Clea Roddick

Where street meets book, and furrow meets forest.
Welcome to songs written by Clea Roddick.

‘Calgary songstress Clea Roddick has the entrancing voice of a lark, the soul of a cheeky storyteller, and the heart of a passionate poet.’
- Kathy Gallant, NXEW.ca

‘Her art-soaked, pastoral folk pop deserves to be heard.’
- Mike Bell, Calgary Herald

LATEST NEWS

JAN. 18:
It is true wintertime now, sun and scrunchy snow here. Blue shadows and light reflected, bouncing in and out of laden branches. Feeding birds and writing ditties, sharing meals, stages and co-writing for other artists as we rise together in song. Wishing you all magic and joy in this mysterious year, 2012! May you have all you need and a tree to dream beneath.

With love, Clea

OCT. 15: The first blush of ‘Songs of the Year: Vol. 3’
This is the third EP in a series of 4. Celebrating the seasons, people, birds, trees, rocks, letters and hums. Recorded mostly 'live off the floor' at The Station Recording Company in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Available on Bandcamp

OCT. 1: Winston Heights-Mountveiw Community ‘Neighbours’ Video Launch
‘How will we make it through the ages when we don’t even know the neighbours?’

On Tom Babin's Calary Herald Blog

JUL. 28: Nothings
In the sweet hush of summer, there are so many songs floating about. Collecting now for Volume 3: songs inspired by simple things. Writing in a cabin over a mountain with no piano, the accordion was too heavy to pack in.

MAY 30: SONGS OF THE YEAR: VOL. 2, Now Available!

Hi friends,thanks for following the growth of this Songs Of The Year project so far. Take a listen to the brand new 'Songs of The Year: Vol. 2', a special little cluster of 4 tracks coming to the airwaves of many a fine radio station and on our new Bandcamp page. New videos are in the works even as we get to work with preproduction of next seasons EP. No sleep this year!
Love xo
Clea

APR. 28: NEW VIDEO!

We made a little video in the studio for a brand new song called “Birds Come Back” which will be on the next EP. Watch it here:

APR. 3: UPDATE

The last few weeks have been a flurry of recording. When I began this Songs of The Year series the grand plan was to release an EP every season. We set to work recording a large back log of unrecorded songs. We released “Songs of the Year: Vol 1” in November 2010 and were humbled by the response on College radio across North America and some nice reviews (read this NXEW blog by Kathy Gallant)

Then in the middle of recording the second EP there came some unexpected inspiration. Late nights in February and March ended up being devoted more to writing than recording. It wasn’t in the original plan, but this is what happened: Craig and I wrote a bunch of new songs together. And we fell in love with them. So we have been recording those instead, following the wind as it changes. They will be done very soon I promise you.

xoClea

FEB. 10 MUSICIANS CARE FOR KIDS BENEFIT CONCERT

Featuring:
RUSSELL BROOM
DAN VACON (THE DUDES & DOJO WORKHORSE)
LEEROY STAGGER * COLLEEN BROWN
CLEA RODDICK * NOEL JOHNSON
RANDI BOULTON * CUM VINO CANTUS

PERFORMING IN A SONGWRITER’S CIRCLE

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10TH 2010, 7:30 pm

EPCOR CENTRE’s Jack Singer Concert Hall
TICKETS AT www.epcorcentre.org

IN BENEFIT OF THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF CALGARY,
CALGARY ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOL AND
THE 78TH FRASER HIGHLANDERS JUNIOR PROGRAM

UPCOMING EVENT: JAN. 16 CD RELEASE SHOW!
Ironwood Stage & Grill, Calgary, AB
8pm, all ages venue
Lots of extra guests will make for a fun night.
For Tickets, call the Ironwood to book:
(403)269-5581
They fill up quickly so its a good idea to reserve a table in advance.

LISTEN NOW TO JANUARY'S SONG OF THE MONTH 'CHICKADEE'

Download Now on iTunes

ANNOUNCING THE RELEASE OF 'SONGS OF THE YEAR: VOL. 1'

Starting Nov. 1, listen to a new song posted here every month.

