On Pledge Music, you can currently buy a music download compilation for $18, including 17 exclusive tracks from the following artists:
Arrested Development, Au Revoir Simone, Ben Folds, Peter Gabriel, Mary Hopkin, Moby, Maroon 5, Neon Trees, Ozomatli, Heather Nova, Iggy Pop, Carmen Rizzo, Salman Ahmad, Slightly Stoopid, Dave Stewart, Andy Summers and Tom Waits.

For more information go to: http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/davidlynchfoundationmusic

And this is what Heather says about it:

Meanwhile i wanted to tell you about another project - i have donated a track (live acoustic version of "doubled up") to the David Lynch Foundation Music project.

All Profits Will Support their mission To Teach One Million At-risk Youth to Meditate, dramatically reducing the traumatic stress in their lives and transforming violent, stress-filled schools into places of peace, coherence, and creativity.

This is a cause close to my heart and i am excited to be a part of this project.

Check out more at http://dlf.tv/music/

MESSAGE FROM HEATHER NOVA:

Hi Everyone,

i've got some good news - I have just spent the last couple of months recording my new album. it's a full band album and we did it at home with solar power and lots of dips in the ocean in between takes, as it was 85 degrees with 100 percent humidity! sounding great though it's not mixed yet. i will keep you posted as to release dates etc.

You may have seen my tour dates online:

01.10 @ CC, Hasselt
02.10 @ Theater de Veste, Delft
03.10 @ De Oosterpoort, Groningen
04.10 @ Theater de Spiegel, Zwolle
05.10 @ Theater a/d Parade, Den Bosch
06.10 @ Theater de Vest, Alkmaar
08.10 @ Parkstad Limburg Theaters, Heerlen
09.10 @ Stadsschouwburg Njimegen, Njimegen
10.10 @ Muziekcentrum Frits Phillips, Eindhoven
11.10 @ Chasse Theater, Breda
12.10 @ Het Depot, Leuven
14.10 @ Theater a/h Vrijthof, Maastricht
15.10 @ Stadsgehoorzaal Leiden, Leiden
16.10 @ Handelbeurs, Gent
17.10 @ De Spil, Roeselare
19.10 @ Stadsschouwburg, Middelburg

This next group of shows have special VIP tickets as well as regular tickes available.Details below

Wed, 20.10.10 CH – Bern – Bierhuebli
Thu, 21.10.10 CH – Basel – Volkshaus
Fri, 22.10.10 CH – Herisau – Casino Herisau
Sat, 23.10.10 DE – Erlangen – Markgrafentheater
Mon, 25.10.10 DE – Freiburg – Jazzhaus
Tue, 26.10.10 DE – Tübingen – Sudhaus
Thu, 28.10.10 DE – Mainz – Frankfurter Hof
Fri, 29.10.10 DE – Wuppertal – Rex Theater (moved to: Historische Stadthalle edit: 01.10.10)
Sat, 30.10.10 FR – Paris – Cafe de la Danse

Buy pre-sale tickets and for more information about the VIP tickets that include a meet and greet with me ! :

All the October concerts will be my "Special Acoustic evening", as I enjoyed it so much last year (and it seemed you did too!) and was asked to come back and play some different cities this time. the multi talented Arnulf Lindner will be joining me again onstage, and i am excited to have 2 very promising Bermudian artists opening for me - Taylor Rankin on the first half of the tour, and Joy T Barnum on the second half. they are both dynamic and original artists that i am sure you will enjoy. i will be playing old and new songs, including some sneak previews from the upcoming album.

All the shows will be recorded and for sale online the next day as high-quality .mp3 files so you can have a souvenir of the show . (You can pay for the mp3 on the night of the show if you don't do Paypal)

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You may also have noticed I am now on facebook , twitter, myspace, flickr and Youtube, (phew!) so come to www.heathernova.com for the links and say hi! for the most personal communications sign up to my twitter page as that's the one i use on a day to day basis.

Also, there's a free iphone app if you want to check it out for download here:

download iphone app

hope to see you at the shows!

love,

Heather

News update:

- Heather did recently some photo shooting with Sacha Blackburne, who already did the artwork for Heather's last album The Jasmine Flower.

