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 Kevin
King - a.k.a. "BlindDog" - runs Blind Dog Audio,
a Christian recording studio in Longmont, Colorado. A passionate
guitarist and occasional songwriter with a practical, no-nonsense
approach to the music industry, Kevin's true love is in achieving
the impossible, shattering perceptions, and helping artists
find their voice and personal success by matching aspiration
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ABOUT THE SONGWRITERS:
Here
is a bit of information on each of the songwriters included in this
Radio Muse Webcast (in order of their appearance in the show). I
hope you'll take a moment to explore their own web sites (linked
to from their names) or purchase their CDs if they have them. We
don't have anything if we don't support each other. If you like
what you hear, let the songwriter know! Words of encouragement are
always welcome.
 Lorelei
Loveridge: Oh India (4:11)
From her CD "Bakhoor" ~ © 2008 All rights reserved.
Canadian artist and world traveler Lorelei Loveridge lived for 11 years in Saudi Arabia, pre and post 9/11, and loved it. She experienced religious zealots, compound invasions, a terrorist chase, earthquake, tsunami, war in Lebanon, crazy drivers, nutty expats and more, and survived to tell the tales in story and song. Her physical, personal, and musical journey is documented in Bakhoor, a 4-year, 15-song album project recorded in India, Canada and Saudi Arabia, weaving the sounds of tabla, oud, darbuka, Tibetan overtone chants, violin, bazouki, Latin/African/slide blues guitar into a richly-textured, multicultural tour-de force. Many stellar talents feature on this including Brian Hughes, Harry Manx, Lester Quitzau.
 Heather
Dale: Fisherman's Boy (3:20)
From her CD, "The Gabriel Hounds" ~ © 2008 All rights
reserved.
Heather Dale offers a new type of Celtic music for the 21st century:
a playful, passionate blend of tradition and innovation. Her rich
voice and evocative recordings have earned her fans around the world.
On her seventh CD The Gabriel Hounds, Heather Dale explores the idea
of being balanced between the known and the unknown. Its fourteen
original tracks were all co-written and co-produced with her partner
Ben Deschamps, during a rare break in their North American and European
touring. The album encompasses wild folk-rock fairytales, pastoral
instrumentals, scathing historical commentary, and simple tunes about
facing life’s transitions. They're songs about honesty and loss, humour
and bravery -- with inspiration drawn from the diverse cultures that
house the modern Celtic diaspora.
 Crowding
50: Still Mine To Lose (3:51)
From their CD, "Dickson County Line" ~ © 2009 All rights
reserved.
The three members of Crowding 50 have been playing music together
since the mid 90's in support of other artists, songwriters, and bands.
2009 finds them banded together as an acoustic/electric trio. They
perform a wide variety of hit songs for their audience mixed with
their own originals and present it in a very special and easy to listen
to acoustic format. Crowding 50 music is all about getting back to
the basics, back to their roots as musicians, songwriters and performers.
One acoustic guitar, one stand up bass, some harmonicas, a fiddle,
their musicianship, voices and their songs. Their ultimate goal is
to create music that will make people feel better when they listen
to them play and sing and come to their shows. Their fans mean everything
to them so please do come see them play when they come your way.
 Sunflow:
Eve's Lullaby (My Little One) (3:12)
From their CD "Under The Stars" ~ © 2008 All rights
reserved.
The new duo, SUNFLOW, is the brainchild of two trans-Atlantic songwriters,
Nancy Falkow (USA) and Fran King (Ireland). Upon a chance meeting
at a train station in Dublin, Ireland, Falkow and King became fast
friends. A few years, a few babies, and ten timeless tracks later,
"Under the Stars", produced by Duncan Maitland, a 10-song
collection of lush and dreamy songs, was born. Fran King, native of
Dublin, is a pop/rock artist with an internationally acclaimed debut
album ("Beautification"/Head Space Records/2006) already
under his belt. Nancy Falkow is a native of Philadelphia (via New
Jersey) currently based in Dublin, with three equally melodic albums
already in her discography, her last release being the well received,
Clear View (2004).
 Alabaster
Road: Save Me (3:28)
From their self-titled CD ~ © 2008 All rights reserved.
Alabaster
Road is a band based in Atlanta, GA, USA. It is made up of four family
members, plus one particularly amazing guitarist. Lead singer Brittany
Shewbridge, besides looking like a movie star, has a beautiful, soulful
voice. Drummer Dan Shewbridge is nineteen and had the honor of being
on tour with a Virgin Records artist at sixteen, with whom he played
on Jay Leno's Tonight Show. Preston Shewbridge is the bassist, and
greatly proficient at the age of fourteen; Matt Sickels is the guitarist
extraordinaire, and Susan Shewbridge is the writer, keyboardist, and
oh, yeah, Mom!
 Mark
Bodino: Won't See Me Crying (3:16)
From his CD "No Roads To Juneau" ~ © 2009 All rights
reserved.
