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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">May 5th 2010</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">Contact: Ash Devine</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b> Award winning Indie-folk fusion artist </b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">Ash Devine from Asheville, NC will appear at Red Herring Café in Urbana on Saturday May 21<sup>st</sup> at 8pm </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">AND at Aroma Café in Champagne on Thursday May 27<sup>th</sup> at 7pm.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">The Award winning Asheville, NC Based Songwriter, Multi-instrumentalist and Clown Ash Devine announces visit to Champagne-Urbana as part of her CD release tour 2010, and her participation as an ensemble member in the Change of State Performance Project World Premiere of:<span> </span>“Aquatown- A Future Hydro-history”.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', sans-serif; ">Ash’s new album “Bird Must Fly” was released in January 2010. The self-produced album is a compilation of original songs with musical style under the influence of folk-rock, jazz, blues and Appalachian traditional.<span> </span>Fans have described Ash Devine's music as a “Breath of fresh air”, referring to the unique combination of her ukulele, guitar, vocals and poetic lyrics.</span></p>
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<font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman', sans-serif"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">Ash Devine will appear at Red Herring Café in Urbana on Saturday May 21<sup>st</sup> at 8pm AND at Aroma Café in Champagne on Thursday May 27<sup>th</sup> at 7pm</span></span></p>
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<font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman', sans-serif">Local Urbana songwriter and performance artist elizaBeth Simpson desribes Ash Devine's music: " Her earth toned voice is a backwoods wind threading old-time through a stylistic range as varied as the mountains she calls home." </font></p>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', sans-serif; ">Ash has a degree in Theater and Community Arts from UNC Asheville. After studying with the Geshundheit! Institue and Patch Adams, she now tours nursing homes and other community settings to facilitate participatory music and clowning workshops. She hopes to travel next year in an "educational clown tour" with other grassroots artists to combine musical and collaborative performance with educational community outreach programs for youth. For more information, or to listen to Ash Devine's music, visit <a href="http://changeofstate.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d568410beca5bdbcce045cce1&id=644017a658&e=ffcac79689" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(42, 93, 176); "><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; ">www.myspace.com/ashdevinemusic</span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span><b>Additional information about Ash Devine: </b></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">Ash Devine Biography</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> With a reputation for fresh sound and a growing repertoire of songs, Ash Devine is Asheville, NC's favorite songwriter. The folk-fusion style combines sounds of Appalachian traditional, blues, jazz and world music infused with original craft.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> <span style="font-family: arial; "><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">Ash began her career as a young teenager in Blacksburg, VA. After 10 years of performing as a singer-songwriter, Ash graduated with a B.A. in Theater Arts from UNC Asheville. During her last year of college, Ash Studied with MD Patch Adams and participated in Humanitarian Clowning internationally. Ash’s stage presence as a lead vocalist and guitarist is comedic and serious at the same time, with occasional audience participation and heart gripping songs. Her music speaks to people, society, nature and the poetry in between. <b>Ash Devine’s </b></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">performances have been described as a "variety show that calls for action".</span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><span style="font-weight: normal; ">Ash began working as a Caring Clown in 2007 with Patch Adams and the Gehundheit! Institute. In 2008, Ash Co-founded a community service club designed to introduce college students to nursing home clowning.<span> </span>International clowning experience inspired Ash, and she expanded her work as a musical performer to include comedy, audience interaction and community outreach projects.</span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> Ash Devine now provides song Work-shops, sing along circles, art workshops, and drama-therapy workshops for nursing homes, medical facilities, youth groups, educational programs, private events and a variety of other settings.<span> </span></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">“The music is steeped in originality.” The song lyrics are undeniably heartfelt and grounded in social change, and the style-integrated music tells a captivating story of it's own.” – Dave Turner (Asheville Musician)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> “Ash’s visionary message is playfully serious” – Carlos Steward (Marketer, Graphic Designer)</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b>DISCOGRAPHY</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b> <span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: normal; "><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b>How You Been</b></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> is a five song EP released in September 2009 that gives a taste of Ash’s Debut Album Birds Must Fly.</span></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> <b> Birds Must Fly</b> is Ash's first full length album that has been long awaited by fans. The CD was recorded last year in Blacksburg, VA with local Blacksburg Bassist; F.M Turner and African Drummer; Chuck George.</span></p>
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