tag:thesmallglories.com,2005:/blogs/the-latest?p=46The Latest2023-12-18T19:42:19-06:00The Small Gloriesfalsetag:thesmallglories.com,2005:Post/73211102023-12-18T19:42:19-06:002024-03-23T21:23:03-05:002024<p>The Small Glories have made the difficult decision to go on a hiatus in 2024. While we have thoroughly enjoyed the profound connection we have with our audience, and the ways in which our music has impacted and changed people's lives, we also recognize the need to take critical time to rest, restore and reflect. The demanding nature of our job often takes a toll on our relationships and on our own mental stability. Therefore, we feel the need to step back and go "home," both to be present with and to our people, and to reconnect with ourselves.</p><p>We firmly believe that being a musician is a privilege, and the act of singing harmony together is a deep and transformative experience. It is a connection that goes beyond words and touches the core of our beings. This connection has been one of the driving forces behind our musical journey. We understand that in order to continue creating and sharing music, we must first ensure our individual well-being.</p><p>We want to express our heartfelt gratitude to all of you who have supported us on this incredible journey. Your love and appreciation for our music have been a constant source of motivation and inspiration to us.</p><p>After our December shows, we will be taking a break from performing. We sincerely appreciate your understanding and support during this time as we embark on this personal and musical hiatus.</p><p>Thank you for being a part of our lives and for sharing in the beauty of our music. We look forward to reconnecting with all of you down the road. 💜</p>The Small Gloriestag:thesmallglories.com,2005:Post/72795542023-09-27T15:37:37-05:002023-10-16T09:47:06-05:00Harvesting Harmonies with The Small Glories: Autumn Tour and Christmas Cheer Await!<p><span>As the leaves start to change and the crisp autumn air settles in, TSG fans are in for a treat as The Small Glories embark on an exciting tour through the USA and gear up for their heartwarming Christmas shows. Get ready for an enchanting journey through the world of folk music with Cara and.</span></p><p><br> </p><p><span>Autumn Tour: October 6-10</span></p><p><br> </p><p><span>We are hitting the road, and the autumn tour promises to be nothing short of magical. From October 6th to October 10th, we’ll be singing for audiences across the USA with our melodies and soulful harmonies. This tour is a unique opportunity to experience the authentic charm of our music.</span></p><p><br> </p><p><span>To catch The Small Glories in action and secure your tickets, visit our official website at www.thesmallglories.com. Don’t miss out on this chance to witness the magic of our live performances and immerse yourself in the vibrant colors of autumn through music.</span></p><p><br> </p><p><span>Christmas Shows: December 8 and 9</span></p><p><br> </p><p><span>As the holiday season approaches, we have something special in store for you. On December 8th, we’ll be spreading holiday cheer at the West End Cultural Centre in Winnipeg. Then, on December 9th, we’ll be bringing our Christmas magic to The Good Street Hall in Erickson, Manitoba. These Christmas shows promise to be a heartwarming celebration of the season, filled with festive tunes and a cozy, intimate atmosphere.</span></p><p><br> </p><p><span>Whether you’re a long-time fan of The Small Glories or new to our music, our Christmas shows are the perfect way to get into the holiday spirit and make lasting memories with loved ones.</span></p><p><br> </p><p><span>Get Your Tickets Now!</span></p><p><br> </p><p><span>Don’t miss the chance to witness The Small Glories in action this autumn and during the festive season. Grab your tickets early, as our shows tend to sell out quickly. Visit the official website at www.thesmallglories.com for ticket information, showtimes, and additional details.</span></p><p><br> </p><p><span>This autumn and Christmas season, let the enchanting music of The Small Glories be the soundtrack to your memorable moments. Get ready to be swept away by harmonious melodies and immerse yourself in the warmth of our performances. It’s time to embrace the magic of folk music with us, The Small Glories!</span></p>The Small Gloriestag:thesmallglories.com,2005:Post/72307832023-06-22T15:28:57-05:002023-06-22T15:28:57-05:00Summer shows and more!<p>The summer and festival season has finally come to the north. The trees are green and the flowers are in bloom and there is music in the air. We are so excited to be getting on the road and celebrating community and music and life with you in the coming months! TSG is performing at some of our favourite festivals this summer and we can't wait to see you all there!</p><p>We just returned from the land of the midnight sun where we performed at the Kluane Mountain Bluegrass Festival in Haines-Junction, Yukon. Our second time there, we again had an amazing time singing and sharing old and new songs for the good people up there. </p><p>July and August has us touring coast to coast. July 1st, Canada Day!!, TSG will be heading to Washington, DC to perform at the Kennedy Centre on the Millennium Stage. So many of our heroes have performed on this legendary stage, we are over the moon to have been invited to sing on this stage. July 2, we'll be at The Tin Pan in Richmond, VA. Head to our <a class="no-pjax" href="/shows" data-link-type="page" data-link-label="Shows">SHOWS</a> page to get your tickets today!</p><p>July 8th we're at the Almonte Celtic Festival just outside of Ottawa where we will be joining legendary artists like The Barra MacNeils and Lynne Miles for a weekend of amazing music. https://almonteceltfest.com</p><p>July 14 & 15 we are playing shows close to home. Poor Michael's Emporium in Onanole on the Friday and the Heritage Home for the Arts on the Saturday. </p><p>August 5 & 6 TSG is on PEI at the Route 11 Festival. This beautiful festival happens in one of the most glorious places on the planet. Wellington, PEI right on the ocean. You do not want to miss this festival. It will change your life. http://festivalroute11.com/en/home </p><p>August 11-13 we'll be heading west to Robson Valley Folk Festival. This will be our first time at this festival and we cannot wait to get to this one. <a class="no-pjax" href="https://www.rvmf.ca/#/">https://www.rvmf.ca/#/</a></p><p>August 17 we are on the Memorial Park Bandshell in Port Hope, Ontario </p><p>August 18 to 20 we are at Summerfolk in Owen Sound, Ontario. This is one of our favorite festivals in the whole wide world. A place where we all come together at the end of the summer to celebrate the sights, smells and sounds of the season all wrapped up in this one brilliant festival. Please come and hang with us in August! ITs gonna be so fun.</p><p>Tickets and info for all of these great events can be found right here; <a class="no-pjax" href="/shows" data-link-type="page" data-link-label="Shows">SHOWS</a></p><p> </p>The Small Gloriestag:thesmallglories.com,2005:Post/72023792023-05-03T15:39:07-05:002023-05-03T15:42:28-05:00The Small Glories on the West Coast<p>Hello friends, </p><p>It's May and we're heading West. This month we'll be bringing songs and stories to BC, Washington, and California. Over the next couple of weeks Cara and JD will be performing on some new stages and bringing some new music to boot. May 6th, we will be in Pender Harbour, BC performing an afternoon concert in Madeira Park for the School of Music presented by the Pender Harbour Music Society. Then we head south to Edmonds, Washington performing at the Centre for the Arts where we will be l<span style="color:rgb(77,81,86);">ocated on the southwest corner of the Snohomish county, facing Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountains to the west. From there we zip down to the big of Seattle and perform in the shadow of the futuristic Space Needle and most likely find Cara some fine west coast hipster coffee to sooth the soul and fill the spirit. Then we fly south to LA and perform at the legendary UCLA Nimoy Theatre on Westwood Blvd.. This will be a first for TSG and we could not be more excited about this performance. The show is presented by the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture and we will be performing for some students as well, which is always a fun time. We look forward to the question and answer period. Finally on this run we will be performing at the Grand Annex presented by the Grand Vision Foundation. Many fine artists have performed on this stage we are thrilled and honoured to be apart of this years concert series. </span></p><p>The Summer is just around the corner and we want to let you know that there are many more great chances to see The Small Glories. Find out where TSG will be performing in the coming months on our SHOW PAGE for ticket and performance information. </p>The Small Gloriestag:thesmallglories.com,2005:Post/70929352022-11-01T08:08:15-05:002022-11-01T08:08:15-05:00Northeast USA<p>In a few short days we'll be hitting the road again, bringing songs and stories to our friends and fans. We'll be coming through the Northeast United States with shows in Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, Maine, Vermont, Connecticut, and New Hampshire. For tickets visit our <a contents="SHOWS" data-link-label="Shows" data-link-type="page" href="/shows">SHOW</a> pages to get yours today.</p>
<p>It has been some time since we have been through these parts of the states. We are very much looking forward to getting back to the coast and seeing all of our friends there. Join us! </p>The Small Gloriestag:thesmallglories.com,2005:Post/70167772022-07-17T19:21:22-05:002022-10-22T07:09:25-05:00Let the Summer Gigging Season begin! <p>Friends, we hope summer is treating you all well. We are soaking up LIVE FESTIVALS once again! It feels a bit surreal to be playing them again! SUCH A GIFT! We are soaking up being around our musical comrades, sharing workshop stages, hanging out backstage, laughing and crying and singing together, trading stories, catching up, hugging... It feels life-giving and relieving. AND we are LOVING singing for festival audiences! We've missed you all so much! We know not everyone is comfortable yet in crowded settings, and we completely understand (we get a bit nervous at times too), so when you're ready, we'll be there for you! :) </p>
<p>We recently played the Mariposa Folk Fest in Orillia, ON where the setting cannot be beat! You can swim in a glorious lake while listening to music. Wowzers... We've got a bunch more festivals and outdoor shows coming up, from Canmore AB to Indiana to Denmark. Here's hoping we're playing near you! Check out our SHOWS page for all the info.</p>
<p>Big love from a hot and humid Winnipeg,</p>
<p>Cara and JD</p>The Small Gloriestag:thesmallglories.com,2005:Post/69711822022-05-14T13:33:41-05:002022-05-14T13:33:41-05:00We're coming to you "Live" from....<p>Hey Folks, </p>
<p>Yes, it's true! We are back, and on the road coming to a stage near you. In May we'll be passing through Colorado making stops in Lakewood & Durango, then heading south to Albuquerque and Santa Fe, New Mexico. Then May 25 in Sacramento & Grass Valley, Calafornia for The 2022 Strawberry Music Festival May 26-27. From there, May 28th to the 30th we'll be crossing back into Nevada for a show in Henderson and finally onto Arizona with shows in Phoenix (May 29) and Tucson (May 30).</p>
