Alfred James Band: News

We're making our National TV debut tonight, Monday, September 17th at 8:00 pm on Comcast, CN8 (it's channel 8 at our house!) on Backstage with Barry Nolan. 20 boys from the Philadelphia Boys Choir traveled up to Boston with us last week to do some background vocals and a song of their own... This is something you don't want to miss - AMAZING!

If you miss the show tonight, you can check out the rebroadcast Tuesday morning (9/18) at 8:00 am and on On Demand - click Get Local - all week!

Thanks for tuning in!

We're XPN 88.5's Philly Local pick of the day today, 8/30/07!!

Helen contacted us earlier this week to come in and record a couple of songs to be featured on her Philly Local show on WXPN next week! Alfred and Reed will be heading into the XPN studio on Friday, 8/31 before their performance at the Philly Song Shuffle that evening at World Cafe Live Downstairs!

Main Line Today Magazine (on newstands now!) did a article entitled "Turn up the Volume (Yes, the 'burbs really do have a music scene)" and featured Alfred James as one of their Artists to Watch! Check it out!

Talk about excited!! We just heard from the producers at CN8's Backstage with Barry Nolan (a nightly national entertainment program) and they asked us to come up to Boston to tape a performance and interview for the show!! We'll be taping September 14th up in Boston and we'll be in touch with details on when the show will air!!! Awesome!!!

After AJB's showcase at The Recording Academy's Independent's Day Music Conference in Philadelphia this past Saturday, Hilary & Alfred were asked to speak on the Management panel at the conference!! What an honor! We're officially Grammy panelists now! What a cool opportunity!!! It's opened up a few new doors for us too... more on that later...

Check out this awesome review/ write-up about our concert in Istanbul, Turkey! We played immediately following the Philadelphia Boys Choir concert for the Mayor of Istanbul (that's him on the right in the photo!). Super cool stuff!!
http://nyks.wordpress.com/2007/07/06/alfred-james-band/

We just got back from our 2 week tour of Greece & Turkey (much more on that amazing journey later!) and found out that we were selected as the Artist of the Week on XM Satellite Radio's Radar Report!!! Take a look here... http://www.xmuradarreport.com/ The show is aired nationally Thursday's at 10:00 pm!

We're officially off on our tour of Greece and Turkey! We'll be making stops in Istanbul, Thessaloniki, Delphi, Athens... See you in July!! Bon Voyage!!

Thanks to all who are helping us out with our tour of Greece and Turkey this June alongside the world renowned Philadelphia Boys Choir and Chorale!!
Checks should be made payable to the Philadelphia Boys Choir and can be mailed to:
Alfred James Band
28 Simpson Rd.
Ardmore, PA 19003.
Thanks so much for your help in making this tour possible!!!

We just found out that we've won a contest put on by the Grammy Association! We've been selected to showcase at the opening night of a 4 part series featuring winners from the Grammy Association's singer/ songwriter contest! We'll be playing May 30th at Triumph Brewing Co. Old City Philadelphia. What an honor! Thanks Grammy's!!!

Due to circumstances out of our control, our La Salle show for Friday, April 27th has been postponed and moved to the Fall. But! We talked to our friends at Haverford College and we'll be playing there this Friday instead! Right after the Loony Tunes concert in Lundt Basement (around 10 pm). See you there!

http://www.cafepress.com/alfredjamesband Check out all of the cool AJB merch that we now finally have for sale! So many of you have been asking about AJB t-shirts -- now you can get them in lots of styles and a whole lot more!!!

The Catherine J. Snow Stroke Foundation is producing a compilation, Musicians For Stroke Awareness, set to release July 2007. We're thrilled to announce that our song, Regina, has been chosen for the CD!! We're honored to be included on such a meaningful album! Check out the site and please join us in educating others about stroke awareness... http://www.myspace.com/cathysfoundation

This summer we're packing up and traveling to Greece!! Lots more details to come as June draws near... we've got a busy spring ahead of us with fundraising events, lots of shows, and lots of planning!!! adio...

John Diliberto will be playing "Brother" on his national radio program, Echoes, on 88.5 WXPN Monday, January 15th (tonight!) and Sunday, January 21st! We met John at the Grammy's Holiday Party and he's fast become a great friend of the band! He's breaking the Echoes rule and playing an instrumental song from an album with vocals -- typically a no-no for the all instrumental program! We're thrilled and can't wait to listen!!

We just got back from a visit to Chaplin's and we had to let ya'll know what a beautiful room this is. Makes us even more excited for our show there on Friday, January 19th. It's an all ages, BYOB venue and we strongly strongly strongly recommend that you get your tickets in advance - this one's going to sell out!!!
http://www.chaplinsthemusiccafe.com/Schedule.html

Wishing everyone a safe & happy 2007! Let's make this another great one!!!
Come out and see us in January...
PUCK, 1/6, 8:30 pm -Doylestown
CHAPLIN'S, 1/19, 8:00 pm -Spring City

Pick up a copy of this week's Play Magazine for a fantastic article on AJB and our show at the Grape St. Pub tonight, 11/30 - 10 pm on the Main Stage! http://www.playphilly.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17527427&BRD=2766&PAG=461&dept_id=578256&rfi=6 And!!! Pick up a copy of the City Paper (Nov. 30th issue) and check out a full page ad featuring Alfred & his hot black cello for next weekend's Artists for Heat Benefit!!

Alfred & Hil will appear in a commercial airing on all Comcast channels, ABC, and NBC starting this week for the upcoming Artists for Heat benefit on December 9th! Look for us on TV (Hil's debut!) and check out www.artistsforheat.com for more info on this great cause!!

Ringtones for Better Days & Carry You Up are now available at www.betarecords.com/alfred.james!! Download them today for free!! More ringtones to come...

Some call it the Underground Grammy's, others call it the Just Plain Folks Music Awards and AJB has been nominated TWICE! Out of over 25,500 album submissions and over 350,000 songs, AJB has been nominated in 2 categories:
Album of the Year - New Folk for Lucky If Easy
&
Song of the Year - New Folk for Airway Station.

Alfred & Hil will be heading out to LA for the awards ceremony in early November! Yay!!!

Just Plain Folks isn't just for folk music either -- it's a huge organization for everyone and anyone in the music industry & as they say... We're all in this together! Check them out! http://www.justplainfolks.org

We just received our new run of Lucky If Easy CD's -- newly remastered, newly redesigned, and with a "new" track! They're available at all of our shows now and will soon be available at the usual online spots -- CDBaby.com, iTunes, Amazon.com, etc.

Pay close attention to the commercials on AMC this summer! Alfred recently played cello for a new trailer for Tom Cruise's The Last Samurai (which is currently playing on AMC). Definitely something cool to listen closely to!

We're excited to announce that we're now booking college shows Nationally! Contact us to schedule a performance at your school for the Fall semester!!