Robert Graham

"Storm in a Teacup" continues to gain airplay not only in Canada, but also the U.S, the UK, Australia and across the world!

CBC radio has picked up several songs and played them on "All in a Day", Shift", "Bandwidth", "Ontario Morning" and "Fresh Air". Other songs have been featured on " The Beat Authority", "The 8:00 Hour" and the "Radio Bob Show" (both from NCPR in NY), as well as BBC Cambridge,  BBC Tees (Middlesborough), Canalside Radio (Macclesfield UK), 6WF (Perth Australia), JRFM (Brockville) The Cave" (Kingston Ontario), Radio Glendon (Toronto), and Radio Fremantle (Western Australia).

Eoin Cameron of 720 6WF radio (ABC) in Perth Australia conducted an interview with me on the 6WF  breakfast show and played the track "Living in a Coma". I also did an interview on the ABC program "Big Smoke", and they played a couple of tracks as well. All of my radio interviews can be heard on the HOMEPAGE of this website.

The Head of CBC Music Resources Mark Rheaume featured the album as one of his favourite "New Music" on "Fresh Air" on CBC Radio 1 across Ontario. The same program also aired "Set it Free" and "Sunshine".

Several internet radio stations have picked up tracks from the album to add to their playlist including Banana Peel Radio (Vancouver), Radio Crystal Blue (New York), QUEFM 98.2 FM Smooth Jazz Online radio (Salt Lake City), the Night Owl Radio Show on WSSR (Oregon), REDDOG Radio (Paris), UnderWorldMixRadio, Jango Radio, Indie 104 -I Radio LA,  IMRadio (Chicago),  The SongWriter's Network, LaserDogs Music Hour, Gen X Radio, Indie Castle, RuKus Radio, Soulful Tears Radio,  Fusion Radio, VENTS Music,  Radio Cafe ReverbNation Indie Music Countdown, GigBand Radio, Westfield Radio, Butterflies Radio, eroplay.com, luver.com, KJES.com, soundmachine.com, rock104.com, realms of music.com, the Maximum Threshold Radio Show, Radio Rock Cafe, the WITTR Network, and Red Square Radio.

My new single "Believe in Love" will be be released in February 2012. I am currently recording and mixing the final version with Chris Brown at his Post Office Studios on Wolfe Island Ontario.

The pop track features Cam Giroux (drums), Alec Barken (bass), and Dan Charbonneau (guitar)

Very excited to have it done and send it out to the universe! Stay tuned!

I am happy to report that  my song "Living in a Coma" will be featured in an upcoming Australian feature film called "FROM PARTS UNKNOWN  -  FIGHT LIKE A GIRL"  (slated for release in 2012). The song will be used both in the film and also for associated promotion for the film. Oh did I mention that this film is in a genre all to itself ? It is actually a ZOMBIE, HORROR, WRESTLING, ACTION  film! The director, Daniel Armstrong recently interviewed me about my the song, and my feelings about wrestling zombies (among other things)! You can read that here:

If you want to check out some footage of the film, and read about the creators check out these links:

http://www.zombieinfo.com/2011/09/from-parts-unknown-fight-like-a-girl-coming-soon/

http://www.youtube.com/danielthedisturbed

I was recently interviewed for the Mississippi based arts/culture/politics magazine "Conversations" - the questions were interesting, focussing on motivations and definition of success. You can read it here:

http://conversationswithmusic.blogspot.com/2011/10/profile-robert-graham-canada.html?spref=fb

I recently had the chance to lend a hand to the new Open Hearts Society record - a new group which consists of core members Chris Brown (producer of "Storm in a Teacup", ex Bourbon Tabernacle Choir), Eric Schenkman (Spin Doctors) and Wolfe Island singer Sarah McDermott.

I was buzzed  to contribute some vocals to the song "Waiting on Love" from their debut album "Love in Time", as well as to add some vocals  to their contribution to the new Waterkeepers compilation record - a remake of the Talking Heads classic "Once In A Lifetime". They are gigging regularly in Toronto and elsewhere so do yourself a favour and go see them!

"Love in Time" features the likes of Anton Fier, Aaron Comess, Sarah Harmer, Kate Fenner,  Emily Fennell and Joan Wasser and is well worth a listen. Check out the record and their upcoming gigs here:

http://www.openheartssociety.com/

I was interested to get an email from the good folks at BROADJAM recently telling me that a couple of my songs had made their top ten charts.

For those who don't know BROADJAM is one of the world's largest web communities catering to independent musicians. The site has an online database of over 300,000 searchable songs and is home to approximately 85,000 artists from all over the world.

Reflecting the crazy muti-genre nature of my songs I am bewildered (but proud) to annouce that LIVING IN A COMA is currently at number 4 on the ROCK - NEW WAVE chart, and the instrumental version of the same song is sitting at number 3!

The instrumental version of "SET IT FREE (AFRO-ASTRO MIX)" is sitting at number 10 in the JAZZ- FUSION chart.

I have no idea what this  all means but I DO know I am the only artist on BROADJAM with a top ten placement in both the Rock - New Wave and Jazz Fusion charts!!!!

On the strength of my song "Don't Go", I was selected as one of seven finalists in the Band - Pop/Rock category of the iSTARS TALENT CONTEST. I  performed on February 6th (2011) and came up with  the runners-up position. It was an interesting experience - complete with "Idol" style judges - luckily they were way more useful in terms of feedback then some of the Idol judges! The judges were Blair Holder, Brian Allen, and Kate Atwater - all very thoughtful and constructive!

