About the author
During the past two decades Tamara Saviano has established herself as a tireless advocate of American music and its artists. Saviano is a Grammy and Americana award winning producer and a music business consultant, artist manager, publicist and author.
Saviano is an entrepreneur directing a full service creative agency serving the folk and Americana genres. She has worked with many acclaimed artists including Kris Kristofferson, Guy Clark, Ashley Monroe, Beth Nielsen Chapman, Radney Foster, Gene Watson, Gretchen Peters, Shawn Camp, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, and Janis Ian. As the creative force behind the company, Saviano provides complete record label and project management services, writes media and marketing materials, produces video and electronic press kits, recruits clients, manages budgets, creates and implements PR and marketing campaigns, and hires and manages staff.
In 2002, Saviano raised the funds to produce the CD “Beautiful Dreamer: The Songs of Stephen Foster.” She managed the project from inception, working with co-producers to recruit artists to perform, securing donated studio time and materials, managing the manufacturing and distribution process, creating and managing the marketing and publicity campaigns, and securing educational partners. “Beautiful Dreamer” was honored with a 2004 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album. The success of “Beautiful Dreamer” allowed Saviano and her team to fund the second chapter of the New American Songbook Series, “The Pilgrim: A Celebration of Kris Kristofferson,” which was released in June of 2006. “The Bluegrass Elvises, Volume 1: Shawn Camp & Billy Burnette” followed in August, 2007 to mark the 30th anniversary of the death of Elvis Presley.
In 2011, Saviano produced This One’s For Him: A Tribute to Guy Clark, for Houston’s Icehouse Music. The double-CD set was honored as the Americana Album of the Year at the 2012 Americana Music Association Honors & Awards show and was a nominee for the 2012 Grammy for Best Folk Album. Saviano is currently project managing a tribute to Jackson Browne, which will be released by Austin’s Music Road Records in 2013.