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updated June 18, 2008
by Jim Stoeber
- 2008 -
Songwriting, recording and gigs a plenty.
I'm working on another album with singer / songwriter Kim Reimer whose
October, 2007 album Let's Get Away is still going strong. I'm playing lots
of gigs with Kim and the 62 Impalas, and we have a good chunk of the new
album recorded. Most of the summer is filled with more gigs and we're starting
to shoot some video for a couple of the songs. Stay tuned.
I'm working on another album project, this one is kind of a producer's album.
I wrote some great songs for this, a few I sing and Janice Baris, a long time member
of the Tegancat gang, an amazing singer (also plays in Kim's band) sings the rest.
We have a lot recorded already and we're making good progress.
Still playing lots of gigs with the Winnipeg reggae band Inna Riddim and it's great
fun indeed. There's a couple of quite rough live audio clips from a gig on our web site.
- 2007 -
I co-wrote and recorded an album with awesome pop-rock-country singer /
songwriter Kim Reimer. We played a good number of gigs in support of the
release and continue to work together.
I recorded a demo with talented folk singer / songwriter Julia Kasdorf.
Julia has a great voice and good guitar and songwriting chops.
Tegancat Music's publicist Nicole Petroski released her second book
of poetry The Girl In The Moon. The Winnipeg launch was in October at
McNally Robinson Booksellers. Singer Grace Murillo and I performed a
few songs and Nicole did a reading of some her poems.
We released singer Courtney Parker's debut album keep this real in
June, 2007, accompanied by a string of spring and summer gigs with
the band TRU 22 as well as some "unplugged" acoustic performances.
Check out Courtney's web site for more info.
Listen, a "various artists" compilation CD, was released.
From our studio there are singers Courtney Parker, Janice Baris,
Grace Murillo, Berna de Castro and Kim Reimer. I also added some
cool remixes of previously released songs and a beautiful ballad by my good
friend and occasional co-writer Rodney Ronquillo in Toronto.
**songs from Tegancat - Listen can be heard on CBC radio. Request here.
- 2006 -
Awesome Edmonton singer / songwriter Dahlia Wakefield released
her second solo CD "down this road". I had the honor to work with Dahlia on
this as producer, musician/backup vocalist and co-writer. We recorded it in a few
locations around the country. Get the CD here. The CD has been getting spins
on various radio stations and has been receiving some great press. Check out
her web site for details.
Vocalist Grace Murillo's CD Perfect Plan was released in May 2006 followed
by a string of gigs and promo. We did a late summer Toronto stint with some
fun gigs. This is a great CD and Grace is an awesome talent. Broose Tulloch
from CKUW FM describes the album as "fantastic!" Songs from the CD have
received airplay on several Winnipeg radio stations, including Cafe 100,
Hot 103 and CBC Radio's "Up to Speed." And "California," from Grace's
debut album Wonderful, can be heard on Cool FM.
