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“Her lyrics challenge listeners the way that Michael Moore challenges viewers.”
Ann Forcier, The Recorder, Greenfield, MA.
She saw Led Zeppelin on their first US tour and loves Joan Baez, but don’t expect some wide-eyed hippie in tie-dye cooing about love and daisies. Sure, if you went to the first Woodstock and you want peace-loving music, you’ve come to the right place, but your kids will also love her refreshingly direct folk-rock with a touch of blues, vintage R&B and yep, even techno, with anthems that’ll make you dance around your living room or call your congress person, some at the same time.
Like so many others, she took piano as a kid and taught herself the guitar as a young adult, but she made a detour to become a pharmacist. Not just one of those white-coated clerks at a chain store, but at her own store. At the young age of 55, she climbed up on stage, sans the lab coat, and sang for an audience that was so enthusiastic that soon after she sold the pharmacy and made music a focus. Linq does nothing halfway, diving into the music world with a single in 2003 and then her first album in 2004. Another full-length album, Fast Moving Dream, came out in 2006, and the 2-song enhanced CD with video, George Orwell Where Are You?, was released in 2007.
Linq has been busy in 2009. Life Goes On, released in April 2009, was produced by June Millington (Cris Williamson) and features a stellar array of musicians including June on guitar, Jean Millington on bass, Jami Sieber (Ferron) on electric cello, and others, with songs about diversity, the state of the world and why you should drive slowly on Route 32.
She launched her healthcare/business album, Rx and the Side Effects, at the end of August. This album was also produced by June and includes June on guitar, Jean on bass, Jami on cello, Julie Wolf (Ani DiFranco) on keyboards, Ruth Davies (Maria Muldaur) on upright bass, and others, with a scathing account of the state of our crippled healthcare system that could only come from someone who’s been on the inside.
Linq performs around New England and at selected gigs outside the region including showcases at the 2009 Indiegrrl National Conference and at BB King’s Blues Club in Nashville. Her first video, “George Orwell Where are You?” has remained near the top of the list of Neil Young’s Living With War Today Top Protest Videos since it debuted in 2007. She’s been the featured artist on several sites including Indiegrrl, Gay Guitarists Worldwide, GoGirls and more. Awards include an Honorable Mention for “Tired” from the International Narrative Song Competition, in the top 50 in the American Idol Underground (“Victim of the War”), Fast Moving Dream was in the top 40 on the Outvoice charts for an entire year, and “Change the Picture” was a nominee in the 2009 Just Plain Folks Music Awards, the largest music awards in the world with 42,000 albums and 560,000 songs received. Rx and the Side Effects spent 5 weeks on the Roots Music Report Top 50 Folk. Linq is one of the five nominees for OUTMusician of the Year (music + activism) in the 2009 OUTMusic Awards competition.
Linq believes that music is the most effective tool we have to bring people together, to celebrate each other and to break down barriers. And if it takes a former pharmacist to do that, all the better. It’s a medicine we can all use.
Press Quotes
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LINQ - RX AND THE SIDE EFFECTS:
New England sensation Linq is back with a new CD. In Rx and The Side Effects, ex-pharmacist Linq, sings about the evils of prescription medicines on Prescription Chaos, Side Effects; an inside voice that we all might want to take note of. With a folky, fifties yet contemporary rock sound, Linq has gone where few will go.
Money Today tells a heartfelt story of money and success, and Linq has the knack of story-telling in a moving and musical way. More stories of life and its atrocities on Tired, and Simple Woman. Get a box of tissues ladies or you won’t get through this collection. And as Linq prescribes, Take two CDs and call her in the morning.
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LINQ - RX AND THE SIDE EFFECTS:
As a former professional pharmacist turned prolific indie artist Boston's Linq offers a musical manifesto on the current hotbed societal issue of fixing the health care industry. Anyone who has been watching the debate unfold but is yet to grasp the breadth and depth of the problem and dire circumstances that often occur when patients seek medical attention in the United States - well, Rx and The Side Effects, the fourth full-length album from the modern folk rocker - is as good of a place to start as any to get a clear-eyed offering into all that has gone wrong with health care in America. By raising the clarion call on issues such as over-prescriptions, the uninsured, post-care poverty, the burden of coverage and a variety of drug related crimes - the ten songs on Linq's sixth overall release reveal an intelligent and insightful artist with a conscience who speaks out on the issues. Presented in singer-songwriter format Linq will often mix it up to include Blues, R&B and techno strains with her dominant folk delivery and the results are most effective on the anthemic "Prescription Chaos" and the rockin' "Side Effects". While Linq may not have a solution or a cure for the ills of the health care industry - she does have a diagnosis - and it doesn't look too good. Maybe a dose of these good songs from Linq are the only injection the industry needs to get itself healed once and for all.
