Episode 39!

Welcome to Episode 39 of the Prairie Belles Podcast! To listen to the podcast, either click on the mp3 player below OR click on "LISTEN TO EPISODE 39" to open a media player on your desktop. You can also check us out on iTunes!

Powered by Podbean.com

LISTEN TO EPISODE 39

What we mentioned this week:

• Edmonton Music Awards - Nominate any artist from the Edmonton area, including St. Alberta, Sherwood Park, Leduc, Spruce Grove & Stony Plain. The eligibility period for the 2011 Edmonton Music Awards is between January 1, 2010 and December 31st, 2010. The only exception is the category for "Artist To Watch". This category is reserved for an artist with plans on releasing new material in 2010. Check out the EMA website for more details!
• Brian Webb Dancing Company presents: Prairie Dance Circuit! Friday November 19 – Nov 20th @ John L Haar Theatre @ Grant MacEwan College Arts Campus. 8pm $30, $20 for students/seniors.
• Plan Ahead – 2010 Grey Cup festival hits Churchill Square from November 25th to 28th. For whose playing when check out the link!
• Plan Ahead – Jodi King & Manuela are having a Christmas concert on December 17th @ Cornerstone Pentecostal Fellowship (Grandin Mall) 22 Sir Winston Churchchill Square Avenue in St Albert, AB $10 & starts @ 7pm.
• Reminder – Lisa Nicole Grace with Brent Schaitel @ Axis Café on December 10th! FACEBOOK EVENT; E-TICKETS

FRIDAY

1. Jordan Kaminski @ Wild Earth Bakery 8pm – donations accepted. 
2. Marty Majorowicz with Thom Golub & Thom Bennett @ Yardbird Suite
3. Edmonton Classical Guitar Society presents Irina Kulikova @ Muttart Hall. Show starts @ 8pm, tickets are $25.
   We featured Irina's song Sonatina Meridional #3 - Fiesta.

SATURDAY

1. 100 mile house @ the Black Dog Freehouse early show @ 4pm FREE
2. 100.3 The Bear presents Tupelo Honey @ Lyve on Whyte 7pm
3. Peter Belec CD Release @ the Yardbird Suite with Bob Tildesley & Jerrold Dubyk $14 for members, $18 for non members. 9pm
   We featured Peter's song Peter's Lullaby featuring Colleen Brown on vocals, off his new release.

FEATURE ARTIST

This week we featured the lovely and talented Marty Pawlina. Make sure to check out his sweet website. Marty is currently working on his debut album with Louis Sedmak, to be released on February 26th. He is the vice president on the board of U22, he is a well known graphic designer, and is currently taking part time music courses at Grant MacEwan college. Starting this March Marty is embarking on a western Canadian tour to last through to the summer months. Marty is definitely someone to watch out for in Edmonton's music scene! We featured his song Till I Met You.

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

Episode 38!

Welcome to Episode 38 of the Prairie Belles Podcast! To listen to the podcast, either click on the mp3 player below OR click on "LISTEN TO EPISODE 38" to open a media player on your desktop. You can also check us out on iTunes!

Powered by Podbean.com

LISTEN TO EPISODE 38

What we mentioned this week:

• Prairie Belles Mail Bag - Kira Hladun CD Release "Modern Soul" @ Red Piano (Bourbon Street, West Edmonton Mall) on Sunday, November 21st, 2010. Doors @ 6pm, music @ 8pm. Reserved seating available with a dinner reservation at 780-486-7722. 
• Plan Ahead Event - Frazey Ford at the ARTery on November 19th. Show starts @ 8pm, tickets are $15.
  We featured her song Firecracker off her album Obadiah. 
• Fashion/Jewelry Trunk Show - On Friday, November 12, 2010 from 4:00pm to 8:00pm My Filosophy’s Crestwood location is hosting an exclusive Trunk Show with Canadian designer Joanna Bisley. The following day, November 13, 2010, My Filosophy’s Accessory Kiosk in Southgate Centre is hosting a Designer Showcase with Joanna Bisley from 10:00am to 6:00pm
  Locations: Crestwood 9674 142 st T5N 4B2 / Southgate Centre 5015 - 111 treet T6H 4M6

 FRIDAY

1. F&M CD Release Multi-Arts Evening @ Haven Social Club $10, doors @ 7:30pm E-TICKETS
2. Marco Claveria @ Lyve on Whyte $7 7pm E-TICKETS
3. The Boudoirs with Axiomatik @ Axis Café $10 8pm E-TICKETS

