FIRST RECORD PLAYED IN 2015

FREE DOWNLOAD - "WHAT ARE YOU DOING FOR NEW YEAR'S EVE?"

This past Christmas week, our dear friends with New Granada Records celebrated their 20th Anniversary at New World Brewery in Tampa, FL.  To commemorate the occasion, the holidays, and the new year to come... New Granada artists Rec Center and our very own Tracy Shedd shared the stage for a very special performance of Frank Loesser's classic song "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?"  While the trio was practicing outside of New World Brewery by the fountain and trolley car in Ybor City for their performance, they just so happened to record the rehearsal via an iPhone.   

As a special gift to help ring in the new year, New Granada Records and Fort Lowell Records have made the track available for all of you to enjoy!   Stream the song, or download it for free, and share with your friends for your own celebration this New Year's Eve!

Recorded live via iPhone at New World Brewery; Tampa, FL - Friday December 26, 2014
Susie Ulrey: vocals; Tracy Shedd: vocals; Michael Waksman: ukulele
Words/Music by Frank Loesser; 1947
Photo: John McNicholas

TRACY SHEDD LIVE PHOTOS FROM NEW WORLD BREWERY IN TAMPA FL

Photographs by John McNicholas

Photographs by Alastair St. Hill

Photographs by Rob Christiansen

HAPPY 20TH BIRTHDAY TO NEW GRANADA RECORDS

Our dear friends, Keith & Susie Ulrey, from New Granada Records are celebrating their 20th Anniversary this week with family, friends, and supporters, and we personally could not be happier for them.  New Granada Records is a fantastic independent label that helps many talented artists get their music out to the masses.  This holiday week, if you happen to be in the Tampa, Florida area, we strongly recommend you check in with New Granada Records.  Here is an overview of their activities:


NEW WORLD BREWERY (the location for each day's celebration)
1313 E Eighth Ave, Tampa, Florida 33605
http://newworldbrewery.net

$16.00 3-Day Pass - Purchase Here
$8.00 1-Day Pass - Purchase Day Of Show at New World Brewery 

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25 - 8:00PM

POHGOH (Reunion w/ both singers, Kobi & Susie)
PERMANENT MAKEUP
ATLANTIC OCEANS

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26 - 9:00PM
ALEXANDER & THE GRAPES
TRACY SHEDD
REC CENTER

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27 - 9:00PM
SUNBEARS!
DIEALPS!
THE PAUSES (Special Acoustic Set)
ALAMEDA (Special Acoustic Set)

RSVP VIA THE FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE HERE

As a bonus gift from New Granada Records, their flagship artist - Pohgoh - has recorded a brand new track called "Claude Rains," which they've made available as a free download via New Granada Records' Soundcloud page and below.  It's their first studio track in 16 years.  Pohgoh will be playing December 25th w/ both singers, Kobi and Susie, and they will be selling a very limited (to 20) hand-cut 10" Pohgoh EP.  You don't want to miss it!  


Lastly, the Tampa Bay Times wrote a very nice article about New Granada Records and their twenty years of promoting music.  Here is the link to read the article, but we are also going to re-post it down below.

Congratulations not only to Keith & Susie Ulrey and New Granada Records, but to all of their artists as well!  We are very proud of all of you!  Have fun this week celebrating, and Happy Holidays to all!

Your friends,
Fort Lowell Records

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Tampa Bay Times (re-post)
Thursday, December 18th, by Ray Roa

In his Seminole Heights record store, Microgroove, Keith Ulrey has a listening station stocked with albums from his label, New Granada Records. Photo by Ray Roa.

Searching for CDs or mp3 players makes the music industry's changes over the last two decades feel very real. These days, Virgin and Tower megastores are just Wikipedia pages. Record execs still scratch their heads about the digital revolution that ruined profit margins forever because, as it turns out, selling plastic discs at insane markups never was a sustainable market strategy.

There is one music module that's withstood the test of time, though: The local record label.

Perched cross-legged on a chair in the center of his Seminole Heights record store Microgroove, Keith Ulrey can talk circles around the topic. The red-bearded, bespectacled 43-year-old is the head honcho and general do-it-all force behind beloved local imprint New Granada Records, which celebrates its 20th anniversary with a three-night concert Dec. 25-27 at New World Brewery in Ybor City.

The label boasts nearly 50 releases over the last 20 years, and while many have been long out of print, Ulrey is candid about the less glamorous details of running the operation full time. A room in his house is dedicated to unmoved product, and Microgroove's New Granada listening post stands next to a box of label releases he can't give away (it should be a crime not to add a free copy of New Roman Times' 2008 indie-rock masterpiece On The Sleeve to your shopping bag).

Select titles are teetering on sold out, but he still can't hide subtle, solemn looks of disappointment while waxing about what consumers are missing out on when they don't buy physical.

"If I'm a painter, people come see my painting. Only one person can buy it, but you experience it," he said. "With physical product, liner notes, graphics, packaging — that's the art."

Ulrey knows a thing or two about making good versions of that art. The last year alone has seen New Granada utilize nearly every format to handle multiple releases. There are colored and transparent vinyl 7-inch singles from young, talented locals like Alexander and the Grapes and Atlantic Oceans. St. Pete alt-waltz quintet DieAlps! moved nearly 100 CDs at a recent release show, and Orlampa songwriter MRENC released a soundsmith's wet dream on cassettes dressed up in hand-cut artwork.

