#42 May 2008
Blue disc…
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SOLOMON BURKE featuring BEN HARPER
“A Minute To Rest And A Second To Pray”
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CD Like A Fire
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LABEL Shout! Factory
WEB www.thekingsolomonburke.com
“The King of Rock and Soul,” Solomon Burke, was born in Philadelphia in 1940 and first became known in his home town as the “Wonder Boy Preacher” in the 1950s before scoring his first hit record, “Just Out Of Reach Of My Open Arms,” in 1960.
Solomon Burke was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001, and his career experienced a major resurgence soon after that with the 2002 release of the Grammy-winning Don’t Give Up On Me, which featured new songs written especially for the album by Bob Dylan, Brian Wilson, Van Morrison, Tom Waits, Elvis Costello and Nick Lowe.
Burke released his first album in 1962 and Like A Fire, is his 35th (including compilations and live recordings). In between, his songs have been covered by everyone from The Rolling Stones and Tom Petty to The Blues Brothers and Bruce Springsteen. And along the way, Burke has become an entrepreneur with a chain of mortuaries, a bishop in the House of God for All People and a father of 21 (and grandfather of 88).
Like A Fire features new songs written specifically for Burke by Eric Clapton, Keb’ Mo’, Jesse Harris, Danny Kortchmar, Steve Jordan (who produced and plays on the album) and Ben Harper, who plays guitar and duets with The King on his composition “A Minute To Rest And A Second To Pray.”
CONTACT Kristie Vogel (Shout! Factory) 310.979.5606 kvogel@shoutfactory.com, Sean Coakley (Songlines) 914.241.3669 sean@songlinesmusic.com, Melanie Shrawder (Songlines) 914.241.3669 melanie@songlinesmusic.com, Julia Clarke (Songlines) 914.241.3669 julia@songlinesmusic.com & Leslie Rouffé (Songlines/Americana) 615.298.2262 leslie@songlinesmusic.com
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KELLY RICHEY
“What In The World”
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CD Carry The Light
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LABEL Sweet Lucy Records
Raised in Lexington, Kentucky, electric blues guitarist/vocalist Kelly Richey now makes her home in Cincinnati, where she and her band have received local music awards for Best Blues/R&B Band, Best Rock Band, Best Musician and Best Band.
Kelly began her music career as a member of Stealin’ Horses before starting her own band in 1990. She has been described as “Stevie Ray Vaughan trapped in a woman’s body with Janis Joplin screaming to get out.”
In 1994, she started Sweet Lucy Records to put out her first album; her latest, Carry The Light, is the label’s 11th release from Richey (10 CDs and one DVD). In between recording and performing, Richey teaches music; in 2006 she created Music For Change, a non-profit organization dedicated to music education in public schools.
Richey has shared stages with James Brown, Albert King, Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown, Lonnie Mack and Johnny & Edgar Winter. She’ll be on the road all summer in Oxford, Ohio (7/17); Summerset, Kentucky (7/19); Louisville (8/8 & 8/9); Grand Rapids, Michigan (8/13); Fairfield, Ohio (8/15 & 16); Columbus, Ohio (8/22); Harrison, Indiana (8/23); Georgetown, Indiana (8/30); Three Rivers, Michigan (8/31); and Carnegie, Pennsylvania (9/5).
“A melding of classic rock, funk, and blues-rock styles, the songs on Carry The Light are diverse in melody and extremely appealing, making for a solid effort from the Kelly Richey trio.” —Modern Guitars Magazine
CONTACT Crystal Ann Lea (M:M Music) 323.939.2665 crystalann@mindspring.com & Marc Pucci (Marc Pucci Media) 770.804.9555
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DON CAVALLI
“New Hollywood Babylon”
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CD Cryland
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LABEL A Rag/Everloving Inc.
WEB www.myspace.com/doncavalli
Don Cavalli is a French singer/songwriter/guitarist who has shared the stage with Ben Harper. He’s always up for a good fight, which has earned him the nickname “The Don.”
