Just a reminder if you happen to be in Canmore this Friday, July 22. Lyra, along with other U22 Singer/Songwriter's Paul Cresey, Alanna Clarke and Lucas Chaisson take to the stage at the Communitea Café as part of the 33rd Canmore Folk Fest. Doors open @ 8:30pm, show is @ 9pm.

X'S FOR EYES 
Lyra has put up a brand new song on her myspace page. Go listen to this amazing tune, 'X's For Eyes'. You'll hear her play this at her upcoming shows in Canmore and at the Edmonton Folk Fest.

The dates and times for Lyra's shows at the Edmonton Folk Festival have been announced. She'll be appearing on Friday, August 6th on Stage 7 from 7-8pm and on Sunday, August 8th on Stage 2 from 12-2pm at the U22 Concert. See you there! Go here for more info.

Lyra get's interviewed by the Edmontonian after her SOS Fest show. You can also visit their blog for interviews with SOS Organizers Kaley Bird and Darb Erickson. Congratulations goes out to everyone involved with this amazing festival.

Lyra has been asked to play at the 1st annual SOS Fest held in the heart of Old Strathcona. SOS Fest is Old Strathcona's first-ever collaborative annual live music festival and is in support of Warchild Canada and the Alberta Music Education Foundation. Lyra will be playing on Saturday July 10, 2010 from 7-8 pm at Original Joe's Varsity Row in Edmonton.

You can purchase tickets at yeglive. For more info on the SOS Fest go here.

Here are some picts from Lyra's Nextfest performance on June 8. Thanks to Lucas Boutilier for taking these. Check out the Nextfest Facebook page for more.

The Canmore Folk Music Festival and Communitea Café pay tribute this year to the next generation of talent with a special night of music provided by U22 Productions.

From 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Friday, July 30, Lyra Brown, Paul Cresey, Alanna Clarke and Lucas Chaisson will take to the stage at Communitea Café, on the corner of 10 St. and Sixth Avenue in Canmore. For more info go here.

On Saturday, July 31, U22 will host a songwriting workshop at the Canmore Seniors Centre. For more information or to register for this workshop, contact aad@canmorefolkfestival.com.

New sweet beats on Lyra's myspace page. Scroll down to Home Again and listen to Lyra's new song.

...you can't go home again...

or can you?

Here are some pics from Lyra's recent gig at the Ship and Anchor Pub in Calgary. Thanks goes out to Stan for sending them to us.

The lineup for this year's CBC Nextfest 2010 Music Series-curated by our good friend Chris Martin-has been announced. Lyra will be playing on Tuesday, June 8th @ 10pm at the Roxy Theatre with Brian McLeod on bass/guitar and Shadi Merhej on drums. It's sure to be a great show as she'll be playing lots of recently written material. Along with Lyra, the musical lineup includes Ariane Mahryke Lemire, Conner McGuire, Cris Derksen, James Clarke, Mass Choir and The Juice.

Nextfest 2010 runs from June 3-13 in more than fifteen venues across Edmonton. With over four-hundred artists participating in visual art, film, dance, theatre and music, there is something for everyone. Get your tickets now... go here.

Lyra is competing until May 20th for a chance to play at Lilith Fair in Edmonton. You can vote for her as many times as you want by joining as a fan at OurStage.com. Lyra has entered her song Vegetarian Veterinarian. After May 20th, the top 20 songs will move on to the next round.

It's free, so click here to join. After you join, go to the judge tab and find Lilith Fair Channels, then go to the Lilith Local Talent Search: Calgary and Edmonton. The site is a bit overwhelming, but well worth the effort.

Everyone I Know

I've always loved this song, the words ring so much truth.

love, lyra

PS - Gospel ending included..!

To listen to more Gretna Green and to buy their CD go here

It's always exciting to hear a new song from Lyra. To hear her plinking and plunking on her keyboard downstairs and then to be blown away when she comes upstairs with a new song like Here, Sea. Lyra really likes playing this one, so I'm sure you'll be hearing her play this at her upcoming gigs.

