Leah Marie Jorgensen (Featured Artist 07/2007)
Topic: July

Featured Group 07/2007

LEAH MARIE JORGENSEN

Ordinarily, I find the artist of the month for this page; this month, the artist found me!  The piece I did on the Brobdingnagian Bards attracted the attention of a young harpist named Leah Jorgensen, who simply wanted my opinion on her home recordings.  They were stunning, with the only problem being that a couple of them needed to be mixed to bring out her beautiful soprano voice a little more... and technically, that isn't a major issue when music is as lovely as this!

This talented harpist has the potential to become the next Carol Tatum (of Angels of Venice).  Based out of Houston, Texas, U.S.A., she's still in music school- but she's certainly a rising star to watch for.  Her vast repertoire includes classical music, celtic tunes, even pop and country songs!  Once she gets going, I'm sure she'll take the music world by storm.

Oh yeah, Houstonites, here's a piece of good advice....  HIRE LEAH FOR YOUR SPECIAL EVENTS!  You'll find her appropriate for just about everything with her magical harpist abilities and charming soprano vocals.  After all, if she's good enough to perform before Margaret Thatcher and at the St. Regis hotel (poshness galore!), then she's DEFINITELY the best for your daughter's wedding or your high-class cocktail party!  She doesn't have anything for sale yet, but you can listen to wonderful samples on her website and her MySpace... and who knows?  With enough of us asking for it, she might eventually grace our music collections with a CD!

Links for Leah Marie Jorgensen:

Leah Jorgensen Official Website
Leah Jorgensen on MySpace

LOURDS (Featured Group 7/2006)
Topic: July
At RED BLOOD Radio (where I volunteer as a movie reviewer), they have this little program called "Adopt-A-Band". LOURDS is currently one of the bands they have adopted for this year. A year-old indie band with a sinful and dark-chocolatey rich sound, this group hails from Brooklyn, NY. They've already sold 20,000 copies of the CD they produced themselves (and that's without a ton of exposure). LOURDS may be more punk/rock than Goth, but they're better than good- they're great! You have GOT to hear these guys! Plus it doesn't hurt that they're just back from recording a now-available nationally-released album produced by Ed Stasium, the legendary producer of greats like The Ramones and The Smithereens.
Check this rising band out at:
LOURDSmusic.com
MySpace.com/LOURDS
Know & love LOURDS already? Buy their album at:
Breaking Records
Tower Records- LOURDS
CD Baby- LOURDS

UPDATE from the LOURDS mailing list!
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"...Lourds Lane inadvertently wrote a new sports anthem... Whether it's played in a concert or being used to cheer a team on the defense, "Victory" will get fists pumping and feet stomping." -- Christa Titus/ BILLBOARD

Lourds Lane, lead singer of LOURDS, wrote, sang, co-produced, and performed on what has been called the next "WE WILL ROCK YOU" for sporting events. The song, "VICTORY," licensed by ESPN and ABC FOOTBALL, just got a glowing single review by Christa Titus in this week's BILLBOARD (August 1, 2006). Click here to read the full review. To get your hands on this limited edition single with original artwork by 2006 Warped Tour poster artist, Joe Simko, please visit Breaking Records (link above in main article about the band).