The Provincial Archive in The Provincial Archives

Edmonton Alberta’s The Provincial Archive To Go Province To Province, Coast To Coast, Playing Provincial Archives, Release Brand New Song Drive And Trailer in Support Of Twenty Seven Date Tour.

Sometimes great ideas are sitting right on your doorstep, or so it would seem for pop-folk darlings, The Provincial Archive. This spring the band will make Canadian tour history with one such great idea: travel coast-to-coast performing in Canada’s Provincial Archives.

“We had the idea last fall, when the Provincial Archives of Alberta asked us to perform in-house. We couldn’t help but laugh at the confusion that would ensue from the band playing a venue by the same name,” says lead archivist Craig Schram. Months of work were dedicated to planning the logistics of a tour that will see 27 performances in 30 days from St. John’s, NL to Victoria, BC. This is no small feat considering the additional complexity required to get the archives on board.

As if this weren’t enough, the band is releasing a new single, “Drive,” to mark the beginning of the tour. This single represents the first major song writing collaboration with the band’s drummer, R. Bramwell Park, and will be available as a free download from the band website. “We’ve always felt that there is a strong connection between the idea of Archiving, and writing songs. So for us, this tour is more than just a name.”

Indeed. But what a name.

Drive MP3, Tour Trailer: http://www.theprovincialarchive.com
More Information/Media Materials: http://www.theprovincialarchive.com/press/

Provincial Archive Tour Dates:

May 07: Edmonton, AB – The Provincial Archives of Alberta
Evening performance in the front room (No Cover)
May 13: Saskatoon, SK –The Saskatchewan Archives Board
Afternoon in-archive (private show.)
Additional evening performance at Louis Pub. Open to the general public. Presented by the Saskatchewan Archives Board. (No Cover)
May 14: Winnipeg, MB –Archives of Manitoba
Evening performance in the Reading Room (No Cover)
May 15: Thunder Bay, ON – Crocks
May 17: Hamilton, ON – The Casbah
May 18: Windsor, ON – The Phog Lounge
May 19: St Catherines, ON -Mansion House
May 20: Toronto, ON – C’est What
May 21: Kingston, ON – The Mansion
May 23: Montreal, QC – Casa Del Popolo
May 24: Quebec City, QC – TBA
May 25: Fredericton, NB – The Provincial Archives of New Brunswick
Evening performance in the Exhibition Hall (No Cover)
May 26: Saint John, NB –The Sunstar Lounge
May 27: Moncton, NB – Plan B Lounge
May 28: Halifax, NS – Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management
Evening Performance (No Cover)
May 30: St. John’s, NL – The Rooms Provincial Archives
Evening theatre performance (No Cover)
May 31: Charlottetown, PEI – Baba’s Lounge
June 02: Ottawa, ON – Zapphod’s
June 03:  Wakefield, QC – Kaffe 1870
June 04:  Sault Ste Marie, ON – Lop Lop’s
June 05: Thunder Bay, ON – Crocks
June 06: Winnipeg, MB – Lo Pub
June 07: Regina, SK – The Saskatchewan Archives Board
Afternoon in-archive (private show.) Additional evening performance at The Exchange. Open to the general public. Presented by the Saskatchewan Archives Board (No Cover)
June 09: Calgary, AB – Broken City
June 10: Kelowna, BC – TBA
June 11: Vancouver, BC – TBA
June 12: Victoria, BC – The British Columbia Archives at the Royal BC Museum
Afternoon outdoor performances (No Cover)

**More dates to be announced soon**

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at Prospera Place…..
the rescheduled Sarah McLachlan    show is Sat, April 30, 2011
Burton Cummings    – Mon, May 30, 2011
The Kelowna Daily Courier presents An Evening with Supertramp – Fri, June 3, 2011

There’s another concert anouncement tomorrow!

Congratulations to the XS New Artist of the Month: Recording Artist Cynthia Leigh-Ann of British Columbia

Read more about Cynthia Leigh Ann here, including upcoming shows!

Songs Featured:

0:00 Fields of Green: I can’t believe this tree
5:40 Almost a few: Broken Tree
10:17 David Myles: When it comes my turn
14:20 Leah West: Spring
18:80 Dan Oig: Just feels right
21:30 Treelines: Let it be

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Lots of great entertainment at the Global Music Fest this Saturday night at the newly renovated Laurel Packinghouse!

Date: Saturday, February 26, 2011 – 7 pm
Location: Laurel Packinghouse – 1304 Ellis St.

