I love the whimsy of mySpace. I had a friend request come in today from Raqs and went to the site to check it out.
Raqs had posted this wonderful video of tribal belly dancers.
I add it to my blog today to spread the joy of what it means to be a woman.
Women dance fearlessly and gracefully, uplifting and enduring.
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Sunday, March 2, 2008
RPW Records Plans CD Release for Princess Nut by Aural Heather
Hi everyone
I am very excited to have signed Aural Heather to my label, RPW Records.
This is the first artist signed to my roster. Up to this point I have just been promoting Two Tall Women, Revealing Grace and Beth Southwell, sort of a family affair, and working hard to promote many talented indie artists through my compiatlon projects, Violet Femmes and Music For Coffee Beings.
So this is a big step forward and an act of faith, believing in the dream.
We are having the CD Release Party, Massive Bash, Major Celebration at the Medie Club in Vancouver on May 29th. I would like to invite anyone who can make it to come down and share in the celebration
Beth Southwell and her band will be opening up the evening, followed by a surprise guest (you've got to love the surprise guest).
Then Aural Heather take to the stage to share their new sound creations.
Here is our Press Release so you can see who they are and what people say about them.
I hope you will help to spread the word to friends who might like to share this evening with us, or just love the latest news. Spreading the word and sharing is the great thing about MySpace. Thank you everyone
Pam
Punk Poet Princess
Aural Heather
Old School and proud of it, Heather Haley and RPW Records are gearing up for a spring release of her groundbreaking AURAL HEATHER cd of spoken word songs, Princess Nut.
AURAL HEATHER is Haley, Roderick Shoolbraid and “a sublime fusion of song and spoken word.” Shoolbraid is a guitarist, composer, sound designer and DJ. Haley is a maverick; a poet, singer, author and media artist often found pushing boundaries and always on the vanguard. “A Canadian national treasure,” Haley started writing verse in high school influenced by poets like bp Nichol, ee cummings and Susan Musgrave. Her life as a bona fide artist began on the stage of the infamous Smilin’ Buddha fronting the all-girl band the Zellots. She was a member of The 45s with Randy Rampage and later formed HHZ—Heather Haley & the Zellots—praised by Los Angeles music critic Craig Lee as one of "Ten Great Bands". “Brawny and uncompromising”, she long ago made a commitment to honesty, feeling, craft and a sense of the absurd. “Supple and unusual”, Haley’s work exposes society’s underbelly and asks all the questions a nice girl is not supposed to ask. Potential violence hovers like heat on the horizon but she can be fatally funny too.
Haley is a gutsy, riveting and accomplished performer. She enjoyed a stint as an official BC Transit busker and has appeared at the Vancouver International Writers Festival, Crush Champagne Lounge, the Lamplighter Pub, Rime, the Art Bar in Toronto, Words & Music in Montreal, the Bowery Poetry Club in New York City, Red Sky Poetry Theatre in Seattle, Shakespeare & Sons in Prague, the Roar Lit Crawl with Edmonton’s Raving Poets band and on CBC and Book Television. In 2004, she teamed up with Shoolbraid to produce a series of live shows and their first cd, Surfing Season. As Haley returns to her roots, their sound has evolved into the spoken word songs of AURAL HEATHER. There is nothing precious or flowery about the poetry on “Princess Nut.” It rocks!
Praise for Surfing Season:
“Great job! An auspicious disc. One of the best albums of its kind.” –Kurt Heintz, e-poets
“Beautiful. A credit to the genre.”-Ian Ferrier, Wired on Words
“Important work.” –Poseybeat
Further reading on AURAL HEATHER and Heather Haley is available through her website, http://www.heatherhaley.com as well as four tracks from “Princess Nut”
I am very excited to have signed Aural Heather to my label, RPW Records.
This is the first artist signed to my roster. Up to this point I have just been promoting Two Tall Women, Revealing Grace and Beth Southwell, sort of a family affair, and working hard to promote many talented indie artists through my compiatlon projects, Violet Femmes and Music For Coffee Beings.
So this is a big step forward and an act of faith, believing in the dream.
We are having the CD Release Party, Massive Bash, Major Celebration at the Medie Club in Vancouver on May 29th. I would like to invite anyone who can make it to come down and share in the celebration
Beth Southwell and her band will be opening up the evening, followed by a surprise guest (you've got to love the surprise guest).
Then Aural Heather take to the stage to share their new sound creations.
Here is our Press Release so you can see who they are and what people say about them.
I hope you will help to spread the word to friends who might like to share this evening with us, or just love the latest news. Spreading the word and sharing is the great thing about MySpace. Thank you everyone
Pam
Punk Poet Princess
Aural Heather
Old School and proud of it, Heather Haley and RPW Records are gearing up for a spring release of her groundbreaking AURAL HEATHER cd of spoken word songs, Princess Nut.
