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This is probably one of my favorite new videos. The concept is perfect for the song, and they are really working those facial expressions. This is definitely an album to add to the “must buy” list at some point.

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THE LONE BELLOW ANNOUNCE SUMMER TOUR DATES

DATES COME ON HEELS OF INTERNATIONAL ALBUM RELEASE

BAND SET TO PERFORM ON THE TONIGHT SHOW with JAY LENO ON MAY 22ND

Critically-acclaimed “Brooklyn Country” band The Lone Bellow (Descendant Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment) continue their trek across the country, making more fans as they go. The band is announcing tour dates throughout the summer. The dates will take them coast-to-coast and see them playing with everyone from Brandi Carlile to Robert Plant; from Newport Folk to Outside Lands and, as always, back in Brooklyn as headliners as part of Celebrate Brooklyn.

Watch New Video for “Bleeding Out”:

The band, whose self-titled album came out to unanimous raves on January 22nd in America have announced a world-wide deal with Descendant Records/Sony Music, and will be releasing the album internationally in the coming months due to overwhelming demand. The Lone Bellow, who appeared on Conan on release date, will perform their new single, “Bleeding Out” on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on May 22nd. A video for the track premiered on Vevo on 5/8.

The Lone Bellow has been called one of the best albums of the year by People Magazine and the band garnered raves from everyone from USA Today, The New York Times, The Associated Press, Paste, Forbes and Filter. NPR’s Bob Boilen simply stated, “The world of acoustic music is about to get a new household name. The music of The Lone Bellow is born from tragedy and told with heart and simplicity.”

The Lone Bellow is lead singer and principal songwriter Zach Williams; singer and mandolin player Kanene Pipkin, and singer-guitarist Brian Elmquist. Initially, they made a name for themselves with their acclaimed live shows in New York and across the country during their stint opening for The Civil Wars. Of the band’s opening slot for the Grammy Winners, The Orlando Sentinel says, “the main attraction had some competition in the harmony realm from The Lone Bellow, a Brooklyn-based trio cut from the same rootsy fabric. Between songs, Williams also had a deft comedic touch, a nice fit on a night when sadness still offered reason to smile.”

Georgia-born Williams began songwriting in 2005, during a prolonged stay at Atlanta’s Shepherd Center after his wife was thrown from a horse and paralyzed from the neck down. With a dire diagnosis of quadriplegia, there was nothing to do but sit vigil with his group of friends – also artists. While they waited for healing, Zach picked up a guitar and taught himself to play, putting melody to a journal entry that would become his first song, “Hospital.” His wife eventually recovered (her spinal cord, initially thought severed, was terribly bruised) and the couple and their group of friends moved to Brooklyn shortly thereafter.

Williams and the band’s music evolved to reflect his Southern roots, incorporating elements of rock, gospel, country and blues that result in a unique and soul-searing blend of can’t-get-them-out-of-your-head lyrics that spring from a deep emotional reservoir.

LONE BELLOW ON TOUR:

JUNE 2 – Boulder, CO / E-Town 7 – Bethlehem, PA / Blast Furnace Room @ ArtsQuest 8 – Amagansett, NY / The Stephen Talkhouse 9 – Hunter, NY / Mountain Jam 13 – Hampton Beach, NH / Hampton Beach Casino w/ Brandi Carlile 14 – Cambridge, MA / The Sinclair 15 – Croton-On-Hudson, NY / Clearwater Festival 18 – Pittsburgh, PA / Stage AE w/ Brandi Carlile 19 – Cleveland, OH / House of Blues w/ Brandi Carlile 20 – Ann Arbor, MI / The Ark 21 – Evanston, IL / SPACE 22 – Evanston, IL / SPACE 23 – Louisville, KY / Iroquois Amphitheater w/ Brandi Carlile 25 – Interlochen, MI / Kresge Auditorium w/ Brandi Carlile 27 – Grand Rapids, MI / Meijer Gardens w/ Brandi Carlile 28 – Green Bay, WI / Meyer Theatre w/ Brandi Carlile 30 – Bayfield, WI / Big Top Chautauqua w/ Brandi Carlile

JULY 5 – Iowa City, IA / Englart Theatre w/ Brandi Carlile 6 – Omaha, NE / Sumtur Amphitheatre w/ Brandi Carlile 7 – Des Moines, IA / Simon Estes Amphitheatre w/ Brandi Carlile 9 – Madison, WI / Majestic Theater 10 – St Louis, MO / The Pageant w/ Brandi Carlile 11 – Kansas City, MO / Crossroads w/ Brandi Carlile 12 – Chicago, IL / Petrillo Music Shell @ Taste of Chicago w/ Robert Plant and The Sensational Shape Shifters 13 – Morrison, CO / Red Rocks Amphitheatre w/ Brandi Carlile & Blind Pilot 14 – Salt Lake City, UT / Red Butte Garden w/ Brandi Carlile 20 – Brooklyn, NY / Celebrate Brooklyn 24 – Vienna, VA / Wolf Trap w/ Brandi Carlile 27 – Newport, RI / Newport Folk Festival 28 – Lancaster, PA / Long’s Park Amphitheater Summer Music Series AUGUST 3 & 4 – Happy Valley, OR / Pickathon 9 -11- San Francisco, CA / Outside Lands

LET US IN AMERICANA ALBUM ARRIVES
JUNE 25, 2013

16 TRACK ALBUM BENEFITS
THE WOMEN AND CANCER FUND

REVIVER RECORDS ALBUM FEATURES AMERICANA ARTISTS PERFORMING THE SONGS OF SIR PAUL McCARTNEY

On June 25, 2013 Reviver Records will release Let Us In Americana,its second album from the Let Us In series, which follows the success of 2011′s Let Us In Nashville.

Let Us In Americana features prolific Americana artists including Steve Earle, The Wood Brothers, Buddy Miller, Lee Ann Womack, Will Hoge and many more delving into a rich selection of songs written by Sir Paul McCartney and John Lennon. Each artist chose a composition to record and the proceeds will go to the Women And Cancer Fund, established in the memory of Linda McCartney.

June 25th, the release day of Let Us In Americana, is a significant day in Beatles history. On that day in 1967, The Beatles performed “live” thanks to the BBC on the first global TV music special entitled, “Our World”. It was viewed by over 400 million people spanning 26 countries and special guests during The Beatles performance included: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Eric Clapton and Graham Nash.

Fast forward to 2013, now 46 years later, with the release of Let Us In Americana. The 16 track album is distributed by BDG via RED Distribution and was primarily produced by Phil Madeira in Nashville.

Let Us In Americana Tracklisting

The Wood Brothers – Come And Get It
Buddy Miller – Yellow Submarine
Will Hoge – Band On The Run
Jim Lauderdale – I’m Looking Through You
Holly Williams – My Love
Teddy Thompson – Let Me Roll It***
Bruce Cockburn – Fool On The Hill**
Ollabelle – Get Back**
Lee Ann Womack – Let ‘Em In
Steve Earle & Allison Moorer – I Will***
Rodney Crowell – Every Night*
Matraca Berg – Yesterday
Ketch Secor – Give Ireland Back To The Irish
Sam Bush – I’ve Just Seen A Face
Ed Snodderly – Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey
The McCrary Sisters (Amy Helm, Fiona McBain & Allison Moorer) – Let It Be

* track produced Rodney Crowell
** tracks recorded in San Francisco
*** tracks recorded in New York

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Hello Everyone! I just wanted to invite you to check out today's IndieReview Behind The Scenes!  Jamie B Musings and myself speak with Author Nikki Jefford the author of the Fantabulous SpellBound Trilogy and the Aurora Sky: Vampire Hunter series!

Bookaholic, nature girl, and animal lover.

Nikki Jefford is a third generation Alaskan who found paradise in the not-so-tropical San Juan Islands where she is, once more, neighbors with Canada.

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“Any Day Is A Good Day”

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How important (or not) is relating
your writing to your past or present residences?

First, thanks for having me here today, Kenneth. I love this feature you do, so it’s awesome to be a part of it.

I think it’s a big help to “write what you know”. I put little details of people I know and things I’ve experienced into my stories, and I think that brings a certain life to a story that research alone can’t quite give you.

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Hello All! Today’s the day that the new CHRYSALIS Cover is revealed! I am very excited and also grateful for the wonderful people that helped to make this happened. Below there is a HUGE THANKS to those directly involved with the cover’s creation…but first I wish to thank Author BK Walker at VBT Cafe Tours for setting up this awesome Cover Reveal Blitz! I also wish to thank the hosts who are on board in addition to the Fabulous VBTCafe hosts! (In no specific order)

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CHRYSALIS

A Novel (YA Paranormal)

By Michelle Cornwell-Jordan

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Summer 2013

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CHRYSALIS
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YA Paranormal
By Michelle Cornwell-Jordan

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The cover was created by the Fantabulous Amy Rooney of (CVWriters Designs) http://cvwriterdesigns.wix.com/mysite2

Blurb

After the war between Man and the Supernatural. The world settled back into a harmonious rhythm. Man and Preternatural existing side by side, building a society that was technologically advanced and beneficial to both kinds. Ruled by ThunderKins (Children of the Sun). But there was dissatisfaction in several of the Divisions. Some did not accept the rule of ThunderKin. The Thunderkin heir was targeted for destruction, believing this would cause the Thunderkin rule to be overthrown. So Chaos was birth and Chaos had a name….Ayda

Ayda Blackhawk was the beautiful, mysterious new girl at Eagle Ridge High School, in the Mountain Division of the New World, She was not there to make friends but to bring destruction. Her assignment? To kill the Thunderkin heir. But Ayda meets Adrian the ThunderKin leader, and through a twist of fate, the rules change which places Ayda, Adrian and their world at the cross roads to either destruction or redemption

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Michelle Cornwell-Jordan is a Young Adult/ New Adult author.

Her titles include a co-written work with Danny Jones called Reahket, her solo young adult novella series Night School Vampire Hunter Trilogy and a contribution to the HerStory Anthology released March 08^th2013(Pagans Writers Press)

She is also the producer/host of the online radio segment, IndieReview Behind the Scenes, where she and her co-host Jamie B Musings interview Indie authors and musicians.

Michelle has been married for seventeen years and has a fourteen-year-old daughter. A book lover, her favorite genre has always been paranormal adventures.

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