July 2007


Summer is here!!! The heat, the smell, ah, the heat. I'm not a big fan of summer heat, but I love the sun and the green and the smells of it.

I just got back from a whirlwind tour of Winnipeg where I attended the Winnipeg Folk Festival retreat. What an amazing event! Spent three days learning all about songwriting with Stephen Fearing and meeting Christine Lavin, whom I've always wanted to meet. A great time all around.

Gordie and I've got lots of things happening in the next few months, so read on McDuff!!

Take care out there.
Peace to you all. ~ Jane Eamon

Touring News

Here's what's coming up:

July 12 - Parks Alive, Kelowna - Guischican Gardens
July 13 - 15 - Vancouver Folk Festival as a reporter
July 22 - The Fun of Songwriting workshop - Toronto
July 23 - Now Lounge, Toronto - Mountainstage New Song finalist
July 28 - Candlelight House Concert Series - Maple Ridge
July 29 - Treehouse Cafe, Salt Spring
August 25 - Parks Alive, Kerry Park, Kelowna
August 30 - Tranzac Club - Toronto (with Eve Goldberg)
Sept 3 - Songwriting workshop - Toronto
Sept 6 - London Music Club - London (with Eve Goldberg)
Sept 7 - House concert - Orangeville (with Eve Goldberg)

Then it's off to the Maritimes. Check out our gig calendar at http://www.janeandgord.com/gig_calendar.htm.

Root for me in the Mountainstage New Song Contest. I'm one of 12 Canadian finalists!!! Woohoo....

Upcoming Events

Getting chosen as a finalist in the Mountainstage New Song Contest was pretty cool. I'm one of 12 Canadian performers. We compete in Toronto for one spot in New York in September. Ruckus in the Henhouse was the song chosen. The same song received an honourable mention in the Unisong Contest in the Americana genre.

October 10 is the date set for the Okanagan Musician Awards. Nomination forms should be available in early July. So vote for your favourite musicians. It makes a difference. This year's event is slated for the Kelowna Community Theatre.

Parks Alive is well under way. Check out the schedule at www.parksalive.com. Gordie and I will be playing July 12 and August 25.

Mae Moore is doing an art show in Penticton starting July 25. You can check out the details at www.maemoore.com. She will be playing at the Dream Cafe July 27. I just finished a five day stint teaching at her songwriting camp - Red Cedar on Pender Island. What a wonderful place.
Watch my website - www.janeandgord.com for more events and happenings.

Promotion


If you haven't purchased Deep Water yet, you still can. It's available at Mosaic Books, Beadiful Arts or online at my website or at www.cdbaby.com/janeeamon2.

That's all for now. Have a great month, keep writing and supporting original music!!

June 2007


After the record-setting temp of last Saturday, I think it's safe to say summer has arrived in the Okanagan. Makes me want to sit outside and sip a cold one with my feet up.

Gordie and I are planning lots of little trips this summer, playing here, there and everywhere. I'm off to Revelstoke to play in a songwriters night, then it's the Riverhouse Bistro in Enderby for a little blues.

We hope to play in this year's Parks Alive and who knows? We could be coming to your town. Take care out there.
Peace to you all. ~ Jane Eamon

Touring News

Here's what's coming up:

June 8 - Songwriters in the Round, Revelstoke
June 9 - Riverhouse Bistro - Enderby
June 15 - Minstrel Cafe, Kelowna
June 21 - 25 - Red Cedar Songwriting Camp, Pender Island
July 2 - 5 - Winnipeg Folk Festival Folk Retreat
July 29 - Treehouse Cafe, Saltspring
August 30 - Tranzac Club - Toronto (with Eve Goldberg)
Sept 6 - London Music Club - London (with Eve Goldberg)
Sept 7 - House concert - Orangeville (with Eve Goldberg)

Then it's off to the Maritimes. Check out our gig calendar at http://www.janeandgord.com/gig_calendar.htm.

PSSST......There's a possibility that I will be opening for Mae Moore at the Dream Cafe in Penticton. Keep you fingers crossed!!!

Upcoming Events

The Life and Arts Festival was a huge success this year with great crowds and wonderful weather. My DUETS show was wonderful. Thank you goes out to all the musicians and Dorothee Birker for allowing me the chance to do it again this year.

In early July, I'm off to Winnipeg to participate in a folk retreat with Stephen Fearing and James Keelaghan. Gordie and I are also going to the Vancouver Folk Festival to act as press for the BC Musician's Magazine.

I'm working on new material with Andrew Smith and trying to write in other genres. Then there's the fact-finding mission to Ontario.....

So much to do..so little time.


Promotion


If you haven't purchased Deep Water yet, you still can by clicking on the link opposite. It's also available at Mosaic Books, Robbie Brown's Guitartown, Beadiful Arts or online at www.cdbaby.com/janeeamon2.

That's all for now. Have a great month, keep writing and supporting original music!!

May 2007

Is it getting warm? Can it be true? This year it feels like it was never going to warm up!! Don't know about you, but I'm itching to get outside and play. Feels like forever we've been living inside.

May brings the Life and Arts Festival - this coming Mother's Day weekend and I'm producing another Duets show at the Mary Irwin Theatre.

