New England Music Scrapbook Newsletter
Alan Lewis, Editor

Our Corner of the Rock 'n' Roll Life

March 8, 2008
Issue 2008:265

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We've got Thrills, chills, Dirty Water
What more do you need?
When the big beat hits ya
Comin' from your transistor
Like the T at full speed
When the big beat hits ya...

-- "Boston Lullaby," Dudick/Naihersey.
Copyright c. 1980 by Camaraderie Music, BMI.
All rights reserved. Used with permission.


. . . . .


BRATTLEBORO, VT, March 8 - Our inbox has gone way past full to
overflowing. And one of the top stories, easily, is Dresden Doll

BRIAN VIGLIONE's

account of drumming on the latest Nine Inch Nails release. Woo woo!
If you want Brian's autograph, you'd better ask real fast. Brian V
has a tale to tell, and a whole lot of our readers are going to want
to scroll on down and give it a look.


>>>


REBECCA PADULA
New Album and Release Event

Vermont's part of the New England popular music community has been
quite news-y of late, a recent example being an upcoming CD-release
event by Green Mountain singer-songwriter Rebecca Padula. Her press
release, too, appears below, and fans will want to scroll right down
to give it a look.


>>>


TAZZA 'TEST
Details of Providence Songwriting Contest
Courtesy of Providencian Becky Chace

" ... I wanted you to know about a really cool event happening at
Tazza in Providence on Sunday nights between now and May.

"I'm hosting this big Contest that's sort of like an open mic and sort
of like 'American Idol.' It's really, really fun and I'm hoping to
use this list [the Becky Chace mailing list] to help spread the word.

"Here's all you need to know:

"If you are a songwriter/performer, come either this Sunday or next at
5pm to sign up, pay $5 to enter, give us your best song, and you could
win $2,000 plus a song in a Michael Corrente film. How cool is that?
The way it works is you enter one of the next two weeks of open
calls, then you may be picked to advance to a second round, and so forth.

"If you know people who you think might be interested, please forward
this email. All the details for the Contest are at

http://www.myspace.com/tazzacaffe

"It's rare that a club is willing to give away $2,000, so please
spread the word to your talented friends."

-- Becky Chace, "Quick Update and Notice
of Contest," March 5, 2008


>>>


LISSA SCHNECKENBURGER
A Song To Sing

Maine-Boston-southern Vermont singer/fiddler Lissa Schneckenburger
resides right here in this here town, Brattleboro, Vermont, or so I am
told, but I never see her. She is looking good, though, on the cover
of a CD we have just received. It is titled "Song." I haven't had a
chance to listen yet, but I am definitely a Schneckenburgerian
fiddle-tune fan. And Lissa S. has selected some fine pieces for her
new release. Her choice of "Young Charlotte" has caused "Fair
Charlotte" (normally two different names for the same traditional
American ballad) to run, without end, through my head. And I am
REALLY hoping the closing cut, "The Drowsy Sleeper," is the one I know
as "Awake! Awake! You Drowsy Sleeper." I love that song.

Lissa's supporting musicians include such standouts as fiddler Hanneke
Cassel, cellist Rushad Eggleston, and members of Nightingale, a trio
based in my very neighborhood. Corey DiMario is a regular in the
Lissa Schneckenburger Band and also in another favorite, Crooked
Still. And Austin Nevins, an electric guitar ace, I believe has the
honor and distinction of being a friend of my own e-friend, colleague,
and would-be jogging partner, Maria McLaughlin.

Eager to give Lissa's "Song" a few spins. Haven't been able to do it
just yet. But Lissa is terrific, and I have high hopes for her new
release. "Song" should put visions of dance-floors in the minds of
New England traditional music and folk-dance fans.


>>>


THE SAME PERSON WHO SENT US the new Lissa Schneckenburger CD also
sent a press release about a big charity auction. We copied the
release in full below. Though I have not had the chance yet to give
it the attention it deserves, I did notice that the list of artists
represented in the auction is headed by

DAVID BOWIE,

which ought to be a pretty decent attention-getter for most of our
readers.