AURAL HEATHER is Haley, Roderick Shoolbraid and “a sublime fusion of song and spoken word.” Shoolbraid is a guitarist, composer, sound designer and DJ. Haley is a maverick; a poet, singer, author and media artist often found pushing boundaries and always on the vanguard. “A Canadian national treasure,” Haley started writing verse in high school influenced by poets like bp Nichol, ee cummings and Susan Musgrave. Her life as a bona fide artist began on the stage of the infamous Smilin’ Buddha fronting the all-girl band the Zellots. She was a member of The 45s with Randy Rampage and later formed HHZ—Heather Haley & the Zellots—praised by Los Angeles music critic Craig Lee as one of "Ten Great Bands". “Brawny and uncompromising”, she long ago made a commitment to honesty, feeling, craft and a sense of the absurd. “Supple and unusual”, Haley’s work exposes society’s underbelly and asks all the questions a nice girl is not supposed to ask. Potential violence hovers like heat on the horizon but she can be fatally funny too.
Haley is a gutsy, riveting and accomplished performer. She enjoyed a stint as an official BC Transit busker and has appeared at the Vancouver International Writers Festival, Crush Champagne Lounge, the Lamplighter Pub, Rime, the Art Bar in Toronto, Words & Music in Montreal, the Bowery Poetry Club in New York City, Red Sky Poetry Theatre in Seattle, Shakespeare & Sons in Prague, the Roar Lit Crawl with Edmonton’s Raving Poets band and on CBC and Book Television. In 2004, she teamed up with Shoolbraid to produce a series of live shows and their first cd, Surfing Season. As Haley returns to her roots, their sound has evolved into the spoken word songs of AURAL HEATHER. There is nothing precious or flowery about the poetry on “Princess Nut.” It rocks!
Praise for Surfing Season:
“Great job! An auspicious disc. One of the best albums of its kind.” –Kurt Heintz, e-poets
“Beautiful. A credit to the genre.”-Ian Ferrier, Wired on Words
“Important work.” –Poseybeat
Further reading on AURAL HEATHER and Heather Haley is available through her website, http://www.heatherhaley.com as well as four tracks from “Princess Nut”
Beth Southwell singing Laughter In The Wind
A beautiful live performance video of Beth Southwell sharing an emotional song speaking of personal hope. A heartfelt performance.Taken from the Violet Femmes Showcase Concert at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre in BC. You can hear her neice gurgling in the background if you listen closely, she wanted to be on youtube too.
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read more | digg story
Saturday, March 1, 2008
Monday, February 25, 2008
NEeMA is considered a singer songwriter and spoken word poet. She is also a traveler and searcher
NEeMA spent years backpacking around a huge part of our beautiful planet. While in India in '97 she was blessed to meet mother teresa and the dalai lama, which made her realize the importance..necessity of each person's actions. She has also spent several years working with and learning from the Tlicho indigenous people in Northern Canada
In october '06 she released her debut album 'masi cho' across Canada…many wonderful and talented musicians collaborated in its making. You can visit her website NEeMAfor more info, bio, other media stuff and lots of interesting goodies or see a full bio in the blog up top.
NEeMA is working on the next album now....
Below are some of her videos.
The first is a music video of the prayer/song masi (thank you) that was recorded last december as a message of hope and peace.
The second video is live footage taken at the Montreal cd launch in October. It’s the song ayii woole that NEeMA wrote for the people of Wekweti. it includes footage i shot in the small isolated Tlicho community of Wekweti in Canada’s far north.
The third video is a collaboration with Josh Usheroff and François Turgeon for a piece that was screened at the world peace forum in Vancouver in June. The theme was reflections on water
A fresh talent that blesses us all.
Thank you NEeMA
NEeMA spent years backpacking around a huge part of our beautiful planet. While in India in '97 she was blessed to meet mother teresa and the dalai lama, which made her realize the importance..necessity of each person's actions. She has also spent several years working with and learning from the Tlicho indigenous people in Northern Canada
In october '06 she released her debut album 'masi cho' across Canada…many wonderful and talented musicians collaborated in its making. You can visit her website NEeMAfor more info, bio, other media stuff and lots of interesting goodies or see a full bio in the blog up top.
NEeMA is working on the next album now....
Below are some of her videos.
The first is a music video of the prayer/song masi (thank you) that was recorded last december as a message of hope and peace.
The second video is live footage taken at the Montreal cd launch in October. It’s the song ayii woole that NEeMA wrote for the people of Wekweti. it includes footage i shot in the small isolated Tlicho community of Wekweti in Canada’s far north.
The third video is a collaboration with Josh Usheroff and François Turgeon for a piece that was screened at the world peace forum in Vancouver in June. The theme was reflections on water
A fresh talent that blesses us all.
Thank you NEeMA
Friday, February 22, 2008
Danielle French
Here is a video of Alberta's Danielle French performing live. Her song Descending will be featured on the upcoming Music For Coffee Beings Vol 3.
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