Cavalli cut his teeth as a member of French bands The Blue Cats and The Two Timers, and released his first solo CD, Odd And Mystic, in 2002.
Cryland, Don Cavalli’s newest release, features 12 original compositions, along with a version of the Gershwin classic “Summertime.” It’s available on both compact disc and vinyl formats.
Don Cavalli recently wrapped up a North American trek which included a trip to this year’s SXSW.
“A Frenchman who at times sounds like the swamp-bred offspring of Delta bluesman R.L. Burnside and Jon Spencer, by way of Beck, Mojo Nixon and David Byrne on a bender. Even without several fathers, Cavalli is more than a novelty.” —San Diego Union-Tribune
CONTACT J.B. Brenner (The J.B. Brenner Company) 805.777.7999 jb@jbbrenner.com & Wayne L Greene (Everloving) 323.953.0075, ext. 203 wayne@everloving.com
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ANGELIQUE KIDJO
“Mysterious Ways”
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CD In The Name Of Love: Africa Celebrates U2
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LABEL Shout! Factory
In The Name Of Love: Africa Celebrates U2 is a new album that commemorates the sound and culture of Africa with a musical tribute to Bono and U2. A portion of the record’s proceeds will directly benefit The Global Fund (www.theglobalfund.org).
In The Name Of Love: Africa Celebrates U2 features several Grammy-winning and Grammy-nominated African artists, including Angelique Kidjo, Les Nubians, Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars (with Aerosmith’s Joe Perry), Vieux Farka Touré, Vusi Mahlasela and The Soweto Gospel Choir.
In The Name Of Love: Africa Celebrates U2 was produced by Shawn Amos and Paul Heck. “Paul and I wanted to develop an easy entry point for the growing global community where they could get more involved and learn something deeper about Africa,” says Amos, who was initially inspired to make the album by his work in South Africa while running the Quincy Jones Listen Up Foundation. “It’s really a focus on the key successes of several regions, and the African artists who originate from these areas. This is a project which celebrates Africa!”
“I was amazed when we approached the artists of how quickly they chose the songs they wanted to do. Many of them grew up listening to U2, and knew the songs so well.” adds co-producer Heck, whose work includes the Red Hot… series of AIDS benefit albums.
African-born, New York City-based artist and humanitarian Angelique Kidjo contributes the album’s lead-off track, her version of Achtung Baby’s “Mysterious Ways.” Kidjo has been a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador since 2002 and she also founded the Batonga Foundation (www.batongafoundation.org).
CONTACT Kristie Vogel 310.979.5606 kvogel@shoutfactory.com
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DAVE PATTEN
“Don’t Stop”
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CD Pace Of Change EP
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LABEL Clark Records
The digital EP Pace Of Change is the latest recording from Havertown, Pennsylvania-based singer/songwriter Dave Patten, following two full-length CDs since 2006.
He was the opening entertainment in front of 3,000 people for a speech by Senator Hillary Clinton in Philadelphia on March 11.
In addition to his own recordings, Dave and piano player Brian Boyle have fun making homemade videos of their versions of current hits. So far, they’ve had more than 200,000 combined views of these videos, which include their takes on Mariah Carey’s “Migrate,” Chris Brown’s “Kiss Kiss,” Britney Spears’ “Piece Of Me” and Wyclef Jean’s “Sweetest Girl,” among others. The kicker is that Wyclef happened to see Patten’s version of “Sweetest Girl” and personally invited Dave to open for him in Atlantic City.
Patten is a multi-instrumentalist who plays guitar, drums, bass and keys in addition to singing. Throughout high school, he played drums in a local band called Stepping Stone.
Dave, who was once honored as the Grand Marshall for the Haverford Township Day Parade, says his dream gig would be “playing a festival with Gavin DeGraw and Maroon 5, and no rain!”