>>>


MEG HUTCHINSON
"Come Up Full" New Release

"Well this Tuesday, March 4th the new album, 'Come Up Full,' is
released internationally on Red House Records. I can hardly contain
myself... It's great to see a long time dream come true.

"This week I'll be playing two CD release shows. On March 7th I'll be
in my hometown of Great Barrington, MA at Club Helsinki. Anais
Mitchell will open that show. On March 8th I'll return to the
historic Club Passim for my Boston CD release show with the wonderful
Kevin Barry on guitar. And in the coming months I will be visiting
many wonderful listening rooms on the CD release tour. It may well
bring me to your town so keep an eye on the web site. With shows in
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, DC, Texas, Minnesota, Chicago,
Wisconsin, Maine, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, New
York, Vermont and Georgia, chances are I just might be in your
neighborhood!"

-- Meg Hutchinson News, "New Album, 'Come Up Full,'
Available This Week," March 2, 2008

THE CLUB HELSINKI SHOW just mentioned is, of course, past. We were
sent the following correction regarding the Club Passim booking:

Saturday, March 8th 7PM
Club Passim ALBUM RELEASE SHOW
47 Palmer St, Harvard Square,
Cambridge, Massachusetts
with Kevin Barry on guitar
617-492-7679 or www.passimcenter.org
RESERVATIONS RECOMMENDED


>>>


DON WHITE AND CHRISTINE LAVIN
At Arlington's Regent Theatre

I AM ON A BIT OF A ROLL with the Regent Theatre's shows. The folks
there had something going having to do with "Alice in Wonderland."
Now, many, many years ago, the same Springfield, Massachusetts,
television station that hosted "Sherlock Holmes Theatre" - a terrific
series - broadcast a mid-to-late 1930s film, "Through the Looking
Glass." It was a surrealistic sensation across the nation. But for
some reason, I have never been able to find any information about that
motion picture ... until now. After seeing the Regent's "Alice"
announcement, I gave my "Through the Looking Glass" research another
shot, and I believe I found two library catalog records of the very
film. If this proves true, there could be more about "Through the
Looking Glass" in this newsletter. It was a total delight to watch,
and I would recommend it highly.

Then last night, the Regent showed a new film by Vermont's Jay Craven.
I would have to check the particular title; but I have kin who has
done technical work on Jay Craven films, and this may be one of them.

Next up for the Regent is the double billing of

CHRISTINE LAVIN AND DON WHITE.

Here is the Regent's account of this comic affair:

Saturday, March 8, 2008
Reserved Seats: $27.50, add $1 day of show

Planetary Groove Productions Presents...
Christine Lavin & Don White

Those who have attended the Funny Songwriters festival in the past may
have missed this show last year. Well Don White has chosen to go in a
new direction and perform in co-bill shows with special performers
that he loves. For this year's first such concert we have paired him
with the wonderful Christine Lavin

Happydance, n. [hap-ee dahns] "An impulsive, spontaneous jig of joy."
Xenophobe, n. [zen-uh-fohb, or zee-nuh-fohb] "A person unduly fearful
or contemptuous of that which is foreign, exotic, or out of the
ordinary." On September 18, 2007, Happydance Of The Xenophobe,
Christine Lavin's new topical, political, 13-song collection, that
will thrill the National Weather Service ("Here Comes Hurricane
Season"), delight Julia Child devotees ("Whipped Cream"), enrapture
caffeine addicts ("Chocolate Covered Espresso Beans"), but also irk
Priscilla Presley, the NRA, cigarette smokers, Faux News, and best of
all, Dick Cheney, was released on Yellow Tail Records. Christine has
also had a long and storied career as a solo artist as well as being a
member of the Four Bitchin' Babe

If you laugh and cry within the same ten minutes, you either need a
vacation or you are sitting in the audience at a Don White show. This
working class family man from Lynn, Massachusetts has emerged as the
thoughtful songwriter of the decade whose relevance to our lives is
evidenced by the powerful reaction he evokes at every concert. Radio
audiences, too, are not safe from the Don White experience. Valerie
Adams of WNCS Radio, Vermont said, "I've never seen anything like it.
Every time I play I Know What Love Is the phones light up like a
Christmas tree. Stereo Review Magazine called it "...A candidate for
song of the year."

