Colleen McFarland: News

Hello 2012, and Happy New Year to my Friends and Fans!  I've been busy writing some new tunes with Peter Nova for a duets album we're going to record this year, and also have some fun new blues and soul tunes I'm working on, and have been performing at recent shows.  I was lucky to have some incredible musicians join me for a blues and soul set including Peter Nova, Reeves Gabrels, Byron House, and Rick Wilkerson at the Family Wash in Nashville on December 20th.  In April and May I performed a few shows with Mare Wakefield, David Olney and Sergio Webb in the Northeast, and in August I played a sold out show at the Bluebird Cafe with David, Tom Kimmel, and Gwil Owen.

In September of 2011 I was honored to perform two sets at the Mountain Hall (Fjell Haven) in Norway for the Nashville to Norway Festival.  We had an outstanding group of Nashville and Norwegian musicians and artists, light and sound technicians, and volunteers and staff, including students from the local university helping out with filming. My favorite part of the show featured my rockin' friends David Olney and Sergio Webb with Peter Nova on B3, and our review in Oppland Arbeiderblad was fantastic!   It was so much fun, I can't wait to go back this year.  After the festival, Peter and I performed in Ireland (in Dublin, Tipperary, and Limerick, squeezing in some unbelievable castle time, pubs, and great Irish beer).  I definitely felt at home with those lovely people and hope to tour there again.  Well, hope to see you in the near future, and until then, have an incredible new year!

love, Colleen

I have been blessed and very lucky to be included in a book called The Nashville Songwriter.  It started when photographer Rick Smith and writer Dawn Hopkins heard Peter Nova and I perform at one of our favorite venues, Hotel Indigo on West End Ave. in Nashville.  They interviewed us for the book along with hit songwriters Dave Gibson, Daisy Dern, Guy Clark, Billy Burnette, Liz Rose, Chris Wallin, Danny Flowers and many others.  Rick and Dawn chose 50 songwriters for their book and we're so honored to be among them.
You can see a video about their project below.  If you can consider donating to their project please contact them as they are in final production before the book is published.

Here's the link: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1239051017/the-nashville-songwriter?ref=email

thenashvillesongwriter.wordpress.com

 

Colleen will perform for the Squeaky Wheel Concert Series benefiting Missing Persons along with Diane and Jack Untz, Bernie Nelson, Julie Forester, Jeff Miller, Shay Watson, Darryl MacQuarrie, Eric Haines, Trent Jeffcoat, Jeff Batson, CJ Watson, Anna Johnson, Adam Pope at the Loews Vanderbilt Hotel in Nashville from 6-9pm

hey peeps, I'm headin' to Norway in September for the From Nashville to Norway Festival with Peter Nova, Reeves Gabrels, Dave Gibson, Daisy Dern, David Olney, and Sergio Webb.  Then Peter and I are off to Ireland for a few dates, check out the Calendar and join us if you can.....

Colleen will join songwriters Tom Kimmel, David Olney, and Gwil Owen for a night of original, acoustic music at one of Nashville's premiere venues on August 11th at 9pm!

Colleen will be joining renowned singer-songwriter David Olney for a tour of the Northeastern United States in late April and early May, stay tuned for details!

David Olney's songs have been recorded by Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, Del McCoury, Lonnie Brooks, James King, Slaid Cleaves, Dale Ann Bradley, Tom Rozum, Ann Rabson, Keiran Kane/Kevin Welch/Fats Kaplin, Tim O’Brien and others. He has released more than 20 albums over four decades, including six live recordings, and performs worldwide.

Colleen heads back to Norway to perform the anniversary show on January 15th for the city of Gjøvik at Fjell Hallen, the 'Mountain Hall" with celebrated Norwegian artists including Narum, Ingvild and Trond Nagell Dahl, Peter Nova, and many other excellent performers.

Performing at Fjellhaven in Gjøvik, Norway this Friday and Saturday 9\3 and 9\4, with special guests Peter Nova, Reeves Gabrels, Jon Anders Narum, Benedikte Narum Jennsen, Billy Falcon and Rose Falcon, Dave Gibson, and an all star back up band, Colleen will head back to Nashville to host her monthly writers night at Hotel Indigo (sponsored by Voyage Air Guitar) before her next tour to Pennsylvania, New Jersey, NYC, Boston, and Vermont.

