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May 18th – Online Living Room Concert
Posted by Angie // May 7 2013
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Interested in getting a taste of my new acoustic show with special guest (my dearest mommy Louise)… Live… on your computer?! On Saturday, May 18 at 2:00 PM EDT, mom and I will be set up in front of my computer, with our instruments and smiles, ready to perform an excerpt from our Living Room [...]
Continue ReadingOur first Living Room Concert: Woohooo!!
Posted by Angie // Apr 29 2013
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This past April 20th, mommy dearest (Louise Arsenault) & I performed our very first Living Room Concert for Cancer research and awareness. This was a first of a series of house concerts we will be performing this year in Montreal, Prince Edward Island, and surrounding areas. Other shows are already set for May and the [...]
Continue ReadingLiving Room Concerts for Cancer
Posted by Angie // Apr 15 2013
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In a unique experience that honors the memories of loved ones lost to the devastating disease cancer, Angie is now sharing her voice and music up close and personal in her new Living Room Concerts Series… and members of The Roots Project will be joining in as well! On April 20th, Angie will be joined [...]
Continue ReadingThe Old Pump Organ – A Piece of Family History
Posted by Angie // Apr 8 2013
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This beautiful old organ is quite an important piece of our family history. It has inspired quite a few music jams and is a part of the story behind The Roots Project song called “The Sound of These Memories”… “I can still hear his fiddle, he’s tapping his feet…While the old wooden organ hums to [...]
Continue ReadingIntroducing our first guest musician
Posted by Angie // Jan 30 2013
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With the song writing part of The Roots Project well on it’s way with over 10 new songs in the works, we are now in the process of building up of our team of collaborators for the recording of the upcoming album. We have yet to decide where we will be recording, but one thing [...]
Continue ReadingThe Sound Of These Memories (Demo Recording)
Posted by Angie // Jan 28 2013
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A while back, Mother Hen (Louise) had written a song in honour of her parents. Together, we reworked it for The Roots Project, and made a demo recording to show you what we are preparing for the album. Please join us in the making of the album, by contributing what you can to the [...]
Continue ReadingThe $1000 Before Halloween Challenge!
Posted by Angie // Oct 12 2012
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This is the “$1K Before Halloween” fundraising challenge to help us family members of The Roots Project get closer to our goal of recording a full length album, and sharing our new music with you. If we succeed in raising a minimum of $1K before the end of October, we will release a full length [...]
Continue ReadingRoots Project Moments
Posted by Angie // Sep 27 2012
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When us family members get together to work on new music for The Roots Project, we notice some strange things occurring…
Continue ReadingProjet musical pour rejoindre une famille
Posted by Angie // Mar 7 2012
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We want to thank Nick Arsenault and La Voix Acadienne for featuring The Roots Project! La Voix Acadienne is a Journal serving the French community in Prince Edward Island, Canada. In the article, Nick talks about us family members getting together to create new music and how we are calling out to all of our [...]
Continue ReadingThe First Creative Session
Posted by Angie // Feb 20 2012
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Well, the music ball is rolling and during Angie’s recent trip to Prince Edward Island, no time was wasted during an intensive 4 days of brain storming with musical directions, chord progressions, melodies and lyrics, …as well as experimenting with different ways to play the instruments at hand! The taste testing was zesty and sweet; [...]
Continue ReadingFirst Radio Interview For The Roots Project
Posted by Angie // Jan 31 2012
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For you French speaking followers, here is a clip from the very first Roots Project interview with Audette Chiasson for Radio Canada in which Angie and her mom, Louise (a.k.a Mother Hen) share their thoughts on creating music together for the first time as a family: Interview Clip
Continue ReadingPrince Edward Island Bound!
Posted by Angie // Jan 16 2012
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My tickets are booked! In a few weeks, I will be heading to Prince Edward Island to meet with Mother Hen, Middle Sista & Baby Bro for our first official “Roots Project” practice session… and I cannot wait! In the last few months, each member has been working in solo, in our own space, with [...]
Continue ReadingSanta got us Rootsters for Christmas!
Posted by Angie // Dec 22 2011
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After just one week of launching the website, already $1500.00 has been raised for The Roots Project thanks to the generosity of 33 Rootsters! To our wonderful supporters, we cannot thank-you enough for your contribution and for helping spread the word about our story. What a great start you have given us! If we can [...]
Continue ReadingThe Roots Project – Album direction
Posted by Angie // Dec 13 2011
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We have yet to discover the full style and sound spectrum of the album, but it should be an interesting melting pot of sugar and spice, and everything we find nice… ! Each member has their own unique style and this will have a huge influence on the sound of The Roots Project album.
Continue ReadingThe Roots Project – What is it?
Posted by Angie // Dec 12 2011
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The 4 of us are getting together to blend not only our talents & skills, but also our musical styles and influences. It should be an interesting melting pot of sugar and spice, and everything we find nice… !
Continue ReadingWe are thrilled to tell you about the project!
Posted by Angie // Dec 12 2011
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Music has been a very important part of our family for many generations and The Roots Project is a reminder of how important it still is. Us 4 members of this musical family cannot wait to record the full length album next December and are extremely happy to share our adventure with you. Songwriting has [...]
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