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The Rural Alberta Advantage

About Me

The Rural Alberta Advantage play indie-rock folk songs about hometowns and heartbreak, born out of images from growing up in Central and Northern Alberta. They sing about summers in the Rockies and winters on the farm, ice breakups in the spring time and the oil boom’s charm, the mine workers on compressed, the equally depressed, the city’s slow growth and the country’s wild rose, but mostly the songs just try to embrace the advantage of growing up in Alberta.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 18/08/2005
Band Website: www.theraa.com
Band Members: Paul Banwatt , Amy Cole and Nils Edenloff
Influences: Booking:
Matt Spinner
Red Ryder Entertainment
[email protected]

Press Inquires (US):
Daniel Gill
Force Field PR
[email protected]

Press Inquires (CND):
Christina Weber
Bang! Public Relations
[email protected]

Sounds Like:
Record Label: Saddle Creek (US) / John, Dear (Canada)
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

New project alert

Hi,We've partnered with our good friend Yancey over at an awesome new website called Kickstarter to create a new project we hope you'll like. We're going to try and raise $5000 to make a limited-editi...
Posted by on Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:30:00 GMT

"Hometowns" now available via pre-order from Saddle Creek!

Hey,"Hometowns" is NOW available for pre-order at http://www.saddle-creek.com. And guess what else- you get a FREE instant MP3 download of the album with every pre-order! So you can listen to it now,...
Posted by on Wed, 27 May 2009 05:58:00 GMT

New Summer Tour dates!

Hey there,We're pleased to announce some more summer tour dates:05/22 Buffalo, NY Mohawk Place05/29 Brooklyn NY The Bell House05/30 New York NY Mercury Lounge06/20 Indianapolis, IN The Vollrath06/21 M...
Posted by on Thu, 14 May 2009 10:09:00 GMT

Hurray!

We're very excited to announce that we've signed to Saddle Creek Records!http://pitchfork.com/news/35221-the-rural-alberta-ad vantage-sign-to-saddle-creek-re-release-debut-album/Hometown s will be relea...
Posted by on Fri, 01 May 2009 06:14:00 GMT

Twitter...oh yes we are!

Hey, did you know that we're on Twitter? Because we totally are!www.twitter.com/ruralalbertaFollow us on our crazy adventures...
Posted by on Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:50:00 GMT

RAA SXSW Press Roundup!

Hello,We were lucky enough to catch the attention of some bloggers, magazine writers and the like for our appearances at this year's SXSW festival. Here's a few things we've seen and been sent... hope...
Posted by on Mon, 30 Mar 2009 11:03:00 GMT

read all about us...

If you're in the mood for some reading, here's some nice stuff people have been saying about us this week:http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2009/03/the_rural _alber_1.html : Brooklyn Vegan gives yo...
Posted by on Sun, 15 Mar 2009 13:46:00 GMT

sunday, CMW, and SXSW!

Hi there,Weve got three very exciting shows coming up we want to tell you about!First up, this Sunday night we are playing Wavelength at Sneaky Dees here in Toronto- We LOVE playing Sneaky Dees, an...
Posted by on Fri, 20 Feb 2009 20:47:00 GMT

More NYC shows & The RurAll-Ages Advantage!

Hello,We had such a great time in New York City last week that we're heading back for more!We have two shows happening this weekend- the first is Friday night, Feb6th at Union Hall in Brooklyn, in sup...
Posted by on Tue, 03 Feb 2009 08:36:00 GMT

eMusic Selects!

Hello,For those of you that subscribe to eMusic.com, we're excited to announce that we've just been chosen as a featured band for eMusic Selects. There's a q&a with us, a (very nice) review of o...
Posted by on Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:53:00 GMT