<p>There are still some tickets of all of these shows and you can find tickets links on out "<a contents="Shows page" data-link-label="Shows" data-link-type="page" href="/shows">Shows page</a>". </p>
<p>June finds us back in beautiful British Columbia for a short run with a big show on June 10th at Vancouver's Rogue Folk Club. We're also making stops on Bowen Island (June 9), The Folk'n'Fiddle Festival in Victoria/Sidney (June 11), then onto Courtenay (June 12) & Nanaimo (June 13). </p>
<p>We'll be adding shows as we move through the year, so please come back here to thesmallglories.com for dates and music and everything that is TSG. See you soon, folkies!</p>
<p> </p>The Small Gloriestag:thesmallglories.com,2005:Post/68995812022-02-16T15:47:52-06:002022-02-17T18:20:43-06:00Let's Try This Again<p>We are SO very happy to announce we have actual LIVE IN PERSON CONCERTS happening in the near future! It's been two years since we last set out on the road and we couldn't be more excited to be performing in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois and a big tour in Alaska all beginning March 3. Head on over to our "Shows" section to find all the ticket links for a concert near you, and be sure to check in regularly for updates on everything TSG. Looking forward to seeing you all again! </p>The Small Gloriestag:thesmallglories.com,2005:Post/68201762021-11-24T09:45:17-06:002022-01-20T21:13:53-06:00This December and Beyond!<p>Good day to you all! Cara and JD have been working hard on some up-and-coming winter-themed concerts at the West End Cultural Centre in our hometown of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Mark your calendars, Peggers! December 3 & 4, 2021. The night will be filled with laughter, stories and songs from some special guests and friends of the band, plus plenty of opportunity for our audience to sing along to their favourite TSG songs. We have been happily rehearsing and planning for this event and know that there will be something for everyone. It's been a hard year for everyone. We believe music can be a balm, offering some much-needed comfort. So we encourage you join us! If you are far away from Winnipeg, hold tight because we have loads of tours lined up for 2022. In fact we'll be passing through Western Canada at the end of January to bring some positive spirit to our people there. By the year's end we'll have gone coast to coast to coast and across the pond and back again, sharing as we always do, with all of you! </p>The Small Gloriestag:thesmallglories.com,2005:Post/67623922021-09-30T15:52:17-05:002022-01-28T14:25:32-06:00US FALL TOUR POSTPONEMENT 2021<p>Friends, after very careful consideration of the numerous risks and logistical concerns posed by embarking on an international US tour at this time, we have regrettably come to the decision that we need to further postpone the remainder of our fall dates. International touring while the world is still in a pandemic and in a 4th wave is dramatically more fraught than domestic touring; the risks posed by so many unknown variables are well beyond our comfort zone, despite our best efforts in trying to overcome or ignore them. We were so looking forward to sharing some much-needed joy through music with our American friends and fans. After all, that's why we do what we do, so being forced to cancel is incredibly painful. These days call for transparency, care and understanding, and we’re immensely grateful for your support. Our team is working hard with each venue & presenter to reschedule our performances, and we look forward to when it is safe for us to leave Canada and sing for our American friends again in person. Take care of each other. Our hearts are aching, we miss you all terribly.</p>The Small Gloriestag:thesmallglories.com,2005:Post/60542272019-12-31T19:23:21-06:002021-04-15T10:16:26-05:00So long 2019, hello 2020!!<p>It has been an amazing year for The Small Glories! We cannot thank our fans and friends enough for the wonderful support you have shown us this year. Our sophomore release, "Assiniboine & the Red" has seen some fantastic success, we're still overwhelmed by how many have embraced us and our music. The album has been nominated for 4 Canadian Folk Music Awards, has also been named Album of the Year by Penguin Eggs magazine, and we've just been nominated for 'Artist of the Year' by Folk Alliance International. Wow! We found ourselves on a number of "Best Of" lists like NPRs Top 100 Artists to see at SXSW, and have received myriad notes and messages of love and support from across the planet. Thank you all! </p>
<p>There were so many great shows and experience across Canada, Europe and the USA that have filled our hearts and souls to the brim. We played many new and familiar venues and towns, and were blown away by the fans who continually surprised us with their passion, love and commitment to what we're doing. We found ourselves on top of the world in Haines-Junction, YK where we danced and sang on the Kluane icefields at the Kluane Bluegrass Festival; we drove along the western shore of Wales and admired the beautiful castles and sights of the land; we battled the traffic of New York City and Boston and LA; and of course performed for our fellow Canadians from coast to coast to coast. We found ourselves sharing stages with some of the world's finest musicians and artists at the Edmonton Folk Festival, The Stan Rogers Folk Festival in Canso, NS, the Folks Festival in Lyons, CO, and Whidbey Island Music Festival near Seattle. We performed on some fabulous stages like MaCabes in LA, The Cutting Room in NYC, nearly all of the folk clubs in Calgary and Edmonton, The Green Note in London (UK), Shalin Liu Performance Center in Rockport MA, The Dakota Tavern in Toronto, The Old Church Concert Hall in Portland, and Hound Dog House Concerts in Santa Barbara overlooking the beautiful California coast line. </p>
<p>We look ahead to 2020 for even more great shows, songs and stories. We would like to thank our incredible team at Red House Records, SRO Artists, Paquin Artists Agency, and our publicists across the globe; our new pals at Grace Pro Audio Designs who set us up with some amazing new gear, our friends and supporters at Shubb Capos, Ear Trumpet Labs, K&K Pickups and John Pearse Strings; and to our amazing fans and friends who have housed us, fed us, got us out of a pickle or two, have driven us around the country and who have listened when we needed to chat. Thank you all for an amazing year and we look forward to another amazing trip around the sun! </p>The Small Gloriestag:thesmallglories.com,2005:Post/58047202019-06-26T10:55:05-05:002019-12-20T12:57:45-06:00Assiniboine & the Red Drops in Two Days<p>Hey Folks, </p>
<p>We are getting really excited over here at TSG headquarters. The new record is about to be released to the world JUNE 28th. We are over the moon to be working with the great team at Redhouse/Compass Records. If you can't wait, there is still time to pre-order the new record right here on our site. Head back to the home page and follow the links there. You'll have your very own copy in no time at all!</p>
<p>If you would like to see us on a stage near you, please head to our <a contents="SHOW" data-link-label="Shows" data-link-type="page" href="/shows">SHOW</a> page to find all the dates and information about when we'll be passing through your neck of the woods. We are about to embark on the first leg of the release tour starting July 6 in Stony Brook, NY. We'll be performing in New York, New Hampshire and Vermont and then swiftly flying west to play Oregon and California. The dates don't stop there! This summer we are performing at a number of amazing festivals and venues all across Canada and the USA. We are really looking forward to sharing this new record with you.</p>
<p>Assiniboine and the Red is our best yet, and we can't wait for you to hear it all.</p>
<p>See you soon!</p>
<p> </p>The Small Gloriestag:thesmallglories.com,2005:Post/57917772019-06-14T12:10:02-05:002022-03-02T09:36:14-06:00NEW SONG RELEASE DAY! "SING"<p>Hey folks, it's only a couple of more weeks until our new album, 'Assiniboine and the Red' is released to the world. But, we have something special for you TODAY! Click the link and listen to our song, "SING" from the new album. <a contents="https://RedHouseRecords.lnk.to/sing-singleWE" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://RedHouseRecords.lnk.to/sing-singleWE" target="_blank">https://RedHouseRecords.lnk.to/sing-singleWE</a></p>The Small Gloriestag:thesmallglories.com,2005:Post/57217752019-04-16T13:26:27-05:002021-12-16T13:27:34-06:00TSG Exclusive in PASTE MAGAZINE<p>Friends, it pleases us to share this album premiere exclusive from the fine folks over at PASTE MAGAZINE! We're over the moon & can't wait for you all to hear these tunes!! "Assiniboine & The Red" officially comes out on Rehouse/Compass Records June 28. You can check out the first single "Oh My Love" by following the link below. Please help spread some TSG love by sharing this link with your friends & family. We're so grateful to have such an incredible group of fans!** And to those who have been asking, we'll be putting out the Indie Music Angels call this week for all of you interested in supporting the cause, and getting your fabulous hands on a pre-release copy! Love love love!!</p>
<p>https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2019/04/exclusive-the-small-glories-share-new-song-oh-my-l.html</p>The Small Gloriestag:thesmallglories.com,2005:Post/57203332019-04-15T13:37:20-05:002021-08-26T07:26:15-05:00Spring Time<p>Yes, it is Spring here in the prairies and The Small Glories are about to bring forth a new album and whole bunch of new shows. The Small Glories have recently signed with the American record label, Compass Records/Redhouse Records and will be releasing the duo's sophomore album "Assiniboine and the Red" in June. We are simply thrilled to be joining this already stacked roster of artists and musicians alike. This year the duo will be bringing the new album to new and old stages in Canada, USA, UK and beyond. Please visit our <a contents="show page" data-link-label="Shows" data-link-type="page" href="/shows">show page</a> for when The Small Glories will be performing near you. </p>The Small Gloriestag:thesmallglories.com,2005:Post/56866992019-03-20T09:56:26-05:002020-11-16T07:47:48-06:00TSG @ SXSW<p>Hey folks, </p>
<p>We've just returned from Austin, TX where we showcased at SXSW. There were four performances in all and each one was definitely something special. On Thursday we had a chance to join our fellow Canadians at the BREAK OUT WEST showcase at 'Bungalow' in downtown Austin, followed by our late night Official Showcase in the Victorian Room at the legendary Driscoll Hotel on 6th street. Friday had us perform a set at the famed Maria's Taco Xpress just south of the city centre where the showcase was sponsored by Rebelle Road, a new LA based company that fiercely champions and showcases Americana music from the female vantage point. The final showcase was on the Saturday afternoon in the Austin Convention Centre on the Flatstock Stage. It was a great set and the large audience clapped and sang along as we did our thing. All in all it was a great experience at SXSW and we can't wait to get back down to Austin for another round of story and song!</p>
