December 31st, 2010
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!
December 9th, 2010
Here's another write up on "Waiting" from Kings County Record! Spread the word, buy the song, support WoundedWarriors.ca!
December 8th, 2010
R.I.P. John Lennon and Dimebag Darrell. Today marks 30 and 6 years since their deaths, respectively. Thank you for the music!
December 6th, 2010
VISO Music has chosen Basia as one of the artists they're featuring on their newly launched channel in partnership with YouTube. Watch "Don't Talk" like you've never seen it before - in HD (unless you've bought one of Basia's CDs, in which case, you've probably seen it in HD many times!):
December 2nd, 2010
Just posted: a couple of new shots from Basia's photo shoot with Tresor Ziev of Voodoo Bunny. Check them out - Tres is a wicked singer, performer, photographer, painter and an all-around awesome, fierce rock chick! Thanks Tres!
November 23rd, 2010
"Waiting" has been added to rotation at tons of radio stations, and has even charted on DMDS's delivery system!
November 15th, 2010
A shot from Basia's time in Calgary, AB, this past spring. Photo by Trevor Schmidt // Foxstatic, and big thanks to the wonderful Tim & Carla at Calgary Motor Coach, who made it possible!
November 10th, 2010
York Region posted a great article by Sandra Bolan about "Waiting," with comments from songwriter Pete Haley on what inspired it. Thanks to them for spreading the word on this great cause!
November 1st, 2010
"Waiting, a musical video tribute to the parents, children and friends of Canadian Military Personnel returning home from combat in Afghanistan, makes its debut this week on iTunes and YouTube. The song hopes to raise public awareness and funds for woundedwarriors.ca, an independent, not-for-profit charity that helps Canadian soldiers wounded overseas, and is primarily a fundraising mechanism that supports existing programs that tend to injured soldiers." Read the rest of the press release here...
Links to "Waiting" online:
- Purchase "Waiting" on iTunes
- Purchase "Waiting (Country/AC Mix)" on iTunes
- Wounded Warriors
- "Waiting" on Facebook
- "Waiting" on Bandcamp
October 31st, 2010
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!! Enjoy the wonderful day! :)
October 26th, 2010
Basia was recently approached by reggae/R&B artist, Spoila Ranks, to lend her rock n' roll voice to one of his tracks. You can listen to the result below!
October 22nd, 2010
Basia's guitar player, Ron Bechard, just came back from a trip to Afghanistan with Crash Karma, where they performed for the troops - check out this great article from the Chatham Daily News (Ron's hometown) about the experience!
October 15th, 2010
Basia has been awarded a F.A.C.T.O.R. grant! This means that the new release we were planning for the new year will contain even more songs that we initially hoped! Thank you to F.A.C.T.O.R for the support, it is greatly appreciated, and we're so excited about what the next few months have in store!
October 13th, 2010
A new review of Basia's catalogue from Norway is in! We're lucky to have had press in Italian, German and Portuguese before, and now we can add Norwegian to that list. It's pretty cool to see music travel all the way to Europe and get attention like this! Thanks to Ulf at Merlinprog! See both the original and roughly translated versions here.
October 9th, 2010
Here's a cool fan video we found on YouTube featuring What It Feels Like set to live clips of Basia performing!
October 4th, 2010
Basia will be featured artist on indieSolo.com for her 5th 24-hour spotlight! Check it out!
September 30th, 2010
Basia was mentioned in Bob Segarini's Weekend Roundup on FYI Music!
September 22nd, 2010
CONGRATULATIONS BASIA!! The Barrie New Music Fest Awards! have given Basia the Best Hard Rock title for 2010! Big thanks to the team at BNMF for all their hard work, to our fans, friends and family, and of course everyone on Team Basia!
September 13th, 2010
Basia has been nominated for Best Hard Rock act at the 2010 Barrie New Music Fest Awards! The awards take place on September 19th and will wrap up the 3 day event. Holding Sky and Rise For Order are also up for Basia's category. Check out their website for full details on artists, performances and tickets!
September 12th, 2010
Basia and Ron hit the stage today at Rockpile at 3:30PM! Follow this link to the Facebook event page for Kisses For Haley for more info on other performers! Bring your kids and family!
