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June/July 1996

Local Notes

Compiled by Maria Villafana
  • The Local Notes column, New Releases and other WAMA News features are now available on two internet sites; WashingtonPost.com and the WAMA site at CrosstownArts.com.
  • The progressive rock band Mushroom Chiefs helped raise funds for the restoration of the C&O Canal which was badly damaged by record floods earlier this year. The C&O Canal March For Parks included a five mile walk by the participants, remarks by Secretary of the Interior, Bruce Babbit and other guests, plus two performances by the Mushroom Chiefs.
  • Jennifer Cutting won a First Prize for her song Forgiveness in the Chris Austin Songwriting Contest at the Merle Watson Memorial Festival in Wilkesboro, NC. Cuttting traveled to the festival to perform the song on piano with Asheville, NC celtic singer Stephanie Jonston. Judges included country star Hal Ketchum and folk legend Tom Paxton.
  • Rico Petrucelli's latest work includes performing on Cheryl Wheeler's new album and arranging the strings and horns on four of Mary Chapin Carpenter's songs for her yet to be released album.
  • Phil Fox and Across The Boards, Ltd., are in Columbus Georgia through the Summer Olympics. ATB is managing the Olympic Softball Venue, a 95-acre site that includes a 4500 seat center that will serve as a press and logistical operations base. Fox, who ran the stage at G.W.'s Lisner Auditorium for many years, now specializes in large events and has a diverse list of credits spanning from the White House to National Public Radio to Coca Cola.
  • John Simson, co-manager of Mary Chapin Carpenter for the past eight years, has signed Private Music recording artist Joy Askew for personal management services. Askew's recent debut recording Tender City features a duet with Peter Gabriel. She has previously toured as a keyboardist and singer with Gabriel, Joe Jackson, Laurie Anderson and Rodney Crowell. Audio samples from Tender City can be accessed on Askew's home page on the Private Music web site at http://www.private_music.com/pm/.
  • Eddie From Ohio(EFO) has signed an exclusive booking contract with the national booking agency Fleming-Tamulevich.
  • Children's Day at Malcolm X/Meridian Hill Park included a special performance of Carnival of the Animals narrated by HUD Secretary Henry Cisneros. Classical accompaniment was provided by Levine School faculty and staff members the Di Medio Sisters on piano, Rhonda Buckley on saxophone and student Jonathan Zwi on violin.
  • Long time D.C. Go-Go promoter, Max Kidd will be honored at the International Association of African American Music's Contributor Awards Luncheon on June 15. Kidd, who during his long career has been an artist, producer, record promoter and distributor, will receive the Joe Medlin Award.
  • Major League Baseball's What A Game advertising campaign for 1996 Championship Season features a variety of performing artists singing their rendition of Take Me Out To The Ballgame intercut with on-the-field action. Mary Chapin Carpenter, a Baltimore fan, has recorded her rendition of the song and filmed her commercial at Camden Yards. Other artists taking part in the project include Aretha Franklin and actor/rapper LL Cool J. The commercials are currently on television.
  • Chris Keith manager of the alternative/rock/funk Jimmie's Chicken Shack reports that the group has signed a recording contract with Elton John's record company Rocket Records.
  • Bassist Jeff Sarli will be in the studio with Keith Richards (Rolling Stones) working on Richards' next solo album. Sarli hooked up with Richards via record producer Rob Fraboni. Fraboni had worked with Sarli on John Mooney's new release Against the Wall on the House of Blues record label. Richards' project will lean towards an acoustic sound and Sarli will be contributing riffs on an upright bass. His previous work includes stints with Bill Kirchen, Tom Principato and the Uptown Rhythm Kings.
  • Jay Rosenthal is representing comedian Robert Schimmel, in his contract negotiations with Warner Bros. The Schimmel release, slated for early August, will be the first CD-Enhanced project on any label. The record was produced by William McEuen (producer and manager of Steve Martin, Pee Wee Herman, Steven Wright and Sam Kinison).
  • The Monumental Brass Quintet, artists in residence at the Levine School of Music, won the 1996 Baltimore Chamber Music Competition sponsored by the Mayor's Advisory Council on Arts and Culture. Judges for the competition were Baltimore Symphony Concert Master Herbert Greenberg and cello soloist and Peabody faculty member Stephen Kates.

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