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LEGENDARY GUITARIST AND FOUNDER 

U R I A H    H E E P

INTERVIEWED LIVE FROM THE HOUSE OF BLUES IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA

In anticipation of the impending release of their 25th studio album, Living the Dream, classic rock icons URIAH HEEP embark on a North American tour in early 2018. Kicking off on February 6 in Ottawa, ON, The trek will run through this Spring, with more dates to be announced soon!

"I really looking forward to playing back in my home country," says singer Bernie Shaw. "It's been a good few years since the HEEP have played in Canada and they'll be in for a treat.  As for the States, it's always been a great market for URIAH HEEP, and this tour will be uniting us again with some familiar cities and venues. Also making a long awaited trip to Texas is high on my list. Love the food, love the music scene there. Can't wait. Yeeee Ha!"

Founding member and lead guitarist Mick Box adds, "The mighty HEEP are ready to rock North America. We have waited so long to put a tour in place and now we have one set, it is an incredibly exciting feeling to know we will soon be playing to our fans out there. We are counting down the days and our set list will be a musical journey that takes us from our first album 'Very 'Eavy, Very 'Umble to the last one 'Outsider.'' Appy days!"

In addition to the tour announcement, the band have launched a pledge campaign to crowd fund Living the Dream, their forthcoming studio offering, making it the 25th in their storied career. Fans who contribute will have access to exclusive behind the scenes footage from the recording sessions as well as other perks such as playing with the band during a soundcheck, a signed copy of the album, and much more!

ABOUT URIAH HEEP:

URIAH HEEP debuted in 1970 with the release of one of hard rock's milestones, "Very 'eavy... Very 'umble" and have since sold in excess of 40 millions albums worldwide. They constantly tour the world, playing up to 125 shows a year to 500,000+ fans. The band's live set features the classic tracks from the '70s and is a musical journey from the band's beginnings to the present day.

Along with Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple, Uriah Heep helped invent a decorative and uniquely British form of heavy metal with their debut album, Very 'Eavy, Very 'Umble, offered as a self-titled on American shores, but whatever the titling, historically massive in the invention of a music format that would rule the '70s and only intensify in the '80s.

Uriah Heep have been responsible for the most elevated and intelligent use of vocals in a heavy metal context amongst the major bands inventing the genre in the 1970s. It is for this reason Heep were coined the Beach Boys of Heavy Metal, and their influence is there for all to see in other bands including 'Queen.' They were also one of the forerunners of using the Hammond organ along with Micks signature wah wah guitar and this became the template for their sound.

Success has followed the forging of such an audacious formula. Across 25 studio albums, along with myriad live releases and compilations, Uriah Heep have managed to sell 40 million records worldwide, four million of those in the US. Impressive American numbers, but that leaves 36 million records to be sold in the rest of the world, underscoring the fact that Uriah Heep have become, through their relentless dedication to touring, a truly global band, with particular success in Germany, Scandinavia, Japan, Eastern Europe and Russia, where they were the first Western rock band to play live in Moscow in December 1987 to 180,000 people.

Through their success as Rock n' Roll pioneers this enabled other bands to follow in their wake and Russia is now part of every bands touring schedule.

URIAH HEEP is: Mick Box: Guitars, Vocals, Phil Lanzon: Keyboards, Vocals

Bernie Shaw: Lead Vocals, Russell Gilbrook: Drums, Vocals, Dave Rimmer: Bass, Vocals

URIAH HEEP 2018 TOUR DATES:

2/12: Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Hall

2/14: Lake Buena Vista, FL @ House of Blues

2/15-2/19: Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Rock Legends Cruise V

2/20: Bethlehem, PA @ Musikfest Café at ArtsQuest Center

2/21: Sellersville, PA @ Sellersville Theater 1894

2/22: New York, NY @ Gramercy Theater

2/23: Uncasville, CT @ Wolf Den @ Mohegan Sun

2/24: Peekskill, NY @ Paramount Hudson Valley

2/26: Annapolis, MD @ Rams Head

2/27: Rocky Mount, VA @ Harvester PAC

3/1: Kent, OH @ Kent Stage

3/2: Detroit, MI @ Token Lounge

3/3: Cleveland, OH @ Kent Stage

3/4: Angola, IN @ T. Furth Pac

3/6: St. Louis, MO @ Delmar Hall

3/9: Milwaukee, WI @ Potawotomi

3/11: St. Charles, IL @ Arcadia Theatre

3/14: Des Moines, IA @ Hoyt Sherman Place

3/15: Kansas City, MO @ Knuckleheads

3/16: Sioux City, IA @ Anthem at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino

 4/12: Pasadena, CA @ The Rose

4/13: Agoura Hills, CA @ Canyon Club

 LIVING THE DREAM PLEDGE CAMPAIGN IS LIVE 

The Uriah Heep Pledge Campaign is Live!



