Emily Yanek
What I've Been Doing

  • 4/1/12- The name of my 2nd album is unveiled- Glass Box.
  • 3/28/12- Headed to Tapeworks Studios in Hartford, CT to being the recording process!!
  • 3/15/12- Finishing touches on my plans to go start my 2nd album. Can't believe it's ready to be recorded.
  • 1/16/12 - Just found out that Radio I.S.A. in Milieu, France is adding FOUR songs from Watching the Highway to their playlist!!  I will tour Europe!
  • 1/12/12 - Full band show at The National Underground in NYC this Saturday Night!!  Fun starts at 7pm!!
  • 12/30/11 - I will be ringing in the new year close to home at First Night Carlisle!  Should be a lot of fun!!
  • 12/15/11 - My first "5-Star" review of Watching the Highway!!  Here it is in Musik An Sich,a music magazine from Germany.  This is very cool!!
  • 12/5/11 - Tune into The Netherlands tomorrow - I will be doing my first European interview with Marco Geene click here!
  • 11/18/11 - My song "I Will Be There" was featured on Gilles Martin's show at Radio ARIA 99.6 in Longwy, France this week!!  Somebody pinch me!  Yet another very cool radio station in Europe - check them out here!
  • 11/11/11 - Official Nigel Tufnel Day.  Big news here!!  On 11/15/11 Watching the Highway will officially be distributed through Burnside Distribution, and we're talking WORLDWIDE!  New iTunes and Amazon links will be posted next week!!
  • 11/8/11 - New videos from HMAC with my band posted in the video section.  Shoutout to Gina with PAMusicScene.com!  Check them out here!
  • 11/4/11 - Very cool review from The Netherlands in Muziiekvenster ! Getting some real momentum going in Europe with radio and the reviews we're getting for "Watching the Highway" have been incredible so far!  Have band will get Visas!
  • 11/4/11 - "Girl At The Piano" Paul Cézanne...LOVE this review from Belgium!!  RootsTime
  • 11/3/11 - Did an interview via email with Martin at NBTMusicRadio in Berlin, today and will be recording some intros for them this weekend! This is a cool station and you can stream it here NBTMusicRadio and request me as many times as you like!
  • 13/10/11 (that's 10/13/11 in the US) - Awesome review of Watching the Highway from Germany in ROCKTIMES!! 
  • 10/9/11 - My song "No Other Man" was featured on Georges Lang's Les Nocturnes show on the Paris radio station, RTL.  I'm on around 33:30 in the first hour, just after Ryan Adams and followed by Keb Mo.  How cool is that!
  • 10/8/11 Put new videos up on my website under "video." Check 'em out!
  • 10/1/11 - "Nothing I Can Do" started getting some spins in Europe this past week!  Plus a really great review in Denmark - 4 Stars for Watching the Highway!! "Almost a Masterpiece, More than an Aspiring Songwriter" click here
  • 9/18/11 - More big news!  My album, Watching the Highway will officially be released in Europe on October 4th!!  And I am being represented by Peter Holmstedt with Hemifran for all European publicity. click here for more
  • 9/3/11 - KEAO in Maui, HI has "Miles To Go" in HEAVY rotation!!  This, after 10 weeks of spinning  "Please, Please (C'mon, C'mon)" in heavy rotation!  I want to go..."out on the island..." (If anyone can guess the song I just referenced you get a FREE download!)
  • 8/15/11- My new single, "Miles To Go," is officially released, and getting some serious ADDS this week!  Yay!
  • 8/8/11 - Big News!  I now now have a booking agent!  The RTE Group and you can check out my page here.
  • 8/1/11 - Gearing up for the release of my new single, "Miles To Go!"  Going For Adds on August 15th.
  • 7/18/11- Had a great time at WTMD last week with Erik Deatherage - you can listen to my appearance on "Between the Grooves" by clicking here and click on the mp3 player on the bottom of the page!
  • 7/13/11 - There's a really great review of Watching the Highway in the Montgomery News
  • 7/12/11 - New Page added with a list of all the radio stations where you can call or email requests!  Click here: www.emilyyanek.com/radio.cfm
  • 7/6/11 - Averaging 100 spins per week! Current radio airplay to date ranges from Maine to Hawaii. Included are stations KEAO, KMSU, KPFT, WBSD, WCTG, WERH, WERU, WGCS, WHFC, WJHS, WMKY, WNTI, WQRZ, WRRW, WRUR, and WRIP, as well as HomeGrownRadioNJ.com, RadioFreeAmericana.com, and Radioio.com/Eclectic.co. Oh, yeah!!!
  • 6/12/11 - GOING FOR ADDS June 13-14!!   This is the big radio week for my cd Watching the Highway, and the first single Please, Please (C'mon, C'mon)!"  So far things are going really good, we've already been added to 7 radio stations, with another 8 stations giving us spins in light rotation (from Hawaii to Maine!).  Check back soon for more details, as I will be updating this page a lot as things progress!  Thank you so much for the support, and please sign-up on my mailing list if you haven't already!

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