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2008

Alexis signs multi-year deal with Lionsgate Entertainment	Last week I signed a multi-year music administration deal with Lionsgate Entertainment. These are the fine folks responsible for 3:10 to Yuma, Bank Job, Hotel Rwanda, Leonard Cohen: I'm your Man, The U.S. vs John Lennon, Crash (Oscar Best Picture 2005) and many, many more. As I've been focusing my music career more and more on songwriting and licensing for film and TV, there really could not be a better partnership for me. In addition to licensing songs from the last 3 records, I'll be writing some new material specifically for them. So, with any luck, you can expect to hear AH and AHB songs in upcoming Lionsgate films and TV shows (they do the Emmy Award winning Weeds, MadMen, and much mo').

NOW Sunlight Loping on PBS...	Starting January 4th, Alexis Harte's Sunlight Loping will be used as the introductory music for NOW on PBS. Called "one of the last bastions of serious journalism on TV" by the AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN, the series occupies a unique place in the American television landscape. For three seasons the broadcast has been led by Bill Moyers. At the helm in 2005 is veteran journalist David Brancaccio, who joined NOW in fall 2003 after a decade as host of public radio's MARKETPLACE. NOW has aired Harte's music in the past, but starting 08' Sunlight Loping will introduce the show each week. The show airs every Friday night see www.pbs.org/now for local airing times on your PBS station.
2007

More licensing...	A brand new, unreleased track called For Tuesday (In Kind) will be featured next season (episode 8) in the show Wildfire on ABC which is produced by Lionsgate TV . Stay tuned for exact date and time. The song will be available for download soon.

Welcome Marc Mowrey!	The Alexis Harte Band has a new member, Marc Mowrey....

Red Balloon - What About Brian?	"RED BALLOON" FROM TUMBLING was heard on 3/19/07 on ABC's What About Brian.

Good News on the Licensing Front	The song Wiggle Room (admittedly one of the goofier I've written) seems to have caught on lately. It will be featured in an upcoming series on ABC called "Notes from the Underbelly" directed by Barry Sonnenfeld (who directed Get Shorty, Men in Black, RV and more). It's also going to be in a Fox series called "The Loop," which is in its second season, and also in an upcoming film called "Careless" with Colin Hanks (Tom's son) due out in early 2007. Fun stuff.

Cool the World	I've also lately been involved with an interesting project I'd like to let you know about: www.cooltheworld.org. Have a look at the beta website, download the free tunes that I and the lovely Deborah Pardes wrote. Let me know what you think...

The Mystic Theater	Alexis Harte played live at the Mystic Theater, opening for Dar Williams. See some photos and listen to Alexis to some of his tunes- go for it

The KFOG Morning Show	Hats off to KFOG for being so supportive of local music (and not just in the token way) and being clever about helping local non-profits. More details here We appeared live on KFOG Friday morning (August 4, 2007) on the Morning Show with Dave Morey. KFOG is including"Hands Over Jordan" on their Local Scene compilation CD.They are selling copies and all proceeds go to a great local organization called Music in Schools Today. Check out a couple of pictures taken at O'Neill's Irish Pub with the KFOG Morning Show ...thanks KFOG!

NOW with David Brancaccio on PBS	NOW with David Brancaccio on PBS aired Albany Hill and Yellow Shoes from Tumbling last week.

TLC - LA Riding Club	Lies Waiting from Junebug is being featured in TLC's upcoming show LA Riding Club (its about horses not motorcycles - go figure).

The KFOG Morning Show	Here are a couple of photos of us performing live at O'Neill's Irish Pub with the KFOG Morning Show - thanks KFOG!

Fillmore Photos	See photos of our show at San Francisco's Fillmore Auditorium, opening up for Taj Mahal.

More Airplay on PBS - Bill Moyers Now	Do What You Will (from Junebug CD) was heard on Bill Moyers NOW on PBS. NOW also used Sunlight Loping and Puddle of Stars in two recent episodes. Thanks Bill!

*Alexis Harte Featured in Frets* magazine**	See the recent write-up in Guitar Player's FRETS Magazine - Click Here

Heard on the W.B.	Yellow Shoes was featured on WB's "Jack and Bobby".

Heard on Nickelodeon	11 Songs from Harte's two records were heard on 7 episodes The Nickelodeon's "Best Friend's Date".

Heard on UPN	Yellow Shoes (from Harte's first CD Junebug) was featured on the premier episode a new sci-fi drama called Jake 2.0. on UPN Network (these are the fine folks who bring you The Simpsons and Buffy the Vampire Slayer).

Featured on NPR's All Songs Considered	A previously unreleased, full-band version of the song Yellow Shoes was featured in July on National Public Radio's All Songs Considered, an online music program.

Featured on KFOG	The Bay Area's KFOG (104.5 FM) recently featured the Alexis Harte Band as Local World Class Rock, and continues to play tracks from Sunlight Loping on the air.

*Editor's Choice in Acoustic Guitar* Magazine**	Acoustic Guitar Magazine chose Alexis Harte's latest CD Sunlight Loping for its Editor's Choice list in the Click here to read the review...