June
25, 2008
Make
Music New York Show Review/Guest DJ Spot!
A
nice review for Linda's June 21st performance is up over at http://lucidculture.wordpress.com/2008/06/22/make-music-new-york-review-62108.
She performed several new tracks, including "Bridge And Tunnel"
from her sixth LP due out in early 2009. Also in the mix was a cover by singer/songwriter
Kath Bloom (see the excellent film "Before Sunrise").
Spanish
Radio Guest DJ
Linda
Draper will be a Guest DJ on Spanish Radio. Listen in on Thursday July 17th (Check
their site for complete time/details), where she will spin her favorite tracks.
Tune in to see what's on her current rotation. The guest radio spot wiill be part
of the "LA Noche Inventada" program and broadcast on Scanner FM and
Radio Circulo. You can download the show for free at http://lanocheinventada.podomatic.com
June
14, 2008
2
Shows For the price of 1! Offer only valid for a limited time! Details BELOW:
Wednesday,
June 18th
KNITTING FACTORY (Old Office) ~ 74 Leonard St. (btwn. Broadway &
Church) in NYC
http://www.knittingfactory.com
8 PM - LINDA DRAPER
*only $5
Saturday,
June 21st
LIKE THE SPICE GALLERY ~ 224 Roebling Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Make Music New York Festival (MMNY)
http://66.111.110.102/newyork/make-music/events/music/66149/linda-draper
4 PM - LINDA DRAPER
*free show
See
You All There!
June
8, 2008
Linda
Draper Plays Queens
A
quick reminder to all about Linda's Monday June 9th performance at LIC Bar
in Long Island City, NY. Linda Draper will be performing as part of the Singer/Songwriter
Showcase. For more details please visit myspace.com/lindadraper or drop a line
to the LIC Bar at:
Tel:
718-786-5400 or Email: contact@licbar.com
The
venue is located at 45-58 Vernon blvd, Long Island City, NY 11101
Meanwhile,
Linda continues work on her sixth studio album. The CDLP will contain 10 exciting
new tracks. Look for more details in the coming months. As previously mentioned
(see May 27 news) more Linda Draper release appearances upcoming. Keep Checking
back for more!
May
27, 2008
New
Release Out Now!
Linda's
latest release "How Long" (PSRCD-056) EP is available today at
all digital outlets worldwide. The single includes three new live previously unreleased
tracks featuring bassist Rob Woodcock - recorded at KFJC Radio during last years
"Keepsake" West Coast tour.
You
can also look forward to more new music this summer with Linda's fabulous collaboration
with Japanese band Color Filter on the track "All In One Day",
which will be released via Planting Seeds' benefit compilation CD "Blue
Skies Daisy Days" (PSRCD-058). Part of the proceeds will go to Cancer
awareness organization - San Diego based KAB. More info on this release at www.plantingseedsrecords.com
May
12, 2008
Two New Shows For The Summer!
After
a brief hiatus from live performances, Linda is back with a show on May 15th at
the Sidewalk Cafe. She will follow that with two new appearances in June - one
at the LIC Bar and the other as part of the June 21st Make Music New York Festival
at Like The Spice Gallery. More information is available on the shows
page.
April
28, 2008
A
Mystery Novel And Linda Draper?
While
Linda Draper has been busy recording her latest LP, that hasn't stopped her name
from being plugged in of all places an upcoming mystery novel. Pennsylvania Author
J.R. Lindermuth's latest book is titled "Corruptions Child"
and will be published by Whiskey
Creek Press (Casper, WY) and will be out June 2008. "Corruptions"
will be the third book in Lindermuth's Sticks Hetrick mystery series. Linda's
"Big Blue Sky" from her 2005 LP "One Two Three Four"
gets a nice quote in a scene involving one of the key characters, Flora Vastine,
who is a young policewoman. Check amazon.com
to pick up a copy.
April
16, 2008
Linda
Draper Returns To The Sidewalk
Join
Linda Draper on Thursday May 15, 2008 for a great line-up of music - starting
at 8PM with fellow Planting Seeds Records artist International Jetsetters
(Oxford, UK) followed by Linda Draper at 9PM - who is sure to debut
new music from her sixth LP (which isn't due til 2009). The evening will conclude
with another fine Planting Seeds artist The Voyces. For more information
see the shows page.
April
9, 2008
How
Long Exclusive Digital Single Release
The
latest single "How Long" (PSRDS-056) from the critically acclaimed
LP "Keepsake" will be released on May 27, 2008 - you'll find it at all
your favorite digital outlets: i-Tunes, emusic among many others.
