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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Joanna Mosca iPAD Giveaway!

Plaza Gig with Michael Fredo at OneTrueMedia.com

In May I did a gig in the Rose Club at The Plaza Hotel. I was a guest artist for Michael Fredo’s weekly event “Jazz and Cocktails” We sang the duet "Where Does Good Love Go" from my latest CD. It was a great night, great crowd and a really beautiful room to perform in. Check out the slideshow below for pics and to hear the duet!

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i Pad Give-Away and More!

Exciting News!

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It has been a very busy and exciting couple of weeks on the social front! I recently attended a fundraiser for my congressman John Hall, (formerly of the band, Orleans!) Richard Gere hosted the event at his restaurant The Bedford Post Inn. Vice President Joe Biden was there and I was really taken by what a wonderful charismatic speaker he is. At this event I got to chat with Stevie Van Zandt (Yay Bruce and the E Street Band!!) Mr. Van Zandt is a very cool guy, exactly like you'd expect him to be - very real, very down to earth. He's still got his Jersey accent and, of course, he was wearing the head scarf! I also chatted with Mike Richter, great Goalie for the New York Rangers. What a fun evening.

On the social front (meaning fun and relaxing!) I had a couple of great “girls getaway" weekends. First with some of my nursing friends – where there was lots of eating, drinking and gabbing! Then a weekend in NYC with my cousins. We went to the Broadway show "In the Heights" which was amazing, and then we went to see the latest "Sex in the City" movie, with cocktails before and after! Whew! Now I need to recover from all that relaxing!

Music wise there are many things coming up over the course of the summer, and I'll be sure to keep you posted. More song releases and another Country Radio Tour are planned for later in the summer.

Please check back with the blog, or Twitter or Facebook to stay current on all the many things happening with my music!

Thanks as always for your support!

Keep On Going!

Joanna

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Recent Press & Upcoming Gig

Hi Blog Fans!

This is a quick update to catch you up on recent press and an upcoming gig!

First of all, check out this article, recently published in the Colfax Chronicle in Colfax, LA! I'm thrilled!

Other things that I'm thrilled about:

I have a great gig coming up later this month! I will join fellow recording artist Michael Fredo for “Jazz and Cocktails” on May 19 at the world renowned Plaza Hotel in New York City. As you probably know, Michael is featured on the track "Where Does Good Love Go" on my latest CD. We will be performing the duet at the Plaza gig. If you are in the NY area I really hope you can make it! Here are the details:

May 19
The Plaza Hotel – The Rose Club
Special Performance With Michael Fredo

Fifth Avenue at Central Park South

New York, NY 10019

8:30 p.m.Free Admission

Cocktail Attire

**Please RSVP to mfojazz@gmail.com.

Check out Michael's MySpace page for info on him and to hear his music. http://www.myspace.com/michaelfredomusic

For more info on The Plaza gig click below to read the press release.

http://luckmedia.com/projects/joannamosca/2404/

That's it for now! Keep on Going!

Joanna

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Country Radio Tour in the South

Hello Blog Fans!

This post is chock full of info and videos!

Both videos in this blog are from my Country Radio Station tours. You will see me with numerous DJs , but you will also see pics with my Road Manager, Guitarist, Promoter and Tour Photographer Scott Jarman.

Scott is a songwriter/guitarist living and working in Nashville, originally from Indiana. We met about 5 years ago when we both were auditioning for the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville! We've stayed in touch over the years and played at several clubs together around Music City.

When I started planning this tour, and knew I would not only be doing interviews, but performing live, I immediately thought Scott would be a great partner. I was right!

In addition to the many hats Scott has worn during these tours - I told him his most important job was to find me healthy places to eat! This was no easy task and usually impossible, considering we were in mostly small Southern towns! We did manage to have a lot of great unhealthy Southern food that we totally enjoyed! And you will see a few pics of some of those amazing heart attack rendering meals in the video!

