Adventure Music Underwrites Nationally Syndicated "The Song Is You"

Adventure Music, an independent record label focusing on the music of Brazil, has announced that it will be the exclusive underwriter of “The Song Is You,” which will be syndicated nationally by Chicago’s WFMT Radio Network as of May 1, 2005. “The Song Is You, an inventive music/talk radio program created, hosted and produced by veteran public radio personality Bonnie Grice, has aired locally on Long Island and in Southern California since 1999.

Winner of the 2003 Gracie Allen award from the American Women in Radio and Television, “The Song Is You” is a program about music and people. Bonnie Grice created the concept over 10 years ago while working for a public radio station in Los Angeles, and later developed that idea into the full-length program, which was first broadcast on 88.3 WLIU FM in Southampton, NY in 1999. Through unscripted conversations, Bonnie’s guests reveal how music has touched their lives. This unique format provides listeners of each program with a wide and varied palette of music, often presenting surprise selections that break the stereotype of a guest’s reputation. Guests have ranged from the owner of a local lobster shop to actors Eli Wallach and Stefanie Powers, television and radio celebrities Montel Williams, Harry Smith and Cousin Brucie, jazz greats Arturo Sandoval, Horace Silver, Pat Metheny, Charlie Haden, Dianne Schurr, Tuck and Patti, Karrin Allyson, Poncho Sanchez, Tom Lellis, and Marian McPartland, young jazz artists such as Regina Carter, Peter Cincotti, Jane Monheit, Lizz Wright and Ron Blake, writers Nelson DeMille, Terrence McNally Mary and Carol Higgins Clark, former Poet Laureate Billy Collins, and many more ordinary and extraordinary people.

Richard Zirinsky Jr., Managing Partner of Adventure Music, founded the label to “provide the freedom and resources our artists need to create and share the pure and joyful music of their cultures.” Says Zirinsky, “I consider Bonnie to be one of the finest talents in broadcasting today, and we at Adventure Music are thrilled by the opportunity to work with her and with WLIU on this exciting venture.”

Adventure Music is home to a host of acclaimed Brazilian and South American artists, with fourteen releases to date from such artists as Antonio Carlos Jobim, Ricardo Silveira, Moacir Santos, Tom Lellis, Nelson Angelo, Claudia Villela, Ricardo Peixoto, Gui Mallon, Weber Iago, and Maria Marquez, including the June 14 release of the 2004 Latin Grammy Award winning recording of “Symphonic Jobim.” Earlier this year, the label announced the launch of Adventure Music America, a new imprint dedicated to the full spectrum of acoustic music, from Americana to folk to bluegrass to jazz. The label will launch with the May 10 release of “Now Hear This,” from label co-founder Mike Marshall’s acoustic supergroup, Psychograss.

“The Song Is You,” is produced in the studios of 88.3 WLIU FM in Southampton, NY and in studios in New York City. For additional information on the show visit www.thesongisyou.org, and for additional information on WLIU, visit their website at http://www.wliu.org/. To learn more about the WFMT Radio Network, visit http://www.wfmt.com/radionetwork/index.html. Information about Adventure Music can be found at .