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October 19, 2009
Audioplasm (Polarity/1 & Rubio) - Guillermo Ate My Lunch
"Guillermo Ate My Lunch" is the opening track of Audioplasm's first CD, Heavy Meadow, which features Guillermo Cardenas on merengue percussion. Audioplasm is a collaboration of two artists from New York
City, Polarity/1 and Rubio. Together they have already scored the soundtrack for the documentary "In Debt We Trust" by Danny Schechter. Polarity/1 himself wrote the music for the award-winning Schechter's WMD (Weapon of Mass Deception). This video, directed by Marc Wagnon & Polarity/1, shows their ability in visual arts as well as their musical eclecticism.
http://www.polarity1.com/audioplasm/index.php
October 9, 2009
A Review of Panda Transport's "Transmission" (w/ MP3 Download)
The melody in Panda Transport's latest single "Transmission" seems to float on a viscous stew of synthesized sounds and rhythms. This bubbly binary brew is the perfect medium for the duo's catchy melodic lines, silky, if familiar, harmonic rhythm, and airy vocal tones. The combination of real, that is, acoustic instruments and electronic sounds is seamless, and each sound supports the tune's infrastructure as it builds, gurgling and popping like a thick lava flow growing slowly and gracefully.
Download Panda Transport's "Transmission" MP3
Buy the 'Plus Mechanique' Album on iTunes
"Transmission" is a morsel from this unlikely duo's album, "Plush Mechanique," an apt name for the soupy mix of traditional and computer music. The two artists, Kathy Compton and Thierry Holweck, met over the internet; she an American jazz and pop composer, he's a Frenchman and master of the virtual music world. What would seem to be an odd mixture turns out to be a successful experiment in music-meshing and genre-bending. Panda Transport has already found commercial success in America with "Transmission" being featured on Grey's Anatomy. Their new EP "Monorail" will be released this fall.
http://www.pandatransport.com
October 5, 2009
Kirsten DeHaan- Thorns On A Crown
Artist: Kirsten DeHaan
Title: Thorns On A Crown EP
Website: http://www.kdlocal.com
Style: Alt Rock/ Singer Songwriter
Label: SirLady Records
Rating: 8.5 out of 10
By C.W. Ross
The year 2004 was when Kirsten DeHaan first started to make her mark on the Indie music scene with the release of her debut album, Conform. DeHaan also started the New York Indie Rock Launch in 2006 to bring the best New York artists of various rock genres together, repeating the series again in 2007 and 2008 and continues to help promote the New York indie music scene. She also works to support American soldiers in the Middle East. DeHaan is also an entrepreneur running her own label, SirLady Records.
Thorns On A Crown is the latest release from Kirsten DeHaan and on it you’ll find 5 tracks of music that offer up a variety of styles.
Things get started with the track, “1984,” a song that offers up a 60’s alt. rock feel thanks to the retro-guitar parts that are found on it.
Track-2, “Double or Nothing,” is a lively track that mixes just a touch of a folk edge in to its light rock beats.
Track-3, “The Night Shift,” starts out as a melodic acoustic guitar song until the 2:20 mark when the drum beats instantly speed up changing the song’s tempo.
Thorns On A Crown ends on a very high note with the songs, “I’m Coming Home,” and “Ms. Daisy.”
Track-4, “I’m Coming Home,” is a harmonica filled track that gives off a folk-rock vibe. For me this song also worked best to showcase DeHaan’s vocals.
Track-5, “Ms. Daisy” finishes things up nicely with its melodious sound that also highlights DeHaan’s vocals.
Kirsten DeHaan has nice vocals that are very pleasant sounding and match well with the songs found on her latest release, Thorns On A Crown.
September 21, 2009
10 Questions: Amy Speace
Actress turned Singer-songwriter Amy Speace is out on the road promoting her latest album The Killer In Me, her second national release following Songs for Bright Street released in 2006. She’s recently played at Rocky Mountain Folks Festival and will be opening several shows for Nanci Griffith in October.
