Music: Michelle A. Richard CD Release Party

CD RELEASE PARTY:
Thursday, July 24, 2008
7:30-9:30pm
Timbre Restaurant (2068 Commercial Drive)

Francophone blues/jazz artist Richard releases her first album after about 1 1/2 years of planning and creating. Copies will be on sale at the event.
Richard claims she had a great experience working with some of our most talented musicians, and recording engineer/producers.

Helping out was:

-Lawrie Koyle on electric and acoustic guitars, who has toured and recorded with Long John Baldry, Idle Eyes, The Platters, members of Loverboy and many more, and co-arranged the Grammy Award-winning "With a Wink and a Smile" from Sleepless In Seattle (1995)

-drummer and percussionist Richard Brown, who has toured with world-class performers such as Jimmy Bowskill and Deborah Cox

-acoustic bassist, Russell Sholberg, whose past and present projects include the soundtrack for “The Corporation”

-Adam Popowitz, of Rear Window Studios, recorded, mixed, mastered and co-produced the album, and contributed some arranging ideas to the song “J’ai Ceuilli La Belle Rose”.

You can keep up to date on her events at myspace.com/michellerichardsings, where she's uploaded some songs and posted some blogs.

Currently she is touring with Theatre in the Raw. www.rollingstockprairietheatre.blogspot.com.