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May 05, 12:59 PM

new music video!

One Foot Tapping Records is pleased to announce the online release of Christa Couture's new music video!

"'Nothing's Changed' is a song about failing my personal growth homework" says Couture of the second single from her album "The Wedding Singer and The Undertaker". When meeting with Vancouver director and animator Belinda Fung [http://bsquarestudiocafe.blogspot.com/, who created the music video for the song, Couture gave her just that bit of insight and handed over all creative control. "I love working with visual artists, animators, filmmakers. Giving a song of mine to someone and allowing them to take whatever direction they are inspired to is, in turn, very inspiring to me".

What Fung created is a layered and charming, yet bittersweet animated story that is set in a retro video game world. Starting at "Game Over", the character runs the game in reverse, retracing her steps, losing experience and repairing the broken heart that led to her demise - ultimately finding herself back at the beginning.

Watch the video at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2m-nkAxquus

"The Wedding Singer and The Undertaker"
- won best folk album at the 2008 Aboriginal Music Awards
- hit the top 10 on CBC Radio 3 in August 2008
...and you can get the cd at CDBaby [http://cdbaby.com/cd/christacouture2, or download it from iTunes [http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=294117612&s=143455 and Zunior [http://www.zunior.com/product_info.php?products_id=1932&osCsid=456af59dd3b7b4f64b9151b9a6331401!

tap tap.

official site [http://www.christacouture.com
facebook [http://www.facebook.com/pages/manage/updates.php?id=5878388394&sent=1&e=0#pages/Christa-Couture/5878388394]
twitter [http://twitter.com/christacouture
myspace [http://www.myspace.com/christacouture
Dec 11 2008, 07:23 PM

Best Folk Album

Woohoo!
Nominated in both Best Female Artist and Best Folk Acoustic Album at this years Aboriginal Music Awards, I came home with an impressive shiny award for the latter.
“Couture impressed with her solo acoustic guitar performance” wrote ChartAttack, but I was backed by the most fabulous house band (thank you Raven et all!) which included Cris Derksen. Who is amazing. And cree also : ) She accompanied, solo, the mind-blowing Tanya Tagaq, who I watched, amazed, from the wings. I’m going to steal Cris for my next gig in February at the Chan Centre…
I must correct the intro I received though - though I was given an Arapaho name as a child, I am not, in fact, Arapaho. I’m part Cree! A small detail, but one to be clarified : )
The awards were divided into two nights - the first of which is where/when I received the Best Folk Album award. The second night, at which I performed, will be televised in the new year on CityTV. I will surely let you all know of the time and date as soon as I myself am aware!
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo
c
Nov 17 2008, 02:17 PM

me and buffy down by the skydome

TORONTO, Nov. 11 /CNW/ - The legendary Buffy Sainte-Marie, roots rockers Eagle and Hawk and country star Crystal Shawanda are just a few of the top names confirmed to perform at the Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards gala, taking place Friday, November 28th at the Rogers Centre in Toronto.

With five nods each Eagle and Hawk and Crystal Shawanda lead the nominations for the 10th annual awards show, which celebrates the best in Canadian Aboriginal music. Buffy Sainte-Marie will receive the Lifetime Contribution to Aboriginal Music special honour during the live event.

Hosted by Aboriginal actors Don Kelly and Renae Morriseau, additional performers slated to perform during the three-hour CAMA extravaganza include multiple nominees Tanya Tagaq (3), Fara Palmer (3), Christa Couture (2), Jace Martin (2), and Leanne Goose (2), as well as single nominees Stevie Salas, Darren Lavallee, Northern Cree and 7th Generation. West coast Aboriginal dance group the Eagle Song Dancers will also perform as part of the event's tribute to the traditions and symbolism of the western coastal Aboriginal people.

Tickets for the 2008 CAMAs are on sale now through Ticketmaster, by phone or online at ticketmaster.ca. Reserved floor seats are $35 in advance ($40 at the door) and general admission seats are $20. Tickets may also be purchased day of show at the box office located at Gate 7 at the Rogers Centre. Visit www.canab.comfor more information.
Oct 15 2008, 07:38 PM

article in BC Musicians Magazine

…written by Nat Jay about the “writers in the sky” at this years Vancouver Folk Fest - which was Christa Couture, Nat Jay, Cameron Latimer and Cory Woodward.
read it here
Sep 28 2008, 09:01 PM

lone folksinger no more

love performing solo, i do. it doesn’t matter what mistakes i make, and what set lists i don’t… BUT, it can also get so lonely! SO, i dreamed a little something up so that i would get to do my thing, have others play with me, AND also get to sit back and listen to music i love. thus, the EAST VAN BOX SET tour.
i asked my friends (the gorgeous) sara ciantar - who played accordion on my album Fell Out of Oz, is a singer-songwriter herself, and a member of a couple of Vancouver’s best bands - and (the adorable) aaron joyce - who joins me frequently on guitar, played a handful of instruments on The Wedding Singer and The Undertaker, including arranging all the strings and horn parts, and has 5 diverse and incredible projects of his own rocking Vancouver - if they’d be up for a good old fashioned “in the round” tour. they said yet. and we’ve been having a blast rehearsing. and now comes the time to share the fruits of our labour!
this month we’re doing a handful of shows on the island, and one in merritt. next month we’ll be heading into the interior of BC. here’s a quick list of the dates, if you’re in the area, come!
Thursday Oct 2 DUNCAN, BC Duncan Garage Showroom
Friday Oct 3 VICTORIA, BC The Solstice Cafe
Saturday Oct 4 COURTENAY, BC Joe’s Garage
Sunday Oct 5 UCLUELET, BC Wild Heather Books
Friday Oct 10 MERRITT, BC Iron Mountain Music
beep beep,
christa
Sep 07 2008, 01:25 AM