SATURDAY

1. Kokopelli Choir show “Odyssey” @ McClure United Church (this is a correction, we said McDougall United when it is actually McClure United) 5pm & 7:30pm $13 students/seniors and $16 for adults.
2. Untapped Alberta series @ the Starlite Room with Shout Out Out Out Out with Christian Hansen & the Autistics & the Whitsundays $20 9pm
   We featured the Whitsundays song Already Gone.
3. Peter Polujin as part of “Celebrating Culture through Music” @ Steeps Tea Lounge in Old Glenora. 124 st & Stony Plain Rd.

~*~Daneel's Theatre Spotlight~*~

Love and Human Remains by Brad Fraser, with guest director John Kirkpatrick. November 3rd - 13th @ the UofA Studio Theatre. For more information check their website.

• U22 Alumni artist Michael Rault now has a recording contract with Sony, a major tour with Bedouin Soundclash and brand new album called MA-ME-O.  The album is available in independent record stores in November and right now on itunes.  Please show your support of Michael's music - use the link provided to go to itunes and get a copy!    
• U22 is thrilled to announce a partnership with the Edmonton International Airport. Our artists are featured each week inside the boarding area and are enhancing passenger experience by providing live music and entertainment.  The EIA is currently building a state of the art Performance Stage to showcase U22 artists!
• Watch for U22 performers at the following great venues:  The Wild Earth Bakery on 99th Street; The Good Earth Bakery in Summerside and The Fresh Start Bistro in Riverbend.  For a detailed list of U22 performances across Alberta, please visit our website
• If you are interested in learning more about becoming a donor or supportive program sponsor, please contact U22 Fund Development Coordinator, Erica Viegas at:  eviegas@ualberta.ca  

FEATURE ARTIST

Anyone who has heard Ben Sures perform will tell you that big talent comes in small packages. A veteran of the contemporary folk and roots music scene, Ben has long fought for the recognition he deserves in the Canadian music industry. His 2005 award in the prestigious John Lennon Songwriting Competition, for his song Any Precious Girl, is evidence of his genius, his originality, and his tenacious ability to flawlessly pick his way to the top of the guitar heap while telling an absorbing story in words that only the craftiest of lyricists could pen. Raised in Western Canada, Ben began playing guitar in high school, and has been writing and performing ever since, touring festivals, small venues and living rooms across the nation. Ben performs live with his talented bass player/back up vocalist, Shantel Koening, sometimes under the alias Supergroup. Often featured on CBC, Ben’s performances are energetic and humourous, and whatever the venue, he manages to connect with his audiences with a seldom duplicated sense of intimacy that draws the listener inextricably into the folds of his melodic story telling.

Ben has a show coming up on December 2nd at Jeffrey's Cafe. The show starts @ 8pm, and is $15. We featured his song Dancer off of his 2008 release.

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

Episode 37!

Welcome to Episode 37 of the Prairie Belles Podcast! To listen to the podcast, either click on the mp3 player below OR click on "LISTEN TO EPISODE 37" to open a media player on your desktop. You can also check us out on iTunes!


Powered by Podbean.com
LISTEN TO EPISODE 37

What we mentioned this week:

• Rob Heath's Monthly Songwriter Night
• Plan Ahead - Lisa Nicole Grace with Brent Schaitel @ Axis Cafe on December 10th! 8pm and $10 as usual... E-TICKETS available.
• Chris Trapper new song Yearning to be Burning. Check out his tour across North America & make sure to get tickets to his show in Edmonton in February.
• Reality Refocused Art Exhibition by David Baine @ the Alberta Legislature. 9am - 4:30pm throughout November at Pedway Mall. FREE.
• Plan Ahead - the Trews are coming to Edmonton on November 10th at Festival Place in Sherwood Park. Get your tickets here!

              Edmonton's Amazing Open Stage Circuit! Monday through Sunday!

        

~*~ Daneel's Theatre Spotlight ~*~

The Fourth Grader's Present an Unnamed Love Suicide by Sean Graney

November 2nd - 14th, 2010. Studio B in TransAlta Arts Barns. Directed by Trevor Schmidt. Tickets are $24 for adults, $18 for students and available at Tix on the Square.