Scott did, however, find me a Red Lobster or two and an Applebee's where I could stick to my Weight Watcher plan!

Here's a typical day for me on the road:

Three, sometimes four stations a day, traveling 100's of miles in between, singing and chatting on live radio at all the stations.

By the time I reach the hotel late in the day, it is time for dinner, with a much needed glass of wine! After dinner is basically just collapsing in front of the TV until I fall asleep.

Next morning, up at 5AM, getting gussied up, packing up, checking out and on to the next station for a 7AM or 8AM interview and it starts all over again!!

The morning DJ’s were always so energetic and so darn happy and peppy! I pretended I was energetic and peppy too! (Hey, I was voted "Peppiest girl" in high school. Was I a cocker spaniel pup? What was that about?)

I found DJ’s to be smart and interesting people with, of course, amazing speaking voices. Some of them had been doing it all their lives and some had had other professions. Many had been musicians but I also met three former teachers/college professors who then became DJ’s. I think every DJ I met, LOVED what they did and it showed!

I certainly am lucky to be on this “road” and I hope you enjoy these two videos of my adventures!

Joanna

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My March Madness!

My March Madness!

In March, I went on my second Country Radio Station tour. I visited 10 cities in KY plus cities in VA and TN. It was great trip and I have fallen in love with the South all over again.

While traveling through Bristol, VA we drove along the "Crooked Road" where the first country song was recorded in 1928 by the Carter family. Check out www.thecrookedroad.org for more information on this fascinating and musical region of the South.

When you continue on the"Crooked Road" and cross into Eastern KY, the “Crooked Road” turns into "Country Music Highway" which is so named because of all the stars that were born along this stretch of road! Country music stars such as Patty Loveless, Loretta Lynn, Ricky Skaggs, Billy Ray Cyrus, The Judds and many more!

I absolutely LOVED KENTUCKY!!

Eastern KY is rural, rustic and beautiful in it’s own way – from the coal mines to the Appalachian Mountains.

Central and Western Kentucky have beautiful rolling hills and miles and miles of white fences surrounding the horse farms. Louisville is a fun, river city with lots of music venues and restaurants on the water.

I especially loved the capitol city of KY, Frankfort. Brick lined roads with great restaurants, bars and music venues. Went to a great Italian Restaurant there (believe it or not!) and also hit an Irish Pub. (It was St. Paddy's Day so lottsa fun!!)

I met wonderful people (Southern hospitality is alive and well) and the DJ's seemed to really like my music. I sang "Keep on Going", the new single, and "A Good Distraction" live at all the stations. Most of the stations reserved an hour for me to sing and chat, which was great exposure for me and my music
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A couple of great food places in Kentucky are Bread of Life Cafe in Liberty, KY and Farm Boy Restaurant in Morgantown, KY (great burgers)!

On the way to Norton, VA, we passed the site of a Civil War Battle, "Battle of Jonesville". If you are a Civil War buff you can read more about this famous battle at http://www.bencaudill.com/documents_msc/jonesville/battle_of_jonesville.html

Now I’m finally back home and both exhausted and exhilarated. More and more stations are playing the single “Keep On Going” and we are getting great feedback from stations and from listeners!

Last weekend I performed with John Hall (of the band “Orleans”) at the Town Crier in New York. It was a great night of music! I performed songs from the new CD, "Keep on Going" and I got on stage with all the bands at the end of the night to sing "Lean on Me". The house was packed. and the audience seemed to have a blast! Jon Poussette-Dart from the Poussette-Dart String Band performed and Joe Bouchard of Blue Oyster Cult performed some of his hits, "Don't Fear the Reaper", and “I'm Burning for You.” (He can still rock out on the guitar!). And John Hall sang a few, including his hit, "Dance with Me". He's an amazing guitarist and a great Congressman. (A man of high energy and many talents!)

That's it for now!

I'll be posting photos from this tour in a day or so!

Thanks, as always, for your support!

Keep on Going!

Joanna