Album Notes

Award-winning Singer/Songwriter John Gracie

-International touring artist, performs at festivals/special events, performing arts centres, conferences, host of songwriter circles in Canada and the US, toured Tokyo to Miami
-2005 nominee Folk/Roots Artist of the Year, Nova Scotia Music Awards
-2005 National Touring of Christmas As I Remember It (new Christmas CD to be released Fall/05)
-2005 North American Summer touring
-2005 Guest star of Kanata, national TV show featuring Tom Jackson, Susan Aglukark
-2005 Showcase at North American Folk Alliance
-2005 Showcase at FEO (Festivals and Events Ontario)
-2004 Release of new CD, Acoustic JEEP, ablum of social conscience, inks distribution deal with Maplenationwide/Universal
-2004 Summer Festival touring and Christmas Touring
-2003 signing with US based label, Atlas Music
-2003 release of DVD, John Gracie-Christmas as I Remember It
-2003 release of 8th album, Acoustic Jeep
-2003 national festival circuit
-2003 Performance with Symphony Nova Scotia
-2003 Christmas CD sells 50,000 units
-Christmas 2002, national Christmas Tour, Christmas TV special airs in Eastern Canada, Ontario and Saskatchewan
-2002 NEMO Music Conference, Boston, MA (one of two Canadians chosen to appear in Around the World in 80 Minutes- an International Songwriters Circle hosted by Club Passim, Harvard Square
-2002 East Coast Music Awards nominee
-2001 Juno Nominee -Aboriginal Recording*Canadian version of the Grammy's
-2001 Nominee for The INDIES Canadian Independent Music Awards-Album of the Year
-2001 Best of Texas International Awards-Songwriter of the Year
- Three-time ECMA Male Artist of the Year - only artist to receive this honour two years consecutively- Male Artist of the Year for 2000, 1990 and 1989 and nominee as Country Artist of the Year in 2002, 2000 and 1997.
-Canadian RPM Award Nominee 2000 for Outstanding New Male Vocalist of the Year.
-Nominated for Male Artist of the Year and Songwriter of the Year- Nova Scotia Music Awards 2000
-Chosen as mainstage showcase artist for Northeast Regional Folk Alliance Conference Received a gold record for his original composition Seabird's Cry
- Received international acclaim for his tribute to songwriter Gene MacLellan. Distributed by EMI Music, John Gracie-A Gene MacLellan Tribute was listed as a Canadian best seller and critically acclaimed by music reviewers across the country.
- John Gracie's song Pass It On was chosen as a theme song for food banks across Canada. This song was also included on the CD, Tears of a Thousand Years, featuring Canadian Folk Artists, which was produced to raise money for the victims and families of September 11th tragedy.

For bookings or publicity, contact Grey-Sea Entertainment, (902) 462 6768, or email agracie@johngracie.com. Visit www.johngracie.com