Nancy McCallion: News

I'll be joined by Grams and Krieger at The Auld Dubliner every Wednesday in May, beginning May 7th. We play from 7PM-10PM. Good pub food and beers on tap, served in the Imperial Pint sized glass. If you haven't heard Grams and Krieger you must. Check out their site: http://www.gramsandkrieger.com

Yes, we're playing The Boondocks for St. Paddy's Saturday; no it's not The Mollys. It's Nancy McCallion, Kevin Schramm, Danny Krieger, and Gary Mackender with most distinguished guest, Earl Edmonson,

We've been rehearsing, we're having a fine time. AND SO WILL YOU! @ Nancy's McCallion's Wild Irish Review and Dance A-long. Ya'll come, (ya wankers)

I've booked the 3rd Saturdays of the month through April at The Old Dubliner on University and Euclid. FEBRUARY 16TH is our next gig with Kevin Schramm and Danny Krieger

Check out today's review in The Tucson Weekly, and get ye down to the Auld Dubliner this Saturday night.

http://www.tucsonweekly.com/gbase/Music/Content?oid=oid:102000

I'll be getting out of the heat in July with shows in Califorina, Oregon, Washington, Colorado and Utah. I'll be working as a duo with my husband Danny Krieger on guitar/slide guitar and vocals. We'll be doing songs from my current album along with old Mollys' tunes and a couple brand new songs that I'm preparing for my next record.

I've had a hankering to play some Irish music again, so I've begun working with Heather Hardy, a wonderful violinist here in Tucson, who's played with Irish bands on the East Coast. We've worked up some original and traditional Irish songs along with some fiddle and whistle tunes. We debut at Javalina's Coffee and Friends on Saturday, April 22. Then we'll be doing the second Tuesdays of every month at Nonie Family Restaurant along with Sabra Faulk on bass and vocals.

We had such a great time last year that we're going to do it again. The original Mollys touring act with Catherine Zavala, Kevin Schramm, Dan Sorenson, Gary Mackender and meself will hit the stage at The Boondocks Lounge on Friday, March 17th. Get ready to welt the floor.

Far and Away 2005 Report is the yearly top album and label picks from the Freeform Americana Roots Charts put out by 3rd Coast music Magazine out of San Antonio, TX - "real music played by real DJs."

Here are some of their picks:

Album of the Year

1. Eliza Gilkyson: Paradise Hotel (Red House)
2. Ry Cooder: Chavez Ravine (Nonesuch- Perro Verde)
3. Marcia Ball: Live Down The Road (Alligator)
4. Cheryl Wheeler: Defying Gravity (Philo)
5. Bobby Earl Smith: Turn Row Blues (Muleshoe)
6. Shemekia Copeland: The Soul Truth (Alligator)

Debut Album

1. Paul Metsa: Texas in the Twilight (Loudhouse)
2. Nancy McCallion Nancy McCallion (Taller Dog)
3. Michael Kindred Handstand (Loudhouse)


Female Artist


1. Eliza Gilkyson
2. Audrey Auld
3. Adie Grey


Male Artist

1. Bobby Earl Smith
2. Tim O'Brien
3. Jimmy Lafave


Songwriter

1. David Olney
2. Eliza Gilkyson
3. Chip Taylor

Best in Industry

1. Loudhouse Records
2. Bloodshot Records
3. Redhouse Records

"Nancy McCallion" also made the Folk DJ's Lists of most played albums of 2005 with "Money's Moving Up", "Reckless Child", and "Moon Over the Interstate".

A few radio stations have recently added my CD to their playlists:

"From the Joshua Tree" on WEFT-FM, Champaign, IL. Listed my CD at #18 for October.

"Folk Oasis" CITR 101.9 FM
Vancouver, BC

"Saturday Cafe" KLCC FM
Eugene, OR

"Folk Fury" KTEP-FM
El Paso, TX

"Radio LIberation Front" WXXE
Syracuse, NY

Favorite songs still seem to be "Reckless Child" and "Money's Moving Up". Independent radio RULES!

I've just signed up with a new booking agent, Mike Wolke and Yulunga Arts. Actually, Mike is an old agent. He used to book The Mollys at the height of our touring days. And he always did a fine job for us. He's leaving his job with SRO Artists to start his own business. I'll be touring with my husband, Danny Krieger on guitar and slide guitar, Steve Grams on upright bass, and sometimes, schedules permitting, fiddler, Darcie Deaville. We're going to debut our road show at an official showcase at The North American Folk Alliance Conference in Austin, TX, Feb. 10 - 14 and plan to start regular touring in the late spring and summer of 2005.

I've been working with Tucson singers and songwriters to produce a lullaby CD. We're recording the final songs this week and starting to mix them. All the procedes for this project are being donated to New Beginnings for Women and Children, a nonprofit organization helping homeless women and their children become self-sufficient. It's a great charity and it's turning into a wonderful record, with tracks by Lisa Otey, Claire Zucker of Round the House,
Heather Hardy, Wendy Adams, my old Mollys partner, Catherine Zavala and lots more. For more info on the project check out www.nbwctucson.org

We're planning a children's concert for Dec. 11, 05 at Greenfire to celebrate the CD's release.

