Hi folks! We are having an amazing time here in Europe and are reaching the last two weeks of our tour. We have a couple updates I wanted to share with you. We have added a show at the Crossroads Cafe in Antwerp, BE on Sunday 2 November. And I had a mistake on our schedule so please note we will be on Rupelmonde,BE on Thursday 6 November and in Berlaar, BE on Friday 7 November. Hope to see you and please spread the word!!

Smooches!

Carrie

Carrie Clark & the Lonesome Lovers European Puddle Stomping Tour

29 October: Buergerhaus Bissendorf, Wedemark, DE

30 October: Nörgelbuff, Göttingen, DE

31 October: Private Concert, Saxony, DE

1 November: 't Block, Nieuwerkerk, NL

2 November: Crossroads Cafe, Antwerp, BE

4 November: Cafe Passé, Assenede, Belgium

5 November: The New Inn, Goes, NL

6 November: 't Gildenhuis, Rupelmonde, BE

7 November: Station Berlaar, Berlaar, BE

8 November: Private Concert, Oberharmersbach, DE

9 November: De Waag, Haarlem, NL

We are at the airport and ready to take off to Amsterdam! Check back often for updates and if you do twitter #puddlestomp. More soon!

Fall has made her way to the NW all mixed up with sunshine, rain showers and changing leaves.  I've been spending these last few weeks putting the final details together for my European tour and trying to fill up on extra squeezes from my little guy.  It will be the longest time I have spent away from him and my heart already hurts.  But, I also know I'm going to have a fantastic time performing so many beautiful places, seeing old friends and meeting new people.

As a small send off, I'm performing this Sunday at Hattie's Hat in Ballard as part of a songwriter showcase hosted by local artist, Kubby Casual.  I'll be playing a short set of my songs with the Back Door Trio (Kubby Casual on drums, Sander Vinberg on upright bass and Paul Beaudry on mandolin). This is a free show and music starts at 8pm.

Then on October 6th, Rob, Dave and I board a plane and head to Europe for a full month of shows throughout Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands.  If you know anyone in these three countries, please forward our tour dates below. We are playing a lot of new cities this time around and it's always nice to meet fabulous people who know you fabulous people!  I'll be posting photos and tour tidbits on my website, facebook, twitter and instagram pages so be sure to check in often.

I'm off to rehearsal and then extra hug and play time with Ryder.  Thank you all for being here with me and thank you for letting me into your day for a few precious moments. 
smooches!
carrie
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website: www.carrieclark.com
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This Sunday, September 28th at 8pm
Hattie's Hat - Back Room
Kubby Casual's Songwriter Showcase
5231 Ballard Avenue NW in Seattle, WA
Jennifer Wagner, Krista Blackburn and Luke Medina also performing

Carrie Clark & the Lonesome Lovers
European Puddle Stomping Tour2014 - spread the word!
8 October: Paddy O'Ryan's, Leeuwarden, NL
9 October: Private Event, Nijmegen, NL
10 October: Podium Café 'Peter en Leni', Steendam, NL
11 October: Private Concert, Gemert, NL
12 October: De Harmonie, Edam, NL
13 October: Café Dwaze Zaken, Amsterdam, NL
14 October: Cultuurhuis, Heerlen, NL
16 October: Café Kultus, Grevenbroich, DE
18 October: Leonhardskapelle Acoustic Night, Erkelenz, DE
19 October: De Perk, Walsoorden, NL
21 October: Erbse, Dillenburg, DE
22 October: Heimathirsch Bar & Kultur, Köln-Nippes, DE
23 October: Kult+Genuss, Mönchengladbach, DE
24 October: Cher's, Bornheim, DE
25 October: Klösterchen, Herzogenrath, DE
30 October: Nörgelbuff, Göttingen, DE
31 October: Private Concert, Saxony, DE
1 November: 't Block, Nieuwerkerk, NL
4 November: Cafe Passé, Assenede, Belgium
5 November: The New Inn, Goes, NL
6 November: Station Berlaar, Berlaar, BE
7 November: 't Guildenhuis, Rupelmonde, BE
8 November: Private Concert, Obharmesbach, DE
9 November: De Waag, Haarlem, NL

