LITTLE MISS HIGGINS: A TINY BUNDLE OF COUNTRY BLUES POWER

“Little Miss Higgins is a fresh and welcome addition to the Canadian blues scene. I love her selection of material, old school vintage sound and her enthusiasm. She has the respect of and holds her own with veterans twice her age.” Holger Petersen, record producer, radio broadcaster, and owner of Stony Plain Records

Our newest management/publishing signing Little Miss Higgins is having a spectacular 2008.

The five foot two singer/guitarist--—who hails from Nokomis, Saskatchewan, a Canadian prairie town (population: 400) between Saskatoon and Regina---won the Favourite Blues Artist/Group or Duo of the Year category at the 8th Annual Indies Awards held in Toronto March 8th during Canadian Music Week.

Little Miss Jolene Higgins’ country blues album “Junction City” has been nominated in the Blues Album of the Year category for the 2008 Juno Awards to be held in Calgary, Alberta April 5-6.

Meanwhile, Little Miss has just signed with LiveTour Artists in Toronto for representation in Canada. This summer she will be appearing at a number of Canadian festivals including Edmonton Folk Festival, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Montreal JazzFest, and StanFest.

For further details check Little Miss’ website: http://www.littlemisshiggins.com

Toronto-based Exclaim! magazine recently touted Little Miss as an artist to watch in 2008. “Look for Miss Higgins to be a big hit on this coming summer’s festival circuit,” wrote Jason Schneider.

Catch a YouTube performance of Little Miss with Chris Whiteley on trumpet at the recent Maple Blues Awards in Toronto. Though informally filmed, the quality is surprisingly good.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=zKIVRxULqHw&feature=related

UK PRODUCER KEN NELSON WORKING WITH ALANA LEVANDOSKI IN KELWOOD, MANITOBA & LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND

Sessions have been completed in Kelwood, Manitoba for Alana Levandoski's long-awaited second album.

The Canadian singer/songwriter was recording with famed UK producer Ken Nelson in Kelwood at a local church. Alana now starts final sessions for her album at the world-class Parr Street Studios in Liverpool, England on Apr. 1.

After several years working on demos and independent artists such as the Hellfire Sermons and Ruthless Rap Assassins, Nelson achieved success with Gomez, and world-wide success with the first Coldplay recording. He did a further two albums with the band.

He has also worked with Badly Drawn Boy, Howling Bells, The Charlatans, Echo & The Bunnymen, Kings Of Convenience, Orange Lights, Ray LaMontagne, Feeder, Skin, Snow Patrol, Polly Paulusma and Paolo Nutini.

He has won three US Grammy awards, two Mercury Music Prizes, and was "Music Week" magazine's 'Producer Of The Year' in 2003.

Leading up to her second album, Alana co-wrote with such leading country and roots-styled American songwriters as Quinn Loggins, Sam Ashworth, James LeBlanc, Rebecca Lynn Howard, Rachel Thibodeau, and Gary Nichols. She also co-wrote with Sylvia Tyson, Colin Cripps, and Simon Wilcox in Canada,

Alana’s reputation as a significant international singer/songwriter was initially bolstered by her debut album "Unsettled Down" released by Rounder Records in Canada in 2005 and in Europe in 2006.

Alana first performed in the UK and Europe in early 2006 with Dar Williams, Lynn Miles and Caroline Herring as well with Jess Klein. She returned to the UK in 2006 opening for the Elana James Trio, and fellow Canadians Blue Rodeo. She did a tour of Ireland and England in 2007 with fellow Canadian Lynn Miles

In Canada, Alana toured nationally with the Corb Lund Band as well as did dates with Stephen Fearing, Randy Bachman, the Arrogant Worms, and Tanya Tucker.

Reviews of "Unsettled Down" were plentiful. Alana was profiled in numerous European publications, including Maverick and in such Canadian magazines Canadian as Maclean's and Penguin Eggs as well as the street papers, the Georgia Strait in Vancouver, and Now magazine in Toronto.