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French Singer-songwriter-producer LiLi Roquelin's clear and captivating voice enchants listeners world wide. With her true, poetic and melancholic bilingual lyrics and the depth of emotion in her voice, LiLi stands as a musician who has a soul to share with the world. http://www.liliroquelin.com/mp3/isawyou_sample.mp3 She has been doing music since Middle School; at 14 she decided she would leave home (France) to come to the US for her music career. She proved her professionalism in Cleveland - home of rock'n'roll - working with various top-notch bands and producers. After experimenting music styles (acoustic rock-pop, melodic hard-rock) she settled into an alternative trip-hop. Pushing herself to living music to the fullest, she moves to New York City, writes her own project in her Pro-Tools studio and performs live on the piano. Entirely funded by fans, her EP was mixed and mastered by New York based three-time Grammy Award winning engineer Marc Urselli and it includes a music video. To be released: Oct. 4th 2008 http://www.liliroquelin.com

2008 Dove Award winning musician Ryan Farish announced the release of his brand new single, "In This Moment", available worldwide via iTunes and all major digital music stores/distributors. The EP reveals the next chapter in Farish's signature chilled electronic pop sound, and includes two remixes - the "Summer Mix" and "Positive Chillout Mix." "'In This Moment' by Ryan Farish begins with a beautiful piano line that segues into a delightful mix of breakbeats and choir-like background vocals. The piano remains consistent throughout the song, serving as the backbone to a stunning instrumental. With its chilled out atmospheric vibe, "In This Moment" will transcend listeners to a sea of tranquility. Simply put, a peaceful, majestic, song." Eric Hartline, MusicDish About Ryan Farish From his first music lessons at the age of four, to his studying music performance at Old Dominion University and music business at UCLA, to his recent releases - Everlasting & Selected Works - composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Ryan Farish has clearly been making a musical splash. Ryan Farish first launched his artist career, back in 2000 on the former mp3.com. Ryan almost instantly became one of the most popular and downloaded artists in the history of the mp3.com era. Having received over 1.8 million downloads from his website on mp3.com, Ryan Farish (at age 28) ranked as one of the most popular artists of all time on the legendary mp3.com. Many of his tracks held the coveted #1 spot for months at a time, over 38 different times reaching #1 for their genre, and his cds sold to almost every corner of the earth. Ryan Farish's music has been featured on The Weather Channel's "Local on the 8's", which led to TWC commissioning an original score/theme for their primetime TV show "Storm Stories". Ryan has also been honored to have his music featured as part of the "Freedom Towers" documentary.

Contemporary Native American Flute Music Duo NightDancers Honored with an Indian Summer Music Awards (ISMA) Nomination and Invitation to Perform at Indian Summer Festival 2008 NEW YORK, NY - - Contemporary Native American Flute Music Duo NightDancers has been honored with an Indian Summer Music Awards (ISMA) nomination for their debut album entitled MONTANA CROSSINGS in the Native Heart category. Indian Summer Music Awards (ISMA) recognizes and promotes the very best in commercially released Native American music created by both established and emerging artists. The ISMA Awards are presented live during the Indian Summer Festival held September 5-7 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with the awards ceremony on Saturday, September 6, 2008. Entries are judged by a panel of respected professionals from across the music and entertainment industries. Winners are selected from 13 categories including Folk, Alternative Rock, ****c Rock, Hip Hop, Spiritual, Traditional Drum, Native Heart and more! An invitation to perform live at Indian Summer Festival 2008 was extended to NightDancers for Sunday, September 7th, Harley Davidson Stage, at 5:30pm. NightDancers has accepted but prior commitments and scheduling/routing issues has Gera Clark remaining on tour in Ireland and France. John Sarantos will perform with very special guest artists Jan Seiden and Redbelly (David Martinka). Sarantos' set will include songs from MONTANA CROSSINGS as interpreted by his musical guests. MONTANA CROSSINGS - the debut studio recording from New York City based composer/flautists Gera Clark and John Sarantos is a well-crafted, melodic gem of an album featuring themes of exploration, transformation, interconnection and grace. Recorded at the world-famous AVATAR Studios in NYC by Jim Anderson, with mastering by Fred Kervorkian, CLARK and SARANTOS assembled a team which successfully captured the essence of NightDancers' vision. MONTANA CROSSINGS contains 15 instrumental tracks featuring twenty-five flutes representing eleven flute makers from coast-to-coast. No overdubbing or sound samplers were used on the recording. Montana Crossings/GENRE: Native - New Age – World; FORMAT: Instrumental - Public Radio - Variety – World; MUSIC **** Contemporary Native American Flute; STREET DATE: May 29, 2007. ABOUT NIGHTDANCERS: New York City based composer/flautists Gera Clark and John Sarantos, known collectively as NightDancers, enjoy sharing instrumental flute music with a unique ****that takes listeners on a musical journey . . . painting sound pictures with original contemporary Native American flute songs - successfully capturing the soothing, mystical and healing qualities which are the heart and soul of Native American flute music. Clark and Sarantos met while attending a Renaissance of the Native American Flute (RNAF) workshop in 2005, which eventually led to jamming together via speakerphones 1,000 miles apart. NightDancers was formed in 2006. Ms. Clark has been teaching flute in the tradition of her Native American flute mentors, Franc Menusan, John Rainer Jr. and R. Carlos Nakai. As one of the world's premier Native flute teachers, Mr. Sarantos has facilitated contemporary Native American flute workshops from coast to coast for over 14 years. For 11 summers he has worked with Ken Light and R. Carlos Nakai at the Renaissance of the Native American Flute workshop in Montana and has written six songbooks for the native flute. He was also a contributor to Odell Borg's recent book release, Native Spirit Song Book Volume Two. ABOUT INDIAN SUMMER FESTIVAL: Indian Summer Festival, North America's largest American Indian cultural festival celebrating its 22nd anniversary, is dedicated to strengthening the American Indian community and educating the general public on the history and the unique and diverse cultures of the American Indian by providing a forum to celebrate and showcase American Indian traditions. ABOUT JAN SEIDEN: Jan Seiden's moving and soulful eloquence speaks the language of the heart. Evocative music of flutes from the ancient Anasazi people and other more contemporary indigenous nations flow with themes of nature and global unity. First Place winner of the 2002 Musical Echoes Native American Cultural Gathering's national flute players' competition and 2006 recipient of an Individual Artist Award from the Maryland State Arts Council, Seiden has performed at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian and many other concert stages across the U.S. both solo and sharing stages with Grammy award winners Joanne Shenandoah, Mary Youngblood, Tito LaRosa, and with Nammy-winners Arvel Bird and Jeff Ball. WOODLAND WINDS, Seiden's solo CD, was a 2004 nominee for the Indian Summer Music Awards. MEMORY OF TIME, her newest CD, debuted on the charts at #19 (New Age Reporter, April 2008). ABOUT REDBELLY (DAVID MARTINKA): As a self taught musician David Martinka draws on nature, life and his inner self to create his songs. With a long family history of music and love for the Native American Flute, David Martinka is the first bridge to the courting, healing, and peaceful side of both the Native American ****Courting Flutes and the Native Slovakian Courting Flutes. LEGENDS OF TIME, Martinka's solo CD, was a 2006 nominee for the Indian Summer Music Awards.

