Hey friends, here is a list of some of the many artists, past and present, that have made an impact on me musically, spiritually and intellectually. As you can see, it is a hodgepodge of genres...which is why i don't believe in genres. Good music is good music, PERIOD!
The Cure, The Sundays, Sarah
Vaughan,Patty Griffin,the Carpenters,
Ella Fitzgerald,Blue Mother Tupelo,
Buddy Miller,Julie Miller,
Alison Krauss,
Susan Ashton,
Depeche Mode,
Bjork,
Coldplay,
Dolly Parton,
Koop,
Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66,
Aretha Franklin,
Fiona Apple,Led Zeppelin,
The White Stripes,
Gillian Welch,
Emmylou Harris,
U2,
Michael Jackson,
Robert Johnson,
Blondie,
Bonnie Raitt,
John Prine,
Madonna,
Prince,
Nina Simone,
Sheryl Crow,
Lucinda Williams,
Sade,
Eurythmics,
Eva Cassidy,
Stevie Wonder,
Lee Ann Womack,
Ryan Adams,
Shawn Colvin,
Rufus Wainright,
Susan Tedeschi,
Mary Chapin Carpenter,
Bob Dylan,Elivis Costello,Shelby Lynne
Sting,
Amy Grant,
Loreena McKennitt,
Anuna,
Beth Nielson Chapman,
Doc Watson,
Suzanne Cox,Maura O'Connell,
Bruce Springsteen,
Sarah Harmer,Kathleen Edwards,
Leslie Satcher,
frou frou,Feist,
Doves,Keane,
Lex Price,
John Scott Sherrill,
Kate York,
Betsy Roo,
David Mead,
Sarah Siskind,
Thad Cockrell,
Julie Lee,
Thompson,
the Bees,
Jeremy Lister,
Venus Hum
There are many more but these are the artists that I would encourage other music lovers to go and check out. So, if you haven't already heard of them, (I am sure that most of them you have) then go and take a listen. If you like it, then go BUY their records, sit back, close your eyes and enjoy!(Behave, don't try to burn it off somebody else!)
Love you,
Mindy
With an angelic voice and songs full of faith, grace and vulnerability, Mindy Smith has been embraced by critics and fans alike with each recording she unveils. With her fourth release, Stupid Love on Vanguard Records, Mindy takes another step forward both lyrically and musically.
Stupid Love finds Mindy co-producing along with Ian Fitchuk and Justin Loucks. The three explore and expand with different sounds making an impressive backdrop to the thirteen tracks on the record. Written over a two year period, each song delves into the various stages of relationships; the highs, the lows, the emotional investments made, how they can change us and move forward. For Mindy, Stupid Love is a statement of where she is now from where she has been.
Stupid Love is Mindy’s first studio record since 2007’s My Holiday preceded by Long Island Shores, released in 2006, that prompted USA Today to hail, “Smith’s best songs sound like little miracles,” the Associated Press to state “Smith’s CD is intoxicating” and Entertainment Weekly raved “Like Patty Griffin, Smith is a deft songwriter straddling folk, country and pop, with a lovely girl-woman soprano that feels like cotton sheeting after a bath.”
The world first discovered Mindy Smith in 2004 with the release of her debut, One Moment More featuring the hit single “Come To Jesus” which inspired critics and artists to sing her praises. She has been featured on NPR, performed on national TV shows such as The Tonight Show, Conan O'Brien, GAC/Edge of Country and CMT. Her songs have been heard on shows such as "Grey's Anatomy," "Smallville," "Six Feet Under", and Fox's "So You Think You Can Dance."
Stupid Love will be released on August 11th.
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I’ve been a music journalist for more than 10 years. Over the years, many artists and managers have asked me what the best way to break into the European music market is.
Here are some things you can do:
Publish artist press releases, news, and tour dates to the CountryHome Forum on MySpace, http://groups.myspace.com/CountryHomeMagazine , CountryHome Forum is part of CountryHome, http://www.CountryHome.de , Germany's Premier Country Music Online Magazine. Everything you publish to the CountryHome Forum will be published in my weekly Newsletter which has over 80,000 readers.
Publish artist interviews in English to http://groups.myspace.com/CountryHomeMagazineInterviewsEnglish , interviews in French to http://groups.myspace.com/InterviewsAvecCountryMusicStars and interviews in German to http://groups.myspace.com/CountryMusikInterviews . All these groups on MySpace are part of CountryHome, http://www.CountryHome.de , Germany's Premier Country Music Online Magazine.
Send me CDs and DVDs for review and set up an artist interview with me. All reviews and interviews will be submitted to the magazines I'm writing for. More information for which magazines I'm writing can be found at http://www.MySpace.com/ChristianLamitschka
Upload artist videos to http://www.MyVideo.de and http://www.ClipFish.de . Both websites are like http://www.YouTube.com and uploading videos is free. The websites are completely in German. If you don’t speak German and need assistance, I will help you open an account and upload a video for 25 Euro. Each additional video upload for the same artist name and at the same video website is 10 Euro.
If you have more questions about the European music market or about any of the information I send to you today, please contact me at Ch.Lamitschka@t-online.de too.
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Hi, I’m so glad we have become friends! I would love to hear your comments on my new single “Its gonna turn” It would mean a lot to me, thanks again for your friendship! Hope to see you down the road
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The ATMOSPHERIC melancholia continues on DON’T OPEN TILL DOOMSDAY. The full album is streamed on the ALIEN SKIN website > www.alienskinmusic.com/listen.html
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