Tracks:
1::
How Long (Remastered Single Version)*
2:: Keepsake (Live,KFJC Radio)**
3:: Super Zero (Live, KFJC Radio)**
4:: Cell Phone (Live, KFJC Radio)**
The EP features three new sparkling, previously unreleased live songs from Linda's
2007 "Keepsake" West Coast Tour featuring Rob Woodcock on bass. Recorded
on KFJC's "Apartment Life" show hosted by Mitch LeMay, June 2007.
*Produced
by Linda Draper & Major Matt at Olive Juice Studios, New York, NY
**Produced
by Mitch LeMay, Mixed by Ryan Peterson at KFJC Studios, Los Altos, CA June 8,
2007; recorded in the KFJC Pit
Mastered by Jon Chaikin at Non Stop Sound,
California
Pre Mastering/Sequencing by J.S. Meiggs & Linda Draper
March
21, 2008
Sixth
LP Sessions
Linda
Draper began sessions for her sixth LP (third for Planting Seeds) which will be
produced by Brad Albetta (Martha & Rufus Wainwright, Linda
Thompson, Teddy Thompson, Amy Rigby, among others) and will feature the talents
of bassist Rob Woodcock and drummer Anders Griffen.
Linda
Draper March 7th Show Review
If
you were in NYC on March 7th and for some reason missed Linda's ace performance
at the Cake Shop - a show backed by drummer Anders Griffen - you definately
must be kicking yourself. Read a review of the show here.
Linda Draper now will be concentrating on recording material for her sixth
LP and third for Virginia based indie boutique label Planting Seeds. Stay tuned
for more details.
New Releases
Right around the corner
is the release of her third single from the "Keepsake" LP, "How
Long" (Due out April 2008 as a digital single only), which features three
non LP tracks recorded at KFJC radio in California. She will also release a collaboration
with Japan based band Color Filter titled "All In One Day"
- featured on Planting Seeds' latest compilation "Blue Skies Daisy Days"
(PSRCD-058) also featuring music from International Jetsetters (JAMC, Ride),
The Primary 5 (Teenage Fanclub), The Left Outsides (Eighteenth Day
Of May), The Parson Redheads, The Loose Salute (Mojave 3), The
Tamborines, Fairwood Singers (Allen Clapp/Orange Peels) and lots more.
February
20, 2008
Linda
Draper In Greece
Linda makes an appearance in the new issue of Greece's
Muzine Music Magazine, issue #2 - She is featured on the accompanying "Red
Mood" CD with her now classic track "Super Zero". Fellow
Planting Seeds Records label mate Pinkie appears along with music from
Julie Doiron, Danielson, Dufus, Femme Fatale, Jane
Doe among others. Seek it out!
"Keepsake" Top 5
2007's
"Keepsake" continues it's race up the charts - CMJ reporting station
WXJM charts Linda's fifth LP at #5 - with The Ravonettes hitting the top spot
with their latest "Lust Lust Lust" (Vice)
February
8, 2008
"How
Long" 'til a new single release?
Look
for a Spring 2008 release for Linda Draper's third single "How Long".
"How Long" is a 1971 Rick Nelson penned song which appears on both Linda's
"Keepsake" LP as well as the 2006 Tribute to Rick Nelson "Easy
To Be Free: The Songs Of..."(the latter appears in an alternate version).
The single will be a digital only release available via i-Tunes, emusic, and other
digital outlets. Also featured on digital EP will feature three non-LP tracks
recorded live in California at popular radio station KFJC. More information to
follow.
UK Web Radio Shine's
Americana
AM - with Mark Watkins continues to promote Linda's hit single "Shine".
The track appeared on the February 6th playlist whch also featured fine music
from Mindy Smith, Drive By Truckers, Josh Rittera, Kathleen Edwards,Johnny Cash.
For complete playlist, please visit: www.myspace.com/markwatkinsmusicshow
- see blogs for previous playlists
www.blast1386.com
- LIVE 24/7 on the net & on 1386am (Reading, UK)
January
14, 2008
More
Show News
Linda
has announced another show for 2008 - her last before she heads into the studio
to record her sixth LP - Spring 2008. Mark the date an appearance is scheduled
for Friday March 7th in New York City at The Cake Shop. She will be in
support of fellow Anti-folk artist Randi Russo (Olive Juice Music).
