Hello Friends!
We hope that you've all had a wonderful summer, that you've soaked up enough sun to last you the whole winter through. Here we are, with leaves of autumn just starting to whisper their thoughts of turning...and we find ourselves in new territory. Nathan and I (becca) have taken the long journey across the Great Canadian countryside and have relocated from the mountains of British Columbia, to the Great Lakes of Ontario! It was quite a sight to drive through the Rockies and to leave their grande white-tipped expanses behind...then to wade through the vast and endless yellow fields of the Prairie's....and then to re-emerge into the rocky, tree-laden arms of Lake Superior and make the endless trekk down, down, down, through Ontario (and all this, with two toddlers in tow!).
So, we are excited to be on a new adventure and to make new friends and to see new sights. We are also eager to get to know the music scene out here, abundant with venues and bands passing through. So, if any of you are in the general sort of area, we'd love to hear from you...go to a show, or play a show with you!
This up-coming month of October, our Kensington Prairie song "bluebirds", will be on the paste music magazine sampler- so, make sure you check that out :)
http://www.pastemagazine.com/
Also, here is another review that we recieved in august from Scene and Heard:
"Captured in Still Life is Kensington Prairie's debut CD and what a wonderful CD it is. The beautifully refined voice of Rebecca Rowan coupled with some great harmonies sung with Michelle Masters draw you in right from the first track.
This is a very mellow CD full of effortless melodic songs. Rowan wrote all the tunes and sings of life – its beauty, joy, sorrow and the winding road we often find ourselves on. The lyrics are great poems set to music. The songs feature a great array of accompanying instruments such as the mandolin, xylophone, glockenspiel, guitars, banjo, piano, organ, vintage Rhodes and bells.
The music hits an emotional chord and its ethereal quality sticks with you. Seems the more you listen to it, the more enjoyable it becomes. It's full of great songs like 'Photographs' and 'Letters that I Send' where she sings of looking back at days gone by, and 'Cathedrals and Towers' with those great harmonies.
This is CD hit an emotional chord with this reviewer. It truly is a great CD to sit back and simply enjoy alone or with friends. Its gentle quality can calm most any beast or penetrate the toughest skin." Anna Stitski
Thanks again to all our friends, family and fans that have made our big move out to Ontario so welcoming! We will keep in touch!
becca