She took some time to answer our questions between dates on her busy touring schedule.
Q: So you started in theatre, how did you end up in music?
A: I’ve been a musician my whole life and I’d been singing and playing piano in various things my whole life so I was always a musician I just wasn’t a songwriter.
While I was in New York being an actress and director, I was dating a guy in a rock band so I would borrow his guitar and I kind of taught myself chords just by watching him. And I was always a writer so I was always putting stuff to music, but I thought they were sort of… bad.
A friend of mine who had a theater company, he was doing a benefit for this company and he asked me if I’d come and sing, come and sing jazz or some musical theater stuff and I said, ‘You know, I’ve started writing songs, I think they’re kind of bad but maybe I could try it out.’ So I took that opportunity and presented three of my first songs and people seemed to like them and I was encouraged to start hitting open mics.
I went to my first open mic and got a gig out of it. That’s kind of how it happened for me, musically. It’s like I’d been pounding the pavement as an actress and doing pretty well, but it’s a hard road in New York. And pretty much the first time I went out an played at a club for an open mic, the booker was there and said, ‘I’ll give you a gig on Sunday night,’ based on two really bad songs, I thought. He was like, ‘How many songs have you written?’ And I think I had written five at the time and he said, ‘Well, write five more and you’ll have a set of music.’
That’s how I started doing it and the transition was based on, well, I was touring the country with the theater company but I was also playing out in New York City and people were saying, ‘You should be playing out more, you should be touring, you should make a record.’ And I realized I just couldn’t, both fields demanded so much time that there was no way I could pursue both with the same energy so I decided I would choose for the moment and I chose music thinking, ‘If this doesn’t work out in six months I’ll go back to pounding the pavement as an actress.’ And it just started to work really well.
Do you still play those original songs?
No! Not those two, I know them. Yeah, no. That was about ten years ago.
Q: How is this album different or similar in comparison to your previous albums?
A: To my first national release, Songs for Bright Street which was the one that was previous to this, I would say that the same cast of characters – I’m using the same band and the same producer and I think it sits in the same kind of genre, that sort of Americana-rock place.
It’s different because Songs for Bright Street was really a series of demos and I recorded that record over the course of two years, very piecemeal. I was just doing demos of songs and then I got signed to a label and I ended up putting all that material together as an album.
With The Killer In Me, the new release, from start to finish I could see the whole album and once I wrapped my brain around the story of the album as well as the songs, Jim, my producer and I decided we wanted to record it live to analog tape. So we ended up doing it very old-school style, the whole band in one room and we recorded it in a real short time, over five days from start to finish.
Q: What is the story in The Killer In Me?
A: I think it’s a journey, people have talked about it as a break-up album and I think it is a break-up album, it’s definatley the story of somebody kind of finding their footing, but it also has a ton of hope in it and it also has a lot of weather. I would say that the story of The Killer In Me is dark, light, storms and sunshine and falling in and out of love.
Q: Do you have a song writing routine?
A: No, I don’t. I try to write every day as much as I can and sometimes what I’m writing is lyric and sometimes what I’m writing is just journal babble to get out what’s in my head. Then maybe I’ll go back to it and I’ll find a phrase or a sentence or a metaphor that I can pull out for my songwriting. There’s two parts to it and I think every songwriter feels the same way, like that first part where the inspiration just comes and it flows and then that second part where you come back at it as an editor and try to craft it and make sure that it makes sense. I try to stay in that first part as long as I can and sometimes that first part just throws a song entirely at me in a half-hour and then sometimes songs it takes me years to finish.
Q: You’ve said that “Better” is something you wrote with someone like Shania Twain in mind, can you talk more about that process?
A:”Better” to be honest, my first draft at that song was with my friend Jenny and I did write it, kind of joking around thinking I was trying to write a contemporary country song, almost like an exercise, like, ‘Can I do that lyric twist?’
