NEWS FEATURES, July 19, Acoustic Americana Music Calendar & News 2008

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"Tied to the Tracks"
ACOUSTIC AMERICANA
MUSIC CALENDAR & NEWS
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NEWS FEATURES for July 19, 2008
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copyright (c) © 2008, Larry Wines. All rights reserved.
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The Acoustic Americana Music Calendar with updated posts and our popular “anniversaries” of things that happened each day in the history of music, entertainment, and the rest of the world, is now at http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/. Myspace has made changes that limit the size of posts, and that makes it far too time-consuming and ponderous to post the calendar there in small pieces.
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Our myspace site, www.myspace.com/laacoustic is still the place to go for news of the syndicated “Tied to the Tracks” radio show, and its new TV counterpart that launches soon.
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FUTURE EVENTS are all moving to our Blogspot page. Archived NEWS FEATURES are still found on our myspace site, where you can also peruse radio playlists and other old things, back to when acoustic music was made by indigenous natives pounding on hollow logs with rocks.
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NEWS FEATURES:
July 19, 2008
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1) GOT FOOD & BEVERAGE SONGS?
AIRPLAY DIRECT is currently assisting a radio Program Director in their search for songs that feature food and beverage. Song lyrics can cover any form of food, wine, spirits, beer, parties and restaurant experiences, or be just a play on words. They are looking for songs from all genres. If you have music that fits this call, submit your AirPlay Direct DPK / Digital Press Kit to office@airplaydirect.com ASAP. (Yes, you need to establish an EPK with them, but it’s FREE, and once it’s up, it’s up for all other purposes.) Be sure to specifically indicate that you are submitting for the “food and beverage talk show opportunity.” Info on AirPlay Direct, and establishing your free EPK there, at http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=5487667&msgid=95529&act=94ZV&c=155916&admin=0&destination=http://www.AirPlayDirect.com
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2) NEW SPRINGSTEEN ROOTS AMERICANA DOWNLOADS SUPPORT CHARITY
Columbia Records released Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band's “Magic Tour Highlights” on July 15 via all digital download stores, including the iTunes Store. It’s four audio tracks with four accompanying videos, all recorded live in concert during the “Magic” tour. “Magic Tour Highlights” looks like an EP, but it’s only on-line. Track Listing:
1. "Always A Friend" (with ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO); recorded 4/14/08 in Houston.
2. "The Ghost of Tom Joad" (with TOM MORELLO), recorded 4/07/08 in Anaheim.
3. "Turn Turn Turn" (with ROGER McGUINN) recorded 4/23/08 in Orlando.
4. "4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)" (DANNY FEDERICI's final performance with the E Street Band), recorded 3/20/08 in Indianapolis.
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BOB CLEARMOUNTAIN mixed and BOB LUDWIG mastered the songs. Frequent Springsteen collaborator and GRAMMY and Emmy Award-winner THOM ZIMNY edited the videos.
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On sales of these downloads, the artists, songwriters, and music publishers are waiving all of their royalties, and Columbia Records is donating all of its net profits, to the Danny Federici Melanoma Fund. The iTunes Store http://tk.publicaster.com/DC/ctr.aspx?6C6164=32333734383830&736272=129957&747970=6874&66=30 is donating their first year's net profits, as well.
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3) ANNE McCUE WINS FOLK / AMERICANA CONTEST
Airplay Direct's "All Things Digital Folk / Americana" Artist Contest ran throughout the month of June, and we reported on it and how to enter, for free. The winner is ANNE McCUE, has performed live on radio’s “Tied to the Tracks,” and is well-acquainted with awards and recognitions in her native Australia. This time around, Anne will receive the Grand Prize package worth over $30,000, It includes a national radio promotion package (a $3,500 value), a digital radio promotion package (a $4,500 value), a national publicity / marketing package (a $9,000 value), an official Folk Alliance National Conference 2009 live performance showcase, a recording studio package for a master quality EP (5 songs, a $5,000 value), a song on a prominent sampler CD that’s distributed during the AMA Conference and at SXSW (a $750 value), placement to digital downloads via download page for one year, placement on a film & TV placement compilation (a $150 value), on-air "feature artist" interviews on three radio shows and a feature artist interview in a media guide magazine, live performance slots at showcases in a Nashville, Chicago, and Raleigh, and a "Featured Artist" advertising / promotion package from AirPlay Direct (a $1,500 value).
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ANNE McCUE was recently included along with Bob Dylan, the Byrds, Patty Griffin and other great artists in the collection “4 Decades of Folk Rock” and was a special guest at the International Guitar Festival. She will be releasing a new album, "East Of Electric," in August. She recorded and produced the album at her own Flying Machine Studio in Nashville, while waiting to record a new electric album. Inspired by the golden era of folk pop music of the late sixties, with bands like The Byrds and artists like Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen, Anne set about recording, playing every instrument she could get her hands on - guitars, mandolin, banjo, piano, bass guitar, ukulele, shaker, tambourine, organ, drums, and more.
