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Tour Journal of Country Radio Tour Aug. 9-13 -2010
Whew – August is being a busy month – and I’m thrilled about that!

To hear my latest single, "Love Me Like I'm Leaving" and view pics of my tour click on this link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5zhD-_r3IA

I’m currently on tour in Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma – check the end of this blogpost for specific details!

But first, a recap of my tour earlier this month!

I did interviews and live performances at 13 radio stations in Alabama, Tennessee and Kentucky over a five day period. We drove through all those states plus Virginia!

What an interesting and beautiful part of our country. I saw some very interesting sites during this tour and met some great DJs who keep the music going!

One really fun place was Jamestown, TN, which is headquarters for the world's longest yard sale – called The l27 yard sale. http://www.127sale.com/  This is a 3 day event which takes place on HWY 127 spanning from Covington, Kentucky to Gadsden, Alabama. Over 500 miles of “junk”. attracts people from as far as Australia! Jamestown is also the home of the country's largest pumpkin. Their water tower is the shape and color of a pumpkin – I loved it!

Also loved Kingsport, TN. Took a walk on their Sculpture walk located downtown Kingsport. http://publicart.kingsporttn.gov/node/41

Kingsport is a great connection to the history of the South and is the home of the Wilderness Trail blazed by Daniel Boone in 1775. The trail starts in Kingsport, goes through Virginia and the Cumberland Gap and ends in Kentucky. This was the route for hundreds of thousands of settlers moving into the South from the western frontier.

Then, on to Alabama! We saw many beautiful lakes and forests. We visited Centre, Alabama - the Crappie Capital of the world! (That's a fish) http://www.markcollinsguideservice.com/home.html

I loved Huntsville Alabama, home to NASA. Saw the Space and Rocket museum (rockets and shuttle on display. very cool sight) http://www.spacecamp.com/museum/

Next was Florence, Alabama. Very rich in music history. I did a podcast at KIX 96 Country in Florence. This station is owned by the legendary Sam Phillips who founded Sun Records and "discovered" Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash and many others. Sam was the man who made blues and rock and roll accessible to the public. I had the great pleasure of meeting Sam's son, Jerry who now runs the radio station.

And speaking of music legends – my next stop was to Centerville, Tennessee – the birthplace of Minnie Pearl!! We ate at Breece's Café, which has been open since 1939. As luck would have it I met the democratic candidate for Governor of Tennessee, who was working in the kitchen that day (part of his campaign to meet local people!) His name is Mike McWherter and his Dad was the former Governor of Tennessee. I really liked him a lot!

Of course I have one good food related highlight to report: Fried Tomato Buffet in Ardmore, Tennessee. Scott and I think it ties our previous winner for Best Southern Buffet (The Country Store in Jackson, TN) The Country Store has more charm and is the larger buffet, but the Fried Tomato has the best pulled pork, fried catfish, and natch, fried green tomatoes!

Thanks and more to come after I complete this week’s tour in Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma!

Joanna

Tour Schedule This Week!
Monday, August 23, 2010
Warrenton, MO
KFAV(99.9)
8:00a.m. CST
Radio Host, Mike Thomas (+ live performance). Call in to ask Joannaa question or make a request at
1 (877) 259-7373


Mexico, MO
KWWR (95.7)
12:00 p.m. CST
Radio Host, Mark Robertson (+ liveperformance).
Call in to ask Joanna a question at: 1 (573) 581-1800

Clinton, MO
KDKD(95.3)
4:30p.m. CST
Radio Host, Dr. Dave (+ live performance).
Call in to ask Joanna a question or make a request at 1 (660) 885-6141

Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Butler, MO
KMOE (92.1)
8:00 a.m. CST
Radio Host, Alan Bopp (+ live performance).
Call in to ask Joanna a question or make a request at 1 (660) 679-4191

Pittsburg, KS
KKOW (96.9)
11:00 a.m. CST
Joel Jarrett (+ live performance).
Call in toask Joanna a question at 1 (620) 231-4969

Kansas City, MO
(Details soon)


Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Manhattan, KS
KXBZ (104.7)
8:00 a.m. CST
Radio Hosts, Drew Bartlett & Lindsay (+ live performance).
Call in to ask Joanna aquestion at 1 (785) 539-1047

Wichita, KS
KVWF (100.5)
11:30 a.m. CST
Radio Host, Colby Ericson (Pre-recordedinterview).
Call in advance to ask Joanna a question at 1 (316) 201-1005

Enid, OK
KOFM (103.1)
3:00 p.m. CST
Radio Host, Alan Clepper (Pre-recorded interview with performance)
Callin advance to ask Joanna a question at 1 (580) 242-1031

Thursday, August 26, 2010
Weatherford, OK
KWEY (95.5)
8:00 a.m. CST
Radio Host, Vanessa Valli ("Conversation Corner"with live performance).
Call in to ask Joanna a question or make a request at1 (580) 772-5939

