Lisa Mann wins Sean Costello Rising Star Award at the Blues Blast Awards in Champaign, IL
Lisa Mann took home the Sean Costello Rising Star Award at the Blues Blast Awards on Thursday, Oct 23rd. Lisa was a featured performer at the awards show, held at the Fluid Events center in Champaign, IL, backed by the talents of Andy T and Nick Nixon’s band. Many fine nominees performed at the gala event, including blues royalty Bobby Rush, Shaun Murphy, Albert Castiglia, and Trudy Lynn.
The award was named for guitar and vocal genius Sean Costello, who sadly passed away just before his 29th birthday. He suffered from bipolar disorder, and may have died as a result of trying to self-medicate to alleviate his symptoms. His mother Debbie Costello Smith and stepfather Glenn Smith have created the Sean Costello Memorial Fund for Bipolar Research. For more information, please visit: http://seancostellofund.org/
All award winners are listed here: http://www.bluesblastmagazine.com/and-the-winners-are/
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Aly Update
SEPTEMBER 17, 2014 – My lil cousin Aly had surgery to remove her damaged cornea, which was constantly getting infected. This is because continuing eye infections are jeopardizing the new chemo she will need to stop the brain tumors that would otherwise take her life. This family has no car, with a medically fragile child. She’ll be receiving a prosthetic eye, and starting her new chemo soon. If a bunch of us pitch in, even just a little, it can make a BIG difference. Thanks folks who wish to help the family overcome yet another hurdle. Donate at the link above or send via PayPal directly to me at chimpanzen [at] yahoo.com
Amazing True Story…
11 year old Aly (on the left, showing off a picture she colored) and her 6 year old sister Roean, on the right.
FEBRUARY 22, 2013 – I have been living next door to a family with four little girls for a few years, all age 11 & under. One little girl has battled cancer in the past, and had a recurrence. And, sadly, the father has just been diagnosed with a brain tumor as well. I offered to help them by doing a benefit, and when I spoke with them today, I asked their last name. The father said their name was Lilly–which is my family name on my mother’s side. I said, “hey we might be related, where are you from?” He said Hinton, WV–which is miles from where my mother was born, in a very rural area of WV! We are definitely COUSINS!!!
RALLY FOR ALY! SUN APR 7 2013 • 3-8PM
All-Star blues benefit for a child in need at the Spare Room, 4830 NE 42nd in Portland OR
Featuring some of the finest blues and roots artists the Northwest has to offer: Kevin Selfe and the Tornadoes will start the show at 3pm, followed by Butterfly Breakdown, Lisa Mann & Her Really Good Band, and finally the NW Womens Rhythm and Blues Revue! Only $10 at the door! Raffle and silent auction as well. MORE INFO >>
MORE >>Lisa Mann featured in American Blues Scene Magazine
Stacy Jeffress writes for American Blues Scene:
Portland’s Lisa Mann, vocalist, composer, and 6-string bass virtuoso, has never been reticent to share her personal triumphs and tragedies through her music. It’s no surprise, then, that the title cut of her new CD Move On was inspired by the resolve she needed to overcome the loss of her mother and, in short order, the loss of her voice. “I’ve got the philosophy you don’t forget your past, but you need to move forward,” Mann said. “That’s why I chose it as the first tune for the record.”
Mann believes that the stress of her mother’s lengthy illness played a big part in the loss of her voice for six months. During that difficult time, Mann made the best of a bad situation by inviting area singers to be her voice for her shows. There must be something in the water in Portland that produces notable musicians, because Mann had an excellent crop from which to choose, particularly Rae Gordon who is a bandleader in her own right and who participated in this year’s International Blues Challenge in Memphis.
Throughout Mann’s career, though, she has created a sense of community in her work. Many of her recorded songs and live performance includes guest appearances from the best artists that the City of Roses has to offer – Mitch Kashmar, Lloyd Jones, Karen Lovely – and Move On is no different which includes performances by Sonny Hess, LaRhonda Steele, and Arietta Ward.
“There is something about Portland and the blues musicians here who really get it. I don’t know how else to describe it. When you go to Vancouver, just north of Portland, they say you’ve crossed from the shuffle side of the river. They call Portland the shuffle side of the river,” Mann explains. “We have musicians like Lloyd Jones, Curtis Salgado, and the late Paul Delay. Mitch Kashmar and Kevin Selfe moved here specifically because of the strength of the blues scene. The Insomniacs hailed from Portland. Fiona Boyes moved here for awhile. The university in Eugene had some concerts where they brought in acts like Muddy Waters and Koko Taylor so young guys like Lloyd Jones, Paul Delay, and Dover Weinberg saw the real deal. They were influenced by these Chicago blues musicians. A lot of them ended up moving to Portland.”