CONTACT Dave Clark 610.331.9927 manager@davepatten.com
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LISA CERBONE
“The World Is Shaking”
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CD We Were All Together
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LABEL Ocean Music
Singer/songwriter Lisa Cerbone was born in New Jersey and now makes her home in rural Maryland, near Baltimore.
Lisa released her self-titled first album in 1993, and followed it up with Close Your Eyes in 1995 and Mercy in 1997. The former teacher then took a sabbatical to start a family (she has two kids) before releasing Ordinary Days in 2003.
Lisa has won two Washington Area Music Awards as Best Alternative Female Vocalist, and her music has been featured in several films (including the NBC movie Born Into Exile and an indie film, Forest For The Trees) and network TV series (Homicide: Life On The Streets among them). She has also shared stages with such Ben Harper, Lloyd Cole, The Cowboy Junkies and Patty Griffin.
For We Were All Together, Lisa sang and played almost all the instruments, including guitar, glockenspiel, keyboards and percussion. She also acted as producer and engineer, with engineering assistance from her husband, guitarist Eric Jensen.
Lisa has toured France, Portugal, Canada and the US, and she plans tour Europe and the States this year.
CONTACT Lisa Cerbone 410.635.3931 littlescrubby@comcast.net
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NATASHA BORZILOVA
“I’m Angry”
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CD Cheap Escape
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LABEL Hadley Music Group
Russian-born, Nashville-based singer/songwriter/guitarist Natasha Borzilova moved to America as lead singer of the Grammy-nominated country band Bering Strait. Formed in Russia, Bering Strait released two albums in the US, they were profiled on 60 Minutes and they were the subject of a documentary, The Ballad Of Bering Strait.
In 2006, Bering Strait disbanded, giving Natasha the opportunity to explore a solo career. The result is her first solo CD, Cheap Escape.
Cheap Escape features 11 tracks written or co-written by Borzilova, who also handled the production chores.
Borzilova (pronounced BORE zuh LOW vuh), a native of Obninsk, Russia, spent years studying classical and jazz guitar.
“Sometimes a voice is so striking, emotional, and timeless that it doesn’t matter what language the singer is singing to appreciate it. This was the case when I first heard Natasha singing a folk song in her native Russian. When combined with meaningful, introspective, and intimately personal lyrics like those on Cheap Escape, the result is music with undeniable depth and substance. One can only hope there is more where this came from.” —Luke Wooten, Grammy-winning engineer
CONTACT David Avery (Powderfinger Promotions) 800.356.1155, ext. 234 david@powderfingerpromo.com & Kathy Anderson (Hadley Music Group) 615.321.2070 kanderson@hadleymusicgroup.com
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THE ORCHID HIGHWAY
“Next World”
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CD The Orchid Highway
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LABEL Rainbow Quartz International
The five-piece Orchid Highway is one of Vancouver, British Columbia’s longest-running bands, and the Canadian Press calls them “the Sloan of Vancouver.”
Their self-titled full-length debut CD follows a 1997 EP.
The Orchid Highway features three MacDonald brothers—Rory (vocals, bass), Jamie (vocals, guitar) and Derek (keys, vocals)—along with Adrian Buckley (drums) and Scott Perry (guitar).
You can already hear The Orchid Highway on KBAC, KEAO, KPCW, WJHS, WOCM, WRRW, WRUR, WXYB and more.
“A dream come true to fans of Badfinger, or bands of more recent vintage like The Tearaways.” —David Bash, International Pop Overthrow
CONTACT Ray Paul (Permanent Press Radio Promotion) 585.764.0150 raypaul@permanentpress.net
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MYRACLE BRAH
“Best Friend”
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CD Can You Hear The Myracle Brah?
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LABEL Rainbow Quartz International
WEB www.rainbowquartz.com/artists.asp?BC=MB
Baltimore-based singer/songwriter Andy Bopp is the mastermind behind the power-pop vehicle known as Myracle Brah. Originally conceived as a side project while Bopp did the hard rock major label thing with his other band, the since-defunct Love Nut, Myracle Brah is now Andy’s main musical focus.
