Spend New Year's Eve with Ontario's roots-country original! He's going to raise the roof, and you can raise a glass. There are other songwriters who populate their creations with small-time crooks, small-town loners, and working-class heroes. But Fred Eaglesmith's songs stand out for their edge of desperation and their raucous yet bemused humor–and for the incredible energy and on-the-edge quality of his live shows. Circulating on tour from his Ontario farm, Fred harks back to an earlier era of roots music with his raw, driving country soul. "I think the bottom of the barrel is where the answers are," he says. Best of all, Fred is coming to town with a brand new album, "6 Volts." It's pure Fred, and this is going to be a great New Year's Eve show at The Ark.