Hello everyone ! 

As many of you know, Uriah Heep will be releasing a new studio album in 2018 called “Living The Dream”.

To help celebrate this release, we decided to run our own Pledge Music campaign. 

This will allow you, the fans, to see a lot of the behind the scenes stuff that goes on in the recording process.

We are also offering some very cool collectibles and fan experiences. 

Ever wanted to play with Uriah Heep at a sound check? 

Now you can! 

Want to get a copy of Living the Dream signed by the whole band?   

You’ve come to the right place! 

Midori specializes in relationship development and people knowledge. She is a consultant, author, show host, and Certified Behavioral Expert, offering this expertise to improve communication results for individuals and teams.

She offers 25 years of experience in running her own businesses and leading diverse teams, helping others to achieve their goals through focused and mutually supportive interactions.   Her specialized knowledge of DISC assessment results and the principles of Neuroscience make her a strong and insightful advisor to individuals, groups and entire organizations.

Midori has a demonstrated knack for guiding individuals to objectively recognize the personality traits in themselves that may be holding them back from achieving their greatest results.  Her engaging, high-energy personality helps her connect and keep the attention of the individuals and groups she is mentoring.  At the same time, the personal warmth that accompanies her in-depth expertise enables her to give honest feedback in clear and motivating ways, yielding significant self-improvement in the individuals and organizations she helps.​

She has a degree in Communications and Sociology from the University of California, Davis. Midori is honored to be on the Professional Advisory Board for Parents as Partners: The Autism Education and Change Network. She’s also proud to be the Relationship Advisor for the global organization, Women Network, and has been featured on FoxNews, CBS-San Francisco, Prevention Magazine, YourTango, and leading radio and media shows.

My identity embraces Miracle Alchemy, which is a result of learning to understand what miracles are for by activating them in my own life with whole understanding Alchemy is a term that is applied to Higher Understanding that comes about due to miracles, hence I call what I do Miracle Alchemy, so refer to myself as being a Miracle Alchemist. My background includes Massage Therapy, Hypno therapy, NLP psychology, being and Ordained Minister, and I am also Certified in Wholistic Frequency Medicine. I was given the ability to understand the symbolic language in dreams, and I am an amateur in astrology and numerology. Although everything I have studied has been helpful on my journey, understanding that all emotional intelligence begins at the sensory level has been the greatest determiner of understanding the purpose of my own journey. Most, if not all, psychology in the material world is based on behavioral science, but behavioral science only tells the story after the fact. All behavior begins with a thought. The question is, why would thought cause such us to act out behaviorally in such a way that it would cause inappropriate behavior, not only on someone else, but to ourselves as well? Exploration into this question has become the purpose of my life for over 25 years. Because the answer to my question occurred in layers, which was also determined in physical years of fearful programming, I am just now beginning to wholly understand why our ability to sense our 3D reality with the body senses is not only in error, but is also responsible for death, disease, war, terror, and basically everything else we preceive in the material world as needing to be “fixed.”  

After being a hairdresser for many years, Cheril was drawn to begin something new. Her first inclination was massage therapy. After studying and working as a massage therapist, she began to study hypno therapy, and then NLP psychology. Adding to her education, she studied kinesiology, Bach Flower Remedies, and then became an Ordained Minister. She also took other classes in addiction and how spirit possession is disrupting inner peace.

She had a mentor named Mary Simion who spent years helping her understand astrology. On her own, she explored numerology, along with classes that dealt with the science of the mind/body.

What really placed her on the journey that led where she is today, was a result of a simple question. One day while she was doing a massage on a client, as is customary, she asked the massage client if she was having any problems she wanted Cheril to focus on. The client told Cheril that she had a pain in her back. Off handedly, Cheril asked the client how long she had been bothered with this pain, It was the client reply that set into motion a new journey for Cheril that would last over 30 years. The client told Cheril that her pain began 4 months prior, after which she went on to say, “this pain in my back is the same pain I experienced 20 years ago.”

