Dreaming All About Jazz

All About Jazz will be featuring "The Dream", a song from my new album
Planets Aligned very soon. It will be available as a free download to
All About Jazz members at www.allaboutjazz.com. Join up now at their
website, to be notified of when "The Dream" will be available and to
grab and all other fabulous downloads of the day. You can fill your iPod
in a couple of months all for free!

Anne-Lise

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Musical style is intense chill; a musical cocktail that blends a modern electronic twist with retro inspired funk, soul, lounge, blues and smooth jazz.

The new album, PLANETS ALIGNED, out in October 2009!

Listen to, download or get the actual cd @ www.cdbaby.com/cd/anneliselarsen2 - Planets Aligned will be in shops everywhere soon!

Visit www.cdbaby.com/Artist/AnneLiseLarsen for the I'm Alive EP or download it from iTunes

Official site
www.anne-liselarsen.com

www.myspace.com/anneliselarsen

www.facebook.com/pages/Anne-Lise-Larsen/6811617509

BROADCAST QUALITY MP3s for radio professionals
www.airplaydirect.com/anneliselarsen

Anne-Lise @ Bar Me/El Rocco in December with Jo Elms and Addison Road (Sydney)

You're invited to Anne-Lise's intimate gig at Bar Me/El Rocco jazz
cellar in Kings Cross, Sydney, starting at 8pm, Wednesday 9 December.

All the details are on Facebook so follow the link below.

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=159921726445&ref=mf

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Musical style is intense chill; a musical cocktail that blends a modern electronic twist with retro inspired funk, soul, lounge, blues and smooth jazz.

The new album, PLANETS ALIGNED, out in October 2009!

Listen to, download or get the actual cd @ www.cdbaby.com/cd/anneliselarsen2 - Planets Aligned will be in shops everywhere soon!

Visit www.cdbaby.com/Artist/AnneLiseLarsen for the I'm Alive EP or download it from iTunes

Official site
www.anne-liselarsen.com

www.myspace.com/anneliselarsen

www.facebook.com/pages/Anne-Lise-Larsen/6811617509

BROADCAST QUALITY MP3s for radio professionals
www.airplaydirect.com/anneliselarsen

I need a keyboard/synth whiz and bass playing groovester

I have two big gigs coming up in December and January. First is 9 Dec at Bar Me, second is my album launch, date and venue to be confirmed in January 2010.

I need a keyboard/synth whiz and funky groove bassist.

If you are that person, or you know of anyone who might be interested, please contact me at info@anne-liselarsen.com.

Anne-Lise

The Anne-Lise Larsen Podcast

I am really beginning to enjoy making my new podcast. So far, I've talked about the new album, Confucius' birthday, found a long lost podcast about the I'm Alive EP (that I did in 2006 but didn't publish until now) and a range of other topics that tickle my fancy.

It comes directly from my studio to you every fortnight or so. At the moment, I'm still learning about how to do the whole podcast thing, but I'm sure as I go along, I'll get better and better at delivering an even more entertaining 15 minutes download.

If you'd like to subscribe, The Anne-Lise Larsen Podcast is available as a free download via iTunes at:

http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=330490257

Clicking on the above link will open iTunes and take you directly to the podcast page.

Oh, and if you ever had any doubts about how to pronounce my name, just listen to the podcast jingle and you'll find out!

A-L

Hey Hey, We're Not All Heathens Harry!

The black face skit on last night's hey hey it's saturday is causing a huge uproar. Most Australians according to talk back radio seem to be genuinely shocked and disgusted at the reaction by Harry Connick Jnr. Let me say, I am NOT one of them.

This is the type of humour (and I use the term loosely) for which Hey Hey is renowned. They laugh at anything which is the standard gamut of joke fodder in Australia; fat people, men dressed as women, women's body shape and other more nefarious items such as (rarely seen) black face.

Now, don't get me wrong; I understand, but do not condone, the reaction of a vast portion of the Australian audience. It's one of ignorance. Most Australians are completely unaware that the black face is a symbol of black oppression and humiliation in America. However, as the law would say, ignorance is no defence. I'm not eloquent enough to explain the entire history of blackface, but this wikipedia link will give a good introduction.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackface

I remember the original skit from last night's show when it first appeared twenty years ago and I wondered how they could be so ignorant back then - especially as the performers are all apparently intelligent educated men (doctors)! To see it again last night, I just knew Harry Connick Jnr would be horrified. I was embarrassed for him, for Australia and for the apparently iconic show Hey Hey It's Saturday. Harry had no choice but to refute it and I'm glad he did.

How the producer let it get to air, I will never know!

Anne-Lise

Planets Aligned - album preview & buy via paypal

Planets Aligned

Release date 15 October 2009 - order your copy here before it's officially released! Take advantage of the exclusive offer - 2 for $30 - available only from Anne-Lise's website! (plus shipping).

Buy now via PayPal (the safest way to buy anything on the internet) at www.anne-lise.com/buy.html.

The Weather

A new song on the new album, Planets Aligned, isn't about the weather at all, but rather a funky rant about those who talk about things that don't really matter.... amongst other hidden meanings.

Have a listen to it at my website now!

http://www.anne-liselarsen.com

A-L

PS. I think I've decided on album launch venue. It's one of Sydney's lushest spots, and one of my favourites with a great cocktail and dining area, and a fabulous stage - and most importantly for me, a nice little backstage area. I'm really not a big fan of not being able to sit and chill backstage before a show, so dressing room is paramount. It doesn't have to be anything fancy, just somewhere to chill... It's also a tricky time of year with holidays coming up, Christmas, New Year's etc. I'm almost leaning towards having the launch in January 2010. Seems a long time away, but if the past year is anything to go by, this will fly by in the blink of an eye.