But then, a couple years after I’d finished writing it, I just didn’t feel right about it because it felt a little cheesy, I took it too a good friend of mine who’s a great songwriter in Nashville and he looked at it and helped tweak it so that it rang more true. So there’s three writers on that song and that song took about three years to craft. And now I don’t necessarily feel like it’s an exercise in a country song, now I feel like it says something true about maybe where I am or about where any woman might feel themselves. The rest of the songs, for the most part, just came out of my regular writing, not trying to write a song for Carrie Underwood or something like that, which I never really do.
Q: Where were you when you heard yourself on the radio for the first time?
A:Oh! I remember that clearly, I was in a truck in Wyoming. It must have been 2003, sometime around then, maybe 2005. I have no idea what year it was but I had written a song that has never been put on a record but it got picked up by the State of Wyoming to be used in a radio and television commercial for tourism. The song is called ‘Why Not Wyoming’ and it’s about somebody who’s dissatisfied with their current situation and is fantasizing about running away, so the hook of the chorus is ‘Why not Wyoming?” And they ended up using just that line for their tourism campaign and then that sparked an interest in me getting out there and touring so I made a single of that song and we sent it to Wyoming radio. I ended up going out there and doing a tour, while I was driving around in this truck it came on the radio and I almost crashed the truck.
Q: Besides your instruments, what are the things that you must have while on the road?
A: I feel like I’m always on the road, so it’s hard for me to separate tours. What I remember more are the two days in between tours where I get to come home for a minute, pet my dog and do my laundry and repack.
One bag of clothes that I usually overpack with too many shoes, because I like to wear boots and they’re heavy. My Gibson acoustic guitar named Rosalie comes with me every where I go. And, a scented candle for the hotel rooms that smell bad. And a good book.
Q: What would be on your mix tape?
A: If I was making a mix tape, right now I would put Bob Dylan, ‘A Case of You’ by Joni Mitchell, ‘Winter Birds’ by Ray LaMontagne. I’d put Stevie Wonder, anything from Songs In The Key of Life, Aretha’s ‘Respect’ or ‘Natural Woman,’ Miles Davis’ ‘Kind of Blue,’ Arvo Part, a composer, classical composer, and Jonathan Byrd, a good friend of mine, he’s a songwriter from North Carolina that people don’t know about and should. And some Rolling Stones, and definitely the entire George Jones catalog.
Q: If you could sit down for an hour and play with any musician, alive or dead, who would it be?
A: And they would be nice to me? Bob Dylan.
You don’t think Bob Dylan would be nice to you?
He seems like he might not be so nice, I don’t know. I’m sure he’s a very nice guy but he’s Bob Dylan, he’s the patron saint of all songwriters. Can you imagine? I’m sure he’d be nice, but here’s the thing, it’s not so much being nice, but I would want him to pay attention to me. I wouldn’t want him to just be kind of cranky and like I’m just some fawning, adoring songwriter. I’d want him to take me seriously, and hang out with me.
And I’m not sure I deserve that, that’s the other thing. I don’t think that I deserve to sit next to Bob Dylan, I still feel like I’m sitting at his feet, gravelling.
If I could answer that with a second person, somebody that I feel like I would love to sit on equal footing with is Patty Griffin. I just adore everything she does. She’s just, forget it, when I was younger it was Joni Mitchell and now it’s like, ‘I’m sorry, I love Joni Mitchell but I think she’s taken a back seat to Patty these days for me.’
Q: What have you always wanted to learn how to do?
A: Mostly I feel like what I want to learn to do, I take a stab at it and either I fail miserably or I keep going. I really, really would love to be an amazing piano player, I’d like to be able to sit with a band and just sort of jam as a piano player. And I can’t do that, I’m a good piano player but I’m not great at it.
Visit AmySpeace.com for tour dates and more info.
