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June 18, 2009
NXNE Showcase Tonight
The big NXNE showcase takes place tonight at the Black Bull Hotel & Tavern, 298 Queen Street West, Toronto. We'll hit the stage at Midnight, Doors are $10, or you can get in with your NXNE wristband. See you all there!
posted by: Mike
June 02, 2009
Original Demo Available
The original Mississippi Kings EP is now available for free download and purchase here! The EP contains 6 songs we recorded mostly live off the floor over a 3 day session in Toronto, when the band first formed. Enjoy!
posted by: Mike
May 06, 2009
New Single Preview
Here's a quick video clip we shot at Vibewrangler studio during our latest recording sessions. You can hear a preview of our new single "Hundred" in the background. Check it out!.
posted by: Mike
April 29, 2009
NXNE Show Announced
The Mississippi Kings are happy to announce a show as part of this year's NXNE Festival in Toronto, with a show at the Black Bull on June 18. All the info and passes for the festival can be found at www.nxne.com.
A bunch of other shows have just been confirmed, so head over to the Dates section to check out where we're playing next. It's going to be a great summer!
A new single and tour is in the works for summer, so keep checking back!
posted by: Nick
March 25, 2009
Spring Shows
With spring now upon us, we're going to be playing lots of shows, including a spot at Lucky's in Kitchener as part of the GO! Music Festival. Tickets for the festival can be purchased through www.gomusicfestival.ca, with lots of great artists playing this year. We'll also be opening up for Ben Somer for his CD release show at Club Absinthe on April 9! And as always, we'll be continuing
our shows at the Lazy Flamingo in Hamilton every other Thursday throughout the spring/summer.
Check out the "Dates" section for the latest show updates, we'll see you there!
posted by: Nick
March 10, 2009
Site Updates
We've created a more user friendly Music section of the site. All songs can now be streamed, downloaded or bought via paypal from this one section. At your request, lyrics have also been included and are available for each song. We're constantly going to be upgrading this site and your feedback is always appreciated. Drop us a line here.
In other news, we're heading down to the studio tonight to begin work on two new songs that we're all very excited about. Both songs are in the rock n' soul spectrum of Mississippi Kings tunes. Tentative titles are: Hundred and Gimme Back My Soul.
posted by: Mike
February 17, 2009
In-Store Performances
As a change of pace from our usual loud sweaty rock 'n' roll shows, we're currently gearing up for a series of shows at Chapters, where we'll be doing some laid back rock 'n' soul for the book lovin crowd. We'll be playing all the hits plus maybe some of the new stuff we've been working on, so check out the dates and come on by!
We're entering the studio in early March to begin work on our first original material since the release of 'Long Time Comin'. The new stuff is even funkier and more soulful, and will take the Kings sound to an all new level! See you at the acoustic shows!
posted by: Nick
January 28, 2009
Tales of Europe
The Kings' first tour of Europe was a resounding success, big thanks go out to Max from True Booking, and all the new friends and promotors we got to meet during our tour of Italy! We got to play to some great crowds and see the beautiful
countryside, it was an experience we will never forget! Our travels to Amsterdam and England were also major highlights of the tour, thanks to everyone who made it out to the shows all across Europe!
The response to the release of our version of "What's Going On" has been amazing, be sure to check out the new video if you haven't seen it! We'll be heading back into the studio soon enought to record some new originals, stay tuned!
posted by: Nick
January 04, 2009
Late nights at the studio
We finished recording a new song today. It's a cover of a Marvin Gaye tune that I think fits perfectly with the climate of world events at the moment. A song about War, Peace, Love and Hope. I'd love to tell you what it is, but the timing isn't quite right. I will say that it will be released soon.
Really soon.
posted by: Mike
December 10, 2008
European Vacation
The Mississippi Kings will be kicking off 2009 with a short European tour in cooperation with True Booking. Some dates have already been added with more to come. We've also spent the last few weeks in the studio recording a song that will be released around the same time. Stay tuned for more details.
November 30, 2008
Christmas in Steeltown
A week or so ago a group of Hamilton musicians got together at Vibewrangler Studio to record "Sing Merry Christmas" a new christmas song by The Caretakers. The song is available for free download here and all proceeds will go to the Stephen Lewis Foundation, to support AIDS research. The Mississippi Kings all played on the track as well as Tom Wilson, Jesse Lewis and many others. Check out the tune and let us know what you think.
November 19, 2008
Website Update
Some of you contacted us and suggested having a donation button on the site. We listened. There is now a paypal donation button here, for those of you wishing to donate. There is no minimum donation and please don't feel obliged to give. We gave away the album free for a reason, a gift to all our fans.
Bear with us as we get the website fully up and running. We're hoping to make the news page more of a blog format with an RSS feed as well. If you have any other suggestions on how we can make the site better just email us.
November 19, 2008
Corktown Madness
Thanks to all those who danced the night away at the Hamilton Music Awards after-party. We pulled up at the Corktown at the last minute for a surprise set and I hope you all had as much fun as we did. For those of you who missed it, The Mississippi Kings did a two hour set of originals and rock n' roll classics. Big thanks to Tom Wilson and Tim Gibbons for joining us on stage for some tunes.
posted by: Mike
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