You may support our music by calling or emailing the stations located in your area or country, and requesting your favorite Honest Touch song. We have listed all stations that play our music. More stations will be added soon. Please keep checking back.
BOOK HONEST TOUCH FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT:
Are you interested to book us for a concert or event? It will be our pleasure to perform for your corporate event, private party, wedding, fundraiser, house concert or convention. We will travel anywhere in the world as long as our expenses (fee, travel and accommodations) are covered. Please contact our entertainment booking agents for more information:
If you prefer, you may also contact us for further details.
SCHEDULED PERFORMANCES:
No concerts are scheduled at this time. Please check back again.
(Click here to read the press coverage of a past concert at Planet Music.
A photo gallery is also available.)
: : Forthcoming plans (August 29/09): We are currently composing and orchestrating the material of the new album, and seeking sponsorship for recording and producing the tracks. Interested fans are welcome to contact us to discuss the details for supporting the new project.
: : Honest Touch is nominated for the Hollywood Music Awards (July 1/08): The song "Memories From A Dream" is nominated in the instrumental category for the prestigious Hollywood Music Awards. The Awards' main event will take place in Hollywood, CA on November 20, 2008. Please click here to look the official nomination.
: : "Memories From A Dream" in the Harmony of Waves compilation CD (May 15/08):
"Memories From A Dream" is included in the atmospheric Harmony of Waves compilation CD and released by Power House Entertainment. Please click here to check out the compilation.
: : "Luce Lontana" reviewed by Soundraze eMagazine (February 15/08): Soundraze eMagazine (with Nunatak Entertainment) reviews songs in all genres and features selective artists. Please visit our Reviews Page to read the review.
: : Honest Touch was featured in the New Age and New Sounds magazine: (October, 07):
The New Age and New Sounds is an Italian magazine (Emmek Publications), covering the New Age life style with a focus on music and wellness. Honest Touch had the pleasure of being interviewed by Alessandro Doni, with a full two page feature in the October issue (no. 178). The magazine has a compilation CD with Honest Touch's track "Memories From A Dream". The interview and feature were coordinated by Julie Franks. You may visit our Interviews Page to read the interview and look at this beautifully designed feature.
: : Debut album reviewed by Mike Parker (June 14/07):
Mr. Parker is the managing Editor of BuddyHollywood.com. The motto of his e-magazine is "BuddyHollywood.com is your friend in entertainment". They cover all types of entertainment from movies and music, to books and TV. They find and review great entertainment for their readers. To read the review you may either visit our Reviews Page or read it directly at BuddyHollywood.com.
: : Debut album reviewed by Michael Grillo (May 31/07):
Mr. Grillo writes CD reviews for Indie Music Stop. Through both their e-zine and blog they help spread the word about independent artist and their music. To read the review you may either visit our Reviews Page or read it directly at Indie Music Stop.
: : Major Tom of AIR 104.4 FM will interview Honest Touch on April 19 (Apr. 17/07):
AIR 104.4 FM is the only foreign language news station in Athens. It's affiliated with the BBC, and other EU state radio stations. Major Tom is an ET journalist at AIR FM (Athens International Radio) and hosts the Entertainment Features on “Good Evening Athens”. Tune in to Major Tom Live, on Thursday April 19, 18:45-19:00.
: : Debut album reviewed by Anna Maria Stjärnell (Apr. 4/07):
Mrs. Stjärnell is a Swedish CD reviewer for Luna Kafé, a Norwegian music fanzine.
The e-zine is very interestingly published every full moon since 1996. To read the review you may either visit our Reviews Page or read it directly at Luna Kafé.
: : Debut album reviewed by Sarah Tomblin (Mar. 30/07): Mrs. Tomblin writes CD reviews for Amazing Sounds. Online since 1996, Amazing Sounds is an e-zine devoted to informing on the
current events in the electronic music, Ambient, New Instrumental Music, World Music,
Electroacoustic, New Age, and other alternative genres. To read the review you may either visit our Reviews Page or read it directly at Amazing Sounds.
: : Honest Touch's success in the 2007 Independent Music Awards (Mar. 12/07):
A press release has been submitted to the media, announcing Honest Touch's succes in the 2007 IMAs. You may read it in the following websites: Mi2n.com, Nestormedia.com, Musesmuse.com, Prlog.com, Pressbox.co.uk, Prbuzz.com
: : Honest Touch is the winner of the IMA "Vox Populi" voting (Feb. 24/07):
Our debut album was voted as the favorite album at the Independent Music Awards "Vox Populi" Jukebox in the New Age category. Although we didn't win the award, being voted as people's favorite is a wonderful satisfaction. We'd like to say, once again, a huge THANK YOU for all our fans and supporters for voting for us. We immensely appreciate it.
