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***Dates Added Daily on TOUR PAGE***
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February 5, 2010
AMY COURTS JOINS JENNIFER KNAPP AND DEREK WEBB ON 2010 "LETTING GO" SPRING TOUR!!
OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE:
ACCLAIMED SINGER SONGWRITER JENNIFER KNAPP IS LETTING GO IN 2010
Knapp Returns With New Album After A Seven Year Hiatus Spring Tour With Derek Webb And Summer Lilith Fair Tour
Grammy nominated, Dove Award winning Jennifer Knapp returns from a seven year hiatus with a new album, Letting Go (Graylin/RED/Thirty Tigers) on May 11th 2010. This spring she will preview her new music on a co-headline tour with Derek Webb kicking off on March 5th in New York City and she will also join this summer's Lilith Fair tour. Fans can pre-order the album on tour and receive an exclusive CD of acoustic demos from the record. Recorded in Nashville, Letting Go is produced by Paul Moak (Mat Kearney, Martha Wainwright, Amy Grant) and features ten intimate folk, country tinged rock songs showcasing her astonishing straightforwardness and spirituality.
"It is a humbling honor to have such devoted fans that have waited for my return to writing and performing," explains Jennifer Knapp. "For me, it is the refuge of quiet places that has always birthed the depths of sincerity that music unveils. In the end, no song carries it's full voice until it has been shared. It is truly overwhelming to have the opportunity to re-emerge with a fresh vision and passion knowing that lovers of music are there to share the joy."
John Huie of CAA adds, "She's like a fine cabernet. She only gets better with age. The sabbatical did her good."
Jennifer Knapp
Knapp's impressive history includes selling over one million albums with her previous releases Kansas (debut 1998), Lay It Down (2000), and The Way I Am (2001). The Kansas-born musician toured the globe with artists such as Jars of Clay and was featured on 1999's Lilith Fair tour. Her music often described as intimate folk, country tinged rock songs showcases her astonishing straightforwardness and spirituality. Knapp received critical acclaim with The Los Angeles Times calling her "a rising star" and People Magazine describing her as "an uncommonly literate songwriter." Jennifer went on to win her first Dove Award in 1999 for Best New Artist, scored a Grammy nod in 2002 and another Dove nomination in 2003. With a considerable fan base, critical and commercial successes, Knapp walked away from it all at the height of her career. After seven years of soul searching and time spent in Australia, Knapp comes full circle in 2010 with a new album, new tour and a renewed love of music. She will play on the re-vamped Lilith Fair tour, the first one in 10 years. Since Jennifer played on the last one in '99, being asked to play the re-launch is very special, a reminder of why Jennifer came back to her musical roots.
Derek Webb
Singer-songwriter Derek Webb continues to tour in support of his latest album, Stockholm Syndrome (INO/Columbia Records). The most provocative and stirring release of his storied career, Stockholm Syndrome delivers everything listeners have come to expect from Derek Webb: killer pop hooks and lyrics as thought provoking as they are emotionally revealing. Webb co-produced Stockholm Syndrome with former Caedmon's Call bandmate Josh Moore (Bun-B, Slim Thug), a producer who in recent years has lent his ear to hip-hop recording projects. Derek Webb is an innovator in the evolving music landscape from his social network and Twitter followers to his highly publicized 2006 free album downloads. www.derekwebb.com
To view a Tour Announcement video from Jennifer and Derek click here.
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OCTOBER 15, 2009: AMY'S BACK FROM GULU, UGANDA!
A PERSONAL NOTE FROM AMY:
I'm back safe and sound Stateside after an amazing journey to Gulu, Uganda. And I'm more convinced now than ever that at some point, I want to make Gulu home. I don't know how that'll look in the long run, but Paul and I are praying fervently for direction. In the mean time, I'm still processing the journey and the experience as a whole and trying to piece together the parts of my heart I managed to bring home.
A HUGE thank you to everyone who gave of their time and resources to make this trip possible! As a team, we nine accomplished everything we intended to PLUS some, and were able to bless Jerry and Candis Bingham, the ACTION International Staff, and all the kids at the Home of Love Orphanage and Jesus is the Truth Primary School hugely. Though we would argue we're the ones blessed.
More will come out to be sure, but for now, you can learn a little about my experience and why I'll never be who I was (thank God) thanks to my Acholi Family at my blog. AND you can check out some amazing photos on Facebook (until I upload them here)!
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JULY 28, 2009: AMY'S GOING TO AFRICA!!
