We hope your festivities for the end of the year and the ones for this nascent year were as great as can be! Our year ended real swell, landing our album The Fakeout in several Top 10 Lists, including Chicago Tunes, Too Much Rock, Left Without My Hat (english translation), CHIRP DJ Andy Weber, Northwestern Indiana Times, The Huffington Post (!!), etc. Thank you all so much; we are so proud of our album and are so appreciative of the support!
Now this recently extreme weather, however, has led to a roller coaster ride of snow drifts and emotions! Canasta has been prepping for a zealous midwest mini-tour for February starting, well, today! But due to the historical blizzard that has hit the midwest as of last Wednesday, we unfortunately had to postpone our dearly-anticipated Daytrotter session as well as our show tonight at River Music Experience in Iowa. This marks the first show cancellation in the history of the band… But Canasta ain’t backin’ down, and we still got a lot of shows for the rest of the month! Check our our Shows page for the full listing, and tell all your friends around the midwest!
We will be returning to our homeland on February 26th, headlining at the Old Town School of Folk Music! If you guys haven’t ever been, be prepared for one of the most majestic venues in the city, aesthetically and acoustically. We are playing with two good friends: REGO (who are fellow label-mates at RWIM and are releasing an EP) and Sewing Pattern (the musical project of Canasta’s keyboard player, Angie Ma, who is also releasing an LP). You can buy tickets here, and all of us band members have a few on hand as well.
Other grand news is that Canasta was nominated for a run in The Deli’s Best of Chicago Emerging Artists of 2010 Poll, and we took home 1st place with the popular vote! (Sadly we did not take home the overall vote, but are honored to land 5th and bow down to Young Man, who took the crown). It was a definitely a fun adventure, and we owe all our success to you fans who so devotedly took the time to vote! Thank you, thank you!!
Last but not least, we also do have a new batch of oh-so-stylish T-shirts coming our way, designed by our very own drummer, Brian Palmieri, along with his friend and roommate, Paul Halupka. It will definitely be available for our Old Town show, perhaps earlier…
Wish us all the best for safe travels, we absolutely cannot wait to see you at the Old Town School of Folk Music!
