Sam’s song “Don’t Do Anything” is included on Amazon.com’s Valentine’s Day 2010 compilation album of love songs available for free download from Feb. 7-14. Early birds can download “Don’t Do Anything” now from Amazon.
A remix of Sam’s song “Reflecting Light”, from 2004’s A Boot and a Shoe album on Nonesuch, is featured in the new motion picture Crazy Heart starring Jeff Bridges. This remixed version appears on the soundtrack album out now and available at Amazon, iTunes and everywhere music is sold.
Sam and her band are hard at work in the studio working on the third EP of her Long Play project. Entitled “Magic For Everybody”, the EP is anchored by drummer Jay Bellerose and bassist Jennifer Condos who recorded live takes in the studio with Sam. More magic dust is being added as we speak by Sam, some string players and a guitarist or two.
If you’re not yet a member of Long Play, please check it out here. $52 buys you 5 EPs and a full album from Sam, digitally released Apple Lossless, FLAC and highest-quality MP3 formats, plus access to exclusive Long Play content including Sam’s written, visual and audio blogs; behind-the-scenes video; bonus tracks (whenever Sam has something to share); and much, much more. As Sam says, “there is no record company involved, this is just between us.”
The week of January 25th sees Sam take the reins as Guest Editor at Magnet magazine’s website. In addition to today’s Q&A with writer Jud Cost, Sam will write two posts per day until Sunday, January 31st.
The January issue of OutSmart magazine from Houston, TX features an interview and profile of Sam written by Steven Foster.
Simply click the article headline on the Contents page for a web version of the article, or to see how it looks in the magazine itself is to go to the little cover on the left side of this page. This is a “flip book” that actually lets you go through the magazine virtually, and the article begins on page 42.
Watch Sam’s live performance of “Away in a Manger” with The Section Quartet!
Sam wishes you a Merry Christmas by giving you her brand new song “It Doesn’t Feel Like Christmas”!
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Enjoy the music!
Sam released Cold Dark Night, the second of five EP’s of her Long Play project, exclusively to subscribers through samphillips.com on November 24th. This collection of holiday songs feature two brand new original songs, “Cold Dark Night” and “It Doesn’t Feel Like Christmas”, and Sam’s unique takes on “Silent Night” (featuring the vocals of Joe Henry), “Away in a Manger”, “O Holy Night” and a re-recording of “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear”, which Sam originally recorded in 1992 as the end title for the anti-war film, Midnight Clear.
The EP is available to subscribers in high-quality MP3, FLAC and Apple Lossless formats.
The title track, “Cold Dark Night”, will be released to the general public as a single through iTunes, Amazon MP3 and other digital retailers on December 1st.