September 8th, 2010
Basia and Ron will be performing an acoustic set this Sunday at the Rockpile for the Kisses For Haley - a benefit concert series for a young girl named Haley, who has a brain AVM. Funds are being raised to get her to the Mayo Clinic in the US for treatment for what some doctors say is an in-operable situation. Check out the event page to see what you can do to help!
September 7th, 2010
Check out Lithium Magazine's editorial on Basia, written by Vickie Young!
August 28th, 2010
Basia's INDIE WEEK showcase location has been announced - October 15th at the Velvet Underground on Queen West!
August 18th, 2010
Lauren from Vitamin Water Canada interviewed Basia at the Toronto Independent Music Awards! Check it out!
August 17th, 2010
Another "new" one! Basia and Santino DeGasperis wrote this track a few years ago... you may recognize Santino's songwriting style from "Stuttering," which he and Basia wrote with Andrew Lauzon.
August 16th, 2010
Basia has been confirmed for INDIE WEEK, which is taking place October 13-17th, 2010! Stoked to be a part of it - see their website for more info on the 10+ venues and 100+ bands involved! Could Basia be the artist INDIE WEEK sends to Ireland in April?!
August 13th, 2010
Here's another clip from Tuesday's show at C'est What! This song is called "Who's Going To Save You," and is the first song Basia and Ron EVER wrote together! A little piece of history for you to enjoy. This also marks the first public performance of the song as well!
August 11th, 2010
Last night's gig at C'est What rocked!! Big thanks to Dulce at dBPromotions, Jonathan Roy, Jesse David Weeks and everyone who came out! Here's a clip of one of the new songs unveiled last night. The song is called "Sunshine," and was written by Basia and Ron in Alberta this past May!
July 30th, 2010
Hey world!! Basia is playing her first gig since FEBRUARY!! Well, except for a couple in Alberta... but, bottom line is that it's been a while. She and Ron (on a rare off night from touring with Crash Karma) will play an acoustic set on Tuesday, August 10th at C'est What for dB Promotions' up & coming singer/songwriter showcase, also featuring Jesse David Weeks & Jonathan Roy! Bas & Ron have a ton of new songs to showcase, each with a different flavour, & dipping into different genres! Bonus, it's only $5 @ the door, so we hope to see your faces there!
July 23rd, 2010
The wicked people at Songshooter have named yet another of Basia's tracks as "Songshooter Song of the Day!" Today, Never Wanted Anything is featured on their site - check it out!
A big thanks to all of you e-mailing good luck wishes to Basia for her nomination at the 2009-2010 TIMAs, which are taking place tonight. You rock, and we appreciate the good vibes you send us!
July 21st, 2010
Basia will be attending the 2009-2010 Toronto Independent Music Awards (TIMAs) this Friday, July 23rd at the Phoenix Concert Theatre. She has been nominated in the Best Alternative Rock Act category - wish her luck! Go to their website for more info on how YOU can also attend!
July 17th, 2010
Don't Talk is song of the day today @ Songshooter.com! Thanks Billy Thin and the crew at the site for sharing the tune with their audience! Check their site out for more great music from other great artists!
July 7th, 2010
Basia and Ron Bechard performing in St. Albert, AB, for the Alberta Last Band Standing finals!
July 2nd, 2010
Here's an outtake of Basia's photo shoot for the "Don't Talk" single cover with Stephanie Cloutier, by Steph's talented friend, Mondo Lulu! Thanks Mondo for the cool birthday shot!
July 1st, 2010
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BASIA! She's out west elebrating with Calgary Motor Coach, plotting all the great things to come!
June 15th, 2010
Basia has been nominated for Best Alternative Rock act at the 2009/2010 TIMAs! Thanks for the support, everyone!
June 14th, 2010
"Don't Talk" was awarded Best Female Vocals and Best Lyrics for the week of June 14 on GarageBand.com!