September 18, 2009
PANDA TRANSPORT RELEASES PLUSH MECHANIQUE, INCLUDING "TRANSMISSION"
Panda Transport is set to make a big splash in the US this fall, releasing "Plush Mechanique", their latest LP with a new distribution deal with IODA. With the single “Transmission” already featured on Grey’s Anatomy, it’s just a matter of time before Panda Transport rises to prominence. After seeing success in Europe with multiple hit songs, glowing reviews and prominent placements on television, Panda Transport is pushing into the American market with "Plush Mechanique" and a new EP, "Monorail", to be released this fall.
“Wondrous music!!!!!! They were so good, so sweet, so darn good! I’m still smiling…really.” -NME
"Plush Mechanique" defines the Panda Transport sound - a melange of electronic and natural instrumentation utilizing vocal harmonies, theremin, flute, vocoder, wooden and wired guitars, handmade percussion, synths and a trolley full of toys and light! A bit more natural sunlight than well- placed studio lighting; it is human music for human people.
Panda Transport was conceived in September of 2006 by Kathy Compton and Thierry Holweck. After meeting and becoming friends via the Information Super Highway, pen pal style, they began work in earnest to record material for the debut album, "Plush Mechanique".
Kathy wanted to be a pussycat, a witch, or an astronaut; Thierry, alone in a boat or a shepherd in the Alps. She became a chanteuse and writer of jazz and pop; he, a punk electro-experimental musician and virtual faders master. They are polar opposites drawn together by their shared desire to explore the unknown. Their meeting was a twist of fate; their musical creation is a twist of cultures, experiences, influences and personalities.
A by-product of the global village, Panda Transport creates music where jazz phrasing, coupled with engaging melodies is set within a soundscape of harmony and fleeting sounds; astral lounge. Their passion for Voyaging remains central to their bi-continental lifestyle, most compositions being created on the road in Europe or The States, in yurts and ancient silk factories, utilizing a dilapidated laptop with its organs busting out.
Be on the lookout for Panda Transport’s new EP "Monorail" this fall, as well as upcoming tour dates in the US!
To learn more about Panda Transport visit them at:
http://www.myspace.com/pandatransport or
http://www.pandatransport.com
September 18, 2009
PIONEER OF LATIN-INDIAN FUSION MUSIC GIJU PREMIERES TWO NEW VIDEOS
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 15 /Mi2N Newswire / -- Multi-talented world music and Latin dance artist Giju, and Beyond Dreamz Entertainment announced today the global release of his much anticipated new video projects. The first, a beautiful ballad titled "Dil Ko Kya (Unto My Heart)" and the second, "Dhoondun Tujhe (Searching for You)", Giju's innovative Latin dance single is the first ever Latin-Indian cross-over Cha-Cha-Cha. The videos which feature some of the world's most talented dancers were shot on location in Mumbai, Delhi and the beautiful waterways of Kerala, Giju's native home. Directed by Sandeep Mohan, Pradipto Nandi respectively, this release marks a milestone in Giju's progression on the world stage as an accomplished vocalist, choreographer and dancer who has traveled throughout the U.S., Europe and India to bring his unique brand of entertainment.
The videos and complete music CD are being released simultaneously worldwide. Both videos can be viewed immediately at the link posted below. Buy the album today on iTunes, CDBaby, and other major online outlets. Check out his official website for more information and news on upcoming events.
(Video Premiere: http://www.gijujohn.com/videos)
(Website: http://www.beyonddreamz.com)
(Song Lyrics: http://gijujohn.com/Song-Lyrics.html)
"Giju is one of the most talented performers I have ever worked with -- at once, dynamic, hard working and quite charismatic! His ability to sing and perform the genre of Latin-Indian fusion is amazing. He masterfully delivers true Indian elements in his lyrics and melody, while he retains the authentic music style being showcased whether that be Salsa, Cha Cha Cha, Reggae or another genre," said Shibani Kashyap, Bollywood Singer, Musician, Music Composer.
Additionally, Giju has recently signed a contract for two upcoming Bollywood film projects, utilizing his singing, acting and choreography talents.
