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published: 09/13/2006 11:44:46
MusiciansCast is excited to present an interview with Vicki Blankenship,
CEO of Indie Music For Life. Indie Music For Life brings together independent
singer-songwriters who join together in concert benefits and also donate
songs to compilation CDs to help find a cure for cancer. Indie Music
For Life is also a 501 c3 non-profit that raises money to donate to
cancer research and build an educational music awareness therapy program
concentrating on children. Vicki is also affiliated with Indiegrrl.com,
which is a forum for information, networking, and conversation about
independent music from a female perspective. Tune in for this informative
interview with Vicki!
Passionate voices, hear five for $10 ~ Boston.com
By Jane Roy Brown, Globe Correspondent
| July 23, 2006
What could be edgier than watching five
female singer-songwriters blow the roof off an 18th-century Unitarian
meetinghouse? Catch Indiegrrl Showcase II on Thursday night at the 1794
Meetinghouse, home of North Quabbin's Center for the Performing Arts
in the village of New Salem.
Relax in the pews and praise folk-rocker
Lauren Flaherty of Boston; bluegrass-inspired Patty Keough of Winthrop;
ardent feminista Arjuna Greist of Northampton; contemplative crooner
Susan Souza of Towson, Md.; and blues-pop belter Lisa Martin of Ludlow.
Hear all five for just $10.
The show is part of the summer performance
series at the 1794 Meetinghouse. (Think of it as a micro-Tanglewood
that's cheaper, closer, and traffic-free.) Set on the town green of
a classic New England village, the white clapboard building hosts touring
artists in every musical genre. Acts take the stage into September.
Buy tickets online or at the New Salem General Store.
1794 Meetinghouse, 26 South Main St.,
New Salem. 978-544-5200. www.1794meetinghouse.org. About 80 miles or
less than 2 hours from Boston. Take Route 2 west (over 70 miles) to
the exit for Route 202. Go south on Route 202 for 5.1 miles and turn
left at the sign that says ``New Salem Center." (Just past this
intersection is the New Salem General Store.) The Meetinghouse is about
a half-mile ahead on the right.
JANE ROY BROWN © Copyright 2006 Globe Newspaper Company.
Southern Voice.com - May 14, 2006
Click
here to read the entire article
Playgrounds Magazine ~ April 2006 Issue
Indiegrrls Featured at Club 1244 During
RiverFest Fri, Apr 28, 9:00pm to 12:30am 1244 Broadway, Columbus, GA
featuring: Lauren Lapointe, Julia Carroll, Nicki Sutherland, Vicki Blankenship
and her band Club 1244 will host an Indiegrrl Showcase Event on Friday
night April 28 in the Downtown Columbus area starting at 9:00pm. Ticket
price at the door for this event is $5 and for your money you will hear
a mix of original rock, folk, pop, and blues. The fi rst 50 people in
the door will get a FREE 4 song demo CD featuring a song from each artist.
The showcase will feature some of Georgia’s best Indiegrrl singer/songwriters.
Slotted to perform are local singer songwriter Nicki Sutherland, Savannah
songwriter Lauren Lapointe, and two Gainesville area songwriters Julia
Carroll and Vicki Blankenship. Blankenship is also the CEO of the Indiegrrl
organization and just recently moved to Georgia from Wilmington North
Carolina.
Read the rest online at: http://playgroundsmag.com/042006playgroundsall.pdf#page=11
ConnectSavannah.com ~ 4/27/2006
Our picks for most noteworthy gigs of
the week
By Jim Reed
Indiegrrl Showcase
This coffeehouse on the Southern end
of Forsyth Park is one of the only places in the area to glimpse up-and-coming
acoustic songwriting talent. This quartet of regional female artists
is affiliated with Indiegrrl, the world’s largest organization
dedicated to promoting independent female musicians – and this
same lineup will also appear at notable Ga. venues like Eddie’s
Attic in Atlanta, and Club 1244 in Columbus. Each artist must pass muster
from a committee of their peers to play sanctioned events such as this,
so taken together, these four provides a nice snapshot of what’s
bubbling out of the Peach State asphalt these days.
Local songstress (and organizer) Lauren
Lapointe appears as expected, playing a selection of stark, original
material off her 2 CDs, along with: Gainesville’s Julia Carroll,
who transitioned into “hard folk” after years in rock and
metal bands; Vicki Blankenship (also from Gainesville), Indiegrrls’s
CEO, dubbed the “Female James Taylor” by the Raleigh daily;
and Columbus’ Nicki Sutherland, a native South African, who moved
from there to here, and from classical piano to folk guitar.
Free to ALL-AGES, with a suggested donation
of $5 - $10. Sat. (4/29/06), 7:30 pm, The Sentient Bean.
Rockrgrl Picks
Your best bets for Rockrgrl Music Conference
2005: Indiegrrl Showcase An eclectic batch of singer-songwriters from
across the country is brought together by networking Web site Indiegrrl,
and headlined by its founder (and local Cake Records artist) Holly Figeuroa.
Liquid Lounge, 325 Fifth Ave. N., 7:30 p.m. ~ Rachel Shimp - Seattle
Weekly
http://www.seattleweekly.com/features/0545/051109_music_rockrgrl.php
eMediaWire ~ 11/3/05
(PRWEB) November 3, 2005 -- Friday, November
18th, the 2005 Indiegrrl Tour will be making a stop in Louisville, KY
with a show at the Alternative. Performers will include local Indiegrrl
Brigid Kaelin, Sue Jeffers from Kent OH, Vicki Blankenship from North
Carolina, and Shelley Miller from Chicago IL. Show time is 9:00 p.m.,
admission $10.
Indiegrrl was founded by Holly Figueroa
in May of 1998 as a forum for information, networking, and conversation
about independent music from a female perspective. It started with about
10 women talking about what it was like to be a woman in the industry.
It continued on that way for about 6 months, gaining a few people here,
and a few there.
In November of '98, Holly decided to
go to the East Coast for her first tour away from Seattle. She told
the list members (there were about 30 at that time), and someone suggested
that a bunch of people get together and do a mini tour. They laughingly
called it the "indiegrrl tour" and announced it to three mailing
lists: Folk DJ-L, folkvenu, and folkbiz. Within 24 hours, Holly had
300 messages in her mailbox, from women clamoring to be on this little
upstart of a tour. That was when we all realized that there was a need
for this type of network between women.
Currently Indiegrrl has over 1300 members
internationally, making Indiegrrl the largest organization of its kind
in the world. The Indiegrrl list welcomes women performers, DJs, managers,
and booking agents, as well as men interested in women's role in the
independent music industry.
Indiegrrl welcomes, with open arms, all
genres of music and has representatives from just about every genre.
At this time, singer/songwriters dominate the performer roster because
more acoustic musicians tour than full bands, and Indiegrrl's network
caters to touring musicians. Likewise, since Indiegrrl's inception,
the folk community, more than any other genre, has embraced it.
Indiegrrl is a not-for-profit organization.
Indiegrrl does not affiliate itself with major labels or indies that
are distributed by major labels. We are self-funded and affiliate with
small, independent DIY companies.
Indiegrrl Tour Comes to the Alternative
Friday, November 18, 9 p.m.
1032 Story Avenue, Louisville, KY
http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2005/11/prweb305919.htm
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