June 7th, 2010
Basia has a busy week ahead planned, including songwriting sessions with Yurko Mychaluk (Klooch, Nelly Furtado) and Casey Marshall! #rock
May 25, 2010
Weekly Music Report interviewed Basia back at Canadian Music Week 2010 - watch the clip featuring Bas, as well as bands like Hawthorne Heights, Tim Chaisson & Morning Fold, Darlings of Chelsea, Sixteen Layers, Broken Ride, Dead Letter Chorus, We Are the City, Sandman Viper Command, Static in the Stars, Brazen Angelz, Make Your Exit and Leif Vollebekk!
May 19th, 2010
New review of Basia's catalogue by Wildy's World! Read it here!
May 13th, 2010
Basia and Ron will be judging Alberta'sLast Band Standing Semi-Finals tonight at the Taphouse in Saint Albert, AB! They'll also be playing an acoustic set in between the competition rounds... go say 'hi' if you're in the area! We will post video sometime next week!
May 7th, 2010
Check out today's press release with all the latest on Basia's journey out west, the release of the troops song, "Waiting," and other good stuff! Click here!
May 5th, 2010
Some never before seen behind the scenes photos from the Don't Talk video shoot have just been posted! Click here to see all the costume changes, crazy, elaborate makeup, the cast and crew and more! Plus, catch up on what all of these talented people are up to now! And, hey, why not watch the video again while you're at it?!
May 3rd, 2010
Basia was interviewed by Dotan Schachter for "The Questionnaire, and you can check out the result below!
April 28th, 2010
Download "What It Feels Like" as your ringtone!
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April 13th, 2010
Basia's latest singles, What It Feels Like and Never Wanted Anything are now available on iTunes for $0.99! Go buy them so that the next batch of songs can see the light of day!
April 6th, 2010
Basia will be moving to Calgary, AB and splitting her time there and in Toronto, as she prepares a live band for touring and new material to record! Tim and Carla Kolskog of Calgary Motorcoach have come on board with the project, and with them behind the team we already have in place at BasiaLyjak.com, great things are in the pipeline! Stay tuned!
If you are a professional musician with lots of experience in the rock genre and would like to be a part of this solo project, please e-mail a resume, biography or audio/video to emy [at] basialyjak dot] com or fax to (403) 938-5346. You must be available for weekly rehearsals (two to start), live shows, pre-production and touring. We're looking for musicians to play:
- lead guitar (ability to sing backups an asset)
- rhythm guitar (ability to sing backups and/or play keys an asset)
- bass
- drums
April 5th, 2010
Basia has been checking out the rock scene in Calgary, Alberta, Canada for the last week. It's pretty rockin' out here! Lots of news to come.
March 26th, 2010
A lovely fan has posted a clip of Basia's appearance on OMNI1's Na Luzie to YouTube!
March 19th, 2010
We're asking you to join us in a very unique promotion to brighten a sick kid's Easter. All you do is donate $1 or more at http://UBaBunny2.com and 100% of your donation will go to help sick kids PLUS you'll also get an Easter helping of Lilliput(r) milk chocolate eggs and a chance at our grand prize, a visit from the Easter Bunny! Everybody wins! It's all courtesy of the Children's Miracle Network and The Allan Candy Company. So please visit http://UBaBunny2.com NOW and help us brighten a sick kid's Easter.
March 17th, 2010
Happy St. Patty's Day everyone! You can hear Basia on IndieCan.com this week! Also featured on episode 170 is an interview with Patrizia from the event she and Basia did together in February, The Uprising!
March 16th, 2010
Basia was in the studio tonight finishing up vocals for a track she donated her voice to called "Waiting." If you haven't heard Basia talk about this project in recent interviews, the song explores the perspective of families whose loved ones are deployed and serving their country. Never mind the politics of military and war; the lyrics and vocal delivery express the fear and uncertainty that any military family from any country goes through, not knowing whether they will see their husband, father, son or friend ever again. It's a beautiful piece that will be released soon!
March 14th, 2010
CMW 2010 was wicked! Basia teamed up with SyncLive.com and TDL Music Group to host their CMW interviews! Pictures and video are coming soon!
March 8th, 2010
Torn keeps on rocking! It's been named Most Original and won for Best Female Vocals for the week of March 8th, 2010 at GarageBand.com!