"For me, fusion music is a reflection on how the world and its many cultures are coming together; and that serves as the source of inspiration for all of my songs. Following the encouraging response to my first Latin-Indian Salsa video project, I wanted to showcase another very personal favorite music style of mine - Cha Cha Cha. I believe that the "Dhoondun Tujhe" video has successfully captured the vibrancy and playfulness my audience seeks. "Dil Ko Kiya" is a ballad which has been close to my heart - that truly reflects the nostalgic feel of love and love lost. I hope the audience takes them to heart as well," said Giju.
About Beyond Dreamz Entertainment
Beyond Dreamz Entertainment was founded by Giju John in 2006 with the mission of developing and producing innovative music, video and dance choreography that fuses both novel and ingenious ideas. The company, based in the San Francisco, California Bay Area, has a unique ability to attract a broad range of eclectic talents and skills that are specific to the entertainment industry. Giju's music is available now and digitally distributed via the Beyond Dreamz Entertainment website and at all major online music outlets including iTunes, CDBaby, Rhapsody and Napster.
CONTACTS:
Giju John, Artist
408-396-9982
Giju_John@yahoo.com
http://www.beyonddreamz.com
Marie Gunter, Marketing
650-305-9254
Gunter.marie@gmail.com
September 17, 2009
Alternative Indie Rocker Kirsten DeHaan Readies Her Latest EP
Alternative Rock singer-songwriter Kirsten DeHaan has confirmed her latest release on SirLady Records: a five song EP dubbed "Thorns On A Crown" that is by far her most mature work to date. The new EP encompasses the sweetness of Liz Phair, a soft, airy quality like that of Sia, and the rich alto of Fiona Apple. Digital music distributor and licensing company Oseao Media Group will be making the EP available through major online retail stores on October 6th, 2009.
When describing her latest offering," Thorns On A Crown" Kirsten notes, "This record, without exception, finally exemplifies who I am as an artist...Its alive, clear, and gripping. I wanted to make a very raw record, one that can't hide, I think that goal has been accomplished."
Kirsten has a lovely vocal range layered over innovative melodies and catchy chord progressions. The songs on her five-track EP extend over a range of toe-tapping to somber. The melody of the track "1984" coupled with the guitar wah pedal effect gives it a 60's psychedelic feel. The guitar intro then serves as an excellent backdrop through the entire song. Music lovers can download a free MP3 of "1984" from her website at http://www.kdlocal.com
The single string guitar riff in "Double or Nothing" meshes in with the bass line very nicely giving it a Dave Matthews Band groove. The track "The Night Shift" has a Pink Floyd feel to it, which midway through introduces a samba like rhythm. In the track "I'm Coming Home," Kirsten stays true to some of her influences like Bob Dylan evidenced by the use of the harmonica. This track also captures Kirsten exhibiting a decent vibrato. While at first inconspicuous and gentle, "Ms. Daisy" easily works its way into the listener’s subconscious through Kirsten's melodious and colorful voice.
"My primary goal as a singer/songwriter and for 'Thorns On A Crown' is to make my music as tight as possible," explained Kirsten. "After many years of writing my own work and playing with various musicians, I'm working with my guys, which, in my view, has created the ultimate band recording with just five instruments. Paul Amorese on drums, Jamie Sturm on guitar, Shawn Setaro on bass, and myself on guitar, vocals, and harmonica."
DeHaan stomped onto the indie music scene in 2004 when she released her first album "Conform." Reviewers compared her music to that of Nirvana, U2, and Belly. MTV struck licensing deals to play her songs Commotion and Saved on hit reality shows Made and My Super Sweet Sixteen. Garageband rated her #16 Best Female Vocals in Pop/Rock, all time, and FreshFarmMusic.com declared "Conform" one of the most popular records next to the Killers and Ashlee Simpson. In addition, Kirsten was one of five artists chosen for Men's Vogue/Hennessey Flaunt Your Taste Critics Choice Awards this past year.
