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Wayfaring Atlanta rock trio settles at All Access finals
ATLANTA – From New Castle England by way of Atlanta, all hail Three Quarter Ale. Three Quarter Ale is a rock group that has traditional Celtic folk tunes and madrigal songs. Members Rivka Levin, Dolph Amich and Becky Cormier-Finch are competing as top 12 finalists in the Georgia Lottery’s All Access Music Search.
Auditions were held in Atlanta, Columbus, Macon and Savannah with three finalists in the categories of country, rock, pop/R&B and hip-hop/rap.
Acworth resident Becky Cormier-Finch, flutist, guitarist and singer of the group, said that it is the intricate weaving of harmonies that trademark the three-member band.
“Our instrumentation is unique,” 33-year-old Cormier-Finch, aka Ariana Pellayle, explained. “We have harp and flute in the music that you don’t hear these days.”
Each band member portrays a character while performing their songs. Atlanta native Rivka Levin, aka Rosemary Quench, has created history and a storyline for these characters that has become the inspiration for a self-published novel. The music the group creates is warm, rich and effervescent.
“It really is an accident of people with similar passions and skills bumping into each other and making a band,” said Levin, 39.
Three Quarter Ale recently produced its third CD entitled “Shall We Gather by the Fire,” a holiday-inspired release. Cormier-Finch considers the release a great accomplishment because the group recorded and produced the CD themselves.
As finalists, Three Quarter Ale performed during the halftime of the Nov. 28 Atlanta Falcons game at the Georgia Dome.
Country finalists are: Julie Gribble (Atlanta); Hannah Thomas (Covington); and Jessi Scott (LaGrange). Rock finalists are: Rusted Soul (Atlanta); theKey (Macon); and Three Quarter Ale (Atlanta). Pop/R&B finalists are: Xavier Lewis (Loganville); PHILLIPPIA (Lawrenceville); and Amber Bri Oliver (Columbus). Hip-Hop/Rap finalists are: KidSyc@Brandywine (Savannah); Young R (Juliette); and MADE IN ATLANTA (Atlanta).
One winner in each genre, determined, in part, by an online public poll, will head to Hollywood to record a track at the legendary Capitol Records Tower. In addition, finalists will be featured in a television special.
The Georgia Lottery’s All Access Music Search is held in conjunction with the instant game All Access, a music-themed game loaded with cash prizes up to $25,000, over 21 million music download prizes, and a second chance to win concert or event tickets and a VIP Los Angeles music experience trip of a lifetime.
For additional details and to vote for Three Quarter Ale, please visit www.galottery.com/musicsearch.
Since its first year, the Georgia Lottery Corp. has returned more than $12.1 billion to the state of Georgia for education. All Georgia Lottery profits go to pay for specific educational programs, including Georgia’s HOPE Scholarship Program and Georgia’s Pre-K Program. More than 1.25 million students have received HOPE, and more than 1 million 4-year-olds have attended the statewide, voluntary prekindergarten program.
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