Richard J. Lynch, Kweevak.com, August 2009 -
LIFE GOES ON
“I mean this when I say you have found a unique sound and artist when you listen to Linq. Her sound does have a hippy generation, sixties vibe to it but her songwriting and voice have her original stamp.”
T. Petrossi, Rockin’ Moms, April 6, 2009 -
LIFE GOES ON
“This is an excellent collection and work from rising artist Linq and her cohorts. Our pick for the new Woman on the Rise.”
Women’s Rising Music, March 29, 2009 -
LIFE GOES ON
“Using stories drawn from real life experience, Linq’s intelligently timed lyrics and guitar licks resonate loudly the sound of socially conscious change that not only entertains listeners, but educates them as well.”
D. Aquino, Greenfield Town Crier, March 13, 2009 -
LIFE GOES ON
“As an indie music writer, I feel seriously outclassed here. Linq has no business being on an indie site. She should be opening for Bob Dylan. Or Joni Mitchell. Janis Ian would love her too. It’s not just Linq’s talent that puts her on this level. As a protest folk singer/songwriter and activist, she somehow manages to avoid the “Everything Sucks” sub-genre that so many indie protest folkies fall into.”
J. Layton, Indie-Music.com, March 7, 2009 -
LIFE GOES ON
“Linq’s songs can be boldly emphatic as well as intimate. Possessed of a fine musical voice, she can sing candidly about broken relationships as well as rally people with her social comment/social protest songs.”
R. Duckett, Arts and Entertainment (Worcester Telegram), February 25, 2009 -
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“Great album.”
A. Lewis, New England Music Scrapbook, February 14, 2009 -
LIFE GOES ON
“It's a very old-school, not-hipster-ironic brand of feel-good, rollicking from folk to almost-reggae, light blues to acoustic balladry...”
J. Heflin, The Valley Advocate, February 5, 2009 -
“I TRULY dig your vibe and thoughtfulness.”
DJ Harris, The SoupyGato Show, January 31, 2008 -
FAST MOVING DREAM
“I loved this CD..." "Linq will mark her territory on the fight against prejudice, hate, and ignorance all within this one remarkable CD.”
Kristin Theckston, BacstagePass, November 2007 -
“HER LYRICS CHALLENGE listeners the way that Michael Moore challenges viewers.”
A. Forcier, Arts and Entertainment (The Recorder), July 5, 2007 (Greenfield, MA) -
“YOUR CREATIONS are a breath of organic fresh air in the singer-songwriter world today. I'm very impressed.”
Kate Kulas, host/producer of “Rainbow Connection-The Music Mix”, KUMD, March 16, 2007 (Duluth, MN) -
FAST MOVING DREAM
“I really love your CD. Good recording and GREAT lyrics. I will be playing you a lot on my shows.”
Dynamic Dave, WDYN 100.1 FM, Jan. 15, 2007 (Rochester, NY) -
FAST MOVING DREAM
”You might call Linq a modern-day protest singer.”
Guy-Michael Grande "Ear Candy", the Chronicle, Dec. 2006 (Middletown, CT). -
FAST MOVING DREAM
“... her electric folk rock sound - ‘appealing to Woodstock originals’ - is good, and I've learned my lesson about judging a book by its cover yet again.”
Anthony King, Bay Windows, Boston, MA, 7/20/06 -
LINQ - FAST MOVING DREAM
“Linq’s latest release, ‘Fast Moving Dream’, is a collection of thought provoking songs sure to engage the listener. Her skillful use of words coupled with an enchanting sound leaves the listener wanting more.”
