Aloha,

The Gap has been around for 40 years, and apparently the first store sold jeans & and records!  So, for their 40th anniversary they are having a big ol’ party.  Part of that celebration is to have a musician in each of their stores across North America playing acoustically!   I will be part of this event, playing at Oakridge Mall in Vancouver, BC.

Come on by and partake in the 2 things I love most (sorry Lula)…shopping, and music.

When: Thursday, August 20th

Where:  The Gap @ Oakridge Mall, Vancouver, BC

When: 7pm - 9pm

Cost:  Music is free, browsing is free, and shopping - they will have discounts!

xo

Katie

News alert!  Searchlight is now available at your other favorite online store (ktrox.com being your #1….) iTunes!  If you get it, or if you’ve got it…post your reviews on iTunes!  It’s also up on amazon and a few other online stores for all of your musical shopping needs!

xo

Katie

…has been wet!!  But I’m having a blast, and going to “work” everyday has been fun with my new GMC family.  To see just HOW much fun we can have, even when it’s pouring rain…go here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfH4wuVneC4

xo

Katie

Hey y’all…

I have several shows coming up in the Calgary area, which means I get to stay on my parents farm and get treated with delicious meals everyday, and peaceful sleeps at night…tour life is rought.

Tomorrow, July 1st, will be Canada Day with Energy 101.5FM @ 5pm. This is an afternoon event, with other musical acts, facepainting and more! And then that evening, at 7:30pm I will be playing in Strathmore at Kinsmen park. Both of these shows are FREE!
And then, on Saturday night, July 4th in Leduc (just outside of Edmonton) will be the Leduc Golf & Country Club LOBSTER FEST…which is perfect for my maritimer heart. Tix are $45 and include a deeeelicious lobster dinner, cooked my a real maritimer.

CALGARY STAMPEDE - I will be playing every day (except Tuesday, July 7th) at the GM Tent from 1pm- 2pm and 5pm - 6pm. So come see me when you go to the Stampede!! Yahooo!!

Just like the majority of the world…I am very saddened by the loss of Michael Jackson. A true icon. Beyond all of the ahead-of-his-time, barrier-breaker etc etc….his music was fantastic. He was the epitome of Born To Be. I heard once that he took dance lessons but had to quit because he could imitate any move instantly…and sometimes better. His voice was unbelievable. How he could go from sounding so pure, to so gritty, is beyond me. You should hear me try to imitate it (ha! no you shouldn’t!). I had actually just been revisiting the Dangerous album in the last month or so…my current favorite being “Give In To Me”. His music can always sound new again, it never grows old, and you can constantly discover something new even after your 100th listen.

Michael Jackson’s music and persona has been sprinkled throughout my entire life. I can not think of anyone else in music who has that permanent stamp. I was a HUGE Jackson 5 fan (though that era was before I was alive). That VOICE. He was a KID. I vaguely remember dancing around to Beat It when I was just 3 or 4. We had a VHS tape about the life of Michael Jackson that my mom and I have seen probably 50 times. I remember the Thriller video scaring the crap out of me. I remember loving the “Do You Remember the Time” video with Eddie Murphy. I had a Michael Jackson doll, complete with the glove. I remember wishing that I was the little girl that sang at the end of “Heal the World”. In 2001 when Britney got to sing with Michael…I wished that was me. In my last year of College (diploma in Music) we had to do a final performance with a band. Ours was “It’s your Thing”…and I wore some very sparkly pants.

My favorite (and with every potential to one day humiliate me) memory was when I think I was about 10. My best friend, Dawn, and I were watching Free Willy and listening to Will You Be There over and over again. At one point, my mom made the comment “you know, if you kids could dance like Michael Jackson, you’d be famous”. *light bulb!* Our wheels started turning and we spent the rest of the night learning the dance in the music video. It was New Years Eve so we also had a prop in the form of a black plastic hat that seemed like a good MJ hat. In the morning, Dawn, my sister and I each did our “routine” for my mom. She video tapped it, and that video is somewhere in our house.

I can’t believe it happened, that he is gone. When people say it, it still sometimes shocks me…and when I see his face on TV or a clip from something, it seems surreal.

Someone I did not know whatsoever, but truly the greatest talent of his time…and I’m so glad that I was alive to witness it, enjoy it and embrace it.

Michael Jackson….thank you.

xo
Katie

ps: I have a Michael Jackson ring that I am wearing for this tour as my tribute to him! =)

Ok, it’s available tomorrow but that’s practically right now since I’m on the West Coast and some of you could be in Australia, or Japan, where it already IS tomorrow…or even Toronto where it’s now midnight…anyways, you got me (pun intended), head on over to the STORE section to get a copy!’

And ps…the store has been fixed, you can now buy as many copies as you want!

xo
Katie

It is June 13th….which means it is 3 days until June 16th. Which means…Searchlight will officially be available! The store is being fixed right now to allow multiple purchases without having to make them individual purchases…sorry about that one guys.

I am SO excited to get this out, and I’d love to hear your reviews once you get your hands (and ears) on them. Just send me an email!

xo

Today is June 1st…do you know what day it is? Pre-order day! Head over to the international store of Katie Rox (just click store) to pre-order your copy of Searchlight, available June 16th! Don’t forget about the Golden Ticket…

xo
Katie

I have recently posted a vlog (still getting used to that word…) on youtube regarding the Golden Ticket. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OP8lS9nlc1A

There will be 20 Golden Tickets somewhere within the first 300 mail order CDs of “Searchlight”. If you get a Golden Ticket, this will get you into any 3 shows of mine for FREE!

Pre-orders for Searchlight will start June 1st in the store section of this website! I can’t believe it’s almost June! Yippeeee!!

xo
Katie

New record…new website!  And I have a lot of news to tell you!

There will be a surprise somewhere within the first 300 mail-order copies of Searchlight…I will tell you what that is in the next vlog. Oooh the suspense.

Secondly…pre-orders for “Searchlight” will begin June 1st, 2009, in the STORE section of this website, and scheduled to ship on the release date of JUNE 16th, 2008. Be the first on your block to have one!! And then tell all your friends so that they have one…and eventually, we take over, sell 40,000 copies and then we all get together to celebrate a Gold Record. Deal?