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HANNAH GRASER
"the best lyricist in the Lehigh Valley"
& winner of two
Lehigh Valley Music Awards!
F O X O P T I C A L
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28 East 3rd St. Southside Bethlehem
First Friday April 1st
7:30 - 10 pm
No Cover Charge
M A Y F A I R
Lakeside Stage, Allentown
Thursday May 26th
4:30 - 6 pm
Get your copy of Hannah Graser's
debut disc "November Breeze"
from Z Produxions
or at the Compact Disc Center.
Contact: Geozipper@Gmail.com
The Compact Disc Center
is located at
1365 Easton Avenue
on Bethlehem's north side.
Discs are $10 only through Z Produxions.
HANNAH GRASER SLATED TO PERFORM AT MAYFAIR FESTIVAL AGAIN !
"NOVEMBER BREEZE" DISC ACCEPTED INTO SING OUT! MAGAZINE ARCHIVES
HANNAH GRASER's debut disc "November Breeze" was recently catalogued & added to the vast archive in SING OUT! Magazine's Resource Center.
SING OUT! is a quarterly folk publication with a national reputation that has been in existence for 60 years.
"Hannah is a promising local artist and we want to support her," says Managing Editor Amy Neff.
SING OUT! Magazine's Resource Center, an unmatched library of folk music CDs, casettes, vinyl, DVDs, photographs, newsletters, periodicals and documents, is used by their members for research & historical accuracy.
SIng Out! offices are located right here in Bethlehem on the south side at 512 East 4th Street.
http://www.singout.org/
HANNAH GRASER was chosen for the second year in a row to perform at MAYFAIR !
This time, her set was not only extended to an hour and a half, but she will be on the higher profile Lakeside Stage.
Set your cellphone calendars to Thursday, MAY 26, 2011, 4:30 pm to catch her in-person, live performance of brand new material !!
FEATURE STORY IN
MONTGOMERY NEWS
"TICKET" PUBLISHED 10/27/10
The best article to date published on HANNAH GRASER is certainly the one by Craig Ostroff of Montgomery News.
He interviewed Hannah at the Lighthouse lounge in Phoenixville a few months ago in advance of her Chaplin's Music Cafe gig.
Read his article & see an edited video version of his interview with live footage of her on the Steel City Cafe open mic stage:
http://www.montgomerynews.com/articles/2010/10/27/entertainment/doc4cc72c27ae3d7064485808.txt
This article ran in the greater-Philadelphia area in 14 newspapers inside the weekly club guide called "Ticket."
It was a big, big story with two large photos that took up the entire last two pages of the publication!
HANNAH RECEIVES TWO AWARDS AT THE LVMA 12
HANNAH GRASER, who was nominated in NINE categories including Best Singer Songwriter, Best Female Vocalist, Best New Artist, Best Folk Artist, Best Teen Artist, Best Americana Artist, Best Song & Best CD, walked away with TWO.
She won for "Best Music Video" & "Best Duo."
Upon hearing she won
"Best Duo," she immediately texted her friend, Rachel Hertzog (the other half of the Hannah Graser duo), to congratulate her.
The music video that gained her honors was "They Do Decay" which was posted on You Tube months ago. And it apparently won through write-in votes which is a testament to her powerful fan base.
You can view "They Do Decay" here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hku58RhmOp4
WILDFLOWER REINCARNATED AS
THE TERRA CAFE !
HANNAH GRASER was shocked to learn that the Wildflower Cafe, the place she haunted with her teen friends, the place where her budding music career began & the place that kicked off her Z Produxions debut disc release "November Breeze," was going out of business.
She made sure to be there at the last open mic run by Bill Medei, the imperial master of festivities & the man who introduced Hannah to Tony Z, who became her manager.
"The Wildflower closing was one of the worst things that ever happened," she lamented.
"I started performing there four or five years ago and I fell in love with it. It breaks my heart that it has to be shut down.
"Since Aaron and Sullivan died and then wildflower died, I feel like it really took a toll on my view of music performing. Its just depressing and I wish I could bring it back."
