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HEART & JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS HEADLINE HISTORIC EARTH DAY CONCERT AT EMP MUSEUM TO BENEFIT WILD ORCA RESEARCH AND ADVOCACY

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With all the recent controversy surrounding captive orcas, Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart decided it was high time to celebrate the wild ones.

Heart and fellow Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Joan Jett & The Blackhearts will headline an historic concert at EMP Museum’s spectacular “Sky Church” this Earth Day, April 22nd, to benefit wild orca research and advocacy. Joining Heart and Joan Jett will be Seattle’s own Grammy Award-winning recording artist and producer Sir Mix-a-Lot, Country Joe McDonald of “Woodstock” fame, and New York-based musician and activist Andrew Morse. Also on the bill for “Kiss the Sky! The Orca Freedom Concert” is an extraordinary up-and-coming LA-based singer/songwriter and guitar virtuoso Arielle, a protégé of Queen’s Brian May. The event will be emceed by legendary Seattle radio personality Norman B.

The Earth Day concert and subsequent hour-long broadcast special are being produced by Seattle-based network journalist (ABC News and others) and wildlife filmmaker Michael Harris, together with EMP Museum Public Programming Producer Andrew McKeag. The sponsors are Guitar Center, and the Pacific Whale Watch Association.

“Ann and Nancy and I worked together several years ago on a syndicated series for young people entitled ‘Baby Wild Films Presents,’ with Nancy hosting and narrating,” remembers Harris. “One of those specials we did was called ‘The Killer Whale People,’ and so I had the pleasure of taking Nancy out with our wild orcas. I think it was her first time seeing them in the wild, and she was hooked.”

So much so, in fact, that the Wilsons teamed up with longtime songwriting partner Sue Ennis and wrote a song about orcas called “Baby Wild,” which Nancy performed in a wonderful beach campfire scene that ends the special, and then later recorded in studio with seven-time ASCAP Award-winning Hollywood composer and Baby Wild Films Executive Producer Tim Truman. The show went on to win several Emmy Awards.

“I’ve been doing network television for over 25 years now and that experience still tops the list,” Harris continues. “I’ve spent a good part of my life amongst whales and wildlife, but watching Nancy see these wild orcas for the first time was a kick. It was like I was seeing them for the first time too, through her eyes. This legendary rock-and-roller, this power chord guitar slinger, suddenly became a kid again. You could see the transformation, as I’ve seen with so many others who experience orcas in the wild. But most importantly, Nancy immediately made the connection that this isn’t Shamu – this is the real SeaWorld, this is where orcas belong. As she says in the show, ‘this is where orcas reach for the sky, but not on command.’ When I was asked to approach Ann and Nancy about doing this benefit, I think I got a ‘yes’ from them in about five minutes.”

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Heart performed at The Joint in Tulsa on February 13th 2014

“Nothing but Love” was added for Valentine’s Day :)

Thank you Boogie! :)

And Thank you Bonnie for pointing out the unthinkable: Magic Man is not on it!

Antiquiet: I’m going to take a minute to elaborate on just how absolutely ridiculous Ann Wilson’s voice remains. At 63 years of age, Ann sounds precisely as she did on the original studio recordings for these tracks, which is saying quite a lot. She’s a powerhouse of a singer and makes it look quite effortless – the extended high notes on Alone triggered goose bumps throughout the audience while she nearly gave Robert Plant a run for his money during a three-song Zeppelin encore includingImmigrant Song, The Rain Song and Misty Mountain Hop. [...] I will object a bit at the exclusion of Magic Man from the set (seriously guys?), but the rest of the show was so solid I can almost forgive them.

Nancy and Ann in Tulsa, from AntiQuiet

Nancy in tulsa, from Antiquiet

(photocredit: Boogie!) “Rain” on the Biloxi setlist! To celebrate 50 years since the first US TV appearance of The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan show!

And here’s the Youtube link:

Thank you Danie!

Ann Wilson on Grammy.com: I saw the Beatles on Ed Sullivan that first time. Like so many American kids, Nancy and I, and our other sister Lynn, were seated cross-legged in front of the TV. I was 12, Nancy was 8. So we were just little girlies watching that thing. And it changed our lives. There was something about it that really messed with our minds, and we were never the same after that! [laughs]

From Heart’s Twitter today.

Magazine in Limited and numbered Audio Fidelity edition! Click on pic for Amazon

Mastered by Steve Hoffman
at Stephen Marsh Mastering

Magazine shows Heart while they are still an idealistic young band, before they became such a worldwide phenomenon. Their second album shows the same impassioned songs that marked the band’s debut,Dreamboat Annie. They were really hard rockers back then. Ann and Nancy Wilson wove a tapestry of gypsy meets modern woman, and it is highly involved in the early songwriting.

The 1978 release was a victim of legal hassles with the label that delayed its release, yet the album boasts a mix of light and heavy tracks that are pure Heart. The rockin’ “Devil Delight” and the bluesy-rock stomp of “Heartless“- one of their best songs ever!
There’s the beautiful, sweet acoustic moment of “Here Song” and the smooth “Just the Wine” and theNilsson cover “Without You“- Ann‘s vocals are incredible, she has the chops to belt out like Janis Joplin! There’s the pure, slow and chugging blues of the “Mother Earth Blues” and the stomping,live recording, “I’ve Got The Music In Me.”

