99 1/2, Hot 100 and Top 10…

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99 1/2 Won’t Do…as the end goal in Brooke’s fundraiser walk for pancreatic cancer research! Thanks to your generosity Brooke has more than tripled her goal for this February walk! She will be participating again in this fun annual tradition in memory of her Grandma Virginia held at Westlake Village City Hall, 31200 Oak Crest Drive, Westlake Village, CA 91361 If you would like to make a donation to her fundraising page go to: http://2016westlakevillagewalkrun.kintera.org/faf/donorReg/donorPledge.asp?ievent=1149475&supid=349656492 Special thanks to @LustgartenFoundation and @WomensRadio for helping promote the event!

Brooke is also grateful to be in the top ten again on Reverbnation. Thanks to all who have recently supported her page there at: https://www.reverbnation.com/brooketrout Special thanks to singer/songwriter Amanda Abizaid for helping spread the word in her newsletter you can check out here: http://paper.li/amandaabizaid?edition_id=a9205020-a4f8-11e5-afd8-0cc47a0d15fd

Brooke’s latest live concert review for Shawn Atkins and Robbie McDonald are now live in the December edition of Music Connection (page 64,66). Check out the reviews online here: http://musicconnection.com/magazine/current-digital. The piece on McDonald features a photo by the incredible music and photojournalist Paul Zollo. Check out some of his work at http://americansongwriter.com/author/paul-zollo/. Special thanks to NetteRadio for helping spread the word in their newsletter: http://tinyurl.com/qz6bqxe And special thanks also to McDonald for sharing the review on his web site! His song Impersonal Best is Brooke’s favorite new Christmas song of 2015. Check out the music video here:

December also marks a very special annual tradition at Music Connection where contributing writers get to nominate their favorite acts they’ve seen in the past year. A shout out goes to Brooke’s nominations for this year’s Hot 100 (p. 36-37):

Brooke’s Favorite Acts In 2015:

1. Name of Artist/Band: Cunao
2. website: http://cunaomusic.com/
3. style of music: Latin Folk
4. city they’re located in: Los Angeles

1. Name of Artist/Band: Silent War
2. website: http://www.thesilentwarmusic.com/
3. style of music: Pop Rock
4. city they’re located in: Los Angeles

1. Name of Artist/Band: Oldchild
2. website: https://www.facebook.com/oldchildband
3. style of music: Garage Rock/Blues
4. city they’re located in: Los Angeles

1. Name of Artist/Band: Magnastic
2. website: https://www.facebook.com/magnastic
3. style of music: Funk
4. city they’re located in: San Fernando

1. Name of Artist/Band: Myra Washington, aka DJ Karma Camille
2. website: https://www.reverbnation.com/myrawashingtonsinger
3. style of music: Pop
4. city they’re located in: Los Angeles

Special thanks to MondayBlogs for their continued support of Brooke’s Tumblr page! You can check out Brooke’s poems and art there: http://brooketroutblog.tumblr.com/

Brooke is an official part of The Soupy Gato Family so wants to spread the word that if you are a band that fits any of the following requirements: Liechtenstein Traditional of any country Folk Pagan Metal Meditate cool-crazy-weird (just have good sound) Make submissions to: For Mp3’s : soupygato [at] gmail [dot] com For CD’s send via snail mail to: Daniel J Harris Kesselloop 25 4813NS Breda The Netherlands