Connie Kaldor Returns To Her Roots With New Album, Huge Open Areas, New Single Out Now!
Regina-born people legend Connie Kaldor is embracing her western roots with Huge Open Areas, a strong and heartfelt new album that pays tribute to the huge landscapes and enduring spirit of the Canadian Prairies. The album will likely be launched on September fifth, 2025, with the lead single “Hitched Collectively” out now.
Marking her first full-length undertaking completely dedicated to the tales, individuals, and locations of Western Canada, Huge Open Areas is a return to the guts of what has lengthy outlined Connie Kaldor’s songwriting – big-sky imagery, character-rich storytelling, and an unmatched skill to seek out humour and coronary heart in equal measure.
“It’s principally my western prairie album,” says Kaldor. “It shines a lightweight on the a part of the world that impressed lots of the songs that helped form my profession. Huge Open Areas is unabashedly Western Canadian.”
Written and launched throughout a time of heightened nationwide reflection, the album explores modern points with grit and beauty – from gender disparity and the price of land to the resilience of small farmers and the impacts of local weather change – woven along with conventional western echoes and Connie’s signature heat.
The album’s first single, “Hitched Collectively,” is a straightforward, cinematic nation tune that showcases Kaldor’s storytelling brilliance. Rooted within the imagery of Alberta’s altering rural panorama – pawned saddles, sprawling subdivisions, and love that holds agency via all of it – the observe highlights the quiet resilience of a pair dealing with loss with grace.
“I love an easy form of tune, and easy individuals who quietly go about working their approach via good and unhealthy instances,” Connie explains. “At first, I assumed this tune can be a couple of cowboy who misplaced every little thing, however it’s actually concerning the energy of the lady by his facet. There’s not almost sufficient songs concerning the wonderful ladies who’re on the market ranching, driving, and retaining every little thing collectively.”
A musical power for over 4 a long time, Connie Kaldor continues to captivate audiences along with her stage presence, humour, and deep emotional perception. A pioneer in ladies’s music and one among Canada’s most celebrated songwriters, Kaldor is a three-time JUNO Award winner, a member of the Order of Canada, and a recipient of numerous accolades, together with a latest Lifetime Achievement Award from the Woodstock People Competition.
Upcoming Tour Dates:
September 6 – Battersea, ON – Leap Frog Farm
September 17 – Duncan, BC – Duncan Showroom
September 18 – Vancouver, BC – St. James Corridor
September 19 – Nanaimo, BC – Nanaimo Yacht Membership Marina
September 20 – Victoria, BC – St. Andrews Presbyterian Church
September 23 – Penticton, BC – Dream Cafe
September 26 – Calgary, AB – River Park Church
October 1 – Estevan, SK – Estevan Complete Faculty
October 3 – Saskatoon, SK – Grosvenor Park United Church
October 4 – Regina, SK – Darke Corridor
October 7 – Winnipeg, MB – West Finish Cultural Centre
October 14 – Cape Breton, NS – Celtic Colors Competition
November 13 – Toronto, ON – Hugh’s Room
November 14 – Chelsea, QC – Motel Chelsea
November 15 – Chelsea, QC – Motel Chelsea