I'm excited to announce that the video for my song "Photobooth" which was directed by my sister, Alix Angelis won three awards last night in the International Independent Music Awards!
Best Folk/Americana Video
Best Pop Video
Fan Favorite Folk/Americana Video
And was one of the 6 finalists for Video of the Year!
I released my cover of "Wheels of Laredo" on Aug 7th! Tim Hanseroth, Phil Hanseroth, & Brandi Carlile wrote this beautiful song which is on Tanya Tucker’s Grammy winning album “While I’m Living” & The Highwomen albums from 2019. The lyrics have haunting imagery of love, loss, longing & history. Jamboozie takes place in Laredo, TX to celebrate a battle in 1898 between white men & Native Americans who won. The mayor gave the Chief the key to the city as a sign of unconditional surrender. It's the backdrop for many juxtapositions now. The drums of both sides are represented echoing through the track and underscore a more current story and personal inner battle.
The colors of the cover art are the colors included on the flags of the Yaqui Tribe, Texas, and Mexico and the key is the key to the city from the state of Texas representing open gates and partnership.
Produced by Billy Lefler
It came out on June 12th, but I just wanted to make sure it was on here so you all know about it! While in deep quarantine, I recorded this slower, stripped-down, more melancholy version of "Ghost" from That Siren, Hope, to go with the mood ;) This is the first thing I've released that I recorded myself! It's very simple but I'm still pretty excited I was able to do it. Enjoy! And please share <3
https://open.spotify.com/track/6dX8Dd8SWkcEhVADf6bqKg?si=EqqMHQv5TkaOCiZzPeyK4w
The video for “Photobooth” directed by @AlixAngelis has been nominated for the International Independent Music Video Awards in the Americana/Folk (3) & Pop (6) categories! The Fan voting is now through July 26th. You can vote for one video in each category and answer #9 with “Photobooth” - Kris Angelis https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Z9LYWS8
I'm sure we've all been missing going to and/or performing live shows so I wanted to make the recordings I got from my "That Siren, Hope" release show on Jan 16th available to you! The album will be released on June 5th but is available to pre-order right now.
I'm going to be doing a live listening party where you can chat with me on Timbredio this Thursday May 28th at 5pm.
You can also listen and watch the whole show video right on my Patreon. You can become a member to get access to that and a bunch more for as little as $5 a month!
When all the shows were cancelled and we started staying home, I was
thinking about how I could help artists like me through this and how I
could direct people who might want to support those artists in a
creative way. I came up with this idea (which was very much inspired
by my friend Kristin Ford's Compilation Box
[http://www.kristenfordmusic.com/compboxone] which you should also
check out.)
It's a monthly "Tasting Menu" of musicians curated by me and a
surprise to you! You can get access to stream and download these
albums or collections of songs provided by the artists by subscribing
through my website HERE [https://krisangelis.com/music-tasting-menu].
It's only $20 per month to get 4 albums! That's a pretty good deal and
you get to discover new music to listen to in your home, while
supporting the artists. The artists get paid for every subscription!
It's kind of like the social distance version of going to a Sofar
Sounds show and I'm hoping Sofar Sounds [https://www.sofarsounds.com]
will think its cool and help me promote it!
CLICK HERE to subscribe for as long as you want!
There are so many great artists lined-up that
I'm excited to share with you while supporting them in this crazy
time.
I (and all the indie musicians) appreciate you!
xo Kris
I’m very excited to be part of @uncancelledmusic Fest! I’ll be on Stage.it at 11am on April 5th!
Visit uncancelledmusicfestival.com and click on the Hotel Cafe stage to get your pay-what-you-can tickets (good for the whole day!) and then log in during my show where you can watch and give tips which will be shared between myself, The Recording Academy's (Grammy) MusiCares program (supports musicians in need) and The Hotel Cafe, my favorite venue in LA!
Please give it a thumbs up and positive review on youtube if you like it! :)
I just found out that 3 (!!!) of the songs from "That Siren, Hope" are Semi-Finalists in the International Songwriting Competition out of 18,000 entries!
They are 'Ghost' and 'If I Can't Have What I Want' which I wrote with Garrison Starr of My Sister, My Brother
and the title track 'That Siren, Hope'
I'm honored and excited to be among the other semi-finalists!
That Siren, Hope just debuted at #79 on the Billboard Top Current Albums chart! It's the highest independent release on there! That's because of YOU and I'm so grateful! Please keep spreading the word and buying and streaming! You're making it happen!