- The October concerts will be recorded and documented by videographer Alia Hamza.

- During the first half of the October tour, local Bermudian Taylor Rankin will be the opening act. He opened already for Heather in Copenhagen 2009, and they did "I Miss My Sky" together there. During the second half of the October tour, local Bermudians Joy T. Barnum and Michael McPhee (from "The Channel") will open for Heather.

Sources: Heather Nova on Twitter; The Royal Gazette.

News update:

- Heather has celebrated her birthday in London at rehearsals. We wish Heather a great year, with fall tour and album plans.

- Reminder: this weekend, there are three Heather Nova concerts!

Fri, 09.07.10 DE - Haldern – Tent / Town Square
Sat, 10.07.10 NL – Boshoven – Bospop Festival
Sun, 11.07.10 BE – Liege – Festival de Liege

All concerts are with full band, that is with Berit Fridahl, Arnulf Lindner, and Geoff Dugmore. See you there!

Twitter updates:

- The summer tour will be with full band.
- The fall tour will be with Arnulf Lindner again.
- "Phase one" of the studio recordings for the new album is finished.
- The new album will be released "hopefully early next year".

Source: Twitter

Ask Heather a Question!

This is an official thread initiated by Heather and Felix: "We want to let people ask Heather a question, any question. Heather will answer the most interesting ones in some video clips that will be put up on Youtube."

We will add the answers here as well, as we can embed Yoytube videos in postings.

So post your questions to Heather here in this thread! (You need to register.)

The official Heather Nova app for iPhones is available now!

The rich features and unique content in this app include:
- watch the latest videos
- browse photos
- sample their latest music
- read blog posts and the latest news
- engage with other fans across Facebook and iLike
- post concert photos directly from your iPhone to the fan community
- get regular bulletin updates

Download here for free: http://appshopper.com/music/heather-nova-official-app

Happy New Year to anyone!

Today marks the 5th birthday of Heather Nova Network, the official Heather Nova forum!

And today Heather has released a new version of "Every Solider Is A Mother's Son". It is called "Nobel Peace Remix" (with changed lyrics) and is available as a "free mp3 download" here:

ilike.com

Mentioned by Heather on Twitter; and thanks to MiniCooper for providing additional information

Christmas is coming,
so to celebrate with music I am giving away 250 copies of my latest album "The Jasmine Flower" for the first 250 people who sign up to my mailing list. If you don't make it in time I'll still send you some music so head to www.heathernova.com.

peace and light , Heather x


Details on how to participate can be found on www.heathernova.com.

A few days ago, Heather Nova was invited to Dutch TV channel "Het Gesprek" for a talk and where she was able to present her favorite videos from the "2 Meter Sessies" archive. Additionally, Heather Nova performed "Ride" and "Maybe Tomorrow". The show was broadcast Saturday evening, November 7.

Here you can watch a stream: http://www.hetgesprek.nl/archief/3173/ (42 minutes)

Heather Nova has started some new activities at the Internet on several platforms recently.

You can read her official messages now on Twitter or even add her tweets there as RSS feed. The Twitter URL to read her news is:

twitter.com/nova_says

To sign in for the RSS feed click:

twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/72870945.rss

Heather Nova has an official iLike page now as well. The URL is:

www.ilike.com/artist/Heather+Nova

And finally Heather has started a youtube channel:

www.youtube.com/user/heathernova1


A big thank you to Felix for this information!

The new Heather Nova video Always Christmas is now available at the Internet. The song is taken from Heather Nova's recent album The Jasmine Flower. You can watch the video in two different resolutions, even in High Definition video quality. The video is made by Scott Jaeger in Amsterdam. The concert parts of this video were recorded at the gig in Amsterdam's Paradiso on October 26th 2008.


Always Christmas Video (HD-Quality)

Always Christmas Video (Normal Quality)

Some of Heather Nova's recent activities:

On May 3rd, the Elliot Gallery in Devonshire, Bermuda, featured "Divart '08", an auction of original art donated by 28 female Bermudian artists, including Heather Nova. This event was a fundraiser for the "Women's Resource Centre" (wrcbermuda.com).