"The audience went crazy for him. He's by far the best new performer
I've seen in a long, long time. Believe me, he's got it!" - Christine
Lavin


>>>


I AM AS PUZZLED AS I AM INTRIGUED by the really high level of
activity along the New England popular music circuit. Once again, the
amount of news that has been e-mailed to us this week is far greater,
quantity-wise, than what I can find time to look through and compile
for this newsletter issue. The scene is not behaving as though it is
in a recession. Yet "recession" would be an apt word to describe over
half of 2007. Here is a passage from our Issue 247, which was dated
November 3, 2007:

"The local music news slowdown that ran through the summer and well
into the fall was eerily recession-like. I suspect those things that
did not go well - or that at least came hard - for New England's music
community reflected broader problems with the United States economy.
But whatever it was that went on, we seem to be back out of it for the
time being."

Two weeks earlier, in our Issue 245, I noted a then-recent public
opinion poll showing that most Americans thought the United States
economy was in recession at the time, and I referenced a then-current
news story about Wall Street investors, collectively, looking for a
reason to panic. A thing that had them scared at that moment,
according to news reports, was the anniversary of a big sell-off.
Members of the New York Stock Exchange were frightened by a date on
the calendar. Moderate radio host Jim Bohannon, one of talk radio's
greats, often calls Wall Street a "head case." He is much, much too kind.

So we get daily news stories about how the United States economy is
slowing down while, week after week, what we see first-hand makes the
economy look to be humming right along. It is very hard and maybe
even impossible to understand what is going on.

We are all entitled to our personal opinions; and mine, for what it is
worth, is that something is seriously wrong with this picture and some
hard-nose investigative reporting by America's business and political
journalists is very badly needed.


>>>


I GOT CALLED AWAY MUCH EARLIER than expected - thrown a last-minute
detour - and I have fast run out of time. There is a fair amount of
news that I just can't get to reading and compiling. Going entirely
on memory, it seems to me that the news items which remain in our
inbox include these:

Dresden Doll Amanda Palmer has an upcoming engagement with the Boston
Pops. No joke. The Ten Foot Bride dances to the light classics.

Vermont singer-songwriter Josh Brooks has experienced a little time
delay in finishing his upcoming album; but he has written more new
material, so this news is not necessarily bad. We would offer him a
thumbs up except, as I recall, an ailing thumb was part of the holdup.

Session Americana out of Boston has announced the group's last show at
the beloved Vermont hangout, the Middle Earth Music Hall.

I have jotted these down according to memory and can only hope I got
them right. If any of these stories are still current next issue,
maybe I can work them in.

And there is more. This is just what I remember (or think I remember).

We are in the midst of a VERY busy spell. Perhaps big business can
learn from us.


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BRIEF ITEMS :


SAL BAGLIO
Making a Little Noise
in Boston's The Noise

Sal Baglio, a suspected Stomper, seems to associate with some rather
shadowy characters. One of these is the ever mysterious InfoMan, who
advised us by e-mail as follows:

Check out

http://thenoise-boston.com/

Feature story "Salvatore Baglio: The Evolution of an Artist."

-- InfoMan, "News, Press and a Show Tonight,"
March 2, 2008

Who is this "InfoMan" anyway? Well, no matter ... his advice looks
solid to us. Why not visit The Noise's website and catch up, by way
of the feature article, on one of our inspirations, Sal Baglio. - Ed.

