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
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Monday, August 9, 2010
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
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
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
KINGSPORT TN
WJXB
12:00pm EST
KNOXVILLE TN
Wednesday, August 11th
WJSQ
9:00 a.m. EST
ATHENS TN
WEIS
1:30 PM CST
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
CENTERVILLE TN
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
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.
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
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Friday, June 18, 2010
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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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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Wednesday, May 12, 2010
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
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.
That's it for now! Keep on Going!
Joanna
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