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| New Acoustic Generation V Coming Soon!(08/18/06) : The next New Acoustic Generation show has been set for October 4th with yet another great lineup!! On the bill for next show is: Kim Divine, Lee Coulter, Simeon Flick, Michael TIernan Trio, Cathryn Beeks Ordeal, and a very special surprise guest!! Please check the website for details here. |
| Michael is a finalist at Kerrville!! : The Kerrville Folk Festival is the biggest festival of its kind in the the U.S. For the past 25 years, there has been an emerging songwriters contest, from which have been chosen over the years tons of great songwriters. I was fortunate to have been chosen as a finalist out of 800 entries this year. I competed at the Festival last Sunday against some of the most gifted songwriters I've ever seen! It was a great weekend, and even though I didn't win the whole burrito, I'm honored to have been chosen as a finalist and to have had the opportunity to be exposed to such an amazing crowd of music afficionados! Click here for all the results (06/05/06) |
| San Diego's New Acoustic Generation Three hosted by Michael Tiernan coming up May 31st! (03/31/06): After the amazing success of our first two acoustic nights at the Belly Up this winter, the series rolls on. A great evening of acoustic performances with some of San Diego's hottest songwriters. Please help spread the word. Check out the new website describing the evening... |
| New Web Features: Listen to the 94.9 FM interview with Michael and Time Pyles from Jan. 15th, where you'll find THREE NEW TRACKS recorded live in-studio!! Plus, videos from interviews/performances, etc. Click here (03/07/06) |
| San Diego's New Acoustic Generation Two hosted by Michael Tiernan coming up March 15th! (03/02/06): After the amazing success of our first acoustic night at the Belly Up in January, I've been asked to set up another evening of acoustic performances with some of San Diego's hottest songwriters. PLEASE join us on Wednesday the 15th - I'll have the band there, busting out new songs, and sharing the evening with three other awe-inspiring bands! Please help spread the word. Check out the new website describing the evening... |
| Just returned from tour - and it did rocketh! (03/02/06): I just returned from a very inspiring and invigorating trip out to Austin, TX, for the national Folk Alliance Conference. I also played several amazing gigs in Denver, Boulder, and then out in the Philadelphia area. Touring is great, but I'm so glad to be back in good ol' SD! Thanks to everybody in Colorado and Philly who made my trip so pleasurable! Denver is sort of becoming like a second home base for me, and I'll be sure to return in the next 4 months. |
| Michael featured on XM Radio's RADAR Report (12/15/05): I'm super honored that Billy Zero is featuring my song "Slow Down" on his weekly industry picks report. Listen live on Thursday, Dec. 15th at 6:00 p.m. by clicking here or listen in later on the archives page link at Radio Unsigned. |
| New Belly Up Date added - Michael to host Acoustic Night at the Belly Up on January 11th. (12/15/05): I would like to invite you all to come help support the first acoustic night at the Belly Up in a long time. Hopefully we can make this a recurring thing! Mark your calendars now - Wednesday January 11th at 7:30 p.m. tix here... |
| Michael chosen as one of the top independent artists in the country by the Independent Artists Registry (11/22/05): I've just received a one-year endorsement by the IAR, which is a talent scouting service serving the top 100 record labels. Out of 1000's of applicants, only 34 were chosen this year. Cool, eh? I look forward to working with them! |
| "Jumping In" named "AAA Album of the Year" by the Los Angeles Music Awards! (11/10/05): It's official! The album won both the popular vote and judges' votes and is awarded this great honor! Thank you everybody for your support! www.lamusicawards.com. |
| Michael is pleased to announce his partnership with "Steps For Living", and his part in the "Art of Survivorship" Project (11/02/05): Headed by brain cancer survivor and amazing pianist/composer, Matthew Zachary, this is an educational charity where quality of life for survivors and their friends and families are enhanced through the arts. Please take a few seconds to click through and read up - it's great! |
| Check out this great website for music downloads: www.indieclectic.com (11/02/05): This is a great way to discover new artists and I'm proud to be a part of it! |
| Michael to be featured "Gem" artist on Radio Crystal Blue, Sunday November 13th, 4:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. Pacific time: This great webcast can be listened to live, or at any time in the archives, or downloaded as a podcast. Dan Herman puts on a great show of cutting edge music. |
| Colorado Tour (09/21/05): What a great time I had in Colorado! I welcome all the new fans, and I salute all the old friends who came out to one of the shows. What a wild string of shows - from smokey bars, to beautiful mountain shows, to TV appearances, to playing for monks in a monastery! Check out my MySpace page to read all about it (as well as other fun bloggy type stuff!) |
| Disaster Relief (09/06/05): Head over to CDBaby and pick up copies of my CD's - ALL proceeds through September will go directly through the Red Cross! ALSO - We're planning a benefit for the hurricane victims at Cosmos Coffee Cafe at the end of the month - more details to follow.... |
'Jumping In' now ready for purchase at iTunes....(06/13/05) Go ahead - download away!!
