Pegasus Award Nomination

The 2007 ballot for the Pegasus Awards has been announced, and I'm both tickled and honoured to have been nominated for the Best Writer/Composer category.



Those nominated in this category are supposed to choose a representative song; I've chosen "Homecoming" (my song based on Ray Bradbury's short story, "The Rocket Man") because of all the songs I've written, it's my personal favourite. You can hear a sample from a live recording by Urban Tapestry (from a 2002 California concert, included on our Sushi and High Tea CD) by clicking on "Listen to it" beside my name on the final ballot page. Sadly, we can't perform this anymore because I haven't been able to fingerpick properly since my tendinitis episode. :-( You can find the lyrics and chords to "Homecoming" here.



I feel especially honoured because of the others nominated in the category:

Dr. Mary Crowell (from Alabama): I raved about her new album "Courting My Muse" in Blatherings recently. Those who have attended GAfilk in recent years have been lucky enough to hear Mary perform with "Play It With Moxie," GAfilk's fabulous band. Lord of the Rings fans should check out Mary's MySpace page, where you can hear "Legolas" in its entirety. Mary also performs with Three Weird Sisters with Gwen Knighton, Brenda Sutton and Teresa Powell.

Bob Kanefsky (California): His parodies are brilliant, and Urban Tapestry was delighted when he parodied Jodi's song, "The Lady." :-) Do check out his Songworm site, where he not only has an impeccably organized database of his parodies, but also interesting essays.

Ben Newman (Massachusetts) is a prolific writer who has written over 130 songs about a wide range of topics. One of the great things about the whole Pegasus Award process is that it helps people find out about songs and filkers. When I followed the link from Ben's Pegasus bio page to his Web site, I was floored by the number of songs he has listed, many with MP3 samples.

Talis Kimberley (UK): I'm a big Talis Kimberley fan and LOVE her songs and songwriting. X Libris (a sultry song about books) won a Pegasus for Best Torch Song last year. Her song "Any Kind Of Light" (aka "Lights") is one of the most romantic songs I've ever heard. My very favourite Talis song (one of my favourite songs ever, really) is "Death Danced At My Party", which almost always makes me cry. You can read the lyrics to both in her online songbook. You can hear some more samples on the CD Baby page for her Archetype Cafe CD.



If you're not familiar with filk, I encourage you to visit the 2007 Pegasus Final Ballot page to hear a sampling of filk music in all the different categories. If you're a filker, I especially encourage you to listen to the MP3s of filkers you're not familiar with; I always find that this is a great way to discover new music.

A final note: I know I have some loyal readers out there who may want to vote for me solely because they like Blatherings or Inkygirl or another of my current or past projects. PLEASE DON'T. I appreciate the support, but please only vote if you're a member of the filk community.

By the way, I was highly amused to see that both "Home" (by Rand & Adam) and "Go Home" (by Mich & Marilisa) were nominated for the "Best Song Of Home" category...this must be the first time that both a song AND its parody were nominated for the same category. :-D

Many thanks to the Pegasus Awards Committee for all their hard work in making the Awards possible.





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