Check out this terrific review in the TYLER MORNING TELEGRAPH, promoting our album and our show TONIGHT at STANLEY'S FAMOUS PIT BBQ in TYLER, TX!

Brothers and Sisters,

Our self-titled debut album has just received another great review!  If you get a sec, please check out the AAVP review in The Rapt Magazine!

We'll be comin atcha soon with Summer Tour Dates!  Till then, you can catch us in Austin several times in July and August.  We'll see you on the dance floor!

Shake it like a tambourine!!!

Brothers and Sisters,

You gotta check out the May 13 episode of Radio Without Borders, featuring reviews on and live performances by Warren Hood, Guster, and this little Austin soul band called AKINA ADDERLEY & THE VINTAGE PLAYBOYS!  AAVP is about 11 minutes into the program, and you'll hear us performing The Way To Love Me, live in Studio 1A at KUT.

Also, check out the KUT Texas Music Matters feature called Austin Music Minute, from that same date.  A great review and a shout out for our show TONIGHT AT ANTONE'S WITH PINETOP PERKINS!

Thanks for the love, folks.  Shake it like a tambourine!!

Brothers and Sisters,

AAVP got some great KUT love this week!  We went into Studio 1A on Tuesday to do a taping of Radio Without Borders, a terrific KUT podcast hosted by Laurie Gallardo.  We had a great time.  So great, in fact, that yesterday, Laurie came into the studio with David Brown during his show that profiles local musicians, Texas Music Matters, to spread the good word about AAVP and our RWOB taping!  To hear the wonderful things Laurie and David had to say about the boys and me, as well as one of the tunes we recorded for RWOB on Tuesday, go to the TMM website and play the episode taped yesterday, Friday, May 8, 2009.  (We're right in the middle of the show).

AAVP on Texas Music Matters

Our taping for Radio Without Borders will be uploaded onto the KUT website next Wednesday, May 13, 2009, and from then on will be available for all to hear!  We perform 5 tunes - 4 from our recently released debut album, and 1 new song. 

AAVP on Radio Without Borders

Thanks for all of your support! --Akina

Friends,

Check out this review of AAVP on Austinist (the news and culture website about Austin), By William Mills in in the Arts and Entertainment section on April 30, 2009.  Enjoy!

Le Diamant Brut: Akina Adderley & The Vintage Playboys

AKINA ADDERLEY AND THE VINTAGE PLAYBOYS

What’s the Deal: When the same old sounds of 6th Street and the musical staples of this town get you down, you need a quick and potent pick me up, and there’s little better prescription than a good injection of some soul and funk. Enter Akina Adderley and The Vintage Playboys. This smooth operation of eight or so fronted by the bright pipes of Akina Adderley is just what Austin needs in times of musical woe. The group’s sound jostles back and forth between the throw your hands up and “shake it like a tambourine” tunes with enthusiastic bursts from the horn section and warm and sultry numbers as slick as silk and sweet like honey drips.

“Venom Like Wine” is one of the more woeful and emotionally poisonous songs on AAVP’s self-titled debut released in late March of this year. A somber horn section bellows alongside aching keys and Akina’s pleading vocals thick with feeling. “I’m Gone” is the opening track from the same album, and it starts things off with a bang. It’s spirited, upbeat and affirming with plenty of old school sass and an irresistible chorus to boot.

Something Interesting: In case you are wondering, she is in fact the granddaughter of jazz trumpeter Nat Adderley, Sr. and the great niece of saxophonist “Cannonball” Adderley. That’s quite a pedigree.

Other Tracks Worth Checking Out: “Anyone But You”

To see the actual page, including a review of Yoshida Brothers, go to:  AAVP Austinist Review

Brothers and Sisters,

We at the headquarters of Akina Adderley & The Vintage Playboys have MUCH to share with you.  First of all, there are 3 count 'em 3 imminent opportunities to see us play live in Austin, TX.

NOW.  You're looking at the shows listed, and you're thinking,
"Wait a minute. That last one said CD RELEASE PARTY."  YOU HEARD RIGHT,
friends, and that brings us to our second big news: The Akina Adderley & The Vintage Playboys
debut album is finally finished!  We are releasing it on the day of the
CD Release Party -- Saturday March 28th.  We'll of course have some for
sale at the show, plus the album will be available at many Austin
records stores, as well as CD Baby, ITunes, and all the online usual
suspects.

ALSO!
CD Release Party in Houston on Saturday April 11 at Dan Electro's -- 1031 E 24th St.
Super Soul Shakedown in San Antonio on Saturday April 18 at Limelight -- 2718 N Saint Marys St.

MOREOVER!
We're working on the new AAVP website as we speak. 
We'll let you know when it's fully off the ground.  For now, you can
still keep up with us on our MySpace page - www.myspace.com/..akinaadderleyandthevintageplay..boys.

Thank you so much for your support!  Be well, party on, and SHAKE IT LIKE A TAMBOURINE!!!

--
AAVP
www.aavpsoul.com

We’ve posted some videos from our show at Antone’s the week of SxSW.  Click on "Videos" under our picture to take a peek!

The vids are also available on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/user/12foothedgehog

Enjoy!