FRIDAY

1. Kat Danser @ the Arden Theatre Tickets are $25, 7:30pm
2. Peter Katz & Jeff Morris @ Axis Café $10, 8pm E-TICKETS
   We featured Jeff's song Blue Sky Falls.
3. Stone Iris CD RELEASE show @ Lyve on Whyte $8, 7pm E-TICKETS

SATURDAY

1. Voices for Hospice @ the Winspear Centre put on by Pilgrim’s Hospice with Kalsey Kulyk opening for Adam Gregory. Tickets are $32.55 and the show starts at 7pm.
2. John McPhail with Feed the Birds @ Axis Café $10 8pm E-TICKETS
3. Billi Zizi @ Jeffrey's Cafe for Gypsy Jazz $15, 9pm

FEATURE ARTIST

It is with great pride and eager anticipation that original indie rock band, AXIOMATIK, present their dynamic sophomore effort, Premeditated Accident, to the rest of the world. Band alumni Shawn Lamble and Greg Kolodychuk are completely stoked to unleash and gig the new album for both their loyal fans as well as for fresh ears. Whereas their acclaimed 2006 debut, Let The Fallout Begin, prominently featured the addition of cello into the rock and roll mix, Premeditated Accident carries on with the ambitious incorporation of unconventional instrumentation. Included on the new collection of recordings are orchestra bells, mellotron, pedal steel guitar, and even a children’s choir. “We’ve really pulled out all the bells and whistles this time. Better songs, better production, better performances… it’s a better record.” This is the consensus for all who have listened to the new album. There’s something on the CD for everyone, whether it be the moody Doors-like feel of “The Alibi,” the funky-rock anthem of “Rob Me Blind,” or the country-punk soup of “One In A Million.”

We featured their song El Bandito off their new release. They have a show opening up for The Boudoirs at Axis Cafe on November 12th. Get your E-TICKETS!

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

Halloween Episode 36!

Welcome to our special Halloween show, Episode 36 of the Prairie Belles Podcast! To listen to the podcast, either click on the mp3 player below OR click on "LISTEN TO EPISODE 36" to open a media player on your desktop. You can also check us out on iTunes!

Powered by Podbean.com

LISTEN TO EPISODE 36

What we mentioned this week:

• Al Brant's CD "Wide Open" Release Show on Thursday, October 28th @ Expressionz Cafe. 8pm $15 in advance, $20 @ the door. Get your E-TICKETS!
• Oddball Productions presents the Edmonton Music Awards! Want to know more? Want to be involved! Check out their website for FAQ's and contact info!
• Halloween Edition of Theatre Sports @ Varscona Theatre. On Friday October 29th, the evening begins with Uncle Zombie. The second half is Canada's own Alpha Flight vs. the Invaders in Improv Secret Wars. $10 or $8 Rapid Fire Theatre members.
• Jazz & Reflections have returned to Ritchie United Church on Sunday afternoons. From 3:30pm - 5pm, this week Don Berner! 
• Plan Ahead - Peter Katz with Jeff Morris @ Axis Cafe on November 5th. 8pm, $10 and E-TICKETS are available! This show is sure to sell out so get your tickets now! *We featured Peter's song Oliver's Tune. 
  

FRIDAY

1. Rural Alberta Advantage at Myer Horowitz Theatre. 7pm,  $20 and can be purchased at TicketMaster! 
2. Charlotte & Sarah @ Good Earth Coffeehouse in Summerside, 7pm
3. Don Amero Band @ Axis Cafe 8pm $10 E-TICKETS

SATURDAY

1. Judith Garcia & Oscar Jose Garcia Steeps Tea Lounge in Old Glenora 7pm FREE SHOW
2. Po Girl @ the Haven Social Club 7:30pm $20
3. Foundation Concerts presents Josh Ritter & The Royal City Band @ McDougal United Church. Tickets are $27.50 and the show starts @ 7pm. *We featured his song Long Shadows. 

Brian McLeod Guitar Workshop - bring your guitar & adventurous spirit to explore new musical ideas. Tickets are $20, taking place on Sunday November 7th @ Expressionz Cafe. Contact Brian for more information!