<p> </p>The Small Gloriestag:thesmallglories.com,2005:Post/56231382019-02-01T09:39:51-06:002020-02-16T06:57:07-06:00The Small Glories in the Top 10 Artists You Need To Know from PasteMagazine.com<p><a contents="10 Folk Artists You Need to Know in 2019 -&nbsp;Paste&nbsp;Magazine" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2019/01/10-folk-artists-you-need-to-know-in-2019.html?utm_source=PMNL&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=190128&fbclid=IwAR3tQX8RdgUDZV8QQRerykHOU0LrzgThbv9hKfhxET4FRY0Php8nwLxSakc" target="_blank">10 Folk Artists You Need to Know in 2019 - Paste Magazine</a> </p>
<p>Recently, PasteMagazine.com released a special list of artists to look out for in 2019. The Small Glories made the list, and we couldn't be more excited! We have had an incredible few years touring around the globe and 2019 is shaping up to be the best year yet. We have a new record on the horizon and some other very exciting news to boot. 2019 will be a life changing year and we can't wait to share it all with you. Check out the link, read up on the artists and discover something new. </p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/146302/84930710f57b119c4f0e9e303f16ced423bc1b4e/original/paste-magazine-logo.png/!!/b:W10=.png" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>The Small Gloriestag:thesmallglories.com,2005:Post/55474912018-12-10T14:24:46-06:002018-12-10T17:50:33-06:00Happy Holidays From TSG!<p>We hope this finds everyone doing well, settling comfortably into the month of December, taking some deep breaths during this busy time of year. We've officially wrapped up our touring for 2018, and are looking forward to a bit of rest from the road. The end of November saw us up in Iqaluit (what an experience), and then back home to Winnipeg for two under-the-radar house concerts (both sold out!). Our final show was this past weekend where we joined some hometown pals in a Christmas tribute concert to the great Stan Rogers. It's been a terrific couple of months and ending the year with these fantastic shows has been such an amazing treat. Thanks to everyone who came out and supported live local music in their communities. We are so grateful for your love and support on our journey. </p>
<p>As we take some time to be with our friends and family this holiday season we look back on a fantastic year of shows and events. From Australia to Iqaluit we have been performing to amazing audiences and communities with great success. Below are a few photos from our 6 week Canadian Winter/Australian summer tour through Queensland, Tasmania, and New South Wales with our good pal, <a contents="Claire Anne Taylor." data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.claireannetaylor.com" target="_blank">Claire Anne Taylor.</a> We were on <a contents="The Festival of Small Halls Australia" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://festivalofsmallhalls.com" target="_blank">The Festival of Small Halls Australia</a> tour, with stops at The <a contents="Woodford Folk&nbsp;Festival," data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://woodfordfolkfestival.com" target="_blank">Woodford Folk Festival,</a> <a contents="Cygnet Folk Festival " data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.cygnetfolkfestival.org" target="_blank">Cygnet Folk Festival </a>and <a contents="Illawarra Folk Festival" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://illawarrafolkfestival.com.au" target="_blank">Illawarra Folk Festival</a>. The last photo is JD posing with just some of the trophies we found on the road and decided to give them away to lucky audience members. People were over the moon when they found out they were receiving a trophy. Audiences danced, dressed up, made speeches, brought their pets and their kids. Check out the photo with Cara posing with one of our youngest trophy winners! Our time traveling through Australia was incredible. People were generous and kind, and the sights and sounds of the country will stay in our hearts and minds forever. </p>
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<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/146302/d7b416b6065ed250c4cf1a11d51ec9a530751048/original/img-0471.jpg/!!/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_center border_" /><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/146302/dd21f86e0ae3794544656cbc0cf8802a22cd4cc9/original/img-3540.jpg/!!/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_center border_" /></p>
<p>After a quick stop in Victoria, BC for Starfields: A Festival of Hope and then a jaunt across the country to the ECMA's in Halifax, NS we travelled across the Atlantic to tour through the Netherlands, Germany, England and Ireland. We made a bunch of new friends and fans as we drove on both sides of the road through mountains, low lands, coastal zones, cities and villages alike. We performed on the banks of the canal in Eindhoven, Netherlands, then near the banks of the Rhein in Saitenklange, Monheim am Rhein, and in the countryside near Elmshorn, where we made friends with the presenter Lotte, a local folk hero who introduced his to best stuffed friends (Billy and Molly) to Cara's driving partner, Curry the Monkey. We took the ferry to Pellworm Island to perform for the community there and saw seals along the way (they are the dots on the beach shown below).</p>
<p>After our mainland Europe shows we jumped the English Channel to perform nine more in the UK. We touched down in Durham, Sheffield, Birmingham, Leeds, London, Bradford on Avon and made an incredible stop to Square & Compass in Worth Matravers where the fog rolled in and took our view of the ocean away but brought an incredible audience who danced and sang with us for the whole evening. Our sold out show at the Green Note in London was also a highlight for us. We had old friends and new fans joining us on sing-along after sing-along. It was a fantastic night of music, stories and fun. </p>
<p>Finally, after twelve days in the UK we hopped another ferry across the Irish Sea and toured Ireland for the first time as a duo. We played Wexford, Cork, Kilkenny, Galway and just outside of Roscrea we performed in Leap Castle, the most haunted castle in Europe. We heard ghost stories and even heard some creaks in the floors as we sang. A fabulous dinner was served afterwards in the great hall with our hosts and friends from around the country. It was an amazing way to finish the tour. Below are some of the pictures of places we had visited. <br><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/146302/d00ed912058286aa89a2dec00aefe2ffe031a122/original/img-1190.jpg/!!/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_center border_" /><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/146302/e50dcab97a127d80592acf4f9399160ae3fcd086/original/img-1211.jpg/!!/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_center border_" /><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/146302/e2d93c6d7a783c066cbceac2386b8e2fa0a20a8b/original/img-1216.jpg/!!/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_center border_" /><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/146302/e3d139c12a66a850a8dc3701408ee55552b057e3/original/img-4602.jpg/!!/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_center border_" /><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/146302/9877f4b2045954571f792a75679a2ef954016081/original/img-1250.jpg/!!/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_center border_" /></p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/146302/d38a089df0ad5437ea8bc3f9822b038131c17625/original/img-1271.jpg/!!/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_center border_" /></p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/146302/a56f86c1494b0023aacc02e07c2c335307c10b51/original/img-4803.jpg/!!/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_center border_" /><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/146302/fb44f3b0f981f7868f38ed6f17b001e6f636ed9b/original/img-1270.jpg/!!/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_center border_" /><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/146302/8d3d51aab2ba239dcbcb0c184dd5928121f13c5b/original/img-1277.jpg/!!/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_center border_" /><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/146302/5c8e3ab5c7bcc082bd865791e5c2ed78fc7ce411/original/img-1286.jpg/!!/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_center border_" /></p>
<p>After the winter and spring tours, TSG was heading into summer festival season in Canada. We went Coast to Coast, hitting the <a contents="Sooke River Bluegrass Music Festival," data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://sookebluegrass.com" target="_blank">Sooke River Bluegrass Music Festival,</a> <a contents="Vancouver Folk Festival," data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://thefestival.bc.ca" target="_blank">Vancouver Folk Festival,</a> <a contents="Mission&nbsp;Folk Festival," data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.missionfolkmusicfestival.ca" target="_blank">Mission Folk Festival,</a> and the <a contents="Calgary Folk&nbsp;Festival" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.calgaryfolkfest.com" target="_blank">Calgary Folk Festival</a> on the West, then over the prairies and Great Lakes to the East Coast for the <a contents="Lunenburg Folk Festival " data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.folkharbour.com" target="_blank">Lunenburg Folk Festival.</a> We met and hung out with some amazing artists like <a contents="John Gorka" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://johngorka.com" target="_blank">John Gorka</a> and <a contents="Eliza Gilkenson" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://elizagilkyson.com" target="_blank">Eliza Gilkyson</a>. Then we dipped South into the U.S.A. to perform at the legendary <a contents="Philadelphia Folk Festival" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://pfs.org/philadelphia-folk-festival" target="_blank">Philadelphia Folk Festival</a>. It was our first time at this epic festival and we were glad to share the stage with our Canadian pals <a contents="David Myles" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://davidmyles.com" target="_blank">David Myles</a> and <a contents="William Prince" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://williamprincemusic.com" target="_blank">William Prince</a>. </p>
<p>After the summer heat left the land up North, we travelled back to the States to officially showcase at the AMA's (Americana Music Association/Awards Conference/Festival) and eat piles of BBQ as we tried to connect with new industry folk and artists. It was short trip but we made friends with a lovely record label down there called Compass Records who are bringing us into the fold and family to help us release our next album. Fingers crossed all goes well!</p>