>>>

DAR WILLIAMS
New Album
Upcoming Release Tour

" ... I recorded a new album, with producer
Brad Wood, in January. A great experience all around. The songs are
about crop rotation. Just kidding. They're about humans, as usual.
[This followed a discussion of a neighborhood garden and makes real
sense in context. - Ed.]

"I'm going to be all over the place in the spring and summer, so I
look forward to visiting your local scenes, and, yes, affirming them,
but also coming from one myself.

"Here comes the sun!"

-- Dar Williams, quoted in "Dar Williams Update,"
March 5, 2008

[Who will tend the garden while Dar is away on tour?]

>>>

JOHN HAYDON
"Phantom Heart" CD
New Music
From the Heart of the Ghost Who Walks
and the Weisstro-Guy

ONE OF THE MOST BASIC PUBLICATIONS coming out of New England's
popular music community is Pete Weiss' periodic newsletter. This
letter, in fact, is so fundamental and fantastic that someone ought to
name an instrumental band after its author.

They have? Really? Well, alright...

Among the acts covered in the Pete Weiss Newsletter issue, No. 23, are
Temper, Bow Thayer, the Weisstronauts, and...

"JOHN HAYDON: Mixed John's new solo album 'Phantom Heart' at Verdant.
His best yet, with a cast of players that reads like a who's who of
Boston roots royalty. Recommended if you like John Cale, Daniel
Johnston, Neil Young."

http://johnhaydon.com/

-- Pete Weiss, "Pete Weiss Newsletter No. 23,"
March 5, 2008

>>>

THE MYSTIX
Hitting a Newsstand Near You

"The Mystix's latest CD, BLUE MORNING, just got a fantastic review in
the latest issue of BLUES REVUE magazine that will be on newsstands
(like Barnes & Noble and Borders) March 11th.

"Also, our break-out song, 'Yolanda' (from BLUE MORNING), was chosen
as the lead-off on the sampler CD that comes with the magazine: a
perfect way to kick it off, in our humble opinion!"

-- The Mystix, "The Mystix in Blues Revue
[Magazine]," March 3, 2008

>>>

BEN PATTON
Forthcoming Album
Its Title Is Also Forthcoming

Ex-Burlingtonian, ex-Bostonian, ex-New Yorker Ben Patton let us know,
by a March 7 e-mail, that he has a new album. We are heartened that
he is not going to any commercial, self-promoting extremes ... you
know, like telling us the name of his record. He also said he is
working on some film music with ex-East German, ex-Brattleborian,
ex-Londonian Jaye Muller for a motion picture apparently to be named
later. So we know that Patton is alive, probably well, seemingly
hanging out in the Philipines, and working in the field of music and
cinema. His concert DVD with Jaye Muller, "5.05.05 Live," gave the
fullest account to date of his and their acts and is going to be a
tough release to beat. Time will tell whether the new record does it.

http://www.benpatton.com
http://www.mullerandpatton.com

>>>

LYDIA WARREN BAND
Set To Hit the Recording Studio

"We're ba-ack! I'm playing solo this Saturday, March 8 at Vincent's
in Worcester, Massachusetts. Showtime is 10pm and there is no cover.
FREE! Yay! This Sunday, March 9 the whole band will be at one of my
favorite rock 'n roll bars, the Abbey Lounge in Somerville,
Massachusetts. We hit around 10:30pm. On March 17 we head back into
the studio! Exciting."

-- Info At LydiaWarren Dot Com, "Two Shows This
Weekend," March 5, 2008

>>>

SWING CITY, AT NEWTON CENTRE, TO CLOSE
News Courtesy of The Love Dogs

"Since our last emailing we've received the sad news that Swing City
in Newton Center will be closing it's doors for good this month.
We've had the pleasure of working with our friend Dan 'DJ Mez' Mezrich
for almost 14 years as he's promoted and championed swing dancing in
New England. He was the first person to introduce us to the swing
scene, and from the early days at the Longwood Towers, through the
boom years in Cambridge and more recently in Newton we've shared many
incredible nights of music and dancing.

