AMANDA   MORA

 

“A fresh blend of acoustic pop and cafe jazz with folk roots. The lyrical and musical sensibility ignites the imagination and assumes the listener’s intelligence.”

News Updates Austin Songwriter’s Symposium 2012 Amanda Mora will be speaking on a panel discussion about touring as well as performing an official showcase at this years AGS symposium. Studio Update Things are coming along quite nicely in the studio. The bass, guitar, drums, and cello are all completed and it is already sounding very full and exciting. January and February will be spent adding the final touches with lead instruments and final vocals. If you happen to have a darling uncle or aunt who is the head of a good record label, send them my way! I would love to sign on this next album. Amanda Mora joins The Pleasant Revolution Amanda Mora will be performing as a musical act on the five band line up of the The Pleasant Revolution Bicycle Music Festival Tour Europe 2010 from May to October. A new kind of happening for an evolving emissions free culture, the bicycle music festival (BMF) merges a 1200 Watt pedal-powered P/A system, zero use of cars and trucks, and an eclectic crew of world class musicians and volunteers. The entire experience is all human powered by setting up our bikes on stage, connecting them to generators, and having audience members pedal to power the system. Amanda will be traveling with her tent, sleeping bag, tooth brush (I refuse to cut it in half), two pairs of underwear (hee hee, all right, maybe three!), and -you guessed it- acoustic guitar, strapped to her specially designed cargo touring bike along with a caravan of professional musicians, engineers, cycling advocates, and poets of world class talent, both known and unknown. The group will be joined by a documentary film maker from Argentina and will be blogging and updating The Pleasant Revolution website with stories from the road. Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/The-Pleasant-Revolution-Bicycle-Music-Festival-Tour/10150095448670716?ref=ts General Website: www.pleasantrevolution.net ReverbNation: (music and video streaming) http://www.reverbnation.com/#/label/thepleasantrevolutionbicyclemusicfestivaltour Back to the Studio! Amanda has returned to the studio this winter to record her sophomore album. Stay tuned. 8-28-09 - Selected as a Southwestern Regional Finalist in the Mountain Stage NewSong Contest! Now in its eighth year, The Mountain Stage NewSong Contest is one of North America’s premier showcases of performing songwriters across ALL genres of music. Click HERE to see videos and vote! 6/9/2009 - Amanda Mora featured on MVYR One of Martha’s Vineyard Radio’s most popular programs, has a featured Amanda Mora and The Ribbon on The Local MusiCafe Podcast... “Alison Hammond introduce you to today's grassroots artists who will be tomorrow's towering Oaks.” Listen here. 4/09 - Featured in “Welcome to Wimberley” by Steve Uzelle “The supremely talented sing-songwriter is destined to be “the next big thing” in music with a heart. The Ribbon is an eclectic blend of Bossa Nova, Americana, swing, café jazz, soul, and pop. Nothing about it is trite or phony. Each piece, whether light hearted or heart-felt is a statement. With so much success so soon, what is on the horizon for Amanda Mora? Simple. More of the same. Amanda Mora – a Texas Hill Country original and a voice you will be hearing a lot more of – you can count on it.” Steve Uzzell 1/23/09 - Aielli Unleased Interview and Live Set Cellist Mollie Fischer, instrumentalist Brent Warnock, drummer Jordan Teitlebaum, and singer Jill Jones join Amanda in the KUT Studio 1A to record a special interview for John Aielli’s online music program, Aielli Unleashed interview and live set. What an honor! Stay tuned to KUT 90.5 or http://kut.org/unleashed 10-31-08 “Come To Me Sweet” has been selected for the Texas Music Mixtape by Texas Music Matters KUT Austin. It is currently track #4 on Texas Mixtape #1. You can call into KUT and ask to hear Amanda Mora!http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#%21/pages/The-Pleasant-Revolution-Bicycle-Music-Festival-Tour/10150095448670716?ref=tshttp://www.facebook.com/home.php?#%21/pages/The-Pleasant-Revolution-Bicycle-Music-Festival-Tour/10150095448670716?ref=tsshapeimage_3_link_0shapeimage_3_link_1

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