: : Debut album reviewed by Dan MacIntosh (Feb. 06/07): Mrs. MacIntosh writes CD reviews for Indie-Music.com; an online musician magazine and directory that serves the Independent Music Community with monthly CD Reviews, a huge industry search directory, success-building resources, and much-needed recognition. To read the review you may either visit our Reviews Page or read it directly at Indie-Music.com.
: : The International Online Music Awards winners announced (Jan. 02/07):
We won one of the four nominations of the International Online Music Awards. Fofi is the winner in the Best Keyboard Player category. The IOMAs is where songwriters, composers, musicians, and associated music business professionals are given the opportunity to nominate their fellow artists and peers in this prestigious annual event. We'd like to extend a huge thank you to all those who voted for us. And of course, we'd like to congratulate all the winners and especially Colin Lynch for creating and organizing the awards since 2004.
: : Honest Touch is nominated for the International Online Music Awards (Dec. 26/06):
We are nominated in four categories of the International Online Music Awards (Canada). The categories are, Best Keyboard Player, Best Instrumental-Soundtrack, Best Producer and Best Artist Website. The nominee in each category that has been awarded the highest number of votes will be the winner for that award. To become a final nominee in any category is a huge achievement in itself as over 20.000 nominations were received between September 1st and December 21st. The announcements for winners will be made on New Year’s Day. Wish us good luck!
: : The IMA 2007 winners announced (Dec. 11/06):
We deeply congratulate Jonathan Still for winning the New Age album category. We'd like to say a huge THANK YOU for all our fans and supporters for voting for us. Because of you, until this date, we have a higher rating than the winning artist. Nevertheless, as finalist of the Independent Music Awards, our music will be extensively promoted throughout the world. Once again, thanks to all of you - you are an important "building block" of our international recognition.
: : Debut album reviewed by Dene Bebbington (Dec. 3/06):
Mrs. Bebbington is a UK reviewer of ambient, new age, electronic, and adult contemporary music. She's also a reviewer for Audion magazine. To read the review you may either visit our Reviews Page or read it directly at Melliflua.com.
: : Fofi and Samy were interviewed by Paul Jury for Morpheus Music (Nov. 19/06):
The project tells Paul Jury in this short interview how they started out, their musical style, their influences and other career related details. To read this interesting interview you may either visit our Interviews Page or read it directly at Morpheus Music.
: : Honest Touch is among the Finalists of the Independent Music Awards (Nov. 3/06):
The debut album "Memories From A Dream" is just nominated among the Album Finalists of the 2007 Independent Music Awards (IMAs) in the New Age category. Among the judges of these prestigious awards are, Peter Gabriel, Ozzy Osbourne, and Suzanne Vega. This year the IMAs has created an informal "Vox Populi" vote. All our fans are invited to show their support by visiting the IMAs Album Finalists page, scroll down to the New Age category and click on the "rate" link to vote for us. Winners of the awards will be announced in December. Wish us good luck!
: : Debut album reviewed by Colin Lynch (Oct. 29/06):
Mr. Lynch is the Executive director of the Canadian IOM Magazine - one of the world's most popular and successful promotional resources
for digitally distributed music and the artists that make it. Honest Touch is also picked as Artist of the Month. To read the review you may either visit our Reviews Page or read it directly at IOM Magazine.
: : Debut album reviewed by Kathy Parsons (Oct. 19/06): The debut album received the Reviewer's Pick by Kathy Parsons. Mrs. Parsons writes CD reviews as well as artist interviews for Solo Piano Publications; a print music publishing company based in New York City, USA . To read the review you may either visit our Reviews Page or read it directly at Solo Piano Publications.
: : Debut album reviewed by Paul Jury (Oct. 15/06): Mr. Jury is director and editor of Morpheus Music, a UK electronic magazine that provides news, reviews, interviews and exposure for independent artists. The web site covers the styles Ambient, Chillout, Electronica, Enigmatic/New Age, Vocal and Worldbeat. To read the review you may either visit our Review Page or read it directly at Morpheus Music.