"It is truly sad to see the Swing City era come to an end."

-- The Love Dogs, "Swing City: The End of an
Era," March 6, 2008

>>>

FANCY TRASH
Thirty Masterpieces:
Coming Right Up

"[W]e've been working on writing and recording some demos. Things are
going well and we're hoping to start recording an actual new record by
June. We just need to write another thirty masterpieces."

-- Fancy Trash Mailing, March 1, 2008

>>>

Yahoo News headline, Friday morning:

French mayor bans residents from dying
without a cemetery plot

The scramble is on for citizens of one French community to sell
cemetery plots so their deaths will be legally forbidden.


end BRIEF ITEMS


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FRANK CRITELLI
"Waltzing Through Quicksand"
The Early Notices

"Song aftersong, Waltzing delivers."
-- Pat Ferrucci, New Haven Register

"Clever lyrics, pithy pop figments on par with Michael
Penn."
-- Chris Arnott, New Haven Advocate

"This disc is really choice. It shines through all
twelve tracks. Different tempos, different moods, all
good. Honestly? This is great.
-- PLAY Magazine

Sommige artiesten hebben nu eenmaal die gave dat ze
geen zwakke nummers kunnen schrijven en Frank Critelli
is zo een artiest. "Waltzing Through Quicksand" is
alweer een heel aangename plaat.
-- ROOTSTIME, Begium


>>>


REBECCA PADULA
"Fire & Water" CD

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Rebecca Padula to Release Third Album

CD Release Show Saturday April 26 at 8 p.m. @ Hinesburg Town Hall
Hinesburg, Vermont, tickets $5, admission at the door only Vermont
singer-songwriter Rebecca Padula will release her third independent
album in April. Padula has been performing mainly as a solo acoustic
act in the Northeast for the past decade or so, but this project marks
a departure into a fuller rocked-up ensemble sound than her folk fans
are used to.

The CD entitled, "Fire & Water" features members of Padula's backing
band, bassist Mitch Barron and percussionist "Shrimp" and a host of
Vermont guest stars including: Gregory Douglass, Paul Asbell, Dave
Keller, Phil Abair, Jamie Masefield, Rik Palieri and Colin McCaffrey.

Most of the 14 tunes on "Fire & Water" were written by Padula with a
few exceptions. Vermont writers Carol Abair, Susannah Blachly and the
late Rachel Bissex also appear as songwriters. Blachly lends her
vocal and fiddle talents to the recording as well.

Padula currently lives in Hinesburg as does Barron and the official CD
release concert will have a hometown feel. It will be held Saturday,
April 26 at Hinesburg Town Hall at 8 p.m. Admission is $5 at the door.
The CD will also be available for purchase soon after that online at
www.CDbaby.com and on itunes.

"There is a definite Vermont vibe to this project," Padula says. "It
also deals with a lot of opposing ideas and conflicts - fire and
water, love and loss, red states and blue states. For me, what's more
interesting than polarized points of view is what happens in between
them when things get mixed up and real communication happens."

Padula holds a double degree in music and journalism from St.
Michael's College and has penned more than 40 original songs and
released two independent albums on her Sweet Bean Music & Media label:
"Time, speed & distance" (2003) and "Waterfront" (1997). She has also
written news stories for a number of New England newspapers, is a
documentary filmmaker and an advocate for free speech and independent
media. She works on the front lines of free speech at her day job in
public access television. Since January 2004, she has been producing
"The Instant Coffeehouse," a monthly half-hour public access TV
program that showcases singer-songwriters.

In 2007, she won the Vermont Peace Songs contest with her song, "We
Are Free," which appears on the new album. Her folk concert
documentary film "Margaret's Waltz," a tribute to Vermont folksong
collector Margaret MacArthur, was recognized as 2007's "Best
Documentary Event" by the Northeast Alliance for Community Media.

