Freaky Little Story, featuring "Too Bad You", is currently available online at CD Baby, Amazon, and other online music stores. See the music page for full details.
Upcoming shows:
Sat, 09.05.09
Private Event
Livermore, CA
Sat, 09.12.09
David Girard Vineyards opening for Shana Morrison
Placerville, CA
VISIT MYSPACE.com FOR COMPLETE SHOWS CALENDAR
We're in the middle of designs for a new web site. Please check myspace.com/meganslankard for the most updated show schedule
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NEWS: Thank you for all of your votes!
The Mayercraft contest is now closed. Thank you for all of your votes! We didn't make it this time, but we sure were close - and because of you! You rock our socks! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NEWS: Megan is a finalist for the 2009 IMA!
Megan has just been selected as a finalist for her cover of Paul Simon's song "America". Check out the web site: Independent Music Awards
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VISIT MYSPACE.com FOR COMPLETE SHOWS CALENDAR
We're in the middle of designs for a new web site. Please check myspace.com/meganslankard for the most updated show schedule
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Shows : Megan is in Los Angeles this Sunday!
Megan is finally making her way back to LA! This looks like it's going to be a really cool show too; it's part of a great series called Sundays on Sunset. Check out more details, including who is else is playing on this great bill here!
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News: (Jan 30) International Songwriting Competition semi-finalist!
We got a great email yesterday saying that the International Songwriting Contest had announced their semi-finalists and that Megan made the group with her new song "The Tragic Life of Caleb"!
The song also made the finals in the Independent Music Awards (sponsored by Musicians Atlas and Borders Books) this winter.
You can check out more info on ISC here: www.SongwritingCompetition.com. Finalists will be picked and announced on February 4th
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Shows : (January) Megan Slankard Band at the Fillmore - SOLD OUT
ROCK to RELIEF III with Phil Lesh & Friends (Jackie Greene), the Joel Streeter Band, and the Megan Slankard Band. Thank you for supporting; all proceeds go to Habitat for Humanity. For more info see the shows page!
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News: New Podcast!
Hey look! A new podcast! indiecreek.blogspot.com
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Shows : Megan's coming to Texas!
Hey yous! Megan is coming to Texas next week! November 7th and 8th! Mark your calendar! Please come out to the shows if you're in area, or tell friends or family if they are! More details here! See you soon!
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News: (November) Independent Music Awards Finalist!
We just found out that Megan's new song "The Tragic Life of Caleb" is in the finals of the Independent Music Awards! The contest is sponsored by Musicians Atlas and Borders Books and is for independent songwriters of any genre. We are super-duper excited to be included!
To hear the song, check out www.MusiciansAtlas.com (Under the Folk/Singer-Songwriter category on the second page of finalists.)
If you have time, please rate our song (hopefully 5 stars!) for the "people's choice" award. (This is an additional award in each category and depends upon votes!) We love you, thank you for your support! Vote Here!
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VISIT US ON MYSPACE!
Hey all, make sure to visit us on MySpace.com for the most recent updates and news!
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Shows: Aug 9th - MSB IN SAN FRANCISCO w/Colin Hay (of Men at Work)
You may know him for his hits with Men at Work, "Overkill" and "Down Under"; you may know him from the Garden State soundtrack, "I Just Don't Think I'll Ever Get Over You", but you don't know the real story behind the charm and brilliance of Colin Hay until you see him live.
Megan Slankard Band has this incredible opportunity to open for him at one of the coolest venues in San Francisco The Independent. We'd love to see you there! Click here for tickets.
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News: IMWS Semi Finalist
So far Megan has made it to the Semi Finalist round in the Disc Makers Independent Music World Series song-writing competition (IMWS)! This is a huge competition and Megan is all-a-buzz with excitement. Fingers crossed for another good round. You can see all of the finalists here. For more about IMWS Click here.
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Shows: May 19 - True Wind House Concert House concerts are plain awesome fun, there's just no other way to put it.
Megan Slankard and MSB bassist Jeff Symonds will serenade a small group of people at this intimate setting in Campbell, CA for the True Wind House Concert Series. This is a must see for acoustic lovers. The show is this Saturday, May 19th. Reservation Details.
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Shows: March 29 - MSB IN SAN FRANCISCO!
The full band is coming back to San Francisco, playing a new room: The Make Out Room. Come check it out, we hear really great things about this venue. This is going to be a great night with a fun bill: Vanessa Van Spall and 9 Red Sun. Not a show to be missed and we would really love to see you out there! Show starts at 9:00 pm (MSB on at 11:00 pm) Tickets are only $7 at the door. (Ages 21+ only, sorry.)
