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Dead Poetic New Medicines
In Stores April 6th!
Ace Troubleshooter In Stores
March 23rd!
Anberlin On Tour With The
Juliana Theory!
03.27.04 - Detroit, MI -
The Shelter
Emery On Tour With The Beautiful
Mistake
That's it for this week! OneCross
Update
Canadian Indie Rock Band Onecross is heading south to Nashville in April to perform showcases during the GMA week. Onecross will perform at "The MUSE" Sunday and Monday night and "Rockettown" Tuesday morning. More dates TBA. Onecross' single "Waste Away" has now hit over 60 (and counting) radio stations in the States and in Canada. As well as receiving some international airplay in countries such as Australia, South Africa, Brazil and Argentina. The single hit the highest debut on LOUD Christian Beats and the R&R magazine top 40 New and Active. Download the full length Mp3 here. Onecross' "Only One" music video will be added to Most Requested (www.mostrequestedmusic.com) on CTS in Canada at the end of March and JCTV (www.jc-tv.net) in the US and Internationally via satellite. After GMA Onecross gets ready to hit the road. Playing shows with artist such as John Rueben and Bleach. Plus the Extreme tour featuring Spoken. And hitting large music festivals such as Sonshine Fest w/ Audio Adrenaline, Superchic(k), Pillar, Skillet and Power Fest w/Rebecca St James and Petra. For more information on Onecross make sure you check out the website. Jaci
Velasquez Launches Her Own Label
After more than a decade of recording and over three million record sales, Jaci Velasquez has started her own record label, Apostrophe Records. With the key management team including her brother and her mom, Jaci wants Apostrophe to stay small and focused: “I want Apostrophe to be a label driven by artists and songs, not just by what a marketing machine needs in order to sell, sell, sell.” Jaci’s commitment to Apostrophe’s artists is sincere. “I didn’t want to start a label until I found an artist that I truly believed in and wanted to promote,” she said of Michael Cook, whose debut album Imprint will be Apostrophe’s first release, due sometime in 2004. A small label that will not shy away from “out-of-the-box” recording projects, Apostrophe is driven by a small team who attributes all of their blessings to God. Jaci adds, “My goal now is to take what He has given me and reach out to help others in their dreams.” Apostrophe Records will have
its official launch during GMA week this year.
Jaci Velasquez Sings For
President Bush & 101st Troops
Jaci Velasquez spent her morning in Fort Campbell, KY entertaining President Bush and the troops of the 101st. President Bush came to Fort Campbell to welcome home the heroes as all of the troops from the 101st have returned home. This momentous visit brought out roughly 20,000 people as it marks the one year anniversary of the War in Iraq. Jaci started her portion of the event by singing “God Bless America” and continued with two of her own songs “God Loves You” and “Con Tu Amor .” Joining Velasquez was country star Darryl Worley and others. Taylor
Sorensen on Tour for Debut Album
Taylor Sorensen, the newest artist in the Rocketown family, is partnering with Pura Vida Coffee in a promotional tour across the Midwest in support of his full-length March 23 debut, The Overflow. Sorensen will spend the latter half of March visiting radio, retail and media gatekeepers along with stopping at several college campuses to play concerts and speak on behalf of Pura Vida Coffee, a Seattle-based, charitably-owned specialty coffee company. The 23-year-old artist is also currently celebrating his first No. 1 radio hit with The Overflow’s debut single, “Love Somebody Else,” topping the CRW Rock chart the week before the album streets. Sorensen’s partnership with Pura Vida stems from his ongoing interest in the Fair Trade movement and his firm belief that love needs to be about action, an idea that is also the theme of The Overflow. Pura Vida uses all of its resources to benefit at-risk children and their families in coffee-growing countries. The company is committed to carry only certified Fair Trade, organic, shade-grown coffee which helps to raise living standards for farmers and their communities and protect the environment. Sorensen will be playing songs from The Overflow and talking about Pura Vida’s mission at nearly a dozen campuses across the MidWest including Notre Dame, Bethel College, Loyola University, Trinity International, Hope College, Valparaiso and Calvin College. Sorensen will also be opening a show for Over the Rhine at Indiana Wesleyan University during his two-week promo run. To learn more about Taylor Sorensen, please visit taylorsorensen.com or rocketownrecords.com. Word
Signs Urban Gospel Duo Ted and Sheri