Spoken word artist Cameron Welch

Ryan Donn
Following on the heals of his critically acclaimed album Causewayend, This life was written over the past three years. This new material blends the pride in his Scottish heritage and his infectious passion for life. This combination has led to a wonderfully inspired CD that reflects his heritage and roots, utilizing smatterings of his native tongue, Doric – a unique dialect spoken in North East Scotland – as well as two fabulously crafted love songs and several social commentary songs built around his strong rhythmic acoustic guitar playing, melodic vocals, and pop/folk inclinations.

The Malibu Knights
Kelowna’s Malibu Knights are a three piece band consisting of experienced musicians from a variety of musical backgrounds. Always up to mischief and out to have a good time, the Knights are a sonic experience you wont soon forget.  Oh, yeah, they opened for Bon Jovi in Edmonton last summer!

Shane Koyczan
Koyczan’s performances–thrillingly rich, fast and cool– has brought audiences to their feet in New York, London, Edinburgh, Sydney, Auckland, and Los Angeles.  Winner of the US Slam Poetry Championship and Canadian Spoken Word Olympics, he has been featured on BRAVO television, and NPR, BBC, CBC, and ABC (Australia) radio.  You may recall this – Shane Koyczan Defines Canada At Olympics Opening Ceremonies!

The 2011 Global Music Fest event will feature numerous local musicians and interactive performance groups showcasing their original music. This year’s headliner is slam poet Shane Koyczan from Penticton. Joining the event will be humanitarian non-profit organizations making a difference in the world with information display tables about their organizations for guests to enjoy during the music. Between performance sets these ethnic and cultural groups will be doing short presentations sharing information on the work that they do internationally.  Also performing: Cameron Welch, Ryan Donn and the Malibu Knights.

Tickets available at Leo’s Video (2680 Pandosy St.) $12 now $15 at the door, Laurel Packinghouse,1304 Ellis St. Doors at 7pm

the Flu is a 4 piece post-hardcore band from Kelowna, BC, Canada. The band consists of Steven “Felix” Roberts (Vocals, Guitar), Alex Nuyten (Bass), Jonny Karroll (Guitar), and Andrew Reed (Drums). Originally formed in 2007 during middle school by childhood friends Alex and Felix, the duo had been writing and performing under the moniker Normal Apple for several years beforehand. After experimenting through their grade school years with numerous musicians and musical genres including Punk, Blues, Funk, and Jazz, the band had established their lineup and post-hardcore sound in 2010. Originally members of separate local bands, Andrew Reed and Jonny Karroll became acquainted through the Okanagan music scene, and later joined the Flu due to their respective band’s breakups coupled with the Flu’s desire for a new sound. The two would meet Felix, who later introduced both to Alex Nuyten, through work relations, and joined the band as the four became closer friends. Combined with Karroll’s previous years of experience gigging across Western Canada, Reed’s years of invaluable recording and digital media education, and Felix and Nuyten’s long history of writing and performing together, the Flu has since moved to become a more polished and professional band, writing music as an evolution of their numerous influences. The most notable influences on the four include Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age, and Alexisonfire. The four also enjoy their own personal influences, as far ranging as rock artist Gerry Rafferty, or classical pianist Erik Satie. Such a wide variety of influences can be explained by the Flu’s wide participation in several other musical groups both now and in the past. Such avenues include current performing act Intimate Evenings (Jonny Karroll) and several gigging Jazz ensembles of which Felix, Nuyten, and Karroll have all been members of at separate times. Each member also expresses a wide interest in digital media and looks to exploit these mediums as much as possible, especially via social media. Soon after forming, the Flu made sure to take advantage of the Internet and spread themselves through their comedy-information videos named “Couchisodes”. Each Couchisode acts as a personal way of informing the public about band news and future plans, and offers multiple shots of band-life. And so the Flu hopes not only to entertain by this means, but also let listeners know more about the members themselves. the Flu continues to work at writing, performing, and publishing music, and looks to enjoy their close bond, musical talent and knowledge, and marketability well into the future… http://www.myspace.com/theflu http://www.facebook.com/theFluTrio http://www.youtube.com/user/theFluOfficial http://www.twitter.com/thefluofficial

Tickets

What’s On? February, 2011, hosted by Ryan Donn by Ryan Donn

Songs Featured:

0:40 Michael Bernard Fitzgerald – Movie life
5:20 Malibu Knights – Child Soldier
10:20 Old Mans Beard – Tofino
14:00 Thomas Kjorven – Oh my lord
20:00 Kim McMechan – Leah
24:40 Shane Koyczan – Atlantis

Concerts featured: