BEHIND-THE-SCENES MUSIC VETERANBIL CARPENTER’S FIRST BOOK“UNCLOUDY DAYS: THE GOSPEL MUSIC ENCYCLOPEDIA”IS NOMINATED FOR NAACP IMAGEAWARDFOR OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORK BY A DEBUT AUTHOR38th NAACP Image Awards Airs March 2, 2007 @ 8 PM (ET/PT) on FOX
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., (January 9, 2007) – Bil Carpenter - who has worked behind the scenes of the music industry as a publicist with artists such as Vickie Winans, Aaliyah, Bishop T.D. Jakes and Candi Staton – has been nominated for his first NAACP Image Award.
Carpenter’s 500+ page book, “Uncloudy Days: The Gospel Music Encyclopedia” (Hal Leonard Books, NY), has been nominated in the category of Outstanding Literary Work by a Debut Author. The book has received praise in publications such as Ebony, the Dallas Morning News, the Philadelphia Daily News, the Dallas Morning News, the London Voice, Upscale and Jet magazine. “The music that gave birth to soul gets the book it deserves,” Charles Waring wrote in Britain’s #1 pop music magazine, Mojo. “Utilizing a raft of revealing interviews with the great and the small from the gospel world, Carpenter brings the idiom’s rich and fascinating history vividly to life. A revelation.
“The Nominees for Outstanding Literary Work by a Debut Author Are:
1) “A Dead Man Speaks” – Lisa Jones Johnson (Genesis Press/ Kensington)
2) “Boldfaced Lies” – Charlene A. Porter (Rose City Press)
3) “The Legend of Quito Road” – Dwight Fryer (Kimani Press – Sepia Imprint)4) “Letters to a Young Brother” – Hill Harper (Gotham Books)
5) “Uncloudy Days: The Gospel Music Encyclopedia” – Bil Carpenter (Backbeat Books/HalLeonard)
The NAACP Image Awards honors projects and individuals that promote diversity in the arts in television, recording, literature and motion pictures. The theme of this year’s show is “Youth Create Change. The 38th NAACP Image Awards will air live on Friday, March 2nd (8:00 – 10:00 p.m. ET/PT) on FOX Television.
Show website: http://www.naacpimageawards.net/imageawards38.html
Media Contact (Direct): Bil Carpenter at 202-526-6322 or carpbil@aol.com
Website: www.uncloudydays.com
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