<p>As the leaves were falling, TSG loaded up the van and headed back to the East Coast for a tour through Ontario, Quebec and The Maritimes. We kicked things off at Hugh's Room in Toronto, then performed on the most southern part of Canada just outside of Point Pelee, Ontario. We double backed through Ottawa, Kingston and Montreal, battling some Thanksgiving Holiday traffic and unseasonably warm temperatures. We made our way back to Charlottetown (where the duo wrote a few of their hits on the next record, as well as Summerside, PEI. We headed to a lovely rural community theatre in NS, then headed to New Brunswick to play our final 3 shows out East, including a stop at Canada's prettiest theatre, the Imperial Theatre in Saint John. After a short rest we busted back to the West Coast via Saskatoon, Edmonton, Calgary, Canmore, Revelstoke and Kaslo. We hit up Halcyon Hot Springs in the Kootenay Mountains during a rather treacherous winter drive, played a sold out show in Kaslo, checked on Cara's tiny purple house, drove the Hope-Princeton through Manning Park, coming out clean on the other side in time to play the Rogue Folk Club in Vancouver. Full house that night! It was awesome! Hopped one more ferry to perform in the great city of Victoria, BC and wrapped up in Langley BC at Bez Arts Hub with our dear friends Russ and Sandy Rosen. Some scary drives but we buckled down and made it through safe and sound and happy. </p>
<p>This year has been a fantastic one for The Small Glories. We performed on some new stages and made repeat visits to a few of our favourite stages in the country and beyond. We can't wait for what the new years holds for the duo, including a new record, new tours, new merch and so much more. </p>
<p>We want to thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your support and love throughout the year, for coming out to shows, laughing at our stories, singing along, and sticking around after concerts to give us hugs. We can't wait to sing the new songs for you! Please keep your ears to the ground and your eyes glued to the TSG website for all the latest news and music. Much love to you and yours this holiday season, and have a very Happy New Year! </p>
<p>All our love,</p>
<p>Cara & JD</p>
<p>The Small Glories</p>
<p> </p>The Small Gloriestag:thesmallglories.com,2005:Post/54380422018-09-21T10:33:02-05:002020-01-20T11:32:45-06:001st Annual Winnipeg Crankie Festival<p>Hello out there, folks. The Small Glories are in Winnipeg this weekend to perform at the 1st Annual Winnipeg Crankie Festival. It's being held at the Crescent Fort Rouge United Church in Osborne Village. The duo is performing Saturday night at the Church along with hosting some great workshops throughout the weekend. Saturday morning, join Cara and the Peg City FaSoLa group for sacred harp/shape note singing. Its ope to anyone and everyone. You could also join JD at noon on Saturday for a songwriting session. Anyone interested in writing should stop by. </p>
<p>Visit <a contents="www.homeroutes.ca/crankiefestival/&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.homeroutes.ca/crankiefestival/" target="_blank">www.homeroutes.ca/crankiefestival/ </a> to out how to buy tickets, who's performing and how to get involved with this new and amazing festival.</p>The Small Gloriestag:thesmallglories.com,2005:Post/54033102018-08-27T14:15:33-05:002020-01-20T11:33:37-06:00The Illawarra Session EP<p>Hey folks, it's been a few months since our last post. Sorry for the delay, but we have been busy bees this year. After coming off a great six week tour of Australia this past January & February that included The Australian Festival of Small Halls in Tasmania and New South Wales, Woodford Folk Festival, Illawarra Folk Festival and Cygnet Folk Festival we immediately started work on our latest release Illawarra Sessions. We recorded a live off the floor, four song EP with Lindsay Martin at The Laundry in Wollongong. These are of some of our favourite cover songs; "Bring 'Em All In" by Mike Scott, "Don't Let it Bring you Down" by Neil Young, "The Christian Life" by Ira and Charlie Louvin and with our good pal Claire Anne Taylor the Crosby, Stills & Nash song "Helplessly Hoping". You can buy your own copy the next time you see us live or you can head on over to <a contents="TSG STORE" data-link-label="Store" data-link-type="page" href="/store">TSG STORE</a> to get yourself copy NOW!<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/146302/dfe16fc891795d6a8702ac5704ed723430222d8a/original/illawarra-session-cover-art.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>The Small Gloriestag:thesmallglories.com,2005:Post/51203642018-03-09T15:58:58-06:002018-03-09T15:58:58-06:00Festival of Small Halls Australia, Woodford Folk Festival, Illawarra Folk Festival & Cygnet Folk Festival<p>The Small Glories have just come off an amazing tour in Australia. We would like to thank Chloe Goodyear, Head of Programming at Woodford Folk Festival, for inviting us to come to Australia and tour the country, share our music and stories with all the wonderful audiences and listeners alike. </p>
<p>We joined many incredible artists at Woodford Folk Festival, Illawarra Folk Festival and the Cygnet Folk Festival and brought the TSG spirit to small communities throughout the country on The Festival of Small Halls. We were paired off with an amazing Tasmanian artist, Claire Anne Taylor, and toured through her home state of Tasmania and New South Wales. Stopping at all the op shops and hipster coffee joints we could find. There were 10 small hall shows in each state bookended with the festivals mentioned above.</p>
<p>We performed in beautiful Tasmanian halls throughout in Rowellla, Longford, Rosevale, Sulphur Creek, Wynyard, Stanley, Queenstown, Cygnet, Dunalley, Triabunna, and Broadmarsh. In New South Wales we stopped in Bulli, Goulburn, Dalgety, Ganmain, Orange, Cooyal, Frederickton, Woolbrook, Toormina, Ulong and Diehard. It was an unforgettable tour through this magnificent country. We saw many indigenous creatures like Platypus, and Emus. We hung out with some amazing folks in all of these towns, villages and cities, hearing their stories and personal experiences with the land and people of Australia. We are so grateful to have been invited to perform on this very special tour and quite blessed to have seen parts of the country that we might have never seen otherwise. </p>
<p>Please visit <a contents="www.festivalofsmallhalls.com" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://festivalofsmallhalls.com" target="_blank">www.festivalofsmallhalls.com</a> for all future tours, information, video and photos of artists and the beautiful halls these shows are held in. </p>The Small Gloriestag:thesmallglories.com,2005:Post/48934882017-10-16T11:18:58-05:002018-06-14T08:01:05-05:00Winter is coming<p>Hey folks, The Small Glories have had an awesome summer and we're looking forward to a great Autumn and Winter season. We had a fantastic time at the <a contents="Tonder Festival" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://tf.dk/en/" target="_blank">Tonder Festiva</a>l in Tonder, Denmark this past August. Some of the greatest audiences we've ever had and some amazing shows on the original stage of the festival to boot. We can't thank Maria and everyone at the festival enough for inviting us to perform this year! We can only hope to one day go back to this spectacular event. </p>
<p>The week after Tonder saw us making our way to the UK for a string of dates. We were honoured to have a headlining spot at the <a contents="Didmarton Blue grass Festival" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://didmarton-bluegrass.co.uk" target="_blank">Didmarton Bluegrass Festiva</a>l, where Cara busted out her amazing dancing banjo skills and wowed the audience. Also a fabulous sold out house concert on the beaches of Whitstable hosted by our good pals Johnny & Anna Fewings. We played the famous <a contents="Green Note" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.greennote.co.uk" target="_blank">Green Note</a> stage in Camden, London where folks squished tightly into the small room and shared a terrific evening of music, stories and laughter. There was a performance in Lewes at the <a contents="Con Club" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.lewesconclub.com" target="_blank">Con Club</a> presented by our friends at Union Music where we met an unforgiving local who almost reported us to the authorities because of how we parked our rental car as we loaded out of the venue. Eek! The tour ended with one night in Wales where we played a brand new venue that specializes in American BBQ cuisine. It was a pleasant surprise to be eating such delicious food and drink accompanied with some very interesting people. One of our super fans drove three hours to watch us perform and three hours home after the show! We have so much love for the people in the UK and can't wait to get back there in the spring of 2018. </p>
<p>This Autumn has already seen us travel twice to Cape Breton, NS and once to North Carolina, USA. We started in Sydney, NS at <a contents="Contact Eas" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.contacteast.ca" target="_blank">Contact Eas</a>t where we showcased to talent buyers and concert presenters in hopes of booking more work in 2018-19 seasons. It is such a beautiful part of the country and the people there are incredibly welcoming and friendly. The second time to Cape Breton was for the <a contents="Celtic Colours Festival" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://celtic-colours.com/" target="_blank">Celtic Colours Festival</a>. TSG was invited to be apart of the Song House. For six days we wrote songs alongside five other great Canadian songwriters (<a contents="James Keelaghan" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://keelaghan.com" target="_blank">James Keelaghan</a>, <a contents="Bruce Guthro" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.bruceguthro.com" target="_blank">Bruce Guthro</a>, <a contents="Lynn Miles" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.lynnmilesmusic.com" target="_blank">Lynn Miles</a>, and <a contents="Catherine MacLellan)" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.catherinemaclellan.com" target="_blank">Catherine MacLellan)</a> and then performed them all at the "Songs From Scratch" concert. It was an amazing week of songwriting, cooking, eating, and hanging out with some of the greatest writers in the land. Not to mention a short canoe on the Bras d'Or Lakes and taking part in the World's Smallest Golf Tournament at the Dundee Golf and Resort. After playing best ball rules, everyone finished with the same score. It was too much fun. </p>
<p>We sandwiched in a trip to the IBMA's in Raleigh, North Carolina. It was another music conference where we showcased four times throughout the week, had a booth set up in the trad room, and mingled with a new musical community. We're definitely a folk band, but what a pleasant surprise to be so embraced and welcomed but the wider bluegrass community. We had a wonderful time schmoozing with new friends and hanging with some old pals who happened to show up at the conference to show their support. Much love to you, Robin Willis, for feeding us all week and sending us home with Cane Toad plectrum bags, kisses and memories that will last us a lifetime.</p>
<p>After all these amazing shows and tours we still have a handful of dates ahead of us in Alberta; Saturday, October 21 @ <a contents="Beneath the Arch " data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.beneaththearch.ca" target="_blank">Beneath the Arch </a>in Turner Valley, Friday, October 27 @ <a contents="The&nbsp;Arden Theatre" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://stalbert.ca/exp/arden/" target="_blank">The Arden Theatre</a> in St. Albert just outside of Edmonton, AB, and Friday, November 17 @ <a contents="Fish Creek Concerts" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://fishcreekconcerts.com" target="_blank">Fish Creek Concerts</a> in Calgary, AB.</p>
