We are so excited that Karla’s Chair and Mic 3 song Safe Place was featured on this week’s Vinyl Cafe!

The Vinyl Cafe is a radio show heard on CBC Radio in Canada, on selected public radio stations in the United States, on Sirius Satellite Radio channel 137, on Podcast, and live online. The show is written and hosted by Stuart McLean and features stories, essays and music (both live and recorded).

The Vinyl Cafe stories are about Dave, owner of the second hand record store, and they are collected in books and on CD. The stories also feature Dave’s wife, Morley, their two children, Sam and Stephanie, and assorted friends and neighbors.

The motto of Dave’s store – and of the radio show – is “We May Not Be Big, But We’re Small”.

Visit the vinyl cafe website to download the podcast.

To listen or purchase Safe Place or the entire Chair and Mic 3 album visit here!

Video streaming by Ustream

We KNOW you can!  That is why Karla + Gary want you to check out this the Enter the Worship Circle Artist Retreat!

This retreat is a 3-day intensive with lead by Ben + Robin Pasley and the Adolphes.  It is a time where you can love on your creative heart and learn more about how you were created to be creative!  Join us in the mountains of CO for a breath-taking weekend!

check out the info here:  http://www.entertheworshipcircle.com/ewcblog/january-artists-gathering-2010

K

Gary and Karla have made it to Lexington, KY, after a brief tour of a Bourbon Distillery, they are excited to be heading South!  So far the driving has been long, but fine and the G-Bus is rolling on as always.

There are a host of shows to choose from, so please visit the tour section of the site for all the dates.

K + G

Can’t wait to see you.

K

PS if you do not live in the Southeast, but know someone who does, please pass the word along

Gary, Sampson and I are loading up the G-Bus and heading to the South for the month of November!!  We are so excited to see you and visit with some beautiful folks.

Our tour is taking us to

Tabor College – Hillsboro, KS

Frothingham House Concert – Lexington, KY

The Oak Project – Chattanooga, TN

The Storehouse – Huntsville, AL

Toccoa Falls College – Toccoa, GA

Kilgore House Concert – Toccoa, GA

Prayer + Praise Church – Woodstock, GA

Lifelink Memphis – Memphis, TN

Visible School – Memphis, TN

Riggs House Concert – Kansas City, MO

Look on the tour tab for concert details!  We hope to see you at a show and thank you for your support!

G + K

PS this tour will be the last tour for Karla until June as she prepares to have a baby in February!

Karla Adolphe, will be playing OCFF as a solo artist this year!

Here is a list of her showcases.

We hope to get a moment to say hi and catch up! Thank you for your continued support.

OCFF Showcases:
Friday
11:30pm – Turkey Pen – Rm 1818
1:40am – Manitoba Music Suite – Rm 1705
2:30am – Songwriters Unite! – Rm 1716

Saturday
Daytime showcase – 11:45am – Manitoba Music Presents – Chaudiere Room, Conference Floor
11:30pm – Turkey Pen – Rm 1818
12:20am – Manitoba Music Suite – Rm 1705

Short Bio:
Karla Adolphe is known as a powerful and dynamic singer, who brings award-winning songwriting and her enigmatic personality to every performance. She is generous with her audiences; pouring her heart and soul into every song, creating special moments of musical communion.

Over the past three years, Karla Adolphe has created a diverse career for herself; built with upon a deep love for people. Over the past 4 years Karla has toured North America in a 35ft RV as the Winnipeg roots duo Jacob and Lily. Jacob and Lily’s debut cd The Cathedral was nominated for 2007 Canadian Folk Music Awards Best New/Emerging Artist, and receives consistent national/regional airplay on the CBC. Jacob and Lily were also featured on CBC Radio 2’s Next! program which airs taped performances of Canada’s top 50 up and coming acts.

Karla was also selected as one of 5 Co-Winners at the 2008 Mountain Stage NewSong Contest, and performed live on NPR/internationally broadcast Mountain Stage radio/television show.

