Clara Kousah

Hey folks

Well it's been a busy month!  I have a wonderful new manager, some great feedback on the record, two special CSI fanvideos featuring my songs, a plethora of exciting gigs booked up and now the Cambridge Evening News have printed a nice interview with me for the "Local Heroes" section of their entertainment pages!

Firstly the article - this was an interesting interview for me and I tried to answer as honestly as possible... well, see what...

Hey folks

Well it's been a busy month!  I have a wonderful new manager, some great feedback on the record, two special CSI fanvideos featuring my songs, a plethora of exciting gigs booked up and now the Cambridge Evening News have printed a nice interview with me for the "Local Heroes" section of their entertainment pages!

Firstly the article - this was an interesting interview for me and I tried to answer as honestly as possible... well, see what you think :o)  http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/cn_lifestyle_music/DisplayArticle.asp?ID=315253

On the business side of things I am totally honoured to have Duncan Catchpole join me on this musical journey as my manager.  Duncan is a local hero himself as the Managing Director of The Cambridge Organic Food Company - www.cofco.co.uk.  His enthusiasm for the music and excellent business sense are an amazing addition to our little group.  And I have to just say a big congratulations to Duncan and his wife Cally on the birth of their baby daughter Leona :-)

For those not in the know, CSI is a forensics drama from the US with a large fanbase (and yes, I am a fan! :o)  One fan in particular from Seattle who discovered my music has wonderfully created two YouTube videos of key scenes from the show with my songs High Stakes and Underground as the basis for each.  The clips follow the lyrics and mood of the tunes - check them out here:

Underground: click to view
High Stakes: click to view

Gigs -
I am continuing to keep a busy gig schedule booked up through 2008 with a nice mix of intimate acoustic sets and lively full band shows.  We have a number across London in particular and as always it would be great to see you there!  You can find all the details at http://www.clarakousah.com/gigs.php but my next upcoming date is below:

Tuesday May 27th - The Great Indoors at Dex, Brixton Road - this is a fabulous night with lots of industry interest and I would be especially appreciative of your support in making a big impact :)

Finally the album!  Yup, you can now buy this through PayPal in advance of the official launch (which is looking to be July/August time).  I have received great responses so far and all feedback is appreciated - please do send me your messages, comments and let me know your favourites!  You can buy the record from the Music page of my website - http://www.clarakousah.com/music.php - or by following the link on MySpace.

Right that's enough for now - thanks to everyone who came along to support the big Half Moon gig last month, which was great fun despite further string-self-destruction (oh dear)... my guitar is off to be pampered (and threatened) before the next set of gigs, and I am _always_ keeping a spare with me now :-)

Big hugs to you all,

Clara xxx