M.C. Records is
proud to announce that it has signed "The Georgia Songbird" EG
Kight to a deal. Her new CD, It's Hot In Here (MC-0062),
will be released on August 19th. Click
here to stream tracks from the upcoming CD. M.C. Records president
Mark Carpentieri said "over the past year we've released recordings
by great songwriters like Eric Bibb and Anders Osborne. Like Anders
and Bibb, EG has that rare combination of writing great songs and
being able to deliver them."
Here are some of EG's career highlights:
- Two of EG's original songs landed on two of Koko Taylor's Grammy
nominated albums.
- Six-time Blues Music Awards nominee - for Contemporary Female
Artist, and Song of the Year.
- Shared the stage with a diverse palate of notables such as
Jerry Lee Lewis, Phoebe Snow, Delbert McClinton, Little Feat,
George Jones, Taj Mahal, Merle Haggard, Hubert Sumlin, Lee Roy
Parnell, Robert Cray, Koko Taylor, Gregg Allman, Brenda Lee,
Pinetop Perkins, and Garrison Keillor.
- Performance of original song Through The Eyes of a Child videotaped
for Children's Miracle Network Telethon, due to be rebroadcast.
- The only independent artist to have songs selected by panel
of retailers for inclusion on Get The Blues! and Get
The Blues 2, both maintaining Billboard chart positions
for more than a year. Other legendary artists on these CD's are
Delbert McClinton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Keb' Mo', Robert Cray,
Muddy Waters, Koko Taylor and others.
- Performed several times on TNN's "Nashville Now" show,
airing in over 64 million homes.
- Appeared in The TV movie "Mr. Griffith and Me" with
Burgess Meredith, and was Mr. Meredith's vocal coach.
The Critics Have Spoken...
- "Kight's beautiful, smoky contralto sounds like Phoebe
Snow with a sprinkling of Etta James, with every nuance clean
and distinctive... Kight will be an unstoppable force."
— Blues Revue Magazine
- "Whenever a blues artist comes along with something fresh
and personal to say, it's cause for celebration. Let us now celebrate
EG Kight..."
— Taylor Guitars
See EG Kight on YouTube and
on Blip
TV. |
