Left on Red goes from 2 to 7 at Ace of Clubs!

Thank you friends for coming out
on a rainy Wednesday night to see Left on Red at Ace of Clubs!

Here is the re-cap:

-We got to the venue and it smelled a bit like a musty sock so I ran out to buy some Indian nagchampa incense while Kelly set up the sound and got the band situated. I think the incense totally brought up the vibration of the club and set the tone for an awesome night. We will do this at every show where we can from now on.

-It was the first time we played with this full band configuration: Mark Bosch on lead guitar, Ippei Ichimaru on Bass, Nick "Yuki" Miscusi on percussion and uke and Jessica Mease singing harmonies on "Shine" and "I can look at the Sun". The songs translated amazingly with a full band and it was so freeing to play with such amazing musicians!

-Surprise guest drummer, our friend Albert Bouchard (original drummer for Blue Oyster Cult) showed up with some friends and hopped on stage for the whole show and made the songs sound huge and AMAZING! We never even rehearsed with him but he is a long time friend of Kelly's and mine and is the sweetest most down to earth person. We love you Albert!

-The after party was a blast. I am still not sure how we organized 20 people to walk across town to the East Village to Yaffa Cafe. If you haven't been there yet you MUST go!!! I love the artsy, laid back atmosphere and Yaffa has excellent people watching, the food is so yummy and it comes out so super fast that it appears the chef's must have psychic abilities. The Sangria is pretty sneaky so watch out..as Kelly observed after getting buzzed off one glass "It's not juice, but it pretends to be".

Ace of Clubs: Set List

Shine
Left on Red
Jack and Jill
Ma Grand-mere Charmante
Spanish Song (instrumental)
High Heel Blues
Shakira
Joy to the World
I Can Look at the Sun
Gone Long Gone
Crash and Burn
Smile/When your smiling


NEXT LOR SHOW:

Next show is this Monday, June 8th at 9PM at the world famous "Bitter End".
147 Bleecker Street (between Thompson and LaGuardia)
New York City, NY 10012
$10.00 door/$5.00 RSVP

Since 1961, many legends have launched their careers in front of The Bitter End's famous brick wall..come see Left on Red's Bitter End debut this Monday!

RSVP @ leftonredmusic@gmail.com

A Happy Sort of Rock Show!!!

LEFT ON RED @ ACE OF CLUBS

9 Great Jones Street - NYC
btw. Broadway and Lafayette - 6 Train to Bleeker or R to 8th St.
Showtime 7:30 - 8:30 - $7.00 cover


Joining Left on Red will be Special guests Mark Bosch on lead guitar, Ippei Ichimaru on Bass and Nick "Yuki" Miscusi on Percussion and uke!
It will be a happy sort of rock show and we are psyched to share it with you:)

xo, Liah and Kelly


www.leftonredmusic.com
www.aceofclubsnyc.com
www.myspace.com/leftonredtheband

Left on Red on i-tunes!!!

Hello:)

Our album is now available via the Left on Red website and for digital download on i-tunes!!! Kelly and I are so excited to see a years worth of writing and singing and gigging be manifested into something positive and beautiful and professional..I am so please to share it with you:)


(Left on Red Album Cover, Photo by Monte Isom)

I am so thankful to Kelly for being my partner on this uncertain adventure, this musical road of laughter and challenge. We have had an amazing year, playing shows in LA, Nashville, San Diego and NYC and that's just the start:)

Left on Red is taking the album on the road for an East coast tour this Summer.
We are in the process of figuring out how we can make our way across country playing music, by selling our CD and t-shirts and sharing music with new friends.
We also want to learn how to farm somewhere along the way too:)
Thanks so much to my mom, to Steve Emley and Scott Davis for making this album possible and helping Left on Red live our dream of lighting up the world with music!!!

Thanks for being a friend:)
Enjoy the music!
hugs, Liah


www.leftonredmusic.com
www.myspace.com/leftonredtheband

Left on Red Album Gets the Green Light!!!

Its amazing to think that not even one year ago, Kelly and I were just two girls playing and writing songs in the Subway. We created Left on Red in March 2008 because we wanted to spread love through music and write songs that were fun and relevant. In 9 months we have had the pleasure of traveling across the US playing shows, making friends and working with awesome people who have inspired us and helped us to realize our dream...Left on Red's First EP is finally Mastered and will be ready to roll out at the end of January 09!!!

