Rocketown recording artist Ginny Owens is set to release a new live album on May 3. The project, Live from New Orleans, was recorded last fall in the French Quarter House of Blues and will offer live versions of past Owens' hits in addition to two new songs. The new live CD will prove a perfect precursor to Owens' highly anticipated October 2005 studio release.

"I grew up in Jackson, Mississippi, about two-and-a-half hours from New Orleans,"said Owens. "I made enough trips to the city to fall in love with its mystique, diversity and fascinating history. It seemed a logical choice for the city in which to record a live concert. By the time we recorded this project, the band guys and I had been on the road together for a little over 100 shows so this set of live songs sounds low-key, lived-in, relaxed. I have settled into the vocals in a new way, and the guys and I have rearranged some things as we've played concerts."

Songs included on Live from New Orleans are as follows in sequence:

I Wanna Be Moved
Free
Call Me Beautiful
I Love the Way
New Song
With Me
True Story
Let Love Rule *New, cover of Lenny Kravitz hit
If You Want Me To
Live Once *New original

In addition to touring throughout the Spring, Owens is writing songs for a new studio release, tentatively scheduled for October 2005. For more information on Ginny Owens, visit www.ginnyowens.com or www.rocketownrecords.com.

Grammy Award-winner Michael W. Smith and former Reunion Records A&R chief Don Donahue started Rocketown Records in 1996 with the goal of building a label around a foundation of great songs and a family atmosphere. Since its launch, Rocketown has garnered commercial and critical acclaim with more than 2.5 million units sold, more than two dozen No. 1 songs and more than 60 Dove Award nominations.

Posted by Janet Kyler