JamisonPriest News

1/08 - Happy New Year!

11/07 - We were nominated for Best Local Artist on The Appetizer on KACU!

9/07 - We had a nice performance break in August and we'll be back rolling pretty soon. Cole is back from England and will be with us for most future shows. See our schedule for dates.

8/07 - Thanks to all of you, we made it up to #133 on the ACL Festival contest. Pretty good for having entered the contest 3 weeks after it started! We'll look for it earlier next year. Thanks again.

8/07 - There's a great wiki internet station called Whole Wheat Radio. You can link up and request our songs! www.wholewheatradio.org

6/07 - We (Ed and Jenni ) are back from the trip out west. We combined travel with music - our two favorite things. Route 66 was fun, and playing in Flagstaff and Albuquerque were great. There were fantastic audiences in both places, and we thank the organizers in both for such professional events.

5/07 - Cole is in England for the summer! Visit his blog to see what he's up to - http://www.bcbennett.blogspot.com/

4/07 - We're working on a trip across Route 66 in June. We have two scheduled performances in New Mexico and Arizona, and we'll probably do a couple of open mics along the way. Check out the dates on our schedule page.

1/12/07 - We just recorded a jingle (our first!) for IGospelRadio.com. We recorded it out at Big Note Studio www.bignotestudio.com. Lots of fun! Check it out!

12/24/06 - We thank the Grand Junction Sentinel for doing a Q&A on us. Too bad they had a BLIZZARD and we weren't able to do the show!

11/15/06 - online magazine article featuring JamisonPriest:

11/10/06 - We thank The Creative Pulse for the nice comments in their November issue. Pick up your copy today:

10/23/06 - We're taking a short performance break for the month of November. The last few months have been very busy, so we're going to take some R&R time, and hopefully work on some of our new songs! See you soon!

9/20/06 - Ed and Jenni just returned from a long vacation to Tennessee and Virginia where they got to spend some quality time with old friends and family. They also did an open mic in Arlington, VA with the one and only Tony Ridder, and an open mic in Nashville, TN at the Bluebird Cafe. Both were lots of fun. The 9/18/06 Bluebird open mic is archived at www.bluebirdcafe.com.

7/15/06 - The Australian Broadcasting Corporation aired “Abilene Jukebox” today. In addition to featuring Joe Specht, author of The Women There Don't Treat You Mean: Abilene in Song, musical excerpts are played from the accompanying CD, for which we recorded "The Jewel of Abilene." The show runs 51 minutes www.abc.net.au/rn/intothemusic/default.htm.

6/1/06 - Cole is home! Many thanks to David Broom, Greg Young www.gregyoungmusic.com, Tony Barker www.tonybarkermusic.com, and Ike Spoor www.myspace.com/ikerock for graciously playing with us at different times during Cole's absence. They expanded our horizons and we are grateful for the experience.

5/26/06 - We finally joined myspace! Check out our page and leave us a message! www.myspace.com/jamisonpriest

4/12/06 - Songs from our latest CD are being used in advertisements for The Appetizer on KACU www.kacu.org.

3/17/06 - Cole is teaching in Oxford right now and has been spotted all over Europe!

3/7/06 - JamisonPriest is a contributing artist on accompanying CD to the book The Women There Don't Treat You Mean: Abilene in Song written by Joe W. Specht. It is available at Texas A&M University Press www.tamu.edu/upress/BOOKS/2006/specht.htm

2/13/06 - Songs from our new CD are being played on www.radioioacoustic.com. Log on and request to hear us!

1/5/06 - Our new CD Dreams I'll Never Know has arrived and is available for purchase! Thanks to everyone who pre-ordered. Read about the new CD on our albums and lyrics pages.

12/05 - Our new CD is almost finished! We're currently running a pre-order special for those who are on our email list. Feel free to sign up if you want the special. See CD details on our albums & lyrics pages.

9/24/05 - 8pm, JamisonPriest is the featured artist on The Appetizer with D. Grant Smith, Abilene Public Radio, KACU 89.7FM, listen on line at www.kacu.org, read about program at www.dgrantsmith.com/appetizer

7-8/05 - Thanks to all those who have traveled from around Texas to our shows this summer. Cole will be in Hawaii most of the month of July, and Ed and Jenni are going back to Canada in August for Daniel's wedding. See you soon!

7/4/05 - JamisonPriest was featured on the KTAB broadcast of Abilene's July 4th Celebration pre-fireworks show at Crutcher-Scott stadium.

4/05 - Jenni and Ed just returned from a songwriting train trip across Canada with Nanci Griffith, Tom Russell, Andrew Hardin, Mary Gauthier, and Gretchen Peters.

1/05 - The My Texas Music compilation CD "Radio Ready, Vol. 2" (including JP's recording of "Ten Degrees and Getting Colder") is here! You can buy it at www.mytexasmusic.com/radioready/two or at any of our shows.

12/04 - Jenni was picked as Favorite Female Vocalist for 2004 by the Nightlife Writer for the Abilene Reporter News www.reporternews.com

12/04 - Holiday Special! Buy 1 We Called Ourselves Poets CD directly from us for $10 and get a 3-song bonus CD for free. Available only through JP email list. Click link at top to join email list.

9/9/04 - Greg Young, our friend and fellow Abilene musician (and writer of Jubal), has released his debut CD. It's fabulous! www.gregyoungmusic.com

8/04 - JP's recording of "Ten Degrees and Getting Colder" has been selected for the upcoming My Texas Music compliation CD.

7/17/04 - JP featured on KACU at 8pm. You can also listen online at www.kacu.org

7/9/04 - JP featured on My Texas Music site. Go www.mytexasmusic.com and click Enter.

6/30/04 - Mark is getting married in September!

6/12/04 - Jenni is back from her trip to Italy with the Classical Chorus of Abilene. Everything was beautiful there, and she was inspired to start two new songs on the way home.

3/29/04 - JP records "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" for radio promotion of Abilene baseball.

3/23/04 - Jenni is hosting Ballad Tree at Mezamiz Deux for the Abilene Acoustic Music Association.

3/04 - Jenni, Ed, and Cole are singing harmony, and Mark is playing percussion on several songs for Greg Young's upcoming CD.

2/7/04 - JP is recording 3 songs at Sound Arts Recording Studios in Houston.

8/03 & 9/03 - JP is recording for next CD.