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Once again, several of our fine artists have been nominated for Western Canadian Music Awards. Congratulations to all!

Jim Byrnes "My Walking Stick" - Blues Recording of the Year
The Sojourners "The Sojourners" - Roots Recording of the Year (Group)
John Wort Hannam "Queen's Hotel" - Roots Recording of the Year (Solo)
Steve Dawson & Sheldon Zaharko - Engineer of the Year
Black Hen Music - Label of the Year

The WCMA ceremonies will take place Oct 21-24 in Kelowna, BC.

Black Hen Music is proud to release the newest work by Yukon singer-songwriter Kim Beggs entitled 'Blue Bones'. Check out some samples on her artist page here:

http://www.blackhenmusic.com/album/blue-bones

Midwest Records calls the album 'simply smashing contemporary folkie sounds that are first class all the way.'

Andy Ellis, host of The Guitar Show in Nashville, is running a feature interview with Kelly Joe Phelps centered around Western Bell in his weekly radio program. The program is broadcast 4 times this week from 2 stations located in Nashville and San Antonio. Full details here:

http://www.theguitarshow.com/

You can also download an mp3 of the 1-hour show here:

show 90
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4263735/The%20Guitar%20Show%2090_100715.mp3

Thanks for the heads-up Andy!

For those who weren't privy to the excellent Mississippi Sheiks Tribute Concert that occurred in May 2010 in as part of the Vancouver Winter Olympics Cultural Olympiad, Black Hen Music is proud to announce the release of a live DVD that will showcase the fantastic performances of that night. Stay tuned for more details! Release date is slated for September 21 in Canada, the US, and Europe.

Black Hen's own Mary Kastle is very proud to be releasing her debut full-length album today. Head on over to the album page to sample some tracks of the jazzy, folky, groovy mix found on "Beneath the Folds".

http://www.blackhenmusic.com/album/beneath-folds

CBC's recording of Old Man Luedecke's CD Release show at the Rebecca Cohn Theatre is up now on "Concerts On Demand". Check it out here!
http://www.cbc.ca/radio2/cod/concerts/20100430luede

Check out Devon Sproule on NPR as she talks about the inspirations for her latest work ¡Don't Hurry for Heaven! and gives us a taste of her live performance.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=125508077

Not only is her wonderful album released today (check it out here (http://www.blackhenmusic.com/album/dont-hurry-heaven) but Devon Sproule also hit #1 on the Earshot radio charts this week! Way to go, Devon!

In this case, it would be good to hurry and check out this groovy little album and you might just find yourself in heaven. :)

We're happy to announce Jenny Whiteley and Devon Sproule's new releases are already making waves at radio stations across Canada. Jenny's new album 'Forgive or Forget reached #1 this week and Devon's album 'Don't Hurry for Heaven' debuts at #6.

http://www.earshot-online.com/charts/index.cfm?intChartTypeID=107

Congratulations to John Wort Hannam on his Juno nomination for 'Queen's Hotel' for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year: Solo. Way to go John!