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<b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%">CILLIE BARNES TO PERFORM AT NEON GOLD + HIT CITY USA’s POP SHOP WEST APRIL 9!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%">SINGLE “BRAINWASH” ON SALE NOW ON ALL DIGITAL PLATFORMS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">DEBUT MUSIC COLLECTION ‘HAPPY VALLEY’ DUE FOR SPRING 2013 RELEASE VIA LOMA VISTA RECORDINGS<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><i>“Cillie Barnes has blended aspects of rock, hip-hop and folk to create an infections collection of songs that express her spunky charm … we can’t wait to hear more!” --
<b>FILTER</b><o:p></o:p></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><i>“[Brainwash] toys with the mind and heart… part provocateur, part seductress, part girl next door.” –
<b>BUZZBANDS LA</b><o:p></o:p></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><i>“[Brainwash] has a shuffling springtime thing that hits perfectly on these warm and gloomy days …the next big L.A. singer/songwriter.” –
<b>AMOEBA MUSIC<o:p></o:p></b></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><i>“... there’s a hook the size of a hurricane … you’ll be singing along in under a minute.” –
<b>GROOVES ‘N JAMS</b><o:p></o:p></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b>Los Angeles, CA, April 2, 2013</b> –Los Angeles’ buzzworthy, ethereal chanteuse,
<b>Cillie Barnes </b>(who you may recognize as the cover girl from LA rockers<b> PAPA’s</b>
<b><i>A Good Woman is Hard to Find</i></b> <b>EP</b>), will be performing at <b>Neon Gold</b> and
<b>Hit City USA’s</b> <b>POP SHOP WEST</b> on <b>FRIDAY, APRIL 9<sup>th</sup></b>
<b>@ The Echo</b> in <b>Los Angeles </b>alongside<b> Bad Things, Cayucas </b>and<b> Captain Cuts</b>! Live, Cillie sweeps the audience up in her effortless vocals and powerful, mystical aura, all while keeping everyone dancing and swaying along to each song.
Her debut single, <b>“Brainwash,” </b>was just featured on famed radio DJ Jason Kramer’s Sunday night show on Southern California’s radio authority,<i> KCRW</i>
<b>-- </b><a href="http://smarturl.it/CillieBarnesBrnwshiT"><b><span style="color:blue">PRESS HERE</span></b></a> to purchase the digital track.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%">Earlier this month,
<b>FILTER MAGAZINE</b> premiered an exclusive first listen of the single, which has already garnered over 13,000 plays –
<a href="http://filtermagazine.com/index.php/media/entry/mp3_cillie_barnes_makes_her_debut_with_mr._brainwash_filter_premiere">
<b><span style="color:blue">PRESS HERE</span></b></a> to stream it now! The flawless song, which brings to life Cillie’s knack for lyrical storytelling and her quirky Southern California charm with hip hop roots,
<span style="color:black">autobiographically tells of Cillie's being robbed, home-invasion style in her Hollywood apartment.
</span>The track is the first taste of new music from her upcoming Spring 2013 release on
<b>Loma Vista Recordings</b>, <b><i>‘Happy Valley.’</i></b> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%">Like the rest of her debut effort,
<b>“Brainwash”</b> was crafted within the creative confines of Los Angeles’ enchanted denizen, Happy Valley. Collaborations with her musical co-conspirator,
<b>Joe Keefe </b>(Family of the Year) and the carefree, spontaneous nature of Happy Valley allowed Cillie to fully explore her talents as a mystical singer songwriter.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b>CILLIE BARNES</b> (aka Vanessa Long) had quite the unruly upbringing. Growing up the daughter of a convicted bank robber father and art teacher mother in Newport Beach, she moved to Los Angeles
at age 17 eventually settling in the famed ‘Happy Valley’ neighborhood, and never looked back. Her eclectic and exuberant surroundings serve as a cocoon for her equally captivating and mysterious musical stylings – after just one listen, you’re hooked.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><a href="http://vimeo.com/35966655"><b><span style="color:blue">PRESS HERE</span></b></a> to catch
<b>Cillie Barnes</b> covering <b>Dawes</b>’ song, “<b>Million Dollar Bill,”</b> for The Voice Project.<o:p></o:p></p>
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For all <b>CILLIE BARNES’</b> socials head over to: <a href="http://www.cilliebarnes.com">
<span style="color:blue">www.cilliebarnes.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">For more information on
<b>CILLIE BARNES</b>, please contact:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%">Angela Burke // Binta Jammeh<o:p></o:p></p>
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