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In the News (Wed 30 Dec 09)

  
  HANK WILLIAMS Snapshots from the Lost Highway ||| About the Authors
Kira Florita has been in the music industry for twenty-one years, working in marketing, financial, AandR, production, touring, advertising, creative services and retail.
Florita is now vice-president of marketing at Lost Highway Records, a new joint venture of Mercury Records and Island/Def-Jam that crosses existing genres, combining elements of rock, alternative and country music, and featuring such artists as Lucinda Williams, Billy Bob Thornton and Ryan Adams.
She grew up with music as well: Her father was a college music professor, conductor, and performer, and her mother was a professional violinist for the Denver Symphony.
www.perseusbooksgroup.com /features/hankwilliams/bios.html   (0 words)

  
 The Ultimate Collection by Hank Williams which includes songs like There's A Tear In My Beer and I Saw The Light
The 28-page booklet has plenty of pictures, serviceable liner notes (written by Kira Florita, co-author of "Hank Williams: Snapshots from the Lost Highway"), and recording dates for all 42 tracks.
This is an interesting set for the casual fan, but probably not for the completist.
Kira Florita and Colin Escott done a good job in putting together a wide array of material that will probably do a better introductory job than 40 Greatest Hits as this also present many non-session takes and a few live recordings.
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 Think Music::::Think Da Capo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-17)
But for all that Hank Williams's music seems to reveal, his fans have been given remarkably little of the man himself.
Now Colin Escott and Kira Florita present a previously undiscovered wealth of private family snapshots, letters, unpublished interviews, and other ephemera-including his final lyric, found in the backseat of the car where he died.
Kira Florita, with Colin Escott and the Country Music Foundation, co-produced the ten-CD Complete Hank Williams boxed set in 1998, which won two Grammy Awards.
www.dacapopressmusicbooks.com /0306811766.html   (330 words)

  
 Dear Reader - Sep/Oct 2001
HANK WILLIAMS: Snapshots From the Lost Highway by Colin Escott and Kira Florita (Da Capo, hd.
Containing previously unseen photographs, letters, interviews and the handwritten lyrics to twenty-nine newly discovered songs, this collection goes a long way toward completing the picture of this musical genius.
We’ll be hosting an event with the editors of this book, Colin Escott and Kira Florita, complete with live performances of Hank Williams tunes.
www.squarebooks.com /dearreader/2001_09/06.php   (580 words)

  
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Kira - Ill be your Angel - Nu Life records 
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 Amazon.com: Hank Williams: Snapshots from the Lost Highway: Books: Colin Escott,Kira Florita   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-17)
When Hank Williams died in the backseat of a car at age 29, he left behind grieving fans, friends and family, as well as eight guns, eight pairs of boots, 11 hats and a saddle.
Hank Williams: Snapshots from the Lost Highway by Colin Escott and Kira Florita gathers together just about every last piece of paper having anything do to with country music's greatest and most tragic star (hence the postmortem inventory).
This is an adequate pictorial biography composed by Colin Escott And Kira Florita of Hiram (Hank) Williams, though he had left very little written context besides his songs.
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 Kira Florita: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more ||| Music.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-17)
Kira Florita: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more
Kira Florita: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more
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www.music.com /person/kira_florita/1   (140 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Hank Williams: Snapshots from the Lost Highway: Books: Colin Escott,Kira Florita,Rick Bragg   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-17)
In addition, the Escott and Florita volume lacks a bibliography (perfectly acceptable for a work of this kind), and the Koons book contains only a scaled-back one.
Despite these shortcomings, both books avoid sensationalizing their complex subject and are highly recommended for public libraries and academic libraries with a popular culture focus.
In assembling 1998's 10-CD The Complete Hank Williams, Kira Florita and Colin Escott found far more material than their box set's book could contain.
www.amazon.com /Hank-Williams-Snapshots-Lost-Highway/dp/0306810522   (0 words)

  
 Leadership Music News
Leadership Music’s executive director, Kira Florita, continues to serve as an ex-officio member, and Robin Mitchell Joyce continues as the not-for-profit educational organization’s legal counsel.
Those interested in sponsorships may contact Laura Foti-Cohen with Sound Input, LLC at lcohen@soundinput.com, 323-938-3858 or Leadership Music executive director Kira Florita at 615-524-7866.
NASHVILLE — Kira Florita, Executive Director of Leadership Music, announces two hires including the addition of a new position to the organization’s staff.
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 Kira Florita   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-17)
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 Barnes & Noble.com - Music Search: Kira Florita
Barnes and Noble.com - Music Search: Kira Florita
We found 17 items for contributors: Kira Florita.
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 DVD.CO.UK - Books - Hank Williams by Florita, Kira
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 Universal Music Nashville - Classics
The Complete Hank Williams boxed set garnered two Grammy Awards including Best Historical Album for producers Colin Escott, Kira Florita, and The Country Music Foundation; and Best Boxed Recording Package for Jim Kemp and Virginia Team.
The complete Hank Williams boxed set, executive produced by UMG Nashville Co-Chairman, Luke Lewis, was initially released to coincide with the Sept. 17, 1998, 75th anniversary of Williams' birth.
The Music Of Bill Monroe 1936-1994 [4 CD Box Set]
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