Welcome to Episode 53 of the Prairie Belles Podcast! To listen to the podcast, either click on the mp3 player below OR click on "LISTEN TO EPISODE 53" to open a media player on your desktop. You can also check us out on iTunes!
- Letters to Elise CD RELEASE PARTY @ the Avenue Theatre Saturday, April 9 w/ California Lane Change, Felix in Love, Hit or Miss
Doors 7pm $10 (tickets through bands) or $12 (at the door)
All ages welcome - Improvaganza Indie gogo campaign! Rapid Fire Theatre has created an online fundraising campaign on Indie GoGo to bring international artists to our fair city of Edmonton. In the past couple years, as our festival grows, we have been unable to secure sufficient funding from government agencies, so we are turning to YOU!
IMPROVAGANZA 2011 runs June 15-25, 2011 at The Varscona Theatre and The Transalta Arts Barns. - Tweet of the week > @winspearcentre: Harry Manx and David Lindley perform this Saturday - a great guitar double bill! http://bit.ly/ex23CZ #yeg #yegmusic
U of A Studio Theatre presents the Gertrude Stein Project
Running from March 31 – April 9, 2011 at 7:30 pm with a Matinee Thursday, April 7 at 12:30 pm
Director and installation/performance artist Beau Coleman intersects Stein’s text with movement, sound and image motifs to create an ever-present theatrical experience.
FRIDAY
- Erin Craig @ Jeffreys Cafe & Wine Bar 9pm $10
- Front Porch Roots Revue @ Blue Chair Café 8pm $10
- Matt Epp And The Amorian Assembly with Brock Tyler & Jay Smith @ the Haven Social Club 8pm $12 E-TICKETS
*We featured their song New Sunglasses.
- Hair of the Dog series presents The Magnificent Sevens @ the Blackdog Freehouse at 4pm FREE
- River City Revue @ the Haven Social Club with Sabre Jets, $12 in advance, $15 @ the door. E-TICKETS
- Harrison Kennedy @ the Yardbird Suite 8pm $18 for members, $22 for non members.
Shell Theatre presents a U22 Special Concert Performance Thursday, April 7th from 7 to 9:30 pm. A selection of U22 artists will audition for performance opportunities at The Dow Centennial Centre. This is a FREE CONCERT EVENT - open to the public!It’s always better to play to a full house – so please feel welcome to come and cheer them on! (Each artist will have a 10 to 15 minute showcase spot.)
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For a list of the award winners visit the Edmonton Music Awards website! Now that you've had a chance to listen to our live audio from the podcast, watch the Prairie Belles present two awards at the 36 minute mark! |
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| Playing tamborines along with White Lightning! |
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| With Best Live Performance and Best Solo Artist Jeff Morris! |
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| Artist to Watch winner Erica Viegas! |
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Lisa, Tamsyn & Daneel (the Prairie Belles + 1) |
Short of Able – just off of their sold out cd release at the haven social club.
Formed in 2007, Short of Able is a product of the Edmonton indie music scene. Its members fell together through a mutual addiction to live music. Though the band is influenced by many artists, Short of Able has developed its own brand of acoustic folk-pop rock that is less definable than many bands.
The band’s first full-length album titled “Far Away and Out of Sight” is the culmination of over a year of songwriting and recording. Devin Phillips says, “the album was written and recorded simultaneously over the past year. Though we started recording at Norwood Studios, in the fall of 2010 we decided to go completely independent and finish the album ourselves”. The decision to record the remainder of the album was based on the band wishing they could write and record at the same time, without time pressures.
The band also explains that the recording process also involved a lot of feedback from fans. For those seeking something real, “Far Away and Out of Sight” offers up an addictive blend of pop-folk melodies (“Some Said” and “Sunshine”) to head-nodding indie guitar rockers (“Blank Pages” and “Home”) to acoustic jam odysseys (“Instrumental”). Though the album has real diversity, it is definitely stamped with Short of Able’s brand. It is a no excuses offering of the band’s vision for music.
*We featured their song Rains of May.UpcomingShows: April 30th Edmonton International Beerfest- Shaw Conference Center
May 21st- Acoustic Performance - Black Dog Edmonton
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