RAY CARMEN music
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MUSIC NEWS
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LIBRARIANS WITH HICKEYS forthcoming new album
HOW TO MAKE FRIENDS BY TELEPHONE,
will be out November 8th, 2024 on Big Stir Records!
The album's first digital single, Hello Operator, will be released
on Friday, August 23rd, 2024, but you can pre-order it here!
And keep an eye out for the video, which was shot at the
Akron-Summit County Public Library in downtown Akron, OH!
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OUT NOW:
TRIAL BY FIRE: HOME RECORDINGS, 1986-2006, a 13 track sampler of some of
Ray's home studio recordings, available for free digital download.
WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?!: THE ALMOST COMPLETE 4-TRACK HOME RECORDINGS
a 68 (!!) track album of almost all of Ray's home studio 4-track cassette recordings
from 1986-2006, also available as a free digital download.
Both of these releases will be available as free downloads for a limited time.
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RAY CARMEN is lead vocalist/rhythm guitarist for the Akron, OH power-pop band Librarians With Hickeys, whose latest CD, Handclaps & Tambourines, was released on BIG STIR RECORDS to critical acclaim and has received airplay all over the world, including the BBC, Radio Caroline in the UK, and on Little Steven's Underground Garage on Sirius XM in the US.
Hell, it even got airplay on iHeart Radio.
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Ray also hosts The POP! Radio Program, which airs Thursday evenings from 6-7 PM Pacific/
9-10 PM Eastern on Luxuria Music.
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In the past, he has played drums for Witch Hazel, the King Dapper Combo and the Graveyard Rockers, who were the house band for Halloweekends at Cedar Point Amusement Park in Sandusky, Ohio for several years.
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