"No Roads to Juneau" has been described as primarily classic
contemporary. The music style of the project implements everything
from hard rock to ballads, folk, classical, Latin, jazz and even hip-hop
fused throughout thoughtful implementation of musical textures relating
to a wide audience range. The concept of the CD was presented to Mark
following his uncle's trip to Alaska in which he had realized the
dilemma of reaching its capital after asking a local for directions.
The local responded, "There are no roads to Juneau". The
concept of the CD expresses the frustration for a relationship's communication
break-down and eventual deterioration.
 No
Fixed Abode: The Time Has Come (3:28)
From their CD "Clearwater" ~ © 2007 All rights reserved.
No Fixed Abode are storytellers, bards in the truest sense. They paint
images with music as deftly as Leonardo DeVinci did with an equal
sense of innovation. No Fixed Abode are an Anglo/Irish song writing
combination comprising of vocalist Una Walsh and Guitarist Tony Dean.
Like the finest single malt wisky, their debut album, Clearwater,
caresses your emotional taste buds, it releases deep aromas of love,
death, and the grind of everyday life. It surprises you with the faint
aromas of joy and just when you think you understand the flavor, along
comes the aftertaste ... anger and want.
 Force:
Emotional Bond (4:40)
From their EP "Night Train" ~ © 2009 All rights reserved.
Two and a half years ago, Force, a songwriting unit, was born. Their
songs are mainly pop/rock songs, but they also have folk and country-oriented
songs. Their goal is to make music which delights both the ears and
the soul. Melody creates the space lyrics fill. Over the past few
decades, composer Kari Kupari has written and arranged songs for various
bands and choirs. Her music has been published and has also been played
in two TV programs in Finland. Lyricist Petri Forss is a teacher of
philosophy and a poet. Petri has written lyrics for years. After meeting
with Kari, his lyrics have found new purpose.
 Susan
Souza: When It's Still (5:04)
From her CD "Tomorrow's Another Day" ~ © 2007 All rights
reserved.
With a "distinctive alto voice" that makes you "feel in spite of yourself,"
Susan Souza not only has an unforgettable name, but an unforgettable
delivery of passion that pulls at your heart strings. Although she
describes herself as, a rocker at heart," her music crosses musical
boundaries and reflects her eclectic rock, folk, pop, and progressive
influences. Susan says, "Performing with a band brings out a much
different part of myself compared to when I perform solo. I enjoy
them both immensely!" Her deep, expressive voice, strong stage presence,
and melodic style calls your attention, while her lyrics evoke soul-searching
questions that resonate with her listeners' lives today and at times
may bring one to tears. Susan continues to pursue a life filled with
passion and music! The love of new places, new faces, music, and friends
all over the country!
 Coco
and Lafe:
Introduce Myself To You (3:10)
From their CD "Café Loco" ~ ©
2008 All rights reserved.
They
didn't start singing and playing guitar while still in the womb,
they haven't been hailed as the new Dylans and they aren't American
Idol friendly. They're a couple of empty-nester baby-boomer back-porch
songwriters turned street performers turned full-time touring musicians.
They don't chase radio hits, they don't write for others, and they
don't wear fish bowls on their heads. They write songs, they perform
them, they laugh as much as possible. They travel with a small beagle
and a large cappuccino maker.
 Paul
Winn Band: Rescue Me (4:09)
From their CD "Nothing's New" ~ © 2008 All rights reserved.
Paul Winn Band are a 3-piece group from Sydney, Australia. With a
straight-up guitar driven pop/rock sound, their influences range from
The Police and Crowded House through to Dave Mathews Band and John
Mayer. Their new album, 'Nothing's New' was produced, mixed and mastered
by the band.
 So
Shush: On Top Of The World (3:30)
From their CD, "Wistful Wanders" ~ © 2009 All
rights reserved.
So
Shush are a female fronted alternative rock band whose influences
include sixties pop, obscure indie and progressive rock. So Shush
live in the UK and have been writing and recording together since
2000. So Shush's members are Carole Smart (vocals) and Ian Drumm (guitars/keyboards).
In autumn 2008, So Shush released their debut album 'So Shush' and
have since featured on numerous playlists and shows on North American
and European radio. They recently got to 16 in Neil Young's LWWT video
chart. In 2009, they released their second album called 'Wistful Wanders'.
 Sal
Lima: I Remember When (3:14)
From his CD "A Better Day" ~ © 2009 All
rights reserved.
"A Better Day" is Toronto drummer/vocalist Sal Lima's new
release and is a complete musical work - four years in the making.
It represents a confluence of ideas and a message of hope. As a thematic
rock album, "A Better Day" stands solidly. Recording sessions
took place in the nostalgic environment of Toronto's Studio 92 (the
landmark Donlands movie theatre). The line-up of musicians included
Sil Simone (guitars/backup vocals), Richard Uglow (keyboards/bass
guitar) and Ron Korb (flutes). All titles were composed by Sal Lima
and Dave DiCecco. As a songwriting team, they placed 3rd in the 2006
Pacific Songwriting Competition and were top 20 finalists in the 2005-2006
Unisong International Song Contest. Sal Lima is a drummer who has
focused much attention on the exploration of natural percussive sounds.
Composing and recording songs that are true to his heart has always
been his musical aspiration.
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