2nd Annual New Orleans Songwriters Festival
New Orleans, LA (November 15, 2009)—Songfest Foundation, Inc., a New Orleans-based charitable organization founded to benefit Louisiana and Gulf Coast music and musicians is pleased to announce their second annual New Orleans Songwriters Festival. The event, also known as “Songfest,” is being sponsored by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), which has been representing songwriters, composers and publishers since its inception in 1914.
The event will take place Thursday, December 3, Friday, December 4 and Saturday, December 5, 2009. Scheduled featured performers are J.D. Souther (writer of Eagles’ hits “Best of My Love,” “New Kid in Town” and “Heartbreak Tonight”); Don Schlitz, ASCAP’s four-time Songwriter of the Year and multi- Grammy award winning writer of Kenny Roger’s hit song, “The Gambler” and New Orleans’ own Allen Toussaint.
Up-and-coming area songwriters will have an opportunity to showcase their talent in front of an audience at a Massive Open Mic on Thursday, December 3 at Howlin’ Wolf. This event will be hosted by Nashville’s Barbara Cloyd, who has run the Open Mic at the Bluebird Café in Nashville since its inception more than 20 years ago.
New to Songfest this year is “Urban” music night on Friday, December 4 at Howlin’ Wolf. The evening begins with an Urban Artists & Songwriter Panel hosted by writer/artist/producer Al Kapone and New Orleans’ own Wild Wayne of Q93. This event will be hosted by Reid Wick, Grammy Rep for the Mid-South. Immediately afterwards is the Urban Show featuring Baby Boy Da Prince, N.O. Capo, J Lyric & Asia Bryant.
New Orleans Songwriters Festival’s mission is to promote the composition of original music in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast region as well as advance the careers of the area's writers and musicians by providing performance opportunities in front of publishing and music industry center professionals that will be at the event. Event proceeds will be donated to area music- and musician-related charities. Last year’s charity recipient was the New Orleans Musicians Clinic.
WHAT: New Orleans Songwriters Festival
WHEN: Thursday, December 3, 2009
Where:
Event: Songfest/Bluebird Open Mic hosted by Barbara Cloyd
Venue: Howlin’ Wolf
Time: 7:00 pm – 2:00 am
Event: Writer’s Round featuring John Michael Rouchell,
Mark Stephen Jones & Andrew Duhon
Venue: Tipitina’s
Time: 9:00pm - midnight
Event: Writer’s Round featuring Caleb Guillotte, Mark Adam Miller & Sam Craft
Venue: Carrollton Station
Time: 9:00 pm – midnight
WHEN: Friday, December 4, 2009
Where:
Event: Urban Artist & Songwriter Panel
Hosted by: Al Kapone, Q93’s Wild Wayne, Stu Schayot & Frank Alquist
Venue: Howlin’ Wolf
Time: 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Tickets: $10 through Ticketweb.com
Event: Urban Show
Performers: Baby Boy Da Prince, N.O. Capo, J Lyric & Asia Bryant
Venue: Howlin’ Wolf
Time: 10:00 pm – 1:00 am
Tickets: $15 through Ticketweb.com
Event: Writer’s Round
Performers: Jim McCormick, Thom Sheppard, Gordon Bradberry &
former-Saint-turned-singer- songwriter Kyle Turley
Venue: Tavern on Vets
Time: 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
WHEN: Saturday, December 5, 2009
Where:
Event: Americana Songwriters Workshop
Hosted by: Barbara Cloyd
Venue: Blue Nile
Time: 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
Tickets: $10 at door
Event: Writer’s Round
Hosted by: Jonathan Pretus, Ralph Murphy, Mark Carson and Bud Tower
Venue: Blue Nile
Time: 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Saturday, December 5, 2009 (continued)
Event: Concert
Performers: Allen Toussaint, Chuck Perkins, Dennis Matkosky, Don Schlitz,
Greg Barnhill & J.D. Souther
Venue: House of Blues
Time: 8:00 pm – 11:30 pm
Tickets: $25 in advance/$30 at door (ticketmaster.com)
WHO: Allen Toussaint, Dennis Matkosky, Don Schlitz, Greg Barnhill, J.D. Souther,
Jim McCormick & Kyle Turley
WHY: To promote songwriting in the New Orleans & Gulf Coast region
MORE For further information about the New Orleans Songwriter Festival, contact festival
INFO: organizers, Bud Tower and Buck Provosty at info@nosongfest.coml.
