UPDATE: The Local Bands Show is back on the air. Thanks to everyone for their help.
WPLR has decided to cancel their only show featuring local music. Please take the time to write a letter of support and keep our friends Rick Allison, James Velvet, and our local musicians on the airwaves.
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COMING SOON: Annual Holiday Sale in the store at ElmCityHotGlass.com
The 2007 IndepenDisc of the Year is Saint Bernadette, In the Ballroom. It was recorded in the abandoned Bijou Ballroom in Bridgeport, CT.
Check out how you can take a listen and purchase the cd or download the songs at Independisc.com.
While there, also check out cd’s and music downloads of over 50 independent musicians.
November 11, 2007 (Sunday);
10 am – 4 pm
The Belvedere, 170 Pond Lilly Avenue, New Haven, CT.
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Check out the new deluxe version of the Song of the Month at JamesVelvet.com. Each free download also includes the “Credits/Backstory” of the song and the lyrics.
August: Disappearing Pictures
September: Over-Easy:
October: Me and My Girl
This Sunday night, 7/15, airs the 1,000th edition of
“Local Bands!” at 10:00 pm on 99.1 WPLR. — Rick Allison and James Velvet, with
help from Dave Drzal, pick their favorite local tunes
from the last 19 years for this show. Tune in (a little before ten) on WPLR, on 7/15 or check it out at their website where their shows are available for download.
Go here: www.thelocalbandsshow.com
July’s “Song Of The Month” is “Trick Of The Light.”
It’s a groovy little # recorded at TNA around the time of the “Just
Plain Jane” sessions, but with an all-star electric line-up.
This track was produced by Dean Falcone & Greg DiCrosta.
Dean Falcone – electric guitars and harmony vocals
Jon Peckman – drums
Ed Leonard – conga drums
Johnny Java – bass
James Velvet – rhythm guitar & vocals.
Stream or download here: Trick of the Light
For more Free Velvet tunes, check out the mp3’s here at JamesVelvet.com
Check out JamesVelvet.com on the first day of each and every month for a new, free!, downloadable mp3 posting of unreleased (up ’til now) Velvet material. Some rare and unusual tunes.
This month’s feature is Castles Made Of Sand. (Click Link to listen/download)
This song was written in tribute to the late Fred Darrington (1910-2002) an English sand sculptor of great renown. His work has been carried on by his grandson, Mark Anderson, who will be plying the family trade in Weymouth, England again this summer, while listening to this song!
Also, check out more Velvet tunes at Hot Tunes in the Hot Shop. There you’ll find Ridin’ on a Train, from his latest Just Plain Jane and Other Modest Proposals and 99 Aisles from The Mocking Birds, Foreign Movies.
More from James Velvet…
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IndepenDisc Proudly Presents:
Jellyshirts release “Outside” Album on USB Flashdrive format.
“Offering better-than-CD-quality sound and preserving the Album format.”
On Saturday, May 19, 2007, 8:00PM at the John Slade Ely House (51 Trumbull St. New Haven, CT) Independent artist, Jellyshirts, will present why they have teamed with IndepenDisc to issue the unreleased 1998 Album “Outside” on USB Flashdrive format. This show will be held to introduce the public to the USB Flashdrive album as an alternative to (and eventual replacement of) the CD. There will be a short demonstration of the Flashdrive, and then IndepenDisc owner Gary Vollono will appear on a panel with the band to field questions. The band will then perform for the audience. Admission is free.
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