Hey friends!

I'm heading out on tour starting Oct 3rd and ending Oct 11th, with 3 other singer-..songwriters: Joy Ike, Brooke Annibale, and Garrett Heath. Great folks, and you can check out our dates on http://www.4ontour.net - also below. It would be great to see you if you can make it out! More details (and events to invite your friends to) at: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=63933549943 - shoot me an email/message if you have any questions.
 
THE TOUR!

Oct 3 2009 10:00P $10
Busboys & Poets - Washington DC

Oct 4 2009 7:00P $10
House Show @ Peculiar People - Greensboro, NC

Oct 5 2009 7:00P $7
Bongo Java Afterhours Theatre - Nashville, TN

Oct 6 2009 7:00P $7
TAZA - Cincinnati, OH

Oct 7 2009 7:00PM
St. Paul's Lutheran Church - Toledo, OH

Oct 8 2009 7:00P $7
Shadow Lounge - Pittsburgh, PA

Oct 9 2009 7:00P
Wheatland Presbyterian Church - Lancaster, PA

Oct 10 2009 7:00P $8
Circle of Hope - Philadelphia, PA

Oct 11 2009 7:00P $7
The Light Gallery - Baltimore, MD

Yo!  I'm video blogging while on tour.  You can check it out at:  http://themadafrican.blogspot.com

Here's the cover for the new album, now available just about everywhere digital music is sold. =) a couple links:

iTunes

AmazonMP3

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Hey, my new music video, One Girl for Me, is now viewable on MySpace! Check it out HERE: OneGirlVid

So I'm back from Norway - had a great time and really enjoyed meeting some wonderful people, spending time with my uncle and working on my album.

Check out my friend Ove's Myspace page - I helped him record a full-length album while I was there and really enjoyed his musicianship and friendship.

But with all international travel there is this period of decompression after you get back. I flew home on a monday and my younger brother got married on that Saturday, and then I went up to my Grandparents' house for a week. So now I've finally recovered from my trip and am settling into life here in Lancaster. It's good stuff. =)

The album is getting a lot closer to being done, and is really sounding good! I'm currently in the mixing process, which involves a lot of time burning CDs of various versions and listening to them on different stereo systems to make sure they sound right.

I'm also really excited about playing at Purple Door! If you can make it out, I'm playing on the Gallery Stage at 10:30 am on August 16th (saturday). For directions and more info about this arts and music festival, visit Purple Door's Website.

See you there!
Hiram

I am safely in Norway! I have been with my uncle Warren here in Tyssedal since last Monday, arriving by coach (bus) in the afternoon, and spent the past week or so getting used to life here and helping to organize things.

The bus trip to the west of Norway was beautiful - we drove through the eastern coastland, climbed up into the mountains, seeing more and more snow as we drove, snow caps giving way to completely covered slopes. We climbed through the pass, drove through a looong tunnel, and emerged on the other side in Hardanger fjord land, descending to sea level where Odda is, still surrounded on all sides by the snow capped mountains.

While I'm here I'll be blogging regularly (hopefully daily) on: themadafrican.blogspot.com - so feel free to take a look at it from time to time. If you're on Facebook, it automatically imports as a new Note.

I'm moving into one of my Uncle's apartments soon, and will have more time and space to mix the album, record bits and demos, and also to study Norwegian. It's a fascinating language, and I'm looking forward to learning a bit. There also might be some opportunities to record local music here, including a Steinway grand piano in a nearby church.

Hey, the Lancaster New Era just published an article about me this past weekend!  You can read it online at:  http://local.lancasteronline.com/4/212207

OR click HERE

The 'Go From Here' EP is also getting more local airplay.  WXPN has picked it up in their Philly local time slots - check out the cool things they're doing at xpn.org

 Let me know what you think!

Hiram