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RAMBLINGS CD GIVEAWAY: Greg Koons and the Misbegotten

I recently discovered the music of Greg Koons and the Misbegotten.  Now you can discover it for yourself by winning a copy of Welcome to the Nowhwere Motel.

Simply drop me an email with the "Greg Koons Contest" in the subject line.  Two (2) winners will be selected at random to receive a copy of the CD.  Deadline for entries is Monday, July 20.

UPDATE:  The contest is now closed.  Congratulations to Cathy and Patrick, and thanks to everyone who entered.  And special thanks to Sneak Attack Media for sponsoring the contest.

 

Also be sure to check out Koons on his upcoming tour:

Jul 10 Cafe Semolino - Hays, Kansas
Jul 11 Gypsy Coffee - Tulsa, Oklahoma
Jul 12 Hole in the Wall  - Austin, Texas
Jul 13 Headhuntrer’s Club - Austin, Texas
Jul 14 Gig on the Strip - San Antonio, Texas
Jul 14  Austin Soup Kitchen - Austin, Texas
Jul 15 Gatsby’s - San Antonio, Texas
Jul 16 Neutral Ground  - New Orleans, Louisiana
Jul 18 Cherry Street Artisan - Columbia, Missouri
Jul 21 Gluek’s - Minneapolis, Minnesota
Jul 22nd – 26th-  Motongator Joe’s Country Music Festival - Wallace, Michigan
Jul 28 Nestor Tavern - Fargo, North Dakota
Jul 29  The Frequency - Madison, Wisconsin
Jul 30 Eclipse Records - St. Paul, Minnesota
Jul 31 Red Rooster Coffee House - Aberdeen, North Dakota
Aug 2 Red Line Tap - Chicago, Illinois
Aug 3 The Factory - Rochester, Michigan
Aug 5 Terminal Bar - Minneapolis, Minnesota
Aug 7th-9th- Grand Marias Music Festival - Grand Marias, Michigan
Aug 15  Wonderland Ballroom - Washington DC
Aug 18 Mickey’s Bar and Grill - Lowell, Massachusetts
Aug 21 Boulder Coffee - Rochester, New York
Aug 22 The Milk Boy - Ardmore, Pennsylvania
Aug 28 Open Eye Café - Carrboro, North Carolina
Aug 29 Sentient Bean - Savannah, Georgia
Sep 4th-6th- Texas Music Festival  - Meridian, Texas
Sep 8 Golden Light Cantina - Amarillo, Texas
Sep 10 Bohemeo’s - Houston, Texas
Dec Mocha Maya’s - Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts

Matt Keating CD contest over!

Finally got around today to drawing a name for the Matt Keating CD giveaway.  Our lucky winner was loyal reader John C.  Congratulations to John!

Last Call! Ramblings CD Giveaway: Matt Keating's Quixotic

One more day to enter the Ramblings CD giveaway.  One lucky winner will receive a new, sealed copy of Matt Keating's excellent new double-album Quixotic.  Details here.

Reminder: Ramblings CD giveaway

Don't forget to get your name entered to win a sealed copy of Matt Keating's new album Quixotic.  Entries accepted through Labor Day - details here.

Ramblings CD Giveaway! Matt Keating - 'Quixotic'

One of my favorite songwriter discoveries of 2008 is Matt Keating, whose new double album Quixotic has been in constant rotation since I received it (my review can be found here).  Thanks to the nice folks at Sneak Attack Media, I've received a second copy, and I'm giving it away to a lucky Ramblings reader.

I'll keep this contest simple: send an email with "Matt Keating contest" in the subject line, and I'll enter your name to win.  You can send your entry to:

dk.kennedy@gmail.com

BONUS: Visit Matt Keating's MySpace site and tell me in the email what city he is playing on September 28.  The correct answer will get you entered TWICE.

RULES:  Contest open only to residents of the US and Canada (I'm picking up the postage on this one).  Entries will be accepted until 11:59pm CDT on Monday, September 1.  Mrs. K will pull the winning name from a hat a day or two thereafter.  I'll contact the winner to get their shipping information so no need to include it with your entry.

Good luck!!

Ramblings Giveaway: We have a winner!

We just held the drawing, and though I'm gonna be accused of rigging this contest to save on postage, the winner is:

• John H. (Houston, TX)

Full disclosure: John is a good friend of mine, but he got the questions right just like everyone else.  He won fair and square - I even had the Mrs. cover he eyes before she pulled the name.  Congrats, John!  To everyone else, thanks so much for entering.  BTW, all of the entries were correct and accepted.  But for the record the answers to the trivia questions were as follows:

1. Lucinda Williams' West
2. Raising Sand by Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Between Daylight & Dark by Mary Gauthier
3. "Up To The Mountain", Solomon Burke's Nashville

LAST CALL: Ramblings CD Giveaway

Less than 24 hours left to enter the FIRST ANNUAL HOUSTON RAMBLINGS CD GIVEAWAY contest.  Prize pack includes Joe Henry's Civilians and Patty Griffin's Children Running Through, my favorite two records of 2007 (contest details here).  The deadline is TONIGHT at midnight, and the drawing will be held this weekend.  All entries so far have been accepted - if you entered, you'll be in the drawing.

Speaking of which, my final blog entry for BreakThru Radio is up.  It's a preview of new music coming out in 2008.  Thanks again to Colleen and the nice folks at BTR for inviting me to blog this week.

Reminder: Ramblings CD Giveaway deadline approaching

Just a quick reminder the FIRST ANNUAL HOUSTON RAMBLINGS CD GIVEAWAY entry deadline is approaching.  All entries must be in by Midnight, January 19.  I don't have many entries, but so far all trivia answers have been correct (good job, guys!).  These might be the best odds you'll ever get of winning in your entire life.

Contest details here.

FIRST ANNUAL HOUSTON RAMBLINGS CD GIVEAWAY

As promised, here are the details of my First Annual CD Giveaway...

• PRIZE:  One sealed copy of Joe Henry's Civilians and a sealed copy of Patty Grffin's Children Running Through, my selections for the Top 2 Albums of 2007 (it was a a tie).
• ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all residents of North America and the UK.

To enter the contest, follow these steps:

• Send me an email with "Ramblings Contest" in the subject line (dk.kennedy@gmail.com).
• Correctly submit the answers to the trivia questions, numbered 1, 2 and 3 (see below).  Only correct submissions will be entered.
• Submit entries before midnight Jan. 19 CST to be entered.  I will draw the winner that weekend and contact him or her early the following week for shipping information (shipping method TBD, but obviously I'll foot the bill).

Simple enough?  If not, post a comment and I'll update the rules with clarifications.  So without further ado, here are the trivia questions:

1. Guitarist Bill Frisell is among the stellar group of musicians featured on Joe Henry's Civilians.  He also lends his talents to another album in my Top 10 Records of 2007.  Name that album (hint: don't assume it necessarily has a Joe Henry association).
2. Musicians Greg Leisz and Jay Bellerose are also featured on Civilians.  Name the other two albums in my Top 10 list on which they appear.
3. One song on Patty Griffin's Children Running Through actually appeared on my Number One Album of 2006.  Name the song and the album on which it appeared.

That's it.  I'll consider the contest open for business.  Good luck!

("Best of 2007" entries can be found here for reference.  Not all answers are necessarily contained therein, but I believe all answers are available on this blog somewhere.)