Carlo is a Managing Editor at Matador and co-founder of Confronting Love . He blogs about travel, li

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Tracks on Tracks is sort of the modern day Festival Express. Green Couch Productions the outfit behind Green Couch Sessions which films one-take music videos on, you guessed it, a green couch (see above) have put together a tour of 10 Canadian bands, sending them from Vancouver to Toronto by VIA Rail.
During the train ride the bands will perform for passengers and also at secret railway stations on the way. They will end up in Toronto in time for the North By Northeast (NxNE) festival. These performances will be recorded and broadcast on the Tracks discount car rental canada on Tracks website as well as CBC Radio 3 .
One of the bands who were selected to take part is Vancouver s The Belle Game . It s an exciting piece of news for us. Their drummer, Rob Chursinoff, has authored a handful of pieces for Matador; we met in Nelson last year and I got to see his band perform live. Rob has also been a touring drummer for the Canadian band Tegan and Sara and for Australian pop-rocker Ben Lee.
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But on a train tour we were assured three cooked meals a day, a bed per band member, glorious views from the "bubble car", uninterrupted WIFI (not true) and someone other than us taking their 4-8 hour driving shift.
Carlo is a Managing Editor at Matador and co-founder of Confronting Love . He blogs about travel, life, and creativity at Vagabonderz.com . Like him on Facebook and follow him on Twitter . He lives in Nelson, discount car rental canada British Columbia.