Touring with RAINE MAIDA & CHANTAL KREVIAZUK

On working and playing together as one of Canada’s leading musical couples

SINGER-PIANIST CHANTAL Kreviazuk and alt-rocker husband, Raine Maida of Our Lady Peace, are back at it this December, playing shows on their Forgive Me tour that includes songs from their duo album, I’m Going to Break Your Heart.

“We’re really focused on putting out new material. We’re in the studio now. We’re writing a book together and really just focused on the continuation of the journey,” says Kreviazuk, a two-time Juno award winner, in an interview with Zoomer. “Obviously, we’re always evolving as individuals and as a couple. That’s how the material is reflecting.”

While Kreviazuk and Maida, who have been married for 23 years and have three sons, have co-written songs for her albums and for other acts, their first true collaboration came in 2014 in a creative partnership they called Moon Vs Sun. Part of this included the 2019 release of an intimate and revealing documentary, I’m Going to Break Your Heart, chronicling the challenging process of making their first album, while attending couples therapy to resolve communication issues.

“It was definitely us figuring out what our sound is,” Kreviazuk says. “When we go in [the studio] together and collaborate together, it’s kind of dreamy because we know what we are together, if that makes sense. So everything from that place, that leaping pad, is quite natural. I don’t want to say it’s easy, because it’s never easy to collaborate with your spouse,” she laughs.

“[Doing shows] with my husband is incredibly meaningful and rewarding,” Kreviazuk says. “For me, there’s nothing like it that I’ve been a part of and I think Raine feels the same way. Would I like to do that show every night of my life if I could? I would love to, but the reality is I’m not there yet. The nice thing about the show with Raine is that we play our songs that we have in our separate journeys and so that ties it together.”

Their Forgive Me tour 2022 includes dates at Ottawa’s National Arts Centre (Dec. 1-2), Toronto’s Paradise Theatre (Dec. 10), St. Davids, Ont.’s Ravine Vineyard (Dec. 14) and The Studio at Hamilton Place (Dec. 16).