"Nancy McCallion" debuted at #26 on the Folk DJ chart of most played albums for June 2005 and #23 on the 3rd Coast Freeform American Roots Chart.

We just finished mailing my "Nancy McCallion" CD to folk and Americana DJs and it's starting to get some spins. I just learned that I was "Artist of the Week" on Eddie O'Strange's TOWN & COUNTRY RADIO SHOW, 783 KHz AM, a national radio station in New Zealand.

Other shows playing my disk include:

"After Midnight", WXXE in Syracuse, New York
"Amarillo Highway", KZMU in Moab, Utah
"Folk Migrations', KUMD in Duluth MN
"Radio Wayne," Live 365.com
"Chicken Skin Music", KTRU in Houston,TX
"Green Chili Revival and Medicine Show", KGLP in Gallup, NM
"Acoustic Electric", WEIY in Allentown, PA
"Trail Mix", Kansas Public Radio
"Sunday Morning Coffeehouse", Columbia, MO
"Folk Roots/Folk Branches", CKUT, in Montreal, Canada
"Folk Festival", WDCB, in Glen Elyn, IL,
Weingart on WPRB in Princeton, NJ
"General Electric" in Fredonia, NY
"Heaven's Bar and Grill", KZSC, Santa Cruz, CA
"Womenfolk", Minneapolis, MN
"Saturday Morning Folk Show", KDVS, Davis, CA
"Regina's Mighty Shores", CJTR in Regina, Canada
Hootetnanny Power, WRKF in Baton Rouge, LA
"Sunday Night Folk Fest", WHUS in Storrs, CT
"Legacy", WTSR in Ewing NJ
"Valley Folk", WFCR - Amherst, MA
"Random Roots", KEOS in College Station, TX
"Denim Alley", KPFZ in Lakeport,CA
"The Real Deal", KFUN in Las Vegas, NM
"The Old Front Porch", WXOU in Auburn, MI
"On the Right Track", KLFM, Victoria, Australia
"Somebody Elses Troubles", WLUW, Chicago, IL
"Suffragette Station", KTHU 90.3, Hawaii
RocklandWorldRadio.com
UpstageRadio.com
M4Radio.com
"Fox's Minstrel Show", WRFG, Atlanta, GA

Favorite songs seem to be "Money's Moving Up", "Give Me My Own True Love", and "Reckless Child".

Many thanks to DJs who play music from small Indie lables. Support your community and public radio stations. They're keeping musical culture alive and offering an alternative to market driven promotion for the lowest common denominator.

The Old Mollys, as we're now called, Catherine Zavala, Gary Mackender, Kevin Schramm, Dan Sorenson and I, had a blast on St Patrick's Day at The Boondocks. We're hoping to make it an annual affair, so if you missed the show, plan on seeing us next year.

Now I'm gearing up for a trip to the midwest. I'll be doing the acoustic singer/songwriter thing with my husband, Danny Krieger, who'll be accompanying me on guitar and vocals. We're taking our daughter, Emily along. So it will be a tour/family vacation. We've got to get the kid road worthy. Our first stop is Platteville, Wisconson, then we'll head over to St. Paul, Minnesota, and finally down to St. Peter to visit all the old Mollys' friends who used to see us at The Blue Moon in Kasota, Minnesota.

On Thursday, March 17th, we're doing a St. Paddy's bash with the original Mollys: Catherine Zavala, Kevin Schramm, Gary Mackender, Dan Sorenson and herself. (that'd be me) We're all excited to be playing together. It will be 15 years to the day since Catherine and I played our first Mollys' gig at Cushing Street Bar. We've decided to do the show at The Boondocks because they have a large dance floor and we're hoping the old Mollys' fans will come out and WELT THE FLOOR.

The Last Call Girls is my country, honky-tonk band. We got together after Lisa (McCallion) and I played for our nephew's wedding. We didn't reherse at all; we just called out the songs and the keys and started playing. We found ourselves doing a lot of Hank Williams, Johnny Cash and Merle Haggard. The audience was family, of course, so they loved it. And so did we. The current line-up is Lisa on bass and vocals, Kevin Schramm (Mr. BIG accordion), who also plays some guitar and dobro, Tom Rhodes, a fine fiddler and guitarist, Michael Joyal on drums, and myself, singing, playing guitar, and occasionally some whistle (on those Irish/bluegrass numbers). Lisa has a big, beautiful, alto voice, and we have a blast singing together. We've starting playing at a place called Brats, west of town, by old Tucson. It's got a nice dance floor and a clientele that knows how to two-step. We also play The Frog and Firkin and The Boondocks. Check out our website at www.thelastcallgirls.com to see where we're playing and learn more about the band.