I was notified today that in recognition of my blues music and my promotion of blues around the world, I have been inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame as Ambassador for New Zealand.
To say that I am stunned and thrilled and honored doesn't even come near............
This is an immense honor for me in my little corner of the world and I can only say
that I will continue to promote the Blues and music and of course the Blues Hall of Fame
wherever I can!!
My latest adventure is my music talk show called Tommie Talks Music and my very first
episode is now live on the net thanks to a lot of help from Womens Radio and a very
helpful first guest in the form of Brian Ball!
Pat Lynch of Womens Radio interviewed me so as to introduce me to everyone and
you can hear this short broadcast at this link...........
http://http://www.womensradio.com/articles/New-Host-for-World-Class...
My show is here at this link on my Host page of Womens Radio ............
this is so exciting and I have lots of really interesting and very inspiring guests
lined up for future weeks.
http://http://www.womensradio.com/articles/The-Man-Whos-Making-It-W...
NEW TO THIS SITE THANKS TO THE FRIENDS AND FANS MUSICALLY ELVISL CARDEN Been making Music Singing AndWritting All My Adult Life, Born in Atlanta Ga raised up in Palmetto Ga Were I live now join the Army at 16, went to Vietnam at 17 ,13 months there Lie Kie 1st Inf Div, last year in Aberdeen MD , my hobbies hunting ,fishing ,BOSTON BUT cooked on the grill ,like ice cream and cake, cheery's bananas,watermelons fruit ,First record 1967 Vietnam Blues&Loving A SoldierDesign& Built The World Known Guitar House inFayetteville Ga.30214 TVChannele 5 coverage ,BMI song writer CMA,ICMA,VVA,VVMF, VFW, American Legion, International Poet Of The Year 2007 for Loving A Soldier members International Male Recording Artist COMA 2005 ,Label of the Year ,Patriotic Song Of The Year , I own Guitar House Records INC.I have 6 CD LP www.cdbaby .com Latest single "American Rebel"on distribute true HMG NASHVILLE ,Music Review NY,EHKING TX NOW WWW.DEKARECORDS.COM/ELVISLCARDEN AND WWW.A&RUNLIMITED.COM /ELVISLCARDEN
THE WAY OF LIFE IN THE SOUTH IT'S A SOUTHERN THANG MY THANKS Been making Music Singing AndWritting All My Adult Life, Born in Atlanta Ga raised up in Palmetto Ga Were I live now join the Army at 16, went to Vietnam at 17 ,13 months there Lie Kie 1st Inf Div, last year in Aberdeen MD , my hobbies hunting ,fishing ,BOSTON BUT cooked on the grill ,like ice cream and cake, cheery's bananas,watermelons fruit ,First record 1967 Vietnam Blues&Loving A SoldierDesign& Built The World Known Guitar House inFayetteville Ga.30214 TVChannele 5 coverage ,BMI song writer CMA,ICMA,VVA,VVMF, VFW, American Legion, International Poet Of The Year 2007 for Loving A Soldier members International Male Recording Artist COMA 2005 ,Label of the Year ,Patriotic Song Of The Year , I own Guitar House Records INC.I have 6 CD LP www.cdbaby .com Latest single "American Rebel"on distribute true HMG NASHVILLE ,Music Review NY,EHKING TX NOW WWW.DEKARECORDS.COM/ELVISLCARDEN AND WWW.A&RUNLIMITED.COM /ELVISLCARDEN
KS MUSICALLY ELVIS L CARDEN
2009 Nashville Songwriter's Festival @ Music Row
My Good Friend's and Co-Writer's Effron White and John Lott .
Pleased to say that my song Break It To Me Gently just went to the number one place on the Song Vault blues showcase and.........Don't Send Me to Hell is at number two!!
And my song Can't Leave You Alone is at number seven in the blues finals chart there , plus I have another 6 songs further down the chart.
So I owe everyone who voted for me a huge thankyou - plus I also need to say thankyou for the fact that I have now been number one blues artist in New Zealand on the Reverbnation chart for over 12 months now. Hits on my music player on there are in excess of 107000 which is quite amazing to me.
The Jazz Network Worldwide have selected Won't See Me For Dust for their spotlight for the whole of March and the video I made for the song is now featured also on there, plus it's featured on Parway Radio livestream site also.
Coming up shortly is St. Patrick's Day and I've been selected to be featured in the online music magazine Artsees Diner with an article I wrote about Ireland and also with my Irish song Macushlah. So a thankyou to them to and to all the Irish radio stations that are featuring me in their St. Pat's day celebrations.
Hello,
Happy to be here at Music To Go community!