Woodward, OK
KWOX (101.1)
12:00 p.m. CST
Radio Host, David Wayne (Pre-recordedinterview with performance).
Call in advance to ask Joanna a question at 1(580) 256-5101


Friday, August 27
Stillwater,OK
KGFY (105.5)
7:30 a.m. CST
Radio Host, Jay McCrae
Call in to askJoanna a question at 1 (405) 377-5774

Bristow, OK
KREK (104.9)
10:00 a.m. CST
RadioHost, Dusty Edwards
Call in to request Joann's music at 1 (918) 367-5501

Oklahoma City, OK
KMGL (104.1)
12:30 CST
Call to ask Joanna a question or request her music at 1 (405) 460-5104

Country Radio Tour Begins Today!

So I start my tour of Country Radio Stations TODAY!

 I’ll be hitting stations in Tennessee, Alabama and Kentucky. Doing interviews and performing live at the stations.

Most of the stations have web sites where you can listen live. I have posted those links in the list, in case you would like to tune in via the internet! I hope you do!

  
The promotion of the CD is going great – check out this feature article with details on my chart ratings! http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fpopyoularity.com%2FBlog%2F%3Fp%3D7941&h=73dcd

I’m so happy to be on this ride!

 Thanks, as always, for your support!
Joanna

Joanna Mosca

Country Radio Tour

August 9-13th

Monday, August 9th

WTNK

8:30 a.m. CST

http://www.wtnk.com/listen.html

HARTSVILLE TN

WOWF

11:30 a.m. CST

CROSSVILLE TN

WDEB

4:30 p.m. CST

JAMESTOWN TN

Tuesday, August 10th

WEZJ

8:45 a.m. EST

WILLIAMSBURG KY

WTFM

12:00p.m. EST

http://sp.crystalmedianetworks.com/player/?q=show/wtfm

KINGSPORT TN

WJXB

12:00pm EST

http://www.b975.com/

KNOXVILLE TN

Wednesday, August 11th

WJSQ

9:00 a.m. EST

ATHENS TN

WEIS

1:30 PM CST

http://www.weis990am.com/home.htm

CENTRE AL

Thursday, August 12th

WXFL/WLVS (106.5)

11:00 a.m. CST

FLORENCE AL

WSLV (1190)

3:15 p.m. CST

ARDMORE TN

Friday, August 13th

WNKX (96.7)

11:30 a.m. CST

http://www.countrykix96.com/

CENTERVILLE TN

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Summer Vacation & Upcoming Country Radio Tour!

What a lovely summer I have been having!

I recently returned from an amazing European vacation and while rested and restored, I am excited for another Country Radio Station tour in the south! I’ll have more tour info in the next couple of days and will send that out ASAP! Most of the stations have a direct feed and you can listen to the interviews live via the internet!  I'm hitting Tennessee, including Nashville on this leg of the tour, along with Mississippi and Alabama. I’ll also be doing some gigs in the evening along with the radio interviews. Details to come SOON!

Bur first, I would like to share a sort of “mini-diary” of my wonderful vacation in Europe. We started out in Tuscany, which is truly one of my favorite places in the world. After our stay in Tuscany we went to Budapest, Vienna and Prague. This was my first visit to the last three cities and they were all very picturesque and quite interesting. I would describe Budapest as beautiful, Vienna as elegant, and Prague as charming and storybook-like.

Some specific highlights from each place:

Tuscany - Went to see the opera Don Giovanni which was held in an Eleventh century Abbey, The Abbey San Galgano The Abbey has no roof and seeing the opera in that setting under the stars was magical. Click on the link below to view photos and read historical information about the Abbey.

http://www.festivalopera.it/incms/opencms/operafestival_en/sito-operafestival_en/Contenuti_operafestival_en/locations/visualizza_asset.html?id=430&pagename=370

Budapest - Took a boat ride on the Danube River which, sadly, is no longer blue. We also walked by the filming of the Budapest American Idol auditions which were taking place in the park. Later that afternoon we walked by a large right wing extremist rally (skin heads) and also saw the swat team arriving in full gear. (We hightailed it out of there!)

Vienna - Saw Mozart's apartment, which occupied the entire top floor of a building. Check out this site for pics and more information http://www.wien-vienna.com/mozartapartment.php.

We ate Bratwurst and drank a delicious local beer, and of course had to stop in at one of their famous pastry shops before we left!

Prague - Went to a beautiful concert at St. Nicholas Church where Mozart used to play the organ. (The same organ was played at the concert we attended.) We also visited the Jewish ghetto/concentration camp, Terezin, outside Prague. Very moving and upsetting, especially to see all the children that were lost there. (They either died there or were shipped directly to Auschwitz where they perished.) Many of their drawings/artwork were on display. That was fascinating to me – to see that time thru the eyes of children expressing themselves thru art. Very, very moving.

Hope your summer is going great, and check in soon for more tour info!

Best,

Joanna

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