Georgia Moncrief for GoGirlsMusic.com, June 2006 -
“HER MUSIC is stirring, the words poetic, and the pictures filled with symbolism. The CD is the first step of a long journey, and Linq is on solid ground tapping into her personal tragedy and triumphs to find her art.”
D. Durling, Winchendon Courier, 4/14/05 -
JOURNEY
“No one can possibly claim that ‘all these songs sound the same’; each song is refreshingly unique.”
Greg Vine, Athol Daily News, 9/2/04
News
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RX and the SIDE EFFECTS, Linq’s fourth full-length album, was released on August 25th, and it has already landed in the “Top 50 Folk” in the Roots Music Report for the week of August 28th. The RMR charts are compiled from radio airplay data only (# of spins). www.rootsmusicreport.com
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Nette Radio is a weekly 2-hour internet radio show dedicated to promoting unsigned/indie women musicians. It airs live on Wednesday from 6 to 8PM Pacific Time. Hosted by Annette Conlon,the September 9th program includes a CD Preview of RX and the SIDE EFFECTS.
To listen live: www.netteradio.com/listen.html
Chat online: www.netteradio.com/chat.html
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RX and the SIDE EFFECTS is being featured on the Main Page of the Kweevak Music Magazine for the next two months as part of Issue #53.
http://www.kweevak.com/index.php#FEATURED -
RX and the SIDE EFFECTS
Linq has been interviewed by JD Doyle, who will feature RX and the SIDE EFFECTS on the September edition of Audiofile, the monthly CD review segment carried by This Way Out (www.thiswayout.org) on its 175+ stations around the world. The Audiofile site is at www.audiofile.org, and all past segments are archived at www.queermusicheritage.com/af.html. -
August 25th, 2009:
Linq announces the release of her newest CD, "Rx and the Side Effects", tales of health care and business from an insider's point of view. -
CHANGE THE PICTURE:
“Change the Picture” by Linq from CHANGE THE PICTURE, GEORGE! (also available on LIFE GOES ON) is one of the 22 Political Song nominees in the 2009 Just Plain Folks Music Awards, literally the world's largest music awards with 42,000 albums and 560,000 songs received.Just Plain Folks is a community of more than 51,500 Songwriters, Recording Artists and Music Industry Professionals — and host to the world's largest independent music awards. The organization was created to provide a network of cooperation and inclusion for musicians. www.justplainfolks.org
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LIFE GOES ON Review:
Linq is a little bit like the love baby of Barney and Melissa Etheridge, and I really don’t mean that in a derogatory way. If Linq played an outdoor festival and if my partner and I had kids, we would be out having a picnic dancing on the grass with our cute gaybies singing along. Yes, I said gaybies. How can you not love a song called “Diversity Dance?” Hooray for gays! Hooray for bisexuals! It doubles the dating pool! After all, a little dose of cheesiness isn’t always bad, is it?Take Glenn Danzig. He is one of the cheesiest guys ever, and he writes some of the cheesiest songs ever, and yet he is still able to make the biggest, hairiest metal heads sing along like twelve-year-old girls at a Jonas Brothers concert. The dude can rock, and part of what makes him rock is a certain element of ridiculous that also make his songs catchy. Linq has that same sort of catchiness, as well. Her songs have an addictive beat that makes them fun to listen to.
Linq and her fellow musicians are a talented crew. They obviously play their instruments with love and conviction. Don’t let the small dose of silly chase you away. Most of the songs on Life Goes On are seriously good.
As I mentioned before, Linq’s voice is a bit like Melissa Etheridge, and her music also follows the same kind of sound (with some kd Lang and maybe even a bit of Led Zeppelin in there as well, particularly on tracks like “SOS” and “Life Goes On”). It’s certainly “folk rock with a message” as her website states: Linq and her band take on everything from the Bush administration to the Patriot Act to deforestation. Frankly, I like her sound, I applaud her message(s), and I even like the slice of brie in there with it.
