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January 19, 2012 Emphasis Records Recording Artist Stevie Hawkins Receives Two 2012 All Indie Music Awards Nominations
Grammys week shines its spotlight on the independent music artists of the world at the “2012 All Indie Music Awards.” (MARIETTA, GA) The 2012 All Indie Music Awards has nominated Emphasis Records recording artist Stevie Hawkins in two categories, “Best Blues Artist” and “Best Jazz Artist.” Hawkins and his label are extremely excited about the news. The All Indie Music Awards ceremony will take place on Friday, February 10th, 2012, just two days before the Grammys. The event will be hosted at the famous “Key Club” located on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood. The Red Carpet event begins at 6:00pm where nominees will be introduced and interviewed on the Red Carpet by members of the media and press. The awards show starts at 8:00pm and runs until 10:30pm (Pacific). The awards presentation will be live. Nominees will have the opportunity to perform in front of hundreds of people, and the show will also be streamed live online in HD for viewers globally. When asked about his initial reaction to the nominations, Hawkins says; "My initial reaction was one of shock, or the "wow" factor. Took me a day or so to get my head wrapped around the reality of the honor. The nomination comes as an unexpected, yet, very thrilling surprise! Especially being nominated in two different categories. After the many years of love, passion and heart that has been put forth into my art and entertaining, it feels great for my work as well as the work of others involved in my collaborations to be recognized by the industry. For this blessing, I am most grateful to God." Hawkins also says; “I wish all of the nominees the best of continued success in their career. As I see it, the prize has already been won by being nominated. What I mean is, we are all winners regardless of the awards outcome.” The mission for the 2012 All Indie Music Awards is to create a music award platform to not only promote, but to give a special recognition to the best unsigned and independent music artists from around the world and showcase in Hollywood, CA during Grammys week. April 4, 2011 Mike Clifford Releases New Single “Hotter Than Texas” Backroads In Bare Feet 2nd Printing Includes 2 New Bonus Tracks (AUSTIN, TX) Austin-based singer/songwriter Mike Clifford has just released a new single to radio, “Hotter Than Texas”. The song is one of two new tracks on the 2nd printing of his CD “Backroads In Bare Feet”, which was recently nominated for two Texas Music Awards including Album Of The Year. The new bonus tracks “Hotter Than Texas” and “Amarillo” can both be previewed on Clifford’s official website www.mikeclifford.com, and the CD can also be purchased there. “Hotter Than Texas” debuted this week at #104 on the Texas Regional Radio Report picking up 10 radio station adds in its first week of release, with 108 total spins. The song is an uptempo country-rocker that tells the story of a woman who is “Hotter Than Texas in late July”. Gary Barton from the syndicated Texas Music Radio Show had this to say about the tune: “Hotter Than Texas is the perfect addition to the Backroads In Bare Feet CD. If you haven’t heard Mike’s music before, or haven’t heard his most recent work, take a minute to visit his website. You’ll be pleasantly surprised to find a true Texas original.” For more information about Mike Clifford and his music, please visit the official website www.mikeclifford.com. February 28, 2011 Mike Clifford Nominated For Two Texas Music Awards Austin Singer/Songwriter Earns Album and Song Of The Year Nominations
(AUSTIN, TX) The Academy Of Texas Music announced last night that Mike Clifford has been nominated for two 2011 Texas Music Awards: Album Of The Year (“Backroads In Bare Feet”) and Song Of The Year (“ West Texas Sun”). Clifford has now received four nominations to date, including Male Vocalist Of The Year in 2005 and Record Of The Year in 2007. He is one of a small handful of Texas artists who has received nominations in four different categories since the awards began in 2002. Lucky Boyd, President of the Academy Of Texas Music , had this to say about Clifford’s album “Backroads In Bare Feet”: “I don’t usually rank records, but this one would get my highest rating if I did. Not only is the production masterful, but Clifford stays on genre, remains true to his art, and gives fans a reprise of familiar sounds and a steady diet of uncharted territory.” The Album Of The Year nomination is especially impressive given that Clifford not only wrote all 11 songs and arranged them, but played all of the guitar, bass, organ parts, and produced the disc as well. “I can’t tell you how excited and proud I am of the Album Of The Year nomination in particular”, says Clifford. “It’s a great thing to receive any Texas Music Award nomination, but to be recognized for an entire body