Can You Hear The Myracle Brah? is Andy Bopp’s sixth release as Myracle Brah since 1998. Like most of his previous Myracle Brah albums, Bopp was a virtual one-band on Can You Hear The Myracle Brah?, playing and singing everything save for drums and some backing vocals.
In conjunction with a Tiger Woods contest, “Best Friend” is being used in a national Buick TV spot through September. Meanwhile, KEAO, KFAN, KPCW, KSRQ, KTKE, KVNF, KZMU, WOCM, WSGE, WXYB and others have played the new Myracle Brah CD.
Catch Andy Bopp on the road in Charlotte, North Carolina (7/5) and Ft. Collins, Colorado (8/10).
Allmusic.com gave Can You Hear The Myracle Brah? 4 stars, saying that “Andy Bopp has firmly established himself as one of the finest talents in the contemporary pop underground, writing great songs and playing them with skill, passion, and a keen understanding of what makes this stuff work.”
CONTACT Ray Paul (Permanent Press Radio Promotion) 585.764.0150 raypaul@permanentpress.net
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MIKE FARRIS
“I’m Gonna Get There” (edit)
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CD Salvation In Lights
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LABEL INO/Columbia Records
Those who know Nashville’s Mike Farris as frontman of The Screamin’ Cheetah Wheelies or, later, Double Trouble, will know the voice, but not in this context. As part of a life cleansing after a years-long battle with addiction, Farris made an album of originals, covers, slave spirituals and traditional tunes that tell of struggle and redemption. “I’m Gonna Get There” is an original tune.
Salvation In Lights, Farris’ second solo album, was an iTunes Top 10 Christian CD in 2007, the #1 CD of the year 2007 with Christian Music Today and on the Philadelphia Inquirer’s Top 10 list of 2007.
Click on www.mikefarrismusic.net/media_video.php to watch Mike performing solo acoustic and being interviewed on the air by WNCW’s Martin Anderson on May 9, 2008.
Mike will be playing in Snowbird, Utah (7/19); Seattle (7/24); and Santa Monica, California (7/31).
“Mike Farris has enough heart, soul, and power to light up a city. He mixes up the elements and turns them into something new, beautiful, and uniquely his own.” —Buddy Miller, musician
CONTACT Jesse Barnett (Right Arm Resource) 508.238.5654 jesse@rightarmresource.com & Leslie Rouffé (Songlines/Americana) 615.298.2262 leslie@songlinesmusic.com
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MIKE MANGIONE
“You Don’t Wanna Leave”
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CD Tenebrae
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LABEL Independent
Singer/songwriter Mike Mangione was born in the Chicago area and he now lives in Milwaukee; he is a distant relative of jazz horn player Chuck Mangione.
Check out the animated video for “You Don’t Wanna Leave” at www.mikemangione.com.
Many Triple A stations have already played songs from Tenebrae, including KEXP, KFAI, KDHX, KSRQ, WCBE, WOUB, WSYC, WNTI, WERU, KUT, KDNK, KGNU, KOTO, KVNF and KKCR, and the CD was licensed for use by MTV, Lifestyle and Oxygen Networks for use in Road Rules, Human Giant, My Super Sweet 16, The Hills, Bad Girls Club and American Psychic.
New York Magazine named Tenebrae, Mangione’s second CD, its Pick Of The Week in September 2007, while the Illinois Entertainer, a music monthly magazine in Chicago, named it one of the best local albums of 2007. M magazine, Milwaukee’s premier lifestyle magazine, had Mike on the cover of its December issue.
Mangione is working on a new record that he plans to release in July.
CONTACT Matt Suhar (Tantrum Management) mattsuhar@sbcglobal.net/www.tantrummanagement.com & Krista Mettler (Skye Media) 908.889.5029 skyemedia@comcast.net
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SHELLY BHUSHAN
“Picking Daisies”
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CD Picking Daisies
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LABEL RedCard Records
Shelly Bhushan (pronounced boo-SHAWN) is a Texas native who now calls New York City home.