Feminist Review
Review by Emily S. Dunster
August 14, 2009
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June 2009:
LinqMusic News: Linq's music was rockin' on TEE-M's UNsigned Music Show #44 on WPMD's "Rock 50" with Mike Stark on Saturday, June 6th. The 2-hour show can be heard "ON DEMAND" for about a month, and it's also available on podcast at http://wpmd.org/unsigned. The featured track was "Route 32 Blues" from LIFE GOES ON. TEE-M is a great supporter of indie artists, and he's a unique artist himself. Check him out at http://www.tee-m.com. -
Review: Windy City Times, Chicago, IL
Pop Making Sense
by David Byrne with Tony Peregrin
2009-04-08
The sun beautifully reflecting over the water on the cover of Linq's third album, Life Goes On, perfectly suits the set's mood. It captures the assuring serenity of the harmonies on the title track's reprise and even catches a glimpse of the potential environmental loss as heard on the opener “Where Will the Wild Ones Go.” The out musician brings up the paranoia of big brother on “George Orwell Where Are You?,” then offers a fun introduction to queer sexuality on “Diversity Dance.” This one should be incorporated into high school and collegiate sociology curricula. Linq has a knack for harmonies and captivating choruses, like on “Will You Care” and “Ode to the Butterworth Boys.” But it is the repetition of Linq singing “life goes on” throughout the reprise that I want to play on repeat for all perpetual pessimists and overreacting drama queens, so they can put life's curveballs into perspective. The Massachusetts-based Linq provides sound advice in her storytelling and makes the listener think about global consequences while harmonies melt over her folk-pop sound. http://www.wctimes.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=20857 -
"Irish Lass" from FAST MOVING DREAM is in the 7th epsiode of the WomensRadio Music Review Podcast, which is available here (and on iTunes).
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Linq is currently a featured artist on the Women's Rising Music home page. The site features women in the music industry who are unique and talented artists in their genre. www.womensrising.com
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March 2009:
LIFE GOES ON is featured on the main page of Kweevak’s Featured Artists section for March 2009, Issue #50. http://www.kweevak.com -
LIFE GOES ON Review:
By Jennifer Layton
Indie-Music.com, March 7, 2009
As an indie music writer, I feel seriously outclassed here. Linq has no business being on an indie site. She should be opening for Bob Dylan. Or Joni Mitchell. Janis Ian would love her too. It’s not just Linq’s talent that puts her on this level. As a protest folk singer/songwriter and activist, she somehow manages to avoid the “Everything Sucks” sub-genre that so many indie protest folkies fall into.
“Change the Picture”, the second track on this CD, is a perfect example. Linq doesn’t just protest racism and homophobia. She tries to whip up positive change. While reminding us that “nobody’s born a racist, nobody’s born a homophobe,” she suggests that we start more conversations and set better examples for kids.
She also switches gears and uses humor to diffuse a touchy subject. Take “Diversity Dance,” a song about the disadvantages to borrowing against your 401(k). Kidding. It’s about diversity, and it features great lyrics like:
You can dance if you’re straight
You can dance if you’re gay
Transsexual too
And bisexuality is cool
It doubles the dating pool ...See? Funny and on-target, as well as a great explanation for why my love life is so quiet. I’ve been limiting my options. Who knew?
Still, Linq provides bite when she has to, and it’s a powerful thing. The opening track, “Where Will the Wild Ones Go”, is quiet musing over the destruction of nature in order to build more shopping malls. Right away, I thought of the increase of deer in my neighborhood. The wooded areas in my part of town are being torn down to build more hotels, and suddenly deer are showing up in residential neighborhoods, attacking people in their yards. I came face to face with a doe while taking my morning walk a few months ago. I thought about that a lot during this song, which means it was only track one, and Linq was already proving how good she is.
Other standouts include “Route 32 Blues” with its great live feel. Nice to know Linq can take a break from the big social issues to notice the little things, like that thumping sound from the flat tire that’s been rolling over the past seventeen miles. “George Orwell Where Are You” is a clever, mysteriously-rapped message that will have you closing the drapes, turning off your computer, and wrapping tinfoil around your head.
My favorite is the title track. It starts with a mystical sound, like the wind over the mountains. Then, suddenly, stunningly glorious harmonies open the track. It’s a beautiful, powerful way to open the song. Picture me giving a standing ovation to vocalists June Millington, Jean Millington (they’re twins, right?), Lee Madeloni, NaiaKete, and Joy Conz. The tempo matches the ebb and flow of life, which is the point of the song.
