Thanksgiving weekend shows bring Sonny’s Dream to PEI

Ron Hynes at the Trailside this weekend

Newfoundland singer songwriter Ron Hynes needs no introduction. Everyone knows at least the chorus to Sonny’s Dream.

He will be performing this weekend at the intimate Trailside Cafe.

Decades of performing have given Ron Hynes an ease with the audience that makes his concerts special events.

They call him the man with a thousand songs. When I saw him last year at Harmony House in Hunter River he engaged the audience like they were his friends.

The documentary Man of a Thousand Songs is an unvarnished, warts and all movie about Hynes. He talked about it last year with me.

Tickets are $25 and on sale now at www.boxofficepei.com. Dinner reservations are available for prior to the shows by calling The Trailside toll free at 1- 888-704-6595, or 676-3130 local.

From his publicist

Ron Hynes is touring in support of his latest release titled Stealing Genius. The songs are Inspired by works from some of his favorite authors and poets. Ron Hynes has written a collection of songs that not only echo a life in Newfoundland and Labrador, but resonate with people everywhere.

The release of Stealing Genius follows the release of  “The Man Of A Thousand Songs”, a feature-length documentary, of which Hynes is both subject and star. The film premiered  at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival, garnered Atlantic Film Festival Awards for Best Documentary, Director and Audience Favorite.

Hynes has been busy all summer with headline performances at festivals across the country including the Stan Rogers International Folk Festival, Northern Lights Festival Boreal, Mariposa Folk Festival, Islands Folk Festival, Mission Folk Festival, Edmonton Folk Festival, Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Festival. He heads to Celtic Colours International Festival immediately following his three night stop at The Trailside, Oct. 7 – 9.

Best known for his folk classic Sonny’s Dream, haunting chronicle Atlantic Blue, heart-wrenching requiem Godspeed, and a string of country radio hits including Cryer’s Paradise, Man of a Thousand Songs, St. John’s Waltz, Get Back Change and more, Ron’s songs have been recorded by dozens of artists world-wide including Emmylou Harris, Christy Moore, Mary Black, Denny Doherty, and most recently, Kim Stockwood.