded blues, rock, roots, soul, and country into an infectious, powerful, enveloping sound. Live, they take these sweet vibes to an electrifying, intoxicating level.” – Get Ready to Rock
“Lyrically, Sunshine paints a vivid picture of two people, each chasing their own version of a brighter future, however flawed it may be, and holding onto that vision even when things fall apart” observes Parnell. “It captures the resilient human spirit, reminding us that no matter how tough things get, there is a glimmer of hope just waiting to break through.”
EUROPE 2025 * More Dates to be Announced
MORE INFO: WWW.BYWATERCALL.COM
JUNE/JULY
6. 13 Sneek | NL | Bolwerk
- 14 Heist-op-den-Berg | BE | Hnita Jazz Club
- 15 Amen | NL | Cultureel Café De Amer
- 16 Ruiselede | BE |Banana Peel
- 17 Köln | DE | Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal
- 18 Verviers | BE | Spirit of 66
- 19 Paris | FR | L'Empreinte
- 20 Aurillac | FR | Le Sismographe
- 22 Le Thor | FR | Sonograf
- 23 Chambery FR | Brin de Zinc
- 25 Bremen | DE | Meisenfrei
- 26 Dortmund | DE | Musiktheater Piano
- 27 Torgau | DE | Kulturbastion (open air with RJTW)
- 28 Dolgelin | DE | Feldsteinkirche Dolgelin
- 29 Rheinberg | DE | To Hoop
- 1 Enschede | NL |Het Laadperron
- 3 Grésivaudan | FR | Grésiblues Festival
- 4 Diepenbeek | BE | Hookrock
- 5 Basel | CH | Stedtli Blues Festival
- 7 Rimsting | DE | Feuerwehrhaus
- 9 Aschaffenburg | DE | Colos-Saal
- 10 Den Haag | NL | Paard
- 11 Oberhausen | DE | Static Roots Festival
- 12 Krefeld | DE | Kulturrampe
- 13 Weert | NL | Bospop
- 18 Lichtenvoorde | NL | Zwarte Cross Festival
EU/UK: OCTOBER/ NOVEMBER
25.10 | Erfurt, DE | Winter Blues Festival
26.10 | Weert, NL | De Bosuil
27.10 | Utrecht, NL | Tivoli
28.10 | Verviers, BE | Spirit of 66
29.10 | Zwickau, DE | St. Barbara
30.10 Isernhagen, DE | Blues Garage
31.10 Joldelund, DE | Gerd’s Juke Joint
1.11 | Joldelund, DE | Gerd’s Juke Joint
2.11 | Bonn, DE | Harmonie
3.11 | Solothurn, CH | Kofmehl
5.11 | Barcelona, ES | Sala Wolf
6.11 | Zaragoza, ES | Rock and Blues Cafe
7.11 | Valencia, ES | Loco Club
8.11 | Granada, ES | Sala Tren
9.11 | Jerez, ES | La Guarida del Angel
11.11 | A Coruña, ES | Sala Mardi Gras
12.11 | Madrid, ES | Sala Copernico
14.11 | Landerneau, FR | Centre Culturel Le Family
15.11 | Penmarch, FR | Cap Caval
19.11 | London, UK | The Garage
20.11 | Southend, UK | Chinney’s
21.11 | Gloucester, UK | Guild Hall
22.11 | Newcastle, UK | Anarchy Brew Co
23.11 | Glasgow, UK | Oran Mor
25.11 | Leeds, UK | Nath Brudenell
26.11 | Manchester, UK | Band on the Wall
27.11 | Porthcawl, UK | Planet Rockstock
28.11 | Southampton, UK | The Brook
29.11 | Faversham, UK | The Old Brewery Store
NORTH AMERICAN DATES:
MAY/JUNE
MAY 10 | ERIN, ON | The Bushholme *SOLD OUT
MAY 16 | CARLETON PLACE, ON | Carleton Place Town Hall Auditorium
MAY 17 | SARANAC LAKE, NY | The Waterhole
MAY 18 | PORTSMOUTH, NH | Jimmy’s Jazz & Blues
MAY 20 | NORTHAMPTON, MA | Iron Horse
MAY 22| MAYNARD, MA | Sanctuary
MAY 23 | PLYMOUTH, MA | The Spire Centre
MAY 24 | NEW YORK, NY | Groove *2 SHOWS
MAY 25 | PAWLING, NY | Daryl’s House
MAY 27 | SELLERSVILLE, PA | Sellersville Theatre *LIVE STREAM TIX AVAILABLE
MAY 28 | SAINT GEORGES, DE | Saint Georges Country Store
MAY 29 | HAGERSTOWN, MD | Live at Hib City Vinyl
MAY 30 | ARKVIILLE, NY | Paulie’s New Orleans Jazz & Blues Festival at the Ark Bowl
JUNE 6 | CALGARY, AB l Mikey’s Juke Joint
JUNE 7 | BOW ISLAND, AB | Blues at the Bow
CANADA/USA: JULY/AUGUST/ SEPTEMBER
JULY 19 | BÉCANCOUR, QC | Au Son De Moulin Blues et Gin
JULY 25 | FORT LANGLEY, BC | Fort Langley Jazz & Arts Festival
JULY 26 & 27 | SALMON ARM, BC | Salmon Arm Roots & Blues Festival
JULY 31 | MAMMOTH LAKES, CA | Mammoth Festival of Beers & Bluesapalooza
AUG 9 | SAN JOSE, CA | San Jose Jazz Festival
AUG 15 | MADISON, IN | Madison Ribberfest
AUG 16 | OMAHA, NE | Playing with Fire Festival
ABOUT BYWATER CALL
Often transcending genres, Bywater Call is known for their dynamic, emotional live shows, featuring powerful vocals and exciting interplay between all band members.
A powerhouse seven-piece Southern soul, roots rock outfit from Toronto, Canada; the band is comprised of Meghan Parnell (vocals), Dave Barnes (guitar), Bruce McCarthy (drums), Mike Meusel (bass), newest member, John Kervin (keys), Stephen Dyte (trumpet) and Julian Nalli (tenor sax).
Bywater Call was nominated for the 2025 UK Blues Award for International Blues Artist of the year for the second straight year, alongside artists such as Beth Hart and Walter Trout.
The band has also received multiple Independent Blues and Canadian Maple Blues Award nominations including Entertainer, Electric Act and Best Female Vocalist for the 2024 Awards Season
In March, Bywater Call played their second Joe Bonamassa Keeping the Blues Alive (KTBA) cruise, featuring headliners Big Head Todd and the Monsters and Larkin Poe. Also in 2025, they will play the Netherland’s BOSPOP festival alongside the likes of the Black Keys, Snow Patrol, Beth Hart and Melissa Ethridge.
The band has opened for Canadian award-winning musicians Whitehorse and Tom Cochrane and singer Meghan has joined renowned pedal-steel guitarist Robert Randolph on stage at his request.
Their newest album ”Shepherd” has garnered rave reviews from fans and media alike, and was selected as the Blues Album of the Year by UK’s Classic Rock Magazine. Band leaders Meghan Parnell and Dave Barnes were featured on the cover of Blues in Britain in January of 2025.
In 2024 alone, the band played 140 shows across 10 countries.
The Bywater Call’s music is an exploration of life’s highs and lows. From intimate ballads that lay bare the complexities of human emotion to electrifying anthems that demand to be played at full volume, their catalogue is a journey through human experience, featuring influences from the likes of The Band, The Wood Brothers, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Otis Redding, Little Feat, Sly and the Family Stone, and many more.
For further information, please contact:
hans@broerepromotion.nl
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