Magazine eventually went platinum and peaked at # 17 on the album charts and the album’s only single, “Heartless” landed on the Top 40 charts.

Ann Wilson announces Canadian Heartbreaker Tour in response to heartlinker.nl

After a “maybe” in December we now have confirmation! Still unknown if we’re talking about March or the Summer.

UPDATE FEBRUARY 3RD 2014:

Tourposter! Rockin Heaven Canada 2014

Tickets on sale Friday, Februrary 7 at 10 a.m.

VANCOUVER, BC ~ Paul Mercs Concerts is proud to present the following Canadian concert dates for 2013 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees, Heart.

Heart will be bringing their repertoire of hits back to their beloved Canada, and will be joined by special guest Jason Bonham in a sensational tribute to Led Zeppelin.

• June 14 Montreal, QC Bell Centre
• June 15 Quebec City, QC Pavillon de la Jeunesse
• June 17 Oshawa, ON General Motors Centre
• June 18 Ottawa, ON Canadian Tire Centre
• June 20 Sault Ste. Marie, ON Essar Centre
• June 22 Winnipeg, MB MTS Centre
• June 23 Regina, SK Brandt Centre-Evraz Place
• June 24 Edmonton, AB Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
• June 26 Calgary, AB Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
• June 28 Kelowna, BC Prospera Place
• June 29 Victoria, BC Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre

Ann and Nancy Wilson first met Jason Bonham, son of famed Led Zeppelin drummer, John Bonham, when they performed “Stairway to Heaven” together at the Kennedy Center Honors tribute to Led Zeppelin in December of 2012.

Over 6 million fans have watched the performance online and purchased the track on iTunes.

Now, in addition to a full set of Heart classic hits including Crazy on You, Barracuda, Alone, These Dreams, What About Love, and many more, fans can experience this historical pairing live when Heart and Bonham close each show with a sensational tribute to Led Zeppelin.

Ann Wilson promises fans an incredibly special event.

“Nancy and I are thrilled to be playing with Jason. Awesome rock n roll music every night…miracles apt to happen any old time.” Nancy adds, “It’s not a tribute as we have the blessings of the gods themselves.”

Jason adds, “What a great night it was for us at the Kennedy Center, and now to be able to do it again on the road with Ann and Nancy is such an honor for me.”

Ann Wilson and her younger sister, Nancy Wilson, first showed the world that women can rock when their band Heart stormed the charts in the ’70s with hits like Crazy on You, Magic Man, Barracuda, Straight On, Even It Up, Kick It Out and many more.

Not only did the Wilson sisters lead the band, they wrote the songs and played the instruments, making them the first women in rock to do so.

Heart continued topping the charts through the ’80s and into the ’90s with huge hits like These Dreams, Alone, Never, and a string of other hits that showcased the sisters’ enormous talents as both musicians and singers.

Across four decades and 14 studio albums, Heart has sold more than 35 million records, has had 21 top 40 hits, has sold out arenas worldwide, and profoundly influenced the sound and direction of American rock music while inspiring women (and guys too!) around the world to rock out in bands of their own.

A new Heart DVD/CD, Fanatic Live from Caesar’s Colosseum, which was recorded in Windsor, ON, will be released on February 25, 2014.

For more information on Heart, please visit www.heart-music.com

Rocking Heaven – Canada Tour 2014

Nancy Wilson January 22nd 2014

Ann: “Nancy and I didn’t even originally realize the concert was at Sea World. We thought it was just somewhere in Orlando. I’m not making an excuse, but we just weren’t paying attention to details. I’ve never been to Sea World. I’ve seen the photos of people getting splashed and it looks fun, but when you look underneath you see the dark side. What they do is slavery, plain and simple.”

Nancy: “This all started in a very interesting way. My assistant texted me and said, ‘Are you guys playing at Sea World? Everyone is hoping you’ll back out.’ I was like, ‘I don’t think we’re playing at Sea World.’ I thought it was somewhere else in Orlando and she was like, ‘No, no. This is kind of a big deal because of this documentary called Blackfish that exposes how orcas are treated in captivity.’ When I found out it was indeed Sea World I was like, ‘Well, we aren’t playing there anymore.’ I watched the documentary and could barely get through it. It was so upsetting and heartbreaking.”

More from Ann & Nancy about SeaWorld at RollingStone.com

Ann Wilson, January 19th 2014, “Star Spangled Banner” Seattle Seahawks – San Francisco 49ers, Seattle NFC Championship. Audience view! For HD, or if the above is deleted: here or here

Ann Wilson performs.

As expected, performing in front of the entire nation, Ann sparked a stream of comments on Twitter, both raving and shocked alike, and some shady “news” sites had expected her to sing like the auto-tune poprobots that dominate the waves nowadays. Deadspin.com: Anthem traditionalists might hate the creativity on the climax, but this is Ann Wilson. She can do what she wants. USA today: Comments quickly rolled in about how Wilson rocked it, and plenty of fans raved about her rendition.

MyNorthwest (AUDIO INTERVIEW!): Heart’s Ann Wilson sang the national anthem and told Dori and the pre-game show hosts she had some nerves before the big performance. ”If you don’t feel some kind of nerves before you do something, that means you don’t care. I care a lot about the Seahawks and I want to do it right.”

Ann Wilson performs.