Photo by Laurie Clark Photography

Hello hello! I hope you all are enjoying a beautiful summer.  It's been beautiful here in Seattle and I've been enjoying all this amazing sunshine and fabulous weather earning where all the cool kiddo water parks in the city are hiding. I am also learning that not only does my little guy love water, he loves running.  Yes, his walking quickly moved to running so now he runs everywhere.  And I mean, everywhere.  So before he wakes up and starts our mini marathon of the day I want to tell you about our tour in Europe this fall!  

Rob, Dave and I are getting very excited to travel to Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands in October and getting to perform for all of you again.  We are filling dates up fast, but we do have a few dates open that we would LOVE to fill with house concerts.  If you are interested in hosting, please contact me and let's chat soon.  They are so easy and such a wonderfully intimate way to hear and share music with your friends and family.  And if you have a venue you would like us to perform in, please email me the name and I will contact them.  

And please make sure to take a look at our schedule below and mark in your calendars when we will be in your city.  We'd love to see some familiar faces.  And please forward this schedule along to your friends and family.  We love meeting new people!  

I hear my little guy waking from his nap, so I'm off and running.  Thank you all for being here with me and thank you for letting me into your day for a few precious moments.  I am a lucky girl to have you all on this adventure with me and I thank you from the bottom of my heart.  See you all this fall!

smooches,
carrie    

Carrie Clark & the Lonesome Lovers
European Puddle Stomping Tour2014
8 October: Paddy O'Ryan's, Leeuwarden,NL
9 October: Private Event, Nijmegen, NL
10 October: Podium Café 'Peter en Leni', Steendam, NL
11 October: Private Concert, Gemert, NL
12 October: De Harmonie, Edam, NL
13 October: Café Dwaze Zaken, Amsterdam,NL
14 October: Cultuurhuis, Heerlen, NL
15 October
16 October: Café Kultus, Grevenbroich,DE
17 October
18 October: Leonhardskapelle Acoustic Night, Erkelenz, DE
19 October: De Perk, Walsoorden, NL
20 October
21 October
22 October: Heimathirsch Bar & Kultur, Köln-Nippes, DE
23 October: Kult+Genuss, Mönchengladbach,DE
24 October: Cher's, Bornheim, DE
25 October: Klösterchen, Herzogenrath, DE
26 October
27 October
28 October
29 October
30 October
31 October: Private Concert, Saxony,DE
1 November: 't Block, Nieuwerkerk, NL
2 November
3 November
4 November
5 November: The New Inn, Goes, NL
6 November: Station Berlaar, Berlaar, BE
7 November: 't Guildenhuis, Rupelmonde, BE
8 November: Private Concert,Obharmesbach, DE
9 November: De Waag, Haarlem, NL

Happy sunny July!
Ok, mostly sunny if you don't count the fall like weather we are soaking in today.  I've been enjoying all this (mostly) amazing sunshine and fabulous weather and learning where all the cool kiddo water parks in Seattle are hiding. And I'm learning that not only does my little guy love water, he loves running.  Yes, his walking quickly moved to running so now he runs everywhere.  And I mean everywhere.  So before he wakes up and starts our mini marathon of the day, I wanted to give all you folks here in and around Seattle a big reminder that the Lonesome Lovers and I are opening for my good friend, Kellee Bradley's CD release party this Saturday night at the Hard Rock Cafe in downtown Seattle.  For those of you who like discounts, advance tickets are available for $10 here http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=4210004 or you can pay $13 at the door.  Doors open at 8pm and the Lonesome Lovers and I go on first at 9pm.

