{"id":247,"date":"2016-11-17T19:22:17","date_gmt":"2016-11-17T19:22:17","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2026-02-02T15:56:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T15:56:16","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/redorkestra.com\/wp\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>see <a href=\"http:\/\/redorkestra.com\/wp\/news\/\"><em>NEWS<\/em><\/a> for more about what&#8217;s happening with Red Orkestra<\/p>\n<p><strong>NEW ALBUM AVAILABLE NOW<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The long-awaited new Red Orkestra album &#8220;Letters From Afar&#8221; is out now.<\/p>\n<p>Available for streaming <a href=\"https:\/\/mermaids.ffm.to\/lettersfromafar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">everywhere<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Digital purchases (and streaming) available at <a href=\"https:\/\/red-orkestra.bandcamp.com\/album\/letters-from-afar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bandcamp.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>LPs (vinyl) and CDs available from <a href=\"https:\/\/encorerecords.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Encore Records<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-380\" src=\"http:\/\/redorkestra.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Letters_From_Afar_small-297x300.jpg\" alt=\"letters from afr album cover\" width=\"297\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redorkestra.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Letters_From_Afar_small-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/redorkestra.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Letters_From_Afar_small-768x775.jpg 768w, https:\/\/redorkestra.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Letters_From_Afar_small.jpg 899w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 297px) 100vw, 297px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Second single from new album available now<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The second single from the upcoming album (&#8220;Letters From Afar&#8221;) is now available on streaming services. Listen to &#8220;Everstrong&#8221; on your preferred streaming service (follow this <a href=\"https:\/\/mermaids.ffm.to\/everstrong\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-414\" src=\"http:\/\/redorkestra.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Everstrong_cover_final_1000x1000-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redorkestra.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Everstrong_cover_final_1000x1000-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/redorkestra.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Everstrong_cover_final_1000x1000-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/redorkestra.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Everstrong_cover_final_1000x1000-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/redorkestra.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Everstrong_cover_final_1000x1000-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/redorkestra.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Everstrong_cover_final_1000x1000.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nFirst single from new album available now<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The first single from the upcoming album (&#8220;Letters From Afar&#8221;) is now available on streaming services. Listen to &#8220;You&#8217;re So Far Away&#8221; on your preferred streaming service (follow this <a href=\"https:\/\/mermaids.ffm.to\/youresofaraway\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-409\" src=\"http:\/\/redorkestra.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/YoureSoFarAway_single-cover_final_1000x1000-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redorkestra.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/YoureSoFarAway_single-cover_final_1000x1000-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/redorkestra.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/YoureSoFarAway_single-cover_final_1000x1000-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/redorkestra.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/YoureSoFarAway_single-cover_final_1000x1000-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/redorkestra.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/YoureSoFarAway_single-cover_final_1000x1000-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/redorkestra.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/YoureSoFarAway_single-cover_final_1000x1000.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nNEW ALBUM COMING SOON!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 7th Red Orkestra album, <strong>Letters From Afar<\/strong>, is complete and will be released (LP, CD, digital) early in 2026 in Canada and Europe. The ten-track album is a collection of songs of love, longing, hope, and resistance (just what the world needs more of in these trying times!). The first single, \u201cYou\u2019re So Far Away\u201d is available now, as are digital album pre-sales (via <a href=\"https:\/\/red-orkestra.bandcamp.com\/album\/letters-from-afar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bandcamp<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-380\" src=\"http:\/\/redorkestra.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Letters_From_Afar_small-297x300.jpg\" alt=\"letters from afr album cover\" width=\"297\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redorkestra.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Letters_From_Afar_small-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/redorkestra.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Letters_From_Afar_small-768x775.jpg 768w, https:\/\/redorkestra.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Letters_From_Afar_small.jpg 899w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 297px) 100vw, 297px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>New recording sessions commencing (finally!). The album originally planned for 2020 (delayed by COVID-19) will finally be recorded (with new, post-2020 material as well), starting in December 2024. Stay tuned!<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Record release announcement: While work continues on the new album, in the meantime we are releasing a 4-track EP via <a href=\"https:\/\/red-orkestra.bandcamp.com\/\">Bandcamp <\/a>on 2 February. \u201cEveryone Dies Alone\u201d is a collection of piano-based tracks, a song cycle written way back in 2007 and recorded between 2008 and 2016. This is a digital-only release and will only be available on Bandcamp.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/redorkestra.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/everyone-dies-alone-cover_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-294\" src=\"http:\/\/redorkestra.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/everyone-dies-alone-cover_2-300x294.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"219\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Preliminary work on the next Red Orkestra album has begun. A tentative release date of late 2019 or early 2020 is planned.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>The new Red Orkestra album, &#8220;Day of the Dead&#8221;, was released on Saturday 7 July, 2018 at the Starlight Social Club in Waterloo, ON. It is available on <a href=\"https:\/\/red-orkestra.bandcamp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bandcamp <\/a>and at shows. The first single is the title track, &#8220;Day of the Dead&#8221; and can be heard <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/red-orkestra\/day-of-the-dead\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/redorkestra.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Red_Orkestra_DayoftheDead_cover_2400x2400_pixels.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-286\" src=\"http:\/\/redorkestra.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Red_Orkestra_DayoftheDead_cover_2400x2400_pixels-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redorkestra.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Red_Orkestra_DayoftheDead_cover_2400x2400_pixels-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/redorkestra.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Red_Orkestra_DayoftheDead_cover_2400x2400_pixels-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/redorkestra.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Red_Orkestra_DayoftheDead_cover_2400x2400_pixels-768x765.jpg 768w, https:\/\/redorkestra.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Red_Orkestra_DayoftheDead_cover_2400x2400_pixels-1024x1020.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/redorkestra.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Red_Orkestra_DayoftheDead_cover_2400x2400_pixels-200x200.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>The new Red Orkestra single (and short essay), \u201cNothing Will Ever Tear Us Apart\u201d, is now available as a digital download\/purchase via Bandcamp: <a class=\"twitter-timeline-link\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"https:\/\/red-orkestra.bandcamp.com\/album\/viva\" href=\"https:\/\/red-orkestra.bandcamp.com\/track\/nothing-will-ever-tear-us-apart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-expanded-url=\"https:\/\/red-orkestra.bandcamp.com\/album\/viva\"><span class=\"invisible\">https:\/\/<\/span><span class=\"js-display-url\">https:\/\/red-orkestra.bandcamp.com\/track\/nothing-will-ever-tear-us-apart<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/redorkestra.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/NWETUA_cover.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-261\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-278 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/redorkestra.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/NWETUA_cover-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redorkestra.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/NWETUA_cover-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/redorkestra.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/NWETUA_cover-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/redorkestra.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/NWETUA_cover-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/redorkestra.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/NWETUA_cover-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/redorkestra.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/NWETUA_cover-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/redorkestra.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/NWETUA_cover.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>see NEWS for more about what&#8217;s happening with Red Orkestra NEW ALBUM AVAILABLE NOW The long-awaited new Red Orkestra album &#8220;Letters From Afar&#8221; is out now. Available for streaming everywhere. Digital purchases (and streaming) available at Bandcamp. LPs (vinyl) and CDs available from Encore Records. Second single from new album available now The second single <span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span> <span class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/redorkestra.com\/wp\/\" class=\"more-link\"><span>Continue Reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":-5,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-247","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/redorkestra.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/redorkestra.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/redorkestra.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redorkestra.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redorkestra.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/redorkestra.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":422,"href":"https:\/\/redorkestra.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/247\/revisions\/422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/redorkestra.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}