Three nominations from the 12th Annual Independent Music Awards for Johnny Society’s new album Free Society!

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New York, NY – Johnny Society’s new album, Free Society receives three nominations from the 12th Annual Independent Music Awards: Best Rock album, Best rock song, “Town Hall” and Music Producer (Kenny Siegal, Brian Geltner and Bryce Goggin). Two other albums recorded at Old Soul Studios were also nominated by this year’s Independent Music Awards; Siegal produced The Wiyos’ Twist, nominated for Best Concept album and co-produced Langhorne Slim and The Law’s The Way We Move, nominated for Alt-country album and Alt-country song.

Winners will be determined by a panel of influential artist and industry judges including Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan, Ziggy Marley, Suzanne Vega, Meshell Ndegeocello, Del McCoury, Pete Wentz, Shelby Lynne, Judy Collins, “Weird Al” Yankovic, Bernie Worrell, Jeremy Taggart, Jonatha Brooke, Alan Light (Live From The Artists Den), Terry McBride (Nettwerk Music Group), Kevin Lyman (Vans Warped Tour), Anthony DeCurtis (Rolling Stone), Dan Storper (Putumayo World Music) and many others.

Click here for a complete list of all the nominees.

In addition to industry-determined Winners, music fans from around the world have until Friday, July 19, 2013 to cast their votes at The IMA Vox Pop Jukebox to determine the fan-selected IMA Winners.

These are the links for fans to vote for Johnny Society:

Rock/Hard Rock album

Rock Song

Music Producer

To request Johnny Society’s Free Society for review or airplay consideration, or to interview Kenny Siegal, please contact: Bernadette Quigley/Quigley Media/quigdette@yahoo.com

 

Kenny Siegal, Photo: Brian Geltner

Eleventh Hour invite to Imani Uzuri’s orchestral premiere ‘Placeless’

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New York, NY — Imani Uzuri & Joseph C. Phillips, Jr. with Numinous premiere new compositions at Kaufman Music Center’s Ecstatic Music Festival

Merkin Concert Hall Saturday March 16th, 7:30 p.m.

Imani Uzuri premiere of Placeless

Vocalist and globally-inspired composer Imani Uzuri teams up with composer and Numinous ensemble founder Joseph C. Phillips, Jr. to perform new works commissioned for this year’s Ecstatic Music Festival. Uzuri will premiere an original multi-voice and multi-instrument musical suite, Placeless, performed by Imani Uzuri, Numinous, and featuring very special guests including harpist Brandee A. Younger. The compositions explore the expansive themes of home and “place” inspired by the Psalms, the writings of Sufi mystic and poet Rumi and the folk hymnody African-American Spirituals. Read Imani’s program notes.

Click here to view a short lovely video of Imani speaking about her collaboration with Joseph C. Phillips, Jr. (video courtesy of Kaufman Music Center and Merkin Concert Hall)

Joseph C. Phillips, Jr. Photo by Carolyn Wolf

Saturday, March 16, 7:30 p.m.
Merkin Concert Hall
129 W 67th St, New York, NY 10036
212-981-5105; boxoffice@kaufman-center.org
Buy Tix: $25.00/$15.00 (Members):

To interview Imani or cover this event, please contact Bernadette at QuigleyMedia/quigdette@yahoo.com

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Joseph C. Phillips, Jr. on collaboration with Imani Uzuri

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The New Yorker pick: Amy Correia and Boston band at Joe’s Pub 3/14

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Amy is also featured in this lovely article by Kevin Scott Hall in Edge. Click here to read more!

Exclusive American Songwriter feature! Everybody’s Talking About Harry Nilsson

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Thanks to American Songwriter for this fantastic interview with Kenny Siegal, frontman for Johnny Society and producer and owner of Old Soul Studios in Catskill, New York.

Click here to read about Kenny’s upcoming tribute album to Harry Nilsson, which will feature  Tracy Bonham, Rasputina, Langhorne Slim, The Wiyos, Johnny Society, and many great artists and indie bands. Another highlight will be a recording of Harry Nilsson’s kids (Annie and Zak Nilsson) on their dad’s song “Gotta Get Up”.

Photo of Annie Nilsson: courtesy of Lauren Noble

Jen Chapin in The Courant

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Jen Chapin was recently interviewed by Thomas Kintner for The Courant, prior to her performance at The Kate, in Old Saybrook, CT. Click here to read the wonderful feature.

“Despite occasionally touching on her father’s catalog, she is very much her own artist, filling uncluttered musical backdrops with highly verbal lyrics that favor verbose detail over foggy allegory.”  Thomas Kintner, The Courant

Find out more about the making of Jen Chapin’s upcoming new album, Reckoning.

Cover art above: Tifenn Python