Can't wait? Purchase the CD now from the Store or Download now from iTunes

The first in her planned series of four seasonal EPs. “Songs of the Year, Vol. 1” unveils 5 new songs from Clea about Chickadees, bright stars in the night sky, trusting your nieghbours, sundogs (the tiny rainbows that appear near the sun on very cold days) and her Grandmother’s love affair with a bush pilot. This brief collection pays tribute to Clea’s own intimacy with winter formed by her upbringing on an off-the-grid ranch in northern Alberta. She recorded the EP with a cast of Calgary talent, her band mates, musicians from Vancouver that were spending the night on the way home from Ontario, and her neighbour.

Sept, 2010: Upcoming Events

Sept 10, Haven Social Club (Edmonton, AB) w/Trey Mills and Matt Epp

Sept 21, Ironwood Stage and Grill (Calgary, AB) w/Hilary Grist & Sara Ciantar

Oct 16, Streaming Café (Kelowna, BC) Live Podcast show + interview, watch/interact from anywhere! www.streamingcafe.net

Oct 17, Montmartre Café (Vancouver, BC) Thundering Word!

June 20, 2010

Longer days full of rain, songs flapping out from under the bridge like cliff swallows, and a new project is taking roothold. Late nights, early mornings.

Thank you to all our TV spies, for celebrating with us that “Rocks and Weeds” was featured in MTV’s The Real World.

Love abounds xo

March, 2010: Free show in Austin!!

Clea Roddick
Wednesday, March 17th at 8:30pm
Darwin's Pub
223 E 6th St
Austin, Texas

Jan 21, 2010: Catch up with Clea live at these Upcoming Shows!

Feb 11 at Marquee Room in Calgary, Alberta
“The Winter Hearts Show” with Trey Mills

Feb 14 at Market Collective in Calgary, Alberta

March 17 at Darwin’s Pub, in Austin, Texas, Red Gorilla Showcase

Full details on the TOUR page.
Other shows are being added so check back frequently!

For press inquiries contact Mod May Promotions
Joelle@modmaypromotions.com
Ph: 403-618-2504

Dec 9: NEW SONG! Free Holiday Download!!!

Snow covered and short sunshine moments. As 2009 draws its shutters, a deep thank you is in order.
(Drum roll, sweeping string section….)

To you the listener! You are the reason these songs have made their way beyond my little walls (real and imaginary) and out into the wider world. Thank you, Thank you, Thank You!

Gratitude is exploding like midnight fireworks for each person who comes to the live shows, each visitor of this site, each radio lover, each Facebook and Myspace fan and friend, and everyone that continues to be joyfully supportive of independent music.

Sometimes songs write themselves and that is what happened in this instance: several chickadees around the wide open front door collaborated with my musings and this song was born. With some help from Spencer Cheyne on drums, Mike Southworth & Ally Keller on BG’s (and of course Craig Newnes providing bass and fairy dust) the little fledgling became beautiful and here she is!

It will be on the 2010 album but I wanted to give it to you lovelies first so go ahead and download away! Happy Holidays to all. xo Clea

Oct 23: Cheryl Catherine Smith Peer Reviews Clea Roddick’s Track Rollerskate on Raised On Indie
As a female singer/songwriter I am a huge supporter of other gals in the biz and I was drawn to this review for this purpose - support! After listening to this song several times I am left believing that Clea doesn't really need my support as I'm sure she has the support of many already! There's a lovely quirky vulnerable quality to Clea Roddick's voice, a voice that entices us gladly into a song entitled "Rollerskate", that she "loves to ride on." Her interesting lyrics bring a pondering - are they serving as double entendres, allusions to a longing for a peaceful world harmony or is this simply a song about how much she loves rollerskating? I believe that it is all of the above, which then lends to a further belief that this is a well crafted & thought out song, despite it's low-fi and almost casual approach. The be-bopping beat leaves me feeling somehow refreshed & her endearing voice with the cool bends helps soothe the "savage beast" (?!) within.

Here's the link at Raised On Indie

Aug 5: 'Rollerskate' licenced by major TV shows!
MTV's 'The Hills' & 'The City', MTV's Road Rules (all shows-'The Real World' etc.), VH1's 'Tough Love', E!TV's 'Keeping up with the Kardashians' & 'Khloe & Kourt go to Miami' and a new MTV show called 'The Stylist' have all licensed Clea’s new record! This means that any songs from ROLLERSKATE may be used on the new seasons of these shows!! A huge thank you to the music supervisors and to Tinderbox Music for helping out with this!