Stellar Award-winning and Dove Award-nominated vocal/songwriting duo Ted Winn and Sheri Jones-Moffett, collectively known as Ted and Sheri, have signed a recording contract with Word Records. Known for their sizzling vocal harmonies and electrifying stage performances, Ted and Sheri are slated to release their first project for Word this fall. Last year's "Group/Duo of the Year" and "Contemporary Group/Duo of the Year" at the 2003 Stellar Awards, Ted and Sheri have been involved in Gospel music for several years, claiming numerous awards and making a name for themselves performing and recording with many of the top names in Gospel music. The Memphis, Tenn., natives first met while recording with Kevin Davidson & The Voices of Binghampton before moving on to perform with the likes of Kurt Carr and Kim Burrell, with Ted currently performing as a member of Richard Smallwood's group Vision and Sheri with Donald Lawrence's Tri-City Singers. Ted and Sheri are slated to release their first project for Word this fall, and are currently continuing to tour with Lawrence and Smallwood. The pair have also performed at Bishop Carlton Pearson's "Azusa" conferences, Bishop T. D. Jakes' "Woman Thou Art Loosed" conferences, the Gospel Super Bowl concert, Bishop Eddie Long's "Heart to Heart" women's conference in the Bahamas, and shared the stage with Stevie Wonder at a Los Angeles Christmas concert. For more information on Ted and Sheri, please visit www.wordrecords.com. New
at Grrr Records
We at Grrr Records are pleased to announce our newest addition to the litter: The Remnants. These old-school punk rockers have toured several times with Headnoise and have a great sound that we're eager for you to hear. Brent Stubblefield (guitar, vocals) and Tripper Christie (bass, vocals), together the group's main creative force, hail from Alabama but now make their home here at the Jesus People USA community in Chicago. With drummer Steve Hash they have forged Songs from the Hell Hole —a raw, energetic project with lyrics that are honest and challenging. Musically, these guys are all that you'd expect from a punk band —loud guitars, bass, drums and screaming— but also include an element of their southern heritage with the occasional use of the mandolin. Listen
and/or Buy here...
COMING SOON:
Infradig
Tour Update
infradig - electro-funk-groove-hop for the masses upcoming shows: tuesday, march 23 12th and
porter nashville, tn openning for the Slip
want infradig to come to
your town? we're now planning our massive summer tour. want to help promote
infradig in your neck of the woods? send us an email and find out how you
can.
Bride
March Madness!
Check out the new Bride contest
www.bridefan.com
The touring plan is this: Bride will tour Brazil at the beginning of July. In mid July Bride will be in Europe where dates are already being filled. Upon returning to the States Bride will begin a tour and travel until the road runs out. We want to thank everyone that voted for their 5 favorite Bride songs. We have now compiled the most favorite Bride songs into one set. It is funny because there are some songs that we have never played live as a band so we have to relearn them for the upcoming tour. We appreciate everyone of you! If you are interested in
promoting a Bride concert in the U.S. please contact:
John
Fischer’s Fifteenth Book, Love Him in the Morning, Due June 4
Award-winning, best-selling author John Fischer releases his fifteenth book, Love Him in the Morning, an inspirational offering from Revell June 4. When a twenty-something John Fischer penned, “Love Him In The Morning,” also known as the "All Day Song," he reached a new generation searching for inner solutions to world problems. Little did he know that song would become a favorite at church camps, in youth groups and in church hymnals today. As he did writing the song, “Love Him In The Morning,” thirty years ago, John Fischer has again crafted a powerful and profound message designed to motivate generations to seek God. The book, a lifetime in the making, reflects on God's faithfulness through his famous lyrics: Love Him in the morning when
you see the sun arising;
In the book, Fischer shows how a relationship with God can be as simple as: Love and be loved. With intimate, conversational and provocative narrative, readers will experience the wonder of God in the morning when all is fresh and new, the yearning for God at night when grace and forgiveness is needed and the presence of God in the in-between time. “When it comes to religion, we have a tendency to be much too complicated,” says Fischer in Love Him in the Morning. “And I think I finally understand why. We complicate faith because we want to be in control. Keep it just complicated enough so that I feel like I’m accomplishing something with all my religiosity. Keep it complicated so that I think I can do something to earn God’s approval. That’s religion. Faith, just believing God for who he is and what he says, seems too easy sometimes. But that’s his call.” More information on John Fischer can be found at www.fischtank.com, www.revell.com (Revell’s new website is scheduled to launch this month). Fusebox
