We are feeling the beginnings of that certain chill in the air. . . loving the crisp, cool mornings. . . watching the first leaves give up the fight and float down to the ground. And what are we doing to celebrate the arrival of fall and the coming of the cold air? What any foolhardy folk musicians would do, of course, we are driving over a thousand miles north of Portland, Oregon and going on tour in Canada!After a wild summer of traveling, performing, or teaching in over thirty states and with thousands of miles and many cross-country flights under our belts, perhaps we should sit back and rest on our laurels. Or maybe just sit back and rest. But conquering the continental United States just isn’t enough! And so we are about to behold nearly 3,000 miles of spectacular Canadian countryside and share our music and dance along the way!
We are going to be on tour for two weeks in British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan through a wonderful non-profit organization called Home Routes. Home Routes, according to their website (www.homeroutes.ca), is dedicated to “the love of music, to making music more accessible to a greater number of people and to supporting the artists that make the music.” The organization teaches people in towns all across Canada how to host house concerts and then hires world-class roots musicians to perform on circuits through these communities. We will be welcomed into a new community every day and will play a show every night for two weeks.
To kick off this tour, we are meeting in Leela’s adopted hometown of Portland, OR to perform a special show at Artichoke Music. This will be our first full evening concert in Portland since Leela moved there over two years ago! Spread the word to your Oregonian friends!
We hope you can get out and enjoy this beautiful fall. And with the winter holidays fast approaching, don’t forget that our 2008 CD, Where the Waters Run, along with our debut CD and our limited edition t-shirt, can still be ordered from our website (www.leelaandelliegrace.com). Our latest release is also available through indie distributor CDBaby (http://cdbaby.com/cd/leelaelliegrace) and can be digitally downloaded through iTunes and digstation.com.
For tour details, go to our website (www.leelaandelliegrace.com) and click on Tour, or check our our upcoming appearances here on our myspace page. Here’s hoping we’ll see you somewhere down the road!
Peace, Leela and Ellie
