“Twitter…that’s a fish, right?” – Tracy Howe Wispelwey*

Happy Easter! We hope this finds you well.

Thank you to all of you who have already listened to and downloaded ‘Hold On To Love’. 

We hope you are enjoying it and that there are songs on the album reaching you in a special way.  We’ve been so excited to share this project – and the stories behind it – with you.

If you still need to get the album, you can do so by clicking HERE. It’s unlike anything put out by The Restoration Project before!

In the weeks ahead, we have some *fun* ideas for how to continue sharing ‘Hold On To Love’...but to make that momentum possible, we first want to expand and update our connections with our original friends and supporters!

Tracy also has some tremendous opportunities in the next several months to connect and partner with new audiences and communities in the U.S. and through Latin America.

As such, we’d love for that many more people to be plugged in to her songs, work, and where she is.

We invite you to connect more directly to the music and movements of The Restoration Project:

Are you on Twitter?  Please follow The Restoration Project @BorderWatcher!
Are you fan of The Restoration Project on Facebook?  If not, please ‘Like’ us at the ‘Tracy Howe/The Restoration Project‘ fan page!

We might be headed your way, or Tracy might be playing a festival (winkie face) that you’ll be attending.  Or, perhaps you pass on word to a friend where we’re headed about the new album, and we get the privilege of a new relationship. Whatever the case, we hope you accept our invitation to plug in and stay tuned for encouragements and upcoming announcements in the weeks and months ahead.  We’d be totally bummed to miss out on connecting!

Thank you, friends!  So many of you have been energizing and committed supporters and fans of The Restoration Project for a long time.  As our little bus chugs up new and very promising mountains in 2011, we are so grateful for your enthusiasm and invite you to hitch a ride!

Any questions or want some conversation and/or prayer?  Reply to this email or write seth@restorationvillage.com.  Otherwise, see you on TwitterFace and stay tuned!

Warmest regards and peace your way -

Seth

Assistant to the Regional Manager

* Tracy did not actually say this, nor does she think Twitter is a fish.**

P.S. Tracy is currently in Costa Rica for a few weeks, immersed in rich fellowship and planning with an amazing array of people through La Fraternidad Teológica Latinoamericana (The Latin American Theological Fraternity).  She’s on retreat at the moment with an “amazing Bolivian jazz singer” for a roommate.  Expect updates soon!

**She thinks it’s a type of foot fungus.

Music Videos and Another Single!

Friends,  leading up to the digital release THIS THURSDAY we are busy, busy getting ready to celebrate and share the music.  Two weeks ago we released the single “Border Watcher” alongside the scratch tracks to share some of the collaborative process with you.  Now we have uploaded a second single, “Hold On To Love.”  There is also a music video for “Hold On To Love.”

We are so excited, but we need help!  You can help spread the word and the music by sharing this promo music video through facebook:

You can also share one of the two singles we have released at restorationvillage.com:

SHARE “HOLD ON TO LOVE”

SHARE “BORDER WATCHER”

Finally, we put together a fun video with footage Seth and I took on a writing retreat over two years ago.  We cannot wait to share the finished product but you get a little teaser at the end!

More to come!

First Reveiws and Listening Party in Cambridge!

I know most of you are outside the Boston/Cambridge area, but please mark your calendars!  You will be able to listen and download Hold On To Love in just one week!

I don’t know how to quite describe this album because it is so different than anything I have ever produced.  Some of my friends have been previewing the project to help me refine and describe it.  Brian McLaren, who has continued to encourage my work and music since we co-produced Songs For a Revolution of Hope together wrote this:

 

With this release, Tracy Wispelwey joins an elite group of musicians that includes Anais Mitchell, Ben Harper, Michael Franti, Bruce Cockburn, Ani Difranco, and Tracy Chapman: singer-songwriters who address social and spiritual issues with prophetic insight. What sets this collection apart even from that august group is the rich, sometimes-big and sometimes-frail mixture of electronica, trance, anthem, and hymn. Think of the musical love-child of Sarah McLachlan and Sigur Ros. One hopes these songs will help create a new genre.

Much, much more to come!