AMY WILL BE JOINING A TEAM OF SEVEN ON A TRIP TO MOCHA CLUB'S VILLAGE OF HOPE IN GULU, UGANDA SEPTEMBER 23 - OCTOBER 3!
I’m so excited to report that finally, Finally, FINALLY (!!), I’m heading to Gulu, Uganda (Africa) this September 23 – October 3 to Mocha Club’s Child Mother’s Village of Hope. As many of you know, I’ve been longing to visit Gulu for the last four years, and am convinced that God has saved me for this trip specifically, as I’ll not be going just to go, but will be joining the people I and many of you have been supporting and gathering support for in the Village of Hope over the last two years through my artist partnership with Mocha Club. (To learn more about the long road leading up to this trip, take a look at this blog!)
ABOUT GULU.
Gulu, Uganda is replete with people who have lived in fear for over 20 years. The Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), a rebel paramilitary group in Northern Uganda, has terrorized villages, raiding homes, stealing children either to add to their army (boys as young as 5 years old) or use as sex slaves (women and young girls), killing villagers, and destroying the village. While LRA leader Joseph Kony denies it all, the women of Gulu, aptly named “Child Mothers,” tell a different story of abduction, soldier training, and sexual slavery to rebel soldiers in the LRA. Now that they’ve escaped or been excused as expendable, the community at large rejects them and their children. But through The “Village of Hope” in Gulu, over 500 of these child mothers live in a safe community with shelter, job training, a medical facility, and a school for their children. And they have “The Butterfly Center” a refugee center where receive love, acceptance, support, Christian counseling, and a safe haven.
OUR TEAM.
Thanks to our artist leadership team at Mocha Club, a group of seven passionate artists (including yours truly) from across the U.S. will be traveling together. Once we reach the Village of Hope, we’ll be spending our days painting murals in the Village’s various facilities, worshiping and leading Bible studies with the men, women and children, and doing whatever else may be helpful to the ever-growing ministry in Gulu. We pray this trip will be a foundational one on which we’ll build a lasting partnership with Ugandans and the leadership at The Village of Hope!
I NEED HELP!
In the next few short weeks leading up to September 23, I need to raise $3500 to cover travel expenses, room & board, and to purchase supplies we’ll need while we’re in The Village of Hope.
There are a number of ways to offer financial support:
>> Send in some cash (well, more accurately, a check or money order) to the address below, or send a quick donation online via Mocha Club's parent organization, African Leadership. Simply scroll to the bottom, choose the "Other" option, choose your amount and specify in the note that it's for "Amy Courts - Mocha Club Uganda Trip." It's quick and easy, and helps a LOT!
>> Sponsor me in the USAF Half Marathon I'll be running on September 19 in Dayton, OH! You can sponsor a mile for an amount of your choosing (which will inspire me to RUN the full race!), pledge a specific amount per mile run under 9:00, 9:30, or 10:00, and invite your friends to do the same. It's an easy way to support me and keep me healthy! If this is your method of choice, shoot me back an email and I'll send you the forms!
>> BUY MERCHANDISE! We're past the 6-month marker for 2009, so buy some stuff - CDs, tshirts, stickers, posters, etc. - from my online merch store to give away as Christmas, Birthday, or "I Like You" gifts.
>> Go to your local downtown area and sing some songs with a hat out for donations. Then send them all to me.
>> Tell everyone you know about this trip, why you believe I ought to be going, and send in whatever pennies they give you. Print out this message, hang it up in your office, bathroom, favorite restuarant, etc.
Of equal importance, I’ll need ground support – your prayers on a daily basis while I’m abroad. I hope you’ll prayerfully consider how you might be part of my team.
It is overwhelmingly exciting to be finally making this journey, and I am humbled by how dependent I must be on God and His people to provide. But I’ve never been more confident of His wondrous will, and am resting peacefully in His ability to provide in abundance! And I so look forward to sharing the stories of hope, redemption, reconciliation, and resurrection I’ll undoubtedly bring back from my ten days in Africa!
All contributions are tax-deductible.
Please make checks payable to Mocha Club, with “Amy Courts – Uganda” in the memo.
They may be mailed to:
MOCHA CLUB | 233 WILSON PIKE CIRCLE, STE 2A | BRENTWOOD, TN 37027
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JUNE 25, 2009: FREE AMY COURTS
GET A FREE DOWNLOAD OF AMY'S SONG "SHIVER" AND AMY GETS PAID!