Stay tuned on www.leftonredmusic.com for record-release info and Spring Tour Schedule.

The girls of Left on Red invite you
to a special Earth Day celebration at the legendary Café Wha?

Tuesday, April 22nd at 7PM, Greenwich Village, NYC!

After a great month of gigs in Washington D.C., Nashville, TN, San Diego and Los Angeles, CA,
we have happily returned to the big apple with no tans to be seen. We did, however, bring back not one, but THREE new songs
which we will debut at Café Wha on Tuesday! SCORE!

So come enjoy our new west coast hit, “High Heel Blues.” Women, and some men: We will be accepting your most painful pair of high heels in exchange for a new Left on Red CD.

www.leftonredmusic.com
http://www.cafewha.com/

Celebrate Earth Day Concert: Left on Red and Kierstin Gray
Tusday, April 22nd, 2008
7PM: Left on Red
8PM: Kierstin Gray and her band

Café Wha is located at 115 Macdougal Street in Greenwich Village.
between Bleecker and W 3rd, New York, NY

GET YOUR ADVANCE TICKETS ONLINE: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/31175


Other fun facts about the gig:

-We are sharing the night with awesome vocalist and guitarist Kiersten Gray and her band (www.myspace.com/
-This is part of an upcoming series called Original Wha? -Café Wha? Was the starting ground for a number of artists including Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Bruce Springsteen, Peter, Paul & Mary, Kool and the Gang, as well as comedians, Richard Pryor and Bill Cosby

The Hippie-Chickie (Holiday) Shake

Seasons Greetings:)

Wishing you love and tenderness,
Peace and love today and always...
May the new year bring forth creative fulfillment and prosperity!

Liah

In this Happy Holiday Edition of the Hippie-Chicky Shake:

-Winter Soldier: New Song for the Holidays available now!

-New Century’s Women In Music Showcase: Featuring Liah Alonso

-Liah Alonso online and on TV:
NY ROCKS Television and Subway Performances of "Don't Think Twice" and "Winter Soldier"

-Holiday Travel, not so bad
(or) Everything is easy after India

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Winter Soldier:
Every war has a protest song…

I co-wrote and produced “Winter Soldier” with Kelly Halloran (violinist), after watching "Operation First Casualty", a film about veterans of war who re-enact, in public places, sniper fire, hostage take-downs and torture. It inspired us to honor these “Winter Soldiers”: brave men and women who testify to the brutality of war amidst the din of patriotism.

“Winter Soldier” has a classic theme: families torn apart by war. A wife misses her deployed husband during Christmas time. We believe the song could find a large audience, considering the holiday joy will contrast against our deepening anti-war sentiment. Our goal is to distribute this song as widely as possible in order to raise awareness and funds for "Iraq veterans Agaist War" and "Veterans for Peace".

You can listen and/or download "Winter Soldier" on myspace or nimbit.
Watch my performance of Winter Soldier on NY Rocks TV: "Winter Soldier"
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New Century’s Women In Music Showcase
Join Liah and friends for an Acoustic Buzz at Gizzi’s this Saturday Night!!!
December, 29 2007 @ 10PM
16 W 8th Street, New York 10011

We will be doing a live taping of this event so please come ready to sing along:)
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Liah Alonso online and on TV:
NY ROCKS Television and Subway Performances of "Don't Think Twice" and "Winter Soldier"

See the show in its entirety: NY RocksTV Show or watch me sing "Winter Soldier"

I was invited to perform "Winter Soldier" on NY ROCKS TV for their Holiday Special. It was my first TV show promoting my own music and I was really excited about it. I was even interviewed and given the chance to speak about the Veterans and the upcoming album "Will Sing For Smiles". It was an honor to share the stage with some awesome musicians: Suzanne Gorman band and pre-teen rockers Reverse Order as well as Actor Nick Raio. Thank you Lou Lotto for being so awesome and supportive, Phil Fiumano for putting me on the show, Kevin, Ali, and all my new friends at Time Warner and NY Rocks for being so rockin'!

New YouTube Videos:
Bob Dylan's "Don't Think Twice"
film by Riccardo Elizondo

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The view from the top: Ladakhi prayer flags and mountains

Lord Shiva (Hindu God of Destruction) in front of Ashrams in Haridwar

Trekking in the Himalayas: Guitar and all...oh how I wished for a pony to carry all my stuff!