A quick venue update. Linda Draper's January 27th show for Gigfest'08
has been moved to the Living Room (originally scheduled at Bar
169). It's the first annual Charity Music Festival. for more info visit gigmaven
and myspace.com/lindadraper
January
6, 2008
Linda
Draper On You Tube
Okay
so you're a regular visitor to Linda's myspace? Then you might have already viewed
some great live performance clips from the "Keepsake" Summer 2007 tour.
Head on over to youtube.com
and see the rest of 'em!:
"Cell
Phone" (Live, Tangier - Los Angeles, CA 6.10.07)
"Full
Moon" (Live, The Tangier - Los Angeles, CA 6.10.07)
"Flower
Lady" (Live Olympia, WA 6.14.07)
"Shine"
(Live - Mississippi Studios - Portland, OR 6.15.07)
"How
Long" (live, Mississippi Studios - Portland, OR 6.15.07)
In more Draper news,
"Keepsake" continues to get more raves...here is the latest:
"Keepsake
is Linda's fifth and most intimate release…soft and unassuming voice…a
sort of soothing Beth Orton tone…"
- The Big Take Over (issue
#61, Fall/Winter 2007)
To top things off, "Keepsake" got honorable mention in indie mag Delusions
of Adequacy's Best of 2007 Top 10l from writer Sahar Oz - among releases from
Crowded House, The Clientele, Matt Pond PA, Architecture
In Helsinki, Air, and Peter Bjorn and John
December 28,
2007
Two
For 2008
To
begin the new year, Linda Draper has scheduled two new performances for
the new year! If you were among those who missed out on her fine intimate engagement
in Washington, DC on December 19th at the Red And The Black - you'll have
another chance to see her live in Virginia. She will be joined by fellow Planting
Seeds' artists The Voyces for a show at James Madison University
on January 19, 2008. They will be playing the college's Festival Ballroom as part
of the weekends Arts & Music festival. More details are coming shortly.
The
Draper/Voyces show will play a week later in NYC as part of GigFest ’08/
VH1 Save The Music Benefit at Bar 169. All proceeds are going towards
VH1 Save the Music, Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation and the Global Music Project;
$5.00 suggested donation. A nice way to kick off the new year! For more information,
please visit www.myspace.com/lindadraper.
December
17, 2007
DC
For The Holidays
A
quick reminder to all to catch Linda Draper live in Washington, DC this Wednesday
for her December 19th show at The Red And The Black - it's at 9PM
with support from Jonny Cohen (Teenbeat Records) Talia Segal - tickets
are $8 - A fun time sure to be had for all...
Junk
Records Unveils Comp Artists
Spain's
Junk Records released their latest 4 CD Set compilation, titled "This
Is Junkcore: BENDITO POP vol.2" - The collection features a surplus of
amazing artists: Gore Gore Girls, Lipstick, John Vanderslice,
Okkerville River, BMX Bandits, The Voyces, Graham Parker,
The Sadies, and lots more...here is the complete track listing:
CD.1
SR
CHINARRO - ESPLENDOR EN LA HIERBA
FERNANDO ALFARO Y LOS ALIENISTAS
- LOS CUATRO VIENTOS
LA HABITACION ROJA - LAS PALABRAS NO FUNCIONANAMARILLO
- LEJOS DE CASA
TARIK Y LA FABRICA DE COLORES - TIENE QUE PASAR
CHICOS DEL SABADO - ME DA IGUAL!!
LA COSTA BRAVA - OLIMPICOS
PIGMY - MIENTO MENOS
TRAVOLTA - LLOVIENDO A MARES
DENEUVE
- CIELO DRIVE
INDIGO - BEIRUT A LAS OCHO
XABEL VEGAS & LAS
UVAS DE LA IRA - LA CENA
BRONSKI - TURIN
RUIZ PANTALEON
- EL BAILE DEL DIABLO
KODAMA - VACIO
RUPERT CADELL - DE
PRINCESAS Y SUSURROS
ALADO SINCERA - ADIOS
FIONA MAY - SOUVENIR
ESTRELLA POLAR - CONTRACORRIENTE
NOBEL - SIEMPRE TE QUISE
CD.2
ANDY LEWIS & GARY CROWLEY - RADIO WONDERFUL
SPEAKLOW - TROUBLE MAKER
CHEST - WHAT´S WRONG WITH
MODERN YOUTH?
