UPCOMING SHOWS!
It's Late, Rest Your Head :: Fall Tour 2009
It's fall and it is time for open roads, warm living rooms, and new songs. I'll be touring with friends Sheree Plett (shereeplett.com) and Jer Eisenhauer (eisenhauermusic.com) and Chris Lemky. We'll be playing mostly in living rooms - no microphones or sound systems - just guitars and voices and trombones and clarinets and tambourines and leaves falling outside. Here are the dates. For more info and exact locations, email me. Hope to see you soon.
September 18 - Streaming Cafe [www.streamingcafe.net] - [Kewlona]
September 19 - Farm Fest [www.festivalatthefarm.com] - [Calgary]
September 20 - Jane Odegard House Show - [Camrose]
September 21 - Brent & Jena Friedrich House Show - [Camrose]
September 22 - TBA House Show- [Edmonton]
September 23 - Matt & Claire Ziprick House Show - [Sherwood Park]
September 26 - TBA House Show [Vancouver]
Then Comes Spring...
....a one-man, one-act experiment in self help.
"I wanted to experiment with the idea of putting sound-bites, quotes and slogans from our celebrity, advertising and self-help cultures in the mouth of a homeless man because the irony of that juxtaposition seemed powerful to me... and considering our culture's obsession with wealth and well-being at any cost, along with the rising fear surrounding the 'financial crisis', I was interested in ways of challenging us to re-evaluate the kinds of stories we allow ourselves to be enticed by." ~ James Simpson
Buy your tickets in advance for this blockbuster starring James Simpson with music provided by singer-songwriter Lance Odegard (www.lanceodegard.com).
June 4th - 6th at Havana Restaurant Theatre - 1212 Commercial Drive, Vancouver
For advance tickets please pay on-line at www.embryostage.blogspot.com or email us: embryostage@gmail.com
If you buy on-line, your tickets can be picked up at the venue on the night of the show.
CD RELEASE SHOWS!
Lance Odegard & Band/ with special guests Sheree Plett Band/ and Alec Arnold & Crystal Shepherd
Friday, March 27, 2009
$10 -- Doors at 7:30pm
St. James Hall
3214 10th Avenue
Vancouver, BC
Lance Odegard & Band/ with special guest Ryan Chace
Sunday, March 29, 2009
$7 -- Doors at 7pm
House of James Coffeehouse
2743 Emerson Street
Abbotsford, BC
2 NEW ALBUMS - March 2009
The new albums are completed! HERE, the ambient folk album, which is a collection of some brooding/ down-tempo originals and a few covers. AFTER A LONG HARD WINTER, IT'S GOOD TO GO HOME is the Americana/ Bluegrass/ Old Time Gospel album. After starting these two projects in November 2007, it feels really good for these songs to see the light of day. Both albums were recorded and mixed by Jon Anderson at Buena Vista Audio. It was a really relaxed and creative recording experience, and I think it translates in the recordings.
More info to come regarding CD release shows, summer tour plans (western canada!), and where you can purchase the albums.
For now you can find them at:
CD Baby - Here and After a Long Winter...
House of James (Abbotsford BC)
Regent Bookstore (Vancouver BC)
iTunes
or of course you can order them through Paypal (buttons above) and I'll ship them to you!
Thanks for listening,
Lance
OTHER NEWS:
Renovation Reviews:
Renovation has received a couple of reviews. The Phantom Tollbooth has a few nice things to say about the recording. Read the review at tollbooth.org. Infuze Magazine writer Leo Partible writes "Renovation is a collection of songs that doesn't jump out at you so much as work it's way into your sub-conscious with repeated listens. Not that the lyrics are inaccessible; these are songs about being changed by God but the melodies are subtle, gentle, they kind of brush up against you before you realize their strength. This isn't Christian music about how wonderful everything is but songs that look at the grit and grime of being an imperfect person in an imperfect world who is trying to reconcile those things with belief in a loving God. Lance Odegard is a great singer/songwriter who should win over many new listeners with this record. He certainly did with me." Read the rest of the review at Infuzemag.com
Merge Compilation:
The song Renovation has been included on a recent compilation CD of Canadian Artists called MERGE (blue).
