Wednesday, April 30, 2008

contender
Current mood: happy

we have our first contender in the "cover me" contest.
the details are in a previous blog (the blog below this one).
here is the first youtube video:

thanks luke!!!!!                   
:)                          To listen to Adrienne's music click here

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Album: Some Other Time /  Artist: Diane Schuur /  13 tracks / Jazz  / Available Now

Fans of vocalist and pianist Diane Schuur have probably already happily added her latest CD to their collection. If you have not yet discovered her, trust me when I say you'll devour Some Other Time, (Concord Music Group). Her latest release is a compilation of thirteen golden standards by George and Ira Gershwin, Irving Berlin, Sammy Cahn, Rogers and Hammerstein and more.

Romance, Wedding Rings and Rodeos

When you combine swaggering lyrics with great guitar licks, and a good dose of southern charm, you know there is a good chance that you are going to catch someone’s eye, or in this case their ear, and that is exactly what is happening to Texas native Owen Temple, whose country tunes from his current CD Two Thousand Miles have made a solid impression on the Texas radio market. The album released in January of this year features Asleep At The Wheel’s David Grissom on guitar, is produced by Lloyd Maines (Dixie Chicks, Terry Allen), and country songstress Terri Hendrix contributed harmony vocals on several of the tracks.

Patty Larkin / May 4th, 2008 / St. James Hall / Vancouver, Canada

Folk music fans are a warm and an interesting a group of people, and so are the artists whose music they enjoy. By the time singer/songwriter and musician, extraordinaire Patty Larkin had finished playing the first song of her own set, “St Augustine,” (from Red = Luck, 2003), the crowd which had gathered for her May 4^th concert, at St. James Hall in Vancouver, were already in love with her. Larkin was in the Canadian city to promote and perform several songs from her new CD Watch The Sky, recorded on Vanguard Records.

With her long wavy red hair cascading past her shoulders, dressed in navy blue slacks, and a dark blue floral jacket, Larkin moved easily into a song from her 1997 CD, Perishable Fruit, a tune titled, “The Book I’m Not Reading.” The song is a musical metaphor for love and having someone to share it with. “The Book I’m Not Reading,” lends itself to showcasing Larkin’s beautiful, easygoing, vocals.

Nu Blue Inspiration = New Music

In the arts whether you are a painter, writer or a composer, there tend to be more followers than there are true innovators. That is not to take anything away from the talented artists who interpret a particular art form through their own lens, but instead it serves as a compliment those who initially blaze the trails, often at the risk of having their art rejected.  In the world of music, the pressures to conform are often even greater for an emerging artist, because commercial success can determine the longevity of careers.  It is therefore, always refreshing when one has the opportunity to sit down and chat with a truly creative force such as New York City’s Dana Leong, who fuses jazz with hip-hop, while creating brilliant arrangements.

Coming Into My Own: The Process of Music and Life

I'm on the cusp of a new age.

As I write this, I am walking steadily up that one way, up hill, rocky, gutter-filled, potholed road.

In a little over a week, I will be turning 23 years old. As I walk closer to that new age in my life, I look back fondly on how far I have come in such a short period of time.

Socrates On Trial at the Chan Centre

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With every gig that I do, every song that I write, and every new observation I make about myself, about others, and the changing world around me, I am inching closer and closer to finding my own voice. At this point, I'm quite there yet, but am closer to settling gracefully into that big, comfy, worn-in leather chair of knowing who I am, and being who I am.

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