Out of curiosity,Cheril asked her just what happened 4 months ago, to which she replied, “my mother died.”

The question was, how could this woman know that it was the exact same pain that she experienced 20 years ago, and why was there a 20-year lapse between the incidents?

With this, Cheril began to question other massage clients about their specific physical pain, and low and behold a pattern began to emerge.

The more she learned, the less she understood, so she kept asking more questions. Once a question was wholly answered, a new question would emerge. The more Cheril learned, the more she wanted to understand.

As Cheril began to understand the mind/body connection, she began to notice that a whole picture began to emerge. It was at this time she understood that she was being directed, but at this point she had no idea towards what.

After many years, she began to understand that her method of learning was coming out of time.

The next step she took was to explor the 4th dimension. She began to understand that there were memories in time that could be accessed that would help the individual understand their own probem, and also their own solution., Thus, she began to explore memories that had been lost in time. Within these memories whole new understanding is available. What Cheril was being shown  during the time she was a practicing massage therapist was how to help individuals access these lost memories in time.

The Plan to help individuals put a whole picture together to understand these lost memories in time is called One Wholeness Now.  It is this Plan that allows individuals to wholly reconnect with their unlimited Spirit. Once a whole picture in time has been defined, the Spirit gently moves into its natural first place in time. This is called Miracle Alchemy.

Cheril is the developer of the Living Water Frequencies. The frequency in the Living Water will connect the consciousness of the individual to the 4th dimension, and will also place the individual in their proper alignment with the Heavens.

Living Water is also in perfect alignment with the Natural Flow of the Earth. This Natural Flow is also found in the 4th dimension. With consistency and forethought, the unlimited Spirit will begin to be acknowledged as having the Identity that must be accepted first in time, over the body identity.

Listen to Cheril’s podcast, On the 8th Day, on Real Revolution Radio on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month at 6:00 pm EST

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Rob Kitsell, better known as englishrobga on the https://www.paltalk.com/ internet chat program, has been running a large chat room called 'No Agenda Chat' in the Social Issues/Politics & Government category.  Open 24/7, the room has attracted visitors from all over the world: the USA of course, Canada, Europe, Australia, even the Middle East, Africa and Asia.

The room took its name from Rob's favorite radio program 'No Agenda' - hosted by John C. Dvorak and Adam Curry.  In fact, Rob had the opportunity to interview John Dvorak as host of The People Speak a few years back.

Topics in the No Agenda chat room run the gamut from political, historical, conspiracy, religious, science, film, food, travel, music, abortion, health entertainment, economics, you name it.  Regular chatters in the room type in text or talk on the mic sharing their views and opinions.  At times the discussions can be quite lively, even explosive.

Rob will share with our audience the dynamics of running a chat room and the many experiences he has had with chatters over the years.  Overseeing such a room for so many years, has been something of a daunting task at times, but Rob enjoys it and the many discussions the room has sparked.

Please feel free to drop in and visit Rob and friends by joining the Paltalk chat program. Create a screename and join the fun in No Agenda Chat via your computer, phone, or other internet accessible device.

Jennie Lee is a certified yoga therapist who has spent two decades coaching people in the healing tradition of classical yoga meditation. Using the practices she writes about in Breathing Love, Jennie helps people overcome grief, depression, anxiety, and stress, as well as create lives filled with greater joy. Also the author of the award winning book True Yoga, Jennie’s writing has been featured on dozens of wellness blogs and magazines.

Charles “Chuck” Hicks is the founder and director of the DC Black History (https://dcblackhistory.com/) Celebration Committee which celebrates black history year-round.  He is a community activist focusing on issues that directly affect the community. Hicks serves on several Martin Luther King Jr. committees providing guidance, leadership and support.  His work includes serving on the executive committee of the Martin Luther King Jr. DC Support Group, Inc.and the Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship Award Committee. Hicks co-chaired the DC Host Committee for the dedication of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial.  He was co-chair of the DC Host Committee for the opening of the new National Museum of African American History and Culture. Hicks is also a member of the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Hicks is also a member of the DC Commission on Aging and the newly appointed DC Commission on African American Affairs.  He also serves on the Commission on Black Men and Boys under the purview of the Honorable Eleanor Holmes Norton. He is also a devout member and trustee at Greater New Hope Baptist Church in Ward 1. Hick co-hosts with Joni Eisenberg the “Heal DC” radio broadcast on WPFW 89.3 FM. His service to the community also included work as the coordinator of labor for the District of Columbia for the Million Man March in 1995. Hicks was also a member of the 50^th Anniversary of the March on Washington Committee. He is the president of the Robert “Bob” Hicks Foundation which advocates for human and civil rights. 

