I hope! Booking a tour, not my forte, though through sheer grit and determination, I’m getting it done. Weird, frustrating day. Oh why do I worry so much? Worked all afternoon on the AURAL Heather tour, feel like I’m getting nowhere fast. We have the Canadian part of the back east tour booked, playing Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal but I’m running into obstacles and dead ends in the U.S. Kurt has put me in touch with some people in Chicago and I’m waiting to hear back. Sent emails to leads and clubs in New York and same thing, playing the waiting game now. I will run out of time soon as I have to apply for a P2 visa and they can take up to four months to process. This is the query I’ve been sending out.
Dear _________;
I am a poet referred to you by my good friend and associate ______. We are AURAL Heather, a duo from Vancouver, Canada performing spoken word songs and touring in support of the release of our new cd, “Princess Nut.” We are in Eastern Canada/US this summer and in your neighbourhood July 17, 18. Could you kindly take a look/listen and consider us for an event at your righteously cool venue?
Thanks for your time and consideration.
Best regards,
H
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AURAL Heather may be heard at:
http://www.heatherhaley.com
http://www.reverbnation.com/auralheather
http://www.myspace.com/mediapoet
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
CONTACT: Pam Southwell-RPW Records
604 463-8339
rpwrecords@hotmail.com
http://www.rpwrecords.com
P U N K * P O E T * P R I N C E S S
Vancouver, BC, April 6, 2008-Old School and proud of it, Heather Haley and RPW Records are gearing up for a spring release of her groundbreaking AURAL Heather cd of spoken word songs, “Princess Nut.”
AURAL Heather is Heather Haley, Roderick Shoolbraid and “a unique, sublime fusion of song and spoken word.” Shoolbraid is a dazzling guitarist, composer, sound designer and DJ. Haley is a maverick poet, singer, author and media artist often found pushing boundaries and always on the vanguard. “A Canadian national treasure,” Haley started writing verse in high school influenced by poets like bp Nichol, ee cummings and Susan Musgrave. Her life as a bona fide artist began on the stage of the infamous Smilin’ Buddha fronting the all-girl punk band the Zellots. She was a member of The 45s with Randy Rampage and Brad Kent of DOA and the Avengers. Later she formed HHZ-Heather Haley & the Zellots-praised by music critic Craig Lee as one of “Ten Great LA Bands”. She has made a commitment to honesty, feeling, craft and a sense of the absurd. “Supple and unusual”, her work asks all the questions a nice girl’s not supposed to ask.
Haley is a gutsy and compelling performer who enjoyed a stint as an official BC Transit busker and has appeared at the Vancouver International Writers Festival, Crush Champagne Lounge, the Lamplighter Pub, Rime, Thundering Word, the Art Bar in Toronto, Words & Music in Montreal, the Bowery Poetry Club in New York City, Red Sky Poetry Theatre in Seattle, Shakespeare & Sons in Prague, the Roar Lit Crawl with Edmonton’s Raving Poets band and on CBC and Book Television. In 2004, she teamed up with Roderick Shoolbraid to produce a series of live shows and their first cd, Surfing Season. As Haley returns to her roots, their sound has evolved into the spoken word songs of AURAL Heather . This is “brawny, uncompromising language from a voice that demands to be reckoned with” and there is nothing precious or flowery about the poetry on “Princess Nut.” It rocks, in more ways than one!
Praise for Surfing Season:
“Beautiful. A credit to the genre.”-Ian Ferrier, Wired on Words
“Great job! An auspicious disc. One of the best albums of its kind.” -Kurt Heintz, e-poets
“Important work.”-Poseybeat
Come celebrate at the official AURAL Heather, “Princess Nut” CD launch, Thursday, May 29 at the Media Club in Vancouver with Susan Cormier, Beth Southwell and her band, Kedrick James, AURAL Heather and emcee Kyle Hawke. Poet and publisher Warren Dean Fulton will be selling pooka press wares including one of Heather ‘s poems featured as part of the photo booth broadside series.
Further information on AURAL Heather and Heather Haley is available through her website, http://www.heatherhaley.com as well as four tracks from “Princess Nut”
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