The International Songwriting Competition (ISC) is pleased to announce that one of ISC’s 2010 entrants, Steel Magnolia, has been nominated for Top New Vocal Duo by the Academy of Country Music Awards. They are one of the most exciting new groups on today’s music scene, and we hope you’ll check them out and vote for them. Please pass this newsletter onto your friends, and let’s get out the vote!

Steel Magnolia. It’s a name that implies gentle beauty buoyed by an underlying strength and force of will. It’s a perfect moniker for Country Music’s latest hit duo as soulful, blonde, vivacious Meghan Linsey and her electrifying partner Joshua Scott Jones exemplify the combination of talent and tenacity it takes to succeed.

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THE LEGENDARY WAILERS

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Vote daily get Broomfiller on the Vans Tour

Broomfiller band members Richard, Eric, Zeke and Josh have decided to come out of the studio and hiding to play an upcoming show in St. Catharines @ Mikado’s on April 10th!! Check their  myspace page for the show details!!

Broomfiller has the chance to once again play the Van’s Warped Tour this year, but need your votes to help that happen.

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JEFF BECK STIRS EMOTION & COMMOTION
Guitar Legend’s First Studio Album In Seven Years Offers Eclectic Mix
Including Two Songs With Grammy®-Winner Joss Stone
And Several Tracks With Orchestral Accompaniment
U.S. Tour In April
Album Available April 13 On Atco Records (Rhino Entertainment)

Beck To Release First New Album In Seven Years Emotion & Commotion

LOS ANGELES – For his first studio album in seven years, Grammy-winning guitarist Jeff Beck returns with an eclectic mix of tracks that find the guitar virtuoso accompanied by a handpicked cast of talented musicians, as well as several songs accompanied by a 64-piece
orchestra. Rhino unleashes the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer’s restless genius with EMOTION & COMMOTION. The album will be available on Atco Records, an imprint of Rhino Entertainment, on April 13 at all retail outlets, including www.rhino.com, for a suggested list price of $18.98 (CD) and $9.99 (digital).
Beck recorded EMOTION & COMMOTION late last year at Sarm Studios in London with award-winning producers Steve Lipson and Trevor Horn. To create the album’s diverse sound, Beck used a number of musicians, including appearances by frequent collaborators Vinnie Colaiuta (drums), Jason Rebello (keyboards), and Tal Wilkenfeld (bass). The album also includes contributions from a trio of singers: Imelda May (“Lilac Wine”), Olivia Safe (“Elegy For Dunkirk”), and Grammy-winner Joss Stone (“I Put A Spell On You” and “There’s No Other Me”).
To complement the innovative tones he coaxes from his guitar, Beck recorded with a 64-piece orchestra on songs that range from Puccini’s immortal aria “Nessun Dorma” and “Elegy For Dunkirk” from the film Atonement to “Somewhere Over The Rainbow” from The Wizard Of Oz and Jeff Buckley’s interpretation of “Corpus Christi Carol.”
Beck says the idea of pairing his guitar with an orchestra evolved from the version of Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 5 he recorded a few years ago. “It turned out amazingly well, but I didn’t want to commit to an entire album of classical music. What appealed to me instead was the idea of bringing together these seemingly contradictory sounds on different kinds of non-classical music.”

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NUKE THE SOUP HEADLINES LIVE ROCK SHOW AT BALTIMORE’S HISTORIC SENATOR THEATRE MARCH 12 WHILE MAKING THEIR HOMETOWN DEBUT

Making their hometown debut, rising Baltimore-based Indie rockers Nuke the Soup are set to headline an incredible evening of entertainment on Friday, March 12 at the historic Senator Theatre for Baltimore’s Haiti Relief Project in partnership with the American Red Cross of Central Maryland. Doors open at 7 p.m. with the event sponsored by BandChi! Tickets and Cheech’s Underground Live.

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CATHY-ANNE MCCLINTOCK READY TO HIT AUSTIN, TEXAS

Unofficially part of South By Southwest (SXSW), americana/folk/country singer-songwriter Cathy-Anne McClintock is ready to make a splash on Austin, Texas.

On Saturday, March 20 she will take the stage at Guero’s Taco Bar (on Congress Ave). Doors open at 9 a.m. and Cathy-Anne performs at 1 p.m. The show is free. Also performing are Debbie Forrest, Lee Alexander & Co., Matt Harlan and DAN DyER.

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NEW YORK BASED SINGER-SONGWRITER JOANNA MOSCA CONTINUES HER SUCCESS IN COUNTRY RADIO WITH HER BUZZING FMQB HIT ‘KEEP ON GOING’. JOANNA MOSCA shown here at WLLX 97.5 FM in Lawrenceburg, TN

After Joanna Mosca’s recent explosion onto the indie-pop and adult contemporary scene, the New York based singer-songwriter is taking country radio airwaves by storm with her new single “Keep On Going.” The inspirational, anthem-like hit, which is also the title track to her debut album, peaked at #6 on FMQB’s AC40 chart.

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LAS VEGAS BASED MELODIC ROCK POWERHOUSE THEORY OF FLIGHT SHOWN HERE AT THE VIPER ROOM WILL PERFORM MONDAY, MARCH 29 AT THE FREMONT STREET EXPERIENCE WELCOME HOME PARTY FOR COMBAT TROOPS RETURNING FROM AFGHANISTAN. Earlier In The Day, TOF Front man Beau Hodges Will Sing The National Anthem At An Official National Guard Welcome Home Ceremony At The Mandalay Bay Events Center

In what is shaping up to be an incredible spring for Theory of Flight, the Las Vegas melodic rock powerhouse has upcoming shows at South By Southwest (SXSW), a single (“Set The Night On Fire”) receiving airplay across the country and a debut album Within Reach scheduled for release April 20.

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Listener Driven Radio (LDR) has formed a partnership alliance with Byrnes Media to launch a unique new software program which gives listeners in Canada greater control over the music they want to hear.

Built on the concept of “crowd-sourcing,” listeners can use Internet access, their iPhone or smart-phone to provide input into what plays next on the air. LDR offers the audience a voice in shaping the overall music output of a brand regardless of whether there is a live personality, streamed online or a voice tracked show.

LDR’s innovative software enables listener real time interaction via mobile, widget (embeddable on any site) or a station website, along with social networks including Facebook, MySpace, Friendster and Twitter. Listener responses drive the on-air, digital platform or streamed programming through a series of specialized music scheduling parameters set up by the station’s program director.

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“REPO MEN”  Starring Jude Law, Forest Whitaker and Liev Schriber to open on March 19th Nationwide.

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Jude Law in Repo Men