<p>We'll be Toronto this week for the <a contents="Folk Music Ontario Conference" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.folkmusicontario.ca/folk-music-ontario-conference/" target="_blank">Folk Music Ontario Conference</a> showcasing for upcoming seasons. And in November we'll be in Stamford, Connecticut showcasing at the North East Regional Folk Alliance (NERFA) Conference. </p>
<p>In December, January and the early part of February TSG will be touring Australia with dates at <a contents="Woodford Folk Festival" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://woodfordfolkfestival.com/" target="_blank">Woodford Folk Festival</a>, <a contents="Cygnet Folk Festival" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.cygnetfolkfestival.org" target="_blank">Cygnet Folk Festival</a>, and <a contents="Festival of Small Halls Australia" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://festivalofsmallhalls.com" target="_blank">Festival of Small Halls Australia</a> along with a few others. Check out our <a contents="show page" data-link-label="Shows" data-link-type="page" href="/shows">show page</a> for more details on this up coming tour. </p>The Small Gloriestag:thesmallglories.com,2005:Post/47991932017-08-01T15:14:26-05:002017-08-01T15:14:26-05:00Summer of '17<p>We have been having an awesome summer performing at some great festivals and stages across the country and beyond. We were so honoured to have been asked to perform at this years Winnipeg Folk Festival. We opened the festival with our first ever performance on the MainStage. It was a magical evening as the sun went down over the festival goers and audience at the main stage. Everything was perfect! We also performed as part of the closing ceremonies and joined our pal Leonard Podolak in a unique double banjo version of The Merry Ellen Carter. To top it all off we became mentors to the young performers who were chosen for this years program. Not to mention performing in some great workshops with our fellow Manitoban artists, Tim O'Brian and Hot Rize, and also an unforgettable afternoon set with the most fabulous Peter Yarrow. It was an incredible festival. <a contents="http://winnipegfolkfestival.ca" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://winnipegfolkfestival.ca" target="_blank">http://winnipegfolkfestival.ca</a></p>
<p>We also flew out west to play the Harrison Festival of the Arts in beautiful Harrison, BC. We performed on the beach twice to amazing audiences and got to hang in the hotel's hot springs for a couple of days too! It was a huge pleasure and such a treat to invited to the festival. <a contents="https://harrisonfestival.com" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://harrisonfestival.com" target="_blank">https://harrisonfestival.com</a></p>
<p>Ahead of us this summer, TSG will be on stage at the Harvest Sun Music Festival August 18-20 joining a loaded line up featuring William Prince, Scott Nolan, and ISKWE. We are looking forward to getting back to our roots in the fields of Kellwood , MB. <a contents="http://www.theharvestsun.com" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.theharvestsun.com" target="_blank">http://www.theharvestsun.com</a></p>
<p>The Small Glories will then be hopping over the Atlantic to perform at the Danish Folk Music Festival: Tonder, August 25-27. This is a great festival that we have been itching to play, and we couldn't be more excited. See for yourself what the festival has to offer here: <a contents="http://tf.dk/en/" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://tf.dk/en/" target="_blank">http://tf.dk/en/</a></p>
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<p> </p>The Small Gloriestag:thesmallglories.com,2005:Post/47138602017-05-18T13:31:03-05:002017-05-18T13:31:03-05:00Club Passim and Theatre in the WoodsTSG was on the road again this past weekend...<br>This time in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. May 13th we opened for the most wonderful Edie Carey at Club Passim to an amazing audience. This was our second performance at Passim and we were over the moon to be back in Boston/Cambridge for this event. We are so grateful to Edie and her audience for giving us a chance to share our tunes and stories from the road.<br>Sunday May 14th had the duo in Intervale, NH performing on the Cold River Radio Show at the Theatre in the Woods. It was a blast and such an interesting event to be apart of. Listen here for the date when the show airs and you can get in on the fun. We'll have the link posted for you as soon as we hear the final cut of the show. <br><br><em>Cold River Radio Show was co-founded by two native New Englanders based in the Mount Washington Valley, executive coach and business consultant Vince Pelote and performer/producer and recording artist Jonathan Sarty. Sharing a common vision, a passion for the arts, and their own unique life experiences the two individuals have come together to create the concept for this New England based radio variety show. Featuring exclusively New England based artists, performers, authors, and storytellers the show focuses in on the unique culture of the North East. Through the acts it features live on the stage as well as in depth in-field episodes covering New England’s fascinating and mysterious history, Cold River Radio introduces listeners to the New England life and the north east’s most interesting characters. Please join us for this exciting event, the Cold River Radio Show, hosted by Jonathan Sarty and the Cold River band, and recorded live before a studio audience at the beautiful, state of the art, Theater in the Wood. The Cold River Radio Show… a show you will truly enjoy.</em>The Small Gloriestag:thesmallglories.com,2005:Post/46761572017-04-18T22:06:04-05:002017-04-18T22:06:04-05:00On the road again. This time in AB & BC.The Small Glories are headed back out on the road. This time heading west, through Alberta and BC, criss crossing back and forth over the Rockies. We love coming to this part of Canada and performing on the great stages of the will west!<br><br>We start April 13 at the Bottega Farm in Kelowna, BC where the Streaming Cafe is presenting us. We have recorded both a full length record and an EP in Kelowna and performed at last years Bottega Festival. We are excited to say the least to be starting our Western leg of the Spring tour at Bottega Farm. <br>April 14, we bust over the mountains and head straight to Vancouver to perform at Rogue Folk Club in the wonderful neighbourhood of Kitsilano. We have had many fine moments on this stage and we are excited to be taking it again, dirty rugs and all, to bring you our music and song. We will be sharing the stage with our good friends from California, Evie Ladin & Kieth Terry. <a contents="evieladin.com" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.evieladin.com" target="_blank">evieladin.com</a><br>Saturday, April 15 we make our way over to Vancouver Island and perform at the Cumberland Hotel for the Vancouver Island Musicfest Concert series. Dog Cox runs an amazing festival in Courtney/Comox, BC and we are so delighted to be heading back to their neck of the woods. <br>After a short break for Easter we meet up again in Grand Prairie, Alberta to play at the Grand Prairie Live Theatre. This will be a first for The Small Glories on this stage and we are so excited to be heading north for this awesome show. <br>April 20 we in St. Albert, AB to share the Arden Theatre stage with the most amazing, John Wort Hamman. <br>April 21 TSG heads back in BC to perform at the Kicking Horse Concerts series in Golden, BC. Love, love, love Golden, BC for its picturesque views and wonderful warm people. Can't wait to get back to Golden!<br>April 22, TSG is in Calgary to perform at Bow Valley Music Club where we share the stage with the fantastic, Ennis Sisters. The show will be held at the Strathcona Community Centre. <br>After spending some time in the mountains songwriting and travelling, we will be in Kaslo, BC, April 25th (where Cara is currently keeping her Tiny Home). We are performing at the Langham Theatre. <br>April 27 TSG is returning to Arts Station in Fernie. Its a great stage and a fine audience every single time.<br>April 28 we are back in Calgary to perform at The Rocky Mountain Folk Club. The show is being held at the Hillhurst-Sunnyside Community Association Hall. The Small Gloriestag:thesmallglories.com,2005:Post/46585822017-04-04T23:52:38-05:002017-04-05T20:27:11-05:00Montreal to Hamilton, off and on the 401The Eastern leg of our Spring tour was such a beautiful swing of shows. Montreal to Hamilton, off and on the 401.<br><br>We had a great show in Montreal with Matt Large inviting us to perform on the Casa del Popolo stage on St. Laurent. Spent the day shovelling snow, eating chickenless-chicken soup and shooting the breeze with our good pal, Greg Torrington. A huge thank you to Greg for letting us chill at his classic steep-stepped Montreal apartment.<br>Next was opening for Stephen Fearing at The Octave Theatre in Kingston. We are so grateful to have had the chance to perform that night. The audience was vibrant and we were on fire. To the folks that made dinner for all the artists, staff and volunteers, you were simply amazing and your food was incredible! <br><br>On Saturday we headed south crossing at the Ogdensburg International Bridge and traveled to Saranac Lake, New York where we met up with our friend Linda Fahey and performed a show at their amazing local art gallery. The people there were so gracious and good friends of ours, Jeff and Sue at Beehive Productions, were kind enough to let us stay in their house across the street. Can't wait to get back to that neck of the woods. <br><br>Sunday, we ripped right back up to Canada, passed through the nations capital and slipped into the Gatineau Hills to play the Blacksheep Inn. It's been a long time coming for us to be playing this legendary stage and now we have the proof that we did. Our great friend, Randy McNeil, captured the afternoon show, photographing us the way only he can. We have some of the photos on our site. <br><br>The next four nights we stayed with our good friends Lewis Mellville and Tannis Slimmon in Guelph. We stayed up late, wrote songs and had shows at Guelph University, The Dakota Tavern in Toronto, opened for Jeremy Fisher at the Dominion Telegraph Centre in Paris, and shared the stage with Sarah Jane Scouten at The Revival House in Stratford with our new friend Barry James Payne at Stringbone Concerts. <br><br>Finally we cruised into Hamilton and setup shop at Mills Hardware. Apartently, they still get resumes from folks who want to get a job selling hammers and nails at a REAL hardware store. It was a great evening performing for the steel town audience.<br><br>It was short but sweet and we already have plans for coming back to ON! Thanks to all our hosts and promoters for making this a fine tour. And most thanks to all who came out to hear us sing and tell our funny stories. We can't wait to get back to your neck of the woods. The Small Gloriestag:thesmallglories.com,2005:Post/46190252017-03-06T17:25:33-06:002017-03-06T17:25:33-06:00Coming down the pipe!<p>After taking some time off this winter The Small Glories are back on track with a handful of shows around our hometown of Winnipeg, Manitoba and a couple of tours this spring. We will be travelling to Western and Central Canada and then dipping down into parts of the US to play some of our favourite stages. Find our SHOWS page to check out when we'll be in your neck of the woods. <br>Later this year we have more dates and festival performances in Canada, UK, Europe and Australia. <br>There is talk of a new record in the works and even a Christmas record for the holiday season. <br><br>Please stay tuned in to thesmallglories.com for all the latest news and music. We look forward to seeing you this year and we hope you keep enjoying the tunes. <br> </p>The Small Gloriestag:thesmallglories.com,2005:Post/46190242017-03-06T17:24:04-06:002022-01-10T06:09:24-06:002016 review<p>We just wanted to revisit 2016 for a second and share some of the great things that have happened. TSG was nominated for two Canadian Folk Music Awards and had many outstanding showcases and performances on the road. Our debut album, Wondrous Traveler, found its way onto many critics' top 10 lists; NPR Folk Alley, Folk Radio UK & Penguin Eggs to name a few. </p>
