Rock Can Read

Press Release

Contact Kevin Hehir kevin.hehir@gmail.com or Liz Solo ­ lizsolo@nl.rogers.com

Rock Can Read

The Ship Sunday July 22, 2007 8:30 PM $8

Dave Bidini, Anthony Brenton, Sean Panting, Andreae Prozesky, Liz Solo, Sara Tilley.

Tickets on sale at Fred's Records and The Ship

Rock Can Roll Records and A Brace of Hehirs Productions present Rock Can Read - a night of words and music from the writers who are rocking our world. Hosted by Kevin Hehir.

FEATURING:

Dave Bidini - a member of the prestigious and prolific Canadian independent band the Rheostatics. He is also the author of six books ­ including "On a Cold Road" - tales of the Rheos on tour with interviews of Canadian rock'n'roll personalities. His last book "The Five Hole Stories" was longlisted for the 2007 ReLit Award. Dave Bidini will be reading from his new work "Around the World in 57 and Half Gigs" as well as performing a set of music.

http://www.davebidini.ca/

Anthony Brenton ­ a writer and musician well known to St. John¹s audiences as the vocalist in Local Tough and the seminal bass player for the band Trailercamp. Anthony has self-published two novels and regularly presents live readings of his work, frequently at the Old Book Shop in C.B.S., Manuels. He is currently working on a new spoken word recording, to be released by Rock Can Roll Records this year. Anthony will be reading from new work. http://www.myspace.com/localtough

Sean Panting - an accomplished musician and recording artist renowned for his sharp lyrics, unique guitar playing, hilarious storytelling, and brilliant three minute rock and roll songs. His first two solo albums - Lotus Land (2000) and Pop Disaster (2002) - were both MIANL award winners, and in 2005 he doubled his output with his rock and roll opus, Receiver, and the all-acoustic solo Victrola.

http://www.seanpanting.com/http://www.myspace.com/seanpanting

Andreae Prozesky ­ a poet, she lives and writes in St. John's. Her poetry has been published in several Montreal-based journals and online. She has written radio commentary for CBC North and currently writes the Food Nerd column for St. John's fortnightly The Scope. http://thescope.ca/?cat=16

Liz Solo - a performance artist, writer and musician now working on her first full length solo release - coming this Fall from Rock Can Roll Records. She continues to perform with her long-standing band the Lizband and side-project The Black Bags. Liz will be presenting new songs from her upcoming release and reading short excerpts from performance work. http://www.lizsolo.com/

Sara Tilley ­ a writer, theatre maker, clown and Artistic Director of She Said Yes! Theatre Company. Her playThe (In)complete Herstory of Women in Newfoundland (and Labrador!) was chosen as part of the National Arts Centre's prestigious On the Verge Festival of New Works in 2006, Sara won both the 2004 Percy Janes First Novel Award and the inaugural Fresh Fish Award in 2006 for her first novel, Skin Room, which will be published by Pedlar Press in the spring of 2008. She is currently working on a second novel, DUKE.

http://www.rockcanrollrecords.com/