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In 2019 we rode VIA Rail from Vancouver to Toronto and back as “Artists On Board”. Somewhere east of the Rockies a guy got on the train and, as one does, got into a long conversation with Kathryn. The talk was light-hearted and casual but as he was getting off the train he dropped this bomb: “Well, this is my stop. I’m on my way to my daughter’s funeral.”

Any artist knows the feeling of being emotionally driven to create, and this comment was the spark for Five Miles Out.

In the first draft the lyrics were “Five miles out of Edson” but we changed it to “Five miles out of Bethune” because we like the way it sounds (we still love you, Edson). Our train didn’t even go through Bethune; this was a purely artistic choice.

After playing this song for maybe a year I got curious; what would I find five miles out of Bethune? I used the google maps distance measuring tool, and google street view, to plunk myself down on highway 11, five miles southeast of Bethune, and I found a roadside shrine. In a more recent street view image (June 2022) the flowers look fairly fresh, so it appears that someone has been maintaining it. If you are that someone we hope that time has begun to ease your pain.

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Five miles out of Bethune
And I’m thinking of you
I’m listening to the click clack
Wheels on the track
Staring up at the moon

All those days so long ago
We were young we were pretty and we were new

I’m five miles out of Bethune
Staring up at that moon

All those days so long ago
Walk in the woods with you
All those nights so long ago
Laying with you

I’m five mile out of Bethune
And I’m thinking of you
I’m listening to the click clack
Wheels on the track
Staring up at the moon

All those days so long ago
We thought we had nothing to do
All those nights so long ago
We didn’t have a clue

I’m five miles out of Bethune
And I’m thinking of you
Staring up at that moon
Thinking of you

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from No Street Signs No Straight Lines, released June 20, 2023

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NO STREET SIGNS NO STRAIGHT LINES (06.21.23)“a crafted blend of musical styles.. oddly familiar..sound is old and new at once.” “Sutherland’s gorgeous voice strong & nuanced she doesn’t want to fit into a single style. One moment she reminds of classic Dolly Parton in another the energetic cries of Grace Slick.”
“..half blues but with a dash of Pink Floyd.”
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