of work that I spent four years of my life creating is truly special for me.” “West Texas Sun”, which received a Song Of The Year nomination, was written by Clifford for his wife while the two were travelling through west Texas in 2008. It has become a fan favorite and staple of Mike Clifford’s live shows. The Texas Music Awards recognize Texas Artists and Radio for outstanding achievement in 17 different categories. Voting begins today and closes on March 18, 2011, and the winners will be announced soon after voting closes. Fans can vote for their favorites by visiting the link www.texasmusicawards.org/voting/ For more information about Mike Clifford and his music, please visit the official website www.mikeclifford.com. For more information about the Academy Of Texas Music and the Texas Music Awards, please visit www.academyoftexasmusic.org/ January 5, 2010 Folk Singer Songwriter, Chantelle Tibbs keeps the spirit of The Indie Abundance Tour™ Alive on Feb. 2010 Northwest Tour Quickie Paying Forward a Song From Her Latest Album
San Francisco, CA – Ambient/Folk Singer Songwriter, Chantelle Tibbs, has been up to a lot since The Indie Abundance Tour™ "Music Money and Mindfulness" Northwest Tour in September '09. For her next visit to the Northwest on February 4th '10 she will be offering listeners a complimentary download of her song, "More" off her Latest Release "No One's Believer" featuring Chuck Prophet. "The reason why I'm a singer is to make great tunes, get myself and others out of their heads for a while and make my music as accessible to folks as I possibly can. So, I thought to myself 'Cool then, just Pay the music forward.' The song I have chosen to pay forward, 'More' has a very personal and empowering message I really want to share," says Tibbs. Listeners can access the Song "More" on Chantelle's website ChantelleTibbsMusic.com. Chantelle's Itinerary for the Northwest... February 4th...The Green Frog Acoustic Tavern BELLINGHAM, WA February 5th...INVITE ONLY House Party OLYMPIA, WA (Email for address) February 6th...The Eagle "F.O.E." on 4th and Plum OLYMPIA, WA February 8th...Muddy's on Belmont PORTLAND, OR February 9th...ToST Lounge SEATTLE, WA "Find the city closest to you come out and see what's up. Would love to see you on the road," says Tibbs. Chantelle is currently recording her next release entitled "Covered In Me." The CD will be released Summer 2010. She is playing the "Penthouse Concert" series in Reno, NV April 9th, and has been added to the line up for *Fabulosa Fest in July. *Fabulosa Fest is a radical fund-raising retreat that takes place every July in Petaluma, CA The festival celebrates Women's MUSIC, FILM, COMEDY, CRAFT and HEALING ARTS. All proceeds go to LGBTQ oriented charities that serve communities in San Francisco, Santa Cruz, Sacramento and beyond. For more information on Chantelle Tibbs and to download their complimentary song, readers should visit ChantelleTibbsMusic.com July 21, 2009 San Francisco Artists Launch Tour "Indie Abundance: Music, Money & Mindfulness" 
Chantelle Tibbs, Deborah Crooks and Emily Bonn share music and more San Francisco, CA − Today Chantelle Tibbs, Deborah Crooks and Emily Bonn, three San Francisco based independent musicians, announced the launch of "Indie Abundance: Music, Money & Mindfulness™" Tour '09, a music and education initiative that combines gigs at music venues with live and online video workshops to demonstrate the tips and tools they employ to thrive as artists. Kicking off the tour with a performance and BBQ party at El Rio, at 1pm on August 30 in San Francisco, CA, the ndie Abundance™ team will give fans access to their music as well as lifestyle tips during a week's worth of shows and workshops in California, Oregon and Washington. With expertise spanning financial management, multi-instrumentalism and yoga training in addition to their commitment to songwriting, Tibbs, Crooks and Bonn will share the music, money and mindfulness tools they've garnered during their more than 40 years combined experience as creative artists and performers. On tour, they'll offer live and online versions of an "Indie Abundance™ Toolkit to music fans, sponsors and tour partners. Their goal is to inspire greater social, economic and cultural participation by artists within their communities. "We want to give back in any way we can", says Chantelle Tibbs, co-founder and Money Representative at Indie Abundance™. "We're offering people resources for living well in less than favorable times." Co-founder Emily Bonn, who plays in several Bay Area bands as well as teaching is the bearer of Music Expertise at Indie Abundance.