Yellowknife musician 鈥楤aby鈥� Brian Weadick will hit the NACC stage with a fresh set of twangy tunes on Friday night.

Weadick, along with a five-piece band, will be playing some of the singer-songwriter鈥檚 well-known and loved songs as part of the 黑料吃瓜网 Scene Series.

鈥淏ut a little more low-key, a little more pretty,鈥� he said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 going to be a lot more stripped down, kind of quiet, more folky.鈥�

Much of the music Weadick will be playing is from his forthcoming debut album, Talk with the Honky Tonk Psychiatrist.

That album doesn鈥檛 have a definite release date yet, but will probably be sometime in the next couple of months, he said.

鈥淢ost of these songs I鈥檝e kind of picked up stories about people I鈥檝e met over the years and I鈥檝e turned their stories into songs,鈥� said Weadick.

Those stories come from people he鈥檚 met and gotten close to over the years in the North, back east and during his travels across Canada.

鈥淭hey detailed parts of their life and I kind of used that material to turn into songs,鈥� he explained.

Initially, Weadick thought he would go back east and record there, but he decided to do it all locally.

鈥淭hrough the NACC mentorship program I was able to access NWT Arts funding and link up with a local record engineer,鈥� he said.

The new album pulls in a variety of sounds like fiddles, electric guitar and even some jazzy piano.

鈥淚t is kind of a nod to more old timey kind of country, there鈥檚 a lot of acoustic elements like the standup bass giving it that kind of a sound,鈥� said Weadick.

鈥淚t鈥檚 kind of an amalgamation of folk, country, Americana, jazz kind of sounds.鈥�

In Weadick鈥檚 words, the album 鈥渄efinitely has a honky-tonk feel, like an old-time western cowboy-era, bar kind of sound.鈥�

But the album takes its name from one of 鈥楤aby鈥� Brian鈥檚 many other nicknames. Weadick said he was bestowed with the title of 'Honky Tonk Psychiatrist鈥� early in his musical career, in part because of where he finds inspiration for his songs.

鈥淥ne of the first bands I played with in town here, they kind of dubbed me that because I鈥檇 be talking to people about their feelings as opposed to doing band rehearsal,鈥� he said.

鈥淚t was like c鈥檓on Brian, quit getting into the details of people鈥檚 lives, we have to get down to practising.鈥�

Band practice psychiatry sessions aside, the show will be a lot of fun, Weadick said.

鈥淭he guys and gals I play with, we take a lot of pride in at least making it a little bit humorous for our audience,鈥� he said.

The show starts at 7:30 p.m. on Friday night at NACC. are $10 for seniors and youth and $15 for adults.