We're also putting the finishing touches on our tour back east this fall. Keep checking the gig calendar. We've got a few surprises in store this year. Peace to you all. ~ Jane Eamon


Touring News


Just got back for a whirlwind tour of Vancouver Island. What a blast and what great gigs!! Met a ton of new people and even had time to pose with a few assorted statuary on Gabnola Island.

We're getting ready for the next adventure. Here's what's coming up:

June 8 - Songwriters in the Round, Revelstoke
June 9 - Riverhouse Bistro - Enderby
June 15 - Minstrel Cafe, Kelowna
June 21 - 25 - Red Cedar Songwriting Camp, Pender Island
July 2 - 5 - Winnipeg Folk Festival Folk Retreat
July 26 - Cafe Montmatre, Vancouver
July 27 - Dancing Bean, Chemainus
July 29 - Treehouse Cafe, Saltspring

Then it's off to the Maritimes in August and September. Check out our gig calendar at http://www.janeandgord.com/gig_calendar.htm.

Upcoming Events

Don't miss the Life and Arts Festival this coming weekend. Positively Posh and Duets are the two ticketed events this year and both definitely worth seeing.

There's lots of great musicians, artists, dancers, and assorted crazy events planned for this weekend. So grab your mom and check it out!!

Also I'm still accepting registrants for my five week songwriting course at the Rotary Arts Centre coming up on May 16. Course is $125 for five classes and will cover all the basics of songwriting with a few surprises. You can register here at https://calypso.safe-orders.net/rotarycentreforthearts/courseRegistrations/listClasses.php?categoryID=3&sort=instructorName&ageID=2&categoryID=3.


Promotion


If you haven't purchased Deep Water yet, you still can by clicking on the link opposite. It's also available at Mosaic Books, Robbie Brown's Guitartown, Beadiful Arts or online at CDBaby.com/janeeamon. Seems as though the spiritual content of the CD is raising a few eyebrows. People either really like it or are turned off by it. Anything that creates dialogue is worth something to me, I reckon. Why not check it out?

I hear that Norm Strauss has released his CD, Roger Gabriel's should be here pretty quick. Andrew Smith is still working on his and I'm sure there's more local CD's out there. Support local music. Pick one up. Heck, while you're at it buy them all!!!

That's all for now. Have a great month and keep writing and supporting original music!!

January 2007 - Janey Girl Newsletter

Welcome! Hope you all had a wonderful holiday season - time well spent with family and friends. It's a new year and an exciting one to boot. Lots to look forward to.

CD NEWS

We had our first national review in this month's Penguin Eggs magazine. What a nice surprise. Totally unexpected and nicely put. Here's the review:

Deep Water - Janey Girl Music
Jane Eamon from Kelowna, BC, is fairly new to the music scene with her first release back in 2002. Deep Water, her third and latest release, is a blend of traditional music forms like spirituals, bluegrass, gospel and blues with old-time melodies that work very well. Her sweet voice, well-crafted songs, poignant and timely messages and charming instrumentation make for a beautiful and heart- warming listen. Recommended listens include Black Wind Blowin’, a protest song against the Bush government’s handling of the New Orleans hurricane tragedy; Move On Down, a song about human struggle and hope, and Long Way Down, a spiritual with a uniquely jazzy twist. — By Philip Harries

Charming huh?

Other CD news - Deep Water is going along nicely. Sales are steady and people seem to be enjoying the CD. Not quite the hoopla my last CD got, but some very heartfelt comments along the way. It's all good.

The CD is available at Mosaic Books and Robbie Brown's Guitartown in Kelowna as well as CD Baby and through our website online. We'll be touring this year, so look for us on Vancouver Island and eastern Canada this fall.

TOURING NEWS

We are in the early stages of planning a lot of mini tours across Canada this year to promote Deep Water. It's going to be exciting as we've never ventured into eastern Canada before. Scary but exciting. Gigs start in Salmon Arm and Barnhartvale this February where we feature at two local community coffeehouses. March we're part of a benefit with Smith Funk and Strauss for the Willow Park Church. April sees us on Vancouver Island, one of our favourite places to play. May is the Life and Arts Festival with another Duets show. June, Jane's teaching at Mae Moore's Red Cedar Songwriting Camp, July we're back on the island and August and September it's off to the Maritimes and Ontario. Whew!!! By the time we're done all that, we'll be ready for a vacation.
Our gig schedule is posted on our website. It's always updated, so check it regularly to see where we're at.


SONGWRITING NEWS

I've decided to return to writing my songwriting column - "So You Want To Write a Song". Starting in February, I'm back with BC Musician Magazine. I'll be writing a column every month about the pitfalls and joys of songwriting. The articles will also be posted on my website after the magazine comes out.
I love songwriting. I love everything about it. I love the joy of it and the pain, and it can be quite painful sometimes. I hope to share this journey. Send me an e-mail if you want to. It's too easy to write in isolation and forget there are others out there who feel the same as you do.

More songwriting......OTHER NEWS

Lots of folks I know are producing or releasing CD's soon. Yael Wand, a great singer songwriter from Wells BC has released At Your Door. She's touring a lot - in Kelowna at the Minstrel on Feb 15 - so check her out. Her music is great.

Michael O'Neill, Roger Gabriel, Norm Strauss, Andrew Smith - they're all working on CD's. And they're all hugely talented so keep your eyes peeled.


Until next month, keep Canadian original music alive!!!