The day has finally arrived, the one we've all been waiting for! Make sure to tune in to 6ABC tomorrow morning (sunday Jan. 27th) at 10AM as we will be their featured artist of the week!!

If you happen to miss it, just click on the logo on my myspace page OR go to:

http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/index and click on Entertainment on the left hand side, scroll down to the bottom and under MORE 6ABC.COM ENTERTAINMENT, click on

TUNED IN TO 6ABC.COM! (4th one down).

You will have options to watch the video and read the whole story, Please leave a comment on their page to show your support for Tuned In, a very special program that helps local musicians like myself be heard & of course my band!! Thank you to everyone who came that evening for your support!! Most importantly than you to all my fans, friends and family for helping make it happen!!

THE KRISTA PARRISH BAND: KEEP YOUR EYES CLOSED

late night bluesy ballad with jazzy vocal by Krista Parrish, a most accomplished performer who can run melodic rings around many vocalists who try to do what she does.

JAWZ-KIAC Hitline Review

Krista Parrish - rising star of radio, stage screen & Internet

By: Craig Ostroff
11/13/2007


Krista Parrish seems poised to become an overnight sensation.
And it's only taken her a dozen years of hard work to get there.
That's about how long ago Parrish tried her hand at songwriting, penning an instrumental for the piano. Now, four CDs, countless local performances, numerous television appearances and Internet and local radio play later, Parrish is poised to take her career to the next level.

The Bucks County native, who infuses jazz and blues with folk and funk, is set to release her latest album, "A Genuine Distraction," somewhere around Valentine's Day. Postponed from a mid-December release (Parrish will release "Half Myself," a five-song EP featuring tracks from "A Genuine Distraction," in December), Parrish insists that it will be well worth the wait. "I'm really excited for the new album," Parrish said enthusiastically. "In my heart, this collection of songs is probably my best work. I've had a lot of support and I've worked with some amazing musicians on it. It's really coming together. I'm just dying to release it.  "I wanted to make an album that someone could put on and just melt into the music and it'd be a good distraction from everyday tedious life - just put it on and get lost in it. I can definitely feel that with this album and I hope that's how people feel when they listen to it."

And while Parrish - who now writes for and plays primarily the guitar - has been playing many of the songs at her gigs, she's eagerly anticipating the opportunity for her fans to hear the songs performed by a full band.

That chance will come Dec. 19, when Parrish's performance at the Tin Angel will be taped for 6ABC's "Tuned In," which features some of the top local recording artists and can be found online at www.6abc.com.

"It's going to be a great opportunity to be able to promote the new album through the show," she said. "We've been playing songs off the album over the summer, but no one's heard it with the full band. I'm excited to share that with my fans and family."
In the more immediate future, Parrish will open for The Band's Jim Weider Nov. 17 at Chaplin's: The Music Caf in Spring City. It wouldn't hurt to check out Parrish, because chances are you'll be seeing and hearing her quite a bit in the near future.
Parrish recently signed a deal to have three songs played on an upcoming television series, "Kim and Seana," which is currently exclusive to the Internet but is expected to make its television debut in the summer.

And if that show helps open even more doors for Parrish, all the better. "I'm really, really interested in getting into film and TV," she said. "I don't really see myself as this hardcore touring artist, so I'd definitely like to dabble in television and film."
The exciting happenings in Parrish's professional life are matched on the personal level. She was married Oct. 14, and while she said the change in her life hasn't affected her music career, being in a serious relationship has had some effect on her writing.
"When you're younger and there's so many different changes, I was more inspired then, and writing a lot more then," she said. "The love song thing is not something I really touch on any more and I think that's because I'm very settled and content in my love life."
OK, so she doesn't quite fit the stereotype of the "tortured musician." But she's worked hard to get where she's at, both personally and professionally. And she knows that the opportunities that have been offered to her can disappear just as easily.

"A lot of things are finally coming together, and I'm so grateful for it," she said. "I've done a lot of praying. It's scary, because it could all be taken away just like that, so you've got to just take it one step at a time and just hope that things keep going in that direction."
But whether the future sees Parrish writing her "music for the mind" for the big screen or up on the stage, her music will always retain its broad range of influences.

"When I write music I don't think about, 'This is going to be a jazz song,' I just write by what I'm inspired by," she said. "I don't like to feel like I'm going to be pushed into some genre, I don't want to get bored. I'm trying to keep myself entertained as well.  "And I want to grow. I don't want to keep making the same album over and over again."


Krista Parrish
will open for Jim Weider
at Chaplin's: The Music Cafe,
66 N. Main St., Spring City, PA 19475,
Saturday, Nov. 17, 8 p.m.
Info: 610-792-4110 or
www.chaplinsthemusiccafe.com

Three songs off "A Genuine Distraction" are going to be used for a few episodes of a new TV show called Kim and Seana. There will be a newsletter letting everyone on my mailing list know what episodes my music will be used in and I will post that info. on my official website. I will post a bulletin to let all you myspacers know whats up too

Here are some details about the new series!

'Kim and Seana'

A Prequel

•A scripted story that lives in the real world (as opposed to studio sound stages) about a young singer, songwriter who takes to the road with a friend to discover music, new opportunities and herself; as a prequel to a scripted TV series scheduled to launch in Summer 2008.

•The "dramedy" plays out on the internet over 40+ planned channels. And, although it is a fictional story it is played out against a backdrop of real people, places and artists.

•It's interactive, meaning that viewers can participate. Examples: Viewers can comment on blogs, suggest places for characters to go, things to do, bands to see.

•It lives seven days a week (rather than in a :30 time-slot on TV). The story unfolds a little bit every day through blogs, vlogs, photo journals and one three minute webisode each week.

•The story is told over a period of 26 weeks.

•The series is underwritten by Sync powered by Microsoft, Ford's fully integrated voice activated in-car communication and entertainment system for your mobile phone & digital music player.

Watch webisodes here:

www.myspace.com/kimandseana

ABC's show TUNED IN will be having Krista Parrish appear on their show. They will be filming a live performance with her band @ the Tin Angel on Wednesday December 19, 2007. Come be apart of the audience for this special show!!!