For more information contact:
Rebecca Padula (Phone) 802-482-3102

contact at rebeccapadula dot com

http://www.rebeccapadula.com/

-- Contact At RebeccaPadula Dot Com, "Hinesburg
CD Release Concert," March 3, 2008


>>>


BRIAN VIGLIONE
A Dresden Doll Gone Nine Inch Nails

Hello Everyone ~

I am thrilled to announce the release of the new Nine Inch Nails
album, Ghosts I-IV.

http://cl.exct.net/?ju=fe2b157776670678701777&ls=fdf21578746403797412787c&m=ff27\
1c71736d&l=fed1167274640575&s=fe2111777267037d761278&jb=ffcf14&t=


I had the great pleasure this past December to work with Trent Reznor
and contribute some drum tracks to the new album. Trent really opened
the door for it to be a very creative experience and allowed him to
achieve what he needed musically, while allowing me free reign to
express myself and ideas on the drums.

Here's a little re-cap of that weekend:

Day 1:
Trent said, "I thought a fun art project for today would be to have
you put some things together to play on and we could improve some
stuff tonight. I don't really have room for a big drum kit and all the
mics here, but, let your imagination go and we'll help you piece
together what you need. When you get something together, we'll record
tonight. Go nuts, see you in a few hours."

So I put this together from stuff around his house, Home Depot, and the
grocery store.
It sounded cool as hell.

Day 2:
Trent said, "I'd love to record you behind a full drum kit, so today,
I'll send you and Alessandro to S.I.R. sound stage and you can just
set up and play whatever comes to your mind. Try to make it a mix of
styles and dynamics, loose to all-out playing. Give us a few
different BPMs for each beat you play with the click, and have fun."

So I did.

The room was HUGE and so was the sound which came from the drums.

When I got back home from the afternoon of recording, Trent mentioned
that he liked the sound of the junk kit recordings from the day before
and would I mind doing a little more. So I went back into the room
and put on the headphones and they said to me, "We're just going to
give you a tempo on the click, play whatever comes into your head and
improvise on it after you establish the basic groove."

I finished and hadn't even realized that I had just completed the drum
part to a song that they had already finished up. The next morning
they integrated my part into the song and it was a crazy feeling hear
myself integrated into the music of a group who've I've been a fan of
for years.

It was a great experience and hope you all enjoy the music.

(Alessandro, Lucy, and Sophie review the mixes. Photo by Trent)

To purchase the new album, Ghosts I-IV, please visit:

http://cl.exct.net/?ju=fe2a157776670678701778&ls=fdf21578746403797412787c&m=ff27\
1c71736d&l=fed1167274640575&s=fe2111777267037d761278&jb=ffcf14&t=

www.nin.com

http://cl.exct.net/?ju=fe2b157776670678701777&ls=fdf21578746403797412787c&m=ff27\
1c71736d&l=fed1167274640575&s=fe2111777267037d761278&jb=ffcf14&t=


You can hear my jivin' and wailin'on tracks
19 & 22.

Get it.
Blast it.
Start the pit at the show.

Much Love,

Brian

-- The Dresden Dolls, "Brian Drums On Nine Inch
Nails' Ghosts I-IV Album," March 3, 2008


>>>


TONY TRISCHKA
Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular
Double Booking at Club Passim
Thursday, March 20

MEDIA ALERT

MARCH 6, 2008

GRAMMY® NOMINATED BANJO PLAYER TONY TRISCHKA TO PERFORM AT CLUB PASSIM

THURSDAY, MARCH 20

LATEST ALBUM DOUBLE BANJO BLUEGRASS SPECTACULAR IS TAKING THE MUSIC
WORLD BY STORM

WHO: Grammy® Nominated Banjo Player Tony Trischka

WHAT: Performing music from his acclaimed 2007 Rounder
release Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular

WHEN: Thursday, March 20
8 PM – TWO SHOWS!!

