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Sandra Sarra to Perform at The New Los Angeles Folk Festival on August 7th

Celebrating the emergence of new LA folk music, Sandra Sarra, will perform alongside Linda Perhacs (public debut of new music & band), Mia Doi Todd, Ariana Delawari, L.A. Ladies Choir, Les Shelleys (Tom Brosseau & Angela Correa), Olentangy John, Henry Wolfe, He's My Brother She's My Sister, Eagle Winged Palace, Robert James, plus more at The New Los Angeles Folk Festival on August 7, 2010. Being held at Historical Monument 157 (HM157), the festival will feature two stages, projections, charity raffle, beard contest, and is being sponsored by Metl tequila & mezcal, O.N.E. Coconut Water, and L.A. Record. A Kickstarter project has been created to supplement ticket purchases where donors will receive gifts, including tickets to the festival and future events, a limited edition festival magazine and NLAF Mixtape Box Set, and even catered dinner delivered to your home. All festival proceeds will be donated to the Environmental Defense Fund's Gulf relief efforts. Read More...

Amanda Jo Williams and Gangi to Featured on We Were So Turned On: A Tribute To David Bowie

Our friends over at Manimal Vinyl have been working on this Bowie tribute comp for quite some time, and now a release date has finally been set. We Were So Turned On: A Tribute To David Bowie will be released on September 6th and for those who purchase the comp through iTunes, a digital bonus of seven more Bowie covers is included, and features Gangi covering "Oh You Pretty Things" and Amanda Jo Williams covering "The Man Who Sold the World". Read More...

The Blank Tapes cover The Beach Boys on A Tribute To The Beach Boys: The Recordings

A couple weeks ago When you Awake took over the backyard of Historical Monument 157 for an evening to celebrate the songs of The Beach Boys and to support the Sweet Relief Musician’s Fund, a non-profit organization that provides financial assistance to career musicians who are facing illness, disability, or age-related problems. The night featured performances of classic Beach Boys songs by Victoria Williams, The Chapin Sisters, Leslie Stevens of Leslie and the Badgers, Joel Jerome of Dios, Whispertown (Morgan Meyn), Red Cortez, The Tyde, Big Search (Matt Popieluch from Fool’s Gold and Foreign Born), The Dustbowl Revival, Charlyne Yi, Hi Ho Silver Oh, My Pet Saddle and our very own, The Blank Tapes, with members of The World Record and The Parson Red Heads acting as the house band. An audience recording of the night by Mark P has now been made available for download on When you Awake and features The Blank Tapes putting their take on "The Warmth Of The Sun" and "Pet Sounds".

Photos from Jail Weddings Music Video Shoot for ‘I Thought You Were Someone I Knew’

Photos by Lauren Everett from the Jail Weddings music video shoot for "I Thought You Were Someone I Knew" (stream it on their MySpace page), the first single from their upcoming full length release, Love Is Lawless, that will be released in October. Read More...