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Ginny Owens' iTunes Exclusive EP.

12.06.04 - As a prelude to next year’s planned live DVD release, Rocketown Records and Ginny Owens are partnering with iTunes for a live, four-song EP release that goes up on the site today. Following a year of solid touring, Owens and her band recorded the tracks during a DVD shoot in August at the New Orleans House of Blues. In addition to “Bread,” “I Love the Way” and “Call Me Beautiful” from her March 2004 release Beautiful, the Live from House of Blues EP also features Owens’ cover of the Lenny Kravitz hit, “Let Love Rule.”

“I couldn't be any more excited to be partnering with iTunes on a project,” said Owens. “I love that they make music so readily available to listeners, and I'm one of the many who wouldn't know what to do without my iPod. Besides all that, we just mixed this EP a couple of weeks ago—the turn-around time in the digital world is incredible!”

The EP is a sneak audio sample of what fans will find on Owens’ 2005 live concert DVD, which will include the full concert performance along with B-roll and interview footage. Owens adds, “We chose the songs that we thought would paint a broad picture of what the live DVD will sound like. There are some fun R&B moments, some intimate piano moments, and some great band moments. We also chose the songs we liked best on first listen. When listening to my own live tracks I can always hear things that make me squirm, but even I'm pretty happy with how these turned out.”

Owens’ Celebrity Playlist—which features a few of her favorite tracks from artists such as Keane, Ben Folds, Norah Jones and Mindy Smith—will go live on iTunes in January. Her next studio release is expected in October 2005. To learn more about Ginny Owens, please visit www.ginnyowens.com or www.rocketownrecords.com.

Source: Rocketown News