Artists in the News

• COW BOP received a big 'thumbs-up' and admirable nod of approval from SPIN's Jeff Berkwits following their 2008 Route 66 Challege Tour on behalf of the JazzMasters Workshop. 

  "Country and jazz aren't two musical styles that usually mingle all that well, but the western swing sensibilities of this band actually makes one wish such sounds would come together more often. This quintet, along with an array of guest stars including Dan Hicks (of Hot Licks fame), manage to imbue their melodies with a new, yet nostalgic sound that unabashedly borrows the best elements from lounge, bebop, and old-fashioned honky-tonk. Comprising primarily country and easylistening standards, the dozen tunes are, withone notable exception, absolutely breathtaking. Vocalist Pamela "Pinto Pammy" Forman offers wonderful takes on "My Heart Belongs To Daddy" and "When The Bloom Is On The Sage," while her guitarist husband Bruce provides terrifically tranquil fretwork on "Mood Indigo." The disc's final number, "Route 66 (Road Version)," is marred by an ersatz travelogue, but other than that the recording is transcendent."

• Look for Wylie Gustafson on Late Night with Conan O'Brian as he teaches viewers How to Yodel: Lessons to Tickle Your Tonsils
  12:37 a.m. Eastern & Pacific; 11:37 p.m. Central & Mountain
• The Seattle Times (October 8, 2007):  Richard Seven gives Wylie a big YAHOO for his news book "How to Yodel" ($9.95 Gibbs Smith Press)
• The News Tribune in Tacoma, Washington (October 5, 2007):  Celebrates the work of Wylie & the Wild West!
• Cowboys & Indians - Music & More (October 2007): Paul Zarzyski - Collisions of Reckless Love and Rock 'n' Rowel - receives a celebratory review from William C. Reynolds, Associate Publisher, C&I
• Cowboys & Indians – Open Range (October 2007): J Parson is praised for his 4th CD, I Ain't Leavin' Without My Horse by William C. Reynolds, Associate Publisher, C&I
• Western Horsemen (June 2007): Paul Zarzyski's Rock 'n' Rowel (pg 168) reviewed by Fran Devereus Smith, Managing Editor, WH
• Cowboys & Indians (June 2007): Code of the West Entertainment's advertisement
  
• Cowboys & Indians - Open Range (April 2007): Salutes Belinda Gail and Curly Musgrave for their appearance at the Monterey Cowboy Poetry Festival (pg 54) and for receiving the Western Music Association's 2006 Traditional Duo of the Year award (pg.64)