The Spaces Between by Alan Miceli

Miceli is listed as a recommended musician at the 5 star Sooke Harbour House, BC, and The Hastings House, Salt Spring Island, BC, a Relais and Chateaux Resort. Chartering a yacht this summer? Pick him up at one of 3 harbours on Salt Spring Island, and let him play for you and your guests while you sail round the gorgeous Gulf Islands of British Columbia anniep@saltspring.com

ALAN MICELI, acoustic guitarist, is an emerging BC Folk Artist, “with a bullet”. He was discovered by NY Folk icon Christine Lavin who put his instrumental Mocha Java on her new ONE MEAT BALL CD.(available from CDbaby). It keeps climbing on Folk Charts in the US. CBC’s Jurgen Gothe of DiscDrive named One Meat Ball #15 in his annual Folk/Blues Chart. CFRO Vancouver placed the CD in their top 10 Folk/Blues in November. And Mocha Java was one of the two top songs on the CD which listed as #38 for the month of January on a 150-station folk radio network.

Alan Miceli’s Mocha Java, a percolating little tune, has been getting airplay from New York to Baton Rouge, from St. Louis to Fort Bragg, CA and throughout Canada.

On a recent Canadian Content listing of 85 American Folk Radio stations, MICELI was one of only 13 BC Artists receiving American airplay. He is one of only 5 Canadian acts in the top 40 CD’s for January on the FolkDJ-L chart.

His music is Smooth. Soft. Exhilarating. Enchanting. Folk guitar at its finest. Delicately fingered melodies. Hear the magic of Cathedral Grove, laugh at the Errington Way and hear the sounds of the environment even more in Rain, Rainpools, or Under the Mist. He is currently working on his next CD, Testaments of Honour, inspired by the Great War,to be released this fall. (bookings for Remembrance Ceremonies anniep@saltspring.com)

Miceli seems to have a visceral connection with his audiences—not just his music but his engaging wit—he has fun between the most evocative guitar solos, and so do his audiences —and people just stream up to buy his CD’s!

This is a cinderella story. Alan Miceli is a pastry chef on a small island off the West Coast. He is also a classically trained guitarist. Christine Lavin, a top American satirical singer/songwriter, has recorded more than twenty albums. She is outrageously funny, garrulous, witty, edgy. Of course: she lives in New York City. So what's a nice, quiet Canadian guitarist doing hanging out with her?

Her newest CD, One Meatball - Christine Lavin and Friends is a collection of "foodie songs and recipes" from friends such as Pete Seeger, Tom Paxton , Jeff Daniels! And the late Dave Van Ronk - 19 friends and a 96 page cookbooklet of their favourite recipes.

And from Salt Spring Island, B.C., Canada, Alan Miceli. While still keeping his day job as a pastry chef, Miceli recorded his first CD The Spaces Between in 2002 and immediately started getting airplay. It was produced by Jordy Sharp, who has produced all of Harry Manx' work ( who blends the blues with Hindu classical music). Both artists reflect a depth of feeling and sensitivity in their music because of their past experience with eastern spirituality.

His second CD, Errington Way, received wider notice, and now he has had interviews and airplay on CBC, NPR, U.S. and Canadian University and Community Radio, Satellite Radio, and Internet Radio stations.

Alan Miceli's tranquil guitar instrumental Mocha Java is the perfect coffee break, says Lavin. Their meeting on Salt Spring Island, she says was destiny. She had been thinking of doing a food album when Valdy put Miceli on the stage to open for her at a Salt Spring Folk Club event. "As soon as I heard him play, I knew I wanted him on the project. I loved him so much. When he offered a copy of his blueberry pie recipe with each album sold, it nailed it for me!" Miceli submitted his recipe for Espresso Chocolate Tart for the One Meat Ball cookbooklet. (To die for as is his music!)

