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Blue Jordan Records
Blue Jordan Records is an independent record label founded by Janet Pressley in Cincinnati, Ohio.Bird, Rick"Celebrating the Troubadour Tradition: A Decade of Music from Blue Jordan" ''The Cincinnati Post'', August 17, 2006 In addition to releasing records the label has organized concerts and music festivals. ''The Cincinnati Post'' said, "Blue Jordan is as much a state of mind as a record label" and described its origins, "When the coffeehouse folded the musicians who played and sang there simply stuck together and have been releasing CDs and making music ever since."Bird, Rick"Blue Jordan Gathering Features Old, New" ''The Cincinnati Post'', May 10, 2007 Festivals and concert series The label has organized a number of shows and music festivals over the years, notably the Blue Jordan Fall Music Festival at the Heritage Village of Sharon Woods Park in Sharonville, Ohio. The festival ran 1998–2000. Headliners included acts like Carrie Newcomer (1998), Over the Rhine (band), O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janet Pressley
Janet Pressley is an American singer-songwriter from Cincinnati, Ohio, who founded the Blue Jordan Coffeehouse which later became Blue Jordan Records. She has released two full-length records on the label; ''Late Last Night'' and ''A Deeper State Of Blue''. She also released a special EP entitled ''Songs To Sing in a Cathedral at Advent'' in 2005. ''Dirty Linen (magazine), Dirty Linen'' described her 1996 debut, ''Late Last Night'' as "a refreshing collection of songs in the folk-pop rock vein, melodic and catchy, with nice lyrical depth."Lee, Jim, "Linen Shorts: Janet Pressley ''Late Last Night''", ''Dirty Linen (magazine), Dirty Linen'', 82, June–July 1999, p.76 References External links Official website by Sarah Knott, Cincinnati.com, June 8, 2001 American women singer-songwriters Living people Singer-songwriters from Ohio Singers from Cincinnati Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American women Musicians from Cincinnati {{US-singer-songwriter-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cincinnati CityBeat
''Cincinnati CityBeat'' is an independent local arts and issues publication covering the Cincinnati, Ohio area. History ''CityBeat'' was founded in November 1994. It was backed by local entrepreneur Thomas Schiff and co-founded by John Fox, who left his editor position at '' Everybody's News'' (at that point Cincinnati's only print source for independent news) to start the paper. ''CityBeat'' has won numerous national, statewide and local journalism and design awards, most recently being named Best Weekly Paper in the state of Ohio in 2005 by the Society of Professional Journalists. In 2012, ''CityBeat'' was acquired by SouthComm Communications. In 2018, it was sold to Euclid Media Group. The company dissolved in August 2023 the newspaper was sold to Chris Keating, operating under the name Big Lou Holdings LLC. Affiliations ''CityBeat'' is a member of the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies The Association of Alternative Newsmedia (AAN) is a trade association of alte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Independent Record Labels
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label that was previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folk Record Labels
Folk or Folks may refer to: Sociology *Nation *People * Folklore ** Folk art ** Folk dance ** Folk hero ** Folk horror ** Folk music *** Folk metal *** Folk punk *** Folk rock ** Folk religion * Folk taxonomy Arts, entertainment, and media * Folk Plus or Folk +, an Albanian folk music channel * Folks (band), a Japanese band * ''Folks!'', a 1992 American film People with the name * Bill Folk (born 1927), Canadian ice hockey player * Chad Folk (born 1972), Canadian football player * Elizabeth Folk (c. 16th century), British martyr; one of the Colchester Martyrs * Eugene R. Folk (1924–2003), American ophthalmologist * Joseph W. Folk (1869–1923), American lawyer, reformer, and politician * Kevin Folk (born 1980), Canadian curler * Nick Folk (born 1984), American football player * Rick Folk (born 1950), Canadian curler * Robert Folk (born 1949), American film composer * Robert L. Folk (1925–2018), American geologist and sedimentary petrologist Other uses * Folk classific ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portrait Of Narcissus
''Portrait Of Narcissus'' is the third solo album by David Wolfenberger. It was released in 2006 on Fundamental Records with Blue Jordan Records as an imprint. The album contains 12 original tracks and features such notables as Victoria Williams on vocals, Michelle Shocked on vocals, Joshua Seurkamp on drums, Kim Taylor on vocals and Joshua Grange on pedal steel guitar. Victoria Williams Victoria Williams (born December 23, 1958) is an American singer, songwriter and musician, originally from Shreveport, Louisiana, United States, although she has resided in Southern California throughout her musical career. Diagnosed with multi ... also painted the portrait of Wolfenberger that is on the cover and inside the album. It was well received by British and European critics and ended up at #12 on the independent Euro Americana Chart for April 2006 Euro Americana Chart, April 2006, http://Euroamericanachart.nl Songs * Something's Gotta Give * Freezin' Walt Disney Blues * Inconsola ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wild Carrot (band)
