I Lost Myself on the Radio!
15 Jan 2012 Leave a Comment
in Melodies, Radio Tags: college radio, I Lost Myself, new album, radio
If you’ve been keeping up to date with us lately, you probably know that we have a new album announcement coming on January 26, along with three new songs that will be up for free download from Noisetrade. It’s been a long time coming and we’re really excited to finally get to share these with you! The Facebook event with all the details is HERE .
On January 17, a week before the songs are available for download, college and community radio stations across Canada will premier the first single of the new album, I Lost Myself. We’ve done a lot with these stations this past year, and we’re really happy for them to give you a first listen of this song! Below I’ve got a list of all of the stations in each city and their request lines, so if you listen to any of these or live in these cities, it would be rad if you could request I Lost Myself for us! See you on the road!
BRITISH COLUMBIA
CIVL 101.7 Abbotsford, BC 604.851.6306
CJSF 90.1 Burnaby, BC 778.782.CJSF
CFBX 92.5 Kamloops, BC 250.377.3988
CHLY 101.7 Nanaimo, BC 250.740.1017
CJLY 93.5 Nelson, BC 250.352.3706
CFUR 88.7 Prince George, BC 250.960.7664
CITR 101.9 Vancouver, BC 604.822.CITR
CFRO 102.7 Vancouver, BC 604.684.7561
CFUV 101.9 Victoria, BC 250.721.8700
ALBERTA
CSJW 90.9 Calgary, AB 403.220.3991
CKUA 94.9 Edmonton, AB 780.428.7595
CJSR 88.5 Edmonton, AB 780.492.CJSR
CKXU 88.3 Lethbridge, AB 403-329-5189
SASKATCHEWAN
CFCR 90.5 Saskatoon, SK 306.242.5002
MANITOBA
CJUM 101.5 Winnipeg, MB 204.269.8636
CKUW 95.9 Winnipeg, MB 204.774.6877
ONTARIO
CFRU 93.3 Guelph, ON 519.837.CFRU
CFMU 93.3 Hamilton, ON 905.528.9888
CIOI 101.5 Hamilton, ON 905-575-2175
CFRC 101.9 Kingston, ON 613.533.CFRC
CHRW 94.9 London, ON 519-661-3600
CFRE 91.9 Mississauga, ON 905.828.3447
CHRY 105.5 Toronto, ON 416.736.5656
CHUO 89.1 Ottawa, ON 613.562.5967
CFBU 103.7 St. Catherines, ON 905.346.2645
CKLU 96.7 Sudbury, ON 705.673.6538
CILU 102.7 Thunder Bay, ON 807.766.7207
CKLN 88.1 Toronto, ON 416.595.1655
CSCR Scarborough, ON 416.287.7049
CIUT 89.5 Toronto, ON 416.946.7000
CKMS 100.3 Waterloo, ON 519.884.2567
CJAM 99.1 Windsor, ON 519.971.3630
QUEBEC
CISM 89.3 Montreal, QC 514.343.CISM
CJLO 1690 Montreal, QC 514.848.7471
CKUT 90.3 Montreal, QC 514.448.4013
CHOQ Montreal, QC 514.987.3000
CHYZ 94.3 Quebec City, QC 418.656.2215
CJMQ 88.9 Sherbrooke, QC 819-822-1838
CFOU 89.1 Trois-Rivieres, QC 819.376.5183
NEW BRUNSWICK
CHSR 97.9 Fredericton, NB 506.453.4979
CHMA 106.9 Sackville, NB 506.364.2222
CFMH 107.3 Saint John, NB 506.648.5925
NOVA SCOTIA
CFXU 93.9 Antigonish, NS 902.867.3941
CKDU 88.1 Halifax, NS 902.494.2487
CAPR Sydney, NS 902.563.1492
NEWFOUNDLAND
CHMR 93.5 St. John’s, NF 709.737.7935
Thanks so much friends! I hope you’re all as excited as us about these new songs and album!
-Lauren.
Meet the Fairly Odd Folk!
