Birthday Episode!

Happy 1st Birthday to the Prairie Belles Podcast! Thank you guys for your support over the past year, we are excited to share with you a very special birthday episode!


Welcome to Episode 46 of the Prairie Belles Podcast! To listen to the podcast, either click on the mp3 player below OR click on "LISTEN TO EPISODE 46" to open a media player on your desktop. You can also check us out on iTunes!

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What we mentioned this week:

• Thursday January 27 is the Axis Café Closing Party - please join us as we close down one of Edmonton's best live music venues in STYLE! DETAILS
• Songwriter Sunday with Natacha Homerodean, Ian McIntosh and Guests @ Wunderbar. 7:30 – 11:00. Cover by Donation.
• Plan Ahead #1 – Martin Sexton is @ the Winspear Centre on Friday, February 4th. Get your tickets at the Winspear website!
• Plan Ahead #2 - Chris Trapper @ the Northern Lights Folk Club with Chloe Albert! $18 in advance, $22 @ the door Tix on the square! Two great nights of music back to back!
• Plan Ahead # 3 – Deep Dark Woods, Wool on Wolves & the Provincial Archive @ the Myer Horowitz Theatre on February 11th, tickets are $17.50 and the show is at 7pm.
• Rapid Fire Theatre’s Date Night Saturday at 11:00pm @ the Varscona Theatre A fundraiser to help pay for visiting artists travel for Improvaganza 2011! A night of improv comedy and a chance to bid on fabulous prices and “dates” with improvisers. Tickets are $5. Prizes are listed on the facebook page.
• Winter Light: Illuminations Saturday January 29th from 4 – 10PM @ Sir Winston Churchill Square. 

FRIDAY

1. CKUA presents Leeroy Stagger with Stone Iris & Matthew Robinson $15 E-TICKETS @ the Haven 
2. Joe Magnarelli & the Gary Smulyan quintet with Sandro Dominelli, Mike Lent & Chris Andrew @ Yardbird Suite $20 at 8pm
3. Anna Beaumont @ Jeffrey’s Café & Wine Bar

SATURDAY

1. Kris Demeanor @ the Blue Chair Café $15 8pm
2. Downhere @ McDougall United Church $9 @ 9pm *SONG?
3. Service: Fair @ Wunderbar $5 9pm
   We'd love to hear from you, so please twitter us, facebook us, comment on the blog or email us at prairiebelles@gmail.com Until next time! xo
   
   
   

OUR BIRTHDAY CHALLENGE TO YOU!
We have our special ten minute mash up of some of our favorite artists over the past year featured, if you can name at least THREE artists & song titles please email us at prairiebelles@gmail.com to win a fannnnntastic prize!

Episode 45!

Welcome to Episode 45 of the Prairie Belles Podcast! To listen to the podcast, either click on the mp3 player below OR click on "LISTEN TO EPISODE 45" to open a media player on your desktop. You can also check us out on iTunes!



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What we mentioned this episode:

• Axis Cafe Closing Party - January 27! There will be music, raffles, a silent auction and plenty of good times & nostalgia. Check out the facebook invite for more info!
• Plan Ahead – Love & Other Messes with Ann Vriend at the Royal Alberta Museum Theatre on January 30^th - $20 @ 7pm
• Rapid Fire Theatre Public Workshop Series – Online Registration Available Friday January 14 - February 8, 2011.
• Winter Roots & Blues Roundup II - February 24 - 27, 2011 at various venues across the city. For more info check Tix on the Square!
• Audition Notice! Rabid Marmot Productions presents "Tick, tick... BOOM!" coming this June. Auditions are March 26 and 27, 2011 between 9:30 am - 5:00pm at the Third Space (11516-103 Street). Participants must be 18 years or older. Contact: For more information, please contact Nicholas Mather at rabidmarmotproductions@gmail.com or visit the website at www.rabidmarmot.ca.

~*~Daneel's Theatre Spotlight~*~

Shadow Theatre & Northern Light Theatre present MEAT PUPPET

January 19th to February 6th at the Varscona TheatreDon’t hesitate! Book your tickets today. Call Northern Light Theatre at (780) 471-1586.

