Wilderness Plots, released March 2007 on Rosehill Records, features nineteen wonderful songs written and recorded by Carrie Newcomer, Tim Grimm, Krista Detor, Tom Roznowski and Michael White. The songs contain on this collection were inspired by the short stories of Scott Russell Sanders, creating a timeless CD, and now theatrical prodcution at turns romantic, tragic, elegiac, and comic, compressing entire lifetimes into a few stanzas. Like the most distinctive American …

Lotus Fest, a world music extraviganza is about to come again to it’s home in Bloomington, Indiana.

Since 1994, the Lotus Festival has brought great world music and art to downtown Bloomington. Live performances by artists from around the world, free events with art and music for the whole family, processions, and a lot more. All right here, in southern Indiana.

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Rock paper scissors, inc. is a publicity firm that focuses on what founder Dmitri Vietze calls “music of global significance.” Its clients are generally record labels or independent musicians, though the company has also been hired by websites, national radio and TV outlets, festivals, music venues, and book publishers and authors. Rock paper scissors is currently located on the edge of downtown Bloomington in a renovated loft in a former city garage with three full-time and one half-time employee and half a dozen interns.

Founded in 2001, Little America Records is an independent record label and recording studio that supports singers/songwriters in central and southern Indiana. Currently based out of Bedford, Indiana, Little America Records also operates offices in Indianapolis and Chicago and has expanded its media production and project management services to include businesses and individuals outside of the music industry. In addition to owning and operating Little America Records, President Brandon Pfeiffer also manages his own career as a songwriter and performer.