Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Oh, January, Oh … I Lived a Childhood in Snow

Oh, January, Oh … I Lived a Childhood in Snow 
 
"In January it's so nice
while slipping on the sliding ice
to sip hot chicken soup with rice.
Sipping once, sipping twice." -  Maurice Sendak, In January


“Maybe I should just “let it be,” and maybe it will all come back to me,
Sing oh January, oh! How I lived a childhood in snow.”
January Hymn by the Decemberists


Hello Family, Friends, and Fans,

We're pleased to have 2 songs in the 2015 Roots Music Report top ten (4 in the top 50, total 6). Thank you to all the DJs who played us in 2015: Kathy Forste (KC Café Radio), Dan HermanUncle ShagTeresa Tudury and Kat Everitt. Special thanks to our hard-working Mom, Jeanette Lundgren, Mother Hen Promotions; also heartfelt thanks again to our fabulous musicians Malcolm HunterCarlos A. ReyesDavid HunterKarl Hartmann,Randy RoodThomas EkkensJohn Roy ZatMayne SmithMarkie Sanders.


We hope you can come on out to a great show on Saturday, Jan 9th, 7 till 9 PM, $10. Adv Tickets available: "An Evening of Jazz Music, Swing Dance & A Touch of Hawaiian" featuring Chappell & Dave HoltCristina Seaborn, The Jubilee American Dance Theater & special guest Douglas Wong at Cue Live Productions Theatre, 1835 Colfax Street in downtown Concord, California. Free parking available.

Dan Herman of Radio Crystal Blue wrote to announce Chappell & Dave music will be included in the next podcast to be published this week.  Here’s where fans can hear the show.
1: My podcast provider: www.radiocblue.podomatic.com  Shows on that page will be available for a few weeks.
2: Internet Archive: www.archive.org  A specific URL will be generated once the show is published, which you'll be able to locate via the playlist posts and in social media. Shows from this website remain online in perpetuity.
3: Stitcher for iPod, iPhone or Android:http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/radio-crystal-blue
4: Soundbites of every song aired on Clammr:http://www.clammr.com/user/radiocblue 

Radio Crystal Blue is free to share and listen, in accordance with Creative Commons non-commercial/full attribution/non-derivative license, version 4.0, 253 537 1096 or 215 995  2234 www.radiocrystalblue.net,dan@radiocrystalblue.net

Chappell will be interviewed on Artist Connection this month, an interview program hosted by journalist and singer-songwriter, Kevin Fagan (pictured with Sonoma County Songwriter Hugh Shacklett). The programs feature topic-driven interviews focused on revealing the artist behind the craft, with questions that go beyond persona and performance giving viewers a glimpse through the eyes of the artist. Every episode includes a performance or showing of each artist’s original work.  Also like them on Facebook.

Dave will be playing with Unity Center of Walnut Creek’s band Fusion on Sunday January 24. Here’s a pic of the band at the Christmas Eve service, which was mostly music and a Christmas carol sing with the congregation. Services can be viewed on their web site.

On KC Café Radio, you may request up to 2 songs per hour, no more than 10 songs per day. If an artist you request has already played within the last two hours, your request will not be honored, and will appear in the search results with a Song not requestable icon icon. Click the “request” button associated with the selection you would like to hear. Your selection should then play sometime over the course of the next hour. Timeliness may be affected by the number of other requests waiting to be played, special programming scheduled to air, or other factors relating to the regular rotation of music playing at the time.

If you’d like to order our new CD, Stone & Fire, directly please send a $17 check (includes $2 shipping) payable to Dave Holt to 1335 Kenwal Rd., #A, Concord, CA 94521. You can also purchase downloads (Wings of the Morning at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/chappelldaveholt) and Stone & Fire at http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/ChappellDaveHolt

Please contact us if you are interested in having us play a house concert in your area by replying to this newsletter. Don’t forget to like the Chappell & Dave Holt band page, AND the Chappell Rose Holt artist page on Facebook.‎

Here’s to a wonderful New Year!
Live long and prosper,
Chappell & Dave