Regina Spektor Begin To Hope in Toronto

The veteran anti-folk singer/songwriter Regina Spektor has a new album on the horizon entitled "Begin To Hope" and should be available to everyone in North America on June 13th. Learning to play piano at a young age and experiencing a life changing move from Russia to the Bronx, New York when she was nine, Spektor has a lot of material run with. With classical piano training and early exposure to blue and jazz artists she used these influences to release her 2001 debut album entitled 11:11. With this release under her belt she would play gigs wherever she could get onto a stage and thus beginning the promotional journey. With time she started to get recognition that she deserved and was picked up by Sire Records to begin work on additional albums. The benefit of this moves allowed her to tour with artists such as The Strokes, Mates of State and Kings of Leon which only increased her exposure and enhanced her profile. Currently Regina Spektor is on the road celebrating and promoting her upcoming release of Begin To Hope and this includes a stop in Toronto, Ontario on Monday evening. The Mod Club in Toronto should expect to hear great new material from the Russian born singer/songwriter. Following the show in Toronto you can find her in the following locations: :: Apr 24 - Toronto, ON :: Apr 26 - Chicago, IL :: Apr 29 - Minneapolis, MN :: May 02 - Boulder, CO :: May 07 - Seattle, WA :: May 10 - Portland, OR :: May 13 - San Francisco, CA :: May 16 - Los Angeles, CA :: Jun 28 - London, England :: Jul 09 - T in the Park (Scotland) If you visit her MySpace page you will have the opportunity to hear some of the tracks off the new album "Begin To Hope". Last time we visited her MySpace page they had the following tracks: :: Fidelity (track 1) :: Better (track 2) News from Regina Spektor's website says that two songs from the new album "Begin To Hope" will be featured on two primetime television programs. :: "Samson" will be on a CSI New York show this Wednesday (April 26th). :: "On the Radio" will be featured on Grey's Anatomy on May 7th.

Editors have announced that they will be playing the Jersey Live Festival this September. The festival is an indie/dance festival which takes place on September 2nd at The Royal Jersey Showgrounds, Jersey, Channel Islands, UK. The Editors are the latest to join a lineup that includes Snow Patrol, The Zutons, Milburn, The On Offs, and Filthy Dukes. :: more :: Vancouver, British Columbia's indie-acoustic resident Rose Melberg has a new album on the shelves come April 25th entitled "Cast Away the Clouds" (Double Agent Records). You can listen to one of the tracks off the new album, Take Some Time, via her MySpace page. She is in Seattle, Washington tonight at Velouria. :: more ::