This is our only band show until this winter so I very much hope you can join us this Saturday.  It's going to be a wonderful celebration and to be absolutely honest, I miss all of you!  I don't get out much these days and I would love to see as many of your beautiful and handsome faces as humanly possible. 

Please note!  The Torchlight Parade is also this Saturday so if you are planning to come to the show (or the parade and then our show), be sure to get downtown early or take the bus, a taxi, carpool or walk. We'll be there early so join us for a pre-show cocktail.

I hear my little guy waking from his nap, so I'm off and running.  Thank you all for being here with me and thank you for letting me into your day for a few precious moments.  I am a lucky girl to have you all on this adventure with me and I thank you from the bottom of my heart. 
smooches!
carrie

(THIS) Saturday, July 26th at9pm
Hard Rock Cafe (21+)
116 Pike Street
Seattle, WA 98101
Carrie Clark & the Lonesome Lovers opening for Kellee Bradley's CD release celebration
Advance tickets available now: http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=4210004
Facebook invite: https://www.facebook.com/events/735928586429486

Shows coming up in Oregon....
Thursday, July 31st: Axe and Fiddle, Cottage Grove, OR (solo)
Friday, August 1st: Tyee Winer Cellar and Buchanan Family Century Farm, Corvallis, OR (all ages)

Happy summer!
It's here, the sun, spreading her rays and warming our bones making us all feel giddy like kids in a candy store.  I've been enjoying some down time after my first tour since becoming a Momma last month.  It was amazing, wonderful, fulfilling and hard to be away from home.  I enjoyed visiting with old and new friends, wearing earrings AND a necklace and clothes that didn't require access for feeding a baby.  I learned that there are no changing tables in rest stops (at least none in Oregon and California) so the front seat of the car works great when a baby needs a cleaning.  I also learned that the heart is a very fragile thing especially when leaving your child for the first time and goodbyes are just as hard the second time.  This is the first tour where I performed more house concerts than venues and while I've had various challenges in the past with room "ambiance" while performing, this tour topped it with a mariachi band and ice cream truck (thank you Oakland), motorcycle brigades, fireworks, and my personal favorite, a peacock.  If you've never heard the sound a peacock makes you should Google, wiki, you tube it.  I think it is one of the more challenging sounds to work into a song, but also one of the most comical.  I will say this particular peacock had impeccable timing.  And the hardest lesson I seem to have to re-learn every time I make this trip is never EVER leave your windows or vents open south of Sacramento.  The. Smell. Is. Terrible.  

Since being back home, I've had lots of time with Ryder and my fabulous hubby and sprinkles of time to book my Europe tour this fall and shows here in Washington through the end of the year.  I may have missed a few deadlines this year (I am not sure what could have distracted me - his name could start with an R....) so our summer schedule is really quiet, but we do have one show here in Seattle and it's a special one.  My good friend, Kellee Bradley, is releasing her first album in 9 years and the Lonesome Lovers and I are going to join her for this very special celebration. The show is Saturday, July 26th so mark your calendars and if you are a planner aheader, buy your tickets now.  I included the link below.   

And speaking of summer and sunshine, I'm off to take my little guy to the park and get him some playtime before his nap time.  Thank you all for allowing me into your day, I know that time is precious for all of us and I appreciate you being here reading this with me.  Now get out there and get your summer on!  

smooches!
carrie

Show coming up in Washington: 
Saturday, July 26th at 9pm
Hard Rock Cafe
116 Pike Street
Seattle, WA 98101
Carrie Clark & the Lonesome Lovers opening for Kellee Bradley's CD release.
Advance tickets available now: http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=4210004
Facebook invite: https://www.facebook.com/events/735928586429486  

Other shows coming up:
Thursday, July 31st: Axe and Fiddle, Cottage Grove, OR (solo)
Friday, August 1st: Tyee Winery and Buchanan Family Century Farm, Corvallis, OR (all ages)