ROOTSCD.COM
Our CD's are now exclusively available in Europe through Rootscd.com. Check out their great range of blues, rockabilly and roots releases. Rootscd work directly with their artists, this ensures the artists receive much more money for their music than from a record company or traditional distributor. Rootscd are also becoming well known for the speed and the high quality of their service.
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RAISING HELL IN TOP 10 BEST BLUES ALBUMS OF 2007!
We're very proud to announce that our album - Raising Hell - has been voted No. 7 best blues album of 2007 by readers of Blues Matters Magazine, UK!
Here's the Top 10 from the 50 best albums of 2007.
1. Ian Siegal - Swagger
2. Joe Bonamassa - Sloe Gin
3. Omar Dykes & Jimmy Vaughan - Jimmy Reed Highway
4. Johhny Maestro - Take Me To Your Maker
5. Ana Popovic - Still Making History
6. Kenny Wayne Shepherd - 10 Days Out
7. The Wildcards - Raising Hell
8. Matt Schofield - Ear To The Ground
9. Robben Ford - Truth
10. Koko Taylor - Old School
I think you'll agree, not bad at all and thank you to everyone who voted for us!
More info from: www.bluesmatters.com
EASTWOOD GUITARS
The Wildcards are currently featured artists on the Eastwood Guitars Radio Player on their great website. Check out Eastwood's very cool retro guitars, we love 'em!
Eastwood Guitars Radio Player
THE FABULOUS THUNDERBIRDS
We are very excited to announce that The Wildcards will be touring in Germany with the legendary Fabulous Thunderbirds during April 2008! Full details of the dates are now available on our shows page. This will be a great opportunity for us to appear at some new and larger venues and we're looking forward to winning some new German fans!
APPLE iTunes
We're delighted to announce that you can now download invidual tracks from our new album Raising Hell for just $0.99 each or the entire album and artwork for just $9.99. Click the iTunes logo for more information.
DECEMBER 2007 NEWSLETTER
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VOTE FOR US AND WIN BLUES ALBUMS!
Blues Matters! magazine wants to know which 3 blues albums you rate from 2007, and your 2 favourite re-releases.
They will use the first issue of 2008 (issue 42) to countdown the 50 Best Blues albums, reviewed by them during 2007 (issue 36-41), and the 10 most popular reissues.
Please let them know why you've made the choices you have, and submit in descending order.
Please vote for The Wildcards - Raising Hell! and get us in the chart!
Only one submission per person, and please remember to include your full-name and address. 3 lucky submitters will win copies of the new Lazy Poker and Roy Mette albums. Entries must be in by 1st February 2008
E-mail your answers to: darren@bluesmatters.com
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CD BABY & DOWNLOADS
The new album Raising Hell is now available to buy through this website for £10.00 and also through the American website CDBABY, they'll ship Worldwide and offer a 10% discount if you buy more than one cd. The album costs $14.97 or $12.97 as a download through CD BABY.
While your at the CD Baby site why not write a review of Raising Hell for all to read!
Soon you'll be able to download Wildcards tracks through i-tunes, Rhapsody, Yahoo and Napster. We'll keep you updated on this important development.
HEAR THE WILDCARDS LIVE CONCERT THROUGH THE INTERNET!
You can catch The Wildcards in concert on BluesTrainFM, Holland on Tuesday 27 November 2007 between 19.00-21.00 CET. The concert was recorded at The Witte Theatre, IJmuiden near Amsterdam, Holland on Sunday 18 November 2007.
NEW WEBSITE ON-LINE!
At last it's here! Sorry for the delay but we've been busy creating our new album and touring. We hope you like what you see. We'll be updated, improving and tweaking this site on a regular basis so keep on checking back for new exciting developments. If you have any suggestions to improve this site for your viewing pleasure please let us know.
WORLDWIDE RADIO AIRPLAY
We've been picking up airplay on boths sides of the Atlantic, check-out The Blues Disease in California, goes out on Mondays and has a fantastic playlist week-in, week-out. Hosted by Jeff Fleenor, it's one show that's really worth tuning into every week. You can hear The Blues Disease through the internet by visiting their website.
Hear a little clip of The Wildcards on the show, Mon 12 Nov 2007 (mp3 - 707kb) new!
Also we've had airplay on CKLN, Canada. The show is Lowdown To Uptown, check it out! And many great blues shows in Europe too. We'd like to thank all the DJ's involved for their support.
PRESS
We've been picking up a lot of interest from the cream of blues World's press, with present and forthcoming reviews and interviews in Blues Matters (UK), Blues In Britain (UK), Back To The Roots (Belgium), Block (Holland), Blues News (Germany), Blues Revue (USA)....the list goes on! Blues Matters are running a major interview with us that's ear-marked for issue 42 (February 2008). More details soon.
REVIEWS IN OTHER LANGUAGES
We're in the process of adding a collection of reviews we have in other languages. We've just added some CD reviews in Flemish, other languages coming soon! more info
RAISING HELL - CD RELEASE
On the 19th October 2007 The Wildcards released their second studio album entitled Raising Hell. The 12 track album has already gathered some fantastic reviews from critics both in Europe and the USA and has been a big hit with the fans too!
Recorded at the PMC studios in Plymouth, England during 2007, the album features seven new original tunes written between Martin and Vince and some very carefully selected covers.
The striking artwork has been a real labour of love with Vince supplying some stunning hand drawn illustrations and Martin designing and putting the whole package together. The 12 page booklet includes over 40 photographs of the band and includes detailed information on all the tracks.
Raising Hell is available to buy at The Wildcards shows and also through this website for just £11.00 including postage & packing!
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GARY PRIMICH
Gary Primich, considered by many to be one of the greatest harmonica players in the world, passed away suddenly on September 23rd. Not only is this the loss of a world-class talent, but also of a true world-class person. Offstage, Gary was a caring and gentle soul — a real Regular Joe of the best kind. Onstage he played with a ferocity and indescribable sound that was often mind-blowing. He'd say Thank You to his fans then quickly change the subject because he didn't want it to be all about him. He loved animals, he loved people, he loved music and he loved life. Gary's career sent him around the world, traveling thousands and thousands of miles for his love of music, but he'll always be right here, in our hearts.
The Wildcards toured with Gary around Europe in 2006 and we are devastated to hear this sad news. Only recently we were talking together with Gary about another tour planned for 2008.
We had recorded Gary's song Hoodoo Preacher on our forthcoming album and have now decided to dedicate the album to his memory.
If you don't own any of Gary albums then you should! They're essential listening.
Gary Primich Website
TOUR DATES
New dates are coming for 2008 soon, keep on checking back
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