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Paradise Kings Officially Working On New CD
That’s right, Bob, Jeff and George hit the studio of up and coming engineer Noah Briskin and laid down bass and drum tracks for our upcoming Six-Song EP titled Keep On Tryin’. Next is Jeff’s guitar work…..We’ll keep you updated!!!!!! Thanks!!!!!
Paradise Kings Working On New Album
It’s been a hell of a few years, and we hope you’re all doing well. Paradise Kings have gone through some changes, but we’re out gigging and having a blast with our new lead singer, Erika. Our awesome bass player, Bob, is handling lead vocals as well. Currently, George and Jeff are hard at work constructing some new original material that we’re looking to record in the spring of next year, so let’s have a great holiday season and get ready to jump and jive to some new Paradise Kings tunes in ’22! Thanks so much for you support.
Paradise Kings drop a new live CD on Spotify
Paradise Kings are excited to announce a new live CD recorded at the 2019 Santa Barbara Summer Solstice. Its a fun mix of two originals that are set favorites, ’69 Chevy and I’d Sing The Blues If I Had ‘Em, and an energetic mix of some favorite covers we’ve been doing throughout the years. We really hope you enjoy it, and we look forward to seeing all of you in 2020!
Paradise Kings Drop A New Six-Song Live EP Of Favorite Cover Tunes to Spotify
This fun EP was recorded when we played the Santa Barbara Solstice party in the Summer of 2018. It’s six songs of all cover tunes that we all really enjoy playing. We hope you enjoy listening to it. You can get it on Spotify. Just search Paradise Kings. Thanks so much for your support. We really appreciate it.
Paradise Kings nominated for Best Blues Band for the second-half of 2017 by LA Music Critic!
Here’s the article with all of the artists who are nominated:
ANNOUNCEMENT OF LA MUSIC CRITIC AWARD NOMINATIONS FOR SECOND HALF OF 2017
We think that 2017 will go down as one of the most prolific years in outstanding music being released by indie artists. We received and reviewed so many that we had to change the review period. Consequently, we considered more than 235 albums and EPs that were released between July 1 and November 30, 2017, in compiling our nominations for the LA Music Critic Awards. Albums and EPs released from December 1, 2017 through May 31, 2018 will be considered for the first half awards of 2018.
Fans are encouraged to vote for the Fan Favorite Award. To vote for your favorite, simply leave a comment below in the following format: “I vote for (name of artist) for Fan Favorite.” No other comments will be counted toward the Fan Favorite Award, and each reader may only vote once. Comments made on other social media sites will not count.
Fans are also encouraged to comment on other award nominations, and those comments will be reviewed by the Awards committee. However, they will not count for the Fan Favorite Award unless the comment specifically says that the artist is being nominated for the Fan Favorite Award.
The deadline for voting for the Fan Favorite Award is Wednesday, January 31, 2018, at midnight MST. The full list of winners will be announced at 6 p.m. MST on Friday, February 2, 2018.
Without further delay, here are the nominations.
BEST EP (Male) – Ryan Sims, My Side of the Story; Sam Marine, Big Dark City; Ben Anderson, YouTopia; Matt Westerman, Life Out Loud; Vinnie Paolizzi, Kids
BEST EP (Female) – Jacquie, The Only One; Katie Costello, New World; Cara Frew, Dance; Helen Culver, Seven Year Glitch; Libbie Schrader, Red Thread
BEST EP (Group) – Mare Island, Eponymous; TYA, No Money, More Love; RVBY My Dear, Cycles; Social Repose, Empress; Surf Rock is Dead, We Have No Friends?
