SOTIW: News

We are truly honored to officially announce Derek Mortland and Michael Joseph Ulery (SOTIW) have been selected to receive the 2009 Governor’s Award for the Arts in Ohio in the Individual Artist category.

Since 1971, the Governor’s Awards have been presented to outstanding individuals and organizations that have made significant contributions to the arts in their communities.

A hosted 2009 Governor’s Awards for the Arts in Ohio
Arts Day Luncheon will recognize and celebrate the artistic achievements and excellence in Ohio on Wednesday, April 1, 2009.

For more event information please visit the Ohio Arts Council Web site at: www.oac.state.oh.us/events/GovAwards/Default.asp

We are thrilled to announce the following news.

As Received from OAC:
Congratulations Derek Mortland and Michael Joseph Ulery! You have been nominated for a 2009 Governor’s Award for the Arts in Ohio in the category of Individual Artist.

The Governor’s Awards Selection Committee, comprised of Ohio Arts Council Board Members, will meet in mid-November to decide award recipients in each category.

Award winners will be announced in early December. To view your nomination and the
other 2009 nominees, visit the event Web site at www.oac.state.oh.us/Events/Govawards.

As you may know, artists, patrons, legislators and arts and business leaders attend
the Governor’s Awards each year to celebrate the many artistic achievements in our state. The 2009 Governor’s Awards for the Arts in Ohio and Arts Day Luncheon will be held on Wednesday, April 1st, 2009 at noon at the Columbus Athenaeum in downtown
Columbus. Tickets to the event are $50 and include lunch and a dessert reception.

Please visit our Web site at (www.oac.state.oh.us/events/GovAwards/Default.asp),
for more information about this exciting event.

Please plan to celebrate Arts Day with Ohio Citizens for the Arts on Wednesday,
April 1, 2009. Arts Day is an annual event demonstrating public value and support
for the arts. The event will include:
* Arts Advocacy Briefing
* Arts Tradeshow
* Legislative Visits
* Statehouse Tours
* Student Exhibitions
For more information on Arts Day 2009, visit www.OhioCitizensForTheArts.org
or call 614/221-4064.

The 2008 10th ANNUAL Native American Music Awards (NAMMY)

We were truly HONORED to have been a part of this year's consideration as recipients of the WORLD and SONGWRITING nomination categories.

As we were not winners this year, the competition presented many fine artists.

A special thank you goes out to Jan Michael Looking Wolf for his moving, tear jerking acceptance speech for the FLUTIST of the year category. And to Ellen Bello and the Seneca Niagara for putting together such a fine event.

Native American Music Awards Nominations announced.

SOTIW- (Michael Joseph, Derek Mortland) has been officially nominated for two categories:

WORLD

Songwriter of the year


We are truly HONORED to have been a part of this years consideration, as well as recipients of these fine nomination categories.

The final winners are decided by PUBLIC VOTING which commences on August 24, 2008.

www.votenative.com

A special thank you goes out to Patrick at Native Radio for the valuable feature on the music portal site Native Radio.

A great place to tune in daily for inspirational and upbeat music in our genre.

http://nativeradio.com/

KAOS #4
We are currently NOT monitoring this region of airplay. So this is only information as supplied from broadcasters.

Galaxie CBC- #18
KVNF/KVMT- #14
WFIT- #12
WMHB- #8
WWSP- #4
WXDU- #4
Overall ranking in top NAR 100 is #28
A special thank you goes out to all the broadcasters and their listeners for their continued support.

A free-form radio station, located on the campus of Eastern Oregon University in La Grande, Oregon, KEOL-FM broadcasts at 91.7 FM

Listen to Dave Radio, every Friday morning, 6am - 9am

Thank you for the SOTIW support Dave!

Hosted by Brian Grosjean
The Culture Cafe airs Sundays from 6-9 AM on WWUH 91.3 FM form The University of Hartford in Connecticut.

