Musical Guest: Milquetoast & Co [Boston, MA]

This very large band from Boston is really so great. Their song Last Drag is so powerful and it just sticks in your head! They are one of our highest rated artists that we’ve had on the show! The feedback on this band has just been tremendous! Milquetoast & Co’s lead singer, James McAndrew, just [...]

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Industry Buzz: RIAA Goes to School, MySpace – Twitter Mashup & More!

Back to school with RIAA-funded copyright curriculum: With a new school year in full swing, Ars takes a look at the RIAA’s newly updated copyright curriculum. Your kids could be learning from it—so what does it say? [ArsTechnia] MySpace Beats Facebook with Twitter Sync: MySpace began rolling out new functionality today that allows users to [...]

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Musical Guest: Hayley Taylor [LA, CA]

All of us here at The Highway Girl are *LOVING* this young songwriter’s music right now. You’ve heard her on Entertainment Tonight, Privileged and Lifetime Network. Hayley Taylor knows how to write a song. Check out her album Waking and you’ll agree! Listen to Hayley Taylor on The Highway Girl Follow Hayley Taylor on Twitter [...]

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Industry Buzz: New Album Format, Future of Labels & How to Share Music on Twitter

What Will Record Labels Look Like in the Future?: Nobody is quite sure what the future looks like for record labels, but in discussions with a wide variety of music industry professionals, a few common themes seem to emerge. [PBS Media Shift] CMX: Yet Another New Digital Album Format: All four major label groups are [...]

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This Week on The Highway Girl: Rob Giles, Fred VonLohmann, Jeff Finlin & Industry Buzz!

THG Musical Guest: Rob Giles I first heard about Rob Giles from my friend Noelle. She told me Rob’s voice pretty much kicked major ass–Noelle was right! Rob is one of those people who knows he’s good, but with a voice like that, he’d be a liar if he didn’t. It’s one of those deep [...]

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Twestival 2009: Sharing Music & Building Wells One Tweet at a Time

charity: water, founded by Scott Harrison,  is a non-profit organization founded in 2006 and focused on bringing clean, safe drinking water to developing nations. As of December of 2008, charity: water has 1,030 projects in 13 countries that included hand-dug wells, spring protections and rainwater harvesting schemes. When we heard about Twestival, a global online [...]

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Support Indie Music!

Christopher Dallman, an artist who I’ve featured on my podcast,  has a special offer that I thought members of  The Highway Girl community would be interested in knowing about. In an effort to raise money for his new album, for one week only, you can purchase Christopher’s first album, Race the Light, for only $5! [...]

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The Highway Girl Joins Forces with Twestival & Charity:Water

Twestival.fm is a global online music project in association with Twestival aiming to raise money for new wells and clean drinking water for charity. On 12 February 2009, 200+ cities around the world will be hosting Twestivals bringing together local Twitter communities for an evening of fun as well as raising money and awareness for [...]

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On The Bus: Evan McHugh, Dave Allen & Christopher Dallman

MUSICAL GUEST: EVAN MCHUGH [Atlanta, GA] Evan, who hails from Atlanta, has performed for hundreds of people and millions of ants all around the southeast. According to Evan, unofficial studies have shown that his music helps lessen stress, induces euphoria, and makes ant farms work more efficiently. Take a listen to his new release “From [...]

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