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"In the springtime hope blooms even in the loneliest forgotten meadow." Angie Welland Crosby

Hi
I hope that this message finds you well and safe during these incredible times. Alice and I are staying safe and are well, taking daily walks, cleaning, playing music, baking and watching movies. What kinds of things are you doing to keep well? The numbers of covid cases are coming down in our province and we are feeling encouraged! I am so grateful for all the frontline workers dedicating themselves and helping people recover and stay well.

Alice and I are going to continue our Monday night home concerts on Facebook for May. People are finding it to be a great connection and we chat in between songs, folks post a question or check in letting us know how they are doing. If you are on Facebook come on by Monday nights 7:05 pm PST at http://facebook.com/norinebraunmusic

I released another new music video for I'm Going Home This song is a cowrite I did with Alice Fraser, the verse melody and first verse lyric came to her in a dream. Alice knows I am a sucker for dreams and dream work and I couldn't resist the invite for working on this one with her! Going home is a feeling that we long for, that place where we are loved, safe, connected and belong. It can be a spiritual place or a metaphor what ever feels right for you. Video designer and editor is çiğdem keser who also did the last video Rock The Rolling. Her work is amazing!

See the new music video here and don't forget to subscribe! https://youtu.be/ykPUK9DlLQQ 

Tomorrow Bandcamp is waiving their revenue share this Friday, May 1, to help artists and labels impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic from midnight to midnight PDT . 
THANK YOU so much bandcamp!!!  They did this last month and downloads were 15X what they normally get. Please visit  discover new music and download some new tunes from independent artists! My link is https://norinebraun.bandcamp.com

Thanks again for reading this email.  I hope to see you online and in person some day soon! Please stay safe. kind and positive!
Love Norine
www.norinebraun.com

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Thanks so much for voting for Sleeping Buffalo for the CBC searchlight but alas I did not make the cut. However, I am super stoked to share I am at almost 50,000 YouTube plays woo hoo! Thanks for watching and for sharing you make my heart full <3

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Hi norine
I hope you are in the midst of beginning a wonderful holiday season! December marks the first anniversary of Through Train Windows release. And what a wonderful ride this year has been in getting the music out there!  To mark this special occasion I have a very super special for you check it out here.https://norinebraun.net/free-album-shipping-order

I have had amazing support from Creative BC Amplify Program and the Government of BC for this recording and the music video Sleeping Buffalo. I am grateful for the tremendous support from First Peoples Cultural Council and BC Arts Council for the Crosses and Sweetgrass music video too. I have met amazing artists and lovely people on this journey of making music and my heart is so full. 

The album has been fortunate to receive stellar reviews including:
"delicious alt-rock with bluesy country hues. Braun’s voice dazzles with its smooth, pristine textures." -  Randall Radic tattoo.com

“Inspired by her 2018 cross-Canada trip as artist-on-board the Riding the Rails tour with partner Alice Fraser, Braun offers up a set of literate and atmospheric folk songs. Sleeping Buffalo sets a solemn melodic mood to open what quickly becomes rocking. The driving boogie of Jerkwater Town snarls while Climbing Table Mountain just pulses with a jazzy undertone. Braun has really great phrasing, smoothly rolling over her varied material.” Stuart Derdeyn The Vancouver Sun.

“Through Train Windows is a distinctly Canadian musical mosaic that will send the listener on a journey they will want to take again and again.” Mariko Margetson UK's largest Folk Publication Folk Radio and Vandela Magazine

 “Braun injects a breezy, bluesy cool into the realm of folk narration.” Jonathan Frahm - For Folks Sake

To celebrate this first anniversary release I am offering Through Trains Windows as a  free album for you just cover the shipping!!  This offer is available for a limited time.

I wish you and yours a fantastic, loving and joyful Christmas,  a peaceful Winter Solstice and many great things in 2020!
Much love,
Norine
www.norinebraun.com

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Norine Braun | Crosses and Sweetgrass (Salvation): Exclusive Video Premiere - Tinnitist

Norine Braun | Crosses and Sweetgrass (Salvation): Exclusive Video Premiere - Tinnitist: Norine Braun honours the victims of the residential school system in the video for her song Crosses and Sweetgrass (Salvation) — premiering exclusively on Tinnitist. The latest single from Braun’s album Through Train Windows, the powerful piano ballad is inspired and dedicated to both the survivors of the residential school system and the memory of …

Sleeping Buffalo Norine Braun

Sleeping Buffalo music video is now online! This is my writing and directorial debut I was blessed to work with

François Desrosiers an outstanding cinematographer and editor and Alice Fraser was our production assistant who also played keys on the recording :)

Please watch, do like and share if the video moves you,  thanks so much! Grateful to CreativeBC and the Government of BC for supporting this project!

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Hassle-Free (and Crushing It) CBC Searchlight!

Hi! I hope this finds you warm and cozy! We are experiencing a deep freeze (for us) in Vancouver but not as bad as up north, on the prairies or out east. I am loving that blue sky. The new album is crushing it! Climbing Table Mountain has reached over 10,000 plays on Spotify and Jerkwater Town over 5,000! Thanks for following on Spotify.This last week I have had 5 new adds to radio 265 spins up from 165 spins the previous week. Please continue to request my music on your fave station, when they get requests they get that music played. Thanks! . I gotta lot of love from Nashville Music Guide last week too for Through Train Windows. "Funky jazz with a poetic theme, and presentations of a bluesy rock prevalence. Norine Braun is a queen of modern day blues/jazz royalty." Sherry Craig. Time for the annual CBC searchlight contest! I have entered Climbing Table Mountain this year and if you could show me some love with a vote that would be most awesome! You can vote daily and from anywhere in the world. :) thanks!! Voting is truly hassle - free this year too.  CBC  Download at https://norinebraun.bandcamp.com/album/through-train-windows or email me to order a CD. Enjoy the journey. Love Norine http://www.norinebraun.com