Until the rest of the world catches on, I’ll just be grateful that Linq stopped by our little indie site. And I’ll keep this CD as proof that I knew the deal long before the majors did.
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LIFE GOES ON Review:
“Our Corner of the Rock 'n' Roll Life”
New England Music Scrapbook Newsletter
Alan Lewis, Editor,
February 14, 2009 Issue 2009:314LINQ
“Life Goes On”Back when the Vermont Guardian was still a going concern, we received a solo album by one of THE stars of 1970s/1980s women's music, Cris Williamson. The sentiments expressed on that disc were as I would have expected, from reading articles and interviews. So what was most striking was the care with which the record was made. Unfortunately, it arrived after what would have been my deadline, and I was unable to write up Williamson or her CD. But Williamson, by that time, was both a veteran and a star of women's music; and she could have dashed off a record, and fans still would have loved it. Be that as it may, it was readily apparent that, in addition to doing her part to save the world and expressing her views directly on a variety of topics, Williamson placed making the best music she could on a very high priority.
“Life Goes On” by Linq is in a somewhat similar vein.
Save the world? Check.
Put my thoughts out there for all to hear? Check.
Make a great sounding CD? You bet!
Things have been more than a little ragged around here since “Life Goes On” arrived, and I have not been able to give the record multiple plays nor take notes. But I can say that I have suggested her Track 7, “George Orwell Where Are You”, as apropos and excellent intro/outro music for a national radio talk show featuring one of my favorite hosts. I'd love to see and hear it work out.
And Linq's Track 1, “Where Will the Wild Ones Go,” has an effect that I was born to enjoy. The vocals have just the tiniest roughness to them, bringing about what we call a “live” sound? Carl Wilson of The Beach Boys spoke very favorably of a similar instrumental effect creating great musical tension. Then, on “Where Will the Wild Ones Go,” comes a fantastic Brian Wilsonian gush of harmony, which sets off against the prior vocals wonderfully. Tension and release: one of the greatest and most important effects of musical expression.
So while I did not yet get a chance to give this disc all the plays it deserves, I did find a lot to like and went so far as to suggest a cut for consideration for national airplay.
Great album. Linq fans are going to want it. ...
Do check out Linq's “Life Goes On.” I plan to do the same, with the volume at a little higher setting next time.
Well done.
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Linq is featured on Kweevak Radio #108 podcast - tune in at:
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December 2008:
The Pride Music Playoffs Top 25 Songs for 2008 have been announced by the Duke and Megaclectic, and “Change the Picture” by Linq finished second according to win/loss record and number of votes. http://pride.musicplayoffs.com -
December 2008:
Linq was the Featured Artist of the month at www.GoGirlsMusic.com. -
May 29th, 2008:
Linq was interviewed live on-air on WGDR 91.1FM with host Mary Gangemi. Woman-Stirred Radio is a queer cultural journal that explores, articulates, and preserves the cultural heritage of GLBTQ artists, writers, musicians, academics, political figures, and policy-makers. www.wgdr.org -
January 2008:
LINQ joins the California-based Rockin' Moms January 2008 podcast hosted by Tiffany Petrossi featuring Moms Who Rock. This month features an intro by Tiffany and her two kids, music by: Stacy Kray, "An Easy Peace"; Linq, "Victim of the War", and "Change The Picture"; Davina Robinson, "Making Love To Your Girlfriend"; Madeline Roa, "Another Fallen Soldier", "Kind of Girl”, and "Slave To Your Charms"; Lisa Biales, "Take Time"; and Tiffany Petrossi, "Caravan".
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November 25, 2007:
After a consistent presence on the charts at www.indieglobal.com since last summer, Linq reached the number 1 slot for the week of November 11, 2007. She also finished in fifth place for the entire month of October. -
October 2007:
After spending five weeks on the AMERICAN IDOL UNDERGROUND charts, LINQ broke into the top 50, landing at #43 for the week of September 24th with "Victim of the War" from her 2006 release FAST MOVING DREAM. -
October 2007:
Kate Kulas, host/producer of Rainbow Connection – the Music Mix on KUMD in Duluth, MN, announced that LINQ was the MOST REQUESTED ARTIST of the September Listener Request Shows. -
October 2007 Gay Guitarists Worldwide Featured Artist:
LINQ talks about her life in music in an exclusive photo-filled interview feature.
