<![CDATA[Marcia Watson Bendo - News]]>Fri, 13 Jan 2023 00:54:14 -0800Weebly<![CDATA[Planting Moon]]>Sat, 16 May 2020 15:51:33 GMThttps://www.marciawatsonbendo.com/news/planting-moon
Watch the new video of "Planting Moon" from the album "Woodland Moons". Buy, download or stream this album here.
]]><![CDATA[Maple Sugar Moon]]>Sun, 12 Apr 2020 05:48:01 GMThttps://www.marciawatsonbendo.com/news/maple-sugar-moonA piece from the award-winning New Age album, Woodland Moons. The song's composer and multi-instrumentalist, Marcia Watson Bendo, narrates a story about the history and significance of the April "Maple Sugar Moon" for Native American tribes. The song features Native American-style flute, keyboards, stringed instruments, and percussion. The artist is a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. ​
]]><![CDATA[19th Annual Native American Nomination]]>Mon, 23 Sep 2019 23:15:35 GMThttps://www.marciawatsonbendo.com/news/19th-annual-native-american-nominationMarcia has been nominated for Best New Age | Ambient | Soundscape Recording for the 19th Annual Native American Music Awards which will be held in Niagara Falls, NY on November 2nd, 2019. Congratulations Marcia!
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]]><![CDATA[MidSummer Moon]]>Fri, 30 Aug 2019 01:13:13 GMThttps://www.marciawatsonbendo.com/news/midsummer-moon
Multi-Instrumentalist Marcia Watson Bendo releases a new video of her song titled, "Midsummer Moon".
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]]><![CDATA[Best New Artist]]>Thu, 30 May 2019 06:04:45 GMThttps://www.marciawatsonbendo.com/news/best-new-artistThe broadcasters have spoken, the votes have been tabulated and now ZoneMusicReport is pleased to announce the winners of the 2018 ZMR Music Awards presented Live in New Orleans on May 18th, 2019. 

Marcia Watson Bendo wins "Best New Artist" for Woodland Moons.
Marcia Watson Bendo wins Best New Artist - ZMR Awards
]]><![CDATA[#2 remains for OWMR]]>Wed, 06 Mar 2019 21:32:20 GMThttps://www.marciawatsonbendo.com/news/2-remains-for-owmrMarcia's album "Woodland Moons" has remained at the number 2 spot for the OWMR Music charts for the month of February. See below...
OWMR Music Charts February 2019
Download the full chart
]]><![CDATA[New Video - Little Bear Moon]]>Mon, 04 Mar 2019 03:47:24 GMThttps://www.marciawatsonbendo.com/news/new-video-little-bear-moon
]]><![CDATA[Best New Artist Nomination]]>Tue, 26 Feb 2019 08:12:36 GMThttps://www.marciawatsonbendo.com/news/best-new-artist-nominationThe ZMR Awards has nominated Marcia Watson Bendo and "Woodland Moons" for Best New Artist. The Award ceremony and concert will be held on May 18th at the House of Blues in New Orleans, Louisiana. More info on the event.
Marcia Watson Bendo Best New Artist
Marcia Watson Bendo and Woodland Moons nominated for Best New Artist
]]><![CDATA[2 Nominations]]>Fri, 08 Feb 2019 23:39:59 GMThttps://www.marciawatsonbendo.com/news/2-nominations
Marcia Watson Bendo Woodlan Moons One World Music Award Nominations Album Of The Year
Marcia’s album “Woodland Moons” has been nominated for “Best Neo Classical Album” and “Album Of The Year” by the One World Music Awards. The winners will be announced at the 6th Annual OWMR Awards Show, 9th June 2019. 

For a list of all the nominees, click here
One World Music Awards Best Neo Classical Album
Album of the year nomination by One World Music Awards
]]><![CDATA[Aural Awakenings Podcast #25]]>Tue, 05 Feb 2019 19:38:55 GMThttps://www.marciawatsonbendo.com/news/aural-awakenings-podcast-25
Aural Awakenings Podcast Episode 25
Marcia is featured on episode #25 of the Aural Awakenings Podcast. You can tune in here or listen below. 