Michael is picked as a finalist in the KRCL Founders Folk/Bluegrass Festival Performing Songwriters Competition -(6/02/05) - UPDATE
(08/15/05) Well, I didn't win the competition, but to be chosen as a top ten from hundreds of submissions of artists from around the
country, and then to get to perform with and meet all of them - absolutely amazing! We had a great time, and Tracy even surprised me at
the festival by showing up! Thanks Tamara for the plane ride and the wild time!
(08/15/05) Well, I didn't win the competition, but to be chosen as a top ten from hundreds of submissions of artists from around the
country, and then to get to perform with and meet all of them - absolutely amazing! We had a great time, and Tracy even surprised me at
the festival by showing up! Thanks Tamara for the plane ride and the wild time!
"Swim" wins a "Hot Pick" award from the Pacific Songwriting Competition -(6/02/05) Check out their website to get the details on
this very cool contest and check out the other great artists!
this very cool contest and check out the other great artists!
"Jumping In" nominated for "Triple A" Album of the Year by the L.A. Music Awards! info here (06/22/05) - That's right folks! Here we
go again on another wild ride into the world of awards and competition. After rockin' the house last year at the LA Music Awards show,
they were super excited to get the copy of the new disc, and were diggin' it big time. So much so, that they're nominating it for an album
category this year (= very cool!). Triple A or "AAA", for those of you who aren't hip to all the numerous types of genres out there, stands for
Adult Alternative Artists. Artists considered to be part of this genre could include people like Sting, Alanis Morissette, Counting
Crows...you get the picture!
go again on another wild ride into the world of awards and competition. After rockin' the house last year at the LA Music Awards show,
they were super excited to get the copy of the new disc, and were diggin' it big time. So much so, that they're nominating it for an album
category this year (= very cool!). Triple A or "AAA", for those of you who aren't hip to all the numerous types of genres out there, stands for
Adult Alternative Artists. Artists considered to be part of this genre could include people like Sting, Alanis Morissette, Counting
Crows...you get the picture!
Michael's song "Slow Down" was featured on NPR "All Songs Considered" - Received the highest rating - 4.46 out of 5! Thanks for voting!
(6/22/05)
(6/22/05)
Michael featured on NPR "All Songs Considered" Vote now!! (06/08/05) - Vote now all this week for my song "Slow Down" on NPR's online music
program! Please help me get the word out to your friends and family - send them a link to the program and have them vote too! No registration required!
Listen to and rate five other great artists there as well. (gosh, that 5 looks nice for "slow down"...)
program! Please help me get the word out to your friends and family - send them a link to the program and have them vote too! No registration required!
Listen to and rate five other great artists there as well. (gosh, that 5 looks nice for "slow down"...)
Micheal is picked as a finalist in the KRCL Founders Folk/Bluegrass Festival Performing Songwriters Competition -(6/02/05) - On July 16th, I'll be
'competing' (whatever THAT means in music!!) with 9 other songwriters from across the country at the mainstage of the Founders Folk and Bluegrass
Festival in Snowbird, Utah. This a huge yearly festival, and it's songwriters competition is one of the best in the country! Please tell your friends/family
out in Salt Lake City to come out and support me w/ their presence and their cheers! The competition gets underway at 12:30 on Saturday the 16th.
'competing' (whatever THAT means in music!!) with 9 other songwriters from across the country at the mainstage of the Founders Folk and Bluegrass
Festival in Snowbird, Utah. This a huge yearly festival, and it's songwriters competition is one of the best in the country! Please tell your friends/family
out in Salt Lake City to come out and support me w/ their presence and their cheers! The competition gets underway at 12:30 on Saturday the 16th.
"Jumping In" reviewed by Music Connection Magazine- HERE (5/24/05) - A great review by this essential industry magazine.