CLICK THIS LINK for the full story:
http://www.americanbluesscene.com/2014/06/portland-blues-sensation-lisa-mann-explains-why-she-had-to-move-on/
Move On receives national and international airplay, hits the charts
Lisa Mann’s new rhythm and blues CD “Move On” has been blazing across the airwaves, receiving airplay on over 100 stations nationally and internationally, including:
Confessing The Blues – Syndicated
XM – Satellite Radio
Blues Deluxe – Syndicated
Blues Radio International
Blues Debut
WXPN – Philadelphia – Pennsylvania
WQSU – Selingsgrove – Pennsylvania
WZXR – Williamsport – Pennsylvania
WCXR – Louisburg – Pennsylvania
WCNI -New London – Connecticut
WXCI – Danbury – Connecticut
WPKN – Bridgeport – Connecticut
WITR – Rochester – New York
WDST – Woodstock – New York
WVBR – Ithaca – New York
WFDU – Teaneck – New Jersey
WMWV- Conway – New Hampshire
WPCR- Plymouth – New Hampshire
WBRS – Waltham – Massachusetts
WUML – Lowell – Massachusetts
WMEB -Orono – Maine
WBOR – Brunswick – Maine
WMPG – Portland – Maine
WMHB – Waterville – Maine
WRBC – Lewiston – Maine
WIZN – Burlington – Vermont
WNRB – Wausau – Wisconsin
WMSE – Milwaukee – Wisconsin
WVPE – Elkhart – Indiana
WFPK – Louisville – Kentucky
WBGU- Bowling Green – Ohio
WAIF – Cincinnati – Ohio
WDPS – Dayton – Ohio
WNIJ – DeKalb – Illinois
WEFT – Champaign – Illinois
WDCB – Glen Ellyn – Illinois
Friends of The Blues/WKCC – Kankakee – Illinois
WGLT – Normal – Illinois
WMNC – Traverse City – Michigan
WCMU – Mount Pleasant – Michigan
WEMU – Ypsilanti – Michigan
WFOS – Chesapeake – Virginia
WNRN – Charlottesville – Virginia
WTJU – Charlottesville – Virginia
WWCU – Cullowhee – North Carolina
WCOM – Carrboro – North Carolina
WEVL – Memphis – Tennessee
WDVX – Knoxville – Tennessee
WBZR- Atmore – Alabama
WJAB – Huntsville – Alabama
WLRH – Huntsville – Alabama
WWNT – Dotham – Alabama
WVVL – Enterprise – Alabama
WWOZ – New Orleans – Louisiana
Smokestack/WUCF – Orlando – Florida
WQTL – Tallahassee – Florida
WMNF- Tampa – Florida
KPFT – Houston – Texas
KENW – Portales – New Mexico
KKIT – Taos – New Mexico
KXCI – Tucson – Arizona
KTDE- Willits – California
KROV – Oroville – California
KSCU- Santa Clara – California
KLBC – Long Beach – California
KZSU – Stanford – California
KVMR – Nevada City – California
KWPT – Fortuna – California
KHUM – Humboldt County – California
KSJS – San Jose – California
KRSH – Santa Rosa – California
KNCA – Redding – California
KRCB – Rohnert Park – California
KEGR – Concord – California
KAFM Grand Junction – Colorado
KSUT- Ignacio – Colorado
KCCK – Cedar Rapids – Iowa
KMUW – Wichita – Kansas
KZUM – Lincoln – Nebraska
KIOS – Omaha – Nebraska
KFAI – Minneapolis – Minnesota
KRUE- Owatonna – Minnesota
KBGA – Missoula –Montana
KRCL – Salt Lake City – Utah
KKFI -Kansas City – Missouri
KDHX – ST Louis – Missouri
KSPQ – West Plains – Missouri
KGOU – Norman — Oklahoma
KRVM – Eugene – Oregon
KMSW – The Dalles – Oregon
KWCW – Walla Walla – Washington
KAOS – Olympia – Washington
KKZX – Spokane – Washington
KTUH – Honolulu – Hawaii
**The Smokestack Lightnin’ Family of Radio Stations:
WUCF, 89.9 Orlando, Florida
KJZA, 89.5 Williams, Arizona
KJZP, 90.1 Prescot, Arizona
KJZK, 90.7 Kingman, Arizona
KJZA, 89.5 Flagstaff, Arizona
KJZA, 91.3 Flagstaff, Arizona
WPRL, 91.7 Lorman/Jackson, Mississippi
City Sounds Radio Blues (http://blues.citysoundsradio.com/)
KASU, 91.9 Jonesboro, Arkansas (Memphis market)
KCOL – Kansas City Online Radio (http://kconlineradio.com)
95.7 The Wolf, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
WZXP, 97.9 Burlington Vermont
BluesJazzRadio.com, Virginia Beach, Virginia
WVAS, 90.7 Montgomery Alabama
WBRS,100.1 Waltham, Massachucetts
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CKUT- Montreal – Quebec – Canada
CKIA – Montreal Quebec – Canada
CFRO – Vancouver BC – Canada
CHGB – Ontario – Canada
At The Crossroads Blues Network – Canada
3 Way Radio – Australia
Hot FM – Australia
Blues Plus, 5gtr-fm 100.1 (5gtr.fm)- Australia
“Move On” has been on the Living Blues Charts and Roots Music Report Charts since its release in March of 2014. Lisa and the band would like to thank promotion guru Todd Glazer, all the tireless DJs for their support, recording engineer Kevin Hahn, and especially the fans who keep requesting the music!
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