Announcing 'Little Red Hen Promotions'.
Posted on October 7, 2011www.littleredhenpromotions.com
Jan Bell founded Little Red Hen Music in 1999 as a member organization of the Folk Alliance.
Since then Jan has spearheaded over a thousand live music events in New York City, mostly between the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges in DUMBO (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass). Once an affordable area for artists of all kinds to live and work, it is now an internationally renowned arts neighborhood. Jan continues to present and promote live music events year round, specializing in 'Secret Shows' across the river with special guests on tour in NYC to play legendary Manhattan venues.
Pioneer venue 'Superfine' cited Little Red Hen Music when they won NYC Mayor Bloomberg's coveted Award for 'Women in Business'. As the booking agent at popular fringe venues Lillies, Union Pool, and the DUMBO Arts Festival, Jan is credited with helping launch the careers of The Be Good Tanyas, The Wiyos, and the Luminescent Orchestrii, among others.
Twenty plus years as a Production Manager include world class artists Ray Charles, Emmylou Harris, Merle Haggard, Alison Krauss, Gatemouth Brown, Bela Fleck, Ralph Stanley, to name a few. Jan also served as Technical Director at Performance Space 122. La Mama, The Charles Ludlam Theater, and the radical Judson Memorial Church in the West Village, NYC for twenty years.
In 2009 Jan was inducted into the Brooklyn Country Music Hall of Fame for 'Unending Support of Country Music in New York City'. Matt Winters of WKCR-FM also received the award for presenting his Sunday morning Moonshine Radio Show for 11 years.
A multi-award winning singer and songwriter, Jan brings her experience as a touring artist to the forefront of her publicity campaigns. Having made her home in New Orleans, The Ozarks, and the South West, Jan Bell is a touch stone in NYC for hard working, awe inspiring bands she has met along the way. Staying true to her dream of building a vibrant music community, she continues to steadfastly present and promote international touring artists at independently owned and operated venues in Brooklyn, NYC.