HIGH PRIESTS - STAND TOGETHER
LOS TIKI PHANTOMS
- VULCAN
GORE GORE GIRLS - LOADED HEART
HAMFATTER - KARMA
THE VINEYARDS - RASCAL
CARNE LOVERS - DENIAL
LIPSTICK
- STRONG
THE CUTE CRASH COMBO - CITY LIGHTS
TRIANGULO DE AMOR
BIZARRO - EL FANTASMA DE LA RANSICION
IT´S NOT NOT
- THE BRIGHT SIDE
TOP MODELS - KANGAROO
STANDARD - TXUSMA
REMIX
THE LOW FREQUENCY IN STEREO - JIMMY LEGS
BLACK CAB -
UNDERGROUND STAR
GENARO - ANYONE HOME
POET IN PROCESS -
THE DARK SIDE OF DESIRE
PULL - SAVE AS
DIGITAL 21 - ALARMA
SARASAS MUSIC - DANGEROUS BIMBOW ACUSICAS REMIX
CD.3
MICA P. HIMSON - A DREAM OF HER
JOHN VANDERSLICE - KOOKABURRA
EEF BARZELAY - TAKE ME
ERLEND ROPSTAD - PASSENGER SEAT
SHANNON
WRIGHT - THEY KILL THE ACTOR IN THE END
RICHTER - LIKE A BIRD
LINDA DRAPER - TOO LATE
WINDMILL - FLUORESCENT LIGHTS
OKKERVILL
RIVER - OUR LIFE IS NOT A MOVIE OR MAYBE
BMX BANDITS - JUST REMEMBER
I´M A WOMAN
COSMOPOLITANTS - YOU´VE BEEN
GONE
SIWEL - UNDERHEART
JET LAG - TIME HERE RUNS TOO SLOW
THE VOYCES - KISSING LIKE IT´S LOVE
THE SCOTLAND YARD
GOSPEL CHOIR - I NEVER THOUGHT I COULD FEEL THIS WAY FOR A BOY
TRACK
A TIGER - SAINT ABOUT TO FALL
SEGROV - GET BURNED
MADEE
- THE WOUNDED
CD.4
GRAHAM PARKER - I DISCOVERED
AMERICA
THE SUNDAY DRIVERS - DO IT
THE SADIES - WHAT´S
LEFT BEHIND
DEADSTRING BROTHERS - AIN´T NO HIDIN´
LOVE
500 MILES TO MEMPHIS - ALL MY FRIENDS ARE CRAZY
FIVE HORSE
JOHNSON - FEED THAT TRAIN
DOLLAR STORE - IN THE GRAVEL YARD
HOLIDAYS IN THE SUN - COOL DAY
PERRY KEYES - THE DAY JOHN SATTLER
BROKE HIS JAW
BEK-JEAN STEWARD - SWEET LIGHT
BOBBY BARE JR
- BOROW YOUR CAPE
BRETT DENNEN - AIN´T NO REASON
CENTRO-MATIC
- ATLANTA
DAMBERT NOBACON - THREE BARRELS FULL
THE REDLANDS
PALOMINO COMPANY - WASTED ON YOU
HA HA TONKA - ST. NICK ON THE
FOURTH
HARLAN T BOBO - I´M YOUR MAN
BANDINI
- DID YOU EVER HAVE A DREAM LIKE MINE?
PONY UP - DANCE FOR ME
For
more information on Junk Records, please visit myspace.com/junkrecords
December 3, 2007
Linda
Draper Debuts In Washington, DC
On
Wednesday December 19th, Linda will head down South for her debut appearance in
Washington, DC at The Red And The Black (sister venue to indie haven The
DC9). She will showcase songs from her already classic critically acclaimed LP
"Keepsake", along with new music from her third Planting Seeds'
full length due out in the future. Celebrate the holidays with Linda and catch
her last performance of 2007. For more show information, please visit the shows
page along with www.myspace.com/lindadraper
Release
News
Need
more Linda Draper music? Linda is set to release more music in 2008. She has just
signed on with UK label Shifty Disco
for a digital track release on Friday January 11, 2008. US College/Indie Radio
favorite "Traces Of" will be released on Oxford, England's groundbreaking
label (also responsible for fine releases from Elf Power, Beulah,
and Super Deluxe, among many others)- the track will be available via the"Digital
Singles Club".
Even
more release news? Yup - Linda's Keepsake track "Too Late" will
also be featured on this months release of Junk Record's (Spain) 4XCD compilation
in association with FNAC which is titled "BENDITO POP vol.2, This is Junkcore"
and also features Planting Seeds' label mates and fellow NYC band The Voyces.