Colleen will perform in the Mountain Hall (Fjellhaven) in Gjøvik, Norway with Peter Nova, Jon Anders Narum, Benedikte Narum Jenssen, Billy and Rose Falcon and the Sowing Circle, Dave Gibson, and Reeves Gabrels, September 3-4, 2010, www.fromnashvilletonorway.com

hear Colleen's music on the following link, featured on the Medicine Show, European House Concert Hub and Acoustic Music Network:  http://houseconcerthub.ning.com/?xg_source=msg_feat_track#music_player

Colleen will be joining renowned guitarist Reeves Gabrels (David Bowie's Tin Machine) in a soul and blues band for future performances.  Come join the fun on their first show at the Lipstick Lounge on Sunday, Feburary 14th. check out the calendar for details!

Colleen will be hosting a night or original music with new and old friends at Hotel Indigo on West End Ave in Nashville on January 26th and February 23rd, sponsored by Voyage Air Guitars, check out the calendar for detail

Colleen will be heading back to Norway to perform a Christmas show with special guests Peter Nova, Lars Endrerud, Nina Skogheim, Håvar Gjestvang, and Jon Anders Narum on December 29th at Sport Og Mere in Raufoss, Norway

Colleen has been selected as a premiere showcase artist for the Far West Music Conference in Irvine, California, Nov 6th-8th, 2009

Let It Shine is currently being syndicated on the Radio Show and podcast 354 "Off The Beaten Track"
also syndicated on WKZE, WHAY, WBSD, and RobinhoodRadio.com.
WKZE Litchfield County, CT; Berkshire County, MA; Dutchess, Columbia, Ulster, Westchester, Orange, and Greene Counties, NY and beyond.

Colleen's song Pretty Little Bird (Let It Shine, 2009) co-written with Mare Wakefield is on rotation on Sirius XM radio!

This week on High Plains Morning, we present a new A-List CD by an up-and-coming young woman in the Alt-County/Americana music scene. Colleen McFarland is on her way to greatness, and her latest album, Let It Shine is proof positive that Colleen will soon be in the same company as Lucy Kaplansky, Nancy Griffith, Eliza Gilkyson, Suzy Bogguss and Patty Griffin. American Rhythm Music Magazine (January 2009) says: "Another fantastic Alt. country gal, Colleen McFarland even throws in a horn section on a track or two. This is her fourth CD, and it’s a keeper. Another great CD for the 2009 music season."

Colleen's song 'Fingers On The Buttons' featured on the Miller Tells Her Tale this week!
www.themillertellshertale.org

Climbed to #77 on AMA's Americana Airplay Chart (non-published)

Climbed to #5 on Roots Music Report's Folk Top 50

#69 Top Album on the Folk DJ Chart for May

"Fingers on the Buttons" added into Heavy rotation at KCUB in Texas with 35 reported spins per week

A-List Featured Artist of the week at High Plains Public Radio in Texas

Debut airplay on nationally syndicated "Women in Music with Laney Goodman"

Colleen's cd Let It Shine topped off at number #69 this week on the Folk DJ radio list

Colleen's new cd Let It Shine debuted at number #7 on Roots Music/Independent Radio report this week, see link below http://www.rootsmusicreport.com/2.0/charts.php?name=folk

Let it Shine featured
on the Folk Show at WSLU 89.5 FM
North Country Public Radio
St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY

Colleen's newest album Let It Shine is on the top 25 list at WVIA-FM 89.9 Scranton/Wilkes-Barre/Hazleton PA and WVYA, 89.7, Williamsport, PA

Colleen's new cd Let It Shine will be going out to radio stations across the U.S. and the UK in May.

Colleen is a top 10 finalist for the Faces of Violence competition for her song about domestic violence, What Do They Know? from her new cd Let It Shine on High Horse Records. If she is chosen as a winner, the prize is $1,000 and a free trip to Miami to perform at the benefit.