Meet The Counselors
Steven Page
Over the last thirty-five years, Steven Page has established himself as one of the most recognizable and enduring voices in music. The release of his latest album, Excelsior, shows that he has no plans of slowing down anytime soon. Since its release, Steven has toured Canada, The US and the UK with The Steven Page Trio, and has performances planned well into 2024.
As a co-founder, vocalist and songwriter for Barenaked Ladies, Steven sang and wrote classics like “Brian Wilson,” “If I Had A Million Dollars,” “What A Good Boy,” “It’s All Been Done” and many more. With the band, he sold over 15 Million albums and scored multiple Junos, Billboard Music Awards, SOCAN awards, Gemini Awards and two Grammy nominations. After leaving the band in 2009, Steven embarked on a solo career that has produced five solo albums, including 2022’s Excelsior, and has seen him tour worldwide, from folk festivals to cabarets and theatres, all the way to packed arenas on his recent string of dates opening for rock legends The Who.
Steven performs in many configurations, from solo to full band with horn section, but, since 2016, he has been playing most often with his pals in The Steven Page Trio, Craig Northey of Vancouver legends Odds on guitar, and Kevin Fox on cello. The trio configuration provides the right amount of portability, intimacy and power to fill just about any venue imaginable.
Steven has performed arrangements of some of his best-loved songs from his long career with orchestras including the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Victoria Symphony, Symphony New Brunswick and has more symphony shows on the horizon in the next two years.
A passionate mental health advocate, Steven has been in demand as a public speaker since 2011, sharing his own story with audiences across North America.
In 2018, Steven was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame with his former bandmates in Barenaked Ladies, at the Juno Awards Ceremonies in Vancouver.
In 2020, when work on the musical he wrote with playwright Daniel MacIvor for Canada’s Stratford Festival, Here’s What It Takes, was interrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic, Steven began performing weekly livestream concerts over Zoom, Steven Page Live From Home. These Live From Home shows, sometimes selling 1000 tickets at a time, cultivated a tightly-knit community of music fans from all over the world, and kept them feeling connected when it was most needed. Steven continues to perform Live From Home shows on Saturdays when he’s not on the road, with the 100th episode planned for early in 2023.
The Governor-General’s Performing Arts Awards approached Steven in 2021 about writing a song as a surprise tribute to his friend, Ryan Reynolds, and the result was “Canada Loves You Back,” a song as poignant, humourous and Canadian as the actor it honours.
Steven is a frequent collaborator with Toronto’s Art of Time Ensemble, made up of some of Canada’d best classical, jazz and pop musicians. With them, he released an album of covers, A Singer Must Die, in 2009, and also appears on their Sgt. Pepper and Songs of Leonard Cohen albums.
Along with Chris Murphy (Sloan), Moe Berg (The Pursuit of Happiness), and Craig Northey (Odds), Steven makes up a quarter of The Trans-Canada Highwaymen, four lead singers of classic Canadian bands, whose first album of Canadian covers is set to be released in the fall of 2023.
CRAIG Northey
Craig Northey is a founding member of renowned Canadian rock band "Odds". Formed in 1987 they crossed over into radio success, platinum awards and Juno nominations during the mid 1990s and have maintained their vitality to this day. The 2023 release of the Odds “Crash the Time Machine” album included co-production by Steven Page. Craig has been in the “Steven Page Trio” since its inception. He formed “Strippers Union” with Rob Baker of the Tragically Hip in 2005. Their 3rd album “the Undertaking” was released in 2021. Feeling he wasn’t in enough bands he became a member of “the TransCanada Highwaymen” with Page, Chris Murphy (Sloan) and Moe Berg (the Pursuit of Happiness).“Explosive Hits Vol 1” is their debut album. To make matters even more confusing Craig is known, by some people, for his decades of work as a film and TV composer (Kids in the Hall, Corner Gas, Hiccups, Young Drunk Punk,This Blows). As a songwriter or guitarist or vocalist you can find Craig’s name alongside: Rosanne Cash, Warren Zevon, Colin James, Gin Blossoms, Glen Phillips, Tom Wilson, Jesse Valenzuela, Jimmy Rankin, Jeremy Fisher, the Waltons, Matt Andersen, Adam Levy, Damhnait Doyle, Paul Hyde, and Wide Mouth Mason.