FEATURE ARTIST

This week we featured Ayla Brook! So, here's the scoop. You may know Ayla Brook as the singer-songwriter for AA Sound System, and their albums as Lily Plain…You’re Hardly Poor and Laissez-Faire. Well, when Marek moved to Victoria, and Lane plotted to move to Toronto (but started a music school instead), it looked Ayla wasn't going to have a band to play in. But Ayla had half a dozen old songs and a handful of fresh ones to clear out of the song closet before restocking it with brand new material and figuring out what to do about new batteries for his sound system. So it was back to the Pine Ridge Farm in Lily Plain, Saskatchewan, with John Blerot engineering and Danny Michel producing (and a couple ladies and a baby to keep everyone sane), to lay the tunes down one warm June week in 2007. No (real) drums were used. Just foot stomps and hand claps in the wooden high-roofed room. Late night rummy gang vocals were added to creaking floor boards and acoustic strums. Everyone recording in the same room - no isolated control room here. The wind sneaking onto the tracks disguised itself as tape hiss along with the clinking of glasses and stray bird songs. After The Morning After is an album about love, about comraderie, about being in the places you belong. From the gentle bounce of “Wake Up Early” to the dreamy soulfulness of “Wonder”, Ayla and friends have created a kitchen party of the heart. 

Ayla has a show with Wool on Wolves at the Pawn Shop on November 27th! Get your E-TICKETS!

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

Episode 35!

Welcome to Episode 35 of the Prairie Belles Podcast!

To listen to the podcast, either click on the mp3 player below OR click on "LISTEN TO EPISODE 35" to open a media player on your desktop. You can also check us out on iTunes!

Powered by Podbean.com

LISTEN TO EPISODE 35


What we mentioned this week:

• Joni Delaurier and Troy Kokol got married! They're two amazing singer/songwriters that you MUST check out!
• Attention Alberta Music members! There is a branch new website! Make sure to check it out.

~*~Daneel's Theatre Spotlight~*~

The Infinite Shiver presented by Teatro La Quindicina is playing from October 7 - 23, 2010 at the Varscona Theatre. Tickets range from $22 - $28 and can be purchased from Tix On the Square. For more information about the show and show times check out the website! 

FRIDAY

1. Justin Rutledge @ Haven Social Club $20 in advance, 7:30pm
   We featured Justin's song Mrs. Montgomery.
2. Short of Able with the British Columbians @ Brixx Bar & Grill $10 in advance, $12 @ the door, 9pm
3. Douglas Mitchell @ the Carrots Community Arts Coffee House 7pm
   We featured Douglas Mitchell's song Cardboard Boxes.

SATURDAY

1. Northern Lights Folk Club presents Ron Hynes @ Expressionz Café $18 in advance, $22 @ the door, 8pm
2. The Boudoirs @ Glenora Bistro $7 @ the door 8pm
3. Louise Dawson @ Jeffrey’s Café & Wine Bar $10, 8pm

• Congratulations to Lucas Chaisson! Lucas is nominated for "Young Performer of the Year" at this year's Canadian Folk Music Awards. Lucas will be a guest with CKUA's Grant Stovel on the TransCanada's Alberta Backstage Series. Way to go LUCAS!
• LIVE MUSIC MAKEOVER - Vocal and Live Performance Workshop series with Rhea March & Robyne Walters starts Tuesday, November 16th from 7 to 9 pm! The 5 part series will run from 7 to 9 pm on Tuesday, Nov 16th - Thursday, Nov 18th, Tuesday, Nov 23 and Thursday, Nov 24 and conclude with a concert on November 26th featuring each workshop participant. Register before November 1st and take advantage of the Early Bird registration fee of: $179.00 After November 1st: $199.00 Register at YEGLive.com.
• Music lovers Reg & Crispin Kontz invite you to an Autumn House Concert on Saturday, October 23rd featuring U22 Artists: Lyra Brown & Scenic Route to Alaska (Trevor Mann & Shea Connor) Seating is limited, so please RSVP to Reg & Crispin by email: marmich@planet.eon.net or phone: 780-454-6294. Finger food Pot Luck at 6:30 p.m. Music starting at 7 p.m. Admission: Ages 10 to 21: $10.00 Ages 22 & over: $20.00 (children 12 and under are free).

