DEC 8th, Tom Girl @ The Railway Club - 11pm



OCT 25th, 7PM - THE BITTER END, Greenwich Village, New York, $5.00
This stage has been played by Bob Dylan, America, George Carlin, etc. etc. Pretty Rad.
http://www.bitterend.com/

OCT 28th, 8:30PM - ARTS CAFE, Montreal, Quebec, 201 avenue Fairmount Ouest

OCT 29th, 9PM - SHAIKA CAFE, Montreal, Quebec, 5526 Sherbrooke Street West

NOV 2nd, 10PM - URBAN WELL, Ottawa, Ontario, 244 Laurier Ave. East

NOV 6, 8PM - ORIGINAL SESSIONS ART HOUSE, @ Blaggards, 8 W. 38th Street between 5 & 6th Ave., $10.00
OS: Our goal is to provide an outlet and fair environment for the brightest emerging talent. http://www.originalsessions.com/

NOV 7, 10PM - FREDDY'S BAR AND BACKROOM, Brooklyn, New York, 485 Dean Street
Classic American Dive http://www.freddysbackroom.com/

NOV 13, 9:30PM - GOOGIE'S LOUNGE, Upstairs @ THE LIVING ROOM, New York, New York, 154 Ludlow (btwn Stanton & Rivington) www.livingroomny.com/googies.html

This Ain't Pretty T's Available!!! Buy Now!

If you missed my spot on citr - don't cry - just go to: http://www.citr.ca/podcast.php then under Eclectic - then under The Morning After Show - then under June 24
http://www.citr.ca/podcast.php

SEPT 25th - TOMGIRL @ The Black Door Studio w/ The Enemy Feathers. #7 West 2nd @ Ontario. 9pm.

SEPT 20th - WIRED BEAN - GIRLIE SHOWCASE - I believe the night will be featuring all girl singer songwriters - we will woo you with our beauty...full voices!

SEPT 6th - WIRED BEAN COFFEE LOUNGE - Suite 102- 200 Esplanade W, North Vancouver
I'll be sharing the night with Joseph Blood and Eddie Warren.

AUG 16th - ARTS ALIVE FESTIVAL - 1:15pm-2:00pm, Langley - Main Stage with my New Band "TomGirl"

AUG 8th - 4:30-6 pm CST to hear GENA PERALA on “This Great White North” an ALL CANADIAN music show from Austin, Texas It’s on 91.7 KOOP-FM


AUG 2 - HARMONY ARTS FESTIVAL - 3:00 PM, Fountain Stage, West Vancouver
AUG 2 - WIRED BEAN - FUND RAISER - All day music. I'm on at 7PM

WIRED BEAN COFFEE LOUNGE - JULY 12th, 8PM, North Vancouver, Music Showcase

101.9 FM - WWW.CITR.CA - JUNE 24th, The Morning After Show 11:30AM - TUNE IN!!!

THE BACKSTAGE LOUNGE - JUNE 8th, 8PM, with other talented musicians

THE MEDIA CLUB - JUNE 3rd, 8PM, Tall Poppy Presents Music Showcase

TUNE IN MAY 20TH, SHAW CABLE, CHANNEL 4. I'm going to be the musical guest on URBAN RUSH. May 20th. It airs at 5PM, 7PM, 11PM, 1AM and again at 12PM the following day. You can't really miss it unless you go to bed at 5pm and wake up at 1pm the next day.

You can usually catch me at the Wired Monk open mic on tuesday nights on 4th ave. in Kits.

Peace Arch News Article
Homegrown singer writes about beauty in her debut album. Gena Perala believes a flawless smile is not beautiful. She’d need a gap between the front teeth, or a bend in the grin, to call it beautiful... For Full Article
http://www.bclocalnews.com/surrey_area/peacearchnews/entertainment/25943564.html?period=W&mpStartDate=07-23-2008&

Check out my feature in Skope Magazine
Each month Skope will cover 8 bands that we have discovered and feels are doing music that is unique, powerful, and has loads of appeal. http://skopemag.com/2008/07/10/july-2008-sonicbids-artist-to-watch/#more-3038
www.skopemag.com

"...I believe that Gena Perala is the sort of distinctive voice that only comes around every 10 years or so. She bears the linguistic gravitas of a Bruce Cockburn or a Canadian Springsteen. She bears hearing, and I strongly recommend This Ain't Pretty to my readers." For the full review - go here:
http://wildysworld.blogspot.com/2008/06/cd-review-gena-perala-this-aint-pretty.html

International Airplay. I am excited to announce that my recent release "This Ain't Pretty" has been hitting the airwaves in Italy, Ireland, Some US Stations, Australia, and CBC Canada!!!

'This Ain't Pretty' - gets mention in the Vancouver Province as a LOCAL CDS TO LOOK FOR:
Gena Perala: This Ain't Pretty; The Orchid Highway: The Orchid Highway; Cara Matthew: Make You Feel My Love; The New Odds: Cheerleader; Carpenter: Law of the Land; Beyond the Fall: A Day In the Death Of . . .; Cory Weeds Quartet: Big Weeds. For full article:
http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/etoday/story.html?id=c807221c-5c69-46dd-b8a3-cd088c7284ae

Yo, Read my Interview http://www.popyoularity.com/variables/genaperalainter08.shtml

HEARSAY MAGAZINE
I have been reviewed in the print and online version of Hear\Say Magazine's March issue www.hearsay.cc - America's College Music Magazine
About Hearsay: The core of their multimedia publication resides in a monthly paper magazine (circulation: 50,000) that's distributed to 700 college bookstores and independent retail stores in 48 U.S. states across the nation: from the University of Florida to the Berklee College of Music, from Texas A&M to the University of Alaska at Fairbanks

Read my Review below (yes that's the whole thing)

Who: Gena Perala

What: Singer-songwriter whose music has a not-so-ordinary sound to it.

On The Web: genaperala.com

Sounds Like: A less mainstream version of Sara Bareilles
(less mainstream than "sara bareilles"??? i don't even know who that is so i must be really UN-mainstream)

Stand Out Single: This Dance




Catch me on CITY TV - SUNDAY FEB 17th @ 11AM - a little Valentines Special on a show called "Living Together" - I'll be playing songs about "Love"...well as much as I write about Love

Gena Perala in a movie! In February I will be filming my first feature film. It's called Traveling, starring Jennifer Aniston and Aaron Eckhart. I will play myself...hopefully i can pull it off...
The Synopsis: Aniston will play a floral designer who works in a Seattle hotel where a charismatic self-help guru (Eckhart) is conducting a weekend seminar on coping with grief. As they get to know each other, she factors heavily into the guru’s realization that he practices none of the principles he teaches.
Production is scheduled to begin in early 2008.

You can still hear my interview on North by Northwest www.cbc.ca/nxnw it's an old school RAM file so you will most likely have to download 'Real Audio Player' to listen to it.Peace & Love