Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Episode 28!

Welcome to Episode 28 of the Prairie Belles Podcast! We are happy to be back from our one week hiatus! Please join us this week in taking in some of Edmonton's fantastic arts. 

To listen to the podcast, either click on the mp3 player below OR click on "LISTEN TO EPISODE 28" to open a media player on your desktop. You can also check us out on iTunes!






What we mentioned this week:
  • Short Notice Show Oh My Darling is playing this Thursday, August 26th @ the Haven Social Club. Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 @ the door. There are also E-TICKETS available!
  • Live Your Dreams Fundraiser at the Atlantic Trap & Gill is ALSO taking place this Thursday. Featuring music by Samara Von Rad, Mandy Reider and Derina Harvey. Tickets are $10 and the party starts @ 7pm!
  • Auditions are being held for Much Ado About Nothing at the Walterdale Theatre. For more information see the Theatre Alberta Website.
  • Don't forget about the Open Sky Music Festival taking place this Saturday the 27th at Hawrelak Park. Tickets are only $30 and the beautiful music lasts all day long! 
~*~*PLAN AHEAD EVENT~*~*
Lyra Brown & Chris Trapper are playing @ Blue Chair Cafe on Wednesday, September 15th. To celebrate we featured Chris Trapper's song Avalanche. This is a MUST SEE show. The Prairie Belles will be there with belles on. 
Contact Blue Chair Cafe for reservations. Show starts @ 8pm.

FRIDAY
  1. Thea Neumann @ Axis Cafe 8pm $10 E-TICKETS
  2. Michelle Raffaele with Patrick Dunn @ Blue Chair Cafe 8pm $10 E-TICKETS
  3. Enduro Africa Fundraiser featuring Tyler Cerda @ Savoy $15 7:30pm
SATURDAY
  1. Alfie Zappacosta @ Jeffrey's Cafe 8pm $35 @ the door. Alfie is also taking on new vocal students - email him @ slawa@shaw.ca
  2. Aaron jake Goodvin @ Ceili's on 109 street starting @ 8pm.
  3. Andy Shauf @ Axis Cafe 8pm $10 E-TICKETS *We featured his song Your Heart off his 2010 release Darker Days.

FEATURE ARTIST
Our feature artist this week is Ray Mailman. A funk/soul/pop performer from Edmonton. Ray has transcended the realms of many genres to create his own eclectic style and groove. Using funk, rock, jazz,soul and pop influences in his music Ray appeals to a wide range of audiences in his high energy shows. Ray released his first EP titled Sideways in 2008. It's difficult to compare Ray to other artists, but comparisons have been made to Jason Mraz, Maroon 5, Jamiroquai and occasionally the Red Hot Chili Peppers. We think he sounds a bit like Jesse Peters! We featured his song called I Didn't Know. Don't forget to check out Ray's show at Axis Cafe on September 11th. Get your E-TICKETS today!

We'd love to hear from you, so please twitter usfacebook us, or email us at prairiebelles@gmail.com Until next time! xo

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Vacay!

Hello lovely little podcast followers. Sadly this week because of vacation, weddings, camping, farmers marketing, folk fest tearing down, and recording.... there will be no podcast. Tune in next week!

In the mean time, check out YEGlive.ca for events listing this weekend in Edmonton! xo

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Episode 27

Welcome to Episode 27 of the Prairie Belles Podcast! Thank you for joining us!

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What we mentioned this week:
  • We featured The City by Sarah Harmer
  • Up Close & Personal with Colleen Brown @ Glenora Bistro on August 20th. Get your E-TICKETS! 8:30pm and tickets are $20 in advance.
  • Annual Art Show @ St. Joseph's Hospital on August 20th. 10707 - 29 Ave The art show is from 10:30pm - 3:30pm. Free to browse & refreshments!
  • Edmonton Latin Festival in Churchill Square this Saturday & Sunday 11am - 7pm. The festival is free! For more info go to their website.


