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Imelda de la Cruz

About Me

My name is Imelda and I would like to play for you.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 23/05/2006
Band Website: http://www.imeldadelacruz.com
Band Members: Imelda de la Cruz - Vocals, Guitar, & Piano. Sometimes I get lucky and Elizabeth Baird is on cello and Melinda Novak brings out her trumpet.
Influences: The songs of Nick Drake, Jeff Buckley, Jim Croce, Kings of Convenience, and Tori Amos.
Sounds Like:

Record Label: Unsigned
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Apple 2004-2008

i'll first apologize and say that if you read any further, there is a possibility that you might find this to be overly dramatic. please forgive me as this thing i am about to write on ...
Posted by on Sun, 16 Nov 2008 05:47:00 GMT

the pressures of headlining

though i've played a couple of gigs here and there, i can't say as i've ever headlined a proper gig before. but here i am. i saw an add for the subterranean gig in timeout chicago a couple days a...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Sep 2008 04:13:00 GMT

tim russert 1950-2008

an awesome guy that i was lucky enough to meet and shake hands with. he reluctantly told me i was funny and gave me his autograph. it makes me sad to know that he won't be able to participate in&...
Posted by on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 22:15:00 GMT

crush and other songs long forgotten

its been another long while, i’m sorry. by now, you should be used to my antics. i find myself at yet another hopeful edge, maybe? (uncomfortable smile here) "this is its, i can feel i...
Posted by on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:17:00 GMT

what the f?

sometimes, to make self-promotion easier, i ask myself one question. "if you were looking for info on a musician you like, what kind of stuff would you want to see?" i'm not sure if this even hel...
Posted by on Sat, 20 Oct 2007 10:37:00 GMT

20 Minutes at the Metro

so i get a text from my friend/cellist telling me she saw my name in Time Out Chicago. apparently it was in BOLD PRINT, : ) so ofcourse, like an amateur, i seek it out when i get to work and sure enou...
Posted by on Sun, 27 May 2007 20:13:00 GMT

The Metro? The Metro!

so i called i-go back. i thought perhaps they wanted to send me out some more postcards. but no, it was way better. "the voting closed and we're calling to tell you that you're one of the winners!" or...
Posted by on Tue, 01 May 2007 22:26:00 GMT

I'm running for class president.

Well, sort of. Under the encouragement of my better half I entered a contest. From now until April 30th anyone can visit this site: http://www.igocars.org/igoaudioemissions/vote and vote for their fav...
Posted by on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 21:34:00 GMT

Out into the World

hello. well, the CD is here, the release party has come and gone, and i guess now is the time to go balls out! it's hard to believe that the cd was released only a couple weeks ago. i never got a chan...
Posted by on Mon, 21 Aug 2006 23:47:00 GMT

May I Bring You the Noise?

well hello. i will start off very unoriginally by saying, i have never done this before. i've always thought that thinking aloud would be a very dangerous thing for me to do. this may be the reason i ...
Posted by on Tue, 11 Jul 2006 15:48:00 GMT