FEATURE ARTIST

This week we featured F&M! Songwriters Rebecca and Ryan Anderson – Rebecca classically trained; Ryan a veteran of Edmonton’s indie scene – belong to this strain of music-making. The long-married couple is the heart of F&M, an Edmonton-based band that began life, as many bands do, as an entirely different project (in this case, one named after a local funeral parlour). It slowly dawned on Rebecca and Ryan that they were calving like an iceberg from the original band, bobbing in a sea of Their Own Thingness, and F&M was born in 2006, made up of just his guitar, her piano and accordion, and both of their distinctive voices. They have had a number of releases with Shameless records including Let Every Light Shine released in 2007 and Every Light Must Fade in 2008. Their new album Sincerely, F&M releases this November and kicks off with a cross Canada tour starting in BC.

Their Edmonton release date is a multi arts evening with music, two short films, live art and wine pairings! It's at the Haven Social Club on November 12th. There are E-TICKETS available so don't miss out!
*We featured their new songs Lovely, Lovely.

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

Episode 34!

Welcome to Episode 34 of the Prairie Belles Podcast! To listen to the podcast, either click on the mp3 player below OR click on "LISTEN TO EPISODE 34" to open a media player on your desktop. You can also check us out on iTunes!

Powered by Podbean.com

LISTEN TO EPISODE 34

What we mentioned this week:

• Die-Nasty Season 20 Premiere @ The Varscona Theatre 730pm on Monday, October 18th. Tickets are available at the door, starting at 6:30PM every Monday.
• Reminder – heart+soul: a designer’s collective is happening October 15^th!
• The Application Agreement for the 2011 Edmonton Fringe is now available online.
• YEG Fall/Pre-Winter Fashion Show is held in support of women and children's local shelters on October 16th 7pm @ the Empire Ballroom
• ELOPE Musical Theatre is pleased to announce auditions for its 2011 production of Into the Woods. Production dates for the show are April 27 - 30th. Direction by Richard Winnick, Musical Direction by Brad Heintzman. To book your audition, email elopeauditions@hotmail.com or call 780-423-1144
• LitFest: Edmonton's Nonfiction Festival October 14 - 25
•  LitFest supports Story Slam this Fall. Story Slam is a monthly storytelling competition at The Haven Social Club that features new work by a diverse group of Edmonton authors. Ten original stories stir the adrenalin then five audience members select the evenings best. The atmosphere is fierce yet celebratory. October 20th, 7pm @ The Haven Social Club
• Ezra Levant and Satya Das have two starkly different perspectives on Alberta's oilsands development.  The two men square off, and invite the audience to join in the discussion at City Centre Mall on October 19th, 12pm @ CBC Centre Stage in City Centre Mall
• Nonfiction Writer Jam will be hosted by Carol Holmes of the Writers Guild of Alberta. It is presented in partnership with the Writers Guild of Alberta and the Alberta Magazine Publishers Association. October 23rd at noon @ Milner Library Theatre, 7 Sir Winston Churchill Square
• The Gizmo Guys @ Maclab Theatre onOctober 17^th 2pm $10 - Performing as the Gizmo Guys, Allan Jacobs and Barrett Felker have amazed and amused audiences around the world. They have made numerous television appearances, won international juggling competitions, and taught at top circus schools, but what makes their act so appealing is their uniquely winning combination of dazzling technique and infectious humour. The Gizmo Guys' rapid-fire act exhilarates and inspires sidesplitting laughter in audience members of all ages.
• Honorable mention: Ryan Cook. We feature his song, If I Know Nothing Else.

FRIDAY
1. Lloyd Mac Hardy @ Glenora Bistro 8pm $10
2. Jess Dollimont @ Jeffrey’s Café 8pm $10
3. Edmonton Classical Guitar Society presents Jerome Decharme @ Muttart Hall 8pm $20
SATURDAY
1. Dave Hodson CD RELEASE @ Haven Social Club 730pm $12
2. The Common presents Good Life Saturdays with Bob Trampoline & Sergio Valente 9pm
3. Kinniburgh Philips with Steve Ennis 8pm $10 E-TICKETS
* We feature their song, Rain.

FEATURE ARTIST
This week's feature artists is eigtheen-year old Alee, aka Alexanda Adomoski.  She is a young artist on the rise with performances and accolades which span Edmonton's Winspear Stage backed by the celebrity David Foster Band, gala charities, and reaching beyond the local music scene as a finalist in past/current songwriter competitions in the 2009 and 2010 Calgary Folk fest, south to Nashville, TN and a multiple award winner at a North American Music showcase as well as numerous local/surrounding area performance venues, including her fourth year at Big Valley Jamboree. The latest of many dreams, soon to be realized, is the recording of her first full-length album, with producer/roots artist Bobby Cameron. Alee has a show @ Axis Cafe on December 4th! Get your E-TICKETS! *Correction - we said December 18th by accident in the podcast but it is DECEMBER 4TH. Mark your calendars!