Thanks to our good friends and music supporters over at ReverbNation and Microsoft Windows, YOU can get a FREE download of Amy's song "SHIVER" (from These Cold and Rusted Lungs) and these sponsors will pay Amy! So even if you already have the new record and don't need another download of "Shiver," get one anyway so Amy gets paid!
:: DOWNLOAD "SHIVER" FOR FREE HERE! (http://www.myspace.com/windows?homepage=amycourts)
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JUNE 8, 2009
AMY'S HITTING THE ROAD (AND KEEPING YOU POSTED).
Tomorrow (June 9), Amy's hitting the road again, heading for Little Rock, AR and Tulsa, OK. If you haven't already, FOLLOW AMY ON TWITTER to get up-to-the-second updates from the road. If you're in or around Little Rock and Tulsa, be sure to see Amy perform live! The concert schedule is available on her TOUR page.
In other news, Amy's joined a number of new online MUSIC communities! Be sure to join and support Amy at ZOXSY ONLINE and at THE SIXTYONE ONLINE!
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MAY 6, 2009
FOLLOW AMY ON TWITTER!
Thanks to the crazy amounts of traveling I'll be doing this Summer, and the fact that it will likely be both unsafe and counter-productive to try and keep you informed of on-goings from the actual, literal road via Facebook updates and other such nonsense, I've joined the herds and started Twittering! So if you want to keep posted on all the latest happenings from the road, you can follow me here.
In the mean time, check out my Tour page to see where I'll be heading next! If you're in North Carolina, I'll SEE YOU THIS WEEKEND!
See you on the road!
a
:: Follow Amy on Twitter (www.twitter.com/amycourts)
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MARCH 25, 2009
AMY COURTS: SPRING AND SUMMER TOUR UPDATES and NEW RADIO SINGLES!
During the first two weeks of May 2009, Amy will be hitting the road with Katy Kinard, winner of February 2009's International Acoustic Music Awards. Together, they will be touring North and South Carolina, visiting churches, coffee houses, colleges, and various ministry homes. If you caught Amy and Katy on tour in 2006, you know they consistently bring authenticity, depth, and passion to each performance, so don't miss them! Amy will then be joining Arizona artist and writer Mariah Secrest across the Southwest and West Coast during June and July.
Throughout the Summer months, Amy will continue performing solo dates as part of her ongoing Activate Tour, performing at venues, homeless shelters, and in prisons to promote global and local efforts to put faith in motion.
If you want to see Amy at your favorite venue this summer, email Amy (booking@amycourts.com) and include all pertinent information.
In other news, Amy has joined teams with Westar Radio Promotions to begin promoting 'The Liars' to mainstream College and AAA Radio stations. Stay tuned to learn which stations are playing 'The Liars,' and in the mean time CALL YOUR FAVORITE LOCAL STATION AND REQUEST AMY COURTS!!
See you on the road!
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JANUARY 27, 2009
AMY COURTS ANNOUNCES SUMMER 2009 ‘ACTIVATE’ TOUR ACROSS SOUTH AND MIDWEST
In May 2009, Amy Courts will launch the first leg of her ‘ACTIVATE’ Tour, visiting churches, colleges, and local non-profit shelters and detention centers in Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, and Missouri to raise awareness and financial support for global charities such as Mocha Club, Freedom’s Promise, and Blood:Water Mission, and to gather volunteers to serve with her in the local community.
“This tour was born from my own growing passion to use the stage I’ve been given to encourage people to live in authentic, honest community with one another, and to be deliberate about serving others with their time and resources,” Amy says. “Jesus told us whatever we do unto the least of these – the hungry, thirsty, imprisoned, enslaved, or downtrodden - we’ve done unto Him, so it’s my goal with this tour to help others to activate a living and breathing faith by serving together.”
Amy will continue the ACTIVATE tour during Fall 2009, traveling the East Coast and New England, West Coast and MidWest in August and September. Money raised through the tour will be donated to designated charities and to supporting Amy’s month-long stay in Mocha Club’s Village of Hope in October 2009, where she will be teaching and mentoring rescued women and children, and serving the villages of Gulu, Uganda.