March 6th, 2010
Basia's interview with OMNI1's Na Luzie will be airing on Saturday, March 13th at 7PM!! Check it out!
February 28th, 2010
Congrats Canada - hockey GOLD for the men and the ladies! We're proud to be Canadian and proud of each athlete from every corner of the globe who participated in the 2010 Olympics!
February 27th, 2010
Ryan Andrews, who directed the "Don't Talk" video has a new film in the works called "Black Eve." If you want to be an extra in a wicked, gory horror movie, check out this page for info. Shooting of the final scene is tomorrow!
February 25th, 2010
Check out the latest issue of D.A.M. Magazine, featuring an interview with Basia!
February 24th, 2010
"Don't Talk" is #4 on IAC Music.com's overall charts, and #1 on the alternative chart!
February 23rd, 2010
February 20th, 2010
Hear Basia's interview with Joe Public on his Amsterdam-based show, Biased Beats! Listen now!
February 19th, 2010
Check out a shot from Basia's latest photo shoot with Tresor Dawn Ziev, the multi-talented front woman of Voodoo Bunny! Whether it's music, art or photography, she is a creative soul through and through! Thanks Tres!
February 18th, 2010
February 17th, 2010
Basia will be chatting with Joe Public for his radio show, Biased Beats tonight! Joe is based all the was in Amsterdam, so it will be a great example of music connecting people internationally! Check him out on Real Hit Radio and Venture Radio!
February 16th, 2010
The lovely Emily Santos from Your Media Pass interviewed Basia at "The Uprising." Check out the result: The Beautiful and Benevolent Basia Lyjak
February 15th, 2010
February 14th, 2010
Happy Valentine's Day! Check out a review of last night's show from The Max Brand Report !
February 13th, 2010
See you all at the Mod Club tonight at 7PM!
February 11th, 2010
February 10th, 2010
Hear Basia, Frankie and Patrizia's interviews with Brad Wilson at the Toronto Rock Radio Show on K94Rocks.com
February 9th, 2010
Join Basia, Patrizia, Frankie Whyte and the Dead Idols and Sarah Melody for "Female Rock Stars: The Uprising of the Next Generation!" this Saturday, February 13th, 7:15PM, broadcast live from the Mod Club in Toronto!
February 8th, 2010
Tune in to SpiritLive.net's Live&Local program on Ryerson campus radio tonight at 7PM to hear Basia and Frankie Whyte from Frankie Whyte and the Dead Idols interviewed together by Lama Balaghi!
Then, tune in to K94Rocks.com for the Toronto Rock Radio show at 8. Host Brad Wilson will interview Basia in the first half of the show and Frankie in the second. Catch up on your indie rock chick news!
February 3rd, 2010
Basia is today's Daily Pick Aritst on Stereofame.com!
January 31st, 2010
Basia will be featured artist on K94 Rocks's Toronto Rock Radio Show on February 8th, 2010, 8-11pm! Tune in to hear all the latest live!
January 25th, 2010
Basia has an interview coming up soon in D.A.M. Magazine! We'll let you know the exact release date, but in the meantime, check out the site!
January 18th, 2010
Female Rock Stars - The Uprising of the Next Generation!! Fundraising for Haiti relief with Patrizia, Basia Lyjak and Frankie Whyte and the Dead Idols! Click for full details!
January 11th, 2010
"Never Wanted Anything" won Best Toronto Rock Song at the 2009 Toronto Exclusive Magazine Awards and Basia was also a runner-up for Overall Artist of the Year!
January 8th, 2010
"Torn" is Track of the Day at GarageBand.com!
January 6th, 2010
We are excited to announce Basia's first show of the year! Book off Saturday, February 13th, 2010 because you're going to want to be at The Mod Club to see Basia share the stage with PATRIZIA and FRANKIE WHYTE AND THE DEAD IDOLS! That's 3 of the boldest, baddest, buzz-shrouded rock chick-fronted bands in Toronto -- it doesn't get any more epic than this!
More info and news will be announced soon!
January 5th, 2010
Want to write with Basia for her project or for yours? Let's make 2010 prolific! Contact emy [at] basialyjak [dot] com!
January 1st, 2010
Welcome 2010... we have big plans for you!
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