CD Release ConcertAspen's Cd Release Concert was a great success!   |
More Free DownloadsOK, I know I said we'd be posting one of these every week or so but I've been sooo busy working on the new CD (it's going great) and preparing for the "With a Little Help from my Friends" fundraiser, that this site has been on the back burner. So, now it's catch-up time! Go to Projects and download any or all of the songs we recorded live in Port Moody on the recent tour. Enjoy and please let me know what you think of them. |
Free DownloadWell it is spring, the latest tour has come to a close and I am in Nelson busily getting ready to go into the studio to record my second CD scheduled to be released this fall.As I promised on tour we have just posted a live track recorded at the Inlet Theater in Port Moody. This first one is, “These are the Leaves,” and I definitely think it will be on the new CD. Just go to to my Projects Page to download it (it's working now). Enjoy. Feel free to download and share with friends. I love to get email feedback! Come back in a week or so and we will have another one posted. Happy spring, Aspen |
Aspen Recognised in BC LegislatureExcerpt from remarks by MLA: Iain Black, Port Moody-WestwoodOfficial Report of DEBATES OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY I want to read for you something, because one of the four e-mails I've received on this topic, which have come from the different arts groups around the province who so passionately and articulately presented…. I've had thank-you letters. It's a rarity in this business to get thank-you letters, but I happened to get about three or four thank-you letters from some of the arts communities around the province who participated in the hearings, who knew of my personal passion for the arts and culture community and who followed up and said thank you. None articulate it better than a woman who presented to us in Nelson. By happy coincidence, she also happens to be featured in the Port Moody Festival of the Arts this week. It's just wonderful to see the small-world element of this come together. This woman's name is Aspen Switzer . . . (more) |
CBC InterviewFor anyone who missed it and is intersted here is the NXNW interview on CBC. We hope to have some live recordings form the tour available for download soon - check back . . . |
North by NorthwestThere's so much going on and since the tour started I almost never have access to the Internet. last things first: Sheryl MacKay from CBC's North by Northwest contacted me to do an interview for this weeks show which we did today. It will air from just before 8:30 to 9:00 Saturday April 12th - the day of my Nelson concert. It includes us playing some songs live in their studio. (more) |
Alberta/BC Tour April 2008The time is near...I will hit the road March 13th for a visit home and some brushing up on my sets with Thistledowne (My West Coast Trio). Thistledowne will accompany me for all the dates of this tour. The addition of their wonderful playing and vocal harmonies is always gorgeous and inspiring.In the time that I have been in Montreal I have composed more new songs than ever before! I will be sharing many of them on this upcoming tour as well as old favorites, I am very excited. Most of the dates are confirmed and posted on the website in Upcoming Shows so check them out and post them on your calendars. If you plan to attend one of the house concerts email or call now for reservations! These will sell out fast. Check back soon for the final list of tour dates. Take care, Aspen |
House-concertsFor emerging artists like myself, house-concerts or living room concerts can be a great way to go. I've got a few planned for my upcoming tour of Alberta and BC. In this brief podcast, I explain more about what makes them great. |
