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Beginning today johnhesch.com will become the main source of information for both KZION Radio and John Hesch. I started to move KZION radio blog posts over to johnhesch.com but it would be way too much work and take up too much time. So I will leave the KZION blog up for archival purposes but all future news and information will be found here.

From this point on nothing new will be posted here. Nothing more to see…move along.

Ryan Shupe & The Rubberband has a new video playing on CMT. You can view it here. The video is for the single “Dream Big”.

The band has an album soon to be released on Capital Records, so be looking for that.

Shadow Mountain Music Group released LDS Superhits of the ‘80s May 24. It is a collection of the greatest LDS songs of the 1980s from some of the bestselling LDS artists of all time.

This 18-song collection features well-known artists such as Michael McLean, Kenneth Cope, Julie de Azevedo, Afterglow, and many more. Rediscover old classics such as “His Hands” and “I Heard Him Come.”

In a time of an extensive and rapidly growing LDS entertainment community, this album celebrates the young days of LDS music and the trail-blazing artists who paved the way. Relive these enduring songs and see why they have touched the hearts of Latter-day Saints for so many years and still many years to come.

Tracks include:

• Keep Trying, Bryce Neubert


• His Hands, Kenneth Cope


• Like a Lighthouse, Michael Webb


• Hold On, the Light Will Come, Michael McLean


• More Than Just a Man, Julie de Azevedo


• I Heard Him Come, Afterglow


• Greater Than Us All, Kenneth Cope


• One Star, One Savior, Michael Webb


• Until He Finds You, Vicky Pahnke


• Win the Race, Kenneth Cope, Julie de Azevedo, Randy Thorndenson


• Hero Shining Through, Roger Hoffman


• Be That Friend, Michael McLean


• Can You See Beyond, Bryce Neubert


• If You Only Knew, Steve James


• Simon Peter (Follow Me), Wanda Lindstrom


• The Greatest Gift, Afterglow


• O Lord My Redeemer, Brett Raymond


• Will He Really Answer Me, Michael McLean

Media Contact: Krista Q. Maurer
Director of Publicity and Media Relations
Shadow Mountain Music Group
Phone: 801.517.3371
kmaurer AT shadowmountain DOT com

Lauri Carrigan has been voted Best Individual Artist in the 2005 Best of State competition. Though relatively new to the music scene, with her first Album release in October of 2004, Carrigan joins long-time favorites such as Julie de Azevedo, Kenneth Cope and Jessie Clark on the list of Best of State Individual Artists.

Carrigan was given the award after being evaluated on three categories: overall quality and excellence, innovation and creativity, contribution to the community.

Currently, Carrigan is writing and composing music for her second album, scheduled to be released within a year. Though she is working hard on her music her family and maintaining a proper balance in life are her top priorities.

“Writing good music,” Lauri Carrigan stated as she described what fun is. “Not just good music, but really good music, music that makes you go mmm! The best fun is when one of my songs touches someone that needed a touch that day, or watching my children’s soccer games and yelling like a crazy woman. I feel as if I am in such a good place in my life right now, musically, mentally, personally, spiritually, it is all coming together.

For more information about upcoming concerts or the release of her new album please visit www.lauricarrigan.com or email Lauri at lauri AT lauricarrigan DOT com

All times are MDT.

To air June 5, 2005

4:00 AM and 4:00 PM Elijah & The Widow with Roger Hoffman – What Can They Have To Say?
12:00 AM and 12:00 PM Typing with Page Pearson, Court Gardner, Josh Wall – Teach Me
8:00 AM and 8:00 PM The Swings with EFY – Reaching

David & Goliath with Julie de Azevedo – Amazing Things (Sounds of Sunday)

To air June 12, 2005

4:00 AM and 4:00 PM President McKay/Volcano with Mormon Tabernacle Choir – I Need Thee Every Hour
12:00 AM and 12:00 PM Lunar Eclipse with Rene Davis – Hold On, The Light Will Come
8:00 AM and 8:00 PM Follow Me with Collette Dewey Reader – Walk in His Ways

Choose Ye This Day with Jenny Frogley – Anchor of My Soul (Sounds of Sunday)

To air June 19, 2005

12:00 AM and 12:00 PM Hide and Seek with Dean Kaelin – My Dad
4:00 AM and 4:00 PM A Father’s Prayer with Roger Hoffman – In the Hollow of Thy Hand
8:00 AM and 8:00 PM Families Are Forever with Mackenzie Wright Romriell – Daddy’s Arms

The Fatherhood of God with Mormon Tab Choir – O My Father (The Sounds of Sunday)

To air June 26, 2005

12:00 AM and 12:00 PM Miracle Of Independence with Noteworthy – God Of Our Fathers
4:00 AM and 4:00 PM Star Spangled Banner with Mormon Tabernacle Choir – Star Spangled Banner
8:00 AM and 8:00 PM Mayflower Compact with Valley Forge Military Academy – God of Our Fathers

Declaration/Independence with Lee Greenwood – God Bless the U.S.A. (Sounds of Sunday)

The MP3 stream has become fairly unreliable with several failures throughout the day. There is not much I can do right now as the stream is provided free of charge from a guy in Hong Kong. Listening to KZION using the MP3 stream is not tremendously popular but there are enough people using it to justify a more reliable connection.

I’ll get one set up in the next 30 days or so.