Buy Renovation at iTunes and eMusic.com
Both iTunes and eMusic.com are fantastic places to find and download music. Now the masses can purchase individual songs off of Renovation. Buy at eMusic or at iTunes.
MySpace:
Lance now has a myspace page! here
What does this mean? Not much. However, the page does have a blog, a few mp3s, links to many fine artists, and greatest of all, information regarding a top secret hidden track found on Lance's new album, Renovation. Who knew? Stop by and say hello sometime.
Buying Renovation is Easy:
Renovation is now available at the following places:
Merchants Tea & Coffeehouse (Camrose, Alberta)
House of James (Abbotsford, British Columbia) // here
eMUSIC // here
CD Baby // here
iTunes // here
CD Release Show Summary:
Hello All. The CD Release Concert in Abbotsford was stunning. Thanks to everyone who made it out for the show. Thanks for laughing at my bad jokes. Thanks for listening to my keyboard playing. Thanks for supporting. There was something very special about the evening. Hope we can share another one some time soon.
New Album Completed:
Lance spent 10 days in June recording a new record. It’s called Renovation and it features 12 original songs and some of his finest songwriting to date.
Lance values approaching music collaboratively, so he involved Steve Klassen from Abbotsford BC and Bruce Rawling from Medicine Hat AB, to help with producing and shaping the album. Steve Klassen and Jonathan Anderson mixed the album and the result is a recording of honest, mature songs.
Also featured on the album are Mel Hayes (Brian Doerksen Band), Sheree Plett and Carolyn Arends, who brought their distinct vocal sounds. Jonathan Anderson (Jonathan Inc., Radiogram) played banjo, lap steel, electric guitar and dobro. Nelson Boschman (Nelson Boschman Trio, MJC) added his tasteful playing on Wurlitzer, piano, and the Hammond organ. Bruce Rawling (Rawling Brothers), Steve Klassen (Sterr) and Adam Thomas shared the bass credits. Roy Salmond played pump organ. Kenton Wiens kept things solid and full of feel on the drums and cymbals.
Renovation was released on September 25th 2005 and is available at House of James
__________________________________________________________________
sHOWS: last updated October something, 2007
November 17, 2007 - Lance Odegard and Band
House of James (Abbotsford, BC) see www.houseofjames.com for details
$7 at the door
8:00 pm
October 26, 2007 - Lance Odegard
Hastings Lake Lutheran Bible Camp
Not sure of the other details quite yet - email if you need more info...
2006
October 8, 2006 - Lance Odegard with Jonathan Anderson
House Show at the Borthistles
5891 189st (Cloverdale, BC)
$10 at the door (or $9 if you had to get a babysitter)
7:30pm
October 10, 2006 - Lance Odegard and Band
w/ Joel Willoughby and Band
House of James (Abbotsford, BC) see www.houseofjames.com for details
$5 at the door
7:30pm
October 12 - 14 2006 - CONFESSIONS: An Evening of Songs and Readings
w/ Sheree Plett, MIchael Hart, Lance Odegard, Jonathan Anderson, Nelson Boschman, and others.
Pacific Theatre (Vancouver, British Columbia) see www.pacifictheatre.org for tickets and details
8:00pm.
July 14, 2006 - Lance Odegard
Festival of Friends (Bashaw, Alberta)
3:00pm
July 13, 2006 - Lance Odegard w/ Sheree Plett & Eisenhauer
Merchants Coffeehouse (Camrose, Alberta)
8:00pm
July 8, 2006 - HIS Fest
Hastings Lake Lutheran Bible Camp (Hastings Lake, Alberta)
12:30 pm.
March 3 & 4, 2006 - TESTIMONY: An Evening of Songs and Readings
w/ Carolyn Arends, Sheree Plett, Lance Odegard, Spencer Capier, and others.
Pacific Theatre (Vancouver, British Columbia)
8:00pm.
February 19, 2006 - Lance Odegard & Bruce Rawling
Donalda Lutheran Church (Donalda, Alberta)
7:00pm
February 18, 2006 - Lance Odegard & Bruce Rawling
Calumet Hall (Ponoka, Alberta)
7:00pm.
