SXSW 2005 Showcasing Artists
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Radiogram
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Radiogram What
Radiogram is the widely acclaimed ambient folk, alt. pop, chamber country band headed up by Vancouver singer songwriter Ken Beattie. Radiogram's sophomore album All The Way Home, has, like it's predecessor, Unbetween garnered an international plethora of rave reviews, features, and cover stories. Both albums have appeared on over 20 year end top ten lists the world over. Recently Radiogram‘s Summer Song Summer is track # 2 on the Nettwerk Records/EMI compiliation The Grass is Always Bluer. Out June 02nd this compliation includes a who’s who of folk/roots/alt. country including Lucinda Williams, The Jayhawks, Steve Earle, Emmylou Harris, The Be Good Tanyas, Old Crow Medicine Show, Gillian Welch, Iris Dement and more. Radiogram will be performing at SXSW in 2005 Where Radiogram has played over 100 shows in over 40 different cities across Canada and the U.K. since releasing All The Way Home. The band has been featured in the national weekly news magazine Macleans, Canada's national daily The Globe And Mail and Socan's Words and Music. Radiogram holds the unprecedented feat of being on the cover of both The Georgia Straight and Discorder as well as a having a feature story in the Vancouver Sun all in the same week during NewMusicWest. Who Radiogram has toured with and shared stages with The Weakerthans, The Jayhawks, The Be Good Tanyas, Richard Buckner, Zubot and Dawson, The Red House Painters, Jesse Harris, The Corb Lund Band, Royal City, Giant Sand, Hot Hot Heat, The Handsome Family, The Black Heart Procession, The Sadies, Morning Star, Johnny Dowd, Carolyn Mark, Willard Grant Conspiracy, The Skydiggers, The Waifs, and many many more from Vancouver, Canada to London, England and all places in between Heard All The Way Home was on the The Canadian College Top 40 for 5 months peaking at #5. Radiogram has recorded an exclusive six song session for CBC national radio and a live nationally broadcast rooftop concert from downtown Vancouver. The band enjoyed nationally broadcast interviews/features on Sounds Like Canada, DNTO, and Richardson's Roundup. All The Way Home has received airplay in the U.K. on a number of national BBC shows as well as being featured on the popular London based show Captain America. The album has graced the airwaves in France, Denmark, Norway, Ireland, Italy and has charted in The Netherlands, Spain and Belgium. Seen Radiogram has performed live on MTV and the band's legendary New Music West performance has been aired on MuchMusic numerous times. The video for Summer Song Summer has seen.many spins across the nation and Radiogram has performed live on CBC's nationally televised arts program ZeD. This performance received a 5 star rating from ZeD viewers coast to coast. Also Radiogram has had 2 exclusive songs on cover mount compilations for the U.K. Magazine Comes With A Smile and a track on the Vancouver roots CD Showdown. The band has had songs on samplers for the festivals Canadian Music Week and NewMusicWest (twice) and a song on a Juno Awards compilation. A live radio version of Cemetery Summer will be featured on an upcoming U.K. CD and a live version of Whisky In My Bed is included on Live Off The Floor, the Universal Canada distributed compilation put out by the CBC Television show ZeD. www.radiogram.org killlbeat music killbeat@maxmusic.ca 604 915 5356 |
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