Hicks is also a proud member of the NAACP.  He is also well known for providing 35 years of service to the DCPublic Library’s Black Studies Center. Hicks is a supporter and advocate of the African American Civil War Memorial &Museum. He is also founder of Bread-for-the-Soul Toy & Book Party – an HIV and AIDS organization which provides toys and books for Christmas to children whose parents have HIV/AIDS and to children who are diagnosed with HIV.

He is the former president of the AFSME District Council 20 and is a current member of the retirement chapter.Hicks continues his work as a member of the DC Democratic State Committee and is a dedicated member of two organizations that advocate for statehood for the District of Columbia – Stand Up! for Democracy in DC (Free DC) and DC for Democracy. Hicks is a member of the Waterside Tenants Association where he advocates for tenants’ rights and information transparency.  He is widely recognized for his support for the arts and community programming. Hicks is also an active member of several study groups.



Chuck recently received the 2017 Community Cornerstone Award from DC Councilmember Anita Bonds.

KEVIN MARTIN INTERVIEW

CANDLEBOX CELEBRATES 25^TH ANNIVERSARY

WITH U.S. TOUR

Currently celebrating their 25^th anniversary, multi-platinum rock band Candlebox has not only withstood the test of time but, more importantly, they’ve withstood trends, trials and tribulations and come out stronger for it. Because for this hard-working band out of Seattle, the goal has always been the same – to create iconic music that would last a lifetime.

Taking their name after a Midnight Oil song, Candlebox burst onto the scene in 1991 with their debut, self-titled album that went on to sell more than four million copies, was certified four times platinum, and landed them in the number 7 spot on the Billboard Charts.

Their follow up album Lucy was also well received earning them a platinum certification and solidifying them as a tour de force in the thriving 90s music scene. The band would then go on to release Happy Pills in 1998, which would be their last album before their eventual hiatus in 2000.

The driving force behind Candlebox’s success has been their explosive live show and throughout their career, they’ve toured with such bands as Living Colour, The Flaming Lips, Our Lady Peace, Rush, Henry Rollins, Metallica and more. They were also a featured band on the main-stage at Woodstock '94 and made repeat live performances on the David Letterman show.

They are best known for the singles "Change", "You", "Far Behind" and "Simple Lessons". "Far Behind" from their debut album entered Billboard's Top 20 in July of 1993 and didn't drop off the charts until January of 1994. The videos for "Far Behind" and "You" were in seemingly perpetual rotation on MTV and became two of the most requested videos of 1993.

The band took a break from 2000 to 2006 and in 2008 the band reformed and released their fourth studio album called "Into The Sun". This meant their return since 1998's Happy Pills. Also, they released a live album called Alive in Seattle, which included tracks from all their past albums.

Candlebox then spent years touring and released their sixth album Disappearing in Airports, which debuted at #9 on the Billboard Charts and spurred many tours including a successful European tour. In January of 2018, the group kicked off their much-publicized “25 Years Of Rock & Still Rolling Tour” and announced two exclusive Seattle shows with all four original members, which sold out in minutes.

Kicking off January 25th in Grand Rapids, MI, this powerhouse band will perform the hits from the album that launched their careers including “Far Behind,” “You,” and “Cover Me” as well as offer a career retrospective by playing songs from the entire six CD catalogue all the way up to their latest release Disappearing in Airports.

To keep the tour fresh and exciting for fans, frontman and founder Kevin Martin decided to incorporate a variety of show formats and performance styles that would highlight the band’s dexterity. The routing comprises large venue concerts and appearances on such festivals as Rocklahoma as well as intimate acoustic dates that lend themselves to a story-tellers format.

“This tour is for our fans, those that have continued to support us for 25 years,” said Martin. “It’s been an honor to play for them throughout the years and we feel truly fortunate that our music continues to resonate with our audience. We can’t wait to hit the road for this one – I think people will be in for some big surprises!”

In addition to Martin, Candlebox members include Adam Kury on bass, Brian Quinn on lead guitar, Island Styles on guitar and Robin Diaz on drums.  

For more information, please visit http://www.candleboxrocks.com.

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KRISTINA BANT JENKINS