February 10, 2006 - Lance Odegard
Living Room Show at Keith & Diane Carlson's Home (Camrose, Alberta)
7:30pm.
2005
November 25, 2005 - Lance Odegard
Merchants Tea & Coffeehouse (Camrose, Alberta)
7:30pm.
November 20, 2005 - Lance Odegard & Band
Knights of Columbus Hall (Camrose, Alberta)
7:30pm.
November 19, 2005 - Lance Odegard & Band
Bethel Lutheran Church (Sherwood Park, Alberta)
7:30pm.
November 18, 2005 - Lance Odegard & Band
Rock of Ages LB Church (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan)
7:30pm.
November 17, 2005 - Lance Odegard & Band
w/ Dave Van Bieker opening
Vanguard College (Edmonton, Alberta)
September 25, 2005 - Lance Odegard & Band (CD Release Concert)
w/ Franklyn Currie opening
Matsqui Centennial Auditorium (Abbotsford, British Columbia)
7:30pm.
July 22, 2005 - House of James Folkfest
w/ Lance Odegard, Sheree Plett, Joel Willoughby, Laurel Hubick, and others
House of James House of James Bookstore (Abbotsford, British Columbia)
8:00pm.
June 2, 2005 - Gaetz Ave.
w/ Lance Odegard & Bruce Rawling opening
House of James Bookstore (Abbotsford, British Columbia)
7:30pm
May 22, 2005 - Lance Odegard & Steve Klassen (Renovate Evening)
House of James Bookstore (Abbotsford, British Columbia)
7:30pm.
May 1, 2005 - Lance Odegard & Bruce Rawling (Renovate Evening)
Living Room Show at Bernell and Linda Odegard's Home (Camrose, Alberta)
7:00pm.
April 28, 2005 - CLBI Year-End Cofffeehouse
w/ Lance Odegard and others
Canadian Lutheran Bible Institute (Camrose, Alberta)
7:00pm
March 5, 2005 - Welcome Weekend Coffeehouse
w/ Lance Odegard and others
Canadian Lutheran Bible Institute (Camrose, Alberta)
9:00pm
It's Late, Rest Your Head :: Fall Tour 2009
It's fall and it is time for open roads, warm living rooms, and new songs. I'll be touring with friends Sheree Plett (shereeplett.com) and Jer Eisenhauer (eisenhauermusic.com) and Chris Lemky. We'll be playing mostly in living rooms - no microphones or sound systems - just guitars and voices and trombones and clarinets and tambourines and leaves falling outside. Here are the dates. For more info and exact locations, email me. Hope to see you soon.
September 18 - Streaming Cafe [www.streamingcafe.net] - [Kewlona]
September 19 - Farm Fest [www.festivalatthefarm.com] - [Calgary]
September 20 - Jane Odegard House Show - [Camrose]
September 21 - Brent & Jena Friedrich House Show - [Camrose]
September 22 - TBA House Show- [Edmonton]
September 23 - Matt & Claire Ziprick House Show - [Sherwood Park]
September 26 - TBA House Show [Vancouver]
Then Comes Spring...
....a one-man, one-act experiment in self help.
"I wanted to experiment with the idea of putting sound-bites, quotes and slogans from our celebrity, advertising and self-help cultures in the mouth of a homeless man because the irony of that juxtaposition seemed powerful to me... and considering our culture's obsession with wealth and well-being at any cost, along with the rising fear surrounding the 'financial crisis', I was interested in ways of challenging us to re-evaluate the kinds of stories we allow ourselves to be enticed by." ~ James Simpson
Buy your tickets in advance for this blockbuster starring James Simpson with music provided by singer-songwriter Lance Odegard (www.lanceodegard.com).
June 4th - 6th at Havana Restaurant Theatre - 1212 Commercial Drive, Vancouver
For advance tickets please pay on-line at www.embryostage.blogspot.com or email us: embryostage@gmail.com
If you buy on-line, your tickets can be picked up at the venue on the night of the show.
CD RELEASE SHOWS!