Rarely does one come across anything genuinely new in music. All the many genres have been mixed together and blended so much that originality often looks as if it has fallen by the wayside. This is not the case with Osaru on his debut album, Home. His is a unique vocal style, a one-off musical vision and an out of the ordinary personal story. Unlike many of his musical peers, Osaru has spent years honing his talents before cutting a record, and the maturity shows. Having learnt African percussion at the age of 8, church organ at 9 and subsequently discovering the joys of the keyboard and bass guitar, Osaru went on to play music in three separate continents. His inspirations coming from the worlds of soul, jazz, R&B, hip hop, reggae and even traditional African music. Only after such an extensive musical education, and while simultaneously working as a physician in North Carolina, has Osaru decided to share his gifts with the world. Listening to the quality and diversity of Home, you will agree that it was certainly worth the wait. The album combines hip hop and R&B beats with jazzy instrumentation and even elements of classical music. This all comes together to form a whole that is satisfyingly head-nodding at first, but deeper and more interesting the more you listen. There is something here for everyone, without the quality ever being compromised. From the dance floor inspired Start the Dancing to the slow, contemplative soul of the title track Home, Osaru is adept at supplying every musical need. There is music for getting into the groove at the club, in the shape of I Know and Made Up My Mind, and there is also music for those quieter moments – The 'Piano version' of Pretty Lady and '24' spring to mind here. However, most of all, this is music for lovers of great music who do not want to be constrained by the narrow boundaries of genre. The best news is that this is only the beginning. Although Home has only just hit the shops, Osaru is already working on his next album, which he promises to deliver in the next Year. If it’s anything like this one, it can’t come soon enough. Home is available now on CD Baby.

EVE'S BURDEN is an innovative, new cutting edge band stationed in central California. Composers of music, melodies, lyrics and sociology, the debut album of this up and coming rock group is entitled "THE BLACK LETTER" and it is definitely brain therapy. This versatile 16 cut album features introspective lyrics with powerful inspiring vocals and great guitar work. Warning! the piercing yet sultry lead vocal of Sharon "phox" Jordan adds a strong dose of hypnotic flavor on every track. Guitarist Jerry "The Matrix" Leal, plays some third dimension licks that make his guitar strings cry with intensity. Drummer J.T. "Rock It" Hurt bass player Joe "Monster" Boone and Keyboardist Andrew "Animal" Jordan are the children of EVE'S BURDEN, together they have orchestrated a platinum masterpiece weaving a tapestry of dark moodiness, uplifting melodies and a hypnonic groove. EVE'S BURDEN has signed a confidential joint-venture deal with executive producer Saint Charles CEO of SMG Solar Music Group and Entertainment located in Las Vegas, Nevada. Saint Charles has developed many multi- platinum artists including Master P, E40, The Fear, CBO Paul Holgate (former singer of The Ronnie Montrose Band). Saint Charles has been instrumental in developing over 2000 artists and bands. EVE'S BURDEN will start their 2009 live Water Jams Tour February 27 2009 in Southern California. The 16 song album EVE'S BURDEN... "THE BLACK LETTER" official release date is September 25, 2008 but is available online now at itunes.