Karla has enjoyed playing over 400 shows in the past three years, both as a solo artist and with Jacob and Lily. Some highlights include: The Winnipeg Folk Festival, Blue Skies Festival, Live From the Rock Festival, Trout Forest Music Festival, BarrieFolk, an official showcase at the 2007 NXNE festival, and as a featured artist at Ken Whiteley’s Gospel Hour, and the Orillia Folk Society.

Karla is excited to experiment and expand her creativity and diversity!

Orphan Song Jamaica

Thanks to the Get Real Crew who took the video and taught the song!

K

We are excited to announce the following confirmed acts for farmfest 09 on Saturday September 19!!!!

John Wort Hannam – award-winning blue collar singer/songwriter from AB
Jacob and Lily – homegrown roots
Del Barber – back by popular demand from last year
Insisto – Winnipeg drum troupe
Jess Janz – BC songstress
Tim Webster – Children’s entertainment from Winnipeg Kids Fringe

Numerous tweeners yet to be announced as well!

New this year will be a hootenanny finale with all the artists from the festival!

Visit the website and sign up to be a:

Volunteer

Merchant

Sponsor

Contact us at info@farmfestmb.ca with any questions you may have!

Our tour started in Westport, ON where we reconnected with Caleb’s family at camp IAWAH.  What a wonderful time, we followed that with a weekend of craziness driving from Toronto to Orillia, to Ingersoll, back to Toronto and then off to the USA.  Special thanks to Alyssa Wright and the Orillia Folk Society, that show may have been one of our best shows ever, what a wonderful crowd!  Another special thanks to Ken Whiteley and the crew at Hugh’s Room.  It was a pure joy and pleasure Ken, thanks so much for inviting us to your Gospel Show!!

Once we squeaked back into the US (ask Caleb sometime about his experience) we headed to New Haven, CT where we found a wonderful new crew of extended family.  Thanks Dave Henry for taking us around town and for introducing us to Rudy’s.  If you ever go to New Haven, be sure to check out the First Hamburger and First Pizza joints, the boys loved that, as well as the free Art Museum at Yale University!

From there we headed to New York City after a brief day with our dear friend Tracy Howe and her man Seth!  NYC is all it is cracked up to be, an amazing buffet of cultural flavors, we needed SO MUCH MORE TIME!  Thanks Rob and Kimmie for carting us around, there is no way the G-Bus could have fit.  Thanks Gar Ragland from Newsong for getting us a gig in NYC!  We had a great time and will model our I heart NYC shirts soon.

We headed to Washington DC to play with our sweet friend Maureen at her Potluck House Concert Series, i think you’ve got something here Maureen!  Then off to the Delmarva Peninsula to meet new beloved friends David and Lisa Fowler!  We had a great time in Ridgely, MD, thanks to that lovely crew for a wonderful house show and oysters.

We needed some time off desperately so we headed to the Outer Banks of North Carolina, an incredibly tiny strip of sand bar islands on the Atlantic Coast!  Life is grand when you can hit up a luxury KOA on the ocean.  We sat in the hot tub, rode bikes, walked on the beach, chased the dog, played basketball, and had a salmon Easter dinner!  It was lush!

PS this whole time Gary is fixing the following broken bus parts:  2 rear calipers and brake pads, bleeding the brakes, busted stairs, and a broken windshield wiper.  What a great man!

Off to the South!  We had a beautiful time with new friends Ben and Taphath Cannon in Charlotte, thanks to the kids that came from over an hour away for a house show, what an honor!  We then headed to Toccoa, Georgia for a weekend of mountain man adventures c/o Eric Kilgore!  We loved meeting all the college kids and playing in the Kilgore’s new farmhouse!  What a wonderful and fun time!

Once we spent some lovely time with Kelly, Claire and Aaron in Chattanooga, TN we ended the month with a sweet house show in Lexington, KY with Amy and friends!  Thanks guys for a sweet night!

Karla will be booking a follow up Chair and Mic tour for SC, NC, GA, TN, AR, TX for November, email her at info@smallgate.ca to book a college, venue or house show!

K