Brooke Waggoner

Here’s the voting widget for the fan award for the Independent Music Awards:

This is an interview I did with Danny Hajek (www.dannyhajek.com) at the beginning of this winter (Dec 2009).

Hope your holidays were well spent with those you love. Mine was beyond beautiful. So grateful!

Quick update of a few cool things coming up:

February 7 a very cool show is taking place in Charleston, WV at the Culture Center Theater. NPR’s Mountain Stage has invited me back for a cool night of music. There will be Dashboard Confessional, Clare and the Reasons, and The Watson Twins performing, as well as your’s truly. For ticket info and prices please go to my website.

The spring is also getting booked with some cool stuff as well. April 1-15 I am taking off with Rocky Votolato:

Thu/Apr-01    Minneapolis, MN – Triple Rock
Sat/Apr-03    Lansing, MI – Mac’s Bar
Sun/Apr-04    OFF – EASTER
Mon/Apr-05    Toronto, ON – The Drake Hotel
Wed/Apr-07    Boston, MA – Great Scott
Sat/Apr-10    Philadelphia, PA – First Unitarian Church
Sun/Apr-11    Washington, DC – DC9
Tue/Apr-13    Pittsburgh, PA – Garfield Artworks
Wed/Apr-14    Akron, OH – Musica
Thu/Apr-15    Newport, KY – Southgate House Parlour
Fri/Apr-16    Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall (w/ Owen)

And finally, I wanna say a quick thank you to those of you who send me such sweet and encouraging emails, letters, photos, artwork, etc. I keep it all and it means so much.

To name a few I recently received a lovely illustration that is now hanging in my music room from the very talented Rebekah Joy Plett (www.catchtheredballoon.com). All the way from Vancouver. THANK YOU!

And this photo from Julie:

THANK YOU!

And this cartoon by Toinjoints from Portugal.

THANK YOU!

And there’s many many more from all you cyber friends. Much gratitude.

Take care and be sure to keep warm. It won’t stop snowing in Nashville!
L O V E
Brooke

PS: Please keep Haiti in your prayers. And visit Red Cross for information on how to donate money via text messaging.

O me, O my.
Such a fine year.
Much has happened and many things were accomplished.

I am grateful for such a fantastic 2009!

Here’s a quick rundown:

Got to play a haunted house

Toured my beautiful country with some of my favorite people

Was a flamingo for halloween

Released my new record

Was a awarded a most generous honor from my beloved Nashville

2009 Nashville Music Award Winners
ARTIST OF THE YEAR – Taylor Swift
BEST NEW ARTIST – Lady Antebellum
SONG OF THE YEAR – “The Time of My Life” Writer: Regie Hamm (performed by David Cook)
NEXT BIG NASHVILLE AWARD (Emerging Artist) – Brooke Waggoner
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR – Liz Rose
SONGWRITER-ARTIST OF THE YEAR – Taylor Swift
POSTER / ALBUM ARTWORK / PACKAGING OF THE YEAR – Roy Orbison, The Soul Of Rock And Roll Boxed Set
By Latocki Team Creative
INSTRUMENTALIST OF THE YEAR – Jack White
MUSIC VIDEO / FILM OF THE YEAR – Rascal Flatts, “Here Comes Goodbye” – Directed by Shaun Silva
MADE IN MUSIC CITY AWARD – Elvis Costello, Secret, Profane & Sugarcane
Producer: T Bone Burnett
Studio: Sound Emporium
BLUEGRASS ALBUM OF THE YEAR – The Steeldrivers, The Steeldrivers
Rounder Records
COUNTRY ALBUM OF THE YEAR – Taylor Swift, Fearless (Big Machine Records)
AMERICANA ALBUM OF THE YEAR – Sarah Siskind, Say It Louder
(Request/Thirty Tigers Records)
URBAN RECORDING OF THE YEAR – April Rucker, Here I Stand
(One Staj Music Group)
GOSPEL / CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN ALBUM OF THE YEAR – Jars of Clay, The Long Fall Back To Earth
(Gray Matters/Essential Records)
JAZZ / BLUES ALBUM OF THE YEAR – Take 6, The Standard
(Heads Up Records/Telarc)
POP / ROCK ALBUM OF THE YEAR – Kings of Leon, Only by the Night (RCA)
INNOVATOR – Landmark Digital Services, LLC for BlueArrow Audio Recognition
HERITAGE AWARD – The Fisk Jubilee Singers

“Heal for the Honey” is currently nominated for Best Folk/Singer Songwriter Album of the year (THANK YOU IMA’s!)