Prepares for Sophomore Release
Fusebox is putting the final touches on their long-awaited follow-up to 2002's Lost In Worship. Their sophomore project, Once Again, will be released by Elevate Records and Inpop Records on June 15, 2004. "This is really my first album in a lot of ways because it’s gotten to the point where I stand behind it all," notes lead singer Billy Buchanan, who wrote or co-wrote seven of the album's ten songs. "There’s something on the album for everyone." Much of the album's versatility can be traced to Fusebox’s tag team with a wide array of producers, including Third Day’s Mac Powell, Otto Price, Quinlan, Joel Smallbone, Ainslie Grosser, and Buchanan himself. Buchanan is currently touring with the rock opera "!Hero", joining artists such as Rebecca St. James, Michael Tait, and T-bone. Buchanan is reprising his role as "Kai", the evil priest, on the second leg of the tour which will hit 19 markets in April and May, including stops at Universal Ampitheatre in Los Angeles, and the Ryman Auditorium in Nashvile. For more information, check out the official website at www.herouniverse.com. Please visit the official website at www.fuseboxmusic.com. .
lunelac . new elendmond songs
elendmond has 2 new songs.
enjoy it's looking better for lunelac/elendmond to go live in a few months. i've been meeting some good musicians.. now, if i can just get them to werk together.. ...rocking richmond virginia with staryy spacey dreamy gazey electronic delayed-out madness since 2003... Greyhalo
Update
A small update for all those
in the land..
April 10 The Liquid Room
April 24 Ground Zero
Vocalist Update -- We have
yet to get a replacement vocalist for Andy. We've been looking high and
low, and have tried out several people, but nothing yet. Keep us in your
thoughts and prayers as we go on this venture.
Ace
Troubleshooter CD Release
Only two more days until our new album It's Never Enough is released. We'll be having a release party of sorts at The Quest (Ascot Room) on Friday the 26th with our buddies Angry Atom, so if you're in the Minneapolis area make sure to come, bringing all manner of fruits and vegetables to throw at us. See you then! Butterfly
Group Restructures
The Butterfly Group has restructured, naming founding partner Michael J. Rinaldi as Chief Executive Officer and President, and fellow managing partner Brad Mathias as Chief Operations Officer; in addition, Butterfly has formed a strategic partnership with One Voice Records, a Contemporary Christian Latin label with previous operations in Miami, Fla. The announcement was also made that the anticipated deal between Fusion Entertainment Inc. and The Butterfly Group that was set to finalize December 2003 did not materialize. Both parties agreed that the timing was not right for the merger of the companies. “As a founder of The Butterfly Group,” shares Rinaldi, CEO/President, “I’m thrilled about the new direction the company is taking. We’re excited about the artists that God is bringing our way who have a heart for ministry and honesty in their songwriting. The company is continuing lines of the niche products that George King conceived, such as Songs for Sleepless Nights and Senior Select. George is no longer a part of The Butterfly Group, but we wish him much success with Dove Canyon Films where he is a partner. We are grateful for his impact here.” Under the new structure, daily operations, finance, and administration will be headed by Brad Mathias as the COO/Managing Partner at The Butterfly Group. Mathias joined Butterfly in the summer of 2003 and oversaw the corporate restructuring. Mathias reflects on the changes at Butterfly over the past ten months, “After seeing the adjustments in the music industry in general, Butterfly has chosen to adapt early in its existence to embrace the role of being a premier independent label group.” Managing partners Rinaldi and Mathias explained their continuing commitment to improve the relevance of all The Butterfly Group labels. “We feel strongly that we have been called by God to provide an accessible platform for Christian artists to express their hearts through music and media. It is our hope to provide Christian consumers and retailers with authentic, divinely inspired musical projects that will actively minister to their lives.” The Butterfly Group also defined key personnel in the new label structure. Brian