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Ok, so right now I'm feeling over the moon.  I just got back from the Mastering Session for my new track and a rehearsal for our gig at the Houses of Parliament next week, and I found a link to this review in my inbox...

...shhweet!!

http://www.music-news.com/ShowReview.asp?H=Juliana-Meyer-Holding-up-the-Sky-album-review&

Juliana Meyer
Holding up the Sky
added: 8 Jul 2008  //  release date: 8 Jul 2008  //  label: Artevanda
reviewer: Ollie Cornish

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...to mix things up a bit and get in the summer mood, I've posted some different songs from the album. Keep your awesome feedback coming and thank you to everyone who's been buying the album and sharing the love!

I'm getting really excited now about all the new stuff which is written but not yet recorded!!

You can hear exclusive performances of the new material at some Summer Festivals coming up, including BEACH BREAK LIVE FESTIVAL in Cornwall in June (Get Cape Wear Cape Fly, The Wombats, Mr Scruff, Scratch Perverts http://www.beachbreaklive.com ), and the ROCKNROOTS FESTIVAL in Herefordshire in August (The Animals, Steve Cropper http://www.rocknroots.co.uk )

Looking forward to bringing you more soon, as soon as finances allow!! (the music is bubbling and boiling over in my excitement!)

Love Juliana xxx

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Thank you to everyone who has voted for us so far!... now you can see my new band with Kev and Naomi perform at the next round of Surface Unsigned Festival - we're in the final 141 British Acts out of thousands :)

Monday 12 May
The Purple Turtle, Camden
65 Crowndale Rd, London NW1 1TN, Next to Morning Crescent Tube
Doors 7pm. 7 Bands. Juliana Meyer Band on stage at 7.30pm

We're on stage first at 7.30pm so GET THERE EARLY if you don't want to miss us!
It's £8 on the door, but you can get tickets from here for £6(!)
Every ticket sold through us is good for our prospects of progressing to the next round, and the final is at the Birmingham Carling Academy, in front of a panel of industry legends, including Jon Brookes of The Charlatans, Loz from Kerrang Radios' Unsigned Show, Danny McNamara of Embrace and Alan McGee. The aim of the festival is to find "the next big thing" on the UK music scene, and we're now in the final 141 out of thousands of bands which applied. At the gig you'll have the opportunity to vote for us to get through to the next round.

If you can't make it to the gig you can still VOTE FOR US if you want by
texting surface 480 to 83149.
(10 pence from every text will go to Oxfam! Please remember to include a space after SURFACE otherwise they will not be able to use your vote. Texts cost £1.00 plus standard network charges. For full terms and conditions please see www.surfaceunsigned.co.uk )

Thank you so much for your support!

"The term "singer-songwriter" doesn't really do justice to the powerhouse known as Juliana Meyer. On Holding Up the Sky, her first album, she plays almost all the instruments (including guitar, cello, mandolin, double bass and glockenspiel) as well as doing the engineering and mixing, in addition to the usual singing and songwriting duties.
It's an impressive and polished debut. Meyer's voice is sweet, strong and clear. Lyrically, the album is about the standard singer-songwriter fare: relationships, emotional ups and downs, a desire for self expression and so on, with an excursion into politics on 'Making profits selling rockets'. There are echoes of Joni Mitchell and Alanis Morissette.
...Meyer is clearly on the verge of joining Katie Melua and Natasha Bedingfield in the pantheon of sweet-voiced young British stars. No aspiring artist ever went wrong by being too easy on the ear; being beautiful, young and multi-talented never hurt anyone's chances either. She might "feel like a square inside a circle" sometimes, but Juliana Meyer is going to fit in just fine."
Kate Griffin, Oxfordbands.com

To read more and leave a comment go to...

Just in, you can read my latest interview on the BBC Website...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/suffolk/content/articles/2008/02/05/introducing_juliana_meyer_feature.shtml

"Described as "rich and evocative", radio friendly singer/songwriter Juliana Meyer's successful debut album led to gigs at London's 100 club and the Ipswich Regent..." Read more here...

We know that Myspace will always remain near and dear to our hearts, but what's one more online community to be involved in these days? I'm excited to announce my new official artist profile on Facebook!

So never fear you closet online junkies... now you can become my Facebook friend and stay up to date via my Official Facebook Music Page while you network with long lost friends!!!

Check out music, tour dates, videos, photos & more at: http://www.facebook.com/pages/JULIANA-MEYER/7021934425 and be the first to grafitti my wall!

Juliana x

You can now hear the song I have written for Suffolk's Holocaust Memorial Day and download it free at
www.JulianaMeyer.com/charity
where there are more details about the event and the option to donate to the Suffolk Refugee Support Forum if you can

You can also listen to a report and interview on BBC Radio Suffolk which was chosen as 'Click of the Day' last Tuesday, and it was on the BBC News Homepage for England earlier today
Also, listen out for the song this month on the region's radio stations.

The song will be part of their exhibition this weekend, and will also be used to raise money for the Suffolk Refugee Support Forum who do vital work for the community and are in desperate need of funds.

I'll be performing 'Never Again' at the proceedings this Sunday 12 noon at the Ipswich Corn Exchange, joined with Capella Nova children's choir (who were recently heard on BBC Radio 4) who will be singing the song with me. Entry to both are free and all are welcome!

Video of song + short film from the HMD Trust
HMD Trust


"Carry the flame to the highest of peaks, we will remember we won't let this repeat
In every name a memory remains, so we remember... Never Again" Juliana Meyer

woohoo!! the album has gone digital, just in time for Christmas Pressies!

Following the succesful launch of my Debut Album 'Holding Up The Sky' earlier this year, the album now has worldwide digital distribution, and you can download it from ITUNES or your favourite download site, anywhere in the world!




There are not many left now of the limited edition copies of the album in a beautiful card digipack with 12-page booklet and beautiful artwork (by Illustrator Caroline Ayello Wright), so if you want one for that stocking filler, visit the store at http://www.JulianaMeyer.com or the link here on myspace.
... and message me if you want me to sign it with a special note :)

Wishing you all fun and love,

Juliana x