If you watch these shows tell your friends to listen up!!! When you hear something that 'sounds like Clea'-it might actually be!! To get more interactive please visit Clea’s Facebook or Myspace pages & become a fan.

Thanks for everyone's continued love & support. xx

Jul 2: Radio Victories!
Summer is here and we could lie on the grass for a thousand years. Dandelion chains can’t keep us apart. And through a window: the radio.

It’s time to celebrate a successful radio campaign that brought the sounds of Clea Roddick across Canada and the US, where Rollerskate has been added to the library of over 220 college and independent radio stations! In some cases there were some major victories on the charts, including

#1 in New York, NY
#1 in Queensburg, NY
#3 in Ithaca, NY
#5 in Montreal, PQ
#9 in Newton, MA
#15 in Monmouth, IL
#17 in Houghton, MI
#30 in Ashland, WI

Thanks to all these stations that put Rollerskate in their Hearts, on their Charts, and into heavy rotation:

CIXS Montreal-PQ, KBSU Boise-ID, KCSS Turlock-CA, KEOL La Grande-OR, KEUL Girdwood-AK, KMSC Moorhead-MN, KNWD Natchitoches-LA, KTRM Kirksville-MA, KURA Ouray-CO, Lassell College Radio, Newton-MA, M3 Radio New York-NY, VIC Radio, Ithaca-NY, WAIH Potsdam-NY, WCUR West Chester-PA, WGFR Queensburg-NY, WIIT Chicago-IL, WKKL West Barnstable-MA, WMCR Monmouth-IL, WMTU Houghton-MI, WRBU Peoria-IL, WRNC Ashland-WIWSJU Jamaica-NY, WUTS Sewanee-TN, WWHR Bowling Green-KY

Many others across North America have been playing the album, so please request in your hometown! In Calgary she’s been receiving great support from these local stations:

97.7 Calgary FM has added the song ‘River’. They have a request form online and will let you know when they will play the song so have fun with that! http://www.977calgaryfm.com/request

CKUA (93.7 FM Calgary, 94.9 FM Edmonton, and 580 AM Province-wide in Alberta)

CJSW 90.9 FM, Fuel 90.3 FM & Energy 101.5 FM have been playing the record, helping with funding and giving recognition. THANKYOU!!!

Apr 6: FUEL 90.3 Rockstar Contest Apr. 23 Finalists Announced!
Clea is a semi-finalist in Calgary’s 90.3 FM ‘Rockstar’ Contest. She will take the stage with her band on April 23 at the Rusty Cage South. More details here: www.myspace.com/clearoddick

Please show your support by texting CLEA to 78910!

Mar 18: ROLLERSKATE On the Radio, ‘Going for Adds’ March 24
All across North America, 300 Independent & College radio stations will be receiveing the new album this week. Wheeeeeee….Rolling on the ‘waves’....and right up to your door (or through your speakers at least). Keep an ear out!

Mar 16: Introducing the New Website and Official home of Clea Roddick.
Goodies are being added on a weekly basis so be sure to check back often! Poetry will be soon posted with lyrics under the ‘Words’ section. If you would like to be on a mailing list that will keep you up to date with shows and special events please sign up under ‘Community’. Feedback is welcome!

Feb 28: Improptu Studio Session
A dear little new song ‘Chickadee’ flew in with the melting snow and we had the joy of quickly recording it to catch the magic. Kisses to Craig for the late late night, the inspired bass answer and vocals. And Spencer for the stealth drumming!

Feb 15: Energy 101.5 FM Top Ten Finalist in JUNOS contest
A wholehearted hug of thanks to all the friends & fans that voted and gave amazing support in this competition! xox

Jan 7: Clea Roddick’s new album ROLLERSKATE Available here:
ONLINE: CDBABY and ITUNES
Or in Calgary & Edmonton at MEGATUNES

CONTACT

Press - Joelle May: Joelle@modmaypromotions.com

Booking - Craig Newnes: craig@thestationrecording.com

Email Clea: clea@clearoddick.com

YouTube: youtube.com/clearoddick

Twitter: twitter.com/clearoddick

Facebook: facebook.com/clearoddick#

ReverbNation: reverbnation.com/clearoddick

Myspace: myspace.com/clearoddick