Katonah, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Blakjak
Music Records) - The award winning rock/R&B/jazz group Reverend Zen is one of the featured artists on WMVY Radio's 2007 compilation,"Fresh Produce 4",alongside such notable performers as Suzanne Vega,
Alison Krauss and Robert Plant.
Alison Hammond, WMVY disc jockey and host of the station's Local Music Cafe, remarks, "Reverend Zen's songs are full of great, varied, serious messages in colorful, creative lyrics. It's listen anywhere, anytime music. The band's debut cd, Angels, Blues & the Crying Moon, is a lovely, wonderful album full of fabulous tracks. We're always happy to play a Reverend Zen cut on the Local Music Cafe and now include them on "Fresh Produce 4"."
Reverend Zen's Angels, Blues & the Crying Moon features a stellar group of musicians who've worked with Eric Clapton, Annie Lennox, Sting, B.B. King, Shawn Colvin, Donald Fagen, Sheryl Crow, John Scofield, Bruce Springsteen, David Sanborn, Joan Osborne, Stevie Wonder and John Mayer.
The cd has brought the New York band four Best Song Nominations in the upcoming 2007 Los Angeles Music Awards for "Bad Attitude", "Don't Try To Tell Me", "The Boston Shakedown" and "Dangerous Times", two Finalist Awards in the 2007 Unisong International Song Contest for "Magdalena" and "Bad Attitude", along with a 2007 ASCAP Plus Award for Reverend Zen bandleader/songwriter Jack Evans. In the 2006 VH1 Song of the Year Contest the group received five Runner Up Awards and were named a Finalist for "Dangerous Times", now featured on MVY's "Fresh Produce 4" release.
WMVY's internet station MVY Radio.com is consistently ranked among the top fifty triple a radio stations worldwide and has long been heralded as a programming leader in internet broadcasting. WMVY broadcasts at 92.7FM - Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, Cape Cod and at 96.5FM - Newport, R.I.
For more information on MVY's "Fresh Produce 4" visit mvyradio.com, where Reverend Zen's profile can be found on the station's Local Music Cafe page.
Reverend Zen can also be heard on the following 2007 compilation releases: RPW Record's "Music For Coffee Beings" - Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada, Indie Artist Alliance's "State of Independence" - San Francisco, Ca. and Research Music's "Just Talents" - Miami. Fla., Rio de Janerio, Brazil, Berlin, Germany.
Contact Details: Reverend Zen Music: 111 Katonah Ave., Katonah, NY 10536 (914)232-8946;
Blakjak Music Records & Anamosa Songs ASCAP: use above address.
www.reverendzenmusic.com; myspace.com/reverendzenmusic; Reverend Zen epk at: sonicbids.com/ReverendZen; Reverend Zen's Angels, Blues & the Crying Moon available at: cdbaby.com; iTunes, amazon.com
