Bywater Call unleashes “Sunshine” live video
Canadian Roots, Rock, and Soul band Bywater Call are excited to release SUNSHINE, their first single of 2025 and their first official live release. The single is released ahead of the band’s November 2025 headline UK tour. Tickets are on sale now.
A joyous blast of energy, “Sunshine” (Live)”, is available on all streaming platforms. The music video for the new single is available to watch on YouTube. The song is their first official live track, and title track from their 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.
“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.”
“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 two 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.
CANADA/ USA: 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
EUROPE: JUNE/JULY
6. 13 Sneek | NL | Bolwerk
6. 14 Heist-op-den-Berg | BE | Hnita Jazz Club
6. 15 Amen | NL | Cultureel Café De Amer
6. 16 Ruiselede | BE |Banana Peel
6. 17 Köln | DE | Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal
6. 18 Verviers | BE | Spirit of 66
6. 19 Paris | FR | L’Empreinte
6. 20 Aurillac | FR | Le Sismographe
6. 22 Le Thor | FR | Sonograf
6. 23 Chambery FR | Brin de Zinc
6. 25 Bremen | DE | Meisenfrei
6. 26 Dortmund | DE | Musiktheater Piano
6. 27 Torgau | DE | Kulturbastion
6. 28 Dolgelin | DE | Feldsteinkirche Dolgelin
6. 29 Rheinberg | DE | To Hoop
7. 1 Enschede | NL |Het Laadperron
7. 3 Grésivaudan | FR | Grésiblues Festival
7. 4 Diepenbeek | BE | Hookrock
7. 5 Basel | CH | Stedtli Blues Festival
7. 7 Rimsting | DE | Feuerwehrhaus
7. 9 Aschaffenburg | DE | Colos-Saal
7. 10 Den Haag | NL | Paard
7. 11 Oberhausen | DE | Static Roots Festival
7. 12 Krefeld | DE | Kulturrampe
7. 13 Weert | NL | Bospop
7. 18 Lichtenvoorde | NL | Zwarte Cross Festival
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
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