Hardin has been hired to head creative services, as well as to contribute to A&R of artist and niche driven products. Linda Kowatch remains with The Butterfly Group as head of the marketing department, as well as continuing to supervise the A&R for select releases and children’s product. Veronne Carter will continue heading up A&R for gospel and hip-hop, as well as overseeing the production for The Butterfly Group labels. A strategic partnership with One Voice, a Contemporary Christian Latin label, and The Butterfly Group has been finalized. Jose Garcés Jr. will be in Nashville, Tenn. full time doing A&R for One Voice. Garcés say, “With the ever growing Latin population consuming music, I’m glad One Voice found a home in The Butterfly Group.” The Butterfly Group, located in Franklin, Tennessee, is dedicated to the creative presentation of the Christian message through music and media. The sub-labels of The Butterfly Group include Christian Records (www.christianrecords.net), Gospel 1 (www.gospel1.net), Flying Leap Records (www.flyingleaprecords.net), Butterfly Kids, One Voice, and Tachycardia. For more information on The Butterfly Group, visit www.butterflygroup.net. NewSong leaving Provident NewSong will be leaving its recording home at Provident Music Group where they recorded for the departed label Benson as well as Reunion. The band, which recently wrapped up its ninth annual Winter Jam tour with record attendance, has yet to name its new label. News of this move comes upon the bands completion of their ninth and most successful Winter Jam Tour ever with over 115,000 in attendance. Besides NewSong, the tour featured an all-star artist line-up including Audio Adrenaline, Relient K, Todd Agnew, and new Sparrow Records artist Jadyn Maria. Dubbed as the All New Winter Jam Spectacular, the shows format was overhauled to give it a fresh appearance including full video and performances by illusionist Brock Gill. Founded and hosted by NewSong, Winter Jam has become a huge evangelistic tool to reach the non-Christian community. Traversing the nation throughout January and February, the 23-city tour saw over 5,000 attendees make the decision to follow Christ. In addition to receiving an overwhelming response to altar calls each night, the tour garnered nearly 2,500 sponsors for World Vision children. Night of Joy WDW has announced its lineup for this fall's "Night of Joy" Celebration. . Now in its 22nd year, this year's event will feature 24 acts on three consecutive nights, Sept. 9-11, including the first-ever Thursday evening "Night of Joy." The third night was added due to early sellouts in recent years, according to Walt Disney World President Al Weiss. The lineup consists of several Dove- and Grammy Award-winning artists, including many of this year's Dove Awards nominees. The Thursday, Sept. 9 lineup is made up of Michael W. Smith, Avalon, Jars of Clay, Point of Grace, 4HIM, FFH, Mark Schultz and Across the Sky. The Friday night's acts include Steven Curtis Chapman, Third Day, Rebecca St. James, Skillet, Stryper, SONICFLOOd, downhere and Warren Barfield. The event concludes on Saturday with performances by Kirk Franklin, Jaci Velasquez, CeCe Winans, 12 Stones, Salvador, Jeremy Camp, Joy Williams and Jump5. Rocketown Artist In Parade Magazine New Rocketown Records artist
George Rowe was featured on the cover of the March 14 edition of PARADE
magazine. Rowe was included in the weekly magazine's annual "What People
Earn" feature on the cover alongside Donald Trump, Vice President Dick
Cheney, NBA star Kobe Bryant and others. PARADE is distributed by 335 Sunday
newspapers across the nation.
Effort To Honor Gospel Music Legend The Gospel Music Workshop of America is sponsoring an effort to get a US postage stamp for Rev. James Cleveland, the "King of Gospel Music" and the founder of the GMWA. The organization is working to get 25,000 petition signatures or more to present to the U.S. Postmaster in support of the stamp for Rev. Cleveland. You can help the GMWA reach (or exceed) their goal by signing the on-line petition. Go to www.gmwa.org to find the link to honor Rev. Cleveland. "Go Fish" Takes Part In Marriage Rally Go Fish, will sing the national
anthem at a Minnesota for Marriage Rally on Monday, March 22, 11:30 am
1:00 pm. The event will take place at the State Capitol in support of a
state constitutional amendment defining marriage as between one man and
one woman. Joining Go Fish at the rally will be state leaders that include
the bill authors, State Representative, Mary Liz Holberg and Minnesota
Senator, Michele Bachmann. Religious leaders of several faiths, including
Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, and Muslim, will be representing their various
denominations across the state.
