INDIE NEWS BEAT
Week of September 20, 2003
* The Clumsy Lovers Kicks Off "After The Flood" Tour In Support Of New Release
* Help Save The Bottom Line
* A Call For Entries For The 1st Annual Buzz Music Calendar Contest
* Jewel Cancels Tour Due To Tragedy
* The American Music Awards Presents The Coca-Cola New Music Award Finalists
* Winterfolk II Festival Returns To Toronto - Looking For Artists To Perform
* The Stars Come Out To The Western Canadian Music Awards

The Clumsy Lovers Kicks Off "After The Flood" Tour In Support Of New Release

The Celtic-Bluegrass band The Clumsy Lovers announced the dates of the "After The Flood" soon after the release of the album on September 1st. The album features the band's unique style of "'Raging Celtic Bluegrass Rock,' a supercharged, genre-hopping mix of fiddle and banjo-fuelled folk rock. The band, which play over 275 dates a year in over 40 states and provinces, has begun touring in support of "After The Flood."

Recorded at Mushroom Studios in Vancouver, BC, "After The Flood" features 15 new and original Clumsy Lovers songs. "The Clumsy Lovers take their Celtified country rock engine way past the red line on "After The Flood," noted William Smith with The Houston Press. "A genuine triple threat - great voices, incendiary picking, and wonderful song writing."

"A high impact collision of celtic and bluegrass." - L.A. Weekly

"A combo platter of impeccable musicianship and silly showmanship." - Seattle Weekly

"A quick ride to a good time." - Willamette Week, Portland, OR

After The Flood Tour

Fri, Sep 19
Mt Tabor, Portland, OR
with special guests "Lefthand Smoke"

Sat, Sep 20
Mt Tabor, Portland, OR
with special guests "Luther Wright and the Wrongs"

Sun, Sep 21
Fremont Oktoberfest
Seattle, WA

Wed, Sep 24
Whatcom Community College
Bellingham, WA

Thu, Sep 25
Wild Duck Music Hall
Eugene, OR

Fri, Sep 26
Big Easy Concert Hall
Boise, ID

Sat, Sep 27
Zephyr Club
Salt Lake City, UT

Wed, Oct 1
Little Bear Saloon
Evergreen, CO

Fri, Oct 3
Linden's Brew Pub
Fort Collins, CO

Sat, Oct 4
Cervantes Ballroom
Denver, CO

Mon, Oct 6
McBride's
Overland Park, KS

Tour dates are available at www.clumsylovers.com/gigs, where they are updated regularly.

Help Save The Bottom Line

A note to friends of the Bottom Line from Allan Pepper and Stanley Snadowsky:

The Bottom Line has been presenting live music since February 12, 1974, and is owned and operated by Allan Pepper and Stanley Snadowsky, who have been friends since childhood. The Bottom Line is unique because it is a "mom & pop store" amidst a crowded field of conglomerates and corporations. Our main commodity in the club has always been and will always be the music.

Even before the terrorist attacks on the World Trader Center, the nation was already feeling the downturn in the economy. Our business, along with so many other small businesses, has not been able to recover since the tragedy of September 11th. Attendance to shows has declined. In addition, our customers are feeling economic stress, our bills have been multiplying, and we have found ourselves substantially behind in our rent. Our landlord, New York University, has started eviction proceedings.

During our negotiations with New York University to resolve this situation, the Bottom Line has presented several different proposals to pay our past due rent, while at the same time keeping current with a new, higher rent proposed by NYU. Unfortunately, NYU has not been open to negotiating a long-term solution to our mutual problem. We want to pay off our debt to NYU, but to do so we need to remain in business. To stay in business, we need a promise from NYU that, if we pay off the rental arrears, they won't evict the Bottom Line.

Unless we can sway NYU to give us this basic assurance, we won't be able to take the steps necessary to save the Bottom Line.

A Call For Entries For The 1st Annual Buzz Music Calendar Contest

Buzz Communications, LLC announces yet another unique and exciting idea to promote the growing music scene all year long.