Club Passim
26 Church St. Suite 300
Cambridge, MA

TICKETS: $20 General Admission/ $18 Members
Phone: 617-492-7679 or visit www.clubpassim.org

MORE INFO: Contact Sarah Leach at 617.218.4480, sleach@....
Press materials (including high-res photos)
available at www.rounder.com/publicity

__________________________________________________________________________

The "Modern Master of the Banjo" (New York Times) Tony Trischka will
be performing at Club Passim on Thursday, March 20. Trischka is on
the road in support of his Grammy® nominated album Double Banjo
Bluegrass Spectacular.

Since its release in January 2007, Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular,
Trichka's return to bluegrass, has been met with critical acclaim and
taken his career to new heights. In the past year he was featured on
NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday in a segment that included an interview
and performance with friends Béla Fleck and comedian/musician Steve
Martin – both of whom are featured on Double Banjo Bluegrass
Spectacular. Soon after, he and Martin performed together on The
Ellen Degeneres Show and The Late Show with David Letterman. Click
here to view the performance on The Late Show with David Letterman:
www.cbs.com/latenight/lateshow/live/index/php/918281.phtml?play=1
Recently, Trischka was interviewed on WNYC's Soundcheck. Click here
to listen: www.wnyc.org/shows/soundcheck/episodes/2008/01/02

In October, Trischka was given an IBMA (International Bluegrass Music
Association) award for Banjo Player of the Year 2007 and Double Banjo
Bluegrass Spectacular received IBMA awards for Recorded Event of the
Year and Instrumental Album of the Year.

Throughout the upcoming tour, Trischka will continue to present an
"astonishing" (Boston Herald) group of musicians to perform his Double
Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular.


>>>


INSTRUMENT AND MEMORABILIA BENEFIT AUCTION
March 8, 2008

The Institute for Musical Arts (IMA), a nonprofit organization
dedicated to supporting women in music, is entering the final phase of
completing a state-of-the-art recording studio at its Goshen,
Massachusetts facility. To finish the project, IMA is offering
supporters the opportunity to bid on memorabilia donated by big name
musicians and writers in an auction slated to begin on International
Women's Day, March 8, 2008. All proceeds from the auction will go to
the studio project at IMA and the auction will be on-going, with new
items continuously added and each individual item being posted for ten
days.

Some of the highlights include:

David Bowie's autographed leather jacket from The Hunger TV taping.

A brand new Alvarez RF8C guitar autographed by Ani DiFranco.

An autographed and extensively upgraded Huss and Dalton OM guitar that
Dar Williams has had with her since 2000.

Bonnie Raitt will personally autograph a new Fender Stratocaster
according to the winning bidder's wishes.

A bunch of selected items autographed by Gwen Stefani including some
of her Sweet Escape Doll line as well as some CD's.

Autographed memorabilia from IMA Co-founder June Millington and her
sister Jean; formerly Fanny, the groundbreaking all female rock group.

This is only a very brief sampling. If you can, post this
announcement
on your website/blog or circulate it as you see fit. If you are
interested in more information regarding this auction or IMA and their
current projects, don't hesitate to get in touch. The IMA auction page
is http://www.ima.org/pages/auction.html and the Ebay store can be
found
at
http://members.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&userid=institute_m
usical_arts. Thanks, and be well.

Warmly,

Justin Brown and Andrew Huckins at public emily
justin@... / Andrew@...

History:

A 501(c)(3), IMA was founded in Northern California in 1986 by
June Millington and Ann Hackler. Millington, the former guitarist for
the 1970s all-female rock band Fanny, is critically acclaimed as one
of the best guitarists in the business. After the breakup of Fanny,
Millington was active in the women's music scene as a solo performer,
side musician, and record producer. Having been a groundbreaker for
women in music, Millington was acutely aware of the need for a support
system for women musicians. Hackler had been running the Women's
Resource Center at Hampshire college before teaming up with Millington
to found IMA. She had spent much of her academic career researching
and writing about, as well as teaching in, alternative education systems.

