News from Dolorata

July 15 2008

Dolorata is now available on Pandora. If you don't know about Pandora, it is an Internet radio service where you can listen to your favorite songs and find similar songs using the science of the Music Genome Project. Check it out!

June 2008

Dolorata is participating in a contest for MTV2 to play at Shoreline, and voting is open until July 9th, 2008. Cast your vote for Dolorata online at addictedtonoise.com/profile/dolorata. And check out more details about the contest at bayarea.mtv2.com.

May 2008

Dolorata Believer Album CoverOn May 9, 2008, Dolorata released their fist full length album, Believer. You can listen to clips from it on our Music page and on our myspace page at myspace.com/dolorata. Online sales are available now through Dig Station, CD Baby and iTunes. Many thanks to all of you who made this project possible. We couldn't have done it without you.

Feb 08

Dolorata is currently in the studio recording our first album! Still high from our amazing benefit show at Thee Parkside, we are laying down tracks with a fierce enthusiasm, and we can’t wait for you to hear it. The CD release date will be announced soon, so be sure to check back. In the meantime, if anyone would still like to contribute towards the album costs, we would be so grateful.

Feb 08

Emily Palen performed in The Foo Philharmonic Orchestra with Grammy award winning band, The Foo Fighters, under Zeppelin master John Paul Jones. Palen was chosen as one of 15 finalists to be part of the 2nd annual My Grammy Moment competition. Her video can be seen at www.youtube.com/mygrammymoment and www.youtube.com/emilypalen

Feb 08

Dolorata's Emily Palen's work with Silveroot, a three piece Americana band out of Calistoga, will be featured on the release of Silverroots's firstalbum in early spring.

Recorded at Silverado Records with Patrick Flynn: founder/producer/guitarist/songwriter , Daryl Webb: Banjo, studio engineer and Emily Palen; violin. Visit www.Silveradomusic.com for more news and music from Calistoga's premiere studio.

Fall 07

Dolorata drummer, Dawn Richardson, released a children's album called Alphabet Rockers with Kaitlin McGaw. Learn more about this fantastic new release at alphabetrockers.com.

Jan 07

Our own Dawn Richardson's latest published book, Block Rockin' Beats, has been nominated in the media category for book of the year by Drum Magazine. Please help her capture the crown!

Block Rockin' Beats is also featured in the January 2007 issue of Modern Drummer in the "New and Notable" column and is going to be reviewed in the Percussive Notes Magazine December 2006 issue.