The full service public relations, marketing, and business development firm is introducing the First Annual Buzz Music Calendar Contest.

A call for entries is being sent out to musicians of all genres and locations. Submissions will be judged upon quality, originality and composition. Entries featuring the band near a well-known landmark in their town are highly encouraged. Submissions received after November 9, 2003 will not be accepted.

Submissions should include the best quality color photo of the band possible and a 3x5 card that lists: band name, names of each member, website, hometown and state, genre of music and a personal quote, and the photo credit.

For more information, visit www.buzzcommunicationsmusic.com

Jewel Cancels Tour Due To Tragedy

Atlantic recording artist Jewel has cancelled her forthcoming scheduled tour of North America due to the sudden death of her bass player, Terome "T-Bone" Hannon. T-Bone suffered a stroke last week and passed away on Thursday, September 4th in his hometown of Detroit, Michigan. He was 39 years old and had been a member of Jewel's live band for the past three years.

The tour had been slated to begin on September 19th in North Charleston, South Carolina. While Jewel has cancelled her upcoming concerts with her band, plans are currently being made for her to perform selected solo acoustic shows.

The American Music Awards Presents The Coca-Cola New Music Award Finalists

Unsigned bands Elcodrive (Boston, MA), Mere (Hoboken, NJ) and Relax to Paris (Sherman Oaks, CA) were declared the finalists for the third annual "American Music Awards Presents The Coca-Cola New Music Award" Competition at the Knitting Factory Hollywood on Friday night. The chosen bands will now prepare to compete in New York City on October 23rd during CMJ Music Marathon where one will win the bragging rights of performing live on the 31st Annual American Music Awards on ABC- TV, November 16th.

Ten unsigned bands/artists from across the country took the stage at the semi-finalist event and performed two song sets that were judged by music industry influencers including Larry Klein, producer of The American Music Awards, Robert Haber, CMJ Network Founder and CEO and Eric Lawrence, host of radio program "Dragnet" on 89.9 KCRW-FM in Santa Monica, Calif.

"The event was amazing," said Robert Haber. "All 10 bands/artists were warmly received, and after such strong performances, it was difficult to choose only three to move on to the final round. Nonetheless, we're confident that one of the three finalists will blow us away on The American Music Awards."

Winterfolk II Festival Returns To Toronto - Looking For Artists To Perform

Toronto Winter Festival Looking For Artists: 15 Showcase Opportunities Available - Now accepting applications for 45 minute showcases. One third of artists will be selected from Submissions! Winterfolk is committed to offer performance opportunities and public exposure to new or emerging artists, and all artists with little or no festival experience. Winterfolk is accepting artist applications to participate in the festival. Artists who wish to participate simply need to fill out the application on Showcase Page and send in their tunes.

Winterfolk II will is scheduled for Jan 30 - Feb 1, 2004 - Toronto, Canada, will offer over 70 Musicians in 5 Clubs, for 3 Days of Roots - Blues - Folk Music & More, includes Industry Seminars for Musicians and Trade People to Network, Showcase Applications Accepted, and of course Dozens of your favorite roots, blues, and folk musicians.

The Stars Come Out To The Western Canadian Music Awards

Theory of a Deadman. Colin James. Swollen Members. They're just a few of the names that will add star power to the 2003 Western Canadian Music Awards in Regina, September 25-28. While celebrity spotting will be at a high all weekend, the SOCAN Songs & Stories performance and gala Western Canadian Music Awards will offer two outlets for fans to get their fill of their favorite performers.

Among the performers announced for the Sunday, September 28 awards show are Colin James, Holly McNarland, the Corb Lund Band, Brad Johner, Kim Barlow, John Mann and an all-star tribute to 2003 Western Canadian Hall of Fame inductee, Streetheart. The inaugural Western Canadian Music Awards will be held Sunday, September 28 at the Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts.

The awards show will also feature a full-on multimedia component that will integrate regional elements and musical highlights into a vivid, high tech presentation.

Provided by the MusicDish Network. Copyright © Tag It 2003 - Republished with Permission