Nancy Rost: News

Just a quick note to let you know I won't be on Her Infinite Variety this Sunday, due to circumstances beyond our control. We will be rescheduling, so do check back here for details.

Two of my songs are among the winners in the 2007 Midwest Song Contest. "The Path", co-written with Seattle composer/performer Becca Palm, placed third in the pop/rock category. "Golden Gate" earned an honorable mention in the jazz category. I know some of the other winners so I know I'm in talented company and am all the more honored. Congratulations, friends.

http://www.midwestsongcontest.com/winners.html

Beth Kille and I appeared on WORT-FM on Friday morning to promote the FAWM showcase. We did a brief interview and played Beth's song "Red" with me on WORT's seldom-used studio piano. An archive will be up on the station's website for another month and a half. To hear it, go to http://www.wortfm.org, click the archive link in the upper right-hand corner, and select the Friday 8 O'Clock Buzz for May 25.

Although I had no hand in the February Album Writing Month compilation CD, "14 Songs in 28 Days", I'm asking people to vote for it in the Madison Area Music Awards. Voting deadline is April 30 - to vote, go to www.themamas.org, and vote in the compilation category (and as many others as you want.) Voting costs $5, all of which goes directly into school music programs. FAWM, the challenge to write 14 songs in 28 days, has meant a lot to me as a songwriter. This CD documents some of the great musical creativity that comes out of this challenge and community. I'd love to see it recognized in this way. (I'll be at the MAMAs in case I need to pick up the statuette on producer Burr Settles' behalf, as he'll be out of the country awhile longer.)