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| Dustin Shaskin Gets International Attention Calgary born bassist and songwriter Dustin Shaskin and his band The Cafe Ole recently received the honor of being named winner by the Song of the Year songwriting contest. Song of the Year is an international songwriting contest supporting VH-1's Save the Music Foundation. The Song of the Year judges are some of the biggest names in music including many Grammy Award winners. Song of the Year is excited to recognize Dustin Shaskin for his exceptional songwriting ability for the song “Mujer de Ojos Color Triste.” Dustin competed against songwriters from all over the world for this honor. When asked what inspired the song Dustin commented that “I was far away from the girl I loved and felt lonely. Writing this song helped me get through that difficult time.” Currently Dustin and his flamenco-jazz band The Cafe Ole are concentrating on the recording of their debut CD. Dustin and his band were just recently awarded a recording grant from Ontario Arts Council to help complete this project which will be released this September. The Cafe Ole will be joined by multi award winning jazz saxophonist Mike Murley and multi award winning jazz producer Roberto Occhipinti. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Jazz News :: home page |