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Sept. 2007:
It's official! FAST MOVING DREAM (2006) has been on the Outvoice Top 40 Chart for a full year.
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September 6th, 2007:
LIVING WITH WAR TODAY:
“George Orwell Where Are You?” from CHANGE THE PICTURE, GEORGE! (Feb 2007) is currently (Sept 6, 2007) ranked #24 on Neil Young’s Top 280 Protest Videos.
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August 2007:
INDIEGRRL featured Linq as their August artist of the month. www.indiegrrl.com. -
July 9, 2007:
WXOJ 103.3FM in Northampton, MA: Linq was interviewed live on-air by host Arjuna Greist on Patchwork Majority. www.valleyfreeradio.org. -
June 2007:
Linq was a MAIN PAGE FEATURED ARTIST in the Kweevak Music Magazine (#41) this month with her latest release, CHANGE THE PICTURE, GEORGE! www.kweevak.com -
June 23, 2007:
BUTTERWORTH: A Short Video Essay premiered at the Latchis Theatre in Brattleboro, VT. The short film was produced by John Scagliotti (In the Life) and author Allen Young, and the soundtrack featured four songs from Linq’s 2004 release, JOURNEY. -
May 2007:
Linq was voted weekly PME Diamond in the Rough. Protectomatic Music and Entertainment (Seattle, WA) placed Linq on the PME Home Page from May 21st through May 27th.
The review read:
“Linq is a heartfelt composer that digs deep into her past and the experiences of others to create powerful, meaningful and driving songs that make you move, shake and think. Linq is PME's Diamond in the rough this week.”
PME empowers artists everywhere with tailored programs designed to fit individual needs. Check them out at www.myspace.com/protectomatic. -
April 19, 2007:
Linq was interviewed by “Gay Spirit” show host Keith Brown on WWUH 91.3FM, a Public Alternative Radio station at the University of Hartford. -
April News:
Linq was the April Spotlight Artist on Collected Sounds, a site focusing mainly on independent female musicians and singer/songwriters.
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March 25, 2007: Linq’s video of “George Orwell Where Are You” was screened at the Miami Beach Cinematheque in Miami Beach, FL on March 25th as part of a short-films festival produced by the multi-talented Sandra Grace.
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News: John Tweeton (aka Sven) interviewed Linq on Sven's World Radio.
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ROYALSTON, MA, FEBRUARY 27TH, 2007 – Linqsongs Publishing proudly announces the release of “Change the Picture, George!”, a new 2-song enhanced CD with video by Linq. CHANGE THE PICTURE, GEORGE! attacks the status quo with the sharpness of a stiletto. Linq pulls no punches as she challenges us to look at the roots of hatred and prejudice to gain insight toward a more peaceful world, and provides an Orwellian wake-up call complete with an accompanying video in CDr format that can be viewed by computer. June Millington produced the project at IMAeast and joined Linq in the accompanying video.
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March 2007 Artist of the Month: Rainbow Connection-The Music Mix on KUMD 103.3FM Duluth, MN. Host Kate Kulas featured Linq each Sunday from 5:30 to 6PM CST. www.kumd.org.
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LINQ was featured live on a one-hour prime-time radio show with host Z Man on the ArtistFirst World Radio Network on February 20, 2007. www.artistfirst.com.
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January 11, 2007: The 2006 International Narrative Song Competition (INSC) based in Ontario Canada awarded Linq's healthcare song, (Tired, Diane Lincoln USA), an Honorable Mention in the Other Human Relationships category. "Tired" is available on FAST MOVING DREAM (June 2006).
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January 2007: FAST MOVING DREAM was added to the Rainbow World Radio playlist in September and landed at #23 on the OutVoice 2006 Top 40 CD Chart for the entire year.
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LINQ was interviewed live on WDYN Independent Radio's Featured Artist Series by host Jill Wood on Friday January 12th.
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Dec. 2, 2006: Linq was the featured artist on the half-hour Lesbian Radio show on Plains FM 96.9 in Christchurch, Aotearoa, New Zealand.
