FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(HOUSTON, TEXAS)— April 21, 2007—State Representative Jessica Farrar and the Texas House of Representatives will recognize the music of Texas singer-songwriter Glenna Bell on May 15, 2007 with the presentation of a House Resolution written to honor her for “all of her dynamic work through musical expression.”
Glenna’s music has been aired locally, nationally, and internationally on CNBC, Fox TV, and numerous radio programs, as well as through live performances at venues all over Texas, including the Cactus Café in Austin, McGonigel’s Mucky Duck in Houston, The Gypsy Tea Room and Bill’s Records and Tapes in Dallas, amongst many others. Her last CD, Face This World, gained critical acclaim from top-tier music critics such as Robert K. Oermann at Music Row, Nashville, and Francois Braeken at RootsTime, Belgium, and deejays such as the late Dave Avery of KHYI FM 95.3, Dallas.
Glenna is preparing to release her third full-length CD, The Road Less Traveled, which features Texas Country Music Hall of Famer Johnny Bush, as well as John Pickering of the vocal group The Picks, who backed Buddy Holly on several major hits.
Glenna records at Sugar Hill Studios in Houston and will be included in Andy Bradley and Roger Wood’s forthcoming book on the history of the studio (UT Press) and the accompanying compilation disc, singing Willie Nelson’s “The Family Bible,” which was first taped at Sugar Hill in the 1950’s.
Glenna Bell is a Beaumont native, a Daughter of the Republic of Texas, and a graduate of Texas A&M University and the University of Houston’s renowned Creative Writing Program, where she studied with Pulitzer-winning playwright Edward Albee. She teaches writing at Houston Community College and at a young age has already composed a lasting body of music to represent the diversity of Texas. Glenna Bell's sound is modern Americana in the truest sense. It is a unique blend of country roots music, romantic urban culture lyrics, and Texas folk rock; all sung in a voice that is powerful yet somehow vulnerable
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