<p>We had two amazing tours in the UK returning to perform for audiences all across England and Wales. We also had our first performance in Scotland attending the Celtic Connections festival in Glasgow opening for The Lone Bellow and selling out of all our merch. </p>
<p>The year saw TSG travelling coast to coast across Canada writing songs in Charlottetown, PEI with Ashley Condon and performing on stage with 5440 at Vancouver Island Musicfest. </p>
<p>Cara has continued with outfitting her new tiny house with appliances and seeks to find that perfect spot for her morning coffee.</p>The Small Gloriestag:thesmallglories.com,2005:Post/45182342016-12-20T01:04:51-06:002016-12-20T01:04:51-06:00Wondrous Traveler in the Folk Alley TOP 10 Favourite Albums of 2016<p>Wow... Feeling pretty honoured to see "Wondrous Traveler" on Folk Alley's 10 Favourite Albums of 2016 list!!! Now it's time to bring our live show to more friends in the States!! :) Here's trusting 2017 sees us crossing that border more often... Heck, the USA can use all the light & hope we can give :) Thanks for all the immense support Linda Fahey & co! <br><a contents="http://www.npr.org/2016/12/19/505270066/folk-alleys-10-favorite-albums-of-2016" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.npr.org/2016/12/19/505270066/folk-alleys-10-favorite-albums-of-2016" target="_blank">http://www.npr.org/2016/12/19/505270066/folk-alleys-10-favorite-albums-of-2016</a></p>The Small Gloriestag:thesmallglories.com,2005:Post/43923532016-09-27T09:28:32-05:002021-08-13T14:55:21-05:00The Small Glories get Nominated for TWO Canadian Folk Music Awards<p>The Small Glories have been nominated for TWO Canadian Folk Music Awards for our new release, "Wondrous Traveler". New/Emerging Artist of the Year and English Songwriter of the Year. We are both so proud and over the moon about these nominations as we are among a great list of artists up for these awards. We are extremely stoked as they are our first nominations since the duo began two years ago. We are looking forward to coming to Toronto in early December for the awards and we hope to celebrate with all of our fans, friends and families. Thank you Canadian Folk Music Awards for this great honour!</p>The Small Gloriestag:thesmallglories.com,2005:Post/43923512016-09-27T09:23:16-05:002022-02-06T08:10:01-06:00TSG @ the AMA'sThe Small Glories recently spent a week in Nashville, TN attending and showcasing at the Americana Music Awards & Conference. We had two showcases in the music city, one at the Harp & Fiddle with our new friend Chuck Schultz and the second with Folk Music Canada at the InDo. We made some great connections and feel very positive about the future in the US and beyond. We have some good things coming down the pipe including new tour dates and festivals in 2017 plus tours and gigs internationally in Europe and back in the US.<br>It was a great time schmoozing and hanging with our pals from Canada. We ate BBQ and visited the Blackbird Studios. We even had a real Nashville musician experience sitting in on a song-writing/recording session for a new television series in the states. <br>It was a very eventful and eye opening experience down in Tennessee and we can't wait to get back. The Small Gloriestag:thesmallglories.com,2005:Post/42862992016-07-19T23:26:02-05:002016-08-04T23:23:09-05:00TSG is busting out all over - Summer FestivalsThis summer has been fantastic so far performing at the <a contents="Festival of Small Halls" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.smallhalls.com" target="_blank">Festival of Small Halls</a> in PEI, the <a contents="Sound of Music Festival" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.soundofmusic.ca/" target="_blank">Sound of Music Festival</a>, <a contents="Hugh's Room" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://hughsroom.com/" target="_blank">Hugh's Room</a> in Toronto, <a contents="Vancouver Island Musicfest" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.islandmusicfest.com" target="_blank">Vancouver Island Musicfest</a>, and TSG has more to come. July 20 <a contents="Winnipeg Fringe Festival" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.winnipegfringe.com/" target="_blank">Winnipeg Fringe Festival</a>, July 23 & 24 @ <a contents="Brandon Folk Festival" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://brandonfolkfestival.ca/" target="_blank">Brandon Folk Festival</a>, August 12-14 <a contents="Trout Forest Folk Festival" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.troutfest.com/" target="_blank">Trout Forest Folk Festival</a>, August 18 Times Change(d) High and Lonesome, August 19-21 <a contents="Summerfolk" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://summerfolk.org/" target="_blank">Summerfolk</a>. Cara and JD will also be teaching at FAMI Camp in Alberta - August 25-28 and performing one house concert just outside of Calgary August 29 before heading to Oregon, USA September 6-11 to teach and perform @ <a contents="Sisters Folk Festival" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.sistersfolkfestival.org/" target="_blank">Sisters Folk Festival</a>. Watch for us at these fine festivals this summer and pick up our latest release, 'Wondrous Traveler' right <a contents="here" data-link-label="MUSIC: Wondrous Traveler" data-link-type="page" href="/music-wondrous-traveler">here</a>. The Small Gloriestag:thesmallglories.com,2005:Post/42331542016-06-16T11:02:49-05:002016-06-16T11:04:12-05:00***TSG RELEASE CONCERT ANNOUNCEMENT***The Small Glories will be performing at Hugh's Room in Toronto Sunday, June 19. That's THIS SUNDAY folks! We are so excited to be coming back to Hugh's Room to perform on their stage. We've had many great moments performing there and we are over the moon to be back on Sunday. Please join us as we celebrate the release of our debut album, Wondrous Traveler. We have worked so hard on this record and we can't wait for you to have a copy of your own. There are still tickets available on-line and at the door. Make your reservations here or buy your tickets on the web at the Hugh's Room website <a contents="http://hughsroom.com/event/the-small-glories-cara-luft-jd-edwards/" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://hughsroom.com/event/the-small-glories-cara-luft-jd-edwards/" target="_blank">http://hughsroom.com/event/the-small-glories-cara-luft-jd-edwards/</a>The Small Gloriestag:thesmallglories.com,2005:Post/40801412016-03-09T12:59:46-06:002021-12-13T06:45:44-06:00Wondrous Traveler TourWondrous Traveler has been released and we are hitting the road in Canada for the next few weeks. Over the course of the next few months TSG will be singing coast to coast spreading the word about the new record. This week we are playing shows at the Artful Dodger Cafe in Regina and at Village Guitars in Saskatoon. We'd love for you to join us and help celebrate this brand new disc. <a contents="" data-link-label="Live" data-link-type="page" href="/live"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/146302/6ae3b276612e44f381859e258fe84e45d800390c/large/tsg-tour-poster-pic-nocrops-b-jpg.jpg?0" class="size_l justify_center border_none" alt="" /></a>The Small Gloriestag:thesmallglories.com,2005:Post/40506892016-02-19T16:43:29-06:002021-06-24T20:23:31-05:00"WONDROUS TRAVELER" is here! Available for download!<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/146302/85490efea004120ddcb3dd36ed98962284936d81/original/tsg-digital-cover.jpg?0" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><br><span class="font_large">We are over the moon to celebrate the release of our debut full-length album <strong>"Wondrous Traveler"</strong>!! Produced by <strong>5440 frontman Neil Osborne</strong>, the album is a celebration of life, love and transitions, abundant with tight harmonies, authenticity and power. <strong><a contents="The album is available on our site for download as of today" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://thesmallglories.com/wondrous-traveler">The album is available on our site for download as of today</a>,</strong> and then will be available digitally and through streaming services on February 26th (Canada only). Hard copy will only be available at our live shows until March 25, when it will then be available at your local friendly music store (again, Canada only). <strong>Don't live in Canada?</strong> The album will officially be released in the USA and the UK/Europe the first week of May. <strong>Can't wait til then?</strong> Consider taking part in Phase Two of our Indie Music Angels Campaign and pre-order a copy (along with great perks). All monies raised through our campaign go directly towards our Marketing and Promotional budget. We are releasing this album independently and don't have the power or finances of the label machine behind us. This is where you come in! Through our Indie Music Angels campaign you become an integral part of bringing the music of The Small Glories to a wider audience. <strong><a contents="Check out the Indie Music Angels link above for more info " data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://thesmallglories.com/indie-music-angels" target="_blank">Check out the Indie Music Angels link above for more info </a> </strong>:)</span>The Small Gloriestag:thesmallglories.com,2005:Post/40383862016-02-12T11:21:11-06:002018-07-07T09:13:04-05:00TSG Instagramin'<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/146302/a4484512b7128d44f4fdffbc82e2cc59844a63bb/original/12599036-547480065415833-1147221517-n.jpg?1455297696" class="size_l justify_center border_" />Hey peeps, as you might already know TSG is releasing their debut full-length album, Wondrous Traveler, THIS MONTH on February 19th in Canada. In celebration we are having some fun on Instagram and we'd love for you to follow along. Our little Lion friend Louis is is traveling all over the place telling folks about the new disc. Check out his adventures here. <p>https://www.instagram.com/jdedwarsthesmallglories/<br><br>See you folks on February 27th at The West End Cultural Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada for The Small Glories CD Release Show! It's gonna be a doozie and we don't want you to miss this! For the rest of the world please visit the <a contents="Live" data-link-label="Live" data-link-type="page" href="/live">Live</a> page on our site for where and when we will be in your neck of the woods for a show. Many thanks to you all for supporting The Small Glories on this great adventure. </p>The Small Gloriestag:thesmallglories.com,2005:Post/40347572016-02-10T13:32:59-06:002020-06-06T22:06:35-05:00Fan Art<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/146302/0e57de269f633bc9ed687be4e70e66b9ff976319/original/tsg-fan-art.jpg?0" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><p>Carrie Swinburne sent us this beautiful piece of art she thought up as she listened to our song called, 'Long Long Moon' at a show recently in the Glasgow during Celtic Connections. If you like her work here and would like to see more, please visit her Facebook Page here <a contents="https://www.facebook.com/CarriesChairs/?__mref=message_bubble&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.facebook.com/CarriesChairs/?__mref=message_bubble">https://www.facebook.com/CarriesChairs/?__mref=message_bubble </a> . </p>The Small Gloriestag:thesmallglories.com,2005:Post/40127622016-01-28T13:01:39-06:002019-11-04T03:09:41-06:00Wondrous Traveler Release Show, England, Scotland & Wales, and Celtic Connections<p>Our debut album <strong>"Wondrous Traveler"</strong> is being released on our site Feb 19th! We have a <strong>Winnipeg release show happening Saturday Feb 27th at the WECC. </strong>Please, mark your calendars, mobile phones, walls, anywhere where you will be reminded of this date! We would very much like you to be celebrating with us for our first album release. For tickets and more info please visit this link under the poster at the top of our home page. <br><br>We just returned from the UK, playing shows in England, Wales, and Scotland. <strong>The Whitstable Sessions</strong> was an incredible show. It was a sold out night playing the Royal Native Oyster Stores in the upstairs ball room. We spent several days in King's Heath (Birmingham) performing two shows for our loyal fanbase there, then headed into Wales for a show in Monmouth. We returned to the Haile Village Hall and performed at Stirring It Up North with our wonderful host Bert and his crew. Haile, Cumbria is in the Lake District in the north west corner of England with the most beautiful farms and fields. It is like being taken back in time exploring this corner of the country. We finished the tour in Scotland being invited to perform at <strong>Celtic Connections</strong>. We shared the stage with NY based band, The Lone Bellow at the converted downtown church, Òran Mór, translated as 'Big Song". It was an incredible night, selling out of all the EP's we had brought, and connecting with brand new audiences. We are already looking forward to returning to the UK in the coming months and years. Cheers, and thanks again for the Whiskey. </p>The Small Gloriestag:thesmallglories.com,2005:Post/39669192015-12-21T18:35:04-06:002022-01-08T08:51:23-06:00Happy Winter Solstice! Free download!Happy Winter Solstice! We have just wrapped up our last tour of 2015 (Banjo Babes! What fun!) and we're looking forward to what 2016 has in store for TSG. To celebrate the holiday season we want to share a free download with you: our version of North America's oldest carol "The Huron Carol." Enjoy and spread the love :) 2:53The Small Gloriestag:thesmallglories.com,2005:Post/39330672015-11-24T12:17:35-06:002015-11-24T12:17:35-06:00Back north from the southThe Small Glories have made it back to Canada after a great tour down south. TSG played the Moab Folk Music Festival in Moab, UT and shared the stage with the one and only Bruce Cockburn. What an honour it was to share the stage with such a legendary musician and Canadian. We then traveled west through a section of the american desert and the badlands of southern Utah, Arizona, Nevada and southern California. We hung out in the Arches National Park and Bryce Canyon where we saw many amazing wonders of mother nature. The north and south windows, Thors' Hammer and all at over 8000 meters. We then descended past the Moapa Valley made a quick coffee stop in Las Vegas before driving through the Mojave Desert. We saw many tumble weeds, high cliffs, and vast open barren landscapes. Los Angeles was exciting, fast moving and sometimes insane. The traffic is epic and the people are too. We played at the famous Coffee Gallery Backstage where Bob makes every artist feel like they are on the biggest and flashiest stage in the area. I loved how after every song the lights go black to signal the end of the tune. Such great showmanship! After marinating in the hot LA sun and smog we drifted north through Murin County where we played the Sweetwater Music Hall for a full and attentive audience. Then through Oakland & Berkeley and up through the great Redwood Forests where the trees grow as high as skyscrapers and drink in the mist off the cold Pacific Northwest Ocean. We made it Portland and then to a small village called Beaver where we stayed up late and jammed with the locals and finished a big bottle of Tennessee Whiskey. We continued through a strong early winter wind storm to play Seattle and a special show for the great people on Vashon Island. Our last date in the states was in Bellingham where we played for a sold out crowd full of old friends and new fans. It was an epic journey through some of the most beautiful parts of the USA and along with some of the friendliest and most generous people. We took a day to drive north even further over the Canadian border and through the Rocky Mountains with one stop in Jasper and then on to the Northern Lights Folk Club in the great city of Edmonton, Alberta. We had such a great time sharing songs from our self-titled Ep and from our up coming full length record. We met some fantastic folks and discovered some amazing venues. We are back home for a week before heading to Calgary, Alberta to play a show at the new Inglewood Folk Music Club. We hope all our friends from Calgary will come out and join us at the end of the week. <br>TSG will be back down south next month to play for the good people of California as Cara becomes a Banjo Babe and JD joins in on the fun. TSG will be performing a handful house concerts as well, so keep your ears to the ground and visit our <a contents="LIVE" data-link-label="Live" data-link-type="page" href="/live">LIVE</a> section of our website for more details on all the latest shows and events. <br>Until next time, Let the music set you free. <br>TSGThe Small Gloriestag:thesmallglories.com,2005:Post/38868792015-10-07T11:48:40-05:002015-10-07T11:48:40-05:00TSG in the Netherlands<span class="font_regular">TSG is very excited to be heading to the Netherlands for a number of shows in the next coming weeks. You can find out where we are playing by clicking <a contents="HERE" data-link-label="Live" data-link-type="page" href="/live">HERE</a>! This is The Small Glories' first time to this part of the world as a duo. Cara has toured Holland on many occasions, whereas this will be JD's first time to the continent. The tour is called The Continental Roadshow and will be shared by other international artists, <a contents="Amanda Pearcy" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://amandapearcy.com" target="_blank">Amanda Pearcy</a>, <a contents="David Corley" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://davidcorleymusic.com" target="_blank">David Corley</a>, <a contents="Betty Soo" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.bettysoo.com" target="_blank">Betty Soo</a>, <a contents="Jeff Finlin " data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.jefffinlin.com" target="_blank">Jeff Finlin </a>and this great four piece, <a contents="Point Quiet" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.pointquiet.com" target="_blank">Point Quiet</a>. We look forward to making some new friends and extending our reach to a wonderful part of the world. So much beer, cheese, chocolate and whatever else they eat in the Netherlands we eagerly await to eat ourselves as we travel through the country meeting the good people of the land. </span><br><span class="font_regular">What an amazing journey lies ahead of TSG. We encourage you stay tuned to our website, Facebook and twitter pages as we will be uploading photos, vids, and stories of the tour. </span>The Small Gloriestag:thesmallglories.com,2005:Post/38713642015-09-27T20:04:26-05:002017-01-16T07:35:43-06:00TSG in Nashville We just made it back from down south where TSG took part in the Americana Music Association Music Conference and Showcases. We would like to thank CIMA and BOW for getting us on stage and infant of a lot of important people in the industry. We made some great contacts, fans and new friends and we hope to come back down there again real soon. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/146302/642b0d081d6c4ff324ec90c5646d968f03dd55b8/original/11011182-1025390774159027-8691257445631882509-n.jpg?1443402245" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/146302/9a5683f710c3b7d47c660aa7876ae7a000dc125b/original/12049337-1025390790825692-9050833806924142594-n.jpg?1443402230" class="size_l justify_center border_" />The Small Gloriestag:thesmallglories.com,2005:Post/37690702015-07-07T15:23:24-05:002015-08-06T01:32:07-05:00Videos from the roadRecently, The Small Glories were in Peterborough, Ontario playing at the<strong> <a contents="Gilmour Street Music Hall" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/342666489104134/?fref=ts" target="_blank">Gilmour Street Music Hall</a></strong>. Rob & Annie Davis hosted us to a sold out full house and captured a couple of songs from the night. Here is "Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key" words by Woody Guthrie, music by Billy Bragg, Arranged by JD Edwards. We found the song on a record called Mermaid Avenue. Find out more about it <a contents="here" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mermaid_Avenue" target="_blank">here</a>. Cara does a sweet dance in the middle of the tune. It's tough to dance and play the banjo, but she rocked it! Hope you dig it. <br> <iframe class="justify_inline" data-video-type="youtube" data-video-id="wWMO8WX8k98" data-video-thumb-url="http://img.youtube.com/vi/wWMO8WX8k98/0.jpg" type="text/html" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wWMO8WX8k98?rel=0&wmode=transparent&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" height="200" width="320" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe><br>"Home Song" is another tune captured on the night. This song was written by Cara & JD. Cara had started writing this song on a tour of England a couple of years ago and the duo finished it while in studio recording the debut TSG album in 2014. A song about home, family and friends. Enjoy!<br><iframe class="justify_inline" data-video-type="youtube" data-video-id="BJvpGnJdFfk" data-video-thumb-url="http://img.youtube.com/vi/BJvpGnJdFfk/0.jpg" type="text/html" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BJvpGnJdFfk?rel=0&wmode=transparent&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" height="200" width="320" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe>The Small Gloriestag:thesmallglories.com,2005:Post/37665592015-07-06T09:41:35-05:002015-11-11T07:58:30-06:00Bottega, Kispiox, Canmore, Salmon Arm, Live From The Rock<span class="font_regular">Yes! Summer has finally arrived, and a you know what that means. FESTIVAL SEASON BEGINS! TSG will be travelling out to the westside of Canada to perform at the <a contents="Bottega Festival " data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://bottegafestival.com" target="_blank">Bottega Festival </a><strong>July 17 & 18</strong>. The festival is held outdoors in the forest on the grounds of Bottega Farm Inn & Studio where TSG recorded their full length album and part of their new EP. It'll be great to get back to the mountains and valley of Kelowna, BC. <strong>July 24-26</strong> The Small Glories will be travelling north towards Smithers to perform in the 18th Annual <a contents="Kispiox Valley Music Festival" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://kvmf.ca" target="_blank">Kispiox Valley Music Festival</a>. Back to Alberta <strong>August 1-3</strong> for the 38th Annual <a contents="Canmore Folk Music Festival" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://canmorefolkfestival.com" target="_blank">Canmore Folk Music Festival</a>. This is the longest running festival in Alberta and TSG is very excited to be performing this year as it has been a very long time since Cara has been back and JD's first time. <strong>August 7-9</strong> will see TSG heading to <a contents="Live from the Rock Festival" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.livefromtherockfolkfestival.com" target="_blank">Live from the Rock Festival</a> in Red Rock, Ontario. It's just east of Thunder Bay on the majestic northern shores of Lake Superior. <a contents="The Salmon Arm Roots and Blues Festival" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.rootsandblues.ca" target="_blank">The Salmon Arm Roots and Blues Festival</a> is <strong>August 14-16 </strong>and<strong> </strong>is going to be an amazing weekend of music. We hope to see you this summer at one or all of these amazing festivals. </span>The Small Gloriestag:thesmallglories.com,2005:Post/37597122015-06-29T21:36:17-05:002017-01-16T07:35:42-06:00Summer time and the Living is Glorious. Such a great couple of weeks we had this month. We recorded some new material here in Winnipeg with our good friend Lloyd Peterson, we played for community leaders celebrating the United Way 50 anniversary, we travelled to Toronto and celebrated the life, times and music of the great Warren Zevon, made a ton of new friends all across southern Ontario, had some awesome photos taken of us by our good friend Andrea Ramolo, played some amazing shows in Grafton, Cornwall, Peterborough, Waterford, and Georgina, and topped 1000 LIKES on our Facebook page. The Small Glories are moving and shaking and getting really excited to be performing at some major festivals this July and August. We'll be in Canmore, Salmon Arm, Red Rocks and Kelowna this summer. Keep your ear to the ground and your eyes on our site for your chance to catch a show from TSG and find out when our newest album will be ready for listening'. We can't wait to get a copy into your hands! <br>We just added a new page to our site, <a contents="INDIE MUSIC ANGELS&nbsp;" data-link-label="Indie Music Angels" data-link-type="page" href="/indie-music-angels">INDIE MUSIC ANGELS </a>, where you can find out how to be apart of our family and how to be apart of the creation our new record by donating to our crowd funding program. It's all there, the info, the perks, and links. we encourage you to search around and see video, photos and stories about The Small Glories. <br>We are over the moon for everything that has happened this month and what is to come. Much love from us to you!<br><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/146302/c66418d80e52562d8acdeece5d076f18cda24c82/original/chj3lnnuuaax0rr.jpg?1435630617" class="size_l justify_center border_" />The Small Gloriestag:thesmallglories.com,2005:Post/37324912015-06-07T23:26:58-05:002015-06-07T23:30:09-05:00Always Be Comping! In the Studio with TSG.Another couple of days in the studio starts tomorrow morning for The Small Glories. Cara and JD have been recording new songs with Jamie Prentice in Kelowna, BC and recently with Lloyd Peterson in Winnipeg, MB. Two original songs written The Small Glories and two new songs with songstress and performer Ashley Condon from Prince Edward Island. Also a beautiful arrangement of "Waterbound", a song written by Dirk Powell and a new take on a classic called "Black Water Side". The Small Glories invited some friends to come by to play and sing on the songs. Gilles Fournier on bass, Leonard Podolak (Dhuks) on Banjo, Katie Murphy, Sean Brown, Sheena Rattai (Red Moon Road), Heitha Forsyth (Souljames), Madeleine Roger (Roger Roger), Jenna & Charley Edwards and JP Hoe as our wonderful choir. It's been a sweet couple of weeks and we are so excited to share these wonderful songs with you all. Stay tuned to thesmallglories.com and we will let you know when, where and how to get yourself a chance to listen to the new tracks. The Small Gloriestag:thesmallglories.com,2005:Post/36981562015-05-07T15:55:30-05:002015-05-07T15:55:30-05:00TSG in PEIHey Folks, <br> The Small Glories have been invited by Music PEI to travel to Prince Edward Island next week to participate in the Credit Union May Run Music Festival and the Bell Aliant Canadian Song Challenge. We are so excited as this will be The Small Glories' first time traveling to the East Coast of Canada to perform. There are so many great artists who make there home there and we are pleased to be performing along side some of them next week!<br><br>Friday, May 15th @ The Old Triangle with our good friend Irish Mythen and our soon to be friends, Notre Dame de Grass. <br>Then on Saturday, May 16th @ The Old Dublin with Ten Strings and a Goat Skin, Johnny Oliver, and Old Stone Station. <br>Both nights will be sure to have loads of original stories and music and of course will be an amazing time on the island. If you live in PEI then get ready for a rip roaring good time and if you know anyone there please let them know that we'll be coming. The Small Gloriestag:thesmallglories.com,2005:Post/35840682015-03-08T13:51:41-05:002015-03-08T13:51:41-05:00Up coming shows, house concerts and more.We have some great shows coming up this month in Manitoba, Canada. The Small Glories will bringing music, song and stories to homes in Winnipeg, Boissevain and Onanole, MB. We'll alsovbe crossing the border to perform in Forget, Saskatchewan at the Happy Nun. All our information is here in the website. Just head on over to the <a contents="Shows" data-link-label="Shows" data-link-type="page" href="/shows">Shows</a> page to find out more information on how you can join us at these select locations. <br><br>The Happy Nun is a place Cara knows well from past concerts as she has crossed the country, but a first time for JD and thus a first time for The Small Glories. If you are in the area we would love for you come and hang with us Saturday, March 21. Here is a link to the review section of The Happy Nun.<a contents="&nbsp;http://www.happynuncafe.ca/reviews.htm" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.happynuncafe.ca/reviews.htm" target="_blank"> http://www.happynuncafe.ca/reviews.htm</a><br><br>The Small Glories will also be performing at the Crescent Fort Rouge United Church (525 Wardlaw Ave. & Nassau St. N., Winnipeg, MB) on Sunday, March 29 and a songwriting workshop Wednesday, April 1. If you have seen the video of Cara's song. "<a contents="No Friend of Mine" data-link-label="Video" data-link-type="page" href="/video">No Friend of Mine</a>" on our video page you will recognize the stained glass in the greeting room of the CFRUC. It's a beautiful old church that has been a iconic building in the Osborne Village area for many years. TSG has been very grateful to have been using the building as a rehearsal space over the last year and we are so stoked to be giving back to the community by sharing our music and stories at this performance. The acoustics in the main hall are epic and there is a huge pipe organ that has a long standing history and sounds amazing. All are welcome, so please join us. <br> The Small Gloriestag:thesmallglories.com,2005:Post/35596852015-02-26T10:37:29-06:002015-02-26T10:37:29-06:00Back from FAI 2015Wow, what a whirlwind of a week we had in Kansas City, MO, USA. Many thanks to Folk Alliance International for giving The Small Glories an official showcase. We were so proud and honoured to represent Manitoba and Canada at this years conference. More thanks goes to our most beautiful agent Niki Rochefort at AIM:Booking, Sean and Ruben at Manitoba Music, Tamara and Kim at Folk Music Canada, and of course Sarah and Richard with Canada Gold. You are all good people and we thank you from the bottom of our hearts for the opportunities you granted us. <br>We'd also like to thank Gary Mobley @ Schubb Capos, Todd Newman @ John Pearse Strings & Henry Nam @ Stonebridge Guitars for making us part of their musical families. We are so excited and very grateful for their friendship and support. <br><br>Last but not least we would like to thank Scott Nygarrd for joining us this year making our power duo a power trio. You were awesome and a great roommate for the week. We hope we can find another time to do it again. We are so thankful for your interest and support for The Small Glories and we are better musicians for having you in our midst. We feel like the luckiest kids on the block!<br><br><br> The Small Gloriestag:thesmallglories.com,2005:Post/35061132015-02-04T17:51:42-06:002022-04-30T01:10:05-05:00Loft Sessions Live Video!We're SUPER excited to share our first official live video with you, made possible through the incredible folks at Manitoba Music. Check it out, pass it around... :)<br><iframe class="justify_inline" data-video-type="youtube" data-video-id="DghNgN6lJSg" data-video-thumb-url="http://img.youtube.com/vi/DghNgN6lJSg/0.jpg" type="text/html" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DghNgN6lJSg?rel=0&wmode=transparent&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" height="200" width="320" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe>The Small Gloriestag:thesmallglories.com,2005:Post/34295852014-12-22T23:29:12-06:002014-12-22T23:29:12-06:00Season's Greetings!Hello all you wonderful people! We want to wish you the very best this holiday season, wherever you are. This year has been an adventurous one for both of us and we're so excited about what 2015 has in store. Our debut album will be coming out in the spring, we'll be sure to keep you all posted on that. We also have a very cool live video being edited, can't wait to share it with you! In the meantime, keep loving live music! Oh, and find someone you love and give them a big hug :) The Small Gloriestag:thesmallglories.com,2005:Post/31756832014-09-07T11:59:07-05:002021-07-04T03:12:39-05:00New AdventuresWhat an adventure life is! One day you're trucking along, slogging it out, doing what you love to do, wondering what lies around the corner, and you meet up with a fellow muso doing exactly the same thing -- slogging it out, wondering what lies around the corner -- and something magical happens: you discover a beauty in the joining of voices and ideas and creativity, and suddenly you don't feel so alone, you feel energized and excited about what the future holds. Somehow the sum has created something greater than the individual parts. We feel so incredibly lucky, having stumbled upon this new musical partnership, and we're looking forward to sharing our songs and stories with you as we head down this path. Come join us for the ride! - Cara & JDThe Small Glories