FRIDAY
  1. Jesse Dee & Jacquie B @ the Haven Social Club with Faye Blais & Aurora Jane – E-TICKETS 7:30pm $15 in advance.
  2. Lora Jol @ Jeffrey's Cafe & Wine Bar 8pm $10 @ the door.
  3. Randy Graves with Mars & Venus @ Wooly Bully’s @ 6pm.
SATURDAY
  1. Saturday night Garden Variety @ Carrots Community Arts Coffee House OPEN MIC. Free! Starts @ 7pm.
  2. Hair of the Dog with Renegade Kid @ the Black Dog Freehouse early free show @ 4pm.
  3. National Youth Orchestra of Canada is playing @ the Winspear Centre 7:30pm This is a FREE PERFORMANCE at the Winspear! For more information go to their website.
~*~*Daneel's Fringe Theatre Spotlight~*~*
Ladyvision at the Transalta Arts Barns with Jill Pollock.
Grimmer than Grimmer than Grimm at La Cite Francophone.
Happily Ever After? at The Telus Building.
For more information visit the Fringe Theatre's Website.


FEATURE ARTIST
This week we featured Jeff Stuart. Jeff plays with his band called the Hearts which is made up of Gavin Dunn, Dwayne Martineau, Chris Quesnel, Tim Resaul, and Michelle Sabourin. Jeff describes his sound as roots-pop. Other than playing the Folk Fest, Jeff was part of the TransCanada Alberta Music Series in Calgary at the EPCOR Centre for Performing Arts in March and Jeff recently represented the band at NXNE in June in Toronto.
"It's elegant, sophisticated, daring, and brilliantly creative, but more than anything, just as the band's name suggests, this music is indeed from the heart." -CKUA Presents: Alberta Discoveries, September, 2009
We featured Jeff's song Hold Out off his album Black Dog Blue Giants.


We'd love to hear from you, so please twitter us, facebook us, or email us at prairiebelles@gmail.com Until next time! xo

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Episode 26!

Welcome to Episode 26 of the Prairie Belles Podcast! This week we are all about the Edmonton Folk Music Festival! Come join Daneel & I at the festival this weekend and check out some of the shows we mention!

To listen to the podcast, either click on the mp3 player below OR click on "LISTEN TO EPISODE 26" to open a media player on your desktop. You can also check us out on iTunes!

What we mentioned this week:
~*~Daneel's Theatre Spotlight~*~
The Fringe is coming up shortly... Here are Daneel's top three must see shows!
Dragonfly @ Armoury Written by Rob Heath
The Survival of Pigeons @ L'Unitheatre
Ankles Aweigh @ the Varscona Theatre 
For more information on all these plays check out the Fringe Festival website.

Our special Folk Fest Three for Three Feature! 
For all the line up details you can refer to YEGlive.ca or Folk Fest Website.

FRIDAY

  1. There's a workshop going on with Kate Rusby, Cindy Church, Basia Bulat and Dala on Stage 3 at 6pm. Dala also has a full concert on Saturday at noon on Stage one. We featured Dala's song Our Song.
  2. Ray Bonneville is playing Stage 5 at 6pm.
  3. Bluebird North at Stage 7. Several U22 artists are playing from 7pm - 9pm including Lyra Brown, Brian McLeod and Alanna Clarke. We featured Alanna's song Can't Turn Around.
Main stage show Friday night begins with Levon Helm!

SATURDAY

  1. Jimmy Ranking is playing Stage 7 at 1pm.
  2. On Stage 6 at 3pm there is a War and Peace Session with Jill Hennessey and some other lovely ladies.
  3. Stage 4 at 5pm is Chris Trapper. 
Main stage show Saturday night includes Sarah Harmer!

We'd love to hear from you, so please twitter us, facebook us, or email us at prairiebelles@gmail.com Until next time! xo