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OTHER NEWS and SOME REVIEWS

The overall heading for my material is now settled at
SONGS and IMAGES from GLASGOW
HAIDA GWAII and IN-BETWEEN

The photograph below of Harrison Hot Springs
is an example of the in-between

Harrison from the hotel room




JANUARY 15TH 2012

Alongside the events mentioned on this page
(and previously posted on this site under the heading LEARNING THE H(APHAZ)ARDWAY)
I have been using several internet sites to get some of the songs heard

These have included Jango Bandcamp You Tube Reverbnation and Music Xray
On the latter the songs which have been selected so far for possible use and
for radio play are:
Mr Moon: I'm Working Against Time
Where The Last Tide Runs
Don't Be Ashamed Sister
Bluebird Take Me Away and
As You Wrapped The String Around Me 


JANUARY 1st 2012
The news today is that too much of  a relatively minor nature has occurred over the past few months and any attempt to catch up with the missing items has been happily abandoned

DECEMBER 29TH 2011
And with a new year on its way see below for a delightful reminder of some comments received at the start of this one

She came in through the
Hello Music Song of the Day
for Jan. 31, 2011 
Artist: Sheila K. Cameron
Song: Mr. Moon
Genre: Pop – cabaret, easy listening, blues
Location: Glasgow, Scotland
Similar artists: Billie Holliday, Shirley Bassey, Paul Simon, Judy Garland 

Description: Scottish poet-songwriter pretty much takes your breath away in the first couple bars of “Mr. Moon” with a gentle cabaret blues; the easy swing, spare arrangement and especially Cameron’s enchanting and haunted alto are pretty much impossible to deny. Add to that the story behind her lyrics – the song was inspired by a neighbor’s World War II story of scraping a friend’s corpse out of an exploded tank under the moonlight, using a shovel – and you have a song that you’ll carry with you for quite a while. Meanwhile, there’s precious little information about her on the Internet, but “Mr. Moon” has gotten some plays on Iain Anderson’s BBC Radio Scotland singer-songwriters program. Enough plays, in fact, that he’s nicknamed her simply “SKC.” 

On the web: http://sheilakcameron.com/
Download link: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/sheilakcameron14

Discovered by: Mason Frank 

Every day, Hello Music’s team listens to over a thousand tracks. Our song of the day emails seek to highlight one of our favorites from the day’s work.  


SOMETIME IN NOVEMBER 2011 - a review
More Like A River Than A Road
http://www.bluesbunny.com/tabid/122/xmmid/474/xmid/3493/xmview/2/default.aspx

OCTOBER 22nd 2011
Lots of missing news items coming soon
Recent news is also posted on the home page

OCTOBER 18th 2011 - a review
"Time for a bit of class as Bluesbunny takes on Sheila K Cameron's album "Cut Feet and Empty Shoes".
http://www.bluesbunny.com/tabid/122/xmmid/474/xmid/3459/xmview/2/default.aspx

SEPTEMBER 29th 2011 - a review
Sultry Songstress
http://www.bluesbunny.com/DemoReviews/tabid/325/Default.aspx

MARCH 19th 2011 - a review 
http://ohdratdigital.com/2011/03/sheila-k-cameron-from-my-room/
September 1st 2010: AS YOU WRAPPED THE STRING AROUND ME enters the RADIO SIX INTERNATIONAL playlist at www.radiosix.com

Radio Six also has a RECORD OF THE YEAR 2010 which can be voted for by listeners.
CORUNNA STREET and LAST NIGHT I DREAMED ABOUT DORIS LESSING are presently on the list at No 6 and No 9 respectively

August 31st 2010: at the request of Isabel Whyte IAIN ANDERSON plays ROCK ME LIKE A CHILD (Your Body)on his RADIO SCOTLAND program

August 11th 2010: Brian McNeill's arrangement of the song AS YOU WRAPPED THE STRING AROUND ME is played for a second time on IAIN ANDERSON'S BBC Scotland program

July 2010: WHERE THE LAST TIDE RUNS and Sheila K Cameron continue to feature in the Top Artists and Top Tracks on Brenradio http://www.last.fm/user/Brenradio

Janice Forsyth concludes an interview with Tom Conti about the play Wife After Death with Tom's recording of TWO INCHES TALL

2010 UK Songwriting Competition:  five songs were entered The results are below

DON'T HOLD THE HURT TO MAKE IT EASY:  Category: Adult Contemporary     Score: 6    Position: Semi-Finalist

CORUNNA STREET: Category: Folk/Country     Score: 5    Position: Commended Entry

LAST NIGHT I DREAMED ABOUT DORIS LESSING: Category: Adult Contemporary     Score: 8    Position: Finalist

IT'S THAT TIME OF THE MONTH AGAIN: Category: Folk/Country     Score: 5    Position: Commended Entry

MR MOON: Category: Jazz/Blues     Score: 8    Position: Finalist

February 28th 2010: on the web site at www.forargyll.com the release of TWO INCHES TALL is described as ' major coup as Conti records Cameron with Argyll's Wild Biscuit The link to the aritcle is below http://forargyll.com/2010/02/major-coup-as-conti-records-cameron-with-argylls-wild-biscuit/

February 21st 2010: CORUNNA STREET enters the RADIO SIX Playlist and is there for ten weeks.
It is joined by DID I DO SOMETHING WRONG AGAIN which has been there for four weeks.

January 15th 2010: DORIS makes an appearance on the Scottish Poetry Library Podcast. This and other podcasts can be found at http://www.readingroom.spl.org.uk/podcasts/index.html 

November 15th 2009: DORIS enters the RADIO SIX Random Playlist and is there for ten weeks

October 10th 2009: WHERE THE LAST TIDE RUNS completes a ten week run on Diana Luke's RADIO SIX Random Playlist at www.radiosix.com

September * and November 16th 2009: the single DON'T HOLD THE HURT TO MAKE IT EASY is played by Iain Anderson on his Radio Scotland program To access Iain's program go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland/presenters/iain_anderson

August 16th 2009: WHERE THE LAST TIDE RUNS: a song of Tlell is played on COME ALL YE, the longest running folk music program on Australian radio. Still with its original presenter, the program has been heard each week on 2MCE-FM since 1976. The site can be accessed at http://www.brucecameron.com.au

Sally Moon of Radio Cumbria takes Sheila through a wide ranging interview and plays THE HOUSE WITH THE WINDOWS, REMEMBERING MRT and the title song from the EP WHERE THE LAST TIDE RUNS

The title song of the EP WHERE THE LAST TIDE RUNS is played by Iain Anderson on his BBC RADIO SCOTLAND program

Gerry Goodfriend of Radio CKUT Montreal plays WHERE THE LAST TIDE RUNS on FOLK DIRECTIONS the program he hosts and produces at http://www.ckutfolk.com 

During the time I've been trying to find my way Amy Winehouse was losing hers
But photographs which portrayed her in the most demeaning way possible continued to be used although many others were available - including the one below which is being used without permission

AmyWinehouse.jpg

(C)Copyright Sheila K Cameron and GLALELL 2012