Hey folks, following up a wildly successful tour of the West Coast, including sold-out shows in Portland, Eugene, Seattle, and more, plus a HUGE show in San Francisco (thank you 'frisco!!), Chris Pureka is heading to the Midwest and then back East for newly added tour dates!  In May and June she'll be making her way through Kansas, Nebraska, and Minnesota, and then covering her favorite East Coast stops in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, and Maine.  


We hope you can make a show.   If you can't, please pass this announcement along to your friends in the area.  Thanks for the support!





 :::::::: UPCOMING TOUR DATES ::::::::::
 





4/29/09 - NYC, NY - Joe's Pub (this show will sell out, please buy your tickets now) 

5/2/09 - Northampton, MA - Iron Horse Music Hall  (this show will sell out, please buy your tickets early) 


5/5/09 - Middletown, CT - Wesleyan University

5/8/09/- Lawrence, KS - Folk on Mass


5/9/09 - Omaha, NE - Saddle Creek  (Chris returns to Omaha for the first time in years!  Hope you can make it!) 

5/10/09 - Minneapolis, MN - Bryant Lake Bowl  (this show will sell out, please buy your tickets early) 


5/19/09 - Aurora, NY - Wells College 

5/20/09 - Buffalo, NY - Babeville

5/30/09 - Turner Falls, MA - The Rendezvous

5/31/09 - Portland, ME - North Star Cafe

6/13/09 - Portland, OR - Pride NW

6/14/09 - Vancouver, BC - The Railway Club

 





LISTEN  to songs off her new EP here: http://www.myspace.com/chrispureka 

Buy the NEW MERCH here:  http://www.backstreet-merch.com/bands/cpka/product.asp?item=cpka06 

JOIN THE STREET TEAM: here: www.myspace.com/chrispurekastreetteam

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EXCITING NEWS!

The release of the Chimera E.P. is less than 2 weeks away.  In the meantime, this
week and next week, there will be one new song from the E.P. and one out-take up on
the Myspace page .  The Chimera tracks will be listen-only but the out-take track
each week will be available for FREE DOWNLOAD (but only for one week).

This week the E.P. track up on myspace is Wagon Wheel.  This is a song originally
started by Bob Dylan and then finished by Ketch Secor of the band Old Crow Medicine
Show. My version of it was originally recorded in the studio in 2005 and then
finished in 2006 and it features some of my old friends, Sebastian Renfield, Jesse
Freidin and Merrill Garbus.  

The free track this week is a live version of Come Back Home featuring my good
friend, Gregory Alan Isakov.  Greg is one of my favorite songwriters and I have had
the pleasure of playing many shows with him over the last few years.... including a
show at Atwoods in Cambridge, MA this fall where we recorded this track.  The only
reason this track didn't make it on the E.P. was because I didn't want to have 2
versions of the same song on it.  That and the fact the waitstaff were a little over
zealous in their table clearing, resulting in a lot of clatter....

I hope you enjoy them. 

There will be 2 different tracks up next week. 

Stay tuned. 

Also, t-shirts and posters are still available here:
http://www.backstreet-merch.com/bands/cpka/



Upcoming Shows:

* = trio show - featuring Lyndell Montgomery on bass/fiddle and Julia Read on
fiddle/vocals!


Thurs. Jan 8th
Rolling Stones Tribute Show
The Iron Horse
Northampton, MA
w/ various other western mass musicians. 
7 pm sharp!  (I am on at 7:10. )
I will be playing one Stones song (Play With Fire) and one original.  

Tues. Jan. 20th
Chimera EP - CD Release!!!
AND...        
Inauguration DAY!!!

*Tues. Jan. 20th
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY

*Wed. Jan. 21st
Southpaw
Brooklyn, NY
With Erin McKeown

*Thurs. Jan. 22nd
The Tin Angel
Philadelphia, PA
Nicole Reynolds opens.

*Fri. Jan. 23rd
Jammin' Java
Vienna, VA
Nicole Reynolds opens.

*Sat. Jan. 24th
Club Caf?
Pittsburgh, PA
Judith Avers opens

*Tues. Jan. 27th
"Take a Chance Tuesday"!
The Ark 
Ann Arbor, MI
FREE SHOW!

*Wed. Jan. 28th
The Beat Kitchen
Chicago, IL
Nicole Reynolds opens.

*Thurs. Jan. 29th
Caf? Montmartre
Madison, WI
Nicole Reynolds opens.

*Fri. Jan. 30th
Hotch-a-Do
Milwaukee, WI

*Sat. Jan. 31st
Indy Indie Concert Series
Indianapolis, IN
Judith Avers opens.

*Sun. Feb. 1st
Ohio Wesleyan University
Delaware, OH

Fri. Feb. 13th
Smith College
Northampton, MA
With Andrea Gibson!

Fri. Feb 20th
Me and Thee Coffeehouse
Marblehead, MA


Please note that more show details can be found at chrispureka.com.

Thanks for listening!


-Chris




www.chrispureka.com
www.myspace.com/chrispureka
booking: fauxpasproductions@gmail.com

Hi everyone,

You can now PRE-ORDER the new Chimera E.P. at Cdbaby!

I also wanted to let you know that a new song from the E.P., California, is up on the myspace page.  This is a previously unreleased tune that I wrote about 4 years ago but just finished over the fall (sometimes it just works out that way). Also of note is that I recorded it myself and played all the instruments, which I really enjoyed. 

Myspace, being the cutting edge technology that it is, doesn't seem to be allowing downloads right now.  If anyone was able to download last week's giveaway (Come Back Home live with Gregory Alan Isakov) please let me know by replying to this email. But in the meantime, there is a new "download" up there - a cover of the Ryan Adams song Dear Chicago recorded live on my West Coast tour last spring.

If we can't sort myspace out, at some point in the next little bit I will put the 2 free tunes up on my actual website for download (stay tuned).

Thanks for listening!

-Chris

.. ..

www.chrispureka.com

www.myspace.com/chrispureka

booking/management: Faux Pas Productions, Christen Greene

Hey all.

I just wanted to send a reminder for some shows this week.

Also, we just added a hometown gig:  October 19^th at the Iron Horse in Northampton. Mark the calendars!

See you soon.

Upcoming Tour Dates:

Wed. July 30^th

One Longfellow Square

Portland, ME

8PM

Brooke Brown Saracino opens.

Thurs. July 31^st

Lizard Lounge

Cambridge, MA

9PM

with Annie and the Beekeepers and Rusty Belle

Advance Tix Recommended: www.brownpapertickets.com

Sat. Aug. 16^th

Philadelphia Folk Festival

Philly, PA

Exact details tba, but Chris will be on the Camp Stage sometime early in the day.

Fri. Aug. 29^th

Joe's Pub

New York, NY

7PM

Sun. Oct. 19^th

The Iron Horse Music Hall

Northampton, MA

7PM

Thanks for listening!

-Chris

www.chrispureka.com

www.myspace.com/chrispureka

booking: christen@fauxpasproductions.com