Fictionist has won a fan favorites poll at the 9th Independent Music Awards for their song “Invisible Hand.”  You can see the press release HERE.  I also see that Vienna Teng is on the list.  She’s not LDS, but one time I saw her backstage at one of her concerts (I was there to see my friend Brian Webb who opened for her).  I had some cranberry juice.  She told me that she also likes cranberry juice.

Great story huh.  No, there’s no more of it.

Both Gladys Knight and David Archuleta are scheduled to perform at the annual “A Capitol Fourth” show in Washington, D.C. on July 4th.  A Capitol Fourth will be celebrating its 30th year of July 4th shows.  It will be shown on PBS at 8:00 p.m. that night.  David and Gladys are both devout members of the LDS Church, and seeing them both performing the same show will be quite a treat for Church members.  Especially Church members whose favorite 4th of July activity is sitting at home and watching PBS.

Now if we could only get Anthony Mather up there…

…we would really have an odd LDS combination.

Lime Colony’s second album, a surprisingly complex, lush indie acoustic romp with almost Charles Ives-inspired backing arrangements, entitled Lime Colony, is now available for purchase on iTunes. Earl Kramer, member of the band, is a Latter-day Saint.

Click HERE to check it out.

Why is Provo’s music scene so fertile right now? Provo band Fictionist will be discussing that along with Velour Live Music Gallery and Isaac Russell tonight at 6:00 (MDT) on KRCL 90.9 FM’s RadioActive.

http://www.krcl.org/

After teasing their fans for a week on their website and Twitter, The Killers have announced a Brandon Flowers solo album entitled Flamingo. They have set up a parallel website making the announcement.

Jennifer Thomas will be offering The Lullaby Album, a 2-disc set which usually sells at $16.99, at a discounted rate of $9.99, in celebration of Mother’s Day. This offer will be good through the month of May.

Jennifer Thomas wrote The Lullaby Album with her own mother, Carolyn Southworth. Click HERE for more information.

This will give you a taste of the music on the album:

Hi everyone! I’ve now installed a button on the right sidebar that allows people to help donate to keep Linescratchers on its domain name. It’s not very expensive, maybe $10 a month, but I’m a newlywed and a student, and $10 goes a long way. If you like Linescratchers and feel that we offer useful content, please donate a few dollars to help us out. It really makes a difference. Thanks!

For those of you who have been digging Roxy Rawson’s music, but are bummed that she lives across the Atlantic, rejoice!  Roxy is making a short trip to America and will be playing a FREE concert in New York City.  Here are the details:

Roxy Rawson live at Cafe Vivaldi
32 Jones Street, off Bleecker Street, Near Seventh Ave, NYC, New York NY10014
10/14/2009 at 8:15 PM

More information can be obtained at her MySpace.  Good luck Roxy!

I just received word about an amazing show going down that I’m incredibly excited about. It’s called The 5th Friday Open Mic. Started three years ago at a stake center in Portland, it’s an open mic for Latter-day Saints in the Portland area to play secular, but wholesome, music. I was floored! How did I find out about this show, you might ask? Well, I ran into its creator, Mark Simnitt (of the Fossil Fools), at my sister’s sealing in the Portland Temple. Another great reason to attend the temple!

Videos are available on YouTube and from the site. It’s a great time for musicians and listeners, and the word is, they’ve been getting around 100 people on some nights, including local performer and Linescratcher KaRyn Daley. Check it out! There’s a gold mine of good new LDS music in Portland!

Find out more at www.5thfridayopenmic.com.

And here’s KaRyn, by the way:

PROMOTIONS

The chance to do an interview like this doesn’t happen too often. David Murphy is a kind, energetic young man who does promotions for Simeon “Young Sim” Lawrence‘s clean record label, Feel Good Music in Salt Lake City. On Friday, a 45-year-old man named Jeffrey Boyd Ackerman was shot and killed in Pleasant Grove, Utah, and a suspect with a weapon ran from the crime scene, pursued hotly by the police. David was working and witnessed the pursuit, in front of the business where he worked. What did he do? He ran out of his business and tackled the suspect, holding him down until the police could apprehend him. After I heard this amazing story from Sim, I just had to interview David about his experience.

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