Other artists include:
Artist – Track – Album & Buy Link 
BrunuhVille – The Essence of Life – Aurora 
Elements – Sringara – The Alchemy 
Brenda Warren – Beneath Cherry Blossoms – Beautiful Journey 
Ken Verheecke – Healing Waters – Tripping the Light Fantastic 
Lena Natalia – Ballerina at Night – Lonely Satellite 
Acoustic Ocean – Recalling Beauty – Blue Moon Rising
Trine Opsahl – A Star in Heaven is Born Tonight – Somewhere in a Hidden Memory
Karen Biehl – Invocation – Starlight Dreams
Amethystium – Satori – Evermind
Marcia Watson Bendo – Yellow Leaves Moon – Woodland Moons
Libera – Sanctus – Beyond
KeithTim Anderson – Photographs – Waiting’s End: Solo Piano, Vol. 1
Michelle Qureshi – River of Calm – Short Stories
Al Jewer & Andy Mitran – Ascendance – Perihelion
]]><![CDATA[#2 at OWMC for January]]>Fri, 01 Feb 2019 22:18:55 GMThttps://www.marciawatsonbendo.com/news/2-at-owmc-for-january
One World Music Radio
Marcia's album, "Woodland Moons" has registered at #2 on the One World Music Chart for January 2019. See Chart
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]]><![CDATA[Aural Awakenings Review]]>Fri, 01 Feb 2019 22:09:16 GMThttps://www.marciawatsonbendo.com/news/aural-awakenings-review
Aural Awakenings
Posted and Archived here. Repost with permission. Review by Candice Michelle
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Woodland Moons is the remarkable debut album from composer and multi-instrumentalist Marcia Watson Bendo. A native Oklahoman currently residing in Texas, she was inspired to create an album based on the full moon names of the indigenous Woodlands People, the Anishinaabe. Herself a member of the Potawatomi tribe of whom comprise part of this larger group of indigenous peoples of upper North America, Bendo has mastered the art of playing on Native American-style flutes, which appropriately lead this album with captivating melodies.
Set to twelve contemporary arrangements accompanied by keyboards, strings and percussion, Bendo takes the listener on a fascinating musical journey through the seasonal year, with her lovely compositions evoking a serene sense of innocent wonder and connection to nature.
“Fallen Leaves Moon” is a lovely opener wherein Bendo’s graceful flute melody takes the foreground while an accompanying piano melody just underlies it, as the other classical instruments seemingly create an aural backdrop of gently cinematic orchestration. Following next is “Planting Moon”, a more dainty and whimsical piece that moves at a quickened waltzing pace. As with many of Bendo’s compositions, this one brings-to-mind that of watching a Nutcracker Ballet style performance.
Many vivid scenes are conveyed throughout this album, such as on “Midsummer Moon”, which employs the sounds of breezy tones and sprinkling chimes as they effectively paint images of fireflies dancing in a midsummer night breeze; or “Yellow Leaves Moon” which opens mysteriously with spiraling minor-key notes that seemingly mimic leaves whirling in the wind.
Songs inspired by winter are often my favorite on an album, and the enchanting “Snow Moon” is certainly one of my favorites on this one. Featuring an ensemble of flute, harp and keyboards, Bendo uses these instruments to create softly twinkling effects that seemingly portray a wintry scene of moonlit snowflakes gently swirling in the wind. Closing out the album is the lively and rhythmic “Berry Moon”; set to a dynamic waltzing pace, this piece conveys a cheerful mood of renewal and celebration.
One thing I both noticed and enjoyed while listening to this album, is how my attention always seemed to be drawn upwards – at the moon, the stars and the treetops. It would seem the composer wanted to evoke a sense of fascination and joyful intrigue in her audience, and she’s certainly excelled at that.
Sure to be cherished by many listeners, Woodland Moonsbeautifully embodies the often hard-to-recapture mystique of many earlier “new age” music albums – particularly those in the style of Windham Hill Records or the outstanding collaborations of R. Carlos Nakai and Peter Kater. Additionally, Marcia Watson Bendo’s notable integration of classical motifs would make her music especially well-suited for ballet and other visual dance performances.
Warmly engaging and uplifting, yet overall subtle enough to play in a spa setting, Woodland Moons is a superb album and can only signal more wonderful things to come from this artist! ~ Candice Michelle
]]><![CDATA[Marcia Tops The Charts at #1]]>Sat, 22 Dec 2018 00:55:08 GMThttps://www.marciawatsonbendo.com/news/marcia-tops-the-charts-at-1One World Music Charts
Marcia's album, "Woodland Moons" Tops The One World Music Chart for December 2018 (2nd month in a row). View The Chart and/or listen to the December Chart Show for 2018 below. 
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]]><![CDATA[Retailing Insight Review]]>Thu, 20 Dec 2018 19:13:06 GMThttps://www.marciawatsonbendo.com/news/retailing-insight-reviewPicture
Woodland Moons
Marcia Watson Bendo
Heartnotes Music
Throughout my 20+ years of reviewing music, now and then a debut recording comes along that blows my socks off! Woodland Moons from Marcia Watson Bendo (Native flutes, keyboards, and orchestrations) is one of those rare "Are you kidding me?" albums. Woodland Moons blends sonorous Native flute melodies with lush orchestrations and features influences from both the classical and new age genres, as well as, obviously Native fusion music. Percussionist Rafael Pereira contributes on nine of the twelve tracks and the acclaimed Trammell Starks handled mixing and mastering. Watson Bendo's flute playing is magical, but it's the depth and breadth of her compositions and her spot-on perfect orchestrations that elevates Woodland Moons to its heights of beauty and artistry. 
Review by Bill Binkelman
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