DeHaan also strives to promote and foster the indie music scene in New York City. She started the New York Indie Rock Launch in early 2006 to bring the best New York artists of various rock genres together under one roof. Promoting entirely on a grass roots level (a flyer to flyer basis), the first Launch sold out quickly and found tremendous success. DeHaan continued the series in 2007 and again in July 2008 at the Galapagos Art Space in Brooklyn.
http://www.kdlocal.com
http://kirstendehaan.musicdish.net
http://www.reverbnation.com/kirstendehaan
http://twitter.com/KDLocal
For CD or mp3 tracks as well as interview request, contact:
Eric de Fontenay
MusicDish
http://kirstendehaan.musicdish.net
kistendehaan@musicdish.net
+1 718 278 0662
September 17, 2009
MediaNet Announces Revolutionary New Products To Bring Digital Music To The Masses
MediaNet, the industry leading business-to-business provider of premium music and media delivery to customers of all sizes, announced today two new products, easy to install Web Components and an API through the Company's advanced enterprise technology platform, MN Open.
Alan McGlade, CEO of MediaNet, stated: "MediaNet is delivering the next generation of music services. We are changing the paradigm by bringing music to the user rather than forcing them to go to a handful of centralized online destinations to acquire downloads. The MN Open Web Components and API offer for the first time, the ability to engage users in the moment to discover and purchase music, while our customers can keep them on their site longer and maximize revenue."
Customers can now sign up for the MN Open Web Components and API for free at www.mndigital.com and have a digital music offering up and running on their website or application quickly.
MediaNet's suite of Web Components is easy to install and incorporate into a website with no coding required. Customers copy and paste the code snippets anywhere on their page with their branding front and center. Available in three main categories: contextual matching; commerce and discovery, Web Components features include:
* Media Matcher: Automatically matches MediaNet's catalog against existing web content
* Media Links: Hyperlinks references to artists, albums and songs within existing content on page
* Relevant Media Search: Integrates into site's existing search and returns media results alongside regular search results
* Media Explorer: Dynamically displays music-related information with purchasable media
* Media Charts: Charts top selling content to entice music discovery, sampling and purchases
* Media Purchase: Fulfills purchases through an automatically configured and setup component which appears in its dedicated, secure window
With the MN Open API, customers have complete control over the user experience, functionality, e-commerce and a 7 million song catalog with all services delivered under their brand. The API features include:
* Integration into any website or application
* Advanced catalog search capabilities with fuzzy matching
* Access to a portion of or the entire catalog and customize pricing
* Rich metadata for every song, album, and artist
* Use of MediaNet's e-commerce engine or integration with the customer's existing e-commerce
* Compatibility with any programming language
* Ability to select and incorporate the features that are just right for a customer's end users and business model
* REST-based HTTP service
Since introducing these products over the last eight weeks, MediaNet has signed up 25 new customers from social media destinations, kiosk providers and radio stations to musician sites, music blogs and news organizations. For a partial list of customers, go to http://www.mndigital.com/about-us/customers.html
Hadi Partovi, President, iLike, commented: "MediaNet's technology made it easy for iLike to roll out an MP3 store in record time. iLike's in-page MP3 purchase functionality helps keep iLike's user base on the site, engaged in the discovery and sampling of music, while making the purchasing process easy."
David Hyman, founder and CEO, MOG, added: "MediaNet has all of the right components we need to launch a streaming music service. A comprehensive catalog, superior back-end technology and the right pricing made it easy for MOG to select MediaNet as our music service provider. The integration process has been excellent and we are very excited about delivering new features for music lovers to interact and engage with MOG."
Frank Murray, President of Intertech Media remarked: "With more than 1,000 radio station websites under management, Intertech Media is constantly looking for new ways to add value and revenue for our clients. MediaNet's API and Web Components allow us to advance our mission of providing tools to keep listeners engaged online for longer periods of time with music content that is exciting and relevant. With MediaNet's advanced platform, we have solved the problem for our clients to stop sending their users outbound to third party sites for music purchasing while creating a more seamless and integrated listening environment."
