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JOHNNYE ALLEE'S debut album Unless It Isn't. Allee received the ASCAP/Sammy Cahn Award for excellence in lyric writing. His debut album consists of 12 new folkpop/ roots-rock songs.

ASHAKA'S three new reggae-pop tracks "My Best Friend," "Krazy," and "So What?" online at www.ashakamusic.com.

MARTY AXELROD and NICOLE GORDON'S 10-track album, Songs of Shiloh, which revolves around one character, a small-town girl named Shiloh.

DAVID M. BAILEY'S CD Some Quiet Night, a collection of traditional Christmas songs.

JOHN BIGHAM, the multi-instrumentalist talent behind The Soul of John Black, is releasing his album The Good Girl Blues.

BLAME SALLY'S third album Severland in the first week of May. The album charted on XM Radio's XM Cafe.

BOB BOYLE'S song "Get It Up" in the new Scream King film Beef, which has just been released for distribution after its April 25 premiere at the NY Archive Theatre.

BRUNO BROWNING'S spring 2007 EP release entitled Passport. This album features songs from Bruno Browning and Curtis Bledsoe along with a guest appearance by legendary DJ/producer Chris Cowie.

LEROY BURGESS'S new release, Leroy Burgess-Throwback/Harlem. At the album's launching event, Burgess performed at the Luxury Soul Weekender/Hilton Birmingham Metropole.

JASON R. BURKE of J. Musak's Songs of Summer on his own label. The album will contain 14 songs by J. Musak and will be available at the J. Musak website.

DOUG BYRKIT of the Breakers' latest recording Songs for Young Executives, the group's first full-length album.

CADILLAC SKY'S Blind Man Walking in January. The five-member band was signed by bluegrass legend Ricky Skaggs and includes banjo phenomenon Matt Menefee, who gained the Winfield Champion title at age 17.

JOHN CONNOR'S solo independent project, the messyheads, which was written, played, and recorded by Connor in his home in NYC.

CRASH THE MACHINE'S self-titled second album in July. They recorded the album at Killingsworth Studios West in North Hollywood.

TERRY DAVIS'S debut recording, A Songwriter's Dream, on April 12. The CD release party and concert took place in April at the Worship Center of Central Ohio in Columbus, OH.

REID DEFEVER'S trilogy series The Sacred Language. The trilogy releases are entitled India, Asia, and Africa.

JEREMY DEPRISCO'S sixth record, Catch the Squirrel, which includes a rendition of Tom Waits' "Jockey Full Of Bourbon" and a cover by Leadbelly.

KIM DIVINE'S EP Hummingbird, which can be heard online at her eponymous website.

DRIVER SIDE IMPACT'S debut album The Very Air We Breathe, which hit retail and radio on May 29. After exploding on myspace.com and co-headlining at large shows, the young band was picked up by Victory Records.

JASON DUNN and his band The Luxury's record debuted as "13th most added CD in America," breaking into the CMJ top 200 two weeks later.

DZYN (pronounced design) had a commercial release called Carolina…The Soundtrack.

TERI FALLINI, a band named after the lead singer, is releasing their second full-length album The Room. On this album, Fellini experiments with a more mellowed and luscious sound.

KAYLA FREEMAN'S debut album Time 2 Surrender.

LEE HAZLEWOOD, best known for his work with Nancy Sinatra, released his newest album entitled Cake or Death. The title is a reference to Hazlewood's comic hero, Eddie Izzard. Hazlewood passed away in August.

HOWARD HERSH'S collection of chamber works, The Pony Concerto, produced by Albany Records.

JON T. HOWARD'S latest solo project release Time For Something New. Some compare Howard's honest sound and writing to that of Tom Waits and Jackson Browne.

JONNY LIVES!' debut album Get Steady in March. The group gained exposure through their involvement in the promotion of the MGM major motion picture, National Lampoon's Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj.

THE JUNIOR VARSITY'S Cinematographic, a very eccentric and abstract album. Keyboard/sax player Nick Dodson says of the odd title, "We figured if the word was hard to pronounce and people had to learn how to say it, they wouldn't forget it."

ROBERT EARL KEEN'S Best, a compilation of his biggest hits and best loved songs from his entire discography. The package features such tracks as "The Road Goes On Forever," "No Kinda Dancer," and "Furnace Fan."

BILL KELLY, frontman for The House of Cards, released his solo project Bread On the Waters, which features such talents as Larry Campbell, Denny McDermott and Lincoln Schleifer.

LITTLE TEXAS, the multi-platinum recording group, released their album, Missing, Years in June.

GRACIE MAE'S "The Swamp Stomp," a single released to WLTV-New Orleans.

MATT MILLER'S debut EP, simply titled EP. The album was produced by Jack Douglas (John Lennon, Aerosmith) and is available exclusively on iTunes and Rhapsody.

ANN MILLIKAN'S dynamic and diverse collection of compositions, The Music of Ann Millikan Featuring the California EAR Unit.

ABRA MOORE, who was nominated for a Grammy and received worldwide attention for her album Strangest Places, released her new collection On the Way.

ROSA MOORE'S new record You Will Fly on the Clearlight Music label in March.

SHERRIM MULLEN, Harrisburg, PA-based singer/songwriter, released her third fulllength album, Fearless. She is currently touring in support of this album.

INFINITE MUZIK is releasing its first street album, Prophecy, The Chosen One, which introduces new reggaeton producer Prophecy and other featured artists.

RONI O.'S DVD album Welcome 2 $Lip City, which is a collection of videos, interviews and performances.

RICHARD PEACOCK'S Symbols Of Love. The album is available at Amazon and most major bookstores.

GRETCHEN PETERS, Nashville hit songwriter, released her newest album, A Midlife Epiphany.

DONALD BRUCE PIKE, JR. of South Jersey/Philadelphia area rock band Home At Last's new record Radio Silence. On this album, the band tries a few new more adventurous tracks while still keeping in touch with their original, progressive sound.

RENE PORTE'S critically acclaimed song "Break the Cycle" in early July. Porte is a freelance musician who plays guitar, bass, keys and drums in addition to singing.

RAY RICKY RIVERA, East Los Angeles based Latin Hip-Hop artist, released his solo debut Neighborhood Fame, which featured the track "Mi Sonido," mixed by producer John Avila.

BARNEY SALTZBERG'S Crazy Hair Day. The top-selling children's artist will be donating the royalties to cancer charities.

SOMI'S new release Red Soil In My Eyes, which incorporates jazz, African folk and soul.

LENORE VON STEIN'S Art and Money, which consists of composed and improvised music stories recorded at live performances with Beth Griffith, Andrew Bolotowsky and Bern Nix.

ARIANA STEWART'S debut single "Catwalk" on new label Eklectrik Music in April.

RICHARD PAUL THOMAS'S Captured Rainbow, an album containing all the songs from the one-person musical of the same name.

ALONZO WALKER'S The Introduction of Musical Poetry, which consists of poetry set to a background of classical music.

DARCIE WICKNICK and JAMES AUBURN TOOTLE JR.'S song "Walk Tall" on the Empowerment Records release, The Power to Break You Free.

STEVE WILSON'S first full-band EP, Moments of Clarity, in July. The album features Sammy Hudson of Everclear and Nate Schierman.



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