Contest # 2: Who Do You Think Is A Voice to Hear

This post is going to stay up at the top of the page for the next month, until the first of the year, but there is lots of new stuff going on down below so check it out!

Our second contest lets you the reader pick some of the Voices that should be features on this site in the coming year. Over the last year we at this site have tried to spotlight as many deserving voices as we can. In our Mission Statement we said:

We’re not here to be hip and find the next “Big Thing.” We’re probably as far from hip as possible. While sometimes we might stumble across someone that will end up as the “new thing” that’s not what we’re looking for. We’d be thrilled for some of these deserving artists to become Big Names, but we also live in the real world and realize that’s probably not going to happen. So every person that we can turn on to these undiscovered gems will be one more person listening and hopefully buying their music.

And that's a goal we still live by. Whether it be a new Voice like Brother Joscephus and the Love Revival Revolution Orchestra or one that's been around for awhile like Caroline Herring we want to help get the word out on this deserving talent. We've tried to feature all sorts of music, from metal to folk to country to rock to whatever catches our ear at the time. Again our Mission Statement says it as best as we can:

Unless you have a major record company promoting your newest release it’s hard to get noticed. In today’s rapid on-the-go world it’s hard to find the time to discover that artist that falls between the cracks. There’s a lot of good music out there that deserves a wider audience and that’s the goal of this site. We want to help you find that music.

So with that in mind we introduce our second contest (and hopefully more of you will contribute to this one) and ask you the reader who you think should be a Voice to hear? Who do you like and listen to that you think should get wider recognition? Who do you think needs to be heard? Leave your choice, leave a list of artists, leave a single artist, whoever you feel should be heard in the comments and we'll see about featuring them in Spotlights or Simply Six interviews this coming year. Please don't mention someone we've already featured, as we're looking for some new voices.

For everyone that leaves a comment we'll put your name in a hat and at start of the New Year we'll chose one lucky person to win a wonderful new prize. And what is that prize I can hear you all asking with bated breath?

The prize for our Second Contest is David Wilcox's newest album Open Hand. This is David's 16th album and features some of his best work. David's music touches a cord with people and he has a very dedicated fan base. If you haven't checked out his work you should. Our Simply Six is here and you can find his site here. Thanks to David Wilcox and his publicist for providing us with a copy of the album to give away.