Screenprinted sleeves from Pinellas avant-punks Permanent Makeup adorn their 7-inch, and more local artistry is featured on reimagined artwork for a re-release featuring midwest emo legends Braid. The crown jewel of New Granada's anniversary releases, however, is hand-cut vinyl from the Maccabees and Pohgoh, which are manufactured one by one in Jacksonville by Jonathan Berlin, who plays in New Granada psych-freak folk outfit Sunbears!.

Pohgoh — the label's flagship band — enjoyed a dose of popularity following their debut in 1994, and a Christmas night reunion show finds the emo outfit joined by original singer Kobi Finley, who went on two tours and played on three 7-inches before Ulrey's future wife Susie eventually took over vocals. Finley, 36, will play three songs with the group. Richardson will sing during the rest of the set, and all five members of the band have recorded new music together, marking the first time they've been on the same record together.

"It's exciting," Ulrey explained, "but also, we're already nervous."

That energy grows stronger when Ulrey is queried on why someone would commit half his life to such a laborious passion project. He mentions loaning bands equipment when they're in a pinch. He'll do anything to help anyone on the roster succeed, and he says he feels the most fulfilled when a band gets as excited as he does about the way things are happening.

"It could be a good show, or press, or an Instagram," he said. "When they're stoked, I'm stoked."

There are still more releases being rolled out for the big anniversary, and as he excitedly rattles off details, it doesn't look like Ulrey wants to stop anytime soon.

SAINT MAYBE PLAY CHE'S LOUNGE DEC 20 [TUCSON AZ]

GET TO KNOW NAÏM AMOR, A LITTLE MORE

Arizona Public Media has put together a fantastic video titled Art Dads, that features our own Naïm Amor with his son, Lucien, along with other Tucson artists (and dads), Tom Walbank and Donovan White. It is a wonderful documentary that gives insight to how these very special and talented artists balance their unique careers with the responsibilities of fatherhood. Not only does the video feature Naïm Amor's music, but it also provides a great insight into Naïm Amor himself. Enjoy!



And if you would like to learn even more about the Parisian Tucsonan, Naïm Amor, and his personal guitar obsession, we invite you to watch this documentary about Amor, titled Used Guitar.

NAVIGATEUR REMIXES MOYAMOYA

Multi-instrumentalist, Carlos Andujar - AKA: Navigateur, from Atlanta, GA remixes moyamoya's song "DedMel25," which was given away as a bonus download to those of you that pre-ordered moyamoya's debut self-titled album. Now you can hear, and download, "DedMel25" via Navigateur! Enjoy:

NAÏM AMOR LIVE PHOTO FROM THE PERSIMMON HOUSE (TOULOUSE, FR)

Photo by What A Mess! Records

LEMMY LOVES NAÏM AMOR

Our feline friend from The Netherlands, Lemmy, of Here Comes The Flood (blog), has been soaking in some sun rays and the sweet sounds of Naïm Amor's new album, "Hear the Walls!"

HAPPY THANKSGIVING, Y'ALL!

HAPPY RELEASE DAY TO NAÏM AMOR

Today is our release day for Naïm Amor's brand new album, "Hear the Walls!" ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY!

THE GOOD GRACES + TRACY SHEDD LIVE CONCERT PHOTOGRAPHS

the Good Graces, featuring Kim Ware

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Tracy Shedd

with Kim Ware & Lucas Miré, singing "Broken Arrows"

with Kim Ware, singing "Encourage Me"

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Photographs by John McNicholas
Taken at Steve's Live Music, Sandy Springs GA
Friday, November 21, 2014

LA CERCA PLAYS THE DISTRICT ON WED NOV 26 [TUCSON AZ]

NAÏM AMOR - TOUR DE FRANCE - NOV 20-28

Nov 20 - Allonnes (Fr) - L'Excelsior

Nov 21- Nantes (Fr) - Le Mojo

Nov 27- La Rochelle (Fr) - La Sirene Tim

Nov 28 - Toulouse (Fr) - The Persimmon House

SAINT MAYBE - LIVE AT HOTEL CONGRESS - FRI NOV 14 - TUCSON AZ

MOYAMOYA LIVE PICS FROM DEEP SEARCH RECORDS

Saturday, November 8, instrumental masters, moyamoya, from Jacksonville, FL, celebrated the debut of their first album with family, friends, and fans at Deep Search Records.  Here are some live pictures from their performance:

photo by Brian Jerin

photo by Michael LeGrand

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Artwork by Sara & Ernie Ohlson

THE GOOD GRACES - PUBLIC RADIO EXCHANGE 'INDIE SONG' WINNER

As the Good Graces celebrate the release of their latest album, Close to the Sun, it is with great pleasure that we share with you another reason for the Good Graces to celebrate.  Band leader, Kim Ware, was recently recognized by Public Radio Exchange (PRX) with their Searchlight Songwriter Competition as the 'Indie Song' winner for the Good Graces' track, "Under the Weather!"   Use the audio player below to listen to Kim's interview with PRX, as well as their song, "Under the Weather."  Enjoy the music, and "Congratulations, Kim!"

CLICK HERE TO ORDER THE GOOD GRACES VINYL RECORD NOW!

TOMORROW IS THE BIG DAY - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28

...that is when we celebrate, not just one record release, but two - the Good Graces Close to the Sun, and moyamoya moyamoya! You can put your order in now for their vinyl records, and we will ship out your order immediately; heck, probably today!  Thanks for the support!   Enjoy the music!

ORDER THE GOOD GRACES

ORDER MOYAMOYA

WE PROUDLY INTRODUCE TO YOU... THE FLR 12INCH FAMILY