Posted: November 4th, 2009 | Author: admin | Filed under: album, music, producer, reviews | Tags: album, Europe, music, production, reviews, UK | No Comments »
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Work has begun in earnest on the new album. I am thrilled to announce that Kyle Harris, PlayR Recording, will be producing the album. More information on Kyle will be forthcoming, as I plan to spotlight him in a future newsletter/blog entry. Suffice it to say, Kyle, Emily, and I are very excited about the project.
The tentative goal is to have the album ready in April 2010.
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The “old” album (From the Dining Room) is just now receiving a small surge of activity over the pond, with a review expected soon from The Netherlands and one from Leicester, UK. (Hopefully, glowing reviews– I supply the CD, they supply the opinion.) The recent availability on CD Baby apparently has brought us more attention overseas.
Posted: October 1st, 2009 | Author: admin | Filed under: album, festival, live, music, review | Tags: Americana, festival, Nashville | No Comments »
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I’ve been to Nashville before, but representing The 15th Floor in Nashville during this festival (Sept 16-19) was like going to “good music Nirvana.” I proudly wore our motto, “Songs should make you feel something”, on my shirts and hat all that week; the songs did not disappoint.
Chip Taylor: I met Chip in Toronto in the 90’s when he was promoting “The Living Room Tapes.” (In Toronto, he performed for about an hour in a hotel room to about 5 or 6 people,
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including Sherry and me.) One of his songs, “Angel of the Morning”, in various forms, has sold 13 million records! This trip, I heard him a couple of times, teamed up with his new young protégé/discovery, Kendall Carson. WOW! If you are a connoisseur of good songs, check out his new album, “Yonkers, NY”, coming out in October.
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: Yes, they are reincarnated, in a new/old configuration (very pure) with
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Posted: July 23rd, 2009 | Author: admin | Filed under: album, music, video | Tags: animoto, video | No Comments »
This song was written about my wife, Sherry. Using Animoto, I made a video (slide show) using photos of her (thanks goes to my sister, Lee Ann, for many of these photos.)
Ain’t she cute! About this song, you should know…
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