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Craig is from Vancouver BC. Favourites - dogs, chick peas, hockey, worn guitars, tortilla chipsThe Trans-Canada Highwaymen are Moe Berg (TPOH), Chris Murphy (SLOAN), Craig Northey (Odds) and Steven Page (Ex-BNL) and they are going on tour to perform their hit songs and share road stories of the mixed bag of excitement, dread, inspiration, emotional torture and unconditional support that is being a band.It was against the beige backdrop of late 80`s and early 90`s that these front men of Canada`s most popular and commercially successful alt/rock, power/pop bands started their careers. Their unique perspectives on being catapulted from the hard working underground indie scene to acclaim during one of Canada`s most exciting and transformative music eras is a story only they can tell. This is a unique opportunity to witness them singing their hit songs together like I`m An Adult Now / Hard to Laugh/She`s So Young (TPOH), Underwhelmed / Coax me/The Other Man (SLOAN), It Falls Apart / Someone Who`s Cool/Make You Mad (Odds) and The Old Apartment / Brian Wilson/Jane (Ex-BNL) The performance gives audiences the opportunity to see four of Canada`s most successful & witty musical front men sharing stories, songs and laughter.Yes, they are going to play on each other’s songs as a band and yes, they will rock.
Kevin fox
Halifax native Kevin Fox is a revered multi-instrumentalist, sought-after orchestral composer/arranger, music director/ coordinator/producer and innovative recording artist.
He has performed with and/or provided arrangements for: Avril Lavigne, Art of Time Ensemble, Bahamas, Celine Dion, Chantal Kreviazuk, Cowboy Junkies, Delores O’Riordan, Greg Keelor, Jane Siberry, Jim Cuddy, Justin Bieber, Katharine McPhee, Lights, Olivia Newton John, Raine Maida, Royal Wood, Sarah Harmer, Sarah McLachlan, Sarah Slean, Serena Ryder, Sloan, Steven Page, Tom Cochrane and Walk off the Earth.
Playing the cello is Kevin’s first language and he expresses it with soulful eloquence on his three solo albums – Come Alive, Songs for Cello & Voice, and Set Right.
MOE BERG
Moe is the singer/guitarist/songwriter of The Pursuit of Happiness. The band has won numerous awards such as two Gold Records and one Platinum release. He has worked with The Cliks, Robin Black, The Populars, The Rude Mechanics and The Ambers. He’s produced the likes of The Left, TPOH, Bad Fun, The Monoxides, The Grace Babies, National Anthem and more. He has currently finished producing The James Clark Institute, a 7 inch record out June 2013. Moe also co-hosted the show, “Master Tracks” with Laurence Currie on AUX TV.
WESLEY STACE
Wesley Stace was born in Hastings, East Sussex in 1965. He released many albums under the name John Wesley Harding before switching back to his birth name for more recent recordings, including 2021’s Late Style and the monumental limited-edition Secret Series, for which he revisited his entire discography for new solo acoustic releases. Stace has recorded duets with Bruce Springsteen, Lou Reed and Rosanne Cash, among other contemporaries. He has published four novels, including the international bestseller Misfortune, and recently co-wrote Mark Morris’ memoir Out Loud. He also created and is the impresario of Cabinet of Wonders, a cabaret-style multi-artist show that plays at New York City’s City Winery, and which The New Yorker called “one of the finest nights of entertainment this city has to offer.” Stace has taught at Princeton, Swarthmore and Fairleigh-Dickinson, and writes regularly for the Times Literary Supplement and the Wall Street Journal. He lives in Philadelphia.
WESLEY STACE’s Cabinet of Wonders
ft. A.C. Newman, Dave Hill, Michael Arthur & more
Wesley Stace’s Cabinet of Wonders - hailed by The New Yorker as “the finest night of entertainment this city has to offer” - is a one-of-a-kind variety show that features Stace and his versatile three-piece band, The English UK, performing with an always-eclectic and ever-changing line-up of musicians, writers, comedians and visual artists, hand-picked by the Kabinettmeister himself. A little bit vaudeville, a little bit literary and a lot rock ‘n’ roll, the Cabinet of Wonders holds delights and surprises galore. Ladies and gentlemen, the Cabinet is open!
Dave foley
Dave Foley is an award winning actor, writer and producer most known as a founding member of the iconic comedy sketch group, The Kids in the Hall. After the successful television run of The Kids in the Hall, Dave signed on to the long running NBC series, Newsradio. In between seasons, he forged a feature film career that is still very active today. In addition to his comedic work, Foley has also been seen in HBO’s critically-acclaimed mini-series From the Earth to the Moon. He also wrote and starred in the filmThe Wrong Guy. Some of the many films Foley has starred in include Sky High, A Bug’s Life, Toy Story 2, A Blast From the Past, and South Park: Bigger and Longer.