My song "Don't Go" was chosen to be in the Postmedia National Playlist - promoted for download in 1, 025, 000 major daily newspapers across Canada.

I was also happy to discover in that "Don't Go" has been added to the "Songwriters' Association of Canada (SAC) CBC Radio 3 Member's Playlist". The forty songs on this newly compiled list of featured SAC members can be seen and heard here: 

http://radio3.cbc.ca/#/play/Songwriters-Association-Canada/playlist/Meet-Our-Members

I was pleased to see that my song "Don't Go" has done well in another Song Contest - this time the IRL Music Consultants MIDEM FRANCE 2011 CONTEST, as judged by Juergen Kramar from Universal Music Germany. "Don't Go" reached the FINALS of this worldwide competition.

It was included on a compilation of some really great music which was compiled by IRL to market at MIDEM, including some tracks by a bunch of movies stars like Johhny Depp and Brad Pitt (if you can believe that!)

"Don't Go" also reached semi-final status in the 2010 Dallas Songwriters Association Songwriting Contest,  while "Living in a Coma" gained an Honourable Mention in the 2010 Billboard World Song Contest.

A few of the songs on "Storm in a Teacup" have been selected for possible future licensing considerations.

"In Love with a Girl" was forwarded by top-flight A+R Company TAXI to CRUCIAL MUSIC for possible placement in one of their various film and television projects.

CRUCIAL MUSIC'S past clients have been included well-known television shows like CSI, Weeds, One Tree Hill, Nikita and Vampire Diaries.

"Don't Go" was picked up by Italian Licensing Company MACHIAVELLI MUSIC for use in in-store radio in various major networks of malls and shopping centres across Italy.

Various songs were also accepted into the library of music licensing company HUMAN FACTOR (Washington D.C.) HUMAN FACTOR is searched various media groups including the Discovery Network, and MTV.

"Don't Go" was picked up by Texas based music licensing company "Audio Fount".

Several blogs have done interviews with me about my music. Some of the more interesting and weird things you can discover about me by reading these blogs are what my favourite song of all time is, and which band member I would EAT if we all ran out of food! Mmmmmm.......

Check out some of them here:

The Songwriters Association of Canada: http://itallstartswithasong.wordpress.com/2010/09/10/robertgraham/

The Director of the Australian Film "From Parts Unknown" (which features my song "Living in a Coma"): http://daniel1971.wordpress.com/2010/11/25/living-in-a-coma-in-canada/

The Dominican online magazine "VENTS": http://ventsinterviews.blogspot.com/2010/09/robert-graham.html

The American online magazine "Juniors Cave also conducted an interview which can be viewed here: http://juniorscave.com/Robert-Graham.html

AJ+dbs Corporation (and indie music blog) also did an interview:                                                    http://www.aj-n-dbs.com/apps/blog/show/7942677-robert-graham-interview-aj-dbs

Please check out the Progressive Rock & Progressive Metal E-zine  (www.progressiverockbr.com) which also picked up "Living in a Coma".

Thanks to all who came out and supported the "Songwriters Showcase for Palliative Care" on Sunday January 23rd. Bud's on the Bay was packed and not only was the music (from myself, Pat Johnson, and Ashley Armstrong) well received, but we raised $800 for Palliative Care service at Brockville General Hospital. I also performed at the 30 Hour Telethon (not just me thank goodness) which raised $175,000. Hooray! If you want to see some footage of the event click here: http://www.brocknews.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4757:songwriters-showcase-raises-800-for-palliative-care-sunday&catid=44:local-news&Itemid=162

This past summer I performed in Hardy Park in Brockville to raise funds for the Parkinsons Society of Ottawa. This cause is dear to my heart as my Dad was afflicted with this condition for many years.

The concert was a great success with over $650 raised. Thanks to all who attended for their generous support!

"In Love with a Girl" - the song from the album which deals with unrequited heterosexual love, was featured this summer in the play "The Dating Scheme" by east coast playwright Jonah Anderson. "The Dating Scheme" ran in July and August at the Kings Playhouse in Georgetown, Prince Edward Island.

Dale Elliot of local news website brocknews.ca recently recorded a feature about "Storm in a Teacup" which featured some live performance and an interview with me about my own history and the making of the album. To see the video click here:

http://www.brocknews.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=129&Itemid=209

There were also a couple of Brocknews videos recorded before and after the Songwriters Showcase for Palliative Care which was held on January 23rd 2011. Check them out here:

http://www.brocknews.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4473:songwriters-showcase-for-palliative-care-being-held-january-23rd&catid=44:local-news&Itemid=162

http://www.brocknews.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4757:songwriters-showcase-raises-800-for-palliative-care-sunday&catid=44:local-news&Itemid=162

It was a major thrill for me to recently be in contact with Todd Hunter of the famous NZ/Aus band "Dragon". I sent him a copy of "Storm in a Teacup" in order to guage his reaction to my version of "Sunshine" which was one of Dragon's many monster hits down under.

It was a personal thrill for me when THIS reaction came back, and I quote:

"This album rocks. It's a soulful outing from Robert Graham and we (Dragon) love his version of Sunshine."

Thanks Todd, and for those of you North Americans out there who have yet to discover Dragon you can check them out at http://www.dragononline.com.au/

For more reviews of the album please visit the "Press" section of this website.