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 SELECTED AS A FINALIST FOR 2013 TELLURIDE TROUBADOUR CONTEST I am thrilled and honored to be one of the 10 finalists selected for the 2013 Telluride Troubadour Contest at the 40th Telluride Bluegrass Festival in June. There were over 400 entries, and I count myself fortunate and blessed to be one of the 10 singer-songwriters selected to compete and perform at the festival. This will be my first time in Telluride, and I can't wait to see how amazing the Colorado mountains are in the summer. I have to admit though, I wish I could bring my snow skis!  NEW VIDEO FROM 2012 NORTHEASTERN TOUR I had an amazing and blessed trip to the Northeast during the month of November for my 2012 Northeastern US tour. The tour included house concerts in Schuyler Lake, NY for Bruce and Sue Andrews, and Wrightsville, PA for Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bobby. I am so grateful to these wonderful folks for hosting me as well as other independent touring musicians that depend on playing house concerts for their musical livelihoods. If you're into hosting events for family and folks around your community, house concerts are an awesome thing to do. I'll be starting to book shows around the US and Canada for 2013, so if you would like to host a house concert, please email me. "Sweet as magnolia blossoms, solid as hickory with a touch of bitter sweet, Clint Alphin's music brings you down the road to your southern roots, even if you'd never been." — Sue and Bruce Andrews "Cot and Crackers" House Concert hosts NERFA 2012 OFFICIAL SHOWCASE ARTIST I was honored to be an official Quadcentric Showcase Artist at the 2012 NERFA Conference in November. Here is a bit of my official showcase: I loved having a crowd sing along with me to an old hymn, and I was pleased to be able to say a few words about the importance to me of NERFA and the International Folk Alliance. IT'S ALL ABOUT Z MUSIC I recently played as part of a writer's night hosted by Terry and Wanda Seay in their home in Franklin, TN. They are a couple of great people who do a lot to support music and songwriters in the community. Here's a clip from that show. FLORIDA TOUR 2012 I had a great week in Florida this summer playing some shows on my first official concert tour of the Tampa Bay and Fort Lauderdale areas. Here are some higlights of one of my shows at The Painted Fish Gallery in Dunedin, FL. Thanks to Linda and Bill Renc for hosting me. NEW MUSIC VIDEO: "SOUTHERN BELLE" I'm excited to have my very first music video released for my song "Southern Belle." It was produced by Patrick Tohill, and I'm pleased with the way it came out. Take a look and share it with your friends :) 2012 SOUTHEAST REGIONAL FOLK ALLIANCE OFFICIAL SHOWCASE ARTIST I was honored and thrilled to perform recently at the 2012 Southeast Regional Folk Alliance conference in Montreat, NC. I was included in the official showcase lineup with several other wonderful artists such as Jon Vezner, Michael Reno Harrell, Tom Kimmel, Moors and McCumber, Harpeth Rising, Annie and Rod Capps, and The Stray Birds. One of the higlights for me was getting to perform my song "The North Carolina Waltz" with a few of the wonderful musicians who attended the conference: check out the video! Thanks to Kim Richardson and the SERFA Conference Committee for all their hard work putting together another wonderful weekend of music and fellowship. For more information about SERFA, be sure to visit their website. HIGLIGHTS FROM THE LISTENING ROOM FESTIVAL 3-16-2012 I had a great experience participating in the Listening Room Festival in the beautiful Tampa Bay, FL area. Here are some highlights from my showcase at The Hideaway Cafe it St. Petersburg. Thanks to Fran Snyder and Concerts in Your Home for hosting and organizing the festival and to John Kelly of The Hideaway Cafe for providing us with a wonderful venu and great food. "Clint Alphin was a great addition to our Inaugural Listening Room Festival. After his showcase, several of our hosts booked him on the spot and we are all looking forward to seeing him again. You don't need three tenors... you just need this one." — Fran Snyder Founder, Listening Room Festival and Concerts in Your Home HIGLIGHTS FROM MUSIC AT MERRIDEE'S 2-18-2012 I have enjoyed getting to play at Merridee's Breadbasket a few times not for their "Music at Merridee's" series on Saturday nights. I had my camera along with me this time and was able to film a wonderful show that I played with Ashley Steele. I was also happy to have a few of my friends from Rolling Hills Community Church in the audience as well as Harry Clark sitting in on a few tunes with his mandolin. FAREWELL TO FAI MEMPHIS It is with a bittersweet heart that I come back to Nashville from the International Folk Alliance conference in Memphis, TN. 2012 is the last year that the conference will be held in Memphis, and it was certainly a great time of playing music that did not disappoint. I always get to hear and meet so many great artists on top of getting to perform, and this year was no exception. Some of the many great artists that provided highlights for me were my friends Robby Hecht, Greg Humphreys, and Shannon