Thursday, February 02, 2012
Happy 2012 everyone!

We have some great things in store for your favorite Charisma Artists so stay tuned to our Tourdates page for new announcements every day.

A few recent added highlights include a March date for the Luminescent Orchestrii at the Kennedy Center, The Wiyos hit the U.K. with their new album Twist and Carnegie Hall Music Explorer's Program in May, PALEFACE back on the road with a tour to FLORIDA (next week!), Ameranouche touring in support of their recent release Des Histoires Simples, The Toughcats return to Maine and NY in February, George Cole Quintet hits the West Coast after a terrific East Coast run, Hymn For Her overseas (now) and hitting Florida in March, Jan Bell at Superfine and Rodeo Bar in NY in March, Saint Bernadette tour in support of their most recent critically acclaimed CD The Nevers, Cinder Conk storm Maine supporting Kukeri, Will Scott hits NY with new release Keystone Crossing AND Le Chat Lunatique have JUST released their brand new video Demonic Lovely which you can watch right here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX5THfw6Eoo

AND: Le Chat Lunatique has promised that if Demonic Lovely has 1,000,000 views on youtube by March 1st, 2010 they will play an ALL NUDE* CONCERT on Civic Plaza in Downtown Albuquerque!

*By "All-Nude" they are of course referring to the audience, not themselves, but let's help them get there shall we?

Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Congratulations to the Toughcats for being selected to be a part of The Portland Music Foundation Official 2011 CMJ Showcase.

The Toughcats play at 7:00 PM on October 20th at Sullivan Hall - 124 Sullivan St., New York, NY.. The event is sponsored by Husson University, State Theatre and Crooked Cove CD/DVD Duplication.

For those heading to CMJ more information can be found here:

http://www.portlandmusicfoundation.org/events/2011/10/20/portland-music-foundation-official-2011-cmj-showcase/

Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Congratulations to Hymn For Her and The Wiyos for being selected for a slot at the Americana Music Festival and Conference in Nashville, TN October 12 - 15!

Looks like it's going to be a terrific conference this year with announced artists including:
Amy LaVere ~ Black Lillies ~ Blackie and the Rodeo Kings ~ The Bottle Rockets ~ Carrie Rodriguez ~ Catherine Britt ~ The Civil Wars ~ Connie Smith ~ The David Mayfield Parade ~ David Wax Museum ~ The Dirt Daubers ~ Elephant Revival ~ Elizabeth Cook ~ The Farewell Drifters ~ Foster & Lloyd ~ The Gourds ~ Grayson Capps ~ The Greencards ~ Gurf Morlix  ~ Hymn for Her ~ Ian McLagan ~ The Jayhawks ~ JD Souther ~ John Oates ~ Kelly Willis & Bruce Robison ~ Kenny Vaughan  ~ Lake Street Dive ~ Lera Lynn~ Malcolm Holcombe~ Marshall Chapman ~ Marty Stuart ~ Matraca Berg ~ New Country Rehab ~ North Mississippi Allstars ~ Patrick Sweany ~ Pokey LaFarge and the South City Three ~ Tim Easton ~ Tommy Womack & the Rush to Judgment ~ The Vespers ~ Will Hoge~ Will Kimbrough

Monday, July 18, 2011
It's summer here at Charisma and that means Festivals!

Please take a look at our schedule and make sure to check out our schedule of awesome summer festivals. Some terrific fests you can find our groups at this summer and fall include: Bristol Rhythm and Roots, The Memoire et Racines Festival, Joshua Tree Roots Music Festival, Watermelon Park Festival, Blissfest, Lotus Festival, Twin City roots, Rock & Deep Blues festival, Beaver Island Festival, Sled Island Festival, Mountain Jam, Bard College - SummerScape festival, Free Range Music Fest, Green River Festival, Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, The 7th Annual Alabama Cigar Box Guitar Festival, Festival of Fools, Millennium Park Chicago, Summerfest/NM Jazz Fest at Nob Hill, Steampunk at Historic Speedwell, Traditions Festival, Whispering Beard Festival, Park Rhythms Festival, Fingerlakes Grassroots Festival, Avalon Festival, Gypsy KlezFest, Master Musicians Festival, Seedtime on the Cumberland Festival, Nomadic Roots Festival, Sugar Maple Fest, Musikfest, Riverhead Mardi Gras Festival, Festy Experience, Summer on the Hudson festival, Brooklyn Botanical Gardens - Chilifest, Paper City Music Festival, Camden Parks, Midpoint Music Festival, City of Greenville/Fall for Greenville Festival, word x word festival, Clearwater Jazz Holiday, Lake Eden Arts Fest (LEAF), Warwick Summer Arts Festival: Farm Fest, and many more!

Be sure to catch a Charisma Artist at a festival near you!

Friday, March 11, 2011
The Charisma Artist Agency is heading back to Austin for this year's SXSW and will be hosting 10 (non-official) showcase stages over the course of the week (March 16th-19th)! Charisma Artists performing will be The DEFiBULATORs, Miss Tess & the Bon Ton Parade, Saint Bernadette, Short Wave Society, stephaniesid, Tom DiMenna, and Woody Pines. Also performing will be many friends of the Agency including Abigail Washburn, Amy LaVere, Andrew Belle, Baskery, Bear Hands, Brian Wright, Calder, Chapel Club, Cheyenne Marie Mize, Cruel Black Dove, Delta Saints, Erik Koskinen, Gringo Star, Hastings 3000, Heypenny, Hollis Brown, Hoots and Hellmouth, Loves It!, Marvin and the Cloud Wall, Pearl and the Beard, Phantom Tails, Robbers on High Street, Sway from Freedom or Death, The Book of Right On, The Gay Blades, The High Dials, The Mumlers, The Stepkids, The Tellers, Turbo Fruits, and We Are Hex. 10 Stages, 60 Showcases, 38 Bands - Whew! For full schedule and locations check events our Facebook Page!
A big thank you to all of our sponsors for these showcases: Catdaddy Moonshine, Fleck PR, Fontanas, Half Door Records, Home Slice Pizza, Juststrings.com, Mike's Hard Lemonade, Nokia, The Shot Entertainment, Vitamin Water, and 2:59.
See you in Austin!