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[Kevin Sonney <kevin AT sonney.com>]

First up, it was great to see everyone at my brief stop at the Brewery  
last night. I hope everyone enjoyed their brief visit to Pittsboro and  
comes back to visit soon.

On that note, some of you got fliers for the 2008 SoulJourn Living  
Earth Music Fest I'm helping put together. This is my third year with  
the 'fest, and I'm VERY excited to be working on it. Here's the latest  
press release, and I hope to see you there!

SoulJourn Living Earth Music Fest gears up for Bill Mallonee and  
Fescue 911

Critically acclaimed singer/soungwriter Bill Mallonee is no stranger  
to North Carolina. The former Vigilantes of Love frontman recored with  
the now-defunct Awaking Records in Chapel Hill, and makes regular  
stops in NC during his tours. On September 20, one of those stops is  
the SoulJourn Living Earth Music Fest in Pittsboro.

Bill Mallonee, who ranked 65 in the top 100 Living Songwriters Poll by  
Paste Music Magazine, began his career in the alt-rock scene of  
Athens, GA with the band Vigilantes of Love. His lyrical style and  
throaty voice became one of the band's signatures. After 24 records  
over 16 years of touring with Vigilantes of Love, Bill was drawn back  
towards his roots in folk and county. Drawing on his early influences  
of the likes of Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen, and Johnny  
Cash, Bill began writing and touring as a solo artist. His solo  
material struck a chord with longtime fans and new listeners alike.  
Why? In Bill's own words, "If i can reach into those parts of what  
makes me a human and describe it passionately, then it's my hope that  
it will resonate (horribly over-used word!) with others who are  
walking in the same skin."

Also appearing is Chapel Hill's Fescue 911. "Responding to Bluegrass  
Emergencies" in the Triangle since 1993, Fescue 911 blends bluegrass  
and country, old standards and new songs, focusing on new and exciting  
vocal arrangements. Vocalist Janet Ray, guitarist Rick Fannin, and  
bassist Darl Pothoven founded Fescue 911 in 1993, mostly for fun. The  
addition of banjoist David Tate and mandolin player David Crabtree,  
completed Fescue 911, and they quickly gathered a strong local  
following. Influenced by the fathers of modern bluegrass - the Stanly  
Brothers, Flatt and Scruggs, and Bill Monroe - Fescue 911 also  
includes favorites by modern bluegrass artists like Alison Krauss and  
Gillian Welch.

Bill Mallonee and Fescue 911 will be appearing at the Souljourn Living  
Earth Music Fest at the Pittsboro Central Carolina Community College  
Campus on September 20, 2008, starting at 6 p.m. t For the past three  
years, the SoulJourn Music Fest has benefited Chatham County, his year  
benefiting the new Biofuels Degree Program at CCCC.

Now in it's 6th year, the Sustainable Energy Program at CCCC has been  
building community partnerships in Chatham County, including working  
with the North Carolina Biofuels Center to build a production facility  
on campus to be used not just for education, but also for fueling the  
campus vehicles and equipment.

Information about the SoulJourn Music Fest can be found online at www.souljournmedia.com 
. More information about Bill Mallonee is at his website www.billmallonee.net 
. Information about Fescue 911 is available at www.fescue911bluegrass.com 
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-- Kevin Sonney 
-- email: kevin AT sonney.com
-- AIM: ksonney
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 "Seuss is God. We thought Clapton was, but it was grumpy, weird,
 wife-dumping, flawed genius Ted." - Berkley Breathed - interview 2001