Smiling Handshake Records

-MEG CAVANAUGH is back in the states for a short while, and we are set to release her debut "The Musketeers Handbook" in August. These 8 tracks are a MUST HEAR and we are very honored to be working with this talented artist. PREORDER YOUR COPY TODAY!!
Also on July 14, 2010, Meg will be on the radio show "Excursions", hosted by Niki Dakota, on WYSO 91.3 FM, in Yellow Springs, OH. The stations web address is www.wyso.com. This is a great radio station, check it out. We hope to have the audio up for future reference sometime.And Meg will then be playing Canal Street Tavern, later that evening in her hometown of Dayton, Ohio. Looks to be an wonderful day.

-Both BOONDAH and STORM KILLS 4, have been hard at work on the road, in support of their respective albums, Boondah with, "Felonious Bologna, and SK4 with, "It's On You Now". These records get better with each listen, so grab a copy if you haven't already, and go out and check both these bands out LIVE!!
NOTE: On September 11, 2010, Boondah, Storm Kills 4, and The Superbeams (making a rare live appearance), will be performing 2 shows that day, both in Troy, Ohio. One is a benefit for Special Olympics, and then an evening show at The Brewery, Boondah's home base. Come out to these shows folks. These 3 bands have not done a show together since the early days of Smiling Handshake and it will be a day to remember. And you will be helping an AMAZING cause.

-Smiling Handshake would like to welcome our 2 newest signings: THE TWITCHES, a dark folk/country artist in the vein of Tom Waits, Johnny Cash, and The Brian Jonestown Massacre. Led by the eccentric Darl Herman, we will be releasing "Songs of Sorrow, Death, & Love", here in the coming months. This record will leave you with a permanent case of the "goosebumps". Absolutely breathtaking.
WINDSOR KNOTTS, a veteran of the Dayton, OH music scene, with back porch country/folk songs, that will bring back all your memories of listening to Woody Guthrie, Buddy Holly, and....HEE HAW. Yes, Winsdor tells stories with songs. He makes you laugh. He makes you, well, go to the bathroom. In a good way. We will begin recording him this fall, and report back to you soon with more info.

ALSO: FANTASY FARM "Free Admission" and POSTED "Escape Plan" will be available in Digital format by mid August, and the CD version in the coming months. Check back for more details.

4. SCOTT BARKER will be arriving in Dayton on August 1, 2010, to begin recording his next record "Healin".