™ "We're always looking for ways to share our music, and this a way to have a great time gigging and help others succeed." "We've figured out various ways to create and release our music as independent artists: I've counted my faith practices as key to forging a path,"adds co-founder Deborah Crooks who represents the Mindfulness part of the Indie Abundance™ equation." By combining our individual strengths at Indie Abundance™ we're creating new maps for living a creative life." The Indie Abundance™ Tour kicks off at El Rio, August 30, 1-3pm, San Francisco, featuring sets by the artists and their bands, BBQ and raffle prizes from Indie Abundance,™ and sponsors including Daisy Rock Guitars, City CarShare, and The Pie Truck. "We're all excited to be a part of an effort that could transform the lives of others," said Tibbs. "Plus it's going to be a great time." Contact: indieabundance@gmail.com Web: http://indieabundance.weebly.com About The Indie Abundance: Music, Money & Mindfulness™ Team: CHANTELLE TIBBS http://chantelletibbsmusic.com "I'll reserve any and all overcooked, nominally hybridized assessments here (like, "So And So meets What's Her Such with a touch of Superbadass Lady") to tell it to you painly, and again: she's got pipes." −SF Bay Bridged A hint of Elliot Smith, with a dash of Mazzy Starr, Chantelle's raw strumming, angelic voice and compelling material is garnering notice from local audiences for its power and passion. She recently released a CD "No One's Believer" and as Founder of Money Be Green, Chantelle is all about The Art Money Movement. "I want to see all kinds of people making money. Money Be Green focuses on money management for creative minded people with a major focus on abundance rather than only money." DEBORAH CROOKS "Wonderful work," −Don Campau, KKUP Crooks' lyric-driven and soul-wise music has drawn comparison to Lucinda Williams, Chrissie Hynde and Natalie Merchant. The San Francisco based artist has had her tunes included on compilation CDs (including the RockerGirl Magazine Discoveries CD) and appeared on many stages including at Sunset Junction, the Harmony Festival, and California Music Fest. She released a full-length CD "Adding Water to the Ashes" (2008) that's receiving radio airplay and rave reviews, and will release a new EP of blues originals with Alex Walsh "Crooks/Walsh Blues" in Fall 2009. Deborah's songwriting is backed by a firm commitment to practice: she's studied Ashtanga Yoga for more than a decade in both the US and India, and is an active member of the SGI. EMILY BONN http://www.myspace.com/emilybonnmusic Emily Bonn performs original tunes about hollers, highways, riots and soda pop. Not content with borrowing from one style, she alters melodies from traditional Cajun, country, bluegrass and old-time music. As a former member of the critically acclaimed country band, The Whoreshoes, she shared stages with the legendary rockabilly singer, Wanda Jackson, Old Crow Medicine Show and Devil Makes Three. Emily honed her honky-tonk chops performing in San Francisco BART stations, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival 2007, beach towns in Southern California to prisons in Belgium. She currently teaches guitar, banjo and mandolin to kids and adults and recently taught rock guitar at the 2009 Bay Area Girls Rock Camp. Her new CD "Songs from Alabama Street" will be released in the Summer 2009. April 14, 2009
St. Paul, Minnesota - Blues rock singer songwriter Bill Woodson is planning on giving the fans in newly adopted hometown a preview of his newest songs from his in-the-works CD, "Roads from the West", when he plays The Ring Mountain Cafe in Eagan Minnesota on April 17th, 2009 at 7:30 PM. The music he will be previewing is a compilation of new songs Bill wrote since relocating from California in 2007. "There was a lot of emotion with my leaving California, with all my family and friends, a great band (English Motorbike), and a well paying day job. Leaving it all behind has not been easy so I have found some of these songs to be cathartic and helping me cope." Ring Mountain Cafe has been a very supportive venue for Bill and has had him booked on a regular basis since he began live performances again after moving to Minnesota. The former front-man and songsmith for English Motorbike and Sleeper has teamed up with local country guitarist extraordinaire, Jim Czechowicz for a unique new sound that is sure to spearhead a brave new world of crossover genre collaboration. Along with the new songs, Bill has kept some of the best songs he wrote for English Motorbike in his set list. "I thought when I came to Minnesota I was going to start fresh and develop all new songs and a new sound with new musicians. For the most part, this is how it worked out. But, some of the fans have demanded that I play some of the more popular English Motorbike songs like, "Love by Myself" and "Ride with Me". The "Roads from the West" CD which include songs such as "Second Son", "Strong and Silent Type" and "Strength of Will" represents a new sound that can be identified as a merging of blues, R&B, country and rockabilly into the syllabic rhythms of America. The CD should be finished for release sometime in early summer." For more information see www.myspace.com/billwoodsonmusic or call 714/478-2455 for interview requests. |
