Tia McGraff- lead vocals/guitar,
Tommy Parham- acoustic guitar/background vocals,
Brian Hinchliffe- bass guitar,
Bart Lingley- drums/percussion,
Steve C.- electric guitar,
Dan Walsh- dobro/lap steel,
Keys- John Shaw
Influences
God, my husband, my family and friends, my co-writers, the beauty found in nature and last but not least, my dog Jake!
“Tia McGraff is a fantastic singer with her own vocal personality which reminds me of an early Linda Ronstadt. She is a very intuitive songwriter who knows what a song needs to make it tick. A joy to work with. It’s just a matter of time till that magic moment when everyone agrees it’s Tia’s time”…….. Randy Bachman (BTO and Guess Who)
Port Dover, ON, songstress Tia McGraff, is an international artist who is reaching beyond all boundaries and into the hearts of music lovers from Australia to West Yorkshire!
After receiving critical acclaim and top reviews, Tia’s latest album release, Day in My Shoes has been nominated for “Alt Country album of the Year”, at the 2008 Hamilton Music Awards. An awards evening that includes world caliber talent like Daniel Lanois and Kathleen Edwards.
In April of this year, Tia received word from Australia that her song, All of Us
(Tia McGraff/Tommy Parham/Henry Priestman), was selected for use in a TV commercial campaign promoting multi culturalism. Then to add to the honor, Tia’s version of the same song, was aired in a video presentation during the Pope’s visit to Sydney on World Youth Day and viewed by over 500,000 in attendance.
In the fall of 2008, Tia and her partner Tommy Parham, toured the UK for 3 weeks and proved once again to their live audiences why they are on their way to becoming household names. An ambitious tour that included 18 performances, 3 sold out shows, and a number of appearances with the talented UK band, The Storys.
On one of the rare days off during the tour, Tia and Tommy were visiting their friend, Charlie McKenna, and it was here (at his stone farmhouse) in Hebden Bridge, that the three were inspired to write, “Christmas in Hebden Bridge.” Produced by Tommy Parham . Arranged and Co-Produced by Nashville’s Scott Brasher (Billy the Early Years); Tia McGraff gives a stunning performance of this “soon to be holiday classic,” and proves that she is a world class singer/songwriter who can deliver a song from the heart for the heart!
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.
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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.
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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I love the new single for Christmas - Christmas in Hebden Bridge. It sounds amazing. It is nice to hear such a lovely Christmas song with rich vocals and lovely atmospheric music. You don't get that much these days as far as songs for Christmas are concerned. Dad and I both love it.
Heyyy...Its Josey here lol Thanks to you I got to open for Little Big Town on their tour...now Im in another contest again! ha! if you have a second could you go to this link and click on my name to vote for my video "Red Lights" in CMTS MUSIC CITY MADNESS? Make sure you submit your vote after my name turns blue :)
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Lovin 'Angry Eagle.' Great track and well written. Think you definitely caught a mood - well done. Next time you're over in UK give me an advance heads up or get Hellie to.
