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For more information,contact:
COPPELIA LIEBENTHAL
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coppelia@thatpromising.com

SUMMER PIERRE RETURNS TO NEW ENGLAND WITH NEW ALBUM

Santa Cruz, CA singer-songwriter Summer Pierre is set to release her long anticipated debut CD September 1, 2004, on Boston independent label That Promising Seadog Media. To promote the album's release, Summer will be playing Club Passim's twice-annual jam-packed Cutting Edge of the Campfire Festival, this Labor Day weekend. She will be performing Sunday, September 5, at noon, and will be joined in the round by Noah Zacharin, Liz Carlisle
and Greg Alexander.

Produced by award-winning folk musician Rob Laurens,with help from engineer Tom Eaton, Summer Pierre's Far From Here is a fully realized rock album. Recorded at Eaton's Newburyport, MA studio, the CD features several New England musicians, including Jon Nolan and Jon Pistey (formerly of Say Zuzu), producer Laurens, and comedic folk phenom Faith Soloway.

Summer's appearance at this September's Campfire festival will be her first Boston-area performance in over a year.Before returning to her home state of California two years ago, Summer played frequently at local folk and rock venues like Club Passim and Toad, earning praise from audience and fellow musicians alike. She has opened for musicians such as Lori McKenna and Mary Lou Lord.

The Cutting Edge of the Campfire festival will take place Friday-Monday, September 3-6, 2004, at Club Passim, located at 47 Palmer St., in Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA. Tickets are $13 per day or $21 for a weekend pass. Summer Pierre will be performing Sunday, September 5,
from noon to 1:25pm. Her CD Far From Here will be for sale at the festival all weekend long. It
can also be purchased online at www.thatpromising.com, beginning September 1.

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