Lance Odegard & Band/ with special guests Sheree Plett Band/ and Alec Arnold & Crystal Shepherd
Friday, March 27, 2009
$10 -- Doors at 7:30pm
St. James Hall
3214 10th Avenue
Vancouver, BC
Lance Odegard & Band/ with special guest Ryan Chace
Sunday, March 29, 2009
$7 -- Doors at 7pm
House of James Coffeehouse
2743 Emerson Street
Abbotsford, BC
2 NEW ALBUMS - March 2009
The new albums are completed! HERE, the ambient folk album, which is a collection of some brooding/ down-tempo originals and a few covers. AFTER A LONG HARD WINTER, IT'S GOOD TO GO HOME is the Americana/ Bluegrass/ Old Time Gospel album. After starting these two projects in November 2007, it feels really good for these songs to see the light of day. Both albums were recorded and mixed by Jon Anderson at Buena Vista Audio. It was a really relaxed and creative recording experience, and I think it translates in the recordings.
More info to come regarding CD release shows, summer tour plans (western canada!), and where you can purchase the albums.
For now you can find them at:
CD Baby - Here and After a Long Winter...
House of James (Abbotsford BC)
Regent Bookstore (Vancouver BC)
iTunes
or of course you can order them through Paypal (buttons above) and I'll ship them to you!
Thanks for listening,
Lance
OTHER NEWS:
Renovation Reviews:
Renovation has received a couple of reviews. The Phantom Tollbooth has a few nice things to say about the recording. Read the review at tollbooth.org. Infuze Magazine writer Leo Partible writes "Renovation is a collection of songs that doesn't jump out at you so much as work it's way into your sub-conscious with repeated listens. Not that the lyrics are inaccessible; these are songs about being changed by God but the melodies are subtle, gentle, they kind of brush up against you before you realize their strength. This isn't Christian music about how wonderful everything is but songs that look at the grit and grime of being an imperfect person in an imperfect world who is trying to reconcile those things with belief in a loving God. Lance Odegard is a great singer/songwriter who should win over many new listeners with this record. He certainly did with me." Read the rest of the review at Infuzemag.com
Merge Compilation:
The song Renovation has been included on a recent compilation CD of Canadian Artists called MERGE (blue).
Buy Renovation at iTunes and eMusic.com
Both iTunes and eMusic.com are fantastic places to find and download music. Now the masses can purchase individual songs off of Renovation. Buy at eMusic or at iTunes.
MySpace:
Lance now has a myspace page! here
What does this mean? Not much. However, the page does have a blog, a few mp3s, links to many fine artists, and greatest of all, information regarding a top secret hidden track found on Lance's new album, Renovation. Who knew? Stop by and say hello sometime.
Buying Renovation is Easy:
Renovation is now available at the following places:
Merchants Tea & Coffeehouse (Camrose, Alberta)
House of James (Abbotsford, British Columbia) // here
eMUSIC // here
CD Baby // here
iTunes // here
CD Release Show Summary:
Hello All. The CD Release Concert in Abbotsford was stunning. Thanks to everyone who made it out for the show. Thanks for laughing at my bad jokes. Thanks for listening to my keyboard playing. Thanks for supporting. There was something very special about the evening. Hope we can share another one some time soon.
New Album Completed:
Lance spent 10 days in June recording a new record. It’s called Renovation and it features 12 original songs and some of his finest songwriting to date.
Lance values approaching music collaboratively, so he involved Steve Klassen from Abbotsford BC and Bruce Rawling from Medicine Hat AB, to help with producing and shaping the album. Steve Klassen and Jonathan Anderson mixed the album and the result is a recording of honest, mature songs.
Also featured on the album are Mel Hayes (Brian Doerksen Band), Sheree Plett and Carolyn Arends, who brought their distinct vocal sounds. Jonathan Anderson (Jonathan Inc., Radiogram) played banjo, lap steel, electric guitar and dobro. Nelson Boschman (Nelson Boschman Trio, MJC) added his tasteful playing on Wurlitzer, piano, and the Hammond organ. Bruce Rawling (Rawling Brothers), Steve Klassen (Sterr) and Adam Thomas shared the bass credits. Roy Salmond played pump organ. Kenton Wiens kept things solid and full of feel on the drums and cymbals.
