2/26/2006: Randy's Recording has been named a nominee for BEST RECORDING STUDIO in the upcoming Madison Area Music Awards (MAMAs)! The studio is where I have recorded all of my albums, and
Randy Green (proprietor) is my producer & manager and sometimes duo partner/band member. See www.themamas.org for more info about voting in the finals! The awards ceremony will be held on March 18, and Randy & I will be performing (see 1/17/06 news item, below). 2/8/2006: I just heard that my song "In This New Year" was named a finalist in the folk category of VH-1's Song of the Year International Songwriting Contest! Song of the Year rreceives entries from all over the
world and only the top five entries achieve "Finalist" status. The song is still posted as MP3 of the month until about mid-February...see the MUSIC page.. 2/6/2006: I'm getting ready to head to Austin, TX for the North American Folk Alliance convention. I have four showcases lined up and look forward to hanging out with friends old and new! I'm busy getting material ready for that so will wait until I get home to update the "MP3 of the month" (held over from Dec/Jan by request).
2/3/2006: I recently finished a 3-day run opening shows in Iowa and Wisconsin for the amazing Willy Porter -- what a great experience! If you've never heard of him please visit his site and if at all possible catch a show sometime. You won't be sorry!
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more blab/chatter/news, see my latest posting on my blog on MySpace. 1/17/2006: I've been invited to perform at the very prestigious Madison Area Music Awards, on March 18, 2006! For this event I'll join forces with with the outstanding Madison-based group SubVocal, winner of the BEST UNIQUE ALBUM award at last year's MAMAs. We'll do a couple of songs...one of theirs and one of mine. It should be a great event this year with lots of entertainment and surprises. Tickets will go on sale February 1 and proceeds benefit music in the schools. Yes, you can participate in the voting...see the above link for info. 1/9/2006: I'm being featured this week on a great Podcast - The Calmcast, out of the Rotherham in the U.K. Click here to see the info! 1/9/2006: I've been named among the Best of 2005 on Radio Crystal Blue - A weekly internet radio show hosted by Dan Herman in New York. Click here to see the list & more about his show. 
12/12/2005: A song of mine was recently aired on MTV, during the reality TV show MADE! Movin' in the Right Dirction
was aired on the episode in which Josh wants to become a soccer player...
12/11/2005: I have a profile on MYSPACE.COM
now - stop in! I have a blog there, too....will try to post something worthwhile now and then... - 12/7/2005: You can now purchase/download individual songs of mine via BROADJAM - Click here! All the songs from my published recordings are there, PLUS a couple of new tunes.
- 9/1/2005: Some late-breaking gigs have just been added to the schedule. September includes some very exciting shows including opening spots for WILLY PORTER in Milwaukee (9/17) and for THE WAILIN' JENNYS in Madison (9/23).
- 8/31/2005: Tune in to Radio Crystal Blue on Sunday night 9/3/2005, 7pm to 1am EDT and hear me featured on Dan's Future Stars airplay series!
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8/14/2005: Street Team members needed: If you can help out by posting/giving out flyers for shows, please let me know! You can sign up for the Street Team on the CONTACT page.
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7/20/2005: I just heard that my latest CD "Quietly There" is a winner in the Kweevak Music Awards! These awards are chosen by readers and fans. See this URL for the winners list: www.kweevak.com/rd_cdawards.htm
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7/14/2005: There are some new photos on the PHOTOS page including some from my performance at Bastille Days in Milwaukee this week.
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7/15/2005: A new "MP3-of-the-month" has been posted - see the MUSIC page!
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7/4/2005: Hey, I have some VIDEO now posted at my SonicBids EPK! (Click and here go to VIDEO)
It's the first two songs from my recent television concert on "Urban Theater." (Thanks, John Urban and UPN14!)
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6/17/2005: Now individual tunes from all solo releases, including the new "Quietly There" CD, can be purchased/downloaded from iTunes..
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6/16/2005: A new "MP3-of-the-month" has been posted - see the MUSIC page!
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6/12/2005: I've been selected for a main stage showcase at Folk Alliance-Region Midwest (FARM), to be held in late October 2005 in Kalamazoo, MI. Details will be posted on the Performances
page.
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5/21/2005: I'm featured in the Spring/Summer 2005 issure of Female Musician - check it out here. Also featured in the same issue is one of my musical heroes - Carole King!
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5/18/2005: RADIO SHOW SUNDAY 5/22: I'll be getting some featured airplay this coming Sunday (May 22) on the great weekly Internet show, "Radio Crystal Blue," out of Brooklyn, NY. The show airs Sundays from 7 PM to about 1 AM EDT (6 to midnight CDT) and you can hear it live by visiting this URL: http://www.live365.com/stations/142950
If you miss the show, you can access an archive for up to 4 weeks afterwards: http://cblue.lunarpages.com
"Radio Crystal
Blue exists to spotlight outstanding indie, unsigned and up-and-coming artists, alike, from many genres and locales, all in a rather personable, eductional and flowing manner."
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5/14/2005: The new issue of RICK'S CAFE (Madison monthly entertainment publication) includes a cover
photo and feature article on me, plus stories and CD reviews of other females in the music scene here in Madison such as Lis Harvey and Amy Curl. Check it out! It will be archived on their site after the end of the month, by about mid-June.
