PUNK POET PRINCESS AURAL HEATHER (HALEY) RELEASES PRINCESS NUT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

P u N k P o E t P r I n C e S s • AURAL Heather’s Princess Nut CD launch celebration @ the Media Club - Vancouver, BC, May 7, 2008

Old School and proud of it, Heather Haley and RPW Records are gearing up for this month’s release of her groundbreaking AURAL Heather CD of spoken-word songs, Princess Nut.

Come celebrate at the official AURAL Heather Princess Nut CD launch, on Thursday, May 29, at 8 PM, at the Media Club in Vancouver, BC. Join us for an evening of stellar music and spoken word with Susan Cormier, Beth Southwell and her band, Tony Bardach of the Pointed Sticks, Kedrick James, emcee Kyle Hawke and AURAL Heather.

AURAL Heather is Heather Haley, Roderick Shoolbraid and “a unique, sublime fusion of song and spoken word.” Shoolbraid is a dazzling guitarist, composer, sound designer and DJ. Haley is a maverick poet, singer, author and media artist often found pushing boundaries and always on the vanguard. “A Canadian national treasure”, Haley started writing verse in high school, influenced by poets like bp Nichol, ee cummings and Susan Musgrave. Her life as a bona fide artist began on the stage of the infamous Smilin’ Buddha, fronting the all-girl punk band, The Zellots. She was a member of The 45s with Randy Rampage and Brad Kent of DOA and The Avengers. Later she formed HHZ—Heather Haley & The Zellots—praised by LA Weekly music critic Craig Lee as one of “Ten Great Bands”.

“Supple and unusual”, her work asks all the questions a nice girl’s not supposed to ask. Haley is a gutsy and compelling performer who enjoyed a stint as an official BC Transit busker and has appeared at the Burning Word Festival, the Vancouver International Writers Festival, Crush Champagne Lounge, the Lamplighter Pub, Rime, Thundering Word Heard, the Art Bar in Toronto, Words & Music in Montreal, the Bowery Poetry Club in New York City, Red Sky Poetry Theatre in Seattle, Shakespeare & Sons in Prague, the Roar Lit Crawl with Edmonton’s Raving Poets band and on CBC and Book Television.

In 2004, she teamed up with Roderick Shoolbraid to produce a series of live shows and their first CD, Surfing Season. As Haley returns to her roots, their sound has evolved into the spoken word songs of AURAL Heather. This is “brawny, uncompromising language from a voice that demands to be reckoned with” and there is nothing precious or flowery about the poetry on Princess Nut. It rocks, in more ways than one!

RPW Records is an independent label in British Columbia, Canada, that showcases, promotes and sells independent music. They produce the compilation albums, Violet Femmes and Music for Coffee Beings.

Further information on AURAL Heather and Heather Haley is available through her website, http://www.heatherhaley.com as well as four tracks from Princess Nut.

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Pam Southwell
RPW Records
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