GHOST RIDERS™ will be touring a lot in 2010
check http://www.myspace.com/ghostriders
for our tour dates!
R.C. on the Sure Fire Music stage at the Nashville Songwriter's Festival (Featured Writer) 2008
True love from the begining and growing stronger with time .
Words and Music By: R.C. O'Leary
SCRIMSHAW MUSIC BMI
Scrimshaw Records (indie)
All Proceeds from the sale of this release will be donated To Charity
On Tuesday January 12th, 2010 an earthquake, a magnitude of 7.0 devastates Haiti. We immediately knew that we had to reach to help all those in need. It has been wonderful to see the outpouring of love and donations for the relief of Haitians through various ways. This helped with the immediate need of basics like food water and some medical needs.
That said, we see a much bigger picture that needs to be addressed, the welfare of the children the homeless, the rehabilitation for those that lost limbs and the rebuilding of a nations infrastructure ie; hospitals schools roads and so on.
So we reached out to our brothers and sisters in the music community to help us with this cause. Within minutes of reaching out we started receiving music for our upcoming release “Songs for Haiti – Relief Through Music” the final outcome is 2 hours of music on a 2 CD set that will be available through many fine digital retailers. Many of the songs were written specifically for this release while other songs were unreleased track or song that were just donated to help raise money for Haiti.
Featuring more than 30 tracks by artists such as Katia Cadet a Grammy nominated song writer, IO Earth nominated for several 2010 Progressive Rock Awards as well as many fine national and independent musicians from around the world.
Songs for Haiti - Disc 1
1. All around the world by Riversea 2. Time by Andrew Handrick 3. Lights and chrome by Jason Bean 4. Anything but you by Lynn Jacobs 5.The Rescue by Terri Gary 6. October 77’ by Behind the Sun 7. Hey Love by One Night Stan 8. Be our light by Madi Simmons 9. It’s Time by Cary Clouser & Damon Shulman 10. Storm warning by Legend 11. Still here by Unitopia 12. Wartime chronicles by Andrew Roussak 13. Dreams by John Orr Franklin 14. 2nd movement (earth) home by IO Earth 15. Oceans of time – Ifsounds
Songs for Haiti - Disc 2
1. Lan mo devan m by Katia Cadit 2. Touch my soul again by J-Zohar 3. From now and forever by Alyshen 4. I keep believing by Third of Night 5. Fairy tale by David Kelly 6. Love forever by Subject to Thoughts 7. Six to midnight by Baku Llama 8. A song for my father by André Henriquez 9. Two hearts by Dorian Opera
10. The Captain by Al Stone 11. We all need something to hold on to in this life by Rough Silk 12. Bird of passage by Dynamo Bliss 13. Slow motion world by Factory of Dreams 14. Spiritual Revolution by Phil Naro 15. We’ve got a treasure by Chuck Eaton and Tina Romanius
Attention Die Hard Americana lovers...Meet Your New Favorite Nashville Artist
Kokomo Joe - Americana Soul
I first heard Americana Soul Artist Kokomo Joe during a loud, crowded writers night.
People were everywhere, mingling, talking, and barely paying attention to the performers
on stage. Then, as Kokomo opened his mouth and started to sing in his soft, soulful voice
the first verse of "Cruel Truth," the crowd silenced. You could have heard a pin drop. His
voice, raspy yet somehow smooth and calming captivates absolutely every audience he
performs in front of. The powerful words in his songs are deep and insightful; the type of
lyrics that the listener gets more out of each time they listen.
Kokomo says he writes, "What my eyes see." He states, "I make a point of knowing
what is going on in the world and I write about it." Kokomo has a gift of writing lyrics
that express social issues others rarely address. "I feel that if more songwriters would
write about poverty and the injustice that exists in the world, it would help get others to
recognize and possibly provide more concern with these issues."
On January 22, Kokomo celebrated the release of his self-titled debut album. The release
party, held at Picks music venue proved quite a success. Manager Kathy Price with Red
Snow Music Group, states she is excited about Kokomo's music being more available to
the public at large now the CD is released. Want a copy for yourself? The CD is available
for purchase on CDBaby, ReverbNation, and Digstation.
By now you’re thinking, “I want to hear this guy, when is his next show?” Kokomo
plays March 3,2010 at Belmont University - Curb Cafe 7-10. The show has no cover, so there
is no reason not to come out and hear this amazing artist perform. Mark your calendars
and we’ll see you there. http://www.myspace.com/redsnowmanagement
-RMoreland of Nashville Music Guide Feb/Mar 2010
A sad story, one of which I know to well .....
Words and Music By:
R.C. O'Leary & Harlan Sanders