For more information about specific tour dates and cities or to inquire about bringing Amy Courts’ ACTIVATE Tour to your church, college, venue, or community shelter, please send an email to booking@amycourts.com or visit Amy’s TOUR page within amycourts.com
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DECEMBER 3, 2008
MOCHA CLUB LAUNCHES NEW CAMPAIGN: "I NEED AFRICA MORE THAN AFRICA NEEDS ME"
As you all know, my involvement with Mocha Club has become the biggest reason for doing what I do on stages across the country. The work we’ve done throughout the continent of Africa - from building orphanages in Sudan, Rwanda, Uganda, South Africa, and more, to providing new hope to the people by providing medicine, education, and basic life-saving items like mosquito nets - is only possible because of people like you and I who have decided to give up two mocha’s a month and lend that $7 we’d otherwise spend on coffee to a better cause. But there’s more to our effort than being beneficiaries to the masses. What they give to us through their embrace of hope and their humility to receive us with open arms, lead us to say…
I NEED AFRICA MORE THAN AFRICA NEEDS ME
“When I think of Africa, the following images immediately come to mind: Starvation. AIDS. Child soldiers. Genocide. Sex slaves. Orphans. From there, my thoughts naturally turn to how I can help, how I can make a difference. “I am needed here,” I think. “They have so little, and I have so much.” It’s true, there are great tragedies playing out in Africa everyday. There is often a level of suffering here that is unimaginable until you have seen it, and even then it is difficult to believe. But what is even harder is reconciling the challenges that many Africans face with the joy I see in the people. It’s a joy that comes from somewhere I cannot fathom, not within the framework that has been my life to this day.” [read more]
Please consider lending your cash to buy the shirt and make the statement
. Then use your voice to tell the story.
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OCTOBER 31, 2008
AMY COURTS: "CAN ANY PERSON BE THE ANSWER" FEATURED ARTICLE ON WRECKED FOR THE ORDINARY
A blog Amy wrote a few months ago entitled "Can any person be the answer" is featured as Wrecked for the Ordinary's Christians in Politics article this week.
Check it out here.
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OCTOBER 29, 2008
NEW REVIEW & INTERVIEW POSTED BY WRECKED FOR THE ORDINARY
Wrecked for the Ordinary, an online magazine featuring articles about faith, life, culture, and the arts, posted a new review of Amy's new album, These Cold and Rusted Lungs and an interview with Amy in this week's culture section.
"Amy’s voice swells with a ringing resonance, spreading out to the most delicate of edges—a perfect contrast of power and intricacy. Her sweetly ornamented stylings add a tinge of silver lining to the shadowy undercurrents of melancholy underneath."
Read the FULL ARTICLE HERE
and be sure to leave your thoughts and comments.
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OCTOBER 27, 2008
AMY'S NEW WEB BLOG "AMY COURTS: EN ROUTE" NOW UP AND RUNNING
Amy's blog on life, music, faith, and all matter of random nonsense has migrated from myspace to wordpress, so now you and everyone you know can stay posted on her thoughts and happenings!
Read the blog at
Amy Courts: En Route
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AUGUST 19, 2008
END-OF-SUMMER UPDATE: A Personal Note from Amy Courts
Hello again, Friends!
As many of you probably know or have heard, it's been a HUGE summer for me! Not only did I release a brand new album, These Cold and Rusted Lungs on July 29, 2008, I also spent the weeks leading up to it at some pretty amazing sporting events!
In late June and early July, I performed the National Anthem for Major League Baseball's Kansas City Royals and Atlanta Braves, and spent an awesome Fourth of July celebrating (and singing the Anthem) at Atlanta Motor Speedway's Friday Night Drags! Then, in late July I was invited to perform the National Anthem AND four of my originals in a pre-game acoustic set on the field (for 25,000 fans!!!!!) at a Chicago White Sox game at the U.S. Cellular Field!
What could possibly make that better? I'll tell you: passing by the White Sox's dugout on my way to an interview regarding the new record AND my involvement with Mocha Club, three of the Sox (including one particularly great player named Swisher) whooped, hollered, and asked to shake my hand. Yes, they wanted to shake my hand. Isn't it usually the opposite? Well, it is for me anyway, so it's official: I experienced my first moment of true celebrity.
We followed that week in Chicago with the release of the CD on Tuesday and an INCREDIBLE release show on Sunday night, August 3 at The Rutledge in Nashville, where we saw every seat filled (and then some), raised hundreds of dollars for Mocha Club, and generally had a very killer time.
Speaking of which, VIDEOS FROM THE SHOW ARE NOW POSTED ON YOUTUBE!! So go check them out and leave your comments on each of the live videos! And stop by often, as we're adding more videos (some coming from that White Sox performance!!) all the time.