13 Jan 2012 2 Comments
in Snapshots, Tour Stories Tags: Lauren Mann and the Fairly Odd Folk, LMATFOF, rehearsal
On Jan. 5, the final member of LMATFOF flew to Calgary and we started rehearsing for our upcoming tour. We’re staying on a cow farm near Acme, AB, and it’s been a blast hanging out with the band and getting the songs ready. Over the past week I’ve been introducing the guys of LMATFOF to you via Instagram and Twitter, but if you missed it, I thought I’d give you a little introduction here.
First we have Mike Pardy who hails from London/Barrie, ON. He plays guitar and keys and keeps things interesting as our official hype man! You can follow him on Twitter @beholdmike and Instagram @mpardym.
Next is Aaron Fraser, who has played drums with me for a few years. He’s the oldest and wisest of all of us and plays mean drums (sometimes with funny facial expressions)! You can follow him on twitter @ajfreshfolk.
Then we have Hammer Clark, our resident bass player and Newfie. He’s the chick magnet of the group; I’m pretty sure girls across the nation will be falling for his suave looks and smooth bass playing. You can follow him on twitter @hammerinhishand.
And finally, we have Zoltan Szoges. Multi-instrumentalist, tambourine enthusiast, band manager, and my husband! You’ll be amazed at how many instruments he plays and how he plays them all together. It sure amazes me! Follow him on twitter @zoltanfoxx.
I give you...the FAIRLY ODD FOLK! (clockwise from top left) Mike Pardy, Aaron Fraser, Zoltan Szoges, Hammer Clark.
For more info about the “From Here to There” tour that starts Jan. 26, go HERE and see when we’re playing near you! See you on the road!
-Lauren.
Twitter @laurenmann
Instagram @fairlyoddlauren
“Home” Again
08 Jan 2012 Leave a Comment
in Czech Republic 2011, Tour Stories Tags: castle, church planting, concert, Czech Republic, europe, nli
After travelling to Jablunkov, we spent the last week and a half in Pribor, and then Novy Jicin, followed by two days of being tourists in Prague, and then a long journey home. In Pribor, we got to work with Ivan and Katka, two very hospitable and real people, in some schools, and even do a concert in a puppet theatre! Ivan was so funny; he doesn’t speak much English but he would still try and understand what we were saying and get us to understand him with sounds and hand gestures and really funny facial expressions. We had a lot of fun.
Ivan and Katka in Pribor, CZ
You’re Among Friends in Jablunkov
06 Dec 2011 Leave a Comment
in Czech Republic 2011, Snapshots, Tour Stories Tags: Czech Republic, europe, jablunkov, nli, poland, slovakia, youth retreat
Last Tuesday after visiting a school in Orlova, we got picked up by Zuzka and drove to Jablunkov, where she is planting a church. Our church in Calgary, First Assembly, supports Zuzka and the work that she is doing in Jablunkov, financially and also by sending teams to help. Zuzka also had the opportunity to visit Calgary this past May for the Tehillah Dimensions conference so she could see what church is like in North America.
Zuzka is an amazing young woman. She’s only 25, but she is doing great things in the community of Jablunkov with children and youth. She is the leader of the local chapter of the Royal Rangers, which is similar to Scouts, but the children also learn about God, in addition to going camping and hiking and learning outdoor survival skills. And she’s building relationships in a community that’s very closed to Christianity and is starting a church from the ground up and right now they meet at someone’s house every week.
It was really fun hanging out with Zuzka and getting to know her. Our first night there, she took us…to POLAND! There’s a Czech town called Cesky Tesin that’s right on the border so we just walked across a border and we were in Poland! Because of the Shengan Treaty, many borders have opened up and you don’t need a passport to cross.
We're in Poland!
So we walked through a Polish town, went to a Polish castle, and revelled in the fact that we had just walked to another country.
The next day we had off, which was so nice! It was great to relax and have an adventure! This time Zuzka took us…to SLOVAKIA! No big deal, just going to three countries in two days. I find this fascinating.
So we drove to the Slovakian mountains and went on a hike through this canyon! It was very cold, but absolutely beautiful with the frost on the trees.
Slovakian mountains. The world is a beautiful place.