FRIDAY

1. 95.7 The Sound Radio presents The Sounds of Edmonton at Haven Social Club with The Wheat Pool, The Details, Trent Buhler & the Lucky Pennies 7:30pm E-TICKETS $10
2. CD Release with Owls by Nature @ the Pawn Shop with Fire Next Time & The Weekend Kids 8pm $5 in advance, E-TICKETS 
3. Carrie Day with David Shepherd @ Blue Chair Café 8pm $10

SATURDAY

1. Lisa Nicole Grace, April Bloom & Chloe Albert – Axis Café 8pm E-TICKETS $10 
2. Great Big Sea @ the Jubilee $45.50 7:30pm - TICKETS
   Speaking of Great Big Sea, they write with Chris Trapper.. speaking of Chris Trapper, I am opening up for his show in Calgary on February 3 @ the Ironwood
3. Craig Cardiff with Kris Glabush @ Haven Social Club E-TICKETS 7:30pm $15 in advance, $20 @ the door
   We featured Craig's song Dirty Old Town.

The Prairie Belles Mail Bag

This week we heard from two of our lovely listeners!

Lynn from U22 Productions wants you to know about the following event:

• U22 Alumnus Tatum is having his CD Release show @ the Artery along with Megan Kemshead, Darryl Matthews, Ky Babyn (another U22), and Mike Dunn on Saturday, January 22

Jordan Norman also wanted to share his appreciation and support for the Prairie Belles, and their support for local arts! He sent us his song
"Bear Mon Cher" and we gladly featured it!

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

Episode 44!

Welcome to Episode 44 of the Prairie Belles Podcast!  To listen to the podcast, either click on the mp3 player below OR click on "LISTEN TO EPISODE 44" to open a media player on your desktop. You can also check us out on iTunes!

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What we mentioned this week:

• Plan Ahead - Jordan Norman's CD RELEASE show @ the Haven Social Club on January 29th, 2011 with Christian Hansen. $10 in advance, or $13 at the door. OR Pay $20 in advance and get a copy of his cd for free! E-TICKETS
• Friendly Reminder - Songwriter's Circle with Chloe Albert, Lisa Nicole Grace & April Bloom @ Axis Cafe on January 22nd, 2011. Tickets are $10 and the show starts @ 8pm!  E-TICKETS
• CHiMPROV feat. The Dinner Party, Saturday at 11:00 PM @ the Varscona Theatre. Tickets are $10 and available in advance from Tix on the Square!
• Friday, January 14, 2011 from 7 – 8:30PM at the Art Gallery of Alberta,A selection of films by independent Canadian filmmakers featuring Steve Arthur, Amanda Dawn Christie & others.
• Front Porch Roots Revue – Saturday, January 15th, 2011 at Festival Place at 7:30pm. Featuring Ron Rault, David Cantera, Bobby Cameron, Stewart MacDougall & Tim Williams. Tickets are available at the Festival Place website.

~*~Daneel's Theatre Spotlight~*~
The Realtor Canoe Theatre Festival

 

Tuesday, January 18 – Sunday January 23 2011

Second Playing Space at the Timms Centre, University of Alberta
and the Stanley A. Milner Library Theatre at Sir Winston Churchill Square.

Tickets $20 - $25 or save up to 40% with a festival pass.

Three Shows Daneel mentioned:

Absurdesque: Second Playing Space, Timms Centre, University of Alberta

(Jan. 19, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 20, 9:30 p.m.; Jan. 21, 7 p.m.)

Bash’d: Stanley A. Milner Library Theatre

(Jan. 17, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 19-20, 7 p.m.; Jan. 21, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 22, 2 p.m.)

Operation EVAsion: Second Playing Space, Timms Centre, University of Alberta

(Jan. 21, 7 p.m.; Jan. 22, 4:30 p.m.; Jan. 23, 7 p.m.)

FRIDAY

1. Brian McLeod & Lyra Brown @ Axis Café 8pm $10
2. Charlotte & Sarah @ Wild Earth Bakery 8pm – Donations accepted
3. THE JOE album release @ Haven Social Club with Bike Month & Mitchmatic E-TICKETS 7:30pm doors $8

SATURDAY

1. Christina with Lorna Lampman @ Blue Chair Café 8pm $12
2. LA Riots @ the Pawnshop 9pm $15
3. Joal Kamps with Dear (Your name here) @ Cornerstone Church in St. Albert 7pm – FREE *We featured Joal's song "P.O.W."

