LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/
Sandy Kastel Official Website) - Over the past few months, thousands of people have been surfing over to
Sandy Kastel's MySpace page (www.myspace.com/sandykastel) not only to check out a couple of sizzling tracks from her critically acclaimed 2007 indie debut This Time Around, but also to see the former Miss Nevada strut her stuff on one of the site's most talked about music videos.
The fiery live performance clip of Kastel's Southern rock original "Slow Burn" (www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMsy_nZvB78) (which she co-wrote with Dolly Coulter) features a full-length version of her unforgettable segment in the soon to be released Dirty Jokes: The Movie, an independent film written, produced and directed by Murray Langston (aka "The Unknown Comic") that features more than 70 comedians. In the movie, Kastel-who is one of the movie's executive producers-and her band perform her song behind the jokes filmed at the renowned Ice House in Pasadena, California.
The film also features two other original Kastel tracks, "Rope Me A Cowboy" and the tongue in cheek country-pop-rock title theme song "Everybody Loves A Dirty Joke." Additionally, Kastel's video for her country pop song "Nashville Tonight" is a popular draw on YouTube TV.
Since its release in mid-2007, her debut has been an across the board sensation, selling via outlets like CD Baby, Amazon and iTunes. While her official first single, "Beyond The Sea," was an adult contemporary hit that reached No 14 on FMQB's AC40 Chart, the track that has subsequently been downloaded the most as a single and ringtone is "Danke Schoen." Two other tracks, "When I Fall In Love" and "Fever," have scored over 9,000 listens on MySpace.
In addition, the singer recently returned from performing at The Nashville Songwriters Festival and continues her longtime association with the Children's Miracle Network, the alliance of premier hospitals for children for which she performs numerous local fundraisers. In a special charity event for CMN last October at the Suncoast Hotel and Casino, she headlined "A Tribute To Las Vegas Featuring Recording Artist Sandy Kastel And Special Guest Star Peter Barbutti."
