Karla Adolphe

Karla's music is a tent revival in your heart, head and soul. Her folky guitar supports a HUGE voice and her pop hooks transition straight into old-timey gospel shouts. Be prepared for a moving personal experience. What a voice!

Over the past decade, Karla Adolphe has created a diverse career for herself touring North America in a 40ft RV performing as a solo artist, and in various duos (Jacob and Lily, The Emporiums and Enter The Worship Circle). Karla enjoys touring across Canada playing various concerts in search of listening ears and kindred hearts.

Jacob and Lily’s debut cd The Cathedral was nominated for 2007 Canadian Folk Music Best New/Emerging Artist, and receives consistent national/regional airplay on the CBC. Jacob and Lily were also featured on CBC Radio 2’s Next! program which aired taped performances of Canada’s top 50 up and coming acts.

In 2011 Karla paired up with acclaimed artist/producer Aaron Strumpel and created The Emporiums, their first album The Singing Well is a warm and textured project most noted for gorgeous harmonies, weathered voices and incredible songwriting.

Karla is also the featured artist on Chair and Microphone Vol 3, a live solo gospel project recorded with Worship Circle Records in Colorado, USA. The project highlights Karla’s personal songwriting and intimate, melancholic performances. In September 2011 the song You Are Mine was licensed to the television show Hart of Dixie in the pilot episode.

Karla is also featured on two Enter The Worship Circle albums (Down Here And Up Above and Fourth Circle) as an energetic collaborator and songwriter. Both Worship Circle albums have received critical acclaim, and have sold thousands of copies all around the world.

Karla has enjoyed playing over 800 shows in the past six years, some highlights include: The Winnipeg Folk Festival, Home County Folk Festival, Blue Skies Festival, Trout Forest Music Festival, BarrieFolk, and an official showcase at the 2007 NXNE festival and 2009 Folk Alliance, as well as secondary showcases at OCFF, a featured artist at Ken Whiteley’s Gospel Hour, and the Orillia Folk Society.

Karla has also enjoyed sharing the stage with: Patty Loveless, Katie Herzig, The Dan Tyminski Band, Chris Knight, Solas, Half Moon Run, Rose Cousins, The Fugitives, C.R. Avery, Ray Bonneville, The Good Lovelies, Little Miss Higgins, Chic Gamine, Rose Cousins, Elliot Brood, Alana Levendoski, The Arrogant Worms, Craig Cardiff, Twilight Hotel, and Cara Luft.

Karla was selected as Co-Winner at the 2008 Mountain Stage NewSong Contest, and performed live on NPR/internationally broadcast Mountain Stage radio/television show. Over the past three years Karla has had multiple recordings included on compilations such as the Livestock - AB Music Sampler, Bread for Life Compilation, Record of the Week Club, Manitoba Music, Bridge Songs and Manitoba Roots.

Discography:
Down Here And Up Above - Enter The Worship Circle (2016)
Live At The Space - (solo) Smallgate Music (2015)
Honeycomb Tombs - (solo) Smallgate Music (2012)
The Singing Well - The Emporiums - Thirsty Dirt/Smallgate Music (2011)
Resound Worship Collective - Resound (2010)
Song of the Month EP - (solo) Smallgate Music (2010)
Record of the Week Club - Head in the Sand (2009)
Child of the King EP - Jacob and Lily - Smallgate Music (2008)
Enter the Worship Circle: Fourth Circle - Worship Circle Records (2008)
Chair and Mic Vol 3 - (solo) Worship Circle Records (2008)
The Cathedral - Jacob and Lily - Smallgate Music (2006)
Come Home - (solo) Independent (2005)