#39 February 2008
[One disc...]
1
MOE.
“Darkness”
AVAILABLE FOR AIRPLAY now
CD Sticks And Stones
ON SALE now
LABEL Fatboy Records
WEB www.moe.org
The members of moe. came together in 1990 to play bars and parties while attending the University of Buffalo.
Sticks And Stones, their 10th studio effort since 1992, finds the band working once again with producer John Siket and for the first time ever, the songs were conceived and recorded in the studio, rather than developed onstage over a long period of time.
They are up over 980,000 spins at www.myspace.com/moe, and the new moe. CD has already been heard on KFOG, WFUV, WXPN, WFPK, WMNF, WTMD, WUWM, WYEP, KLCC, KRVM, WNKU, KXCI, KUNV, WNCW, KDHX and others.
“[Sticks And Stones] is a concise, punchy good time, emphasizing the songcraft inside Moe’s improvising mettle and the double-guitar pow of Al Schnier and Chuck Garvey…in ‘Darkness,’ the guitarists sound like a pair of Neil Youngs, trading crunchy flourishes behind bassist Rob Derhak’s vocal.” —Rolling Stone
CONTACT Biff Kennedy (Charterhouse Music) 215.641.0459 kennedy@biffco.com & Jon Topper (Fatboy Records) 716.688.0383 jontopper12@yahoo.com
2
VIRGINIA COALITION
“Sing Along” (radio edit)
AVAILABLE FOR AIRPLAY now
CD Home This Year
ON SALE now
LABEL Bluhammock Music
WEB www.myspace.com/virginiacoalition
The members of Virginia Coalition (aka VACO) first got together while attending T.C. Williams High School (which was immortalized in the movie Remember The Titans) in their hometown of Alexandria, Virginia.
The members of Virginia Coalition are Andy Poliakoff (vocals, guitar), Paul Ottinger (keys, percussion, guitar, vocals) and Jarrett Nicolay (bass, guitar, banjo, vocals), and they each sing and write.
VACO self-released their first full-length, The Colors Of The Sound, in 1998. Home This Year is their fifth studio collection and it follows the Bluhammock release of OK To Go in 2004.
Home This Year was produced by Marshall Altman (Marc Broussard, Matt Nathanson) and features guest appearances by Counting Crows’ Dave Immergluck (on mandolin), drummer Aaron Sterling and guitarist Eric Robinson.
KCLC, WOCM and WJCU are already ahead of the box on “Sing Along,” and Virginia Coalition has racked up 315,000+ spins on www.myspace.com/virginiacoalition.
CONTACT Drew Murray 212.239.3440 drew@bluhammock.com
3
MARKUS JAMES
“Are You Ready (Mississippi Daze)”
AVAILABLE FOR AIRPLAY now
CD Snakeskin Violin
ON SALE now
LABEL Firenze Records
Bottleneck slide guitarist Markus James—who counts Bonnie Raitt, Tom Waits and Mickey Hart amongst his fans—grew up in Virginia, just outside Washington, DC, and he now makes his home in Northern California.
Markus’s earliest musical memory, from when he was just four years old, is of seeing an old, blind blues singer playing on the sidewalk. This image made a lasting impression on young Markus, and he grew up to become a bluesman himself, releasing his first album, Season Of Dread, in 1989.
In 1994, Markus made his first sojourn to Mali, in West Africa, to hook up with his musical hero, guitarist Ali Farka Touré. He has made numerous trips back to Africa since then, playing and recording with African musicians, combining American blues with the sounds of traditional Malian music to come up with a new hybrid.
In 2005, James released Timbuktoubab, an award-winning film shot on location in Timbuktu which highlighted his collaborations with Malian musicians. In 2007, James was invited to perform at a series of concerts in Mali paying tribute to Touré, who passed away in 2006.
Snakeskin Violin features collaborations with Tamashek women and a shaman recorded in Timbuktu; old-school drummers recorded in Como, Mississippi; Wassoulou hunters; African Diaspora musicians recorded in California and Malian master musicians recorded in Bamako, Mali.