To top it all off, my friends over at CRW Platinum Gold Radio Promotions just released the single "SHIVER" to radio as a follow-up to early summer's "THE LIARS," and it's ALREADY AT #5 on the Rock Charts (after just ONE WEEK!). So call your local station and pester them to add "Shiver" AND "The Liars" into their daily rotations until they do it, and keep me moving up the charts! OH! And we just got another GREAT review in for These Cold and Rusted Lungs, posted today by CCM magazine online, in which the new album was called a "brilliant honest debut" and I was called "a female Derek Webb." Woo hoo! You can read the full review here, AND MORE reviews at www.myspace.com/amycourts, or by visiting the links below! As always, you can stay posted with more personal messages at My Mysapce, where we're always posting new photos, new blogs, and engaging in new fun. You can also become a fan at iLike.com and on Facebook.
For right now, keep your eyes peeled for news regarding a cosmetics endorsement (yippee!) and my COLD AND RUSTED LUNGS TOUR this fall! And, by the way, if you want to bring me to your city, shoot us an email at booking@amycourts.com with your favorite venue and we'll be sure to get in touch and do our best to stop there!
Till then,
Peace Love & the Other Seven,
a
:: Amy on YouTube!
REVIEWS
:: CCM Magazine review
:: Christianity Today review
:: The Christian Manifesto review
:: Al Menconi review
:: JT Indie review
:: BSV review
:: RE:gard review
:: Lo-Fi Tribe review
:: The Good Flea review
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The Blah Blah review
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JULY 13, 2008
JOIN MOCHA CLUB AND RECEIVE DOWNLOADS OF BOTH AMY COURTS' RECORDS FOR FREE:
A Personal Note from Amy Courts
Hello Friends! Whether or not you can make it to my CD release party at The Rutledge on May 3 (information below), you CAN get my new CD These Cold and Rusted Lungs - in it's full brilliant measure - NOW and for FREE by joining Mocha Club for just $7 per month (and with only a 3-month commitment, if you're like that...)!
See, because I love Mocha Club and everything they're about, I want to to be as involved as I can in what they're doing - and I want to make it as easy and rewarding for you to be involved too. Cause when $1 will give 1 African clean water for 1 year (think about that compared to how much we spend on one BOTTLE of water), the possibilities with the $7 we give each month are endless. We can seriously changes peoples' lives. All because we give up that Starbucks run twice a month.
SO...as incentive for you to join my team, I'm offering my new CD, These Cold and Rusted Lungs in it's entirety for FREE (in download form) to those who join Mocha Club, starting...NOW! And as a bonus, you'll also get a free download of my full EP. That's TWO RECORDS FOR FREE, just for joining Mocha Club. Try and squeeze THAT out of your next coffee cup!
Once you do, tell all your friends to do the same and send them the link below. They'll get the free downloads too.
I really do believe in the power of the few to do much with just a little. And I believe that we, as rich Americans and, more importantly, as humans created in God's image, have the great responsibility - and the great honor - of caring for those in need from our great abundance. We're already equipping Africans to rebuild their world and culture from the inside out...with just $7 a month from people just like you and me.
So if you want to join Mocha Club and get those TWO FREE CDs TODAY,
CLICK HERE.
Or copy and paste the following into your web browser: https://www.mochaclub.org/mochaclub/sponsor/courts/10
And remember to mark your calendars for my CD release show on August 3!
AMY COURTS: CD RELEASE SHOW
w: Megan McCormick & Friends
Sunday, August 3 | 7PM | $5
@ The Rutledge
*A Benefit for Mocha Club*
410 4th Ave. S | Nashville
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Join Amy's Mocha Club Team Here
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AMY COURTS TO DONATE 10% OF ALL ARTIST PROCEEDS FROM HER NEW ALBUM TO AFRICAN AID ORGANIZATION THE MOCHA CLUB
(NASHVILLE, TN) July 11, 2008 --Amy Courts’ passionate message and unflinching honesty not only ring true through her music but also play out in her life. With the release of her highly anticipated sophomore album These Cold And Rusted Lungs, which releases on July 29th, Courts will donate 10% of all artist proceeds to the African aid organization the Mocha Club. Specifically, the donation will go towards the development the "Village of Hope" in Gulu Uganda, where nearly 500 "child mothers" can live in a safe community with shelter, a job training center, a medical facility, and a school for their children. These young women are called "child mothers" because they were only children themselves when they were abducted, trained as fighters, and given as sex slaves to rebel soldiers in the LRA, a rebel paramilitary group in Northern Uganda.
