We have no reason to complain about last year though: another twelve months of playing music. What's there to complain about in that? If you've been following along in the blog, you already know most of what's been going on up through last October, so we'll rejoin the Urban Monroes saga in-progress.
Late in November, we released a Holiday Single. It was our version of "The Little Drummer Boy." That's right, a bluegrass version of "Little Drummer Boy" and it signaled the kickoff off of an eventful holiday.
With Drummer Boy in tow, we reached the top of the AirPlay Direct charts not only for bluegrass, but in all genres. It was gratifying to have the new single make its way into so many Yuletide playlists. It was combined with our version of Mr. Grinch as Dec. 25th drew closer. Among others, Gentleman Jim of World Wide Bluegrass' "Bluegrass in the BASSment" show spent the month playing both and on Christmas Eve, WYSO's Joe Colvin featured the cuts on his Christmas special. We were in the Top 10 Voted songs at the Downhome Den and were played on dozens of Holiday shows. Heading into the new year, we also found that the band had been featured on the European bluegrass broadcast, PeelGrass and the Nashville DJ Public Showcase.
Last fall, we announced that the Urban Monroes would be releasing another single. Originally planning the release for November, that decision was preempted by our release of "Drummer Boy." Now that Christmas has passed for another year, that preempted single has been "re-empted" and this new single has been released. The latest UM offering is an original, uptempo bluegrass song entitled, "Lamp in the Window" and it's available for DJ's to download at AirPlay Direct. The song can also be heard in our player at www.urbanmonroes.com. You can tune into Bill Knowlton's Bluegrass Ramble in Syracuse New York, Gentleman Jim's shows on World Wide Bluegrass and lots of others to hear it on the radio. We are also currently in high rotation on CFBX and we wish to thank them.
Well, we hope you have a wonderful 2012. I've always like the number 12, too. It reminds me of my cousin who had that many toes. Yep, five on one foot, seven on the other. He always ran in circles.
