Virginia Wagner: The Latest News !

Virginia Wagner's song, "The Price That Love Would Pay," (from the Darkness Visible CD) is receiving air play in Plainfield Vermont. Thank you WGDR in Vermont! So, there's some new fans in Vermont... wonderful!

Here's a NEW PHOTO of
Virginia's performance during Arts Weekend Sarasota 2008! Virginia played to a large receptive crowd and enjoyed a beautiful afternoon in downtown Sarasota,
Florida.

Here's one of the NEW PHOTO's that was added to the Photo Gallery. For a full description visit the Photo Gallery...

BOTH COMPANIES... Amazon.com AND Barnes & Noble have raised their stock levels after SELLING OUT of both of Virginia Wagner's CD's in the same week!

Anvil Records Executive Producer, Gregory Galfo, comments... "Ms.Wagner is having a record amount of air play this year and our Artist Relations people are doing a great job. She is also on tour and appearing at some large festivals this year and is already booked into 2008. I'm glad to see that people recognize her talent. We have planted a lot of seeds and now it's happening. Once you hear her... your hooked. Her lyrics are powerful, her melodies stay with you, and her beautiful clear voice is captivating. It's the 1, 2, 3 punch that gets you spinning!"

Virginia's CD's ... "Broken Hearted Angel" and "Darkness Visible" should be back in stock as of this writing. CD Baby also has her music as well as many digital sites here in the US and in the rest of the world.

Singer/Songwriter Virginia Wagner has been selected to perform in the 2008 Arts Day hosted by The Arts Council of Sarasota County Florida. This 3 day Festival is described as "The Best of the Best" by Sarasota Magazine. The expected turnout is estimated at 25,000 people! Virginia Wagner will appear on their stage Sunday January 13th 2008.
Congratulations Virginia!

Virginia Wagner's "DARKNESS VISIBLE" CD has been entered into the nominating round of the 2007 Grammy Awards of the "best contemporary folk category/Americana!"

Virginia's song, "Hammer and the Anvil," has received recognition for being included in noted director, Amos Kollek's film, "Queenie in Love!" The film was released nationally in France and was shown at the Cannes Film Festival to positive reviews. Congratulations Virginia!

Virginia's song, "The Same," was published (June 2007) on the Oasis Acoustic Compilation CD, Vol. VII #8 and appears on track #10. This CD was mailed to over 600 radio stations in the US and the playlists are rolling into the artist management office of Gregory Galfo! GO GIRL!

A Review of the Virginia Wagner CD
"Darkness Visible"

"Darkness Visible"
by Virginia Wagner
Anvil Records VW2007
copyright 2007

This review is written by Kevin McCarthy, 5/07
"Kevin's Celtic & Folk Music CD Reviews"

If it's necessary to have experienced the subject matter of one's compositions--however dubious such a proposition is--then Virgina Wagner has waded waist deep into Big Love and pushed on.

With her latest release, "Darkness Visible," she attends to the minefield of relationships gained and then mostly lost. She sings of achingly easy attraction followed by tangled departure, keynoting the intricacies of the human tango.

Here are a few prime examples of Wagner's work:

In the opening cut, she depicts the evolution within a pairing, highlighting that one partner has morphed into someone indecipherable. But in the last chorus, with clarity drawn from distance and time, she sings of a resolute about-face:
"...I am so different
You are still the same"
"Living in Eden" provocatively opens with this dramatic disclosure:
"He wants me to paint the world
in colors he can understand..."
But the last verse provides no clearcut avowal:
"...And it's painful at the crossroads,
Which direction should we chose?
On the high road, on the low road,
Is it either way we lose?"
A woman ponders the ramifications of leaving her husband in the compelling "Stand Back," vacillating over the prudent move to make.

The chorus stands out in "The Price That Love Would Pay " as Wagner sings:
"...Now we're waiting for the night's benediction
And the howling winds to stop
We share the same addiction
Just in matters of the heart..."
"Time Can Stand Still" reverses the musical trend by providing an element of the upbeat.
"...I hear it in the distance
Low roll of thunder across the plains
The hammered heartbeat of the sky
It's telling me to love again
This time love will not end..."
Not that listeners wish to relive their own intimate episodes of bonds figuratively dead and buried but who can't identify with this material motherlode? Chances are we all have at least nominally endured bittersweet liaisons analogous to the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune but it's someone else's pain here and we can choose to ride shotgun or remain bystanders. The crucial components--what makes this musical tableau memorable--is the brew of Wagner's songwriting, guitar picking and singing.

