POSTPONED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER UNTIL THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 7:30 P.M. IN KTS LECTURE HALL
This talk will focus on the revealed inspiration that completes the artist’s creative freedom. It will consider the ethical dimensions of receptivity to the Muse in the context of creating music with a band.
It will be complemented with a live performance of original music by the Rev. Dave Trio (with Andrea Monro and Doug Randell).
David Peddle received his doctorate from the University of Ottawa in 1998, immediately taking a position as a teaching fellow at the University of King’s College. In 2000, he returned to his birthplace of Corner Brook, N.L., where he spent 20 years as a philosophy professor and university administrator. He has published two books: Situating Contemporary Freedom: The Legacy of James Doull, (w. Neil Robertson) and The Religious Origins of American Freedom and Equality: A Response to John Rawls. In 2020, Dave began to focus on his band Rev Dave and the Sin Eaters.
The Rev. Dave Trio is a spinoff of Rev. Dave and the Sin Eaters, which has released three studio albums since 2020: Dark Water, Beams of Love and Clouds Like Buffalo. They have also released one live album: Live at the Garrick Theatre. On the strength of these recordings, the band has received five music industry nominations:
2020 MUSIC NL Folk Artist of the Year
2022 MUSIC NL Folk Artist of the Year
2022 ECMA Blues Recording of the Year (Beams of Love)
2022 ECMA Country Recording of the Year (Beams of Love)
2025 MUSIC NL Country Artist of the Year
The Trio, a folkier version of the mother band, features Andrea Munro, a very talented songwriter and vocalist who has performed all over Canada and in Europe and can be heard singing and playing banjo on the albums of many Newfoundland artists. Andrea has appeared on all Rev Dave and the Sin Eaters’ albums. Also featured is Doug Randell who has played with artists such as Tommy Cash and Marty Haggard. He loves the clean twang of country and the smooth in-your-face phrasing David Gilmour brought to Pink Floyd.
Dr. Angus Johnston (1948-2017) was a beloved fixture at King’s during his 32 years of teaching and service at the university, including 12 years as Vice-President. Described as “a man who embodied the best in the life and spirit of King’s College,” Dr. Johnston was involved in many different labours of love at King’s and in the surrounding community, including his close involvement in the design and construction of the New Academic Building, helping to establish Halifax Humanities 101, and his bottomless enthusiasm for art, music, theatre, sport and so much more. His oral exam questions were legendary.
The Angus Johnston Visiting Lecture was established in 2018 to enrich the Foundation Year Program curriculum with a special lecture consistent with Dr. Johnston’s pedagogical vision for the program, especially one that connects fine or performative arts to the typical literary and philosophical aspects of the program, and to express an expertise or perspective not normally available in FYP.
Banner photo supplied by Dave Peddle.