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LINQ is one of the two featured artists in the November 2006 edition of Canadian-based Indieguitarists. www.indieguitarists.com
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Sept. 2, 2006: It's official! Linq is an Editor's Choice Winner in the 2006 "Kweevak.com Music Project of the Year Awards" for her JOURNEY CD as chosen by the staff and associates of the Kweevak.com website. Earlier in the year JOURNEY finished in 4th place in their 2006 "Reader's Survey".
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Sept 2006 - Linq selected for "Future Stars" series:
Dan Herman of Radio Crystal Blue (Brooklyn, NY) has announced that Linq has been selected for his annual Future Stars airplay series.
"Future Stars, in essence, is a weekly series that spotlights a series of artists I deem to be above and beyond the top indie/underground artists heard on my weekly internet radio show." Dan Herman -
Linq's new CD, FAST MOVING DREAM, has been selected to be on the main page of Kweevak Music Magazine #36 (Q3 2006). www.kweevak.com!
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WVES 99.3FM in in Parksley, VA, did an artist spotlight on Linq on Friday, August 25, 2006.
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On June 13, 2006 Linq released her new CD, “Fast Moving Dream”. In “Fast Moving Dream”, LINQ tackles homophobia, healthcare, war and the importance of being true to yourself - with driving electric folk and rebellion rock!
Guest Artists include June Millington, Jami Sieber, Loren Weisman, Julie Wolf & Allison Miller.
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May 2006: LINQ won fourth place in the 2006 Kweevak Music Readers Survey Awards for her CD Journey!
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Monday March 20 8-9PM: Linq spent an hour on-air live on G-Vegas Jams with host Derek Drowne on WNYN (the eagle), Gardner's kickin' rock station. They discussed the pending release of Linq's new CD, “Fast Moving Dream”. The audience was treated to seven tracks from the new project.
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January 2006: Linq was selected to be featured on the main page for the new issue (#33) of the Kweevak Music Magazine (January/February 2006)!
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November 2005: "Don't You Understand", Linq's song about same-sex marriage, was featured in the premiere issue of "The GenderiZine of Massachusetts: The Spirit of America " in their Music Corner (page 36).
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On September 13th, 2005 Linq participated in the candle light vigil held on the Northampton City Hall steps on the eve of the pending anti-gay amendment vote at the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention. She played a couple of songs to open the event and draw the crowd over. One of the Goodridge plaintiff couples spoke, along with some legislators and several other people. She then closed the event with her song, "Don't You Understand", which deals specifically with the same-sex marriage issue.
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On July 26, 2005 Linq joined host Derek on "Around Town with Derek Drowne" on WGAW 1340AM Talk Radio. The hour-long weekday show covers who’s who and what’s going on in the greater Gardner MA area.
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On July 22, 2005 Linq unveiled "Irish Lass", her tribute song to her housemate, Dorothy Hayden (10/18/1947- 7/20/2004), at a first anniversary remembrance party at her home. Dottie fought a valiant battle with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) for five years. The event was featured in the Athol Daily News (7/9/2005) and the Greenfield Recorder (7/23/2005).
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On July 18, 2005 Linq appeared live on "G-Vegas Jams" on WNYN, (99.9 the eagle), in Gardner MA, for an hour of banter and performance.
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On February 6, 2005 Linq joined Marcia Maglioni Flynn on the show "NNQ" on WJDF in Orange MA for a half hour. Included was the airing of her first healthcare song, "Tired", in addition to discussion of the transitions happening around selling her pharmacy and opening a bookstore.
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WRSI, "93.9 the river", in Northampton, MA chose Linq as one of the fifteen finalists in their annual singer/songwriter contest in 2004. She has also been featured on their Local Heroes segment.
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On June 29, 2004 Linq joined Bob Parks in the A/O TV Studio in Athol, MA to record a half hour solo performance as part of his "Originals" series. It has been aired on Channel 13 several times.
LINQ played some peace-oriented songs at the conclusion of "The War on Terrorism: A Historical Perspective", a talk given at A/O TV in Athol MA by noted historian and author, Howard Zinn. The event was televised on Channel 13.
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On January 8, 2004, Linq joined Bob Paquette on-air on Morning Edition on WFCR in Amherst MA (public radio) to discuss "War Machine", which she had released as a single in June 2003.
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