HANNAH GRASER was the performer chosen to represent the Wildflower Cafe on television back in the summer in advance of Musikfest.
You can see that footage by clicking the link below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPu5aD4yWM4
The Wildflower Cafe has now reopened, reincarnated as The Terra Cafe at the same location on Bethlehem's south side.
Events
HANNAH GRASER "NOVEMBER BREEZE"
(Z PRODUXIONS) ACOUSTIC SINGER-SONGWRITER It’s basically just Graser singing with her acoustic guitar. Other musicians appear, but Graser is always in the front of the mix. The young singer has an unaffected, tuneful voice. It is a bit undeveloped, but that fits in with her coffeehouse/folk lyrics. Sometimes, however, it is difficult to understand all the words she is singing. The songs are pretty straightforward, with uncomplicated melodies and lines such as “We cannot erase the past.” Some are melancholy, like “J.D.C.,” which includes the lines, “There’s no end to the madness/Just sadness, sadness, sadness…” The first six songs add an occasional banjo and/or harmonica. “How I Feel In September” and “No Vacancy” include some electric guitar, drums and synth. The eighth track, “Instrumental,” is a quiet, effective acoustic guitar piece with some incongruous electronics tacked on at the end. The closing songs are pretty much just Graser again, with some background and/or overdubbed vocals. The last one is “Grace Amazing,” an interesting take on the traditional “Amazing Grace.” Graser probably will develop more subtlety as she matures as a writer, but for now she effectively displays the powerful emotions of youth. Anyone into singer/songwriters might be interested in what she has to say.
"ANGELS OF SONG & STORY"
HANNAH GRASER performed at Timezones on Bethlehem's southside in an event called "Angels of Song & Story" the first week of February.
It featured three generations of women with a literary bent: besides the songwriting prowess of HANNAH GRASER, there was the acclaimed novelist Phoebe Wilcox, whose book "Angels Carry The Sun" is nominated for both the PEN/Faulkner Award & the Pushcart Prize!
Phoebe did a reading between acts.
The show opened with another grand lady singer-songwriter, Sarah Kelton, who came to the area from Nashville. She certainly had that twang-country-thang down.
You can read all about these gals by clicking on the link below:
http://www.winkzine.com/readwinkmagazine.html
"ANGELS" FLEW IN TWO LOCAL NEWSPAPERS
These dahling 'angels' of story & song graced TWO local publications: the Bethlehem Press & the Express-Times.
How's that for a publicity coup? HA !
http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/entertainment/index.ssf?/base/entertainment-1/1296777933150390.xml&coll=3
In addition, you'll find that Z Produxions has been placing some 'cool beans' ads in WINK Magazine with the design help of that hooper girl, Tina Hemmerle.
Tina holds the editorial helm of this little cutting- edge 'zine. The current issue showcases the resurgence of all-things Burlesque.
It certainly is a fun & exciting bit of pleasure...
And it's FREE !
"NOVEMBER BREEZE" DISC
Michael McKenna of PA MUSIC SCENE, an online site at
http://www.pamusicscene.com/reviews/pa-music-scene-welcomes-mike-mckenna-as-a-new-contributor/november-breeze-%e2%80%93-hannah-graser/
has written a darling review of HANNAH GRASER's debut disc.
Meanwhile, Dave Howell of the Morning Call also cast his discerning ear on the disc in question. Since the review is hard to find on the Morning Call website (due to the fact that her picture of the disc is now missing), it is reproduced below:
“November Breeze” pretty much captures how Hannah Graser sounds in concert, though it’s not a live CD.
(Dave Howell is a freelance writer.)
RADIO BLOG
It wasn't that long ago that Hannah was interviewed on the air on Scott Mckenna's weekly radio blog.
You can hear the show in its entirety by linking to
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/scottmckenna/2010/05/24/scott-mckenna-radio-show ...
You will also get to hear select cuts that Scott aired from her debut album "November Breeze."
