Upcoming gig, Sept 25th and Tour highlights!!

Hi everyone, I hope you all had a great summer!

These past few months have been pretty exciting and I’d like to share some of the highlights with you.

I’ve just completed my 30 city national radio tour in support of my most recent single, “Like I’m Leaving,” which is currently being played by nearly 100 radio stations across the country, and is rocketing up the Country and AC charts! In addition, my first single, “Keep on Going,” recently cracked the Top 30 on the Adult Contemporary/ Mediabase and R&R charts. (Those are the Major Market stations!) At the end of this column are pics and more fun details from my tour!

Also this summer I launched an iPhone app which includes music, links, updates, and upcoming tour info. My label, “Dolce Diva Music” announced an iPad giveaway and the winner was a lucky fan from California!

After a hectic year of traveling, I am thrilled to announce my upcoming show, September 25, 2010 at the Towne Crier Café in Pawling, NY. Also appearing will be the famous jazz guitarist, Leni Stern. The show starts at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 in advance or $30 at the door and can be purchased at www.townecrier.com. They serve dinner, and the food is quite good and they’re known for their wonderful desserts! ( FYI- If you reserve for dinner as well as the show, you get priority seating.) More info including menus and directions are on the website.

Highlights from my Country Radio Station Tour
Late August

Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri

It was a whirlwind tour and I had a blast!

I performed at 15 radio stations in 15 cities across the three states.



Frumpy Joe's Cafe

 In Jonesburg, MO- Went to Frumpy Joe's Cafe- GREAT biscuits and sausage gravy. Visited Jonesburg Historic Museum and saw a slave cabin from 1837 which had been on Tobacco Farm and moved to museum site. This is a link to an interesting article about the Architecture students who rebuilt the cabin.

In Butler, MO saw the Ripley's World's smallest Tombstone. 2 X 2 ½ inches!! It was for the grave of an Indian Princess.

LOVED Kansas City, MO- Great shops, restaurants, museums. I really enjoyed Manhattan, Kansas. It’s called the "Little Apple" :) Home to KSU and Ft. Riley.

This was my first trip to OK- and I saw my first oil well. There were lots of them!!  We travelled portions of the original RT 66. Fun!  And we visited the original Lucille's, which is longer open, but had been a gas station since 1929.   Lucille bought it in 1949 and made it famous.  She was called "the mother of the mother road."  She had many famous singers stop there on their way to gigs. She has all their signatures and memorabilia in a scrapbook she saved. (It's in the museum there – very cool stuff - lots of history.)

We ate at the Rock Cafe-(Also on RT 66 in OK) built in 1939 from the rocks that were unearthed during the building of RT 66.

Another interesting thing about The Rock Café is that John Lasseter stopped there as he was traveling RT 66 searching for inspiration for his then upcoming movie, "Cars". (He wrote and directed it.) The owner of the cafe, Dawn, became the inspiration for the character, Sally in the movie. (Sally was the Porsche in the movie!) Lots of fun "Cars" memorabilia there, great food, and absolutely the best Fried Green Tomatoes on the trip (I was doing my own personal survey:)

Next stop was Stillwater, OK. Visited OSU. Great campus. Lunch that afternoon was at the original Eskimo Joe's (To die for apple pie)!

Then on to Woodward, OK- a very rural part of OK. This is dust bowl country. The town was leveled, and many died in 1947 from a tornado. Lots of history on this trip. We had dinner at the Pollyanna Cafe. Great fried chicken!!

The last stop on tour was Oklahoma City. What a great city! We saw the Oklahoma City Museum and Memorial. The Field of Empty Chairs was a very moving site. Very powerful. I really enjoyed the area called Bricktown. This area used to be old warehouses but has been converted to restaurants, bars, shops and even has a baseball stadium. A lovely canal runs through it and we took fun canal cruise after dinner one evening.

Great ending to a great trip!

Till next time,

Joanna

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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
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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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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!

Photo and video editing at www.OneTrueMedia.com

i Pad Give-Away and More!

Exciting News!

Dolce Diva Music is launching an iPad campaign to introduce my music to the public.

Click on the banner to get your chance for an iPAD!

Or use these links to enter:

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Microsite: http://wildfireapp.com/website/6/contests/40674

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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