We left from where the car was parked without taking too much notice of the map, but having a general idea of where we were going. We followed the trail through the canyon and up these crazy stairs…
Can you see Zoltan at the top of the stairs? This place was magical...I felt like I was in Narnia or Jurrasic Park. Haha.
…And continued on over the mountain. We came out in a small town with some beautiful log hotels (definitely a vacation spot) and realized that to get to where we started and where the car was parked, it was a 3 km walk, and we had already been walking for at least an hour and a half. So…we started down the road and once we hit the main road, we tried to flag down a car so we wouldn’t be walking as it was getting dark. I should mention that in Europe, hitchhiking is a very common way of getting around if you don’t have a car. Lobos, our friend in Hlucin, told us how him and his wife went hitchhiking around Europe many years ago, and it’s still common to see people hitchhiking today. So anyway, a girl pulled over, and even though she wasn’t going the direction our car was in, she drove us there to help us out! So we got to the car and headed back to Jablunkov, tired but so satisfied and very hungry!
The next day we went to a high school and taught a few of the older classes about Canada and sang some songs. For their final exams they have to write an essay about an English speaking country, but many of the teachers have told us that they don’t have a lot of material about Canada, so the presentations really help them to learn a bit about Canada and some characteristics and cultural differences.
On Friday, after helping out with the Royal Rangers (what a great bunch of kids!) we went to a youth retreat! We spent the weekend with youth from Jablunkov and Trinec, a nearby city. There were about 15 youth and some leaders including Zuzka and her brother Honza, who is the youth pastor at a church in Trinec. They were an awesome bunch of youth, very passionate about God and hungry for him, and totally fun-loving. It was a great way to spend the weekend!
The students and us at the youth retreat!
So there you have it. Adventures in three different countries in a matter of days, and making many new friends. We will definitely be back some day, Jablunkov!
Lauren.
The Roma People of Orlova (and other stories).
06 Dec 2011 Leave a Comment
in Czech Republic 2011, Snapshots Tags: Czech Republic, europe, nli, orlova, roma
(Apologies for being so behind in blog posts!)
So after spending a few days in Hlucin, we headed to Orlova with Kamil, the church planter from Orlova. But first, we spent the better part of the afternoon walking around Ostrava, the biggest city in the eastern region of Czech Republic. We walked around the main square, common in pretty much every Czech city.
The centre square in Ostrava. On weekends there are little wooden buildings set up around the square for a Christmas market!
As you can see, it’s so beautiful with the old buildings and the feeling of Christmas in the air!
The city of Orlova is an old mining town and used to revolve around the coal mines. Many apartments were built to house miners who lived in the town, so there are about 40,000 people living there, but the infrastructure is meant for a much smaller population.
Orlova also has a large Roma community. The Roma people (also known as gypsies, but the term gypsy is considered politically incorrect) are a travelling people who live throughout Czech Republic and many other countries in Europe. It was really interesting learning about the relationship between native Czech people and Roma people. There is a lot of prejudice towards the Roma people, and they often have more social problems than other people.
Kamil does a lot of work with the Roma people in Orlova and many Roma families attend his church plant. On our first night there, we got to go to a home group at the flat (apartment) of a Roma family. They are a very musical people and it was amazing listening to them sing songs and worship God together. Even though many Roma people are poorer and have a hard time finding work, they have a very joyful spirit and are SO hospitable. I even learned a Roma worship song in the Roma language, and Zoltan took a video of it, so I’ll try and post it sometime soon. 
On our second night in Orlova we held a concert for people in the community. We talked about Canada and showed some pictures, and then played some songs. I’m always amazed how even though it may be hard to communicate with words because of language differences, people of any language or culture can relate to music. It’s a common ground.
Anyway, we also got to go to some schools in Orlova and teach about Canada, and at one school they even gave us chocolate to thank us for coming! It was great to get to know some people in the church and learn a little bit about the story of Orlova. Kamil and his family are doing a lot to build relationship in their community and their church is growing.
John and his wife (they are leaders in the Roma community), myself and Zoltan, and Kamil and his wife.
John, myself, Zoltan and Kamil.
Thanks to everyone in Orlova for having us; we felt so welcome!
Next stop…Jablunkov!
Lauren.