CONTACT Mindy Giles (Firenze Records) 916.447.6508 mingiles@aol.com & Peter Hay (Twin Vision) 718.369.1370 twinvision@aol.com
4
STUART DAVIS
“Already Free”
AVAILABLE FOR AIRPLAY now
CD Something Simple
ON SALE now
LABEL Majeski Media
Singer/songwriter/guitarist Stuart Davis was born in Des Moines, Iowa, and he now makes his home in Boulder.
“Already Free” is featured in the final minutes of the upcoming Owen Wilson movie, Drillbit Taylor, which opens in 3,000 theaters across the country on March 21.
Something Simple, Stuart’s latest album, features guest appearances on guitar by producers John Shanks and Brendan O’Brien, and backing vocals from Live’s Ed Kowalczyk, who calls Stuart “the greatest lyricist I’ve ever heard.”
In addition to the release of Something Simple, Stuart will also see his own a half-hour comedy series, The Stuart Davis Show, which he wrote and directed, begin airing in April. Plus, his first book, Sex, God & Rock ’N Roll—a fictional “memoir” of Stuart’s life—is being published by Shambala-Random House.
A longtime Zen practitioner, Davis has created his own language, called IS, which contains thousands of words; hard-core fans have even gotten tattoos in IS.
CONTACT J.B. Brenner (The J.B. Brenner Company) 805.777.7999 jb@jbbrenner.com, Jeff Appleton (Marathon Entertainment) 810.797.2287 jeffappleton@marathonentertainment.biz & M:M Music 323.939.8206
5
ROCKY SHAW
“She Runs”
AVAILABLE FOR AIRPLAY now
CD No Doubt
ON SALE now
LABEL Old Pants Publishing
WEB www.oldpants.com
Rocky Shaw grew up in a military family (dad was an Air Force pilot) and traveled for most of her childhood, finally settling in Colorado Springs.
Shaw attended three universities—Colorado State, West Texas State and University of Colorado at Colorado Springs—pursuing an Art degree.
Unsatisfied with her attempts at a career in art, Shaw officially began her musical career in her mid-30s, although she grew up loving music and had been writing songs for many years before that.
Following the recent death of her husband, a close friend tagged her “Rocky” (her given name is Phyllis) and it is under that name that she is finally pursuing her lifelong dream of a life in music.
No Doubt is Rocky Shaw’s first album and features all original material, and she has performed extensively in the Colorado Springs area as well as Texas, Tennessee and Mississippi.
CONTACT Rob Case 719.632.0227 rob@crlr.net
6
DAVE BARNES
“Until You”
AVAILABLE FOR AIRPLAY now
CD Me And You And The World
ON SALE now
LABEL Razor & Tie Records
Dave Barnes was born in North Carolina, and raised in Mississippi and Tennessee. These days he calls Nashville home.
Barnes earned a degree in Recording Industry Management from Middle Tennessee State University. As he puts it, “I’m one of the few musicians in the world actually using my major.”
The title of Me And You And The World, his third full-length release, pertains to Barnes’ expanding world based on his work with the Mocha Club (www.mochaclub.org)—which builds orphanages and supplies medical care in Africa—and the trips he’s made to that continent.
Dave, who is also a budding stand-up comedian, has over 44,000 friends on www.myspace.com/davebarnes, where he has already accumulated over 3.2 million spins. His fans include Vince Gill and Amy Grant, both of whom appear on his indie release, Chasing Mississippi.
On February 1, Dave joined Colbie Caillat, Soulive, Brandi Carlisle, Martin Sexton and many more on the “Mayercraft Carrier,” a four-day cruise being hosted by Barnes fan John Mayer. Of Barnes, Mayer says, “Go where this guy is taking you. My man’s aim is true!”
CONTACT Kurt Steffek (radio) 212.598.2249 ksteffek@razorandtie.com & Manny Lorenzo (TV & film) 212.598.2225 mlorenzo@razorandtie.com
7
THE BLACK CROWES
“Goodbye Daughters Of The Revolution” (radio edit)
AVAILABLE FOR AIRPLAY now
CD Warpaint
ON SALE now
LABEL Silver Arrow/Megaforce/CO5/RED
Singer Chris Robinson and his brother Rich (guitar) started The Black Crowes (originally called Mr. Crowe’s Garden) in Atlanta back in 1984. Since releasing their first album, Shake Your Money Maker, in 1990, The Black Crowes have sold over 20 million albums worldwide.