BEST EP (International) – House Hounds, Saturate; Wolf & Moon, Frames; HUNDREDS, Wilderness; The Raft; Orion; The Raft, A Lullaby
BEST CD (Male) – Canyon City, Constellation; Chuck McDermott, Gin & Rosewater; Case Garrett, Aurora; Rusty Young, Waitin’ for the Sun; Bryan Stephens, Village of Dreams
BEST CD (Female) – Monica Chapman, Small World; Chelsea Williams, Boomerang; Cindy Alexander, Deep Waters; Marina V, Born to the Stars; Katie Costello, Twice the Love; Amilia K. Spicer, Wow and Flutter
BEST CD (Group) – The Commotions, Vol 2; Great Willow, Find Yourself in Los Angeles; Andrea Harsell and Luna Roja, Something for the Pain; FreeWorld, What it Is; Chris Daniels and the Kings, Blues with Horns
BEST HOLIDAY ALBUM – Katie Garibaldi, Home Sweet Christmas; Balsam Range, It’s Christmas Time; Jennifer Hanson, Under the Tree; Beth Marie Anderson, Christmas with You; Bloodshot Records, 13 Days of Xmas; Blue Elan Records, A Blue Elan Christmas
BEST VIDEO (OFFICIAL) (Male) – Matt Hawkins, Steel Ya Blues; Brandon Bonine, Remember my Name; Canyon City, Midnight Flight; Josh Johnstone, Just What it is; Rod Melancon, Dwayne & Me
BEST VIDEO (OFFICIAL) (Female) – Janey Street, Undone; Dree Mon, Rebel Soul; Lexie Rose, Wrong; Katie Costello, Hearts on Fire; Rachel Ariana, Imperfect; Suzanne Santo, Ghost in my Bed
BEST VIDEO (OFFICIAL) (Group) – FlecHaus, Tell me Something; Satellite Citi, Undead; Elizabeth and the Catapult, Ambrosia; Oh Geronomo, No More Stones; Pet Fangs, Gold Coast Dreaming; The Flatliners, Indoors
BEST VIDEO (LIVE) – Sierra Blanca, Paint the Road; Bernie Faulkner, Potbelly Stove; Calico the Band, The Leaving Kind; Rosi Golan, Underneath; Chelsea Williams, Anything Worth Saving
BEST VIDEO (LYRIC) – Mellott, Shooting Stars; Rachel Price, Love is War; The Rebel Light, Where did all the Love Go; Chris Chilton, Adonai; Jared Finck, New Kids
BEST VIDEO (HOLIDAY) – Redhead Express, Love is Christmas; Chelsea Williams, Peppermints and Mistletoe; Kate Steinway, White Christmas; Pam Taylor, Let’s Get it on for Christmas
BEST VIDEO (INTERNATIONAL) – Straw, Bang Bang; Straw, 1965; Captive (ft. Hannah Trigwell), I Could be the One
BEST VIDEO (COLLABORATION) – Blue Elan Artists, Shine Down on Us; David Garfield and J. Paris, I Lied; Beckett and Claire Ridgely, Butterflies
BEST SINGLE (Male) – Mikey Wax, “Spaceman;” Zvchvivh, “Think of Me;” Tim Maiden, “So Far Gone;” Matt Zambon, “Blue and Yellow;” Jason Crosby, “Final Step”
BEST SINGLE (Female) – Hannah Lucia, “Your Love;” Heather Bond, “Keep it Quiet;” Ashleigh Watson, “Little Love;” Liz Kennedy (ft. Taj Mahal), “Everyone Knows how it Goes”
BEST SINGLE (Group) – Featurette, “Upside Down;” Delsinki, “Wishing Upon a Star;” Echo City, “Burn Me;” Astral Queen, “Take it all the Way;” The Sound of Ghosts, “Train to Nowhere”
BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTIST/BAND – The Fisherman and the Sea, Belle Miners, The Raft, HUNDREDS, Wolf & Moon
BEST COUNTRY ARTIST – Case Garrett, Tim Bennett, Whitney Lusk, Kaylee Keller, Ryan Sims
BEST COUNTRY BAND – CALICO the Band, Steve Azar and the Kings Men, Honey County
BEST BLUES ARTIST – Pam Taylor, John Verity, Stacy Jones, Alastair Greene, R. D. Olson, Dave Hunt
BEST BLUES BAND – Paradise Kings, FreeWorld, Andrea Harsell and Luna Roja, BB and the Blues Shacks, Chris Daniels and the Kings, The McKee Brothers
BEST POP ARTIST (Female) – Marina V, Cindy Alexander, Katie Costello, Alex Mabey, Maggie McClure, Rosi Golan
BEST POP ARTIST (Male) – Curtis Peoples, Fernando Perdomo, Matt Westerman, Bryan Stephens, Ben Anderson, LeRiche
BEST POP BAND – Flood Coats, Seasonal Beast, Elizabeth and the Catapult, Warbly Jets, High Dive Heart, Laini and the Wildfire
BEST ROCK ARTIST – Billy Burnette, Rusty Young, Ben Lorentzen, Russ Carrick, Robert Francis, Peter Simpson
BEST ROCK BAND – The Khourys, Surf Rock is Dead, Social Repose, The Slants, Xs and Arrows, Dopapod
BEST R&B/SOUL ARTIST – Ray Goren, Leslie Clio, Zoey Clarke, Louise Lemon
BEST R&B/SOUL/RETRO BAND – The Marias, The Commotions, Burgess Meredith
BEST ROOTS/AMERICANA ARTIST (Female) – Lydia Loveless, Shannon McNally, Liz Kennedy, Chelsea Williams, Amilia K. Spicer, Suzanne Santo
BEST ROOTS/AMERICANA ARTIST (Male) – Rich McCulley, Marc Berger, Chuck McDermott, Jason Hawk Harris, Sam Marine, Vinnie Paolizzi
BEST ROOTS/AMERICANA BAND – Great Willow, The County Liners, JD and the Straight Shot, The Empty Pockets, Dead Rock West
BEST BLUEGRASS ARTIST/BAND – The Jerry Douglas Band, The Grascals, My Girl My Whiskey and Me, Tommy Emmanuel and David Grisman
BEST JAZZ/INSTRUMENTAL ARTIST/BAND – Tout, Noon, Monica Chapman, John McLaughlin, KRON, Dave Yaden
BEST DANCE ARTIST/BAND – The Innocent Bystanders, TYA, Elephant Stone, Niteshifters, Cara Frew
BEST REGGAE ARTIST/BAND – Never Ending Fall
BEST PUNK BAND – Franks and Deans, Emmer Effer, Hang Tight, The Paranoid Style
BEST HARD ROCK/METAL BAND – SBK, Vacant Home, Aviator, The Black Hand, Downfall 2012
BEST FOLK ARTIST – Ben Bostick, Canyon City, Garrison Starr, Fred Smith, Sierra Blanca, Brandon Luedtke
BEST FOLK BAND – Tony Lovato and MEST, Fire Chief Charlie, Amber Run, Nescora, FXRRVST
BEST TRADITIONAL FOLK BAND – Storywrens, The East Pointers
BEST PROG ROCK ARTIST/BAND – Orissa, Dave Kerzner
RISING STAR – Ray Goren, Kaylee Keller, Rachel Ariana, Gina Sicilia, Chelsea Williams
We encourage to subscribe so you can keep up with the Awards and with our blog year-round. We’ll be back tomorrow with the first reviews for the next cycle.
Paradise Kings make an appearance in the World-Famous Blues Music Festival Guide
Here’s a copy of the post they ran.