: : Debut album reviewed by Paul De Micheli (Oct. 14/06): Mr. De Micheli is the director and broadcaster of Mondo Blu Radio in Spain. The radio's play list includes eclectic music from many styles; from Rock, Pop, Oldies, Electronica, to jazz, blues, country, electronic / ambient and soul. To read the review you may either visit our Reviews Page or read it directly at Mondo Blu Radio. Honest Touch is among the featured artists of the radio.
: : "Memories From A Dream" reviewed by Curtis Lowell (makeastar.com) (Oct. 1/06):
MakeaStar.com's Industry Review Board (IRB) is composed of professionals with significant experience in the music industry. IRB members have worked at major record labels, publishing companies, radio stations, music publications or are published and/or signed songwriters themselves. Click here to read the review.
: : The Music Lessons page is temporarily off line (Sept. 30/06):
Due to the lack of free time for preparing the material for the Music Lessons page, we decided to temporarily put it off line. We hope that in the near future we will be able to have available interesting and useful material translated in English. Our Newsletter subscribers will be promptly informed when the page is online again.
: : Debut album reviewed by Keith "MuzikMan" Hannaleck (Sept. 21/06): Mr. Hannaleck, known as “MuzikMan”, is a Journalist from Massachusetts, USA. He specializes in independent and major music reviews and the promotion of artists via the various media outlets flourishing online. To read the review you may either visit our Reviews Page or read it directly at tagworld.com.
: : Piano sheet music are available at the Online Store (Aug. 22/06): You may order the sheet music of all the songs in the debut album at the Sheet Music Store. Piano sheet music is available in Pdf format and is thoroughly prepared with care in detail and readability. You may purchase the sheet music of individual songs for $3.99, packages of four for $11.99 or all the songs of the album for $25.99 and save over 40%. Click here to view a sample sheet music.
: : Goodnight Kiss Music's Lush Instrumentals Contest (Aug. 15/06):
The song “Moments With You” won the 3rd place in the Lush Instrumentals Contest organized by the music publisher Goodnight Kiss Music (USA).
: : Fofi at the Hellenic American Union (Mar. 20/06): Fofi performed a piano recital at the Conference
Center of the Hellenic
American Union. She performed works
by Chopin, Liszt, Rachmaninoff and Michael Karras. Fofi's
virtuosity, expressiveness and command of the classical repertoire
were enthusiastically applauded by a crowded hall. You may look at pictures
from the recital by visiting the photo
gallery.
:
: Press release of the Debut Album, January
06: You may read the press
release on the Music
Industry News Network (Mi2N) web site. Mi2N is
a leading news publisher and CSP (Content Service
Provider) in the digital entertainment market.
: : Press release at
PressBox UK, January 06:
You may read it here.
: : Press release at PR
Web, January 06:
You may read it here.
:
: Debut album reviewed in Difono music magazine
on July 05: “Memories From A Dream” was reviewed in the Difono music
magazine by the legendary Yannis Petridis. Mr. Petridis, besides being a radio
producer, a chief editor and a music critic, is widely considered a living Pop & Rock
Encyclopedia. You may read the review here.
: : Debut album announced in the Ego magazine, July 05:
The release of “Memories From A Dream” was announced in Ego, a biweekly women magazine. You may read it here.
: : Honest Touch appeared on national TV, the NET Channel (Jun. 23/05): On June 23rd Honest Touch appeared on National TV in the show “PR” on
the NET Channel. They were interviewed for the debut album and their music style.
They performed two songs, “Moments With You” and “Let
Love Soar”. With Fofi on the piano, the project’s band included Christos
Zelelidis, Drums, Sotiris Papadeas, Bass, Dimitiris Kontos, Percussion,
Stefanos Hatzakis, Guitars, Vasilis Garoufalidis, Solo Violin.
Click here to
view snap shots from this TV appearance.
:
: Debut album released, Summer 2005:
The debut album is released
on Polytropon
Records and distributed by Universal Music.
Titled “Memories
From A Dream”,
the debut album took almost 3 years in the making;
a large production as it came to be, featuring
solo piano, a five-piece band, symphony orchestra,
choir, solo violin and vocals. The album includes
12 original compositions by Samy Elgazzar and a
fantastic arrangement of ABBA’s hit single “Lay
All Your Love On Me”. Click here to
read more about the project’s biography and
music style. You may also visit the Music
Samples page to listen
or download free music samples.
