Monday, October 24, 2005

Grammy Awards 2006- An Open Letter to Recording Academy Members

Dear Recording Academy Voters:

For the 2006 Grammy Awards show in LA on Feb 8, 2006, please consider voting for the following selections on your ballot under Field #30- Classical.

Best Classical Album- Category 96- Selection 062- Fortress City: Armenian Songs from Nagorno Karabagh. For more information on this album, please refer to www.cdbaby.com/karabagh Performed by the Mrakats, Varanda, and Vararakn Choirs of Nagorno Karabagh.

Best Choral Performance- Category 99- Selection 014- Fortress City: Armenian Songs from Nagorno Karabagh. For more information, please refer to www.cdbaby.com/karabagh. Performed by the Mrakats, Varanda, and Vararakn Choirs of Nagorno Karabagh.

Best Classical Crossover Album- Category 106- Selection 041- Shoror: Armenian Folk Music for Guitar. For more information, please refer to www.cdbaby.com/kolanian Performed by Iakovos Kolanian

Thank you for your consideration.
Raffi Meneshian
CEO Pomegranate Music
Member, Recording Academy New York Chapter

Dear Armenian Music Review Readers-

Please help the artists and our label spread the work in getting this above piece of information out to as many people as possible. Our target market is Recording Academy Voting Members. There are a few in our community and maybe they can help spread the work. Pomegranate Music does not have the advertising budget to spread the news like Sony and mega corporations. We have to depend on a grass roots effort instead. As far as I know, our CD's are the only Armenian themed CD's on the ballot this year for Grammy Consideration. I have only checked the Classical area and the World Music area.

Thanks.

Thursday, October 13, 2005

Armenian Navy Band Featuring Arto Tuncboyaciyan- The Sound of Our Life Part One: Natural Seed (Heaven and Earth)



Review forthcoming.