The "Shane" Duo Releases May Project Dove-nominated singer/songwriter duo Shane Barnard and Shane Everett, collectively known as Shane & Shane, are preparing for the release of a special, fan-oriented project titled Upstairs. Releasing for Inpop Records on May 18, Upstairs will offer the groups fans six new songs and four new versions of previously released favorites. Produced by Shane & Shane, Upstairs will introduce six new songs to the duos fans as well as featuring new versions of Psalm 13, Beauty For Ashes, The Answer and I Want It All. Primarily acoustic in style, Upstairs offers the prolific songwriters a chance to share their creative passion in a unique way. Currently headlining the Carry Away Tour with special guests Ginny Owens and Shawn Groves, which launched last week at Rocketown in Nashville, Tenn., Shane & Shane will visit 28 other major markets including Chicago, Dallas and Atlanta. After completing the tour on April 4, Shane & Shane will head into the studio to begin work on their second full-length studio release, due in October. Sara Awards 'Scavenger Hunt' Prize With Sara Groves releasing her new INO Record The Other Side of Something next Tuesday, she partnered to present a contest for radio stations. The prize for the "virtual scavenger hunt" was a free concert by Groves for the station. New Orleans area fans can look forward to Sara coming to town as WBSH won the hunt. This fun and in-depth contest was a perfect avenue for Sara to show her support and appreciation for Christian radio and its ability to touch listeners lives. The contest, which ran during the month of February, consisted of a virtual scavenger hunt for radio programmers, incorporating the Internet, email, and phone to find clues and directions leading to the grand prize. The winning station was chosen from a random drawing of radio programmers who completed the interactive steps in the virtual scavenger hunt. With this concert being free of artist honorarium, travel, and lodging expenses, the station is able to sell tickets or take donations using the proceeds for their station. "This contest is just like an episode of Oprah! We've wanted to do an event like this for some time now, and winning this contest has made our dream a reality", Libby Krimsier Music Director said. "We are THRILLED about the opportunity to welcome Sara Groves, and pretty happy about the validation of our scavenger skills, too." To promote her project, Sara Groves will be touring the country this spring. She can be seen on select dates with the Adoration Tour featuring the Newsboys, Rebecca St. James, and Jeremy Camp. She is also featured on iWorship Dates with Don Moen, Lenny Leblanc, and Paul Baloche. Sara will then head out on the road with PFRs Joel Hanson for a major-city tour. May Release For Everyday Sunday Flicker Records modern rock band Everyday Sunday is preparing for the release of Anthems For The Imperfect, the follow-up to the bands highly acclaimed 2002 debut, Stand Up. To support the launch of the album, Everyday Sunday will hit 19 cities in only 20 days on the Imperfect promotional tour, beginning May 14, with special guest and labelmate Kids In the Way. Sponsored by leading guitar manufacturer Epiphone, the tour will offer fans a chance to win a custom Everyday Sunday Epiphone guitar every night of the tour. Kelly Minter Travels To Africa Cross Driven Records singer/songwriter Kelly Minter is in South Africa this month to help World Vision increase public awareness regarding the staggering HIV/AIDS pandemic, political unrest and food shortage that has increasingly gripped the region over the past few years Minter will be periodically joined by Out of Eden, Third Day and Reunion Records recording artist NewSong on the "African Heart" trip. Minter, a spokesperson for World Vision, will serve as news correspondent for the group as they travel through Southern Africa, including villages in Lesotho and Swaziland. She and the other artists will visit HIV/AIDS treatment sites, clinics and community centers. They will also meet one-on-one with AIDS orphans, both those who are sponsored by World Vision as well as those who are without the benefit of World Vision sponsorship Minter will be sharing her experiences while in Africa through an internet journal and streaming video featured on a section of World Visions web site (www.worldvision.com/africanheart) DATA.org Update
Congress Cutting Lifesaving Programs- Urgent Action Needed This week in Washington,
DC, the House Budget Committee dramatically cut the President’s budget
to fight AIDS and poverty around the world.
He’s out of step with the President. He’s out of step with Democrats AND Republicans. Call 1-877-HOPE-USA (1-877-467-3872).
The call is free and we’ll connect you to Congressman Nussle’s office.
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