-greg

Leaving A Light On

Lyra and local Edmonton musician Alexander Chemist recently got together in his home studio to record the song Leaving A Light On.  Look for it on his debut CD Infinity, available on iTunes and at CD Baby. To hear more of Alexander's music, check out his myspace page.

 

We're super excited around here. Lyra will be playing the 2010 Edmonton Folk Music Festival. I know we're jumping the gun a bit on this as it has not been officially announced, but hey we just couldn't resist telling you. She will be featured on the U22 stage and may be playing the main stage as well. We'll post more details when they become available. Performance times and stages will be announced May 26. Tickets go on sale June 1 @ 9am. The Festival runs August 5-8 at Gallagher Park.

Chad from Makin' Whoopee, and Mike B. host of Finding the Rhythms, combined their creative CJSR forces to bring us Brinx Job. After receiving the thumbs up from the fab four, they played Lyra's recently recorded cover of The Beatles classic track She Said, She Said. So far only a few friends have had a chance to hear her play it, but thanks to Chad and Mike you can hear it too.

They say one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. On Saturday, March 20th, you can test that theory at the inaugural #YEG Swap. The #YEG Swap is a community event at The ARTery that will also double as the coming-out party for a local group called the League of Extraordinary Media.

Lyra will be performing as well as other locals The Joe and The Mystery Ponies. Show starts at 7. Price is $2. Map to the show here.


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CBC Radio 2 is putting the spotlight on Canada's emerging musical talent! "Next! Canada's Music Future" is a series that showcases artists, ensembles and bands that are on the verge of becoming national names on the music scene.

So...Tune in to CBC Radio 2 with host Andrew Craig, Friday, March 12th @ 7pm, 90.9 FM (here in Edmonton) as they broadcast Lyra's U22 performance from the Royal Alberta Museum Theatre. Click here for the concert schedule.

This show from September of 2009, which was filmed for CBC Television, was part of an exciting year for Lyra which included winning first place at the Ship and Anchor Songwriting Competition in Calgary, playing the 2009 Calgary Folk Festival, playing live on CJSR Radio and gracing the Edmonton CBC Main Stage on New Years Eve.

If you don't have a clue how to tune to CBC Radio 2 in your area of the world, go here. Or if you don't have a radio nearby, go here to stream it live to your computer.

enjoy the show...

Hey just wanted to let you know Lyra recorded a great version of the Rilo Kiley song Don't Deconstruct today on her 4-track. Rilo Kiley was fantastic band that included Jenny Lewis and Blake Sennett. Jenny of course became famous in her own right and Blake formed a band called The Elected.

On her cover version, Lyra sings all the trumpet and string quartet parts and the ending will put a smile on your face. She's uploaded it to her music page.

I'm starting to post lyrics to songs on my Music page and you can download Pretty Baby for free.

xo lyra

Wrote a new song yesterday called The Shady Socalite. Listen to it and check out the lyrics over on the music page.

xo lyra

I'll be performing Friday, Feb 19 at the Axis Cafe on 10349-Jasper Ave with Al Brant. The show starts at 8pm. It's in the lower level of the cafe called the Metro Room. Just click on the Shows tab at the top of the page for a map to the gig. See ya there!

- Lyra

My friend Harvey Miedreich, asked me to be part of this cool project called 'The 100 People Project'. His photographs are amazing and it's quite an honour to be part of it. You can't tell by looking at the photos, but it was freeezing that day! So much fun all the same.

Anyone is welcome to be part of this exciting photo op so go here to get in touch with him.

xo lyra

Hey I got to play LIVE on Makin' Whoopee, the Tuesday morning radio show on Edmonton's CJSR 88.5 FM on Jan 19th, 2010. I had a blast hanging out with Colin and Chad. Played Mostly Only, Vegetarian Veterinarian and new song, The Outskirts of Optimism.

If you want to hear what it's like playing at 8am, you can download the podcast here