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Video :: MEGAN'S MUSIC FEATURED IN INDEPENDENT FILM
Romanic comedies come and go, but every once in a while one story sticks out: original, touching, and, well, completely brilliant. Thus is the case with independent film Finding Love For Annie. Now, after its tour through the film festivals, you can now see the film (in episodes) yourself. It features songs from Megan's CD Freaky Little Story. Check it out!
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LOOKING FOR HELP
Hey yous in cyberspace: The Megan Slankard Band is looking for a little Street Team help from interested fans. We're looking for someone who can help with promotions, messaging, updating, etc. Would you or anyone you know be interested? If so, give us shout and we'll tell you more: I wanna help!
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February 5, 2007: ROCK TO RELIEF SOLD OUT!
Rock to Relief is officially sold out. Thank you! If you were unable to purchase tickets, you can still make a donation for Darfur at one of the following web sites: DoctorsWithoutBorders.org and SaveDarfur.org.
February 5, 2007: KFOG MORNING SHOW BABA O'RILEY COVER
Special thanks to all who tuned into KFOG's Morning show this Monday, February 5th to hear the special announcement about the upcoming Darfur benefit at Slim's. Megan, Jeff Symonds and Jerry Becker rocked early morning socks with a cover of the Who's Baba O'Riley. LISTEN TO THE SONG.
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February 2, 2007: ROCK TO RELIEF on ABC 7 NEWS
If you missed the segment about Rock to Relief on ABC 7 News, you can now view it on line HERE. Rock to Relief (a benefit for Darfur/Doctors Without Borders) is put on by Branson School in Ross and is a concert not to be missed! The show is Friday, February 9th at Slim's in SF. Cast includes Rich Price & the Foundation w/ Phil Lesh, Megan Slankard, Joe Deveau & student bands & more!) For more info on the show, click HERE.
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January 23, 2007: "RILEY" FEATURED ON BAD GIRLS CLUB
Thanks to all who tuned in to hear Megan's song "Riley" (from EP A Little Extra Sun) on Oxygen Network's The Bad Girls Club, Tuesday, January, 23rd Fun!
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December 31, 2006: HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Hey yous! The band and I would like to send out a little thank you to YOU for being so amazing to us: supporting, and listening, telling your friends. We absolutely adore and love you. Happy Old Year, Happy New Year, Happy love, life, and harmony. May your New Year be just what you would like it to be. We will enjoy playing more music for you this coming 2007. Be safe.
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December 23, 2006: 12 Bands of Christmas!
San Francisco, come join us for our last show of the year! This is going to be a fantastic holiday show: 2 days and 12 bands! More details here!
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November 12, 2006: Thank you for 100,000 plays on MySpace!
Megan Slankard Band thanks you with all of our hearts for supporting us and our music! Thank you for another special moment today when we reached 100,000 plays on MySpace.com. We love you! Please continue to tell your buddies and spread the word about independent music! Listen to Megan Slankard Band on MySpace!
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November 9, 2006: INDEPENDENT TICKETS ON SALE for FRIDAY, DEC 15th
Megan and the band are looking forward to some serious fun on their upcoming show at The Independent in San Francisco! We're playing with our friends The Bittersweets and Ryan Auffenberg. Tickets are on Sale now at Ticket Web!
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October 24, 2006: MEGAN ON TLC THIS THURSDAY, OCT 26th
Megan Slankard Yahoo Group reports: "For those of you who have never seen it, haven't seen it in a while, or just want to capture it for posterity, Megan's ORIGINAL What Not To Wear episode will be airing on TLC this Thursday, October 26th at 12:00 Noon EDT. Check local listings for other time zones." You can see the schedule here!
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October 11, 2006: BACK IN SAN FRANCISCO
Coming right up on Thursday, October 19th the Megan Slankard Band is back in San Francisco to play a show for you at the brand new Rock It Room We'll be sharing the night with the fabulous Elliot Randall Band. Click here for more details!
October 10, 2006: MEGAN SLANKARD BAND VIDEO POSTED ON MYSPACE
We have just posted a clip of our recent band performance in Murphys, CA where we played at the Black Part Playhouse.Check it out!
August 31, 2006: BAND PLAYS CAFE DU NORD in SAN FRANCISCO this THURSDAY!