“With the rapid increase in poverty, disease, abuse, and continued civil unrest in the developing countries of Africa, I've become increasingly aware of our responsibility to act on what we know, ”shares Courts.“ I believe the challenge to those with means is to aid those without, not out of benevolence or sacrifice, or because it's trendy to do so, but because it is our God-given responsibility as humans to care for those in need. As an artist with a voice and an audience, my personal responsibility widens from singing songs to inciting help for the fatherless, widow, and impoverished, lest my gift be wasted on vanity.”
Courts’ involvement with the Mocha Club began during the summer of 2007 after participating in an event that raised awareness of the reality in Africa. “I then began searching for an organization that would be able to use my voice - since, as an artist, I have a responsibility to do more than sing songs, but to speak for those who have no voice - to bring about change,” said Courts. “I chose Mocha Club because, by asking for just $7/month and relating it to something we all understand - the need for coffee! - they make change a real possibility. It doesn't take $30, $40, or $50 a month to make a REAL difference.”
"We have been thankful for Amy’s involvement with the Mocha Club,” said Missy Zahn, Artist Relationship Director for Mocha Club. “She is using her platform to speak for those who cannot speak for themselves. Because of artists like Amy who are passionate about helping Africa, we are able to feed and educate children, provide clean water, and lay a foundation of hope for a brighter future."
The Mocha Club is an organization that centers around connecting our community with the African community. For the small cost of $7 a month, equivalent to the cost of two mochas, a member can help support a project in Africa. $7 in Africa can one person for a month, educate two children for one school term, save one person’s life from malaria, and provide clean water to seven Africans for one year. The organization has several ongoing projects around Africa which enables donors to decide what their money will go towards. For more information on The Mocha Club and how to get involved, please visit www.mochaclub.org.
Produced by Neilson Hubbard (Garrison Starr, Matthew Ryan Matthew Perryman Jones) These Cold And Rusted Lungs ably takes on love, heartache, personal demons, and the concept of a Holy but still personal God. Though undeniably heavy and occasionally dark, the recordʼs message is ultimately one of abandoned hope. For those in the midst of the constant struggle to die to self so love and faith can survive, comfort comes in knowing ʻthese cold and rusted lungsʼ weary from waves of lies can always be made to breathe; and a heart made plastic by past rejection and love lost can always be made real.
For more information on Amy Courts, please visit www.amycourts.com or www.myspace.com/ amycourts.
RADIO: CRW Platinum Gold Radio Promotions–Dave Koch (719)536-9000x101 - dave@christianradioweekly.com
BOOKING: booking@amycourts.com
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APRIL 16, 2008
IMPASSIONED SINGER/SONGWRITER AMY COURTS TACKLES DEEP AND EARNEST ISSUES WITH THE RELEASE OF THESE COLD AND RUSTED LUNGS ON JULY 29TH COURTS' FIRST RADIO SINGLE "THE LIARS" SET TO GO FOR ADDS THROUGH CRW PLATINUM GOLD RADIO PROMOTIONS ON MAY 2ND
(NASHVILLE, TN) APRIL 16, 2008--Known for her passionate vocals, captivating melodies, and unflinching honesty, Amy Courts' highly anticipated sophomore album These Cold And Rusted Lungs will be released to the world on July 29th by Through The Looking Glass Entertainment, distributed through Infinity Music Distribution, and follows her successful self-titled EP, which was released independently in 2006. Unintimidated by heavy or ponderous topics, These Cold And Rusted Lungs delicately illustrates the realities of weariness within the inner person.
Produced by Neilson Hubbard (Garrison Starr, Matthew Ryan Matthew Perryman Jones) These Cold And Rusted Lungs ably takes on love, heartache, personal demons, and the concept of a Holy but still personal God. Though undeniably heavy and occasionally dark, the records message is ultimately one of abandoned hope. For those in the midst of the constant struggle to die to self so love and faith can survive, comfort comes in knowing ?these cold and rusted lungs' weary from waves of lies can always be made to breathe; and a heart made plastic by past rejection and love lost can always be made real.
Courts first radio single "The Liars" will go for adds on May 2nd through the CRW Platinum Gold Radio Promotions. "Amy's music addresses real life issues in a powerful expression of passion and love for those less fortunate in our world," said Dave Koch, CRW Publisher and Editor. "The radio single "The Liars" talks about when the lies of the Enemy threaten us, Christ is always there, whether or not we perceive His presence, to rescue and uphold those who trust Him."
For more information on Amy Courts, please visit www.amycourts.com or www.myspace.com/amycourts.