"IMA was founded on the premise that women deserve access
to

all aspects of the performing and recording industries," Hackler said.
"In
this studio and performance space, women will not have to settle for
anything less than the best."
Programming
IMA has offered thousands of women and girls the
opportunity
to learn about performing, recording and the music business through
workshops, hands-on intensives, and extended programming facilitated
by performing artists and music business professionals. Performers and
students have regularly benefited from access to IMA's performance and
recording studio space.
Since its move to a 25-acre historic farmstead in Western Massachusetts

in 2001, IMA has begun focusing its summer programs on girls and
young women. It's a serious rock 'n roll experience as girls, grouped
age
and experience appropriately, dive into song writing, arranging,
chart

writing, performance, and studio recording, while living on the IMA
campus. "They (summer program participants) experience the magic of
creating music," says Millington, "and the transformation is amazing.
On Day One, they are tentative and nervous, and by Day Four, there's
no holding back: they're rocking out!" Millington notes that the
girls' newly found musical self-confidence spreads to other aspects of
their lives as well.

Construction and Renovation

Five years ago IMA began converting the 100 year old "Big Barn"
on the property to accommodate its summer rock 'n roll camps,
year-round concert and workshop series, and recording studio. The
final stage of this half million dollar project is the construction
of the studio interior which consists of two iso-booths, a control
room and a post-production suite. The recording studio has been
designed by WSDG, Inc. the firm of internationally renowned architect
John Storyk, whose first studio project was Jimi Hendrix's Electric
Ladyland, and his wife interior designer Beth Walters. It will be
used as both a teaching facility for the girls who attend the Studio
Recording and Production Program, now in its third year, and as a
professional project studio. "IMA was founded on the premise that
women deserve access to all aspects of the performing and recording
industries," Executive Director Ann Hackler said. "In this studio and
performance space, women will not have to settle for anything less
than the best."

In addition to the eBay auction, IMA is also raising funds by
pre-selling studio time to interested artists at a greatly reduced
rate. You are encouraged to visit the website to learn more about IMA
and its programs, to see pictures of the studio construction in
progress as well as the full list of auction donors and items. On the
website tax deductible donations of any size are are as easy as
clicking through to Paypal. Donors of $10,000 or more will be honored
on the barn dedication plaque. The studio campaign has already
received its first $10,000 donation from the Bromley Charitable Trust.

For more information on IMA and its programs go to www.ima.org or
contact Executive Director Ann Hackler.

http://www.ima.org/pages/auction.html

-- Justin Brown, "Instrument and Memorabilia
Benefit Auction," March 7, 2008


>>>


GIRL AUTHORITY
Takes a Spring "Road Trip"

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

MARCH 7, 2008

GIRL AUTHORITY HEAD OUT ON SPRING TOUR

" ... the kids love it." - Billboard

Burlington, MA – Zoë/Rounder's "tween princesses of pop," Girl
Authority head out on tour this Spring in support of their sophomore
album, Road Trip (full itinerary below more dates to come).

Girl Authority is a group of girls (ages 10-15) who go to school, are
Girl Scouts, cheerlead, play sports, play instruments, have fun
sleepover parties and…just happen to make hit records in their spare
time. The girls will perform fun-infused cover songs that kids and
parents will love, as well as all-new original material full of
positive messages. Intricate dance choreography and fashion-forward
outfits add to the spectacle that is a Girl Authority concert. Come
ready to dance and sing along to favorite hits like "Life is a
Highway," "Girls Just Want to Have Fun," and "We are Family."

Their latest CD Road Trip is a fun collection of original songs and
classic covers offering family-friendly musical fare aimed toward and
performed by tweens.

http://www.girlauthority.com/


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