FEATURE ARTIST

April Bloom is a singer songwriter based in Edmonton, Alberta. She started learning how to play the piano at a young age, and started writing songs not long after. April has continued her musical education by recently taking up the guitar and mandolin. Raised listening to folk artists, such as Stan Rogers and Joni Mitchell, folk music continues to have strong influence over April's unique blend of folk and pop. Don't forget the Songwriter's Cirlce @ Axis Cafe on January 22nd! We featured April's song "When the Birds."

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

Episode 43!

Welcome to Episode 43 of the Prairie Belles Podcast! The very first podcast of 2011! To listen to the podcast, either click on the mp3 player below OR click on "LISTEN TO EPISODE 43" to open a media player on your desktop. You can also check us out on iTunes!

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What we mentioned this week:

• Plan Ahead Event - Songs Are Like Tattoos Joni Mitchell Tribute @ Festival Place with Toronto artist Mia Sheard on January 28th, 2011 at 7:30pm. Tickets are $28 and available at the Festival Place website.
  We featured Mia's song "Cover Girl" off her album Reptilian.
• FELA! A production exploring the world of Afrobeat legend Fela Anikulapo-Kuto. One night only at the South Edmonton Common Theatre - Thursday, January 13th, 2011 at 8pm.
• Prairie Belles Mail bag - Little Birdie is coming through Edmonton on February 4th and playing a lunchtime show Expressionz Cafe, and an evening show at Carrots Community Arts Coffeehouse. Make sure to check her out! We featured her song "I Wish I Had".
• Deep Freeze Festival - Janauary 8 - 9, 2011 on Alberta Ave - ring in the Old New Year with skating, curling, snow carving, street hockey and theatre!
• Ice on Whyte Festival - The international Ice Carving Festival with outdoor activites - ice castle, slide, play area, music, hot bevvies & more! Adults are $5 and kids are $2.50. The Festival is from Thursday, January 13th - 23rd.

FRIDAY

1. Samantha Schultz & Emily Shultz @ Blue Chair Cafe $15 @ 8pm
2. 95.7 The Sound Radio presents "The Sounds of Edmonton" series with Marv Machura, Jon Bryant & Blake Paul @ the Haven Social Club. $10 7:30pm
3. Wawa Wasi Benefit Concert featuring Maria Dunn @ Expressionz Cafe $20 in advance, $25 at the door. E-TICKETS are available.

SATURDAY

1. Brenna Macquarrie CD Release Show @ Brixx Bar & Grill $12 @ 9pm
2. Sue Decker with Terry Knutson @ Axis Cafe $10 @ 8pm E-TICKETS are available.
3. Tatam Reeves & Mike Dunn @ Filthy McNasty's. Early show at 4pm, FREE!

~*~Daneel's Theatre Spotlight~*~

Spiral Dive - The Complete Trilogy by Kenneth Brown

La Cite Francophone Theatre, January 6 - 23, 2011. Workshop West
Theatre with theatREpublic. Rave revues for this production!

ALSO - Join them for their Marathon Event on January 9th,
where you can watch each part back to back!

FEATURE ARTIST
Erin Ross is an accomplished recording artist and performer.  Having spent many years honing her skills and refining her craft, Erin delivers something that is energetic, dynamic and fresh.

In 2008 Erin released a vinyl single "Sweet Thing." It charted on CJSW  for 6 weeks, peaking at #10 overall.  It also won attention from CKUA Alberta Public Radio, CiTR in Vancouver, CJSR in Edmonton and CKXU in Lethbridge.  Erin's music has also been featured regularly on the CBC in Calgary and has found its way onto Mountain Radio in Blairmore and  CIDO in the Creston Valley. She is currently  planning  the release of a new single "Another Empty Day".
In support of her recording Erin has a busy performance schedule.  She plays on average one hundred shows a year.  Equally comfortable in  small venues or at festivals Erin has impressed audiences across Western Canada.  As a live performer she offers adept guitar playing, inventive lyrics and tasteful songs.
Erin has a show @ the Blackdog Freehouse on January 15, as part of their "Hair of the Dog" early show series. Free show at 4pm!
We featured Erin's song "Sweet Thing".

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