On May 15th, the International Day of the family, Heather Nova participated in a "Picnic in the Park" event in Victoria Park, Bermuda. The event was held by "The Family Centre" (tfc.bm) and included a tree planting, a magic show, and a cameo appearance by Heather Nova and other artists.

Sources: theroyalgazette.com and bermudasun.bm

Also, it's time to give you an overview about all known Heather Nova tour dates in 2008. Tickets are already on sale for all concerts.

Monday, October 13, Shepherds Bush Empire, London, UK
Tuesday, October 14, Ancienne Belgique, Brussels, Belgium
Wednesday, October 15, Grosse Freiheit, Hamburg, Germany
Thursday, October 16, Columbiahalle, Berlin, Germany
Saturday, October 18, Den Atelier, Luxembourg-City, Luxembourg
Monday, October 20, Volkshaus, Zurich, Switzerland
Tuesday, October 21, Muffathalle, Munich, Germany
Wednesday, October 22, Theaterhaus, Stuttgart, Germany
Friday, October 24, E-Werk, Cologne, Germany
Saturday, October 25, Oosterpoort, Groningen, The Netherlands
Sunday, October 26, Paradiso, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Monday, October 27, Effenaar, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

We are happy to present you an Interview with Heather Nova from the swiss Open Magazine which happened in autumn 2007. The interview is part of the recent Open magazine, available in french and german version, released in November 2007. You can read the Interview here in the original english version:

Interview from the swiss Open magazine





Thanks so much to Sanja Vidackovic for making it possible!

Since two and a half years, Heather Nova is an ambassador for the "Bring The Elephant HOME" (http://www.bring-the-elephant-home.nl/en) project, a Dutch foundation which tries to help the elephants of Thailand, to get them from the streets and back to jungle again. Antoinette van de Water is the founder of this project. There is now a documentation about Antoinette and her project on Dutch TV:

"Aanpakken & wegwezen"
Saturday, February 2, 21:36, Nederland 3 (first broadcast)
Saturday, February 16, 14:50, Nederland 2 (re-broadcast)

You can also watch this documentation here: http://cgi.omroep.nl/cgi-bin/streams?/id/LLiNK/serie/POW_00160111/POW_00160114/bb.20080202.asf or http://player.omroep.nl/?aflID=6441173

Thanks to Isle and Dunsinane for this information!

There is a New Years message from Heather Nova on her myspace website www.myspace.com/heathernova:

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

this morning i went out and built a teepee in the dirt for my son's playmobil toys. the sun was shining. i have a stinking cough and feel awful, but the light coming through the trees spoke of good things in store. for all of us. oh, and i have a bag full of songs waiting to be let out. it's gonna happen this year.
love to you all
heather


(source: www.myspace.com/heathernova )

There is a new Heather Nova song now available, called Higher Ground. You can even download it as mp3! What a very nice present from Heather at the end of the year to all her fans! Please go to the website of the swiss 7Sky magazine:

http://www.seventhsky.ch/index.php?lang_pref=en

For the direct link go here:

http://www.seventhsky.ch/2007/11/04/matt-george/

[edit Bernd, December 10: Contrary to earlier news, please note that with the 7Sky magazine no. 69 there is no CD with the song "Higher Ground" included! Included is only a cover for the CD, but not the CD itself! For "getting" the CD, you have to download the mp3 songs from the 7Sky website and to burn the CD yourself! ]


Thanks so much to Heather Nova for the information!

On June 9th, 2007 Heather Nova played her only gig for this year in her home country, Bermuda. I had the opportunity to do an interview with her after the concert in the Aboretum Park near Hamilton.

Heather tells about her current activities, like writing songs, doing paintings, lots of arts, plans for new albums and touring in the USA as well as about Bermuda. Heather plans to release a new live album already this year from the "An Intimate Evening with Heather Nova" tour in 2006.

You can find the complete interview with Heather Nova and the discussion about it in our forums:

Interview with Heather Nova at Bermuda, June 9th, 2007

Enjoy!
Gerd


A big big Thank You to Heather Nova for the open interview and the permission to put it online. thank you!

Heather Nova's official site has a message from her about her recent collaboration with ATB. She has co-written three songs with ATB: Renegade, Stars Come Out, and Made of Glass. All three will appear on ATB's upcoming album, Trilogy, available for pre-order on amazon.de.