summer some

technically there are a few days left in summer, but doesn't it feel like it's already ended? sigh. maybe i'm just feeling preemptively nostalgic... i had a great summer! the new album hit the top 10 on CBC Radio 3 (thanks CBC! thanks to everyone who requests the tunes!) and then i took august OFF. no gigs, no press, no facebook updates : ) instead, nick and i got married! yup, we made it "official". we had a great big wedding tht was incredible fun and two weeks of holiday on salt spring and vancouver islands. i'm in LOVE with the former and have been fantasizing since we left about our return...
but now, with september, it's back to work. i'm putting together a wee october and november BC tour and already working on another cross canada tour for the new year. onwards!
two things:
1) i made a wee video with photos from my summer fun - reminisce with me at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eG898WFrTI
2) i've got two great gigs in Vancouver this month. one solo performance, and one with the full band. see gig listings for deets!
if you're in vancouver for my gigs, then i also greatly encourage you to check out c.r. avery at the Rio Theatre on september 19th! he's performing with a string quartet and it's going to be incredible.
...in these days i miss the autumn colours of my prairies... autumn vancouver is signaled only by grey(er) skies, (more) rain and coll air. but stoically it remains green. i want reds! yellows! oranges! i want cracking dry leaves under my feet! should you live in a climate that offers you a proper fall, please spin in some leaves for me!
drift by my window,
christa
Jul 11 2008, 07:35 PM

15,0000 kms later

i've been home from the cross canada tour a few days now, but am just staring to feel oriented again. life on the road is so different, so out of context at times, so changing yet so routine that coming home to THIS routine can take some getting used to!

but i'm glad to have my bed again. we have a great mattress. : )

i've uploaded the last of the tour pics in the various places for them (christacouture.com, facebook, myspace etc...) and will be adding some video from shows soon too. it's on the list....

everything waits while i'm gone

yet everything stays in motion, without losing a step, or batting an eye

the waiting is in the piles of unopened bills to be paid, the email lists to be updated, the papers to file....

but the city, the spring flowers i left that are summer flowers to come home to, seemingly every other person outside of my few square feet, has gone on, untouched by 15,000 kms, 3 oil changes and a lot of windshield-dead bugs. i like that.

it was a great tour. we were so incredibly blessed by generous people, their spare rooms, their couches, their fridges. thank you to ALL of those people who supported is in that home sense!

thank you also, of course, as always, to the kind ears that came to the shows to listen.

yes. thank you.

cc
Jul 07 2008, 04:11 PM

CBC Concerts on Demand - listen online!

great news! the CBC has made a podcast of the Canada Live show that broadcast the last of the march tour gigs i did with Coco Love Alcorn [http://www.cocolovealcorn.com/] and Ian Sherwood [http://www.iansherwood.com/home.html]. it was recorded live at the penthouse in vancouver bc and it was a blast. listen to it here. [http://www.cbc.ca/radio2/cod/concerts/20080530penth]
Jun 28 2008, 11:49 PM

late so light

"it stays late so light here" i told the crowd in red deer

but they knew what i meant

and they knew the part of my heart that only answers when alberta calls her name

but i'm covered in mosquito bites

white mishapen mounds the size of quarters

and i remember why i left these prairie skies

the part of my heart

that only dances

when vancouver calls her name

is all dolled up

and waiting for the band to start
Jun 24 2008, 11:08 PM

small and large

the only place you can get a wireless signal at lang's motel, on highway 17, is if you sit on the adirondacks just outside the rooms. unfortunaley, it's mosquito season. more unfortuante, i have always had the eau de exactly what mosquitos love about me and i am getting instantly covered in bites. yuck! swatting at swarms is making this whole typing business very awkward....

but tonight we played at green achers in wabigoon. it's interesting on this tour, having played in many small towns, and the big cities in between, having the opportunity to compare the two experiences. for the most part, the small towns have been much more humane. like tonight, john booked us in at this motel, made us an amazing dinner with fish he'd caught not 2 hours before, opened some wine at the end of the show, helped with the sound set up.... and so on. he was generous and kind and fun and the audience listened and hung out after. one local even pulled out his slide guitar and made music for us. ideal! in a small town, there's only ever one show on, if any. and generally, people appreciate it so much. in cities, there's hundreds of things to choose from in a night, and it seems to create a blas'e attitude. in montreal, we couldn't even get a staff discount on a cookie. but here in wabigoon, artist, audience and host are equal parts. which i love.

i don't love these frickin mosquitos. i must run for cover!

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