Brian plays folk music from the rest of the world - African, Latin, Flamenco, Native American, Asian music and much more. The show's motto is "World Peace Through Cultural Celebration".

Thank you Brian!

SOTIW on KCUR programming in Kansas City, Missouri>

Night Tides airs on KCUR 89.3 FM on Sunday night from 8pm to midnight.

You can also tune in online at http://www.kcur.org

Thank you Renee!

Galaxie CBC- #17
KEAO - MANAO RADIO- #7
KVNF/KVMT- #5
Radio Despi #20
Radio Mir #10
WAWL- #16
WMHB- #7
WSCS- #8
WWSP- #2
WXDU- #1

A special Thank you goes out to the broadcasters and listening audience!

Overall SOTIW is in the 18th slot for the top 50 NAR.

A Special Thank you goes out to the listeners of WWSP 90 FM

SOTIW rated #2 on the top twenty charts for January.

Acoustic Resonance / Fantasy Realm - WWSP

Thank you Misha!

Radio charts for December are finally in!

Galaxie CBC- #4
KCCK- #4
KUAC- #8
WAWL- #7
WDBX- #3
WKNH- #18
WMHB- #6
WSCS- #8
WXDU-#10

A special thank you to the broadcasters for consideration of SOTIW during the holiday music month of December.

Hosted by Eric Blankman,
"Future Echoes" airs weekly on Sundays (9 PM-midnight, EST) on WFIT, 89.5FM and audio-streams on the Internet through our homepage at www.wfit.org. We are a community supported, NPR affiliated real brick and mortar station, serving the east-central FL coast (and cyberspace). "Future Echoes" plays primarily electro/acoustic instrumental music, from ambient to the upbeat.

Thank you Eric for the airplay!

Hosted by Susie Aikman, Alter Native Voices mission is to entertain, educate, empower and generally promote positive excellence and appropriate role models by and for American Indian people.

On The Air...

Live on Sunday mornings
7 to 8am Mountain Time (9 to 10am Eastern Time)

* 89.3 FM in Denver Metro
* 89.7 FM in Breckenridge & Summit County
* 94.1 FM in Laramie, WY
* Live Streaming Audio at: KUVO.org

Thank you Suzie!

Top 100 New Age/Ambient/World Radio/Internet Airwaves Chart
SOTIW is number 17.

Well within the "Top 50" for first month charting! (and during the holiday music month)

This qualifies "Sketches in Time" for the NAR Lifestyle awards in 2008.

A warm thank you goes out to all of the wonderful broadcasters for heir warm welcome of this new release!

All chart positions will post soon.

"Sketches In Time" can be heard on "Acoustic Resonance/ Fantasy Realm", hosted by Bear and Misha.

Saturdays 7-9 pm
http://www.uwsp.edu/stuorg/wwsp/ (radio 89.9 and online streaming)

Thank you Bear and Misha!

SOTIW is thrilled to be a part of the programming on WXDU's program "New Frontiers"

88.7 FM in Durham counties, North Carolina or on-line 10-12 AM Saturdays at http://wxdu.org/

Thank you so much Marty- your current and past support has been tremendous!

December Chart submittal!

SOTIW has entered the WSCS charts at #8 during the Holiday charting month of December!

A special thank you to the listeners for their support and to host Brad Hartwell.

You can also listen to this New Hampshire based radio program online, "Music from the Cosmic Wheel" with Brad Hartwell. Sundays, 7-9 PM at www.cosmicwheel.net

KCCK-FM is a membership-supported, full-time jazz station located on the campus of Kirkwood Community College. They program over 100 hours of Jazz every week. You can also hear Blues, Worldbeat and Ambient music on the weekends.

Host Mark Jayne mixes an exotic blend of mellow jazz with new instrumental and ambient sounds.
SOTIW can now be heard on his program, "Nightbreeze," Sundays at 6 P.M.
Also,
Streaming @ http://www.kcck.org/programming.html

Thank you Mark!