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4/15: The new album is now out on iTunes and CD Baby. It's called "The Light Fantastic".
4/15: Cary's song, "Fun Under the Sun" off the Under the Sun album has been used for a Mazda Japan for a short infomercial/ commercial. It's the 2nd song on the video.
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4/15: Cary's song, "Inspiration and Passion" will be used in a national TV commercial for Goldman Sachs
2/15: Cary's music has been receiving heavy in-store radio play in Europe (mostly Italy). Thousand's of plays in big chain retail stores such as Gallerie Commerciali Bennet, Toys Center, Leroy Merlin, Bricocenter, Upper Crust (UK), Scarpe&Scarpe, and many more. These stores are playing Cary's music everyday in hundreds of locations.
1/15: "Daddy's Song" (off the Under the Sun album) is gaining momentum on Pandora. Over 1,200 plays in the past 7 days with 35% of the listeners opting to "like" it.
1/15: 4 more placements on "The Voice" on NBC. All were plays of "Acoustic DItty". Other Placements:
- Here Comes Honey Boo Boo on TLC played "Home is Where the Heart Is" (don't judge!).
- America's Pregame... a NFL pregame show on FOX played a Cary Kanno instrumental song.
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1/15: Impossible was released to Pandora today. Look it up... make a station!
11/14: Impossible was released to Itunes today! You can purchase it here (on Itunes). Here is a sample track: Everybody Has It
"This is the album I've always wanted to make. As far as the songwriting, instrumentation, sonic quality, creativity, and lyric writing it's some of my best work to date. It was challenging at times, but to create it and have it exist has been vastly rewarding to me."
11/14: "Daddy's Song" off the "Under the Sun" album has had over 42,000 spins on Pandora in less than 1 year. That's over 850 spins per week. You can buy the album here on iTunes! A few Cary Kanno songs have made it into regular rotation on Pandora. Total spins count for Cary Kanno is over 350,000!
10/14: Yes it's true, a new release is on it's way. It's called "Impossible" and it's a 13 song full album. They style can be described as Indie rock. Here are two tracks:
10/14: A very talented artist (Claire Fuller) has created a music video of the song "Fergie the Frog" (off the Under the Sun album). It was all hand drawn with pencils and watercolors:
10/14: A new song placement, "Return to Amish" on TLC. The song is "Sunny Days" (off the Under the Sun album)"
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6/14: Here are a few of the TV placements for Cary Kanno:
Show: "Breaking the Faith" (TLC) Song: Shine from "Changes" by Cary Kanno. | |
Show: "Breaking the Faith" (TLC)
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Show: "The Voice" (NBC) Song: Acoustic Ditty by Cary Kanno
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Show: "Miss Universe" (NBC) Song: Baaby by Cary Kanno (off Bum 1) |
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Show: "Moonshiners" (Discovery Channel) Song: We Wish You a Merry Banjo by Cary Kanno (off Uke & Banjo Christmas)
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5/14: More recent song placements: The Voice (NBC), UFC Ultimate Insider (Fuel TV, FSN), Moonshiners (Discovery Channel), Breaking the Faith (TLC, 3 songs), and Miss Universe Pageant (NBC).
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5/14: Yes the rumors are true, Cary has a new album out... or almost out. It's called "A Little More Love" and is a very happy, uptempo ukulele/ banjo/ acoustic guitar album. Check out 2 streaming tracks here:
Boy Meets Girl
A Little More Love
Now available on Itunes
5/14: Show Announcement! 7/10/14 Cary Kanno & the Giants will play Lincoln Square Summer Concert Series. It's a great event in the heart of Lincoln Square (Giddings Plaza).
3/14: Cary's song "Jingle Banjo Bells" (off Uke & Banjo Christmas) has been picked up by a major world label (Putumayo)for inclusion on a holiday music compilation. It will be in over 3000 retail locations around the world including Whole Foods. Look for it starting October 2014.
1/14: Volkswagen bought "Fun Under the Sun" off the "Under the Sun" album. For some kind of commercial... I don't think it's out yet.
10/13: a new video. "Fun Under the Sun" off the album "Under the Sun"
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10/13: Cary's song "Her Impudence Can't be Known" was used by the Bravo network for their show "Newlyweds". Episode 8, a scene where a girl meets her mother-in-law for the first time.
6/13: Great show in Lincoln Square. Here are a few images:
6/13: Thurs June 20th.Cary Kanno and the Giants play Lincoln Square Summer Concert Series. Free show! Bring a lawn chair, grab a beer, bring the kids (in that order). This show will feature Joey Bohlmann, Holly Senchak, Adam Dausch, Andy Lempera, Matt Sherrell, Matt Conway, Emma Noel
6/13: Live from Ribfest- Chicago. "And He Tried".
6/13: Live from Ribfest- Chicago. "I Tried to Tell You".
*photos courtesy of Mark Mathis
*photos courtesy of Mark Mathis
5/13: Another song placement. This time for "Back On the Roof" off the album "Changes".
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5/13: 2 new shows anounced!
Sunday June 9th
Ribfest - Chicago
4130 N. Lincoln Ave
1:30-2:30pm. FULL BAND show!
Thursday June 20
Lincoln Square Summer Concert Series
4130 N. Lincoln Ave
6:30-9pm. FULL BAND show!
4/13: Cary recorded a song for the Murder Studios David Bowie tribute album.
Free Download : David Bowie's Fame ala Cary Kanno
You can check out the whole album here: http://murderincpresents.bandcamp.com/album/vol-2-the-bowie-compilation
The album features some amazing songs!
1/13: "Her Impudence Can't Be Known" was used by an Italian Jean company to promote one of their new lines. Check it out...
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1/13: Radio station stats: "Changes" is doing quite well on the radio.
It has made the CMJ charts at 5 stations:
HCC Radio, The Dragon Columbia MD #26
KUMD Duluth MN #27
KVNF Paonia CO #8
WCNI New London CT #25
WEFT Champaign IL #23
It is currently in rotation on over 100 stations in US and Canada.
It was also the #15 add on the CMJ top 200 charts
1/13: The music video for "We Don't Have to Change" got a great review from Ampedsounds.com. Click on the link and give a 100% rating to the video!
http://ampedsounds.com/video/cary-kanno-we-dont-have-to-change/
"Cary Kanno is a very talented musician that plays a multitude of musical instruments, and sings and writes his songs too. In this video, he has three images of himself playing three different instruments, which is a clever way to show off his talents. The Country/Pop song is pleasant enough to listen to, and the mellow vibe of the video complements this. It’s not a very exciting video, but it keeps your attention and does not get too boring.
The visuals are nice, with scenes of Kanno walking through a field with his guitar strapped to his back, and a scene with three of himself sitting in a barn and jamming. It’s cool the way he does this, and is different from a lot of other videos I have seen. His voice is in an upper range and is very rich, and the song has an Uncle Kracker vibe to it. The harmonizing in the sing is great also, with Kanno recording his voice singing in different keys and then mixing them back together in the studio. It’s an enjoyable song with pleasant visuals in the vid. The song ends with great piano playing, with the camera on Kanno’s hands playing the notes on the piano keys. It’s a fitting end to the video– just emphasizing the unique talent of this up and coming musician."
12/12: "Changes" just received a great review from Patrick Conlan and the Illinois Entertainer!
11/12: Here is a music video for "We Don't Have to Change" off the album "Changes":
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11/12: KUMD in MN recently charted "Changes" at #27 on their CMJ charts. Glad to see my former bandmate and friends Solid Gold at #2.
11/12:"Changes" was the #15 add on the CMJ top 200 charts this week!
CMJ is like the Billboard of college radio. "Adding" is when a radio station adds the album to their play lists. So out of the hundreds of albums released to radio this week, "Changes" was the 15the highest add in the whole country! Feedback from the stations has been "very positive".
10/12: A music video for the song "We Don't have to Change" is in the works! Stay tuned!
7/12: Checkout Cary's interview at FearlessRadio.com (click here for the fearless site, or here for an MP3).
7/12: A kiteboarding video featuring Cary Kanno's "Zone of Al Capone" featuring Mark Mathis:
7/12: Some photos and A live video from the CD release show at Martyrs (7/20/12). Cary's backing band, "The Giants" features some of Chicagos top musicians (Matt Conway on keys, Andy Lempera on drums, Joey Bohlmann on guitar/ banjo, Holly Senchak vocals, Emma Noel vocals, Adam Dausch percussion, Jake Samson on bass, and Andres Roldan vocals)
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"And He Tried" featuring Andres "RonP" Roldan
5/12: Cary's new album "Changes" received a great review from obscuresound.com (a popular music blog that receives over 20,000 visitors per week).
7/12: FREE DOWNLOAD! A Nirvana cover song by Cary Kanno..... Something In the Way. Written for the Murder Studios Nirvana compilation.
5/12: The new album "Changes" is now available in CD format, 2GB flash drive, or MP3 download (click here)
3/12: Promo video for the new album "Changes
"Shine" featuring Holly Sencheck
6/11: Songs from "One" and "Two" are now being played on over 150 college radio stations as well as Pandora and Spotify. Click here download some free tracks
"one"
"two"
6/11: Cary had the privilege to sing the National Anthem at Wrigley Field before the Cubs/ Brewers Game:
4/08: Cary wrote and recorded a song for the Showtime Network for the TV show "Weeds"
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