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New Christmas Songs
I just want a prairie Christmas
It Wouldn’t be Christmas without you
Stuff My Stocking Baby by Boom Boom La Tour
Well we have finally gotten the Christmas songs up, including the xxxmas song by my alter ego Boom Boom La Tour. Here are all three and there is a CHristmas song book download on the way. These were recorded in our studio and in Dogger Pond out in Drummondville with the added talents of Gilles Tessier, Michelle Campagne and of course the multitalented Davy Gallant. THis is not to overlook the rest of the family, Paul recording, singing playing and the violin performed by Aleksi Campagne. What would I do without my talented family? It is wonderful to have an idea and to see it rush its way to being a song on the website to send to everyone. If you hear any of these songs played on the radio, let us know. To add to the Christmas cheer I am sending you this Egg Nog Recipie. It is the real thing and ideally is like drinking a cloud. I know it uses raw eggs (so take care with keeping it cold and drink it right away) and cream, sugar and booze. It may give you cardiac arrest long before you get tipsy, but for those of you willing to take a trip on the wild side this is a wonderful treat. I hope you enjoy it.COYOTE EGGNOG
6 egg yolks
4 cups table cream
6 egg whites
1 cup sugar
2 cups whole milk
1/4 tsp salt
1 1/2 cups brandy or rum
nutmeg
Beat egg yolks until light yellow, gradually add all sugar, then cream and milk. Chill. At serving time, beat egg whites until they look like a cloud.
folk into egg mixture. Add brandy, sprinkle nutmeg. ladle into a cup and ENJOY.
For those of you in the Montreal area, we are playing at Petit Campus on December 17, For those of you in Toronto, you can catch us at our annual Hugh’s room show on the first weekend in January. See you there. Connie
It Just Wouldn’t Be Christmas Without You.
I’ve had an idea for a while of recording a few original Christmas songs that have been kicking around and never found an album. “It Just Wouldn’t Be Christmas Without You” was recorded in Edmonton for the Tommy Banks television show many years ago. Tommy put out a recording of some of these songs taken from their archives ( a lovely album I may add) and I heard it again. It hadn’t made it to the Roy Forbes Connie Kaldor Cd but I always liked it. So, we have rerecorded it along with a new song, Prairie Christmas. Its no surprise that I have written a song called Prairie Christmas, I have been thinking for a while about getting home to Saskatchewan for the holidays. It’s been way too long. We will be sending them soon to everyone on our mailing list and putting it out to all the prairie radio stations we can find. That is the beauty of the new digital age of music. We can create something and get it out there.Theres a December Show in Montreal!!. We don’t get to play here enough but we have a show at Petit Campus on Saturday December 17. We will do songs from our regular show and since it is that time of the year, a few holiday songs too. If you are in the Montreal area, come on down. It will be a nice kick off to the season for me. I am threatening to make Christmas cookies and Matt large and his gang are using it to raise money for Sun Youth. I am bringing all the canned goods I can carry.
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The Duck gets to Broadway!!
Yes, this Sunday was a beautiful day in New York City and The Symphony Space on Broadway featured a family show with four artists from the Secret Mountain catalogue, me included. So I got a chance to read the Duck in New York City and sing the song. It was fun. At one point I was reading the story and came to the line that the little duck wanted to dance his ducky dance on Broadway and a little voice piped up from the audience “You are on Broadway!” It was so great. Wonderful crowd and kids joined in and generally made it a great afternoon for me. Michelle Campagne, Lucy Kaplanski and Trout Fishing in America were the other artists invited. It is always wonderful to be surrounded by musicians and writers that you respect. Crew there was great too. I met some new people and met some great kids. I had told the story of finding a rubber ducky in a taxi in New york and thats what inspired the song. One little girl informed me that she had left her rubber duck in a taxi once. Who knows it could have been the one! Anything can happen in New york and unlike Vegas, what happens in New York gets taken everywhere. Connie
Prairie Tour Delights
Spring is late here in Montreal and late in the prairies where we toured last month. We had a great time out in Saskatchewan. We played a wonderful restored church in Marysburg,the impressive E A Rawlinson in Prince Albert and of course the Broadway Theatre in Saskatoon that has been a great place to play over the years. Several times we would be playing there and the threat of closing it down would be in the air but thankfully people stepped in and organised, fundraised and kept it the great Broadway theatre. When the tour finished in Regina, I headed out to Willowbunch to the farm, where there was no heat, no water, no people other than paul and coyotes that woke you up in the morning. It is so beautiful there
When I was at the Broadway, I received a note from one of the wonderful front of house crew. It was a recipe from an 84 year old woman who had heard that I was looking for prairie recipes for my site. She said that her father had worked for the King of England when he was 18. Apparrantly the king owned a ranch in Alberta and he was one of the hands. SHe didnt have any way to get it to me so she dictated it to the woman at the Broadway. She said that her recipe was great and had won many awards. It is on my list of things to make when the sweet tooth calls. It is on our prairie recipe section if you want to beat me to it. Let me know if you like it. I wish she had left her name so we could credit her. I guess we will have to call it the prairie gal delight . Connie
Heading out west in March
We are touring in Saskatchewan this March. We have dates in Marysburg, Prince Albert, Saskatoon and Regina. It is always great to get back to those prairie skies. Here is a list of those dates. I hope to see you there.
Marysburg MArch 24th at the historic Assumption Church.
Prince Albert March 25th E.A. Rawlinson Center for the Arts. 142 12th st west
Saskatoon March 26th The Broadway Theatre. 715 BRoadways
Regina March 29th Regina Performing Arts Center 1077 Angus Street.