(if you wanna help out, please feel free to go to their website to put in a little vote for me)

In closing, I’m excited for Christmas and for Denver snow and mountains and warm beverages and family everywhere and cute little packages with pretty wrapping and my mom’s lemon bread and New Year’s Eve parties and….. the list could continue for days…
Next we speak ’twill be 2010 and I’m more than ready!

Love to you all!
B

p.s.
The new “dancing doves” t-shirts are now available as well as a re-issue of the “gramophone sky blue” t-shirts at my webstore.

p.p.s.
If you bought Go Easy Little Doves off iTunes or Amazon, or any digital distributor, you can now get the digibooklet (it’s a .pdf) on my website just under the album cover on the right sidebar.

Well my friends, the new record released last week and thanks to you all, it stayed strong at #1 on iTunes for singer/songwriter for a few days straight!

And Miss Marie Claire gave it a little shout in their November mag stating, “Go Easy Little Doves is ethereal chamber music paired with wood-nymph vocals. A need-to-download.”

*disclaimer*
Most of this blog will basically entail many thanks to various people and friends…

…So, I was driving through the great American midwest last week to meet up with Owl City for our tour that got started in Iowa when I got a delightful little text from a friend who was attending the Nashville Music Awards. To my surprise and excitement, they awarded me Next Big Nashville Best Emerging Artist Award. I thank you for that! Most sincerely.

And in closing, I just booked a show at the Belcourt Theater to host an official release show for the new record. If you’re in or near the nashville area please come celebrate with me November 19. I will have some lap steel, classical guitars, harp, a full string section (complete with a few members from the city’s symphony orchestra), and lots o’ NEW songs! Should be a special evening.

I currently bid you farewell from Boise, Idaho!

-B

Dear friends,

Tomorrow my NEW RECORD releases on all digital outlets!

I’m thrilled to share this with you.
Much love!

B

Click here to buy “Go Easy Little Doves” on iTunes available Tuesday 10/6

Hi all.

Website is officially updated with new graphics, photos, and tour info.

I have thoroughly enjoyed the tour I’m on now with Denison Witmer. We’ve had a great time!
AND, I’m getting really excited about the tour in October with Owl City!

I will have early copies of my new project with me on that tour as well as new T-shirts and other fun things… So please come out and say ‘hi’!

L O V E,
Brooke

So… there has been much, much happening.
This has been quite a unique summer in many ways.
I am learning how to be a wife and loving every day.

I also finished a new record that I love so dearly I cannot wait to share it with you.
This is something very fresh and exciting. It’s laced with all sorts of q&a, pensiveness, elasticity, and romance.

As of today, there are 4 new tunes from the album available for streaming at www.myspace.com/brookewaggoner as well as new artwork, photos, and TONS of tour dates on the horizon — Denison Witmer in September and Owl City in October.

I’m digitally releasing the collection of music Oct. 6, 2009.
Physical copies will be available Nov. 3, 2009.
BUT, I will have some advanced copies on the Owl City Tour.

See you on tour!!!

Hope you are well, my friends.

As always,
L O V E

Brooke

Good afternoon dear friends.

I want to invite you out to Cornerstone this year for some fun and festivity!

What a good ol’ time this is going to be!

I’m playing two sets while I’m there — July 3 and July 4.
There will be a full band with me as well as stacks of my new vinyl. Mmmm, yes!
Hope to meet and see new and old friends…

I also posted some dates friday to begin early promotion for a tour taking place in the fall with Owl City and The Scene Aesthetic. They are all west coast dates which is exciting news! This means lots and lots of new cities, new clubs, and new faces.

Let the friendships commence!

Love to you all.
Brooke

p.s. I AM FINISHING MY NEW RECORD THIS SUMMER!
GET READY FOR FRESH THINGS!

Hello everyone!!

Ahhhh….. YES, my merch store is officially live!! We had some very unexpected techy glitches with it that just took a long time to get worked out, so I just want to thank everyone that’s emailed me for all the patience with the store.

I’m also really, really excited about Heal for the Honey being available on vinyl!!! It’s not physically here yet, but it will be arriving in a couple of weeks. I didn’t want to wait though to put it up on the store so it’s up there and available for pre-order. All vinyl pre-orders include a copy of Heal for the Honey on CD.

I leave for the Copeland / This Providence / Paper Route tour this week and hope to see everyone out at the shows!! Three amazing bands — it’s going to be a ton of fun! See ya out there!!

Much love,

Brooke

Visit the store directly at www.brookewaggoner.com/store/