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5/12/2005: I made it home safely from my Carolinas tour! Everything was fabulous (in spite of catching a cold halfway through the tour) and I had terrific audiences made up of "old" friends and plenty of new faces as well. Thanks to all who hosted me and to all the venues where I played, for making me feel so welcome!
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4/30/2005: I had my first official show of this tour last night at The General Store in Pittsboro, NC -- what a great crowd! Thanks to all who attended for making me feel so welcome. I'm traveling on this tour with my new Bose sound system (Personal Amplification System) and it is working out beautifully. I love it!
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4/27/2005: Yippee, I just won the Grand Prize at the Cheeseburger in Paradise open mic contest, in Myrtle Beach, SC! I'm just about to start the "real" part of my brief tour after having a few days vacation with relatives in Charlotte, NC and here in MB. I made the 16 hour drive from Madison to Charlotte last wee with no troubles (divided over
two days). After spending a couple of days there with my cousin Sherry, I drove here to MB where I have enjoyed visiting my Grandmother (88 and still kickin') and my Aunt Jane. My official tour shows start Friday night, in Pittsboro, NC.
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4/9/2005: Starting this month you can download one MP3 per month, from the MUSIC page of this site. (Download, share with friends, help me get the word out...But if you like the tunes I hope you'll consider buying a CD!)
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3/20/2005: A newsletter is going out this week to my mailing list. Click here for a PDF copy. If you want to be added to the list for
emails or U.S. mails, see the CONTACT page.
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3/6/2005: News just in today...My new album, Quietly There, is a nominee for BEST ACOUSTIC ALBUM in
the 2005 Madison Area Music Awards (MAMAs)! And also, the folk trio I am part of, Sticky Fingers, is a nominee for BEST ACOUSTIC ARTIST.
The awards ceremony will be done Grammys-style at the Union Theater in Madison on March 26, complete with red carpet entry. Tickets are now on sale - For more info see www.themamas.org. Special thanks to all of you out there who
participated in the voting process to support local music! [Click here for a press release]
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3/5/2005: Songs hitting Broadjam Top 10: Check out Broadjam.com and see their Top 10 lists - You'll find three of my songs in the Top
10 of the Folk-Alternative category, plus more under Folk (General), Region-Wisconsin, and Production. I also have several songs that have gone to #1 on the charts at Indie-Music.com during recent weeks. Internet and land radio plays are also picking up. See
the Links page for links to some of the stations and sites now playing my music.
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11/20/2004: THE NEW ALBUM, "QUIETLY THERE," IS OUT! See the MUSIC page for details and links to the music.
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11/8/2004: HONORS RECEIVED FROM SONG OF THE YEAR
I was recently honored twice by the Song of the Year International Songwriting Competition!
The song "A Father's Lament (Clementine)" from my Second Wind album (lyrics by Arvid Berge) was a finalist in September in the Folk category, and the song "The Heart Remembers," also from Second Wind, received an Honorable Mention in August in the Folk category.
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10/26/2004: The new album is now being pressed! See the MUSIC page for details. The expected release date is November 19. Sales will be available at selected retail outlets and by mail order in late November, and will be available online through www.cdbaby.com. I'll be celebrating its release with a few concerts December and January...check the GIGS page for details.
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1/25/2004: I'm busy in the studio doing continued work on my next CD, which I hope to release by this fall. I'm looking forward to attending the North American Folk Alliance convention in San Diego in late February! (And not just because it's warm there...) Check the GIGS page for updates to the spring/summer performance schedule soon.
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11/2/2003: After a few busy months of performing (some very fun gigs plus two television appearances and several radio spots) and studio work, I'll be lightening the performing schedule for a few months to do some further planning and pre-production work on my next full-length CD....and also to get through the busy season with my day job. I do have a few solo
and group gigs on the horizon, however, so check the GIGS page for updates.
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5/29/2003: Madison area fans can see Tracy as featured guest on the Urban Theater" television show this weekend:
WISC-TV (channel 3): Saturday night, May 31 at 12:30 am
UPN14 (cable channel): Saturday May 31 at 10 pm; Sunday June 1 at 11 am; Sunday June 1 at 10 pm
On the show (half-hour) Tracy performed several songs (some brand new and some from the "Second Wind" CD) and had some chat time with the host, John Urban.
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Fall 2002 -- My new CD is here! Official release party planned for November
Click here to go to the "Music" page for more..
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Sticky Fingers (the trio that Tracy is part of) also has a CD available now. See the group's Web site, www.stickyfingersmusic.com,
for more.
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9/5/2002: I just returned from a wonderful brief tour in North Carolina, where I had the chance for the first time to share my original music with family and long time friends. Thanks so much to those of you who made it out to a show! The venues were packed with faces I loved seeing and for whom enjoyed performing.
No one could ask for better audiences!
3/4/2005: You can now order T-shirts and a few other items bearing the phrase "Life's Too Short to Be Just One Person," which is a lyric line from a song on my latest album. Click here to view products or order from CafePress.com.
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