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More on sponsors who supplied prizes, and more, at http://www.airplaydirect.com/. Listen to and download "broadcast-quality" tracks at www.airplaydirect.com/AnneMcCue and http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=5487667&msgid=94079&act=94ZV&c=155916&admin=0&destination=http://www.airplaydirect.com/AnneMcCue .
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4) CHANGES FOR WESTERN MUSIC JAM SESSION AT THE AUTRY
The Western Music Association sponsors, and the Autry National Center (Autry Museum) hosts, this long-running monthly event on the third Sunday of every month, from 1-3 pm. All performing musicians (whether or not they are Autry members or WMA members) get in free, and each may bring one guest. It used to be outside, and free, on the plaza, then it moved into the spacious lobby. There, depending who was at the desk, those who came for the jam might encounter a demand for museum admission. Now, attendance has reached a level that pushes the limit with the fire marshal, since the lobby is the emergency evacuation route. So, the jam needed to move again, and it’s now on the Heritage Court Stage inside the museum. Is it just the musicians and their one-guest each who get in free? Nope. On WMA monthly jam days at the Autry, all WMA members are admitted free to the museum all day. Show your WMA membership ID at the front desk to get access to the jam and to all the museum galleries.
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Next jam is THIS SUNDAY, July 20, 1-3 pm, at the Autry National Center (aka Autry Museum of the American West), 4700 Western Heritage Way, Griffith Park, LA; 323-667-2000. WMA California Chapter meeting follows.
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5) NEW WMA WESTERN MUSIC SITE UP AND RUNNING
The Western Music Association’s new site is there, and still receiving additions, at http://www.westernmusic.org/. It offers some features that are not immediately obvious. For example, if you cross your mouse over the "Performers" tab, instead of clicking right away, it offers the option of a list by artists’ names or by state. Nice feature for bookers and others.
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6) “STAY-AT-HOME” BENEFIT EVENT FOR BELINDA GAIL
“Clear Out West” (“COW”) radio hosts Jim and Andy Nelson are hosting a Stay-at-Home Benefit event for Belinda Gail, whose husband and manager Frederic died suddenly of a massive heart attack last week. Belinda has performed live on radio’s “Tied to the Tracks” with her sometime musical partner CURLY MUSGRAVE, and she has won solo and duo (with Curly) western music awards in just about every category. Now, Belinda and her family could really use some help, just like in the days of the frontier when a neighbor suffered a loss. Those COW radio cowboys did a similar broadcast / web benefit just a week ago for award-winning cowboy poet Pat Richardson, who lost Jane, his wife of 49 years. The event began Friday evening, July 18. You can take part at www.clearoutwest.com/id24.html. Western Music Association California Chapter president Lindalee Green asks, “Please do whatever you can to help our dear sweet Belinda in her time of need.”
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7) TARA PRESERVATION GETS MORE MUSICIANS’ SUPPORT
We’ve been reporting for months on the absurd and tragic fact that Tara, ancient seat of the Kings of Ireland, is in danger of being buried and surrounded by a freeway. Meanwhile, many other ancient sites in the vicinity are under threat, or have already been destroyed. The “Supporters of Tara” have released a compilation CD to raise funds for their effort. You can help by purchasing it at www.myspace.com/Taracompilationcd.
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8) R.I.P. JIM "OKIE" ADAMS JR.
He always had a smile and a "Howdy," and he was a mainstay at the Topanga Banjo Fiddle Contest, Huck Finn Jubilee and Old Time Fiddlers. He died July 4, and he will be greatly missed. Okie won First Place in Intermediate Traditional Banjo at the 2008 Topanga Banjo-Fiddle Contest in May, and that wasn’t all he did there. You can watch him backing-up his grandson, Xavier, in the Traditional Banjo competition, at www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8Z7x13Dx2M&feature=email.
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A graveside service will be held on Wednesday, July 23, at 1 pm at the Bellview Cemetery, 1240 "G" St., in Ontario (1 block west of Mountain) for those who knew him. Bring instruments. A gathering will follow in Claremont (map & directions at the cemetery) immediately following the service. If you wish to send a card to the family, call Jon Labrum at 909-944-8151 or Carol Lister 626-332-5865 for the address.
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9) THIS WEEK’S VIDEO
This one will interest everyone who has discovered, or wants to discover, the wonderful world of house concerts. It was sent as one of those “e-invitation” things by singer-songwriter LAUREN ADAMS, who hosts the monthly “Americana Music Circle” in Los Angeles. Lauren has performed live on radio’s “Tied to the Tracks,” and she has some fine songs. But the video isn’t about Lauren. It’s from FRAN SNYDER, the creator of “Concerts In Your Home” (http://www.concertsinyourhome.com/). Watch the video, and see how many of the artists you recognize: www.socializr.com/event/3625484/293704958 (scroll down to the video player screen). It’ll inspire you to do as Lauren is doing, and work the house concert circuit, or to host one yourself!
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NEXT WEEK, we’ll bring lots more news.
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