Jill Hagen & Band (Ray Banman, bass; Kurt Driedger, guitar; Nathan Labrecque, drums; Terry Prokopchuk, sound have had a whirlwind January, kicking off Jill's second album, Ruined for the Ordinary. CD Release concerts were held at Olds College, Church of God in Camrose, the Max in Drayton Valley and at Glenmore Christian Academy in Calgary. For more information on this new album, go to jillhagen.com. Photos shown are from Camrose. Jill Hagen & Band will be on tour in Manitoba until early March and then will embark on a whirlwind tour of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio through the month of March.

Jill Hagen talks about the release concerts: "Bringing out new music in front of family and friends is vulnerable but also exciting as I was able to express the amazing blessings in my life admidst the difficult struggles I have faced. The CD "Ruined for the Ordinary" was named after I was talking with a missionary in my church about how stepping out in God's calling is tough sometimes but that I have seen God move in incredible ways and I would never want to go back to how I knew my life before. The missionary said, "Then you are ruined for the ordinary."  It stuck in my mind after that and I ended up not only writing a song but naming the whole album after it. I want to live my life in such a way that I can marvel at the power of God to act and move in all circumstances according to His purpose and plan."