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Annie Gallup is releasing the long-awaited CD "Pearl Street" this month. If you buy the CD direct from us this month, we'll include Annie's version of Cake¹s song "Short Skirt, Long Jacket" that was all over AAA radio a few months back. More than a spoof, this rewrite (entitled "Short Bed Chevy, Long Attention Span") tells the story from a woman¹s point of view ­ great fun and well-written! And special thanks to Cake and their management for being so supportive.

Northern Lights
New Moon

Spring/Summer '05 brings New Release's from both Northern Lights and Annie Gallup.

New Moon is the long awaited album from Northern Lights, the legendary bluegrass/newgrass band that has been performing for more than 20 years. New Moon is the follow-up to Three August Nights, the higly acclaimed "Live" album featuring Vassar Clements. New Moon stays true to what launched the band in the first place - a seamless blend of acoustic styles grounded in the magic and soul of bluegrass.

Previous albums from the band have become classic bluegrass albums. "Take You To The Sky", "Can't Buy Your Way" and "Wrong Highway Blues" were all Top 10 albums on the National Bluegrass Survey. RELIX magazine recently wrote "these guys are undoubtedly one of the most vibrant and refreshing contemporary bluegrass bands around."

We at Fifty Fifty Music (previously Prime CD) are pleased to announce the release of Pearl Street ", Annie Gallup's new CD. Although hyperbole seems to be the rule in media, I can honestly tell you that Pearl Street is truly a landmark album. Through an elaborate song cycle, and in exquisite and intimate detail, Annie tells the story of a somewhat dysfunctional but fascinating fictional family. Pearl Street's fusion of melodic song and poetry produced in a style that features elements from numerous musical genres takes the listener on an unforgettable musical journey ­ one which is at various times disturbing, poignant and triumphant.

Acoustic Guitar writes Annie's lyrics possess a fantastic, almost subliminal quality that brings to mind the magic-realist fiction of Gabriel Garcia Marquez. NetRhythms in the U.K. writes, "Described as "a collection of linked narrative songs", Pearl Street is'spoke-folk' singer-songwriter-cum-beat-poetess Annie's sixth album release. The term "narrative songs", though, is a barely adequate description of this truly extraordinary work; it's not just a bunch of story-songs like any ol' singer-songwriter could've cobbled together, but a full-blown statement of Annie's tremendous originality and innate inventiveness² And closer to home, Cliff Eberhardt says that he thinks "Pearl Street " is the best folk album of the year.