Check out the new article in the Riverside Press Enterprise about the Redlands CD Party - HERE (5/18/05)
Vote for Michael's CD Kweevak.com (05/11/05)
We're not done w/ Still Listening yet!! It's been nominated for an award at the online music magazine, Kweevak.com. Please help me win the award by
voting now. Click here to vote, or email this address with "Michael Tiernan - Still Listening" in the subject header, as well as at least a sentence comment
about the disc. You can place one vote from each email address you have - PLEASE tell your friends, family, and co-workers to pop in a vote for me!
Thanks so much!
We're not done w/ Still Listening yet!! It's been nominated for an award at the online music magazine, Kweevak.com. Please help me win the award by
voting now. Click here to vote, or email this address with "Michael Tiernan - Still Listening" in the subject header, as well as at least a sentence comment
about the disc. You can place one vote from each email address you have - PLEASE tell your friends, family, and co-workers to pop in a vote for me!
Thanks so much!
Redlands CD Release Party Details Announced! MAY 20th - 7:30 p.m. - The Carriage House in Prospect Park (05/02/05)
May 20th is the date, folks! Friday night - mark it now, and start inviting your Inland Empire friends! Join me for a super relaxing solo show in a great
venue w/ amazing acoustics - the Carriage House in Prospect Park in Redlands. Click the shows link for pre-order tickets, or you can pay at the door.
Directions and info also found here. If you'd like to help promote the show, email me and let me know!! See you there....
May 20th is the date, folks! Friday night - mark it now, and start inviting your Inland Empire friends! Join me for a super relaxing solo show in a great
venue w/ amazing acoustics - the Carriage House in Prospect Park in Redlands. Click the shows link for pre-order tickets, or you can pay at the door.
Directions and info also found here. If you'd like to help promote the show, email me and let me know!! See you there....
Candlelighters Fund Raise a HUGE success!(04/25/05)
Thanks to all who came down to the Candlelighters Hair-cut-athon in Riverside this past weekend to donate their hair and their money - over
$10,000 were raised!!
Thanks to all who came down to the Candlelighters Hair-cut-athon in Riverside this past weekend to donate their hair and their money - over
$10,000 were raised!!
Mike T. Remembers Pope John Paul II (04/12/05)
Remembering the man's influence on this songster...I met him three tiimes in my life. check it out...
Also printed in the Carmel Valley News.
Remembering the man's influence on this songster...I met him three tiimes in my life. check it out...
Also printed in the Carmel Valley News.
Check out the new Songwriters Open Mic at Cosmos Cafe! (spring 2005)
Each night is amazing! The talent is great!...check it out...
Each night is amazing! The talent is great!...check it out...
New CD Reviews (3/30/05)
Check out what the North County Times had to say about the new CD - click here!
Check out what the North County Times had to say about the new CD - click here!
NEW! Official TiernanTunes Charity:
Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation
"To provide emotional, social, educational, and emergency assistance to families who have or have had a child with cancer"
I'm proud to announce that we'll be working with this great non-profit organization that helps child cancer victims and their families deal with their
illness. A percentage of proceeds from sales of the new album will go to Candlelighters, and they will also be showing up at some of the shows for
donations. Please visit their website to help support!
Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation
"To provide emotional, social, educational, and emergency assistance to families who have or have had a child with cancer"
I'm proud to announce that we'll be working with this great non-profit organization that helps child cancer victims and their families deal with their
illness. A percentage of proceeds from sales of the new album will go to Candlelighters, and they will also be showing up at some of the shows for
donations. Please visit their website to help support!
RadioIo Internet Radio Station - TUNE IN NOW! (3/30/05)
RadioIo Acoustic is featuring my new album - please go to their site, rate my CD, request it and sign in to listen - it's an abolutely amazing station that
you can listen to at work or at home from your computer. Consider becoming a member - it's totally worth it to discovery your next favorite artist. Email
Zoe Montana your requests for you favorite Michael Tiernan song!
RadioIo Acoustic is featuring my new album - please go to their site, rate my CD, request it and sign in to listen - it's an abolutely amazing station that
you can listen to at work or at home from your computer. Consider becoming a member - it's totally worth it to discovery your next favorite artist. Email
Zoe Montana your requests for you favorite Michael Tiernan song!
