Solace by Doug Wood

* Doug was a finalist in the SPIN MAGAZINE/PIZZA HUT "New Sounds for Original Music" Competition, Boston's "Acoustic Underground" Competition, and Atlanta's Eddie's Attic "Acoustic Songwriter Showdown."

2004-2005: Performed over 100 College shows, from Florida/Goergia, to Maine, to Washington and California, and tons in between.

2005: Featured on NPR's "Echoes" in April and June.

2003: Featured on NPR's syndicated program "River City Folk" in October, 2003.

1989-1996: Teamed up with bass player Darren Frate and founded the instrumental group Watts Gnu, which while based in Boston performed nationally from LA to NYC.

1998: Joined Darren Frate to open weekly at NYC's Kenny's Castaways for guitar legend Hernan Romero (Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin) in NYC.

2000-2002: Released debut solo CD "I AM KIROC" © 2000 and "Solace"© 2002. Currently performs throughout the country at colleges, clubs, festivals and coffeehouses.

2001-2005: Live on-air performances on NPR/Commercial Radio Stations: ECHOES (over 200 stations nationwide), KISU (Idaho), KMSU (Minnesota), NPR's "RiverCityFolk", KDEM (Louisiana), WCPN (Cleveland), WCSX (Detroit), WVPE (Indiana), Georgia Public Radio, Wyoming Public Radio, WAPS (Akron), WORT (Madison), Colorado Public Radio, KRFC (FtCollins).

2000-2004: Live on-air appearances on television stations: WJW-Fox Channel 8 and WOIO-CBS Channel 19 (Cleveland), WXIX-Fox Channel 19 (Cincinnati),

WGWG -Cable 19, "Words&Music," Cleveland County, NC, "Crooked River Groove," Cleveland, Ohio.

2004: Showcased for the NACA National Conference, February, 2004.

2003: Chosen by TAXI as a Semi-Finalist in the INDEPENDANT MUSIC WORLD SERIES.

2005: Nominated "BEST SMALL VENUE PERFORMER" and "BEST MUSIC PERFORMANCE" by the 2005 Campus Activities Magazine Reader's Poll.

2004: Nominated Cleveland's "Best Folk.Americana Act", Free Times Magazine, Cleveland, Ohio.

2002: Nominated Cleveland's "Best Folk Act," Free Times Magazine, Cleveland, Ohio.

2002: Included on two nationally distributed Compilation CD's:

*WCSX (Detroit, MI) "Over Easy CD" which benefit's Glida's Club

*THE ROOM Compilation Disc, Mobile, Alabama.

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