In addition to the Robinson brothers, the current Black Crowes lineup features drummer Steve Gorman, bassist Sven Pipien, keyboardist Adam MacDougall and guitarist Luther Dickinson (of the North Mississippi Allstars).
Warpaint, which was produced by longtime friend and colleague Paul Stacey, is The Black Crowes’ seventh studio album and their first since 2001’s Lions.
WXRT, KFOG, KINK, WXPK, CIDR, WMMM, WTTS, KGSR, KYSL, WUIN, KMTN, WCOO, WBJB, WEHM, WXPN, Sirius Spectrum, KLRR, WNCS and others have jumped the gun and already played “Goodbye Daughters Of The Revolution.”
CONTACT Richard Wolod (CO5 Music) 773.262.2289 richard@co5music.com
8
DOWNTOWN MYSTIC
“I Can’t Let Go”
AVAILABLE FOR AIRPLAY now
CD Read The Signs
ON SALE now
LABEL Sha-La Music
WEB www.myspace.com/downtownmystic
Read The Signs is the second CD from DownTown Mystic, a band that centers around Hillsdale, New Jersey’s Robert Allen and LA resident Bruce Engler, both of whom write, sing and play guitar.
Allen and Engler were joined on Read The Signs by drummer Steve Holley (Wings, Joe Cocker, Dar Williams, Marshall Crenshaw) and bassist Paul Page (Dion, Ian Hunter, The Smithereens, Popa Chubby).
E Street Band rhythm section Garry Tallent and Max Weinberg have played on both DownTown Mystic CDs.
In addition to their 33,500+ spins on www.myspace.com/downtownmystic, DownTown Mystic has also received airplay on Triple A stations WMNF, KCLC, WERU, WMFO, WMWV, WQNR, KAXE, KCMP, KDNK, KKCR, KRCL, KRVM and many others.
DownTown Mystic is featured on both MVYRadio.com’s Local MusiCafé at www.mvyradio.com/local_musicafe/index.php?target=Rock and on Folk Rock Podcast of Shaolin Records at http://folkrockpodcast.libsyn.com/.
CONTACT Crystal Ann Lea (M:M Music) 323.939.2665 crystalann@mindspring.com
9
JOHN MAYER
“Say”
AVAILABLE FOR AIRPLAY now
CD as heard in the Warner Bros. Pictures film The Bucket List
ON SALE now digitally, or as a free download in the Continuum deluxe package
LABEL Aware/Columbia
Born in Connecticut in 1977, singer/songwriter/guitarist (and part-time standup comic) John Mayer now splits his time between New York City and Los Angeles.
Mayer has won six Grammys (among many other awards and honors) and sold multiple millions of copies of his four studio albums (Inside Wants Out, Room For Squares, Heavier Things and Continuum).
Mayer is a highly respected guitarist, as evidenced by his collaborations with Eric Clapton, B.B. King, Buddy Guy and Herbie Hancock, among others, along with drummer Steve Jordan and bassist Pino Palladino (whom he recorded and toured with as the John Mayer Trio).
In addition to the more than 13 million spins on www.myspace.com/johnmayer, Mayer’s latest single, “Say,” has already been getting airplay on KFOG, KPRI, KWMT, KTCZ, WRLT, WDOD, KENZ, KRVB and many others.
On February 1, John took a couple thousand of his closest friends on a sea cruise. Dubbed “The Mayercraft Carrier,” it will feature performances from John and some of his musical buddies, including Dave Barnes, Colbie Caillat, Soulive, Brandi Carlisle, Martin Sexton and many more.
CONTACT Lisa Sonkin 212.833.4364 lisa.sonkin@sonybmg.com & Nicole George 212.833.8382 nicole.george@sonybmg.com
10
JEFFERSON PEPPER
“Trail Of Tears”
AVAILABLE FOR AIRPLAY now
CD American Evolution Volume I (The Red Album)
ON SALE now
LABEL American Fallout
WEB www.americanfallout.com/jefferson_pepper.html
Jefferson Pepper spent the winters of 2006 and 2007 holed up in his home studio in the Conewago Mountains of south-central Pennsylvania, recording his sophomore release—sometimes going weeks at a time without leaving. The resulting album is a three-CD series called American Evolution which will be released in three volumes this year.