Track List
• The Same (3:57)
• Corridor of Time (3:24)
• Carry Me Away (3:24)
• Living in Eden (3:42)
• Stand Back (3:46)
• Left-Handed Moon (3:56)
• The Price That Love Would Pay (3:51)
• Sicilian Sun (3:10)
• Time Can Stand Still (3:32)
• North Lake 5:06)
All songs written by Virginia Wagner.
Ownership, copyright and title of this folk music CD review belongs to me, Kevin McCarthy. Ownership, copyright and title are not transferable or assignable to you or other parties regardless of how or if you or other parties use, copy, save, backup, store, retrieve, transmit, display, publish, modify or share the CD review in whole or in part.

Virginia is appearing on more playlists across the states! The latest playlist she appears on shows her songs being played among musical stars such as: Lucinda Williams, Ricki Lee Jones, Donovan, and Neil Young! Now that her song, "The Same," is being received by over 600 radio stations, we expect to have the most "air play" ever. Maybe she will even break the "Broken Hearted Angel" CD airplay record!! Go Virginia!

Virginia's song, "The Same," which is track #1 on the "Darkness Visible" CD, was just published on the "OASIS ACOUSTIC VOL.VII #8" CD! This compilation disc is going out to over 600 radio stations in the United States. Gregory Galfo (Artist Management & Execuitive Producer for Anvil Records,) comments on the event, "This is a nice thing to happen right now, it's great timing, and with some follow up communication we should hear a lot more of Virginia on the radio waves."

Anvil Records announced that Gregory Galfo has accepted their offer and has taken the position of Executive Producer. He has been the Artist Manager for Virginia Wagner since August of 2006. He also has taken over the position of Producer and Recording Engineer and has been discussing future plans with her concerning the production of her next CD! "I think Ms. Wagner's next CD will be a real surprise for everyone. That's all I am going to say for now. The Darkness Visible Tour is also firing up. She's a real treat live." said Galfo.

Both of Virginia's CDs are now available at Amazon.com...
so now her CDs are available to the millions of shoppers that buy with confidence from the world's largest seller of of music! Last year, AMAZON sold over 60% of the music in the United States bought by music lovers like you!
Virginia has listed with Amazon because of their popularity...however she prefers CD BABY... which ever you choose, you will receive wonderful music that was made from a super high quality glass master!

Virginia Wagner's music will appear and be available to purchase from the largest music retailer in the world... Amazon.com... BOTH of her CDs will be sold on this mega site!
Cool huh?

An agreement has been finalized for Virginia's music to receive worldwide digital distribution! Her music will be available on 53 digital sites for people all over the world to be able to purchase and download her wonderful music! Some of the sites have already posted up her music and others will continue to post up over the next 2 or 3 months.
Some of the sites included are:
Apple itunes (worldwide)
Audio Lunchbox
Daiki (Japan)
Destra (Australia)
Great Indie Music
Hear Music (Starbucks)
Inprodicon (Nordic Region)
Island Beats (Pacific Islands)
Liquid Digital Media (Walmart)
MP 3 tunes
MSN Music
Muse (AT&T/Cingular, Gibson)
Napster
Next Radio (Bell South Internet)
Puretracks (Canada)
Rhapsody
SNOCAP
Sony Connect
Verizon Wireless

BOTH of Virginia's CDs will receive this fantastic digital distribution! THIS IS VERY EXCITING NEWS for the music of Virginia Wagner !

Virginia's first CD, "Broken Hearted Angel" is now available on itunes (worldwide!) Hope you ipod folks are happy and thanks for the requests!
"Darkness Visible" will be up there soon... will let you know as soon as it posts up!

The eagerly awaited "Darkness Visible" CD by acclaimed Singer/Songwriter/Acoustic artist, Virginia Wagner, was released on Valentine's Day, 2007...

Over 50 CD's have already been forwarded to DJ's requesting this new music, and Virginia's music is now receiving airplay in 16 major cities!

This premium CD (made from a glass master!) IS NOW AVAILABLE FROM CD BABY.COM... (click on the words "BUY MUSIC" on this page and you will see the photos of the ALBUM COVER LINKS to click on that will take you to the CD BABY page !)

For those who wish to DOWNLOAD, the music IS NOW AVAILABLE THRU DIGSTATION.COM
(go to "Buy Music" TAB on this page, click it and you will see the text link that you can click on and you will arrive at DIGSTATION.COM)

* itunes member? Both CD's are available on the itunes site!
Simply go to the itunes site and type "Virginia Wagner" into the artist search area!