Wild Carrot is an American Roots music duo from Cincinnati, Ohio. With a foot in traditional American music, their repertoire branches in diverse directions: from award-winning original tunes to swing, blues and traditional songs, using guitar, mandolin, dulcimer, concertina, and vocals. The group is made up primarily of husband and wife Pam Temple and Spencer Funk. With additional instrumentation and vocals they expand to “Wild Carrot and Their Roots Band”, performing as a trio, quartet or larger group. In 2003 and again in 2006 the duo was selected by the U.S. Embassy in Santiago, Chile to represent the United States as Cultural Ambassadors to Chile. Their visit included performances at Expoinglés, a Santiago festival that promotes English as a second language in Chile and celebrates the cultures of several English-speaking countries."WHAT'S HAPPENING: Folk music news & information", ''Sing Out!'', 49:4, Winter 2006, p.9 The sound of the group has at times drawn compa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Wolfenberger
David Wolfenberger (born April 19, 1969 in Tuscola, Illinois) is a singer-songwriter from Cincinnati, Ohio. Former frontman for The Marshwiggles and Thom Scarecrow, Wolfenberger has three solo CDs to date; ''Tales From Thom Scarecrow'', and ''World of the Satisfy'n Place'' on Blue Jordan Records and more recently in 2006 on Fundamental Records, ''Portrait of Narcissus''. Wolfenberger also toured and recorded as a member of Mark Olson and Victoria Williams' Original Harmony Ridge Creekdippers. Wolfenberger occasionally records under the pseudonym Sunrise for Someone. Biography Dave Wolfenberger was part of a band called Selah while a History student at the University of Cincinnati in the early 1990s. This band was later renamed The Remnant due to another band having the same name. They played monthly concerts at a local church. One of their songs, "I Am Here" was written by Dave Wolfenberger and helped at least one person, me, accept Jesus to become his personal Savior. This ban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katie Reider
Kathryn Ann "Katie" Reider (May 23, 1978 – July 14, 2008) was an American singer-songwriter from Cincinnati, Ohio. Reider described her own music as " Folk/pop/rock fused together into some sort of 'genre-less' category." Reider released four albums, won five Cincinnati music awards and had her songs featured on television programming by ABC, Lifetime, and on the WB's ''Dawson's Creek'' before health problems emerged in 2006 that ultimately led to her death two years later.Bishop, Lauren"Musician Katie Reider dies" '' Cincinnati Enquirer'', July 14, 2008 Shortly after her death, the ''New York Times'' stated that Reider was "a singer-songwriter with a huge following back home and a growing national fan base, who seemed on the cusp of much larger success when her life was destroyed by a rare tumor that ate into her jaw and face, stole her voice, left her blind in one eye and finally killed her (in July 2008) at the age of 30."Applebome, Peter"A Charmed Life’s Cruel End Brin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Concert
A house concert or home concert is a musical concert or performance art that is presented in someone's home or apartment, or a nearby small private space such as a barn, apartment rec room, lawn, or backyard."VIDEO: House concert in Royal Oak," '' Daily Tribune'', June 29, 2010. Found aOakland Daily Tribune website Accessed July 20, 2010."Set Your Ass in the Grass 4th of July House Concert," '' Bozeman Daily Chronicle'', July 2, 2010. Found aBozeman Daily Chronicle Accessed July 20, 2010.Jenny Williams, "Marian Call House Concert, or The Importance of Music in Our Lives," By June 27, 2010, ''Wired'' "Geekdad" (blog). Found aWired website Accessed July 20, 2010.Ben Salmon, "Sisters musician plays show: Dennis McGregor plans solo house concert," ''The Bulletin'' (Bend, Oregon), June 25. 2010. Found aThe Bend Bulletin website Accessed July 20, 2010."Scots playing in Merville" (Photo caption: "Findlay Napier and Gillian Frame will perform July 18 at a Merville house concert as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago
Chicago is the List of municipalities in Illinois, most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. With a population of 2,746,388, as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the List of United States cities by population, third-most populous city in the United States after New York City and Los Angeles. As the county seat, seat of Cook County, Illinois, Cook County, the List of the most populous counties in the United States, second-most populous county in the U.S., Chicago is the center of the Chicago metropolitan area, often colloquially called "Chicagoland" and home to 9.6 million residents. Located on the shore of Lake Michigan, Chicago was incorporated as a city in 1837 near a Chicago Portage, portage between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River, Mississippi River watershed. It grew rapidly in the mid-19th century. In 1871, the Great Chicago Fire destroyed several square miles and left more than 100,000 homeless, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Historical Interpretation
History is the systematic study of the past, focusing primarily on the human past. As an academic discipline, it analyses and interprets evidence to construct narratives about what happened and explain why it happened. Some theorists categorize history as a social science, while others see it as part of the humanities or consider it a hybrid discipline. Similar debates surround the purpose of history—for example, whether its main aim is theoretical, to uncover the truth, or practical, to learn lessons from the past. In a more general sense, the term ''history'' refers not to an academic field but to the past itself, times in the past, or to individual texts about the past. Historical research relies on primary and secondary sources to reconstruct past events and validate interpretations. Source criticism is used to evaluate these sources, assessing their authenticity, content, and reliability. Historians strive to integrate the perspectives of several sources to develop a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