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Dave has also guest starred on several major TV shows including: Young Sheldon, Justified, Always Sunny in Philadelphia and Superstore. Dave can currently be seen in the newly revamped Kids in the Hall, Amazon’s limited series which he co-created, as well as season 5 of the critically acclaimed FX series Fargo, opposite Jon Hamm and Jennifer Jason Leigh.
TERRa lightfoot
Terra Lightfoot is a charismatic guitarist-singer-songwriter from Hamilton, Ontario. In 2020, she marked her first decade as a recording artist with Consider the Speed, recorded by Grammy-winning producer Jay Newland at Memphis' Royal Studios. In early 2022, Lightfoot launched her own label, Midnight Choir. Lightfoot's 2023 album Healing Power reunited her with producer/engineer Gus van Go. Like their 2017 collab New Mistakes, the album earned JUNO nominations and Polaris long list nods. Lightfoot is a formidable live performer, but even accomplished touring artists feel the tug of home — a place vividly captured on the artist’s intimate new album, Home Front.
JON AUER
Former Posies co-founder/singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Jon Auer's notable career started at the age of 17 in Bellingham, WA where the Posies first record Failure (featuring the Jon-composed "I May Hate You Sometimes" ) was recorded and mixed by a teenage Jon in his home studio after school and on weekends. Two years later The Posies signed a deal with DGC/Geffen and ultimately recorded three records for the influential label, including Dear 23 (featuring the Jon-composed singles "Suddenly Mary" and “Golden Blunders”, the latter eventually covered by former Beatle Ringo Starr) and the landmark Frosting on the Beater, which included Auers' classic singles "Dream All Day", "Flavor of the Month", and “Definite Door” as well as his dark and epic deep cut "Coming Right Along" (featured in the film of The Basketball Diaries and praised by Jim Carroll himself). A key player in the former Posies songwriting force, Jon also wrote “Going, Going, Gone” for the 4 million-plus selling Reality Bites soundtrack.
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In addition, Auer is a critically-acclaimed solo artist and his solo record Songs From The Year Of Our Demise was named one of the best releases of 2006 by NPR and given 4 stars in UNCUT magazine. Auer toured the globe to support SFTYOOD as an extremely wellreceived one-man troubadour-style show, his songs and stories side by side. Jon was also a member of the re-formed Big Star for 17 years and continued to perform as part of Big Star's Third ever since. In 2004, Jon spent time at Ardent Studios in Memphis helping write and record Big Star's album In Space, contributing (among others) "Lady Sweet" and co-writing "February's Quiet" with Jody Stephens. In 2022, Jon joined Stephens, Mike Mills (REM), Chris Stamey (The dBs), and Pat Sansone (Wilco) for a much-praised tour celebrating the 50th anniversary of Big Star's #1 Record and this same five-piece lineup toured Spain in November of 2023 as well to a rapturous reception and 2024 saw these five musicians taking the stage again in celebration of Big Star's Radio City in the US and the EU and UK as well. Selling out even more concerts in 2025, now-dubbed The Big Star Quintet, the fivesome continue to perform all over the globe. Auer has also nurtured a sizable production career having produced and/or mixed records for the likes of Love Battery, Truly, The Best Kissers in the World, Sky Cries Mary, Pond, Gnome, The Squirrels, You Am I, Redd Kross, Awesome, Cheap Star, and Spiral Stairs (of Pavement) and the Sub Pop label and also spent time in Nashville playing on the Ben Folds' produced William Shatner record Has Been.
SUSAN ROGERS
Susan Rogers holds a doctoral degree in behavioral neuroscience from McGill University (2010). Prior to her science career, Susan was a multiplatinum-earning record producer, engineer and mixer. She is best known for her work with Prince during his peak creative period (1983–1987). Her discography includes records with Barenaked Ladies, David Byrne, Geggy Tah, Nil Lara, Robben Ford, and many others. She teaches psychoacoustics and neuroscience for Berklee College of Music Online. Her book on music listening, This Is What It Sounds Like: What the Music You Love Says About You, waspublished by W. W. Norton & Co. in 2022. She is currently writing Music Cognition: From Anatomy to Ecstasy for Princeton University Press.