Volume I (The Red Album), which is out now, covers 1492-1940. Volume 2 comes out April 1 and covers 1941-1989, while Volume 3, which takes on 1990 through the future, will be released June 10.
Inspired by Howard Zinn’s book, A People’s History Of The United States, and by the so-called “Dover intelligent design trial” in 2005 (Kitzmiller vs. Dover School Board), the 50 songs on this ambitious project address the question, “What has happened to America?” from the point of view of working-class people.
The musicians on American Evolution have played with Kris Kristofferson, Mary Gauthier, Allison Moorer, Lucinda Williams, Neil Young, Shelby Lynne, Buddy Miller and more.
Pepper’s debut, 2005’s Christmas in Fallujah, charted in the Top 20 on three different Roots Music Report indices, including #1 on the radio chart, along with hitting #13 on the Euro Americana chart and #23 on the Freeform American Roots chart. Pennyblack Music, UK, called Christmas in Fallujah “the best album of the year.”
CONTACT Lauri Lebo 717.938.4917 llebo@americanfallout.com
11
MANDO SAENZ
“Pocket Of Red”
AVAILABLE FOR AIRPLAY now
CD Bucket
ON SALE now
LABEL Carnival Recording Company
Singer/songwriter/guitarist Mando Saenz was born in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, and grew up in Corpus Christi, Texas. He recently relocated from Houston to Nashville.
Saenz worked with co-writers for the first time on Bucket, his second CD, including Will Kimbrough, Kim Richey and R.S. Field (who also produced the album).
Saenz started writing “Pocket Of Red” on his own and finished it with Kim Richey.
He has over 31,600 spins at www.myspace.com/mandosaenz and he’s already getting played on WUMB, KTBG, WNCW, KBAC, KXCI, KNBA, KFAN, KSUT, WCBE, WNRN and more.
CONTACT Sean Coakley (Songlines) 914.241.3669 sean@songlinesmusic.com
12
ANDY DAVIS
“Brown Eyes”
AVAILABLE FOR AIRPLAY now
CD Let The Woman
ON SALE now
LABEL bigHelium Records
Nashville resident Andy Davis was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to a guitar-playing father and a piano-playing mother; always a music fan, Andy began writing songs in high school for his friends’ band.
Let The Woman, Davis’s second CD, was recorded in 10 days in Los Angeles with producer Mitchell Froom (Sheryl Crow, Los Lobos, Elvis Costello, Crowded House, Randy Newman).
Fan favorite “Brown Eyes” has 13,000 of Davis’s 855,000 spins on www.myspace.com/andydavis, and WUMB, WMSV and KDEC are early birds on this one.
A demo version of “Brown Eyes” previously appeared on Davis’s self-made first album, Thinks Of Her. Truly a homemade project, Davis burned the first 800 CDs one at a time on his computer, and he went on to sell almost 10,000 copies.
CONTACT Hugo Vereker 323.854.3060 bighelium@mac.com & Marc Ratner 207.236.4833 marcrescue@aol.com
[Another disc...]
1
LANDON PIGG
“Falling In Love At A Coffee Shop”
AVAILABLE FOR AIRPLAY now
CD forthcoming EP, name tbd
ON SALE tbd
LABEL RCA Records
Landon Pigg was born in Nashville, grew up in Chicago and then moved back to Nashville.
Pigg’s father, singer Gabe Pigg, has contributed backing vocals to several albums and always encouraged Landon’s musical curiosity.
Following a self-released album in 2002 and his major-label debut, LP, in 2006, Pigg is currently recording his next full-length CD as well as an EP of some live stuff; the EP, which will include “Falling In Love At A Coffee Shop,” is anticipated for this spring.
“Falling In Love At A Coffee Shop” sold over 13,000 downloads in its first week on iTunes after spending the 2007 holidays being seen all over TV in a Diamond Is Forever TV commercial. At press time, the song had 327,000+ of Pigg’s 1.5 million spins at www.myspace.com/landonpiggmusic.
