New stuff for 2010 

Wow! A new year, a new decade - 2010 should be fun. Our favorite radio station KINK.FM (101.9 on your FM dial) is playing songs from our CD mile _9 on some of their shows: Acoustic KINK (Sundays 7:00 to 10:00 am), Lights Out (Sunday through Thursday from 10:00 p.m. to Midnight), and the Local Music Spotlight  (weekdays at 9:30 pm.) Tune in and check it out.

 

This week we’ll be playing at The Heathman Hotel on Wednesday (7:00 to 10:00 pm), Natalie’s Estate Winery on Saturday (1:00 to 4:00 pm) and at The…

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KINK.FM 

We'll be featured on the Local Music Spotlight, KINK.FM 101.9 on your FM radio. Thursday November 5th at 9:30 PM, tune-in and check us out!

 

http://www.kink.fm/Key-of-Dreams/5588398

Portland Music Awards 

A big “Thank You” to all who came out to the CD release party! We had a great crowd and a great time, thanks!

We would like your help to nominate Key of Dreams for a 2010 Portland Music Award (PMA). It only takes a minute or two. Please go to: 

http://www.musicspectator.com/portland_music_award/vote.php

Scroll about half way down the page to Outstanding Achievement in World Music, enter “Key of Dreams” in the space provided, then scroll down to the bottom of the page and click the Submit button…

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CD party 

It’s here, a big shipment of our new CD. We’re going to celebrate, and you’re invited. Please come out and party with us! Our CD party/show is October 10th 6:00 to 8:00 PM at the Mississippi Pizza Pub in Portland. This free show is kid friendly, with great pizza and a full bar too. “Can’t beat that.” Please check our web site calendar for additional info.

 

Hope we see you there.

Great news 

Great news…we’ve just finished our new CD mile _9! It was recorded, mixed, and mastered over seven days with the help of Billy Oskay at his world-class Big Red Studio in Corbett, Oregon. Check keyofdreams.com for a sneak preview. The disc will be available in about six weeks, but until then we’ll have some advance copies available at our upcoming shows.

 

We’ll be in Bend this Friday and Saturday playing at the Breedlove Festival along with some fantastic musicians. We’ll have as much fun listening and…

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Spring & Summer fun 

Spring is in the air and we’re happy to have had four months of relatively few shows, allowing us to get in some much needed R&R, do some awesome bike riding, and most importantly some rehearsals prior to recording the next CD Finishing out the month of May, we’ll be at Vidon Vineyard three days this Memorial weekend, La Rambla Restaurant in McMinnville Saturday night, and then the last of a string of shows at the Heathman Hotel this Wednesday night June finds us tracking and mixing at the Big Red…

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Band update 

Hello Key of Dreams friends and fans Well it’s been almost a year since we last gave you an update on the band…it has been an amazing year for us. Since last November we’ve played right around 100 shows, met a ton of great people, played at some amazing venues, sold more CD’s then expected, and have received some great reviews locally, nationally, and worldwide. We have added a 2nd percussionist by the name of Nancy Durham-Stairs. You may have seen her at a few of our gigs around town. She has an…

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!Happy Birthday Key of Dreams! 

We're celebrating two Birthdays today, Abe's and the band. I think Abe can now legally drink :-), and Key of Dreams is four years old. It was on this day (4 years ago) Abe & Eric first played guitar together after meeting down at the old Manila blues jam in Tigard. We thank you all for your support and look forward to another great year Recent stuff... In print: We have a nice live-show review in this months' issue of Positively Entertainment and Dining. We are featured as the "Artist You Should…

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New gig in town 

Thank you all for your support over the past summer months. We’ve been playing many outdoor shows and though we love playing outside, we’re moving it back inside for the fall/winter season We’re starting a new gig in town this Thursday night and would love to have your support there. It’s at Wilf’s Restaurant and Bar, one of Portland’s most elegant jazz establishments. We’ll be playing as a trio with Doug from 7:30 to 10:30 PM. There’s no cover charge, free parking, great food and drinks (Abe and I had…

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Turn up the heat 

It’s summer and things are heating up at the Key of Dreams camp. Our new CD "unlocked" has been getting many good words of praise and interest from industry folks (radio, booking agencies, film & TV licensing, and local venues - more details on this stuff soon) and from our friends and fans, THANK YOU We’ve had a few comments like “these three invisible guys sure sound smooth” and “I can’t see who these guys are, but I like their sound.” Yes, I know only a silhouette photo. Next Saturday Dmitri Von…

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