Again, the Megan Slankard Band is ready to rock out at one of our favorite venues ever: Cafe Du Nord, in San Francisco. This will be one of our last few band performances in SF this year as we'll be working hard on new songs, and a better live show for the new year. So come out and have fun with us! Rich Price and Elliot Randall Band also playing! Cafe Du Nord
August 21, 2006: NEW JOURNAL POSTED
Megan has posted a new blog in her journal section. She talks about being productive as well as the new band merchandise August 21, 2006
July 31, 2006: BAND PLAYS IN SF AT THE RED DEVIL LOUNGE THIS SATURDAY
Finally back at the Red Devil Lounge, the Megan Slankard Band plays full blown, new songs and harmonies! Come check out the band this Saturday night, August 5th! The first 20 people to email tickets@meganslankard.com get into the show FREE! details here!
July 20, 2006: WHAT NOT TO WEAR AIRS AUGUST 7th
For those of you who missed the hilarious makeover of Megan Slankard, tune your TVs or set your Tvos for The Learning Channel on Monday, August 7th at Noon (EDT). The show features Megan's music as well as her bad taste in socks... Check out Megan's makeover on the TLC site.
July 20, 2006: THANK YOU BLACK BARTERS
We want to say a HUGE thank you to everyone who came out to the Black Bart Playhouse Tuesday to support our show! (And a special thanks to Pride and Michelle!) We had an fantastic time playing for you. We'll be working on editing and mixing the recording for that show. Stay tuned for sneak previews!
July 16, 2006: SPECIAL ACOUSTIC BAND SHOW IN MURPHYS THIS TUESDAY!
The Megan Slankard Band is throwing a party this Tuesday just for the hey of it! We'd love for you to come be a part of our live filmed and recorded show at the Black Bart Playhouse in Murphys, CA. We're going to play a stripped down acoustic set of old and brand new tunes! More details here!
July 14, 2006: PLAYER SPOTLIGHT IN THIS MONTH'S ACOUSTIC GUITAR MAGAZINE
How fun! Acoustic Guitar Magazine (one of Megan's favorites since back in the day) has just done a Player Spotlight article for a featured songwriter profile on Megan in this month's (August 2006) issue. Go check it out. Megan talks about song-writing, writer's block, and even some of the techie details. (Guitars, electronics, etc.) Dave Grohl is on the cover! Check it out!
June 29, 2006: MEGAN IN MINNESOTTA THIS WEEKEND
Hey yous! I'm finally making it back to MN. I'll be playing this weekend at the Great River Shakespeare Festival (It's about due time for an update on some Shakespeare!) Bring the whole family out with a picnic, listen to the music outside on the grass for the prelude series before you catch the plays inside. Music starts 6:00 on Friday, 5:30 on Saturday. For show info: here For more info on the Great River Shakespeare Fest: here
June 28, 2006: CONGRATULATIONS BITTERSWEETS
We just wanted to shout a "big congratulations on the brand new CD!" to our friends the Bittersweets. And of course, a very big thank you for having us at your CD release party on Tuesday night at the Independent in SF. We had fun rocking with you guys and Rich Price. Also, a huge thank you to everyone who came out and supported the show. Make sure to check out the Bittersweets here
June 20, 2006: MEGAN FEATURED ON XM RADIO THIS WEEK
Well, it's finally here! The live show Megan recorded in the XM Cafe studios is on the air this week! Check it out on XM Cafe at XM 45.
Wednesday: 6p west/ 9p east Thursday: noon west/ 3p east Friday: 4a west/ 7a east
(XM is fun! For more info, or to subscribe, please visit: here)
June 19, 2006: SAN FRANCISCO SHOW AT THE INDEPENDENT COMING UP!
Now only a week away, our upcoming show in San Francisco draws near! We are so excited to be playing for our friends, the Bittersweets' CD release party. This is going to be an amazing night at an amazing venue. Please come support us, as well as Rich Price Band and, of course, the Bittersweets. Put it on the calendar and tell your friends. We would love to see you out there. Details here!
June 3, 2006: THANK YOU FELTON AND SANTA CRUZ
We just wanted to thank everyone who came out to the show last night at Don Quixote's in Felton. What a rockin' night! Our friends in MiGGs and Kiff Gallagher were amazing. Look for another Santa Cruz area show in the next few months.
May 16 2006: SURF SCHOOL PREMIERE TONGIHT
We are so excited! We (Megan and Mike) will be walking down the red carpet tonight at the Surf School Premiere in Los Angeles CA. We'll finally be able to see the final cut of the movie with our cover of "Get Together" by the Youngbloods. The movie will hit theaters on June 2nd, so get some popcorn and take a seat! And of course, sing along when you hear the song! Wish us luck tonight. Surf School details here!
