Matt MacIsaac | Irish Piper

May 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Interview with Matt MacIsaac [11:20m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

After years competing solo and with pipe bands Matt now enjoys the best of both piping worlds as a professional touring musician In December 2004, Matt released his debut solo recording “Matt MacIsaac – The Piping Album”, and is currently working on his second album which will feature several different instruments, including the Irish high and low whistle, the guitar and banjo. http://nataliemacmaster.com/bios/mattmacisaac.htm

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Bea Fields | Gen Y & Success

May 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Interview with Bea Fields [11:39m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Bea Fields – an internationally renowned leadership consultant and author – recently launched the second edition of her book: Millennial Leaders: Success Stories From Today’s Most Brilliant Generation Y Leaders Co-authored with Scott Wilder, Jim Bunch and Rob Newbold, the book presents the details of a socio-economic study of Generation Y and its potential economic and political power and highlights a number of Gen-Y leaders who have already made a name for themselves, including a 14 year-old political appointee to a finalist on “The Apprentice.” http://millennialleaders.com

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R.T. Jordan | Disney & Polly

May 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment

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Raised in Peabody, Massachusetts, R.T. Jordan moved to Los Angeles when he was nineteen and is only now beginning to look back. Although he believes that he has always been a writer, he first began to earn a living in this manner as the staff writer in the feature film marketing department of The Walt Disney Studios. “It was the best of times. It was he worst of times,” Jordan says of his nearly two decades in that position. “Although the deadlines were a horror, the writing and rewriting gave me discipline, and the understanding that there are many ways to spin a story,” Jordan says. “In retrospect, I see that those years were better than a Master’s program in creative writing because – by pumping out prose twelve hours a day and on nearly 400 films – I honed what little skill I had and developed what I hope is a breezy style of writing.” During those years, while still writing for Disney, Jordan found time to complete his first book, BUT DARLING, I’M YOUR AUNTIE MAME!, a nonfiction history of the famous character created by author Patrick Dennis. He went on to write four novels and three novellas (summer beach reading books written under a pen name he says he’d rather not acknowledge) for Kensington Publishing Corp. He then switched to the cozy mystery genre. http://www.pollypeppermysteries.com/ http://rtjordan.com/

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Jen Singer | Super & Slacker Mom

May 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Interview with Jen Singer [12:52m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

For 21st century mothers, there seem to be just two choices: live up to the Super Mom or give up to be the Slacker Mom. One’s bad for you; one’s bad for your kids. So what’s a momma to do? In You’re a Good Mom (and Your Kids Aren’t So Bad Either), the Internet’s favorite momma, Jen Singer, tells all. Turns out you can raise perfectly good kids in that sweet spot between flash cards at breakfast and “donuts for dinner, kids!” You’ll find great tips like these: • Don’t answer the phone when the class mom calls. • Your kid’s birthday party isn’t your coming-out celebration. • Don’t treat fine restaurants like a McDonald’s PlayPlace. • You think you’re a “cool mom,” but they think you’re a pushover. YOU’RE A GOOD MOM is for every mom who’s pressured to be perfect yet lost under the laundry, wondering if she’s a bad mom. It’s for every mom to wants to enjoy—not endure—motherhood while still giving her kids what they truly need to succeed. Filled with “that happened to me, too!” stories and wrapped in the wit that could only come from the creator of ““Please Take My Children to Work Day,” this book offers giggles and a pat on the back for today’s moms, whether they’re deep in diapers or petrified by puberty. http://mommasaid.net/

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Don Rigsby | High Lonesome

May 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment

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From remote Isonville, Ky., to an international following in Bluegrass music, Don Rigsby has remained true to his mountain roots and made his own marks as a powerful tenor and distinctive mandolin player. Rigsby has released three solo albums. His first, “A Vision,” won the Association of Independent Music’s “gospel album of the year” award and was nominated for an IBMA award. He received the 1999 Bluegrass Now Magazine Fan’s Choice Award for vocal tenor of the year and the 2001 Governor’s Kentucky Star Award. “Empty Old Mailbox,” the title track from his third album, won the 2001 Song of the Year award from SPGBMA. In 2005, Rigsby was awarded two IBMA awards for his role as producer of the Larry Sparks project “40” for Recorded Event of the Year and Album of the Year. He has recorded two albums with Dudley Connell, with plans for a third, and continues to perform and record with Midnight Call and Longview. http://www.donrigsby.com/

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