Happy Mets Opening Day!

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Popdose barrels into Spring with Life in a Blender’s ‘We Already Have Birds That Sing’

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New York, NY –  Popdose barrels into Spring with a feature about Life in a Blender’s new album ‘We Already Have Birds That Sing’ (release date: April 13th)…They are streaming and featuring Track 1, “Tongue-Cut Sparrow”. Frontman Don Rauf wrote the song based on a true-life story by Japanese-American author Mitsu Sundvall about Mitsu’s cousin who was a burlesque dancer at the Forbidden City in San Francisco in the 1950s.

Read feature and stream tune here.

CD RELEASE SHOWS IN NYC AND KINGSTON, NY

* FREE * LIFE IN A BLENDER’S WE ALREADY HAVE BIRDS THAT SING CD Release Show

Sunday April 13, 2014
7:00 p.m.
Tickets: FREE — one drink minimum
21 + (with PHOTO ID)
Rockwood Music Hall Main Stage 2
196 Allen Street
New York, NY 10002
212-477-4155
http://www.rockwoodmusichall.com
http://www.lifeinablender.net

Thursday April 17, 2014
9:00 p.m. LIFE IN A BLENDER
(Chris Maxwell at 8 p.m. and Sweet Clementines at 10:00 p.m.)
Kingston BSP
323 Wall Street
Kingston, New York 12401
(845) 481-5158
Tickets: $8.00 (at door)
21 + (with PHOTO ID)
More info: http://bspkingston.com/?event=life-in-a-blender-ep-release-the-sweet-clementines-chris-maxwell
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/268852589942687/
http://www.lifeinablender.net

Pre-order CD here: http://music.lifeinablender.net/album/we-already-have-birds-that-sing

Independent Music Award Nomination for Martha Redbone Roots Project

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Thrilled to congratulate the Martha Redbone Roots Project on being nominated in the Concept Album Category for The Garden of Love – Songs of William Blake in The 13th Annual Independent Music Awards.  Martha’s highly acclaimed “brilliant” (The New Yorker) album was produced by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band’s John McEuen and David Hoffner.

Winners will be determined by a panel of influential artist and industry judges including Ann Wilson & Nancy Wilson, Sharon Jones, Laurie Anderson, Suzanne Vega, Meshell Ndegeocello, Chiddy Bang, Shelby Lynne, Joshua Redman, G. Love, Aoife O’Donovan, Jim Lauderdale, Chris Wood & Oliver Wood, Band Of Skulls, Judy Collins, Raul Midon, Bernie Worrell, Dennis Diken, Arturo Sandoval, Alan Light (Live From The Artists Den), Terry McBride (Nettwerk Music Group), Kevin Lyman (Vans Warped Tour), Jason Olaine (Jazz at Lincoln Center), Anthony DeCurtis (Rolling Stone), Hillary McAndrew Plate (Lincoln Center) Bob Ludwig (Gateway Mastering), Bruce Iglauer (Alligator Records), Evan Schlansky (American Songwriter), Delphine Robertson (Playtone Productions), Benji Rogers (PledgeMusic), Megan West (SoundCloud) and others.

In addition to industry-determined Winners, music fans from around the world have until Friday, July 18, 2014 to cast their votes at The IMA Vox Pop Jukebox to determine the fan-selected IMA Winners.