Okay, time to make a decision. Who's going to the IBS Conference in NYC? Please contact me asap!

Hey there,

Thought everyone would like to know that our first issue of CMJ (College Music Journal monthly) has arrived full of news, reviews, and interviews, bringing with it a CD full of new artists and new music from established artists for our perusal and streaming enjoyment. Please, listen to it, write down which tracks are the best, rip it, edit it, get it on the air! Do whatever! Read the magazine too. Its great.

What you are not allowed to do:
DO NOT REMOVE FROM THE STUDIO. This costs us money, and neither the CD or the magazine is yours. You may read it as you wish, you may quote it on the air (giving credit where credit is due) but don't take it out of the room!

I have also donated two other magazines for the studio, Under the Radar and AMP (American Music Press). These are not to be removed either.

These are for the benefit of all the DJs, so don't mark out pages or deface the magazines. One person's trash is another's treasure.

Thought the rest of you might be interested in this:


Free Americana Single: "Inauguration Day"
Stockbridge, VT, January 19, 2005 - Americana singer-songwriter Bow Thayer has release a free single from his forthcoming solo CD, "The Driftwood Periodicals, Volume 2," via internet download. The song commemorates the United States Presidential Inauguration Day, January 20, 2005 by registering dissent for the war in Iraq and other Bush administration policies. Fans and broadcasters are encouraged to freely acquire and share the song.

Crooked Root Records, which will release Thayer's second "Driftwood" CD later this year, has made the single "Inauguration Day" available for free download from their web site and from Thayer's artist page at SoundClick.com.

Songs on the first Driftwood CD were inspired by country life in the Green Mountains. Volume 2 will maintain the feel of the original, but will include more social and political themes. If the songs dealing with pressing issues, Thayer is not particularly concerned about sales. "I just want as many people as possible to hear these songs," he says. Crooked Root Records co-owner Stephen Farrington agrees, "Expression is the heartbeat of a free society; we're proud to be giving this song away."

What the Critics are Saying About Bow Thayer:

"One of the bright new lights on the Americana music scene."
- Kevin O'Hare, Newhouse News Service

"Quite simply, it's hard for Thayer to write a bad song."
- Mike Schaefer, Stowe Reporter

"Arlo Gutherie meets Jim Croce!"
- Steve Martin, Lexrock

"Nearly every tune deserves to be an instant classic."
- Paula Polston, Seven Days

Visit the Crooked Root Records website here: http://www.crookedroot.com

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