www.richardflohil.com
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Richard Flohil heads a small, but extremely busy, music publicity and promotion company. After more than three decades of work in the music industry in Canada, he is understandably quite well known. Despite that, some people want to know more about him.
Richard Flohil & Associates handles publicity/PR for a variety of music industry clients, including record companies, events, concert tours, individual artists. It also handles concert promotions and club gigs, and Flohil continues to undertake writing and editing work. Among dozens of clients over more than 30 years, one could include the following:
Stony Plain Records 1980 - present
Evolver Records
NorthernBlues/Borealis Records
Isadora Records Serena Ryder
Alert Records (Roxanne Potvin)
Concert promotions -
Muddy Waters
Ry Cooder,
Miles Davis,
Stephane Grappelli
Benny Goodman,
John Prine,
k.d. lang,
B.B. King,
Bobby "Blue" Bland
*Currently Richard promotes a dozen-odd shows per year in various clubs, most notably Hugh's Room, The Rivoli, and The Horseshoe.
Tour publicity
Nana Mouskouri,
Eric Idle,
Billy Connolly,
Dave Crosby,
Ian Tyson,
James Keelaghan,
Stacey Earle & Mark Stuart
Public relations clients - Canadian Country Music Association, 1990-2000
Events - Southern Comfort Blues Featival, 1990-1993,
JVC Jazz Featival 1996-2001,
Mariposa Folk Festival (1965-1962, 1988-1992),
CMW 2000, 2001, 2002,
Watershed Festivals 1999-02
Ongoing publicity clients include -
Downchild Blues Band (35 years),
Stony Plain Recoreds (25 years),
Loreena McKennitt (more than 15 years),
Serena Ryder (three years),
Justin Rutledge,
Bobby Watt,
Paul Reddick,
Roxanne Potvin
Industry involvements - Member - Roots & Traditional Committee, Juno Awards; Programming committee member, Toronto Blues Society
Memberships - Toronto Blues Society, North American Folk Alliance, Ontario Council of Folk Festivals, SOCAN, CARAS.
