Haunted Windchimes - CD Release Photos (5.14.11)

warming up back stage before the big show...

The Windchimes tell Gregory Alan Isakov to break a leg...

Warm up scissor kicks

Group hug after a great show...

Meeting the fans

All photos © Christian Murdock 2011

A TIME TO DANCE!

BLANK-TAPE RECORDS ANNOUNCES THE RELEASE OF JOE JOHNSON’S DEBUT ALBUM, A TIME TO DANCE: AVAILABLE MARCH 4TH 2011.

JOE JOHNSON "A TIME TO DANCE" CD RELEASE SHOW

Special Guest: Tom Skora

LIVE AT LON CHANEY THEATRE MARCH 4TH 2011

221 E Kiowa Colorado Springs, Colorado

$10 General Admission | $15 Admission + CD

Doors at 7pm - Show at 8pm

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“…devastatingly beautiful country folk ballads”
- Adam Leech, Colorado Springs Independent
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Co-produced by Joe Johnson and The Changing Colors, A Time to Dance illustrates the deep roots and lineage of Johnson’s signature sound. Recorded live to tape A Time To Dance offers 12 outstanding tracks of Johnson’s heartfelt country songs. Songs that conjure ghosts of love and longing, hope and despair.

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Haunted Windchimes Prepare Live Album For Release

Original post by: The Mad Mackerel

As you may know The Haunted Windchimes have become favourites of both Mrs M and myself over the past twelve months, making it into our Best of Lists for albumsand tracks at the end of 2010.

They will be releasing a live album soon with, as they say, all your favourite Windchimes songs, and to tempt us have offered up this short video teaser to whet the appetite.

Visit their MySpace here or their website here.

Download The Haunted Windchimes – Lordy Lordy mp3 (from An Evening With: The Haunted Windchimes)

Download The Haunted Windchimes – Don’t Take My Baby Away (Baby Back) mp3(from Honey Moonshine)

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Joe Johnson: Reverb Article

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by Adam Leech

Moving on to the subject of more local folks, or "fokels," if you will, our very own Joe Johnson will be singing and strumming a few of his devastatingly beautiful country folk ballads at the Ancient Mariner on Saturday, Dec. 4. He hopes to raise enough dough to release his Blank Tape Records debut, A Time to Dance, early next spring.

The 12-track album, which I've yet to hear, was recorded live on an old-timey reel-to-reel by the increasingly powerful Bourgal Brothers home-recording team. It includes a "who's who" of southern Colorado guest musicians, including Jason Gilmore (Creating a Newsense), Inaiah Lujan and Mike Clark (the Haunted Windchimes), Conor Bourgal (the Changing Colors) and Josh DeSmidt (the Broken Spoke). Opening the evening's festivities will be solo sets by Clark, Thomas Evans and many special Blank Tape family guests. More info, and teaser tracks, can be found at blanktaperecords.org.

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This Saturday December 4th, join Joe Johnson and other Blank-Tapers for a night of music and more while we raise money for Joe's new album 'A Time To Dance.'

And don't forget about Blank-Tape New Years Eve Extravaganza w/ The Haunted Windchimes, Joe Johnson & The Changing Colors

www.blanktaperecords.org
www.facebook.com/JoeJohnsonMusic
www.blanktaperecords.org/joejohnson.html

The Changing Colors on HeyReverb.com

Brothers Conor and Ian Bourgal are the Changing Colors. Steal a track from the Colorado Springs-based outfit's debut album below.

The Changing Colors revolve around twin brothers Conor and Ian Bourgal, who perform haunting, heartfelt songs of love and longing. On their debut album, “Ghost of Red Mountain,” the Bourgals take the notion of haunting a step further. The record — released by Pueblo’s Blank Tape Records — takes its inspiration from Emma Crawford, one of the most famous residents of tiny Manitou Springs, Colorado. Local lore has it that — sometime around the turn of the last century — Ms. Crawford’s coffin was washed out of its resting place on Red Mountain and floated right down Main Street.

The story of a dead pioneer woman floating through the streets of a mountain town fits perfectly with the spare, roomy Americana of the Changing Colors. With simple instrumentation, whiskey-roughened vocals and a sense that things could go very wrong at any moment, the brothers Bourgal tell stories and create atmospheres that will have you seeing ghosts.

The Changing Colors will perform at the Larimer Lounge this Thursday, Dec. 2, along with Jonny Woodrose and the Broken-Hearted Woodpeckers. Tickets are just $8. We’d like to get you warmed up for the show today by encouraging you to steal “That’s What My Love Is For.”

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December 31st The Changing Colors & Other Blank-Tapers will ring in the New Year at the Ancient Mariner in Manitou Springs.
Tickets available now at THE LEECHPIT and THE ANCIENT MARINER!

www.blanktaperecords.org
www.facebook.com/TheChangingColorsMusic

William Elliott Whitmore & More at the Triple Nickel Tavern (photos)

Here are some photos of an amazing night of music brought to you by The Triple Nickel Tavern and show casing a night of amazing performers including artists from Anti-Records, Suburban Home and Blank-Tape!

Blank-Tape Merch! Including a sneak peak pre-release of Inaiah Lujan's Strange Dreams (Hand Silk-Screened by Lastleaf Printing)

Inaiah Lujan jump started the night and captured the audience with an eclectic mixture of new and old material from his solo repertoire.

Sold Out! At the Triple Nickel

Lizzie Huffman (Suburban Home) serenaded the crowd with her sincere and heartfelt country-fied songs.

The Ghost of Michael Clark conjuring spirits

Thomas Evans a staple in the local Colorado Springs music scene joins The Ghost for a couple of numbers.

William Elliott Whitmore channeling an ancestry of American music ranging from the Appalachia to the Mississippi Delta .

Adam Leech and Sean Fanning (Haunted Windchimes)

Joe Johnson hangs w/ The Ghost of Michael Clark

The Blank-Tape Family

P.U.L.P People's Choice Awards 2010

PULP's 1st annual People's Choice Awards went down last night without a hitch! PULP readers chose which bars and bands they think are the best in Pueblo. Blank-Tape represented with winners in two categories including; "Band Most Likely To Make Pueblo Famous." Read the details below.

BAND MOST LIKELY TO MAKE PUEBLO FAMOUS:
THE HAUNTED WINDCHIMES

Having recently opened for Arlo Guthrie in Colorado Springs and with a Red Rocks show and several tours already under their belt, the Haunted Windchimes are well on their way to being nationally known. Bringing Pueblo's music scene along on their coattails, they also give you someone famous to brag about knowing. But you already new that.

-PULP

Check them out at: www.hauntedwindchimes
On tour now! www.hauntedwindchimes.com/shows.html
in Lyons and Longmont this weekend! (Oct 1 & 2)

BEST SOLO PERFORMER
INAIAH LUJAN

Inaiah Lujan is a fixture on the Pueblo music scene, fronting several different bands (including the Haunted Windchimes) ranging in style from hardcore to alt-country to blues and folk. A student of many types of music, all of which he brings to his performances, Inaiah is both a talented musician and a compelling performer, making him a clear choice for the best solo performer catagory.

-PULP

Hear Inaiah's music at: myspace.com/inaiahlujan
Upcoming Shows: October 6th at The Downtown Bar, October 18th at The Triple Nickel

For more info on the PULP awards visit: www.pueblopulp.com

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