Heart in the House and Barb & Robert at the Pleasant Pear Orchard B&B  hosted:

 Joshua Smith  & Ari Neufeld (names are live links to their websites)
Saturday Dec 12/15

Concert images & videos

Following the Break Ari jumped on to the piano in Barb & Roberts living room, this beautiful old piano came to life as he sat down with Josh Smith and began to play "Imagine". It was a beautiful moment with everyone sitting around and singing, it truly felt like the world could hear us singing and feel the hearts of these wonderful people enjoying the concert. 

He then pulled out a beautiful song for us and created this brilliant moment.
(Thank you to Craig Milton for capturing this on file and putting it up for us all to enjoy)

Artists Bios

Joshua Smith

Ari Neufeld
East Coast-Soul-Folk
What one could suggest as being a Soul-inspired, captivating experience, Joshua is a singer/songwriter who mingles catchy clever lines and infectious vocals in the company of playful story telling. With a nod to “Motown”, Joshua Smith captures tradition and folk-friendly modernism with his songwriting prowess.

Joshua is the real McCoy singer-songwriter. Born and raised in Halifax, Nova Scotia to a songwriter father; music, song writing and performing is all Joshua has ever known.  He currently resides in Kelowna and is becoming a well-known local songwriter with a growing list of loyal fans. 

Joshua recently completed a Via Rail Come Home Soon Tour. Shortly after his return he released his Fall EP (1st of 2) "Come Home Soon" to a full house at Streaming Cafe, an evening full of amazing musicians and the heart of our local musical community. Josh is one of the people at the HEART of that community. 

Josh performs as a solo act and with two different bands with completely different flavors, The Trips an amazing Bluegrass band, and Funk Force... the coolest funk band ever. 
Ari Neufeld is a self-made one man band, hailing most recently from the Okanagan. He plays guitar, piano, banjo (but usually guitar), while singing and keeping time through an amplified stompbox, with ethnic beads, nuts and bells strapped to his body. His performance covers a variety of genres from folk to pop, to new country, to rhythmic soul, to rock.

Over three decades of global travel and extremely colorful living and work experience, Ari has redefined himself through a sensitive eagerness to explore the world around him and turn his musings into audience participation. This imperative supersedes the stage, where there is an even deeper eagerness to explore creativity in general: Ari has worked as a line and graphic artist, painter, sculptor, plasterer, bartender, writer, pyrographer, photographer, and cook.

Often Ari's performances are hall-marked by an opportunity to look deep into the knot of an old tree, and discover some tranquil revelation way down in its hollow. From there, it's a laughter-filled experience of rhythm, movement, soaring melody. Not hampered by any singular emotion, his push to explore new ideas while performing ranks with the airs of Bob Dylan, Jeff Buckley, Hawksley Workman, Scotty Dunbar, Martin Sexton, Bruce Cockburn.