Wurst, as well as fellow Nashville musicians Brian Ashley Jones and Andy Gullahorn. Topping the great new discoveries for me were fantastic Austin swing band Ghosts Along the Brazos, and San Francisco, CA chanteuses Lia Rose and Kelly McFarling. I'm already eagerly awaiting a trip to Toronto, Canada for FAI 2013! SONG FEATURED ON "ACOUSTIC RAINBOW 40" I'm really happy to have my song "Bail Me Out" on the latest Acoustic Rainbow Roots Radio Sampler disc for 2012. The compilation is produced and distributed by Poet Man Records and is sent to over 1,000 radio stations across the world that play roots music. Also appearing on the compilation are songs by artists such as Judy Collins and Shawn Colvin, and Darin and Brooke Aldridge. The producers of the CD described my song as "an Americana anthem for the working class, the unemployed, and all of us that have struggled to make ends meet the last few years." You can contact your favorite folk radio station or roots music program and request the song starting at the end of January 2012, and you can hear and download the song now on iTunes or Amazon.com.  HIGLIGHTS FROM "TY TUNES" INTERVIEW I was pleased to be a guest on "Ty Tunes" with Ty Brando in December. Ty had some great questions, and I enjoyed playing some songs for him and talking about music and the music industry. "Ty Tunes" airs on Monday nights from 7:00-9:00 PM Central on 107.1FM in the Kingston Springs, Bellevue, TN area, or streaming worldwide at radiofreenashville.org. APEARING AT THE ROYAL BEAN IN RALEIGH, NC 1/7/2012 I'm pleased to be back in North Carolina for a show at the Royal Bean Coffee House in Raleigh, NC. on Saturday, 1/7/12. Come help me kick off my new year of touring and playing, and have a cup of coffee with the NC State students before they start their new semester. COT AND CRACKERS HOUSE CONCERT ON 11/14/2012 I'm excited about heading back to the great state of New York in November to play a house concert for Cot And Crackers in Schuyler Lake, NY. Also appearing will be my good friend Louise Mosrie, who is a wonderful artist to check out if you haven't heard her already. If you are interested in having me play a house concert for you, please email me for details. Thanks so much to Bruce and Sue Andrews for hosting. WDVX BLUE PLATE SPECIAL VIDEO I was excited and pleased to play the WDVX Blue Plate Special in Knoxville, TN on November 21st, 2011 just before going to visit my family in NC for Thanksgiving. Here is a higlight clip that I posted recently on my YouTube channel. NEW BLUEBIRD CAFE SHOW ANNOUNCED On November 18th, I will be playing in another Early Show round at the world-famous Bluebird Cafe with my friend Jeff Talmadge and some wonderful songwriters, Wyatt Easterling, and Kate Klim. You can reserve seats here starting on Friday, November 14th. Come out and listen! SELECTED TO PERFORM AT 2011 IBMA SONGWRITER'S SHOWCASE I was pleased to have been selected as one of the songwriters in the 2011 International Bluegrass Music Association Songwriter's Showcase at the 2011 World of Bluegrass conference. Here is a video clip of some highlights from the performance; special thanks to Wyatt Espalin for sitting in on fiddle. FEATURED ARTIST ON THE HOOTENANNY CAFE MINI CONCERT ON WTBQ NY 9/11/2011 I had a great time being the featured artist and guest on the Hootenanny Cafe Mini Concert, hosted by Jon Stein on Sunday, September 11th, 2011. Click below to watch a behind the scenes video clip of the show taping on 9/5/2011. The program airs on WTBQ 93.5FM in Orange County, NY and online to the world at wtbq.com beginning at 8PM Eastern. New YouTube Channel Available! I have finally gotten my own YouTube channel, which features videos from my shows. Here's a video of some highlights from my show at The Acoustic Coffeehouse in Johnson City, TN. One person in the audience was really digging my Van Morrison cover :) MUSIC NOW AVAILABLE ON PANDORA! I'm happy to announce that music from both my albums, "Down The Road That I've Been Given,"and "Effigy" is now availble for listening on Pandora. If you use Pandora, please search and add Clint Alphin to your radio stations. "Clint's voice stops me in my tracks when I hear it. That fresh, pure, magnetic sound pulls me in every time." — Kim Richardson 2010 Kerrville New Folk Winner 2010 NORTHEAST REGIONAL FOLK ALLIANCE OFFICIAL TRICENTRIC SHOWCASE ARTIST 2010 SOUTHEAST REGIONAL FOLK ALLIANCE OFFICIAL SHOWCASE ARTIST 2010 IBMA SONGWRITER SHOWCASE ARTIST NEW ALBUM AVAILABLE NOW! I'm pleased to announce the release of my second album, "Down The Road That I've Been Given," produced by Bil VornDick. This album features 12 original songs, all written by me, and I am playing guitar on about half of them as well. Joining me on this album are guitarist Johnny Hiland, bassist Mark Fain, percussionist Bob Mater, and fiddler and mandolinist Andy Leftwich. Also featured are resonator guitar masters Richie Owens and Randy Kohrs, as well as banjoist Dave Talbot, and the harmonies of Chip Davis and Amaliea Davis Rubel. The album is available for sale at all my shows, as well as online through CD Baby and at Grimey's in Nashville. You can download it as well on iTunes, Rhapsody, Napster, and Amazon.com. |