CBC launched a new Music
website and I had the privilege of being interviewed and featured in it - CHECK
IT OUT!
http://music.cbc.ca/#/genres/Rock
and here's the link to the actual article:
http://music.cbc.ca/#/blogs/2012/2/Jay-Semko-Sending-Love-with-new-album-on-Valentines-Day
NEW ALBUM "SENDING LOVE" ON VALENTINE'S DAY
Jay's new 11 song album "Sending Love" will be released on Valentine's
Day....Jay will be strumming and singing at various TV & radio stations
across Canada starting Feb. 1...
"BIG FEET BIG SHOES" and "FORCE OF HORSES"
Jay's new single, "Big Feet Big Shoes" is now at Canadian Country radio
and is currently being played at over 40 stations
across the country. Written by Jay and Tim Taylor, it is included on Jay's new 6
song EP, entitled "Force of Horses", which is now available on CD and also at
itunes and Bustedflatrecords.com
Jay's recent Christmas single,"It's Christmas Eve",
was
played at over 100 stations in Canada at Country, Gospel, and Adult
Contemporary formats
LIVE ALBUM RECORDED
Jay had a fantastic night performing solo acoustic at the
beautiful Registry Theatre in Kitchener, Ontario on November 17. The show was
recorded by producer/engineer extraordinaire Rick Hutt, and will be released as
a live album in 2012.
DUST UP GOES INTERNATIONAL
"Dust Up", the hit History Television reality series which
Jay and Randy Woods composed the music score for, will soon be airing in Europe
and Australia - for the complete Canada "Dust Up" schedule go to
www.history.ca
JAY NOW AN ACTRA MEMBER
In addition to Jay's songwriting and composing for film &
TV, Jay is now a member of ACTRA as an accomplished voiceover actor and narrator
who has voiced numerous regional, national, and international radio & television
advertisements, documentaries, and dramas.
JAY'S ENTIRE CATALOGUE AT BUSTED FLAT
Jay's entire solo catalogue is now available on Busted Flat
Records - look for Jay's new CD "Force Of Horses" and all of Jay's solo albums
at
www.bustedflatrecords.com, itunes & fine record stores....
Follow Jay on Twitter and Facebook
REVIEW SNIPPETS FOR "JAY SEMKO":
Jay Semko – Jay Semko (Busted Flat) :: Wherein Jay uses his
emotive voice to ably express these eleven country cautionary tales of life’s up
and downs. Bonus points for writing the greatest cross-border breakup song ever,
the humorously hurtin’ “Before You Leave Canada.” - Jefferey Morgan's Media
Blackout #237
"He has matured into one of Canada’s premiere roots music
artists and it’s about time he gets recognition for it." - Jason Schneider,
EXCLAIM.CA
"Jay Semko, chief singer-songwriter of Canadian pop icons
The Northern Pikes, feels like a kid again. More accurately, a kid making a
comeback."
- Marshall Ward, Waterloo Chronicle
"Jay Semko’s new, self-titled album is a lively and
occasionally moody mix of rock and country, the whole set rounded out by one
hairy, electric gospel number. Jay Semko's back and he's knocking down
mountains." Rating: 5 out of 5
- Bill Robertson, Saskatoon Star-Phoenix
"Jay Semko also shows a real knack for creating some
off-beat tunes - songs like Before You Leave Canada, Mountain Song, and Love You
For A Million Miles all carry interesting and different messages. Girl Who Can
Whistle, featuring Alana Levandoski, brings yet another musical sidetrip in what
Jay Semko offers us...and he presents even more diversity with his
country/folk/gospel flavoured Drop You In The Water, this one featuring New
Brunswick bluesman Matt Andersen on guitar and vocals." - Larry Delaney, Country
Music News