A DVD profile showing him baking the by now famous blueberry pie cut away with his making magical music on his guitar in his Kitchen was filmed by Shaw TV. Cooking Show Programmers: listen up and get in touch

April 26: Gala Women in Business party, Artspring Theatre

April 27: Chris Smart's poetry reading, Ganges Yoga Centre

May 12: Garden Wedding

May 26: Garden Wedding

June 29: Opening for Christine Lavin, Salt Spring Island,

BC Summer Festival, Artspring Theatre

July 7: Afternoon Wedding at The Hastings House, a . Relais and Chateaux Resort, Salt Spring Island,BC

July 8: Tree House Cafe, in the heart of Ganges

August 6: Tree House Cafe

October Chocolate Festival, Coquitlam

Email your favourite station to request airplay for Alan Miceli. Most stations will have his Mocha Java from Christine Lavin’s collection One Meat Ball; others have his Errington Way from which Mocha Java came; some have his The Spaces Between. Let Alan know whenever you hear him at : anniep@saltspring.com

CBC Victoria. Interview with Jeff Weaver of “On the Island”. Mocha Java

Jeff_weaver@cbc.ca; island@cbc ca

CBC Victoria. Profile by Don Genova in his “So Much on My Plate” on “All Points West”. Mocha Java allpointswest@cbc.ca

CBC Vancouver. Interview by Sheryl Mackay of “North by Northwest” including Christine Lavin from New York. Mocha Java

Also aired: Celtic Dance (2), The Spaces Between, Rainpools, Under an Open Sky, The Road Ahead nxnw@cbc.ca

CBC Vancouver, DiscDrive: Tierce di Picardi, Emperor’s Waltz, Under an Open Sky (2). Jurgen Gothe named the One Meat Ball #15 in folk/ blues for 2006 < discdrive@cbc.ca>

CBC Vancouver. Almanac. Award-winning food journalist Don Genova profiles Alan Miceli on his “Food for Thought”. Mocha Java. almanac@cbc.ca; dongenova@pacificpalate.ca

CBC Vancouver any show. All 3 CD’s in the music library. Vancouver@cbc.ca

CBC Winnipeg. Music Library has Errington Way and One Meat Ball. Winnipeg@cbc.ca

CBC Toronto, Fresh Air, Jeff Goodes, The Spaces Between , freshair@cbc.ca

CFMU Hamilton. Freewheeling Folk Show. Jim Marino. Mocha Java. Reves d’ete.

cfmumusic@msu.mcmaster.ca

CFRO Vancouver. Co-op Radio. Mocha Java. The One Meat Ball CD listed in folk/blues top 10 week of 11/15/06 Music-department@coopradio.com

CJMQ Bishop’s U.,Sherbrooke/Lennoxville Quebec. Maureen Dillon, music director. Mdillon12md@yahoo.ca "Angels Dance Upwards and Errington Way in medium to high rotation."

CJTR Regina. “Regina’s Mighty Shores” with Brenda Tacik. Mocha Java and Angels Dance Upwards mightyshores@hotmail.com

KBCS Bellevue, WA. Richard Gillmann on “Lunch With Folks”. Mocha Java.

Richard@nwfolk.com; music director, clinde@bcc.ctc.edu

KDHX St. Louis, MO. Stacy on “Backroads”. Mocha Java backroads@kdhx.org

KMFB Fort Bragg, CA. Liz Helenchild, “Be-Side Herself” Mocha Java, Twinkle latenightliz@hotmail.com

KMUN Astoria, OR. Music Library has The Spaces Between. Use site address to contact Elizabeth Grant

Shaw TV, Vancouver Island, BC. A profile on their The Daily.

WJFF Jeffersonville, NY. Angela Page on “Folk Plus”. Mocha Java ;;wjff@wjffRadio.org

WRKF Baton Rouge, LA. Taylor Caffery of “Hootenanny Power”. Mocha Java, Winter tlcaffery@yahoo.com

WMBR, Cambridge, MA. Bruce Sylvester, folk director. Mocha Java music@wmbr.org

WRUR. Rochester, N.Y. Tom Bohan on “A Variety of Folk”. Landscapes, Autumn, Errington Way, Angels Dance Upwards

WUSB Stony Brook, NY. Charlie Backfish on “Sunday Street”. Mocha Java CBackfish@aol.com

XM Satellite Radio, NY. “The Village“. Mocha Java xmradio.com/contact_us.jsp

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