Thank you to all who voted (for us) and all the judges. We are pleased to announce we won the Veer Magazine Best Country Artist for the third year in a row! The local scene here in Hampton Roads has some serious new contenders in the Country category - we are more honored than ever to win. With that accomplishment under our belt, we look forward to the upcoming year - stay tuned for a new record, dates, and a special announcement soon!
We've been nominated for Best Country Performer in the 2014 Veer Magazine Music Awards! We are glad to be considered, and are honored to be in such fine company with the other talented nominees. Voting ends in two days (1.26.14) so please take a moment and vote for us! You don't have to cast a vote in every category.
Vote Now!- Best Country - Gina Dalmas & The Cow Tippin' Playboys
http://www.veermag.com/3rd-annual-veer-magazine-local-music-awards/
-How long have you been playing music? I began formal music lessons at 6 years old (piano) and have been singing as long as I can remember. I didn't stick with piano very long, just a few years, but it gave me a great foundation for moving on to other instruments (trumpet, guitar, french horn).
-What changes have you noticed in the local music industry from when you started performing to now?
A lot of great new talent for one. Also smaller venues offer more advertising support - with social media they can promote shows for free (as opposed to paid print or radio advertisements). Most venues now make an effort to advertise music shows using social media. In the past, plenty of venues never promoted at all, it was entirely up to the artist. That's still mostly true, but venues and artists have more tools at their disposal.
-What is your favorite part of being a woman in music? Push-up bras and the attention. OK, not really the bras - I just don't think I have a "favorite" part of being a woman in music. I love playing music with good musicians, male or female.
-Do you feel there’s a big difference in being a female musician compared to your male contemporaries?
Not at all.
-What artists inspired you to become a musician (male or female)?
In no particular order... The Pretenders, Blondie, Big Star, Marc Bolan, The Cars, Johnny Cash, Aerosmith, Loretta Lynn, The Beatles... and so many more.
-Do you have any favorite female icons (musical or otherwise) & why?
Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders - she's a badass. And she never seemed to particularly care she was one of only a handful of female rock musicians in her early days. She just acted like a performer and a musician, period. Her sex didn't seem to enter into it.
Attn: Hampton Roads:
Be sure to pick up a copy of the latest issue of VEER magazine- Gina is on the cover alongside the very talented Chidori Matsumoto and Jackie Scott. The magazine will be available in online format a bit later on - we'll post the link when it is available. Sweet!
Apologies, due to cirumstances outside of our control, the show tonight at Mojo Bones in Oean View has been cancelled. Stay tuned for a rescheduled date!
It's tempting to describe Gina Dalmas as Hampton Roads' answer to Shania Twain, but that might be underselling her old-school, honky-tonking charms. Dalmas's music has more grit and backwoods flavor than what's typically heard on pop country radio. Check out the alt-country action when Dalmas and her sharp band, The Cow Tippin' Playboys, perform free at the Hampton Block Party on Saturday, June 8. Music starts about 6:30 p.m. with openers Andy Vaughan and The Driveline from Richmond. Information:http://www.downtownhampton.com or 722-3662.
The article is here.
photo by Darin Back, check him out, he's terrific: http://www.darinbackphoto.com/
Added new dates to the calendar! Two shows this weekend!
Also we have lots of new t-shirts - in the old designs and in a new design, so bring lots of cash to the show.
Join us tonight as we, along with other local artists, perform in support of Better Block Norfolk.
NORFOLK – A block of Granby Street from Olney Road to Addison Street will come alive this weekend for Meet, Greet + Imagine- Granby Street = The Better Block project. Join the City of Norfolk, Team Better Block and hundreds of volunteers on Friday April 12, 2013 from 5:00pm-9:00pm and Saturday April 13, 2013 from 9:00am-3:00pm. Once vacant properties will transform into pop-up retail, cafes and art galleries, public art will enlighten drab walls and temporary bike lanes and landscaping will turn this auto-heavy two lane road into a walkable, bikeable experience. “Better Block provides an opportunity to envision the possibilities in an underutilized area,” said City Manager Marcus D. Jones. “It provides small business owners an opportunity to run their business and the city the data to discover ways to better serve them.”
We perform at 7:30pm inside the old Texaco Building, part of the Propinquity Effect. If you're a Norfolk local, come out and show your optimism for Norfolk's future. Plus, there's art, beer, bands, food, sketch comedy, etc.
We've decided to celebrate Easter weekend with a traditional whirlwind honky-tonk blow-out tour! We'll be whipping through NC at the speed of sound, only stopping to play a couple gigs - if you live nearby one of our musical pit stops please come out and join us. We always have a blast playing the Town Pump Tavern in Black Mountain (we'll be there Saturday) and we are looking forward to playing Charlotte's charmingly named Thirsty Beaver Saloon for the first time (on Sunday). Don't miss us- we 're great.
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Being the philanthropic humanitarians we are, we're filling in for a band cancellation tonight - join us at the Rock-n-Roll Ruckus #15 won't you? we'll be joining our friends Shifty South and Creation X artist Todd Owens. There's art, music, and a fire-breather - pretty cool. Starts at 9, free show, plenty of parking. South Beach Grill in Virginia Beach, starts at 9. Really, it starts at 9, the poster below is a liar.
facebook event details here
We won Best Country Artist at the 2013 Veer Music awards! Thanks to the very astute judges and all the perspicacious voters, we are honored and greedy for awards.
Jackie Scott (from Jackie Scott & The Homewreckers) and I basking in the glow of our sweet, sweet victory.
With Kelly Murphy of the Sea Level Festival
Greg Wikle was busy playing with some other stupid band.
We are thrilled to announce we are nominated for two awards in this year's Veer Magazine Music Awards! Please vote for us in the "Best Country" and "Best Live Performer" categories. Do it!
We are also pleased to see many of our friends nominated , conveniently in other categories. Congratulations to Rodeo Clown, The Pawn Shop Lifters, Crissy Babe and the Dastards, Kyle Bloom, and everyone I'm forgetting who was nominated and is my close personal friend.
Congratulations to my adopted hometown of Norfolk,VA for being the second drunkest city in America! According to The Daily Beast, only Boston has us beat. I'm 2.5 parts proud and .5 part worried. We jumped up from number 24 from last year's poll, no doubt in large part due to all the attentive drunken audience members at our shows. Thanks ya'll!