As reported earlier, Linda collaborated recently with Japanese Dream-pop/shoegaze
band Color Filter for the track "All In One Day". Linda
penned the lyrics and provided vocal arrangements. The song will see it's release
on an upcoming compilation.
She
is also set to release a digital only single in early 2008 from her "Keepsake"
LP which will feature a few live non-LP B-sides recorded on her June '07 "Keepsake"
Summer tour. More news on this will follow shortly.
November
6, 2007
November
Linda Draper News
Hope
most of you got to check out Linda's fun show with UK singer/songwriter Lisa
Redford. As a quick reminder, Linda Draper will make her debut at the NYC
2007 International Pop Overthrow on Monday November 12th at 7:30PM
- it will certainly be another opportunity to see her perform material from her
critically acclaimed fifth LP "Keepsake" along with new music
she will include on her next LP.
Speaking
of critically acclaimed LP - "Keepsake" rolls on with a recent "Featured
Review" via online music magazine Delusions of Adequacy - they
write:
"exquisite
blend of voice and pace...crisp and passionate...innocent and romantic...Keepsake
is a warm pleasure, enchanting the listener with profound stories in simple settings."
- (October 29, 2007)
October
10, 2007
What's
Linda Up To?
Along
with continuing her studies in Music Therapy, more praise for Linda's latest LP
"Keepsake" streams in -online Folk/Americana Magazine Rambles
calls it:
"Linda
Draper is a poetess...Her music is as warm and direct as a lullaby...but the poetry
can be passionate and taut with a love of life." - Rambles (October, 2007)
On the recording front, she is also currently collaborating with Japanese
acoustic/atmospheric band Color Filter
(Darla, USA/Pointy Records, UK) for an upcoming compilation release. She is
also set to record demos for her new compositions later this month.
Linda
has also scheduled a few shows -in support of "Keepsake" - Look for
her to appear at the 2007 "International
Pop Overthrow" in NYC on November 12 at the Baggot Inn - before
that check out her nice return to The Sidewalk Cafe to perform with Americana/folk
UK artist Lisa Redford and NYC
singer/songwriter Luthea Salom. For complete
date listings and details, please visit the shows page
or myspace.com/lindadraper.
September 14, 2007
Linda
Draper enjoyed a busy summer - playing dates in support of her fifth LP "Keepsake".
The 2007 Tour officially started in New Jersey with an in studio performance on
WFMU's "Irene Trudel Show" followed by her CD release show in New York
City at the Cake Shop. She traveled next to Cambridge, MA for a fine performance
at the Cutting Edge of The Campfire Festival. During the first few weeks
of June, Linda would make her first live appearances on the West Coast.
The tour would make stops in San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Portland,
Olympia and a slew of radio performances. She capped off her summer tour
with performance on WNYC's "Soundcheck" program. A few more photos
from the summer tour have been added. Check them out 
Everyone
wish Linda Draper a Happy Birthday today! You can help celebrate by pre-ordering
a copy of her latest appearance on Darla Records' "Little Darla Has A
Treat For You Volume 25: Endless Summer Edition" (Darla, DRL190) - featuring
a previously unreleased alternate version of "Shine". It
was originally scheduled for release this week (August 28th) but has been pushed
back to September 3rd - 
Read
a city by city recap of Linda's west coast tour, plus a few photos taken along
the way. There will be periodic updates of photos, so check back often.
Read the article 
If
you happen to be in NYC and Cambridge, MA you got to see Linda Draper at her best.
Linda performed Saturday May 26th at the Cake Shop in NYC for her official
"Keepsake" CD release party. Playing to an enthusiastic
crowd - featuring songs from the new LP along with old and new tracks -
the evening kicked off with the title track "Keepsake" along
with the country/folk of newer compositions - "Pushing Up The Day"
and her encore "Last One Standing". She even performed
an early Bee Gee's classic "In The Morning".
The
following day she played to a packed crowd at the historic 60's folk/jazz club
- Club Passim (formerly known as Club 47 - where folk legends old and new
have performed - Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Suzanne Vega, Judy Collins, Nancy
Griffith etc) in Cambridge, MA as part of the "Cutting Edge Of
The Campfire Music Festival". Linda shared the stage with Lucy
Wainwright Roche (sister to Rufus & Martha Wainwright) and Elizabeth
Butters - She played five songs and sang harmony on the other artists songs
including Wainwright's beautiful reading of the traditional Scottish folk song
"Wild Mountain Thyme". 