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Holiday Travel, not so bad
(or) Everything is easy after India

I am stuck on a plane on its way to Mexico City. I write these words from a tight little spot where I sit squeezed between two men too big to be allowed to sit in the same row. Their elbows and shoulders extend into my small allotted space and so I’m typing with my arms awkwardly glued to my sides. Each time I doze off, the guy next to me sees it as a good time to chat and asks me an insightful question like “Isn’t this a long flight”? or “Bad weather, huh”?

I nod and smile back at him.

What else is there to do in this uncomfortable situation but smile and laugh about it? It feels much better than getting frustrated about something I cannot change. We are all stuck here on this rainy runway as we have been stuck for two hours already, with no foreseeable signs of flight.

So now is probably a good time to write this edition of the Hippie-Chicky Shake. Now when my pacience is tested by a long wait and the baby in the next row who just started screaming. It’s a good time because being a hippie-chicky (or hippie-chico) means seeing the good in the moment and letting go of everything else.

I am grateful to be on this airplane right now and on my way (sort of) to see family and friends in Mexico! Although we aren’t moving, it is a climate controlled air-plane and (yay!) they are passing out peanuts! (ooh but they have high fructose corn syrup in them so I’ll pass).

I take a mental trip back to India now, back to 20+ hour bus rides on bumpy roads made of dirt and cow-dung. The trip from Manali to Ladakh was the most difficult of these. That trip was so scary that I wondered if I would ever make it back to tell the story.

I remember staring out the window of a cramped van as it sped up through the windy Himalayan mountain ranges. The driver was smoking charas (hash) while dancing to loud, distorted Bhangra (Punjabi Dance music) coming from the front side speakers. The vehicle was filled with smoke and budget backpackers wondering what they had gotten themselves into.

Just when I thought it couldn’t get any worse, we passed a rainbow-colored bus hanging off the hillside by its left rear wheel. “That could have easily been us” I thought growing queezy. “Namasde” I shouted up to the driver in my broken Hindi “mera body naheen achah (translation-my body is not feeling so good).” Luckily he understood and quickly pulled over.

I ran outside to throw up. It started to rain then and breath steamed out from me like a boiling kettle. The van full of strangers watched and waited. I heard steps and a zipper and turned to see the driver peeing right next to me.

It felt like it couldn’t get any worse and that’s when I looked up to see the most amazing views of my life. We were on one of the highest roads in the world, overlooking the Himalayas, riding through crystal lakes and sand dunes, prayer flags fluttering from purple rocks blushing with a blue and pink fluorescent sunrise. It was all worth it for that view. It always is and every trip I have taken since India has been that way: a piece of cake or should I say, a piece of warm nan bread which I hold in my hands and say humbly-Thank you.

Note Worthy Links:

Tired of watching re-runs? no problem! Check out these cool indy-active videos:

www.meerkatmedia.org
and
The Story of Stuff

Help our Veterans:
www.ivaw.org
www.veteransforpeace.org

Phil Fiumano interviews Rock legends like Sid Bernstein and KISS and rising stars:
www.nyrockstv.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 12/17/07

Every war has a protest song…

I co-wrote and produced “Winter Soldier” with Kelly Halloran (violinist), after watching "Operation First Casualty", a film about veterans who re-enact, in public places, sniper fire, hostage take-downs and torture. It inspired us to honor these “Winter Soldiers”: brave men and women who testify to the brutality of war amidst the din of patriotism.

“Winter Soldier” has a classic theme: families torn apart by war. A wife misses her deployed husband during Christmas time. I believe the song could find a large audience, considering the holiday joy will contrast against our deepening anti-war sentiment. My goal is to distribute this song as widely as possible in order to raise awareness and funds for Veteran's peace groups: www.ivaw.org.

If you are interested in this song being linked to your website or played on your station please contact me. I am available for performances and interviews. I performed “Winter Soldier” on “New York Rock’s TV” (www.nyrockstv.com). My other performances have been in Washington D.C. at the United For Peace and Justice “March For Peace”, CBGB’s in New York, as well as performances in India, Africa and Latin America.

Thank you for your consideration.

Liah Alonso


Hippie-Chicky Records
Phone: 212.344.9562
E mail: liah.Alonso@gmail.com


Links to the performances:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2900759920883381075


Websites:
http://www.meetliah.com/
http://www.myspace.com/liahalonso
http://www.myspace.com/kellyhalloran


Electronic press kit: http://www.sonicbids.com/liahalonso