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Jo's hometown paper carried an article about her comp win.

This has caused some great positive vibes in the local district :-) Well done Ms jo!

Here's the article:

From CPR

Stormcellar were one of four finalists to compete in the 2019 Blues Player of the Year Competition, in Sydney earlier this month, organised by the Sydney Blues Society. They won the competition and will now perform in the 36th International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Tennessee, USA, in January 2020 as Sydney’s representatives.Stormcellar were one of four finalists to compete in the 2019 Blues Player of the Year Competition, in Sydney earlier this month, organised by the Sydney Blues Society. They won the competition and will now perform in the 36th International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Tennessee, USA, in January 2020 as Sydney’s representatives.Stormcellar are an innovative roots music band that has spent the last 11 years blending a mix of Roots, Blues, Rock and Folk music. They have released 11 albums and are working on their 12th. They are over the 500 mark of performances and have undertaken four USA tours. For more information about the band and their albums, visit: https://stormcellar.com.au/Stormcellar have spent 18 months as a support act with the Australian Rock Band, the Radiators; they've played USA and Australian Festivals and Community events, bars clubs and street fairs from Tamworth to Nashville, Chicago, Indianapolis, Wollongong and can be found anywhere from late night bars in Newtown to mornings in Bowral.In 2018 Stormcellar created their own music festival in Cooma NSW, the Country, Roots & Blues (C.R.A.B) Festival. The Cooma C.R.A.B. - CRAB TOO! Festival will be held again on Sunday 17th November 2019.Jo Fitzgerald has been working with Stormcellar since they came to Cumnock in 2010 to record their album, ‘Carl’s Chair’ at Mal McCalman’s old farmhouse at ‘Burgoon,’ Cumnock. Jo was in the background singing along to the music when they heard her and she thereafter became a member of the band.Congratulations Jo and to the other members of Stormcellar. It is great to see your innovative and talented band representing Sydney and Australia in an international field of music performers. It is also great that another of our local community members is being recognised for their musical talent.Good luck for the Memphis Blues Challenge in 2020!

About dang time. 

Experiments yielded two active tracks. 

Plus the work with Michael Hawke coming up.

Nice.

Settle back, as these move into testing and rehearsal, video will flow once more!

Oh and a shout out to a very bemused Duncan. We battled technology today on the air, then proceeded to have a completely off the wall (for him) normal (for us) conversation, from which he is still recovering.

Get well soon Duncan!

Plus another shout out to Pete L, getting as well as he can and to Bodhi for use of his story in a song.

Zounds! 

(yes I know all the nutty stuff that's going on in the world, we're not ignoring it. there's enough folks out there crying that the sky is falling...which it might be...right? ahem anyway.... we figure the best we can do is give you a break. Hey, what else are stormcellars for, right? right?)

Set the first recording date for a remix on One in a million, adding some sax from Michael Hawke. Liking this one.

We'll release it as a single, cos we can. Heh.

Two radio interviews this week, Thursday 25th on Radio Goolwa AlexFM 96.3 with Duncan Kirkley at 1pm - radiogoolwa-alexfm.com.au and then on Saturday 27th with Raelynn Mitchell on Frasier Coast FM.

Plus I finally got the Salon project going, with song #1, 'Crossfire'

Den & Christina are reviewing it.

Will they like it?

Will they find a key they both can sing in?

Will all the the various elements of scheduling and luck come together? Who knows!

Next song for the project is underway. Theo picked out a beat today. Ahh.

Always at our happiest making stuff.

Yay! after some effort, new guide tracks are getting issued.

The Salon project is happening yes. It has a name. Yes there are guide tracks.

More info later, after further work in the shadows. Muahaha.

Got some great randoms from Marrickville the other night.

oh yeah and here's the gang the other night waiting to hear their fate

I'm in my happy place. New guide track in perma-rotation on headphones while we whittle down. After such a few months of being stuck, at last we'reunderway again.

(track repeats)

Heh.