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"Who's Hot on Radio"
this month...


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Tasha Ray & Lacey Lee of Lillix  the multi-platinum record band from Vancouver, following up prior Top-40 hit "Dance Alone" with their latest single and video "Nowhere To Run" on Hot AC and CHR (Top-40) radio.

Co-produced by Garth Futcher at Nimbus Recording School from their forthcoming album entitled "Tigerlily."


www.lillixonline.com
www.myspace.com/lillix

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"NOWHERE TO RUN" by Lillix
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Jamie Flegg
with debut single "Ah Nice" on AC & Hot AC radio.

Jamie Flegg performs constantly, having opened for Juno Award winner Bedouin Soundclash and has just completed the production of "Ah Nice" in the studio with producer, Jay McGroarty of Tigerbomb fame.

www.myspace.com/jamieflegg
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"AH NICE" by Jamie Flegg
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Mayday Mother
  the teenage band from Sudbury, with debut single "Detonator" on Rock radio.

Fronting the 18-year-old musicians Steve Costello on guitar, Kory Hawes on bass and Dusty Campbell on drums is lead vocals by 16-year-old Kelsey Kristine Aho, who began performing with her dad's band at the age of 3.

Their debut 7-track CD "Mayday Mother" is produced by Scott Donnelly of Superstack Music Productions.



www.maydaymother.com
www.myspace.com/maydaymother
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"DETONATOR" by Mayday Mother
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Lounge Pistol
  with frontman Travis Pankiw, formerly of Joshua's Habit, a followup to his debut rock anthem "Shades of Chivalry" (2200 spins on 22 stations!), with his new kick-ass rocker "I'm Not Ready" on Active Rock radio.

After a short stint as frontman with Rock Blues cover band Tightrope, he formed his first original act, Joshua's Habit, one of the most successful Western Canada independent rock bands, recording 5 albums over 8 years, sharing the stage with Pearl Jam, Billy Talent, The Trews, Drowning Pool Gob, State of Shock and Collective Soul. Opening for Deep Purple & White Snake at the "Hog Wild Party" in Edmonton July 24.

Travis was the principle songwriter of hits "Flipside", "Out of my Hands", "Whiskey and Women" (Top-50 Canadian Mediabase Active Rock Chart) and "Pointing Fingers" (Regional Winner of the Canadian National Songwriting Competition). 

www.loungepistol.com
 
www.myspace.com/loungepistol
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"I'M NOT READY" by Lounge Pistol (Travis Pankiw)
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Stacey Zegers
  Hailing from London, ON, fresh off her CD "Famous" with self-penned Top-60 all CanCon hot country single "Livin' The Dream" . Currently on tour in Ontario. #14 Canadian female and Top-10 "indie" artist on Country radio!

Co-written by Stacey Zegers/Kevin Bushey, "Livin' The Dream" from the CD "Famous" was produced by Justin Johnson and Martin Lewis at Verb Studios (London, ON) and Atlantis Studios (Nashville, TN). 

 
www.myspace.com/staceyzegers


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"LIVIN' THE DREAM" by Stacey Zegers
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Theresa Sokyrka
  finalist in the Canadian Idol TV series, established Canadian singer, songwriter and performer including sales of over 100,000 units, a Top-20 hit with endless tours of Canada, once again on AC/Hot AC radio with "Everything" written by Theresa Sokyrka and produced by the renowned Mark Zubek.


www.myspace.com/theresasokyrka
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"EVERYTHING" by Theresa Sokyrka
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Eldebrock 
hailing from Saskatchewan, with debut CanCon rock single "Release Me" on Active Rock radio.

Core founders are Del Bannerman (guitar), Richard Lalonde (bass) with lead vocals by Jay Wegenast. "Release Me" was produced by Ryan Anderson whose credits include Nickelback's "The Long Road", mixed in Nashville by Michael Wagener (Metallica, Skid Row, Ozzy).

www.eldebrock.net
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"RELEASE ME" by Eldebrock
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Shelly Rastin
  consistently rated in the Top-20 Canadian female artists on Country radio with prior Top-40 CanCon hits, "Born in a Barn", "Be True to You", "Country Mile", from her CD "Hard to Say No", with latest single "Confused" now Top-60 all CanCon,  #13 Canadian female and Top-10 "indie" artist on Country radio!

"Confused" was co-written by Shelly Rastin and guitarist Dennis Ryckman, produced by Jason Berry (multi CCMA Award winner) at Barry Tone Studios in St Clements, Ontario. Shelly is on tour until November and scheduled to share the stage again with Jason Blane, Jessie Farrell, George Canyon and others.

www.shellyrastin.com
www.myspace.com/shellyrastin
www.sonicbids.com/shellyrastin
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"CONFUSED" by Shelly Rastin
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The Craigs
  Hailing from Toronto, having achieved prior success with singles "Canadian Soldier" and  "Without Whiskey" (#20 Canadian Country Group) listen for their latest single "One Good Thing" on Country radio.

The CD "One Good Thing" was produced by Juno Award nominee Martin Alex Aucoin and mixed at Studio 92 in Toronto.



www.craigscountry.com
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"ONE GOOD THING" by The Craigs
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Michael Angela
  bursts onto the Toronto scene with Euro-pop track "You're Not The Girl" on Hot AC and Top-40 radio.

www.michaelangela.com
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"YOU'RE NOT THE GIRL" by Michael Angela
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Wes Hayden
a good ole boy from Texas, from his current CD "Full Circle" with new-country single "Stuck in L.A." on Country radio.

Wes will be touring this August in southern Ontario.

www.weshayden.com
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"STUCK IN L.A." by Wes Hayden



Working for Columbia/CBS, MCA/Universal, RCA Canada, Linda Dawe  arranged publicity & promotion for artists such as Dolly Parton, The Who, David Bowie, Bob Marley, Iggy Pop, Ronnie Milsap, Charlie Pride, Elton John... The Good Brothers, Jefferson Starship, Oscar Peterson, Carroll Baker, including the legendary Loretta Lynn and Hank Snow.

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Linda Dawe Associates formed in 1980 to promote artists on independent labels, breaking the radio hit charts with artists Frankie & The Knockouts, Kix, Cruiser, Don McLean ("Crying"), David Wilcox. Linda worked directly for Billy Vera, Domenic Troiano, Shawn Jackson, Rita MacNeil, Blue Rodeo. The company expanded as The Music Brokers bringing the Gipsy Kings to Canada and promoting Helmut Lotti, Emma Shapplin, Andre Gagnon.

The list goes on...
Randy Bachman, The Kings, Pavlo, Larry Gowan, Honeymoon Suite, The Northern Pikes, Downchild Blues Band, Kashtin, Nancy Martinez, Mike Plume, The Mahones, The Immigrants, The Yardbirds, Carlos Morgan, Kelly Willis, The Rockin' Highliners, The Satellites, Moxy Fruvous, Hugh Dillon, Jane Siberry, Patrick Norman, Roch Voisine. 

As manager, she secured major record deals with Decca International for Matt Dusk and with Universal Music in the UK for RyanDan.

Her client list has sold over 50 million records world wide.




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