Tickets for the Vancouver Writer’s Festival show on Oct 19th go on sale today! It is expect to sell out, so if you want tickets head on over as soon as you can!
Visit vancouvertix.com to buy them online [Click on #54: Torn From The Pages. The last show on Friday October 19th.] Or get them by phone though VancouverTix at 604.629.8849, or in person at the Festival box office at 1398 Cartwright Street on Granville Island, M-F 10am-4pm and Sat 12 noon -4pm.
Oh yah! Feeling good! Even the sun’s out again. Spent a few days in a cabin in the backyard of my friends’ house. A bed, a heater, a lamp and a whole lot of sweaters and socks on account of the rain. I took myself on a little writing retreat to finish up songs for the record, which I’m in the process of recording later this month.
I’m back home now with one solid new tune called “Pretty Little Soldier”. It is based on the book “Blue Light Project” by Timothy Taylor, and I can’t wait to premiere it during Torn From the Pages at the Vancouver Writer’s Festival in October!! Woo! (You can find more info about that show on my tour page. PS, I’ve been told by the organizers that this show is likely to sell out, so check it out now if you’re thinking of going.)
I discovered this video on CFJ ctv news about the Rainbow Roost Music Festival where I played weekend before last. Guess you-know-who is featured a bunch of times throughout the 2:30 clip?
Click here to watch:
http://www.cfjctv.com/story.php?id=9889
I just posted a new blog entry on Letters to My Editor.
Q: Haven’t heard from you in a while. What are you up to?
A: Back in BC after an amazing Ontario tour and a few days at the Rooster recording studio working with Don Kerr on the new album.
Now I’m here on day two of the Artswells Music Festival in Wells BC. The town is bustling alive with people, and music spilling out from buildings and people sitting on various patches of grass…
Click here to read the rest of it…
Oh my goodness! We had our first day in the studio today, and the band is AWESOME! I am seriously freaked in a wonderful way with how beautiful their (collective/individual) playing is. My little ditties are turning into full out POP SONGS (little ol’ folkie me, go figure.) Trying to go with it, and not get scared by how gloriously big the sound has become. Because it is exactly right. Wow.
Who is this dream team? Brian Kobayakawa on bass, James Robertson on electric guitars, Gary Craig on drums and Don Kerr behind the console at The Rooster in Toronto pulling us all together. Like… seriously??! *pinch pinch*
Speaking of Gary making the beats,
(Only had the camera on my phone with me, so didn't take studio snaps today. Except this one: Gary Craig playing the chair on Cosmic Cowboy.)
We tracked two songs today, and we’ve really only just started. It’s still a long ways away till this album is done ~ but *ooooh* I can’t wait to share these recordings with you!
I’m on the train heading to Toronto (my homebase during this 5 1/2 week excursion from BC) after another weekend of super fun shows. I can’t believe the tour is already pretty much wrapped up but for a couple more shows this week/end.
* A song or two at Evalyn Parry’s Cameron House show this Thursday, 6pm to 8pm. I didn’t even add this one to my listings, because I’m more going to go hear her play than play myself. She’s awesome. You should go!
* Then, a house concert in Hamilton on Saturday the 21st featuring moi solo! Full 2-set concert. The evening is hosted by a lovely guy, who I met during the social media blogging challenge this winter. Send me an email – karyn@karynellis.com – if you’re interested in attending, and I’ll put you in contact with Tom (the host) for reservations/directions.
Before then, though, I’ll be spending the next couple of days of resting, because I head into the studio on WEDNESDAY! Woot! That’s right! We’re talking the very beginnings of the album, but folks… it’s on its way!
My heart leapt a little (okay… a LOT!) when I saw this cymbal playing monkey on the cash register at Taloola’s Cafe in Windsor Ontario…
