Song Proceeds to ‘Give Them Wings&...

On any given day you’d find Wendy Huntbatch and Horst Neumann within wingspan of their parrots. Taking the birds to work with them and home again at night was a cherished routine. In 1993 a robbery abruptly ended that when 4 of their six birds were stolen. “One of them I’d actually hatched out of the eggshell myself.”, recalls Wendy. The bird loving couple was devastated and the course of their lives forever changed. Wendy racked up phone bills calling vets and pet stores across Canada giving them info about their birds, hoping beyond reason that they’d show up...

Bio for indie artist Sora – Heartw...

I imagine great Canadian painter Emily Carr would be keen on Sora’s music. They share an affinity for nature and forests that breathes in their works. “I tread the forests of your eyes. Wild paths within.  Dappled sunlight moves us in circles. Gravity of a sigh.” These opening lines from Heartwood, the title track of Sora’s 2009 release calls to mind Carr paintings Path Among Pines or Deep Forest, Lighted. Sora’s ability to conjure up scents, textures and the essence of nature through her lyrics stems from the deep meaning she finds in the natural world. “I am...

Indie artist Sora – Bio for EP

Not many mothers can say that they fiddled their way through Australia, Norway, Scotland, New Zealand and England.  Nor can many mothers say that they toured though out Canada playing fiddle with the soon to be members of “Barrage”. Well not many mothers are like Sora. Sora is an independent musician with a different philosophy on how she wants to share her music with the world. Perhaps it was all of the touring she did as a teenager with the Calgary Youth Orchestra and the Calgary Fiddlers that made her appreciate the subtleties of having a solid home base. It may...