CONTACT Adrian Moreira 646.840.5704 adrian.moreira@sonybmg.com & Wendy Goodman 310.449.2633 wendy.goodman@sonybmg.com
2
BACK DOOR SLAM
“It’ll All Come Around” (2008 remix)
AVAILABLE FOR AIRPLAY now
CD Roll Away
ON SALE now
LABEL Blix Street Records
Roll Away is the debut album from Back Door Slam, following a pair of EPs and a full concert DVD. This lineup of the trio came together in 2006, though singer/guitarist Davy Knowles and drummer Ross Doyle played together in a previous incarnation.
They come from the tiny island kingdom Isle Of Man, which is located in the Irish Sea between England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales.
Roll Away was recorded in Douglas, the main city on the Isle Of Man, over the course of a year. “We wanted to make the record as raw as we could,” Knowles says. “Not too many overdubs. We tried our best to get a real live sound.”
Back Door Slam has already been played at KBCO, KFOG, WXPK, WFPK, KPRI, WRLT, KTBG, WTTS, KMMS, KCUV, WMMM, WTYD, WNCS, KROK, KTAO and many more, and “It’ll All Come Around” has accounted for over 19,000 of their 93,000+ spins at www.myspace.com/backdoorslam.
With Roll Away now Top 10 on the Billboard Blues sales chart, Back Door Slam has been confirmed for this year’s Non-Commvention, along with SXSW, the Bonnaroo Festival and Austin City Limits.
CONTACT J.B. Brenner (The J.B. Brenner Company) 805.777.7999 jb@jbbrenner.com
3
JUSTIN NOZUKA
“After Tonight”
AVAILABLE FOR AIRPLAY now
CD Holly
ON SALE 4/15
LABEL Glassnote Records
Singer/songwriter/guitarist Justin Nozuka was born in New York City. His mom moved Justin and his six siblings to Toronto when he was eight, and by the time he was 12 Justin had begun writing his own songs. By 16 he was playing solo in clubs and coffeehouses, and selling homemade CDs.
Holly, Nozuka’s first album, is named after his mom (whose sister is TV and film star Kyra Sedgwick); it was released in Canada in 2006 and Nozuka was still in high school when he hired Bill Bell (Rush’s Alex Lifeson, Tom Cochrane, Jason Mraz) to produce it.
Justin already has 1 million+ spins and almost 15,000 friends at www.myspace.com/justinnozuka, with 270,000+ of those spins for “After Tonight.”
XM’s The Loft and Sirius’ Spectrum and The Coffeehouse are already on “After Tonight.”
“In his debut album Holly, Justin Nozuka has created eleven impressive pieces of thoughtful acoustic-soul. Filled with understated melodies, minimal production, and an interesting, sometimes dark take on song-craft…4 Stars.” —BBC
CONTACT Trina Tombrink 917.853.2802 ttombrink@optonline.net & Jesse Barnett (Right Arm Resource) 508.238.5654 jesse@rightarmresource.com
4
MARC COHN
“Live Out The String”
AVAILABLE FOR AIRPLAY now
CD Join The Parade
ON SALE now
LABEL Decca Records
WEB www.marccohn.net
Born and raised in Cleveland, singer/songwriter Marc Cohn first gained notoriety when Carly Simon recommended that Caroline Kennedy hire his 14-piece swing band, The Supreme Court, to play at her wedding.
In 1992, Cohn won the Best New Artist Grammy on the strength of his self-titled debut and the hit single “Walking In Memphis.”
On August 7, 2005, following a concert appearance in Denver, Cohn—who is married to ABC News anchorwoman Elizabeth Vargas—was shot in the head during an attempted carjacking (he has since made a complete recovery). His injury, coupled with the devastation endured by New Orleans in Hurricane Katrina a few weeks later, inspired him to start writing songs again. As he tells it in his new bio, “It was like my songwriting receiver got flipped into the ‘on’ position.” The result is Join The Parade, Cohn’s fourth CD and first studio album since 1998.