Renovation was released on September 25th 2005 and is available at House of James
__________________________________________________________________
sHOWS: last updated October something, 2007
November 17, 2007 - Lance Odegard and Band
House of James (Abbotsford, BC) see www.houseofjames.com for details
$7 at the door
8:00 pm
October 26, 2007 - Lance Odegard
Hastings Lake Lutheran Bible Camp
Not sure of the other details quite yet - email if you need more info...
2006
October 8, 2006 - Lance Odegard with Jonathan Anderson
House Show at the Borthistles
5891 189st (Cloverdale, BC)
$10 at the door (or $9 if you had to get a babysitter)
7:30pm
October 10, 2006 - Lance Odegard and Band
w/ Joel Willoughby and Band
House of James (Abbotsford, BC) see www.houseofjames.com for details
$5 at the door
7:30pm
October 12 - 14 2006 - CONFESSIONS: An Evening of Songs and Readings
w/ Sheree Plett, MIchael Hart, Lance Odegard, Jonathan Anderson, Nelson Boschman, and others.
Pacific Theatre (Vancouver, British Columbia) see www.pacifictheatre.org for tickets and details
8:00pm.
July 14, 2006 - Lance Odegard
Festival of Friends (Bashaw, Alberta)
3:00pm
July 13, 2006 - Lance Odegard w/ Sheree Plett & Eisenhauer
Merchants Coffeehouse (Camrose, Alberta)
8:00pm
July 8, 2006 - HIS Fest
Hastings Lake Lutheran Bible Camp (Hastings Lake, Alberta)
12:30 pm.
March 3 & 4, 2006 - TESTIMONY: An Evening of Songs and Readings
w/ Carolyn Arends, Sheree Plett, Lance Odegard, Spencer Capier, and others.
Pacific Theatre (Vancouver, British Columbia)
8:00pm.
February 19, 2006 - Lance Odegard & Bruce Rawling
Donalda Lutheran Church (Donalda, Alberta)
7:00pm
February 18, 2006 - Lance Odegard & Bruce Rawling
Calumet Hall (Ponoka, Alberta)
7:00pm.
February 10, 2006 - Lance Odegard
Living Room Show at Keith & Diane Carlson's Home (Camrose, Alberta)
7:30pm.
2005
November 25, 2005 - Lance Odegard
Merchants Tea & Coffeehouse (Camrose, Alberta)
7:30pm.
November 20, 2005 - Lance Odegard & Band
Knights of Columbus Hall (Camrose, Alberta)
7:30pm.
November 19, 2005 - Lance Odegard & Band
Bethel Lutheran Church (Sherwood Park, Alberta)
7:30pm.
November 18, 2005 - Lance Odegard & Band
Rock of Ages LB Church (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan)
7:30pm.
November 17, 2005 - Lance Odegard & Band
w/ Dave Van Bieker opening
Vanguard College (Edmonton, Alberta)
September 25, 2005 - Lance Odegard & Band (CD Release Concert)
w/ Franklyn Currie opening
Matsqui Centennial Auditorium (Abbotsford, British Columbia)
7:30pm.
July 22, 2005 - House of James Folkfest
w/ Lance Odegard, Sheree Plett, Joel Willoughby, Laurel Hubick, and others
House of James House of James Bookstore (Abbotsford, British Columbia)
8:00pm.
June 2, 2005 - Gaetz Ave.
w/ Lance Odegard & Bruce Rawling opening
House of James Bookstore (Abbotsford, British Columbia)
7:30pm
May 22, 2005 - Lance Odegard & Steve Klassen (Renovate Evening)
House of James Bookstore (Abbotsford, British Columbia)
7:30pm.
May 1, 2005 - Lance Odegard & Bruce Rawling (Renovate Evening)
Living Room Show at Bernell and Linda Odegard's Home (Camrose, Alberta)
7:00pm.
April 28, 2005 - CLBI Year-End Cofffeehouse
w/ Lance Odegard and others
Canadian Lutheran Bible Institute (Camrose, Alberta)
7:00pm
March 5, 2005 - Welcome Weekend Coffeehouse
w/ Lance Odegard and others
Canadian Lutheran Bible Institute (Camrose, Alberta)
9:00pm
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