QRO puts its spotlight on Montreal singer-songwriter Patrick Watson.
Name: Patrick Watson
Associated act(s): The Cinematic Orchestra, Gangster Fun, La Force
Hometown: Montreal, QC, Canada
Members: Simon Angell, Robbie Kuster (former), Mischka Stein, Patrick Watson
Albums: Waterproof9 (2001), Just Another Ordinary Day (2003), Ma Fleur (with Cinematic Orchestra), Close To Paradise (2007), Wooden Arms (2009), Adventures In Your Own Backyard (2012), Love Songs For Robots (2015), Wave (2019), Better In the Shade (2022)
Related Articles:
Live review at Mercury Lounge in New York, NY on March 1st, 2007
Photo gallery from Mercury Lounge on March 1st, 2007
Review of Cinematic Orchestra’s Ma Fleur
Review as part of CMJ 2009 Day Three at Mercury Lounge in New York, NY on October 22nd, 2009
Photo gallery from Mercury Lounge on October 22nd, 2009
Featured in “Top 60 Albums of 2009”
Photo gallery from Manhattan Inn in Brooklyn, NY on May 5th, 2012
Review of Adventures In Your Own Backyard
Live review at South Street Seaport in New York, NY on July 6th, 2012
Photo gallery from South Street Seaport
Review of Love Songs For Robots
Photo gallery from Pickathon in Happy Valley, OR on August 5th, 2016
Photo gallery, with Attacca Quartet and Ariel Engle, at Central Park SummerStage on July 2nd, 2022
Photo gallery from Webster Hall in New York, NY on December 13th, 2023
Tour dates:
March 20-24 – Boise, ID – Treefort Music Festival
March 28 – Los Angeles, CA – Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever
March 29 – Los Angeles, CA – Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever
April 9-13 – Zermatt, Switzerland – Zermatt Unplugged
April 12 – Lisboa, Portugal – LAV Lisboa Ao Vivo
April 14 – Lisboa, Portugal – LAV Lisboa Ao Vivo
April 15 – Porto, Portugal – Hard Club
April 17 – Madrid, Spain – Sala Villanos
April 18 – Madrid, Spain – Sala Villanos
April 20 – Barcelona, Spain – Sala Paral.lel 62
May 7 – Cowansville, QC – Festival Soif de musique
November 2 – Toronto, ON – Meridian Hall / Orchestre FILMharmonique
November 28 – Montreal, QC – Maison symphonique / Orchestre FILMharmonique
November 29 – Montreal, QC – Maison symphonique / Orchestre FILMharmonique
November 30 – Montreal, QC – Maison symphonique / Orchestre FILMharmonique
Patrick Watson playing “Words In a Fire” live at Manhattan Inn:
Patrick Watson playing “Big Bird In a Small Cage” live at Manhattan Inn:
