Wednesday, June 4
Hello summer, candy, and tanlines!
I am sorry to report that due to production errors that caused some havoc to our NXNE plans, we had to make the difficult decision to cancel our trip and show for Toronto next week. This is a disappointment for sure, but we will make efforts to book another show there as soon as we can.
Namaste
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Monday, May 19
I am very much looking forward to my upcoming show in Toronto as part of the NXNE festival and the Taylor Mitsopulos Burshtein Showcase event. The date of the show is Friday June 13th 2008 and it’s at The Rivoli on Queen St W. I have played at the Rivoli before and actually met fellow songwriter Andrew Cash there. We were part of a songwriter’s night in March of 2002 and upon mutually enjoying each others musical style, writer-heros and hair, decided to try song crafting together at some point.
Later that year, I made some time to hang out with Andrew in Toronto and we worked on and completed a song idea that I had been spinning in my head. I had previously tape recorded some melody lines and lyrics while standing in my empty bathtub at home, and mailed them out ahead of my arrival hoping he might understand my idea. And he did. And we wrote “Modest Lovely” together. He said, “This is about loving someone who doesn’t fully love themselves just yet, right?”.
I haven’t seen Andrew since, but we keep in touch and I’m so grateful for the song and for the time we spent shooting the breeze.
And now, The Rivoli awaits again. New songs to come…
Namaste
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Thursday, May 1
I always like to believe I can find a few minutes to write a post online after each show, but rarely in the whirlwind do I ever get the chance…so here I am- back home, jet lagged and low on clean laundry to write a little note on how my trip to NY was…
The band and I spent our first few days in lovely Jersey (and I mean that) rehearsing and telling stories and tramping around. Jersey reminded me of my birthplace-Windsor, Ontario; industrial but lush somehow. Everyone was incredibly nice and must have picked up on the fact that I too think Springsteen is a music god.
In the first few days we also travelled into Manhattan a couple of times to at least get an idea of what the city is like and also to catch The Verve (awesome) at MSG and sneak a peak at the venue. I have never seen anywhere like New York City. I don’t think all the movies and tv shows I’ve seen really do it justice. It was busy and unrelenting and cool, cramped and intense and still fun and serene and bubbly all at the same time.
On Tuesday night we rocked out our show at Pianos and had a great night. Perhaps it was the first show I’ve played where I could actually breathe and steady myself right from the start. I was painfully anxious prior to the set; for months I’ve been acutely aware of how fortunate I am to even get the chance to pull a show like this off. My manager and I were both a little nervous I’m sure right up til it was over- but it was solid and well received and really a coup for us both.
The following morning (yesterday!) I was invited to perform for MTV offices in Times Square at 1515 Broadway, just before heading back to the airport to fly home…really we did everything we set our wee minds and hearts to in terms of music/NY/good people etc. If you like, check out a low bandwidth clip of our Soundcheck on YouTube.
APRIL 29th SET:
In Your World
Passing In The Dark
In The Noise
Hesitate
My Hour
Grace Is
Beast
South Pacific
Closure
As Always,
Namaste
This great shot was taken during the show by Russell Giffen- thanks Russell!
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Tuesday, April 15
The first time I sang in a talent show, I sang (you guessed it) “New York, New York”. I was digging my dad’s Sinatra collection and thought it would be an awesome song to sing in costume and act out…yeah well, I was thirteen right? A little foreshadowing when I write my memoirs…
I feel just as excited now as we approach only a couple of weeks until the New York debut showcase. I have never been to NY before, although through hundreds of the movies I love, I feel like it’s part of the fabric of my consciousness. This has been a whirlwind 4-5 months, and I know we’re only really just getting started.
If you can make the show and live in the area please come out. We’d love to perform for you. If you know people in the lower east side of Manhattan who might enjoy my show, please let them know- we’ll happily perform for them as well.
Namaste
~a
Tuesday April 29th 2008
Anita Athavale 7pm sharp @ Pianos 158 Ludlow St. New York NY
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Junofest! Anita Live Saturday April 5th
Thursday, March 20
Due to an administrative error, Junofest promoters needed change the date and time of Anita’s performance in Calgary during the Juno Weekend.
Her showcase is now Saturday April 5th @ 10pm, Ironwood Stage, Calgary Alberta.
Junofest is a two day music festival featuring performances by many local and national Canadian acts as well as a number of JUNO nominees. JunoFest takes place April 4th and 5th, 2008- and is capped off by the internationally broadcast Canadian JUNO awards show on Sunday April 6th.
Catch Anita Athavale Live
Saturday April 5th 2008
Ironwood Stage
1429, 9th Ave SE Calgary, AB
Show: 10:00pm
Tickets: $10 at the door
On-sale: March 1/08
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Thursday, February 14
Anita Athavale has been invited to perform at the Ironwood Stage on Friday April 4th, 2008 as a feature act during Junofest Weekend in Calgary, Alberta.
Junofest is a two day music festival featuring performances by many local and national Canadian acts as well as a number of JUNO nominees. JunoFest takes place April 4th and 5th, 2008- and is capped off by the internationally broadcast Canadian JUNO awards show on Sunday April 6th.
Catch Anita Athavale
Friday April 4th 2008
Ironwood Stage
1429, 9th Ave SE Calgary, AB
Show: 10:00pm
Tickets: $10 at the door
On-sale: March 1/08
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Sunday, January 27
Back in Calgary now and recovering from the tremendous excitement and efforts surrounding our showcase. It was a very cool experience and we got to be a little touristy on the front end of the trip, which helped to round it all out. Hotel Cafe is a great venue, a lot of talented musicians pour through the green room; I loved listening to some of them running through their set on cellos even…
We filmed some clips where we could of our adventure, by the end of it all I had no idea what day it was (truly)! I have toured a little in spurts in Canada and done showcases and many many acoustic shows, but the spontaneity and morphing vibe of traveling with a band is a whole other ballgame. I do love the unpredictability of shows “on-the-road style” and I picked up some worthwhile lessons on this trip. The Runaways “Midnight Music” alludes to their band blowing up in the U.S. and traveling, touring etc and we had fun closing the set with it- apt no?
Yeah yeah yeah!
Namaste
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Thursday, January 24
We thought it might be fun to let you see a couple of video updates of the visit here in Los Angeles. The weather has been touch and go but ultimately, it’s still one of the coolest cities I’ve been to. The show is tonight and all is buzzing and hummin’ here…
Enjoy these and see you tonight! (we’re gonna rock it tonight, we’re gonna jazz it up and have us a ball…)
Namaste
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Friday, January 18
The last time I flew into Los Angeles was in 1998, on a short vacation to Laguna Beach CA. There’s a reference to taking in the sights and of the pools of LA, in a song called “Engage”(a song we might do on the next album…)
Tomorrow I leave for California on a different kind of journey, a musical one. For most musicians Los Angeles has special meaning; without exception, our favourite bands have hashed it out there and marked a path. I am packing today and trying to get little details in order for the show. If you can come and check it out, or you know someone in Los Angeles who loves live music- send them my way.
Hotel Cafe
1623 1/2 Cahuenga Blvd.
7pm, Thurday January 24th
Namaste
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My “Morning Becomes Eclectic”…indeed
Thursday, January 10
Lately, it seems that all sorts of extraordinarily cool things have been happening for me, my music and especially for “In The Noise”. And, guess what? Another amazing thing happened today…
KCRW in
A broadminded, trendsetting and dynamic station, KCRW is adored and supported by some 55,000 members. You can check out today’s Playlist or even listen to Today’s Show> (”In The Noise” is in the first 15min of the 2nd hour of Nic Harcourt’s show “Morning Becomes Eclectic”)
Enjoy-Namaste
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