Catch tracks from "Jumping In" streaming worldwide this Saturday on Tee-M's Unsigned Radio Show (06/22/05) - Tune in between 11:00
and 1:00 in the in the late morning/early aftgernoon to listen in.
and 1:00 in the in the late morning/early aftgernoon to listen in.
| Los Angeles Music Awards Voting Party (10/13/05): The time is nigh - this next Thursday, October 13th, at the Whiskey in Hollywood, judges and fans will vote for several categories to determine who will receive this year's batch of awards. I am nominated forAAA Album of the Year. However, I will be out of the country - SOOO - I'm sending any willing fans to the show - I'm paying the cover and buying you a drink. All y ou have to do is show up, cheer really loud when they announce my name, and cast your vote for me! Check the shows page for details.... |
Great new article in the San Diego Reader (04/21/05)
My buddies at the San Diego Reader featured me last week in a story with a cool current-events type twist - click here!
My buddies at the San Diego Reader featured me last week in a story with a cool current-events type twist - click here!
Heading to Colorado! (08/08/05) I was picked to perform at this year's South Park Music Festival on Sept. 10 - Colorado get ready!
This is one of the coolest indie music fests in the country...check it out!
This is one of the coolest indie music fests in the country...check it out!
| New Mexico : Tiernan performed at the Hyperactive Music Festival (06/18/06) : In it's first year of existence, the Hyperactive Music Festival was a huge success! Tons of bands from all around N. America descended upon the little town of Albuquerque last week, to the surprise of the locals, filling the clubs with insanely good music! I met tons of great people - check out Chris Volpe - my pick from the week! Thanks so much for the great time, Hyperactive Magazine! Click here for info! |
| Recording Update!! (08/18/06) : The time is finally here!! We're heading into the studio beginning August 24th and will be in those four walls for the rest of the summer at Kitsch & Sync Productions pumping out the next batch of the raddest tunes you've ever heard. Prognosticated release: Sometime 'round Christmas!! Just in time for your stockings! |
| "Spaces" hits the street runnin' - airplay, shows, promos (04/19/07) : OK OK OK - I'm HORRIBLE at updating this news page. But I had to come back and fill you in on some details with these last wild months. First off, WOW on the CD release!! We've done two release shows - one in Denver and one in San Diego, and both were amazing! Thanks to all of you who came out and showed your support and those of you who have bought the disc! We had a SLEW of press both in Denver and San Diego - a lot of that stuff I'll put up on the video page soon. Also, we're working on a new website as well, which should be ready in a few weeks time. Right now, we're in the throes of a radio promotion, and also booking up the Coast and back east - so hang tight and we'll get to ya'! KPRI FM 102.1 in San Diego has been showing the disc much love, so make sure to drop them a line to thank them for playing me. New stations are adding the CD to their rotations as we speak! So, this is it! A HUGE push for Spaces is going on, thanks to you and your support of the music. My gratitude is always present for you all! |
| New Press and Radio coverage for "Spaces" (5/19/07) : Hi friends - just a quick update! Check out the new review in the San Diego Troubadour - cool stuff! Thanks to Mr. Yerkes for that! Also, Dave Good's article on NBC.com is cool! My song "Don't Wake Up" was featured on XM Satellite Radio this past week on Channel 43's Unsigned RADAR report. Please send Billy an email requesting further airplay. Plus, a bunch of radio stations are picking up "Spaces" the past few weeks. Please check out the RADIO link on my site and if you see a station near you, please pick up the phone or email a request to the station. Thanks!! |
| New Acoustic Generation Returns July 19th! (6/13/07) : Yep, it's back!! The coolest showcase of Acoustic Music around, hosted by your's truly next month! This is going to be a rager, so invite all your friends and join us for: The Michael Tiernan Trio, Barbara Nesbitt CD RELEAESE PARTY!!, and Chris Torres Band. Check out www.newacousticgeneration.com for more info. |
| A Farewell to Alex for the time being...Alex to join Steve Vai Band (6/13/07) : Our good friend and fiddle-playing phenom, Alex DePue, is joining the legendary Steve Vai for his 2007 touring for the rest of the year. This is a great opportunity for Alex, and we wish him the best!! He'll be joining us for shows when he gets back, and in between his touring. |
| Party Bus trip planned to L.A. from San Diego - get on board!!! August 25th, Tangier Restaurant and Lounge : Make this your summer's last HURRAY! with Tiernan and friends - Bus departs at 4:00 from City Hall in Solana Beach, takes us to LA, Kyle Phelan performs at 8:00, and Tiernan Band at 10:00. Pizza Port beer and munchies for all - tons of fun!!! Jammin' on the way and way back - Reserve Your Seats - Order Here!! |