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

Lucky Episode 33!

Welcome to Episode 33 of the Prairie Belles Podcast!

To listen to the podcast, either click on the mp3 player below OR click on "LISTEN TO EPISODE 33" to open a media player on your desktop. You can also check us out on iTunes!

Powered by Podbean.com

LISTEN TO EPISODE 33

What we mentioned this week:

• The Comedy Factory presents “So you think you’re funny” The finals are this Thursday at 8:30 PM, tickets are $15. Daneel's Uncle Brian is performing!
• LitFest: Edmonton's Nonfiction Festival October 14 - 24 at various venues across Edmonton, make sure to check out the event schedule at their website!
• A New Arts Market: The first Saturday of the month 10:00 - 3:00 pm starting October 2nd @ Expressionz Cafe
• Movies on the Square October 8 & 9 - Sir Winston Churchill Square, 7-9pm. Movies playing are October 8th – Marmaduke and October 9th – Shrek – Forever After.
• Wanna be part of a live studio audience? The Irrelevant Show is having a live taping on Thursday, October 14 at 8 p.m. at the Myer Horowitz Theatre. Tickets are available at Ticketmaster or at the InfoLink Booth at the Student's Union Building. Tickets are $18 or $13 with valid Student ID.
• Accent Artists of the Week – Alex Vissia & The Most Bles’sed Man
  Accent Lounge – 9:30pm No Cover $4 Pints. Thursday, October 7th FACEBOOK INVITE
• Plan Ahead Event – Lights @ Edmonton Events Centre on October 18th $25 7pm Get your tickets here!

~*~Daneel's Theatre Spotlight~*~

 Perfect Pie by Judith Thompson @ the Walterdale Playhouse

October 6-16 at 8:00pm Tickets are $12-$16 and are available

in advance from TIX on the Square or

at the door one-hour prior to each show (cash only)

FRIDAY

1. Chloe Albert @ Blue Chair Café 8pm $10
2. Carolyn Dawn Johnson @ the Arden Theatre 7:30pm $35
3. Ashley Sacha @ Axis Café with Jaird 8pm $10 E-TICKETS
   *We featured Jaird's song Missing You.

SATURDAY

1. Rob Taylor @ Devaney’s Irish Pub 9pm No Cover 
2. Colin Linden @ Festival Place $30 7:30pm
3. Jadea Kelly @ Empress Ale House 4pm No Cover
   *We featured Jadea's song Bumble Bee.

Open on Thanksgiving (thankfully!) Come and join us on Sunday, October 10th The Songwriter Stage at Expressionz Cafe Gives thanks for the special guest host: Ky Babyn. Doors at 6:00 - Open Stage from 7 to 10 pm (all original music).

FEATURE ARTIST
This week our feature artist is Manuela! Being half Kenyan and Swiss and having lived on three different continents and in four different countries with multiple self-released EP’s, Manuela is now calling Edmonton, Alberta, Canada home - at least for now. In February 2010 she released her first full-length album “A Different Kind of Fire,” on her own Independent label, Golden Recordings and followed this release with a Western Canadian tour to the 2010 Winter Olympics. Manuela took on the Executive Producer role for this album. Not only was she able to secure private funding but she also oversaw every aspect of it from the music production to the artwork to the manufacturing and distribution. She was even successful in securing valuable sponsorship for her Western Canadian tour from Budget Rentals, and Accent Inn Hotels in British Columbia.

With the support of Alberta Music, Urban Music Association of Canada, CBC Radio, CKUA, CJSR and Ourstage.com, Manuela is broadening her fan base one song at a time. After almost 15,000 plays on Ourstage.com her single “Circling Numbers” was voted on by thousands of listeners and placed Manuela fourth, regionally, in the recent Ourstage.com Lilith Fair Contest, in which Sarah McLachlan and her team reviewed each of the Top twenty ranked entries. Manuela is also emerging out to be one of the top Pop artists on Ourstage.com having spent 30 weeks on the BEST OF POP chart, peaking at number 15 and falling back to as low as number 32. We featured Manuela's song off her The Love EP called Little Suzie.

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