Hickman County Times Article

Red Cross will benefit Laster's music to provide aid May's disastrous flooding left an impression on singer/songwriter Angie Laster, who grew up in Pleasantville. " I couldn't get in touch with my family--- it was terrible", she said. That challenge has been overcome, but Laster lives in Lyles so she's aware that the recovery process is going to take awhile throughout Hickman County. That's led her to put her music where her heart is: Proceeds from the sale of her new CD, "Way Too Much To Think", will be donated to the Hickman County Service Center of the American Red Cross. Laster said the five-song collection of her newest work should be out this week. It will be on sale at the Hickman County Chamber of Commerce, on the Centerville Square, where she will perform on Saturday, June 26 on the Grinders Switch Radio Hour. The CD produced through Terrell Branch Music Group which she manages along with Pat Stockdale, will be available for sale there. "It was really fun", says the mother of two and grandmother of one. "It took a long time, family and things. It's hard to focus on just one thing. "It's a good combination to me. I wouldn't have it any other way". Music has, however, been a priority for her since she was able to climb upon the piano stool at Pleasantville Pentecostal Church, where her dad was the minister. That church was among the places impacted by flooding on May 1-2. " I believe in paying forward," she said last week. "It's only right to help others with it." She began songwriting at age 12, then recorded Angie Laster Gospel-- a collection that included one of her own songs. Her style has turned to country since then, though there's some rhythm and blues, too. "My backbone is Christian," she says of her style. "I have such a wide variety." Her newest CD is her third, and you can hear her cuts at her website, http://angielaster.com

I am so excited to tell you that my new album "Way Too Much To Think" is finally finished! I have been working on this project for quite a while now and hope that you will like it! Because of the recent flooding in Tennessee, and my home town of Pleasantville, I have decided to donate all of the proceeds from the sale of the new physical cd to the Hickman County, Tn chapter of the Red Cross to help out the families affected by this terrible tragedy. If you want an actual copy of the cd send me an email and I will let you know where to send a donation of whatever you feel like giving to the Red Cross so you can receive your copy. Digital Downloads of the new album are available in the store section of this site for free!!! as a way to show my appreciation to the folks who have continued to support my music, just click on my picture and then click on free MP3 highlighted in blue. I will also have some copies available at the Chamber of Commerce in Centerville,Tn. Visit my site and I will keep you informed as to new developments in where you can obtain the record, and about some live performances that I have coming up. Thank You all so much for caring, and being interested in my music. I sure love bringing it to you! Love You  Ang Many of you are aware that my hometown of Pleasantville,Tn as well as Hickman County suffered much devastation in the recent flood that we experienced here in Tennessee. Sadly there was also loss of life from families that I knew and loved! I want to thank everyone who has helped me stay in touch with my Mammaw when the phone lines were knocked out! Tennessee is a wonderful place to live and it is amazing to see how people have come together in this time of crisis. We will recover and replace our material things, we will be there to comfort the families that have lost so much, and we will keep praying and lending a hand to those in need. On a happier note I am so excited to tell you that my new album is very close to completion and is in the mixing stages as I write this. I hope that the new material will be to your liking and can't wait to make it available to you! thank you for you thoughts, prayers, and support I hope to talk to all of you very soon! All My Love Angie   My Newest Single Way Too Much To Think is now available on ITunes, Rhapsody, Amazon, and Napster! You can also listen to it for free on my home page of this site. I hope you will enjoy! The new album is coming along slower than we anticipated and we appreciate your patience! We will keep you posted as to when it will be released and are going to make some of the new material available for free! Check out store page to find my music!  The new record will be entitled Way Too Much to think and has truly incredible musician's playing on it and I am so proud of the fact that most of the song's I recorded are original! I am also now on twitter and if you are too I invite you to follow me so that we can become twitter buddies! Follow me at www.twitter.com/ajlaster. I can't tell you all enough how thankful I am to have devoted fans like you and how very blessed I feel to have your continued support! Soon I will provide information about the distribution of the new album that will benefit my fans by providing a portion of the new record through this site for free as a digital download! We are putting together all of the needed technology to allow this to happen and because I own my record label there will be no need to worry about greedy middle men trying to rip off my fans by charging un-Godly prices just to have my music! I want you to have it and enjoy it because we are very proud of it and very thankful for you.. more details on this coming soon! Thanks for checking in on me and I love you all very much! Angie I would also like to invite you to visit my myspace page at, www.myspace.com/angielaster. Once again, I want to thank you for your continued support and I hope that you will contact me during the upcoming  months and let me know how you are doing. I will keep you updated on the happenings in my life and will look for you at the shows. That's it for now! My continued love, Angie