May 11, 2006: MEGAN FEATURED IN FILM, "SURF SCHOOL"
How fun! Megan and guitarist Mike Hsieh have just recorded a version of "Get Together" by the Youngbloods for the upcoming independent film, "Surf School". This fun flick is said to be much like "American Pie at the beach...in Costa Rica". Click here for details. Or here to visit Surf School on MySpace.
May 10, 2006: THANK YOU NORTHWEST!
I had a great time playing for you last week. Thank you so much for coming out to the shows. I have plans to come back in July. Please come and see me again! Special thank you to Micah Kelley for all of your hard work setting up shows, and for your amazing music. See ya all next time.
May 2, 2006: MEGAN IN THE NORTHWEST THIS WEEK
Megan has just packed up the car, grabbed her guitar and a stash of granola bars and is on her way to play some shows for you in the Northwest this week (May: 3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th, and 8th.) She'll be playing shows with fellow singer-songwriter, Micah Kelley. Click here for details.
MEGAN RECORDING "in studio" SHOW ON XM RADIO
Megan will be in Washington DC on April12, at the XM Radio Studios, recording a live show, for play-back at a later date. Stay tuned for more details.
"PLANETS" INCLUDED IN "THE WHO'S WHO IN BAY AREA MUSIC" COMPILATION CD
The Owl Mag has selected "Planets" for inclusion in their compilation CD "The Who's Who in Bay Area Music Volume One". Click here for details.
LIMITED EDITION 5 SONG EP AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE
"A Little Extra Sun", a new 5 track EP featuring all new songs, is available for preview and purchase at CD Baby. This is a limited edition EP, so buy now before they're all gone!
MEGAN SLANKARD ON XM RADIO!
Now you can hear "Riley" and "My Hallelujah" (from the new EP A Little Extra Sun) on XM Cafe, channel 45. Check it out.
TOO BAD YOU RINGTONE AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD
Both mp3 and polyphonic ringtones of "Too Bad You" are available for preview and purchase at DecentXposure.
DIRTY WINGS ON NEW MUSIC CHANNEL
Dirty Wings has been receiving regular airplay on the SBR New Music Channel. The channel
is available on the following radio stations' websites:
FEATURE STORIES IN TAXI
TAXI, the world's leading independent A&R company, has featured Megan in two of their industry newsletters. Click here to read the article in the Transmitter and click here to read the article in the Navigator (used by permission of TAXI).
ACOUSTIC GUITAR MAGAZINE PICKS FREAKY LITTLE STORY AS TOP 5 CD
In their February 2005 issue, Acoustic Guitar Magazine picked Freaky Little Story as one of their top 5 CDs of 2004. The issue is out on news stands now, please pick up a copy and check it out!
DIRTY WINGS INCLUDED IN BRAVE NEW WORLD BEST OF 2004
"Dirty Wings" was recently included in Jack Kolkmeyer's show "Brave New World" on Radio Free Santa Fe (KBAC 98.1 FM).
MEGAN SLANKARD BAND WINS MAMA AWARD
Megan and the band won a MAMA (Modesto Area Music Association) award for Best Pop Rock group! Thanks to everyone who voted for us, we couldn't have won it without your support!
ALBUM REVIEW IN ACOUSTIC GUITAR MAGAZINE
Freaky Little Story received a glowing review in Acoustic Guitar magazine (September 2004, the one with Eric Clapton on the cover.) You can read the full article by clicking here.
MEGAN FEATURED ON LATEST DAVID KNOPFLER ALBUM
David Knopfler's (Dire Straits co-founder) latest album, "Ship of Dreams," features Megan as a co-writer and co-performer on the title track. CD's are available on David's website.
"TOO BAD YOU" ON KFOG COMPILATION CD
"Too Bad You" is one of the featured tracks on KFOG's compilation CD "Local Scene"! Thanks to everyone who bought CD's -- all proceeds benefit Music in the Schools Today, a Bay Area charity that helps keep music education in local schools.
Please keep calling and requesting the Megan Slankard Band on one of the hippest stations in Cali.
Call 800-300-KFOG, or e-mail at http://www.kfog.com/Requests/Equest.asp.
"TOO BAD YOU" ON B93 AND 107 THE POINT
B93.1 (KOSO in Modesto) and 107 The Point (KQPT in Chico) have both added "Too Bad You" to their rotation. You can show your appreciation by calling or e-mailing them:
B93.1 -- 800.222.5693 (jackb931@yahoo.com)
107 The Point -- 530.342.5775 (music@107thepoint.com)