Trilogy (1-CD edition)
Trilogy (2-CD limited edition)

EDIT: Heather Nova has not only co-written these three songs, she also does sing on them!

The new ATB single Renegade featuring Heather Nova can now be preordered at www.amazon.de
The CD single costs just 6,99 Euro and you might receive it starting April 13th, which is the official released date.

The cover of the CD-Single will be the same as we announced already.

The new CD-Single Renegade, we announced recently, a collaboration with ATB, is already available as 12" Vinyl Single since march 9th, 2007.

The 12" Vinyl Single contains just two songs so, which are:

Renegade - A&T Mix (10:15)
Renegade - Ronski Speed Remix (6.26)

The CD-Single will contain an additional Radio Mix and probably the Video Clip of Renegade and maybe some photos.

Here are the front and back covers of the single:

There will be a new CD single out by ATB, called Renegade, which is another collaboration by Andre Tanneberger (ATB) with Heather Nova. There was a videoshooting for Renegade in Buenos Aires on March 10th with Heather Nova for this new CD single, which will be released on April 13th, 2007.

The CD single will be as well on the new album Trilogy of ATB, which will be released 2 weeks later. You can order the albums in two different versions already at amazon.de.

This will most likely be the cover of the new ATB CD single:

There will be a new Wonderfully Whiffy Heather Nova Candle launched on March 10th, 2007.

The Heather Nova Candle has a scent of fresh coconut combined with vanilla orchid, features Heather's signature and most likely comes with a newly designed insert card featuring a photograph of Heather. The new candle is smaller (20cl glass jar) than the previous one, which is reflected in the price of 14.50 British Pounds. 3.50 British Pounds of it will be donated to a charity of Heather's choice.

Starting today you can preorder this limited Heather Nova Candle in the online shop of the Wonderfully Whiffy website. For more information about the candle check out Wonderfully Whiffy Limited Editions

Here is a picture of it:



[added on 2007-02-13]:
It is now confirmed that this card comes along with the candle:




Thanks to Teddy McDonald from Wonderfully Whiffy for the information and the pictures.

Hundreds of people joined the celebration on sunday, november 19th, of not building a hospital at the ground of the Botanical Gardens in Hamilton, Bermuda, which is a victory for the "Save the Gardens" project ( www.savethegardens.com ).

Among other artists performing on the stage in front of Camden House, Heather Nova played a five song gig there, which included Motherland. As a finale Heather Nova sang "Three Little Birds" from Bob Marley together with all the other performers of the festival.

Read the article "Hundreds turn out for Gardens party" of Bermuda's newspaper The Royale Gazette for more details of this celebration.

A Wet Paint Auction is being held this Saturday, October 7th, 2006 in support of the newly-founded Kaleidoscope Arts Foundation, the proceeds of which will be used towards the renovation and rebuilding of the foundation’s new home – at the former Elliott School on Jubilee Road.

"The idea behind this event, is that participants will spend the day creating works of art around Hamilton, which will then be auctioned off to the public that evening," Ms Rodriguez Roberts said.

Heather Nova is among a number of artists who have agreed to participate; artists Graham Foster, Jo Birdsey-Linberg and Gabriela Brunner also plan to donate already completed art pieces to the auction.

Read more details about the event at Bermuda's Newspaper The Royal Gazette.

For comments and discussions about this event please visit our forums.


thanks to minicooper for the information

In France, a sampler "Ouï FM Rock Acoustic" with acoustic sessions recorded at Ouï FM radio was released on August 28th 2006 on the french V2 label, record number VVR1039222. It contains acoustic songs from Stereophonics and Placebo to Mercury Rev. Heather contributed an acoustic version of Wicked Game (originally by Chris Isaak). Heather played Motherland as well at her acoustic session, but this song is not on this album. The acoustic session with Heather Nova was recorded already in 2005.
You can order the CD for example on amazon.fr (http://www.amazon.fr/oui-fm-rock-acoustic-Compilation/dp/B000EQHTH2/) or fnac.com (http://www.fnac.com/Shelf/article.asp?PRID=1867564). The song is also on French iTunes.

Thanks to MiniCooper for the initial information!