Jackson Browne personally requested that Marc be the artist invited to induct Browne into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
“I rank him with Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Randy Newman, Paul Simon, and Shawn Colvin. I believe his music will last and be loved hundreds of years from now.” —David Crosby
CONTACT Louise Coogan 212.333.8204 louise.coogan@umusic.com
5
ANOTHER BIG MACHINE
“Brand New Kind Of Love”
AVAILABLE FOR AIRPLAY now
CD ABM
ON SALE tbd
LABEL Rising Storm Records
WEB www.myspace.com/anotherbigmachine
Another Big Machine formed in 2003 in Gonzales, Louisiana, a small city between Baton Rouge and New Orleans known as “The Jambalaya Capital of the World”; at the time, the band was called Addavoy.
After successfully launching their music at local Baton Rouge nightclubs, they established themselves in Louisiana, Texas, Florida and Arkansas.
ABM is their debut CD as Another Big Machine; they also recorded a full-length CD and an EP when they were still known as Addavoy.
Though they have yet to release an album, Another Big Machine already has more than 615,000 spins and 58,000 friends on www.myspace.com/anotherbigmachine.
Rising Storm Records is the label that introduced Collective Soul.
CONTACT Bill Richardson 615.376.2976 therisingstorm@comcast.net
6
THE NADAS
“Goodnight Girl”
AVAILABLE FOR AIRPLAY now
CD The Ghosts Inside These Halls
ON SALE now
LABEL Authentic Records
WEB www.thenadas.com
The Nadas formed in Ames, Iowa, in 1994 to help pass the time between classes at Iowa State University and self-released their first album in 1996.
The Nadas are Mike Butterworth (vocals, guitar); Jason Walsmith (vocals, guitar); Jon Locker (bass); Ian Shepherd (drums).
The Ghosts Inside These Halls is The Nadas’ sixth studio album; they’ve sold more than 75,000 copies of their previous albums through their own Authentic Records.
The Nadas have amassed 270,000 spins at www.myspace.com/thenadas.
Upcoming tour dates include Everton, Missouri (4/3); Davenport, Iowa (4/4); West Palm Beach, Florida (4/10); Des Moines, Iowa (4/19); and Chicago (4/22).
CONTACT Sara Withers 515.243.1485 sara@thenadas.com
7
COURTNEY FAIRCHILD
“Cartography”
AVAILABLE FOR AIRPLAY now
CD Quit
ON SALE now
LABEL Stanley Recordings LLC
Quit, Courtney Fairchild’s third full-length CD, is currently featured in the Paste Recommends program; as such, it can be heard at Paste listening stations in 56 indie record stores all over the country.
The Dallas-born Philadelphia transplant has already gotten airplay on WXPN, WUWM, WUMB, WRRW, WMIR, WVIA, KRCL, KUNV, WMSV, KAXE, WPYA, WSGE and others.
“‘Cartography’ was written during a horrible rainstorm after watching a PBS special on the building of Manhattan,” Fairchild told A Taste Of Triple A. “We brought in Mich Kink, an incredible drummer who plays all kinds of percussion instruments and literally junk (metal pipes, hubcaps, break drums, etc.), and just let him go to town. My producer, John, enlisted our friend Eric Grush to bang on an electric guitar while he twiddled knobs to create what he later dubbed the ‘tandem psycho guitar’ part on the song.”
Ex-Warren Zevon guitarist John Would produced Quit and played guitar, keys, bass, mandolin, banjo and percussion on the CD; he also plays guitar in Fairchild’s band, The Stone Hand Tortillas.
Courtney and her band showcased at the Millennium Music Conference in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, February 14-17, and at World Café Live in Philadelphia on March 3.
CONTACT Jeff Silberman (Stanley Recordings LLC) 215.465.6732 jeff1@stanleyrecordings.com & J.B. Brenner (The J.B. Brenner Company) 805.777.7999 jb@jbbrenner.com
8
THE NAYSAYERS
“Love Lost You”
AVAILABLE FOR AIRPLAY now
CD Come Into Focus
ON SALE now
LABEL Independent
Come Into Focus is the third album from The Naysayers since they formed in Portland, Oregon, in 2005; it’s their first nationally released offering.
The Naysayers are featured on WMVY’s CD sampler mvyradio’s Fresh Produce #4 along with Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Suzanne Vega, Ben Lee and Augie March.
