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VA_Blues
10-23-2009, 12:39 PM
Don't have a link, but here is an portion of the article about Susan Cowsills album. The article in the Post is by Nancy Dunham

"Now with funding from Neworleans-based group the Threadheads, Cowsill has recorded her second album.

The organization which also underwrote other albums by New Orleans musicians, began as a group of jazz-fest buddies who would hold private playing parties for local artists, Cowsill said

The label formed when members of the Threadheads nudged area musicians to make records and were continually told that no money was available."

Congrats Guys
Belle
10-23-2009, 12:46 PM
Here ya go

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/22/AR2009102201468.html
Phatpapa
10-23-2009, 12:52 PM
You beat me to it, Lynda.

Thanks for posting and the heads up VA Blues

Great article. Threadhead Records just keep creeping into mainstream America!!
Baconwrapped
10-23-2009, 01:03 PM
Way to go Susan! Way to go Threadheads!
Lit
10-23-2009, 01:06 PM
Um, anyone got any info on when we might actually see/hear that second album?
ohio
10-23-2009, 01:23 PM
good question
rosetree
10-23-2009, 01:26 PM
Um, anyone got any info on when we might actually see/hear that second album?

No answer here, but the songs that I have heard are very good...one is with Jackson Browne.
They are trying to get it just right, so we have to be patient....
Orleansnj
10-23-2009, 01:32 PM
No answer here, but the songs that I have heard are very good...one is with Jackson Browne.
They are trying to get it just right, so we have to be patient....

the anticipation is killing me !!!!!!!!

But it does give us something else to look forward to :)
ohio
10-23-2009, 02:13 PM
I just keep thinking how much funding has been tied up for so long on both of the projects. Time to roll over!
festivalgirl
10-23-2009, 02:58 PM
There's only so much tweaking that should have to be done ... either it's good or it's not. Seems like a missed opportunity ..... doing a live show without CD's for sale.
rosetree
10-23-2009, 04:48 PM
I think that it also has to do with getting the right musicians, and the right producers, etc....I know that she had to wait for Jackson Browne....

(I'm not making excuses, I want to see the CD too!)
Carolina Beadhead
10-23-2009, 04:54 PM
Um, anyone got any info on when we might actually see/hear that second album?

I listened to the live feed of their show last night and she mentioned they're looking at a March release. FWIW
Lit
10-23-2009, 05:02 PM
I listened to the live feed of their show last night and she mentioned they're looking at a March release. FWIW

Thanks. That would be good timing for Fest (which I'm guessing is the goal). BTW, how/where did you get the live feed for that show?
swag
10-23-2009, 05:05 PM
Thanks. That would be good timing for Fest (which I'm guessing is the goal). BTW, how/where did you get the live feed for that show?

It was on www.mvyradio.com, but I couldn't get the stream to work.
Lit
10-23-2009, 05:12 PM
It was on www.mvyradio.com, but I couldn't get the stream to work.

Thanks. That's ironical. Besides WWOZ (and WEVL for two hours on Friday evenings), MVY is the only other station I stream. But I am usually seasonal about it. I listen to MVY from late spring through Labor Day, and WWOZ almost all the rest of the time.
Phatpapa
10-23-2009, 05:40 PM
It was on www.mvyradio.com, but I couldn't get the stream to work.

Thanks for that link, Swag. I'm digging it and just added it to my faves
Lit
10-23-2009, 05:49 PM
Thanks for that link, Swag. I'm digging it and just added it to my faves

One of the true pioneers of the AAA radio format. Great station. I remember being blown away when I first starting listening to it when I started visiting the Vineyard almost 25 (gulp!) years ago. They still do a great job, albeit a good deal more predictable now that they, like most other non-public stations, work off of playlists for much of their shows. Their best free format show is "Blues @ 8," an hour of great blues every weeknight, focused around a theme. Their live broadcasts are also very good.
chrisjoseph
10-23-2009, 05:50 PM
It would be great to get Lighthouse released, and the re-mixed Just Believe It. I wait as patiently as everyone else. I think it's hurting them more than helping them to not release it soon.
NancyDWrites
10-25-2009, 12:42 PM
Hi everyone,

Wow it was so nice to see my article posted on your site! As a freelancer, it's especially gratifying to know something I pitched my editor is receiving such a positive response. Thank you!!!

Not to speak for anyone else, but I believe Susan's second album (Lighthouse) will be out soon i.e. right after the first of the year. I can't wait to hear it, too!

Please feel free to write me anytime with story ideas or comments and follow me if you're on Twitter - I'm NancyDWrites.

Thanks again for all of the cool comments. You made my day!

Nancy
chrisjoseph
10-25-2009, 12:49 PM
Hi Nancy, and welcome. Are you on Facebook by chance?
Orleansnj
10-25-2009, 02:27 PM
Hi everyone,

Wow it was so nice to see my article posted on your site! As a freelancer, it's especially gratifying to know something I pitched my editor is receiving such a positive response. Thank you!!!

Not to speak for anyone else, but I believe Susan's second album (Lighthouse) will be out soon i.e. right after the first of the year. I can't wait to hear it, too!

Please feel free to write me anytime with story ideas or comments and follow me if you're on Twitter - I'm NancyDWrites.

Thanks again for all of the cool comments. You made my day!

Nancy

Hey Nancy - welcome ! Hang out here once in a while (or more frequently) and I think you'll get lots of story ideas. :) (maybe not all will be worthy of print - but you'll have a lot of fun)