From Dear John to John Deere - Linda McRae - BLOG http://lindamcrae.com/news.html Linda McRae: BLOG Jannis' PHPRss class - http://www.jannis.to/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:22:12 -0800 Blog http://lindamcrae.com/news.html#28 http://lindamcrae.com/news.html#28 From Dear John to John Deere - Linda McRae - BLOG CD UPDATE http://lindamcrae.com/news.html#39 CD UPDATE

James and I would like to thank all the folks who have donated to our Kapipal recording fund "We're Having a Baby".
We feel incredibly fortunate to have so many great friends and supporters.

 We've had a few delays due to  scheduling problems, etc. but the project is coming along nicely and in order to meet
all the deadlines for publicity and distribution etc. and  in the spirit of the "new baby" we've decided to release the new CD
on Mother's Day 2012. The CD also has a new name, Rough Edges and Ragged Hearts, a song that I wrote in 2005 with
Al Mader (aka The Minimalist Jugband). Saveria Renucci has again come up with a great design concept
for the CD artwork and we can't wait to share it with you.

If  you'd like to order a copy of the new CD before it reaches the general  public or if you would like to
make a contribution to its recording and  promotion visit our Kapipal site at
http://www.kapipal.com/roughedges .

Help Us Record and Promote Our New CD
Rough Edges and Ragged Hearts!


Click to learn more

 


]]> http://lindamcrae.com/news.html#39 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800 From Dear John to John Deere - Linda McRae - BLOG WE'RE HAVING A BABY! http://lindamcrae.com/news.html#38 Yes in 7 months my husband James and I will give birth to our beautiful brand new CD “Four and TKapipal Ultra Sound Imagewenty Blackbirds”.


This project is very special to me because it’s the first CD since meeting James, my retired donkey rancher turned poet, on the internet a few years ago. I am now blessed with a husband, manager and best friend as well as co-writer of many of these songs.   


It’s been a journey of the heart. From once thinking love had passed me by to the feeling I now have it all!…all except the means to finance this baby!


Please be a part of our happy extended family. Every little bit helps as you know.


The following are the perks you’ll receive by being a family member!


$ 25  COUSIN: Just $25 will make you a cousin and you’ll receive a copy of Four and Twenty Blackbirds before the release date.


$ 50   UNCLE/AUNT: Be an uncle or aunt and receive a signed copy of the CD and a Hatch Show Print CD Release Poster.


$100  BROTHER/SISTER: Be a brother or sister and receive 2 signed copies of our new CD and a Hatch Show Print CD Release Poster.


$250  PATERNAL GRANDPARENT: Be a paternal grandparent and receive 2 signed CD’s and 2 Hatch Show Print CD Release Posters.


$500 MATERNAL GRANDPARENT: Be a maternal grandparent and receive 4 signed CD’s and 4 Hatch Show Print CD Release Posters.


$1000 GODPARENTS: Be a Godparent and receive 4 signed CD’s, 4 Hatch Show Print Posters and an Executive Producer credit printed on the CD.


$2000 GODPARENTS: Be a Godparent and receive all of the above plus a signed banjo played at least once by Linda to play or put on display!


FRIEND OF THE FAMILY: To be a Friend of the Family all you have to do is help spread the word either by email or through Facebook. The perk you’ll receive is feeling darn good that you helped out because…


$1 from the sale of each CD will go to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital


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To donate please visit our Kapipal site at  www.kapipal.com/fourandtwenty. If you’d rather pledge directly please email James at 42management@gmail.com. The amounts listed are suggestions only. We greatly appreciate any contribution you are able to make. Please contact James if you have any further questions.


Thanks very much!


Linda and James

]]> http://lindamcrae.com/news.html#38 Tue, 05 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700 From Dear John to John Deere - Linda McRae - BLOG And Away We Go!!! http://lindamcrae.com/news.html#37 Things are gearing up and we're getting busier by the second. We've just good-bye to our friends from North Carolina troubadour Jonathan Byrd, his wife Mary and their cute little bundle Rowan and their Torontonian pal Corin Raymond. What a great couple of writers these two are. They blew in on the heals of the worst storm in the history of the US with their first show canceled. Corin kept saying, "The show's canceled because it's too cold? I don't understand!". Safe journey folks and see you in Memphis in a few weeks.


Had a great day today writing with Mark Elliott. Mark is a highly respected singer-songwriter with twenty-five years of performing, writing and recording experience.  After several years under the wing of the legendary Tom Paxton, Mark moved to Nashville and signed as a staff writer to the Paxton co-venture with Cherry Lane Music Publishing. Mark also won the Kerrville New Folk Award in 1993 and has just released his 7th. CD entitled “Good Life”.  It includes a song by the late Chicago, troubadour Tom Dundee as well as the song “Wake-Up,” written for the Obama campaign and used in rallies and fundraisers in the last months of the campaign. I've played the Bluebird here in Nashville with Mark 4 times since moving to town and he asked me to get together to write and we came up with something pretty cool. I'll post it once we get a decent recording of the song.


Speaking of recordings, I start recording on Feb. 21st with Marc L'Esperance at the helm. Can't wait for that! We've had great success with the Kapipal and what to thank all our friends and fans who've given so generously to our project. Thanks again!


More in the weeks to come. Stay tuned for information on the new trio I'm working with too, we're looking for a name, we can't be Drywall Paul and The Tapers forever. Maybe we'll have a name that band contest!


Cheers everyone, safe travels if your out there on the road and if you're not, stay warm, it's freezin' out there!


Lots of Love, Linda, James and Elphie


 


 

]]> http://lindamcrae.com/news.html#37 Thu, 03 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 From Dear John to John Deere - Linda McRae - BLOG Folk Alliance International 2011 http://lindamcrae.com/news.html#36 Hey folks, I got great news today. I have been asked to take part in a panel discussion during this year's Folk Alliance Conference in Memphis. The topic is called The New Tradition and will also feature Peter Cooper, Danny Schmidt, Evie Ladin, Matt the Electrician, in the Knoxvillle Room. Looking forward to that. If you have any comments or takes on this topic give me a shout and let me know your thoughts.


I'm also honoured to have been asked to sit in with a couple of tremendous artists, Grant Peeples who has just finished recording a new CD with my friend guitarist/producer/songwriter Gurf Morlix. Check him out at www.grantpeeples.com . I'm looking forward to meeting Grant...any friend of Gurf's is a friend of mine.


I've also been asked to sit in with the great Ginny Hawker and Tracy Schwarz who are two of the frontrunners in traditional music these days. Ginny's recording "Letters From My Father" was listed in Emmy Lou Harris' top 5 recordings of all time! Tracy is a long time member of The New Lost City Ramblers and his song "Dirt Farmer" is the title track of Levon Helm's album by the same name. I love these two.


This is going to be a blast. If you've never been to Folk Alliance you have to check it out sometime. You won't believe it!


See you soon and Happy New Year to everyone!


Linda

]]> http://lindamcrae.com/news.html#36 Thu, 20 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800 From Dear John to John Deere - Linda McRae - BLOG Help Us Record and Promote Our New CD http://lindamcrae.com/news.html#35  Cover_No_Border_resized.jpg

As most of you know, not only is my husband James Whitmire managing my career and booking my shows he is also a poet. We have been writing together and will be recording these songs for our very first CD "Four and Twenty Blackbirds".


There is a great deal of time and cost involved in recording and promoting a CD and with your generous help we can meet this challenge. Whether or not you’re able to contribute we want you to know how much your continued support and encouragement mean to us.


Writing and playing music wouldn’t be much fun without you so come share our journey with us as we put these songs out into the world! Find out how you can participate by visiting our Kapipal website at ”ยจhttp://www.kapipal.com/9d363a3df9a140f88375225fd6828d3a

]]> http://lindamcrae.com/news.html#35 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800 From Dear John to John Deere - Linda McRae - BLOG Malcolm Holcomb http://lindamcrae.com/news.html#34 It's a cool, blustery day here in Tennessee, the sun is shining and the wind's a blowin' strong. James and I went to our favourite Nashville haunt last night Hillbilly Haiku (Lebanon, TX, actually) to see Malcolm Holcomb and John Byrd last night. Our hosts Rick and Denise Williams did not disappoint! They know good music. Their slogan is "music from the heart not for the charts" and it's a good one.

]]> http://lindamcrae.com/news.html#34 Sun, 24 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700 From Dear John to John Deere - Linda McRae - BLOG I Got An Official Showcase at Folk Alliance international! http://lindamcrae.com/news.html#33 Hey all, I just got a letter from the folks at Folk Alliance International saying I've been accepted for an official Performance Alley Showcase at Folk Alliance 2011 in Memphis next February. If you've never been you wouldn't believe how great it is. There are throngs of people all about the hotel playing music and having a great old time. It's also a really good opportunity to be seen and heard by members of the music business community from all over the world. It's a real honour to have been chosen and I would really like to thank the folks at OCFF for giving me the opportunity to showcase at this year's conference in Ottawa. The FAI spot was a direct result of having showcased at OCFF. Thanks also to Mary Granata of the Granata Agency for giving me a great showcase spot in her Aliennation Room during OCFF. I'm so happy to have met and heard everyone and I really enjoyed the mentoring sessions. It was great fun to be able to help people out and give them a little advice when they needed it.


Well that's it for now folks, I'm off to a great concert tonight at Hillbilly Haiku House Concerts to see the fantastic Mr. Malcolm Holcomb tonight...all the best and have a terrific weekend! Drop me a line and say hi, I'd love to hear from you!


Linda

]]> http://lindamcrae.com/news.html#33 Wed, 20 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700 From Dear John to John Deere - Linda McRae - BLOG Whole Wheat Radio http://lindamcrae.com/news.html#32 Hey Folks: Check out this new radio station Whole Wheat Radio. They are amazing. There is so much great music here. Here's my radio station, if you like it please "recommend" it to your friends!


http://wholewheatradio.org/wiki/index.php/Artists:Linda_McRae


Thanks a bunch!


I'm also heading off to Ottawa for the Ontario Council of Folk Festivals mid Oct. It's going to be a blast. Then I have some shows locally at The Fillin' Station on Oct. 20 and The Red Tree on Oct. 22 with a new trio of friends I'm working with. Terry Pinnegar on guitar and vocals and Lisa Horngren on upright bass, guitar, nykleharpa. It's been a blast. After that I head to Toronto for a show at Hugh's Room with Ken Whiteley. This is an afternoon Gospel Matinee and is the opening of the 8th season of this series! It's going to be incredible.


Then on Nov. 5th I'll be doing a show at the Cadillac Ranch with my great friends Andrea Ramolo and Diana Catherine. It's going to be a barn-burner. After that it's off to the Canadian West coast where I start a tour with the great acoustic blues player Ken Hamm. We're touring through the Prairies offering a concert and combined guitar/songwriting workshop.


I'm really hoping to see you folks out at one of these shows!


Cheers all!


Linda

]]> http://lindamcrae.com/news.html#32 Fri, 24 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700 From Dear John to John Deere - Linda McRae - BLOG Whew, it's still hot, hot, hot! http://lindamcrae.com/news.html#31 Hi all, it's been an incredible summer and even on Sep. 19, it's still smokin' hot here in Tennessee.


We have a little time off now after an incredibly great 3 months on the road. Thanks so much to all the folks who came to the shows and to the venue owners/promoters, and radio and media folks who supported us on this tour.


I have a number of shows coming up in October including a date at Hugh's Room in Toronto on Oct. 31st. I've been invited to be Ken Whitley's special guest at his Sunday Gospel Matinee, starting at 2:00. What fun this will be. This happened because of a workshop at this year's Artswells Festival hosted by Ken and another wonderful singer/songwriter Melissa Devost, thanks Melissa for inviting me out for that workshop.


I'll also be in Ottawa mid-October as part of the Ontario Council of Folk Festivals. I've been working on a new duet with a friend here in Nashville by the name of Terry Pinnegar. He's a fantastic songwriter and singer and it's been fun working on the material with him...some oldies, some of our own. Stay tuned for more info on that.


In November I'll be touring with Delta Blues Slide guitarist and Juno Winner Ken Hamm. We'll be offering guitar/songwriting workshops and accompanying concert in Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia. I also have a house concert in Vancouver. Check the tour page for more information.


Plans for my new CD are also in the works and I will be announcing all that in a further update. Four tracks have already been recorded...I'm so excited!


Well that's it for now, short and sweet, love to all you McRaezie's out there! Teehee...


Linda over and out!

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