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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><u><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>....and Rolling Stone might put her on the cover<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>21 year old singer/songwriter <b>Lelia Broussard </b>writes songs about sad robots and her orthodontist.<b> </b>She calls out hipster bitches and sings about shooting for the moon. Laced up in rosy cheeked indie pop, Lelia brings her gorgeous full length release<b> </b><i>Masquerade</i><b> </b>to<b> LA’s </b>famed <b>Hotel Café </b>on<b> May 17<sup>th</sup></b>. <i>Masquerade</i><b> </b>hit in April, instantly receiving critical acclaim, helping Lelia get voted into the <b>top four </b>of <b>Rolling Stone’s <u><a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/choosethecover/artists/lelia-broussard" title="http://www.rollingstone.com/choosethecover/artists/lelia-broussard">So You Want To Be A Rock And Roll Star</a></u> </b>contest<b>. </b>You probably should take the chance to interview her now before the magazine scoops her up, puts her on the cover and she becomes harder to speak to than Greta Garbo. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b><img border=0 width=289 height=224 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CC0F1A.27CAA4E0"></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This past January, <b>Russell Simmons </b>selected Lelia as one of his<b> </b>five favorite current unsigned pop/rock artists in his “<b><i>Hip-Pop Challenge.</i></b>” As if an endorsement from the hip-hop mogul wasn’t enough (and likely apart of Lelia’s 11 million <a href="http://www.myspace.com/leliabroussard">MySpace</a> <i> </i>plays and 5 million <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/lilyah524">YouTube</a> artist page views) she was also handpicked by the editors of <b>Rolling Stone</b> as one of the sixteen best unsigned artists in the nation. Out of the original sixteen artists, Lelia is one of the final four that have advanced to the third round on the strength of fan votes. This round of voting will be open till May 13, so get your votes in now! The winner of the contest will grace the cover of the August issue of Rolling Stone and perform on the main stage at the <b>Bonnaroo Music Festival</b>.<span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Adamant about pursuing her passion for music, she has created a successful independent career for herself using her ingenuity and the mediums available to her. Broussard raised over $<i>15,000</i> to record <b>Masquerade</b> on <b>Kickstarter.com</b>, her campaign was one of the most successful music projects on the popular indie fundraising site at that time. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'>Point your browser to <a href="http://www.leliabroussard.com">http://www.leliabroussard.com</a> for more information or give us a shout! <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><b>Jennie Boddy & Rachel Gomez<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="mailto:Jennie@pressherepublicity.com">Jennie@pressherepublicity.com</a> // <a href="mailto:rachel@pressherepublicity.com">rachel@pressherepublicity.com</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>