The event will take place Thursday, December 3, Friday, December 4 and Saturday, December 5, 2009. Scheduled featured performers are J.D. Souther (writer of Eagles’ hits “Best of My Love,” “New Kid in Town” and “Heartbreak Tonight”); Don Schlitz, ASCAP’s four-time Songwriter of the Year and multi- Grammy award winning writer of Kenny Roger’s hit song, “The Gambler” and New Orleans’ own Allen Toussaint.
Up-and-coming area songwriters will have an opportunity to showcase their talent in front of an audience at a Massive Open Mic on Thursday, December 3 at Howlin’ Wolf. This event will be hosted by Nashville’s Barbara Cloyd, who has run the Open Mic at the Bluebird Café in Nashville since its inception more than 20 years ago.
New to Songfest this year is “Urban” music night on Friday, December 4 at Howlin’ Wolf. The evening begins with an Urban Artists & Songwriter Panel hosted by writer/artist/producer Al Kapone and New Orleans’ own Wild Wayne of Q93. This event will be hosted by Reid Wick, Grammy Rep for the Mid-South. Immediately afterwards is the Urban Show featuring Baby Boy Da Prince, N.O. Capo, J Lyric & Asia Bryant.
New Orleans Songwriters Festival’s mission is to promote the composition of original music in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast region as well as advance the careers of the area's writers and musicians by providing performance opportunities in front of publishing and music industry center professionals that will be at the event. Event proceeds will be donated to area music- and musician-related charities. Last year’s charity recipient was the New Orleans Musicians Clinic.
WHAT: New Orleans Songwriters Festival
WHEN: Thursday, December 3, 2009
Where:
Event: Songfest/Bluebird Open Mic hosted by Barbara Cloyd
Venue: Howlin’ Wolf
Time: 7:00 pm – 2:00 am
Event: Writer’s Round featuring John Michael Rouchell,
Mark Stephen Jones & Andrew Duhon
Venue: Tipitina’s
Time: 9:00pm - midnight
Event: Writer’s Round featuring Caleb Guillotte, Mark Adam Miller & Sam Craft
Venue: Carrollton Station
Time: 9:00 pm – midnight
WHEN: Friday, December 4, 2009
Where:
Event: Urban Artist & Songwriter Panel
Hosted by: Al Kapone, Q93’s Wild Wayne, Stu Schayot & Frank Alquist
Venue: Howlin’ Wolf
Time: 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Tickets: $10 through Ticketweb.com
Event: Urban Show
Performers: Baby Boy Da Prince, N.O. Capo, J Lyric & Asia Bryant
Venue: Howlin’ Wolf
Time: 10:00 pm – 1:00 am
Tickets: $15 through Ticketweb.com
Event: Writer’s Round
Performers: Jim McCormick, Thom Sheppard, Gordon Bradberry &
former-Saint-turned-singer- songwriter Kyle Turley
Venue: Tavern on Vets
Time: 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
WHEN: Saturday, December 5, 2009
Where:
Event: Americana Songwriters Workshop
Hosted by: Barbara Cloyd
Venue: Blue Nile
Time: 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
Tickets: $10 at door
Event: Writer’s Round
Hosted by: Jonathan Pretus, Ralph Murphy, Mark Carson and Bud Tower
Venue: Blue Nile
Time: 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Saturday, December 5, 2009 (continued)
Event: Concert
Performers: Allen Toussaint, Chuck Perkins, Dennis Matkosky, Don Schlitz,
Greg Barnhill & J.D. Souther
Venue: House of Blues
Time: 8:00 pm – 11:30 pm
Tickets: $25 in advance/$30 at door (ticketmaster.com)
WHO: Allen Toussaint, Dennis Matkosky, Don Schlitz, Greg Barnhill, J.D. Souther,
Jim McCormick & Kyle Turley
WHY: To promote songwriting in the New Orleans & Gulf Coast region
MORE For further information about the New Orleans Songwriter Festival, contact festival
INFO: organizers, Bud Tower and Buck Provosty at info@nosongfest.coml.
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