Dennis Winslow, one of two singer/songwriters in The Naysayers, is a former staff writer with Warner/Chappell and he’s had songs placed on CSI, The Unit, Ghost Whisperer, Live! With Regis And Kelly, The Bernie Mac Show, American Idol and Saturday Night Live.
Rod Langdahl, the other singer/songwriter in the band, was a member of the Northwest band ThinMan in the 1980s, which wound up as a runner-up in the inaugural MTV’s Basement Tapes.
The Portland Tribune called Come Into Focus a “confident, catchy collection of countrified rockers.”
CONTACT Dennis Winslow 503.228.8448 dennisrwinslow@comcast.net
9
NEEDTOBREATHE
“More Time”
AVAILABLE FOR AIRPLAY now
CD The Heat
ON SALE now
LABEL Atlantic Records
Brothers Bear and Bryant “Bo” Rinehart (named by their preacher father after legendary University of Alabama Paul “Bear” Bryant) grew up in the small town of Possum Kingdom, South Carolina, where they each took up piano and guitar.
While attending Furman University (where he won the 2002 Banks McFadden Trophy as South Carolina’s college football player of the year), Bear started an acoustic duo called NeedToBreathe with his friend, drummer Joe Stillwell. Meanwhile, Bo was jamming with bassist Seth Bolt at Clemson. After college, the two duos teamed up and self-released three EPs before releasing their first full-length CD in 2006.
NeedToBreathe co-produced their second album, 2007’s The Heat, with Rick Beato (Shinedown, Jump) and Collective Soul’s Ed Roland.
“More Time” accounts for more than 96,000 of NeedToBreathe’s 1.8 million spins on www.myspace.com/needtobreathe.
CONTACT Brian Corona 818.238.6838 brian.corona@atlantic-recording.com
10
ABSENTSTAR
“For God Sakes”
AVAILABLE FOR AIRPLAY now
CD Sea Trials
ON SALE 4/15
LABEL Canvasback/Columbia/RED
Absentstar is Derek Ingersoll (vocals); Andy Dixon (guitar); Marshall Hanbury, Jr. (guitar, keys); Heath Hamilton (drums) and Noel Arnim (bass).
The band’s story begins in 1999, when Ingersoll, Dixon and Hamilton moved from their native Indiana to the Windy City, Chicago, where they hooked up with Hanbury and Arnim in 2005.
Their debut album, Sea Trials, was produced by former Semisonic frontman Dan Wilson (who won a Song Of The Year Grammy for co-writing “Not Ready To Make Nice” with The Dixie Chicks) and mixed by ace engineer Michael Brauer (Coldplay, John Mayer, My Morning Jacket).
You can already hear “For Gods Sake” on WTTS—where they are big fans of the song—and Absentstar has over 77,000 spins at www.myspace.com/absentstar.
CONTACT Lisa Sonkin (Canvasback/Columbia) 212.833.4364 lisa.sonkin@sonybmg.com & Danny Buch (RED) 212.404.0608 danny.buch@sonybmg.com
11
TWO LOONS FOR TEA
“Marietta”
AVAILABLE FOR AIRPLAY now
CD Nine Lucid Dreams
ON SALE now
LABEL Sarathan Records
WEB www.twoloons.com
Two Loons For Tea is the Seattle-based duo of Sarah Scott and Jonathan Kochmer, though they were initially a larger band called Loon with some ex-members of The New Bohemians. After releasing their first two albums in 2001 and 2002, Two Loons For Tea went five-years before issuing their third LP, Nine Lucid Dreams.
All of Two Loons For Tea’s albums have been released on the group’s own Sarathan Records, which has also released CDs by Abra Moore, Chrisopher Blue, Airpushers (which features two members of the Black Eyed Peas’ band), The Purrs and the Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players.
Nine Lucid Dreams features contributions from drummer Matt Chamberlain (David Bowie, John Mayer, Tori Amos, Elton John) and keyboardist Patrick Warren (Sheryl Crow, Michael Penn, Aimee Mann, Tracy Chapman).
Two Loons For Tea have over 66,000 spins on www.myspace.com/twoloonsfortea, and KTBG, KBAC, WBJB, WMWV, WRRW, WNTI, KRVM, KCLC and KSUT all came in before the box on “Marietta.”
© 2008 A Taste Of Triple A