’69 Chevy is added to Best Of 2017 list for On The Horn Radio Show
Playlist:
Samantha Fish, Chills And Fever,
Sean Chambers, Trouble & Whiskey,
Johnny Mastro & The Mama’s Boys, Snake Doctor,
Ken Valdez, Rio Grande Blues,
Hector Anchondo Band feat. Amanda Fish, Dig You Baby,
Eliza Neals feat Howard Glazer, Call Me Moonshine,
Chris Antonik, I’d Burn It All Down (For You),
Anthony Rosano & The Conqueroos, Give Me Strength,
D.A. Foster, Bad Blood,
Monster Mike Welch And Mike Ledbetter,
Hurricane Ruth, Far From The Cradle,
John Primer & Bob Corritore, Big Leg Woman,
Mr. Sipp, Knock A Hole In It,
Lauren Mitchell, Brown Liquor,
Vintage #18, Diamonds Are Optional,
Bobby Messano, Bad Movie,
Jim Gustin And Truth Jones, Live With Yourself,
Chris Bergson Band, Pedal Tones,
The Reverend Shawn Amos, Ain’t Gonna Name Names,
Vanessa Collier, You’re Gonna Make Me Cry,
Low Society, The Freeze,
Andy T. Band, I Want You Bad,
Karen Lovely, Punk Rock Johnny Cash,
Big Joe Shelton, Put The Chairs In The Wagon,
Jim Allchin, Bad Decisions,
Brad Stivers, One Night Of Sin,
Bridget Kelly Band, I Ride Against The Wind,
Joseph Veloz, Jukin’ & Shakin’,
Paradise Kings, ‘69 Chevy,
Chris “Bad News” Barnes, Let Me Play With Your Poodle,
Flechaus, Pitter Patter,
Altered Five Blues Band, Mint Condition,
Jon Spear Band, Hit The Quarter,
Jason Ricci, My Mom’s Gonna Yell At You!,
Lew Jetton, Oh My My,
Benny Turner, Big Legged Woman,
Trevor Sewell, You Ain’t What I’m Looking For,
Mindi Abair And The Boneshakers, Vinyl,
Johnny Burgin, My Baby’s Gone,
Kelly Z, Baby It’s You,
Felix Y Los Gatos, Gato Shuffle,
Chickenbone Slim, Long Legged Sweet Thing,
Albert Castiglia, Quit Your Bitching,
Regina Bonelli, Put Your Hands On Me,
Jangling Sparrows, The Party Ain’t Over,
Al Corte, Mojo,
R.D. Olson, Can’t Spend What You Ain’t Never Had,
Joakim Tinderholt And His Band, Trouble Up The Road,
Niecie, Two Can Play That Game,
Downchild Blues Band, She Thinks I Do,
Shaun Murphy, I Don’t Need Nobody,
Peter Parcek, Shiver,
Bobby Kyle, Someone Else Is Steppin’ In,
Popa Chubby, Two Dogs,
Little G. Weevil, Here I Come Knocking,
Samantha Fish, American Dream,
Mojomatics, Soy Baby
Many Thanks To:
We here at the Black-Eyed & Blues Show would like to thank all the PR and radio people that get us music including Frank Roszak, Rick Lusher ,Doug Deutsch Publicity Services,American Showplace Music, Alive Natural Sounds, Ruf Records, Vizztone Records,Blind Pig Records,Delta Groove Records, Electro-Groove Records,Betsie Brown, Blind Raccoon Records, BratGirl Media, Mark Pucci Media and all of the Blues Societies both in the U.S. and abroad. All of you help make this show as good as it is weekly. We are proud to play your artists.Thank you all very much!
Paradise Kings Picked as one of “Year’s Best” on Blues Corner From Literally Thousands Of Bands
Thanks so much Tony Corner for Choosing Paradise Kings from literally thousands of bands. We made the final 44 bands, which will be played on Sunday, December 17 on his radio show booming from England. Thanks again; we’re very grateful. Below is what Tony sent us.
“Coming up on our Blues Corner radio show this Sunday December 17th , starting at 6PM UK Time (US – 10AM Pacific/12PM Central/1pm Eastern), we have Part 2 of our Picks of the Year for 2017.
There’ll be 44 songs as the second part of the picks for 2017. The list has been whittled down from 694 artists and over 7030 songs submitted during the year.
The attached photo has the time and tune in details plus a selection of other artists so why not come along and join us, thanks TC”
Paradise Kings are honored with Music Connection Magazine Band To Watch in 2018!
That’s right, we’re grateful that nationally-distributed magazine, Music Connection, has placed Paradise Kings on their list of bands to look out for in the upcoming year. We’re very honored and humbled that the editors have decided to place us on this list.