Cherrywine is the name of Ishmael Butler's new band. Most of you probably know Ishmael as "Butterfly" from Digable Planets or as just "Ish" from his work with artists like 4 Hero and Camp Lo in some of his post-Digable work. Ish is currently in Seattle busy at work on Cherrywine's debut album and as you might expect, he's still making classic songs. Ish is also beginning to make noise as an actor in the world of independent cinema. Ish plays the lead role in the Dream Hampton directed short film "I Am Ali" which was invited to screen at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival (www.sundance.org). Ish also plays the lead in episode one of "We Deliver" a short film series which was directed by Seth Rosenfeld(King of the Jungle) and financed/produced by Chris Blackwell's sputnik7.com. You can check out this film at www.we-deliver.tv DCide Records, in a partnership with Babygrande, has signed Cherrywine and will release the debut album this summer. To those of you that are already Ish's fans, we know you will join us as we support an important artist. To those who are not familiar with Ish, we hope that you will join us and discover one. CONTACT: DCIDE RECORDS www.dcide.com OR BABYGRANDE RECORDS www.babygrande.com