Dear Fans, It is with great sadness the Billies announce that lead singer Angel Calnek has recently been diagnosed with a brain tumor and will be undergoing surgery on February 26 to hopefully remove a portion of it that has been causing her great facial pain for the last two years. We are optimistic about the surgery and hope this will enable her to eliminate medications that are greatly reducing her quality of life and get her back on board her beloved Billy train. This is devastating news especially as the Billies hoped to be releasing their second album which is now on the backburner although work still progresses but at a much slower pace. Slide Boy Sandmoen, who is producing and mixing the album has had to slow down with production to support his blues babe through this ordeal. We so appreciate your support of our music over the years...”if there
ain’t no audience, there just ain’t no show” (Chilliwack). We will keep you posted....Hillbilly Burlesque
BREAKING NEWS!
December 2012
The
Roots Underground Network has named Hillbilly Burlesque's "Crazy Life" number 5 on their TOP 10 CANADIAN BLUES ALBUMS FOR 2012!
The Billies' "Crazy Life" also tied with The Ben Racine Band for BEST CANADIAN BLUES DEBUT ALBUM OF 2012.
The icing on the cake for a fantastic year for Hillbilly Burlesque.
NEW ALBUM IN THE WORKS!
October 2012
Hillbilly Burlesque is working with punk-rock pioneer
Ron Obvious on their new album.
Obvious has credits on albums from Loverboy to D.O.A. to Spirit of the West. He’s built custom studios for the likes of Bryan Adams, Jim Vallance, k.d. lang and Bob Rock, just to do a little name dropping.
The Billies are ecstatic and honoured to have Obvious engineering the recordings sessions for the follow up album to their award winning debut "Crazy Life" released in 2011. View some photos of the sessions on the
PHOTO PAGE!
HILLBILLY BURLESQUE WINS BEST BLUES RECORDING IN THE 2012 INDIE MUSIC CHANNEL AWARDS!
May 1, 2012
Christopher Ewing, founder of
The Indie Music Channel announced today that HILLBILLY BURLESQUE was given the award for "BEST BLUES RECORDING" for Crazy Life plus the judges also nominated them for "RECORDING OF THE YEAR" at the 2012 Indie Music Channel Awards held at the House of Blues in Los Angeles, California last weekend.
The award comes on the heels of a majorly successful Women in Blues Manitoba CD release last Friday at the West End Cultural Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada. Hosted by none other than staunch live music supporter Howard Mandshein, the release featured sets from WIB founder Kathy Kennedy and Her Blues Band, Tracy K and The Right Hand Band and Angel Calnek and Hillbilly Burlesque. This CD is the second release for Women in Blues Manitoba Inc. supporting and promoting Manitoba's blues women to
the world!
HILLBILLY BURLESQUE NOMINATED FOR FOUR 2012 INDIE MUSIC CHANNEL AWARDS!
Best Female Blues Vocalist - Angel Calnek
Best Blues Song - Crazy Life written by Angel Calnek
Best Blues Band - Hillbilly Burlesque
Best Blues Recording - Hillblly Burlesque Crazy Life
SEPTEMBER 2012
The Billies had a great summer of festivals and gigs including Canada Day at the Forks in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Great Woods Music Festival in Beausejour, MB, Arts in the Park in Quetico Park, Ontario, the Trout Forest Music Festival in Ear Falls, Ontario, the Whiskey Jack in Perreault Falls, Ontario and the inaugural Winnipeg BBQ and Blues Festival back on their home turf.
This month sees the band returns to the studio to begin laying down tracks for the as yet unnamed follow up to their ever popular debut release, "Crazy Life" which won them an award for "Best Blues Recording" and multiple nominations in the 2012 Indie Music Channel Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California earlier this year.
The Billies have solicited the expertise of engineer extraordinaire Ron Obvious to assist with production of the new CD (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Obvious). The release date is planned for early 2013 and preparations are underway to book promotional touring for the 2013 festival season.
2012 also saw Women in Blues Manitoba Inc. release the second WIB compilation CD simply titled #2 on April 27, 2012 to a crowd of enthusiastic blues supporters at the West End Cultural Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada.
Produced by Kathy Kennedy who also performed with her blues band, the release features multiple live tracks by Kennedy, Hillbilly Burlesque and harmonica diva Tracy K and The Right Hand Band.
Hillbilly Burlesque's debut CD ‘Crazy Life’ continues to receive excellent exposure on Canadian commercial and college radio stations, satellite channels and Internet radio programs around the world. The fans are loving it and waiting with bated breath for the new album.
The Billies send out heartfelt thanks to their families, friends and Billyheads for supporting their music!
CONTACT HILLBILLY BURLESQUE
Telephone:
(204) 482-5165
Cell:
(204) 792-5283
Email:
hillbillyburlesque@mts.net
Snail mail:
888 Pigeon Bluff Road,
St. Andrews, Manitoba
Canada R1A 4K1
