Lullaby Baxter’s new musical, Garden Cities of To-morrow, debuted at Calgary’s Epcor Centre for Performing Arts this past January. The musical tells the story of Dolores Calhoun, a woman only truly happy when doing dishes. Her husband Morton can’t seem to dirty nearly enough dishes. In due course, Dolores takes in orphans, collects dirty dishes from neighbors, and even has strangers send her dirty dishes in the mail. Part fable, part farce, part domestic drama (think Threepenny Opera meets Mary Hartman,…

Lullaby Baxter’s new musical, Garden Cities of To-morrow, was presented by Calgary’s One Yellow Rabbit Performance Theatre on January 15th and 16th in the Big Secret Theatre at the Epcor Centre for the Performing Arts. This was part of the 22nd Annual High Performance Rodeo which ran from January 5th to 26th.

The show was a big success and will now make its way to various theatres across North America and Europe. Meanwhile, listen for the opening night performance on CBC Radio…

Calgary’s One Yellow Rabbit Performance Theatre is presenting Lullaby Baxter’s new musical, Garden Cities of To-morrow, on January 15th and 16th in the Big Secret Theatre at the Epcor Centre for the Performing Arts. This is part of the 22nd Annual High Performance Rodeo which runs from January 5th to 26th.

Dolores Calhoun is happiest doing dishes. Her husband Morton can’t seem to dirty nearly enough dishes. In due course, Dolores takes in orphans, collects dirty dishes from neighbors, and even has strangers send…

A concert featuring Lullaby Baxter and Lily String Quartet will air on CBC Radio 2’s Canada Live on May 16th at 8 PM.

If you miss that, check the CBC’s Concert On Demand Archive after the broadcast date.

The concert was recorded earlier this month in Calgary as part of the Combo To Go series presented by CBC Radio 2 and the Epcor Centre.

The Combo To Go series “brings together musicians from different backgrounds in a spirit of collaboration”. Lily String Quartet will accompany Lullaby on selections from…

“Fontana Fontaine” from Lullaby Baxter’s Garden Cities of To-morrow will be featured on this week’s Grey’s Anatomy. The episode, “Time After Time”, airs this Thursday (April 19) at 9/8c on ABC.

For more click here.

Lullaby Baxter will perform with Lily String Quartet in Calgary on Tuesday April 10th from 12-1 PM in the lobby of the Jack Singer Concert Hall at the Epcor Centre For The Performing Arts.

This FREE noon hour concert is part of the COMBO TO GO series presented by CBC Radio 2 and the Epcor Centre. It will be recorded for broadcast nationally on CBC Radio 2’s new concert show, CANADA LIVE. Listeners in Alberta will also be able to catch the…

“Rattled Little Clam”, the first single from Lullaby Baxter’s latest release Garden Cities of To-morrow, is being featured as this week’s best free music download on the Gideon Coe Show heard weekdays from 10:00-13:00 on BBC 6 Music.

For more go to: www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/gideon_coe

Lullaby Baxter’s Garden Cities of To-morrow has made Jurgen Gothe’s 2006 Hit List, his “annual round-up of the year’s favourites and/or bests.” Tune in to CBC Radio One on Sunday December 10. Lullaby will be featured in Part 2 between 8 and 10 PM. Her debut, Capable Egg, made the list in 2000.

Also, CBC Radio One’s afternoon program Freestyle is featuring Lullaby Baxter as their “Artist of the Week” all this week. Tune in at 2 PM (in most parts of the country).

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Lullaby Baxter’s video for “Rattled Little Clam” makes its television debut tonight on Much Music’s The Wedge. It will be on in the second half of the hour, right before Feist and PJ Harvey. If you don’t live in Canada, or just don’t have cable TV, you can watch the video online at YouTube. Also, check out the live performance of “Little Song” off the new album Garden Cities of To-morrow.

Lullaby Baxter is also featured in this week’s CBC Radio 3…

The almighty Pitchfork has reviewed Garden Cities of To-morrow and they quite liked it! Here’s a bit of what they had to say:

“Baxter’s jazzy alto carries echoes of singers like Ella Fitzgerald … standout “Sugar” opens with pulsing “I Am the Walrus” Mellotron before dissolving in country-rock lead guitar licks, delirious strings, whirling Wurlitzer, and ostinato bass line. A flute quartet, harp, timpani, marimba, and even djembe dress up other tracks in full Herculean garb, with Ennio Morricone’s flair for the cinematic…