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MediaNet's world-class technology platform, MN Open, offers an API and easy to use Web Components that deliver a set of powerful music and media content products including streams, downloads, music search, contextual matching and other media discovery tools to engage end users while keeping them on your website or application longer to maximize revenues. MediaNet powers music and media delivery for brands of all sizes including iLike, Zune, HMV, Tesco, MOG, Ultimate Guitar, Intertech Media and many more.
http://www.mndigital.com/
September 16, 2009
Amy Speace Says It's "A Huge Honor" To Open For Nanci Griffith On Upcoming Northeast Shows
Email: amyspeace@musicdish.net
Url: http://www.amyspeace.com
Sound: http://amyspeace.musicdish.net
This October, Amy Speace can add a new highlight to her ever-growing list of accomplishments this year: a string of dates with legendary songstress Nanci Griffith.
"Of the many artists that I look up to Nanci Griffith surely is high up on my list of influences," says Speace, "and it will be a huge honor to share the stage with her on these shows. Nanci paved the way for the rest of us trying to bridge the gap between folk and roots and country music."
Delivering a perfectly matched opening for Griffith, Speace will play songs from her new album 'The Killer In Me,' "an edgy brew of roots rock, folk and pop" (Arizona Republic, 8.11.09) out now on Judy Collins' Wildflower Records. On stage and on her album, Speace knows how to "rock just right" (Washington Post, 6.12.09), sharing stories between her narrative songs with support from the "deft musicianship of her band, the Tearjerks" (Arizona Republic).
Catch Speace opening for Nanci Griffith on the following dates:
October 22 - Ridgefield, CT - The Ridgefield Playhouse
October 23 - New York, NY - Town Hall
October 24 - North Hampton, MA - The Calvin Theatre
Speace has earned glowing reviews for 'The Killer In Me,' an "effortlessly intimate" album where "the seduction in Speace's voice and the smooth sound of background horns and organs make you feel exposed and susceptible" (CMT.com, 7.6.09). She'll be backed by the Tearjerks at her showcase at the Americana Music Festival and Conference in Nashville on September 16.
http://www.myspace.com/amyspeace
http://amyspeace.musicdish.net
September 15, 2009
Jana Mashonee Wins Pop Category At Indian Summer Music Awards & Nominated For 4 Native American Music Awards
Jana Mashonee, Native American Singer/Songwriter has won the Pop category at the 2009 Indian Summer Music Awards and has been nominated for 4 Native American Music Awards (NAMMY) including Artist of the Year.
The Indian Summer Music Awards (ISMA) recognizes and promotes the very best in Native American music created by both established and emerging artists. Entries were judged by a panel of respected professionals from across the music and entertainment industries. Winners were selected from 13 categories including Folk, Alternative Rock, Pop, Classic Rock, Hip Hop, Spiritual, and Traditional Drum.
"I can't tell you how thrilled I am to receive the award from the Indian Summer Music Awards," said Jana, "to be recognized for my work on "New Moon Born" is so satisfying and I'm grateful to all those who worked on the album and my fans that have supported me."
Jana's single release "A Change is Gonna Come" received 3 of the 4 NAMMY nominations for Best Video, Best Song/Single and Best (Pop) Recording. "It's an honor to have my work recognized by NAMA," said Jana, "especially to be among so many talented artists."
All proceeds from the sales of "A Change is Gonna Come" go to Jana's Kids Foundation, Jana's non profit 501(c) (3) organization which awards Native Youth with educational scholarships to help them to achieve their dreams. In 2009, Jana's Kids awarded two scholarships in the Academic and Athletic categories to two Native Youth and for the first time from North Carolina.
To vote in the NAMMY Awards:
http://www.nativeamericanmusicawards.com/home.cfm
Indian Summer Music Award Winners:
http://www.indiansummer.org/2009_ISMA_Winners.pdf