She’s sung everything from choral to swing, funk to classical, but wishing to do more Shelly moved to NYC to front a rock & soul band that didn’t work out. So she started writing songs and put together a band that features Harry Cordew on bass and backing vocals, Ben Hoffstein on keys and John Celentano on drums.
Her first release was the four-song EP The Shelly Show in 2005.
Picking Daisies is Bhushan’s first full-length, and features 10 original tunes, eight of which were co-written with the members of her band.
“Like [Billie] Holiday, Bhushan has a voice that reaches as far as a rocket’s flair glare. Both women are trailblazers when it comes to singing blues, soul, and pop melodies but Bhushan’s laments have a unique upbeat tilt to them that magnetically causes her to bounce back from any bout of melancholia transcribed in her lyrics.” —Hybrid magazine
CONTACT Gary Jay (Land Shark Promotion Studio) 718.768.2500 gary@landsharkpromotion.com
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ELJURI
“Jaula” (with Johnette Napolitano)
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CD En Paz
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LABEL Manovill Records
WEB www.eljurimusic.com; www.myspace.com/eljuri
Cecilia Villar Eljuri is an Ecuadorian-born singer/songwriter/guitarist who grew up in New York City. She started studying piano at the age of five, and was strongly inspired by her mother, composer Olga Eljuri de Villar, and her father, radio, theatre and television pioneer Paco Villar.
At 14, Cecilia discovered the guitar, and by 17, she was playing in a punk band at the legendary CBGB’s.
In 1997, her band Trouble Dolls released an EP, while her next band, Grupo Fiesta (with which her guitar playing was often favorably compared to Carlos Santana’s) released two CDs before Cecilia decided to split for a solo career in 2006.
En Paz, released under her last name and sung primarily in Spanish, is Cecilia’s solo debut and features guest appearances by Jamaican rhythm legends Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare, who produced, co-wrote and perform on the album’s reggae-tinged opening track, “El Aire.” The rest of the album was produced by bass player Yossi Fine (David Bowie, Lou Reed).
“Jaula” features vocals from Concrete Blonde’s Johnette Napolitano.
CONTACT Angela Huffstutler 917.463.0046 angela@positivespin29.com
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ROCKY SHAW
“Home”
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CD No Doubt
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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.
She attended three universities—Colorado State, West Texas State and University of Colorado at Colorado Springs—pursuing an Art degree.
A talented painter, Shaw has nevertheless shifted her focus to music; she had been writing songs for many years, and now she’s made it “official.”
Following the recent death of her husband, a close friend tagged her “Rocky” (her given name is Phyllis).
No Doubt is Rocky Shaw’s first album and features all original material; 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
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THE DANDY WARHOLS
“The World The People Together (Come On)”
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CD Earth To The Dandy Warhols
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LABEL Beat Of The World Records/World’s Fair Label Group
The Dandy Warhols are a Portland, Oregon-based band that consists of Courtney Taylor-Taylor (vocals, guitar), Brent DeBoer (drums), Zia McCabe (keys) and Peter Loew (guitar). Taylor-Taylor was originally just Courtney Taylor, but when an interviewer mistook his last name to be Taylor-Taylor he decided to make it so. Meanwhile, Peter Loew was born Peter Holmstrom, but he took his wife’s last name when they got married.
The band formed in 1994 (DeBoer joined in 1998) and Earth To The Dandy Warhols is their sixth CD since their 1995 debut. They’re probably best known for the hits “Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth” and “Bohemian Like You.”
They were one of the subjects of a 2004 documentary film, Dig!, which chronicled the hometown rivalry between The Dandy Warhols and The Brian Jonestown Massacre.
The Dandy Warhols have been appearing at listening parties for the new album and plan on touring extensively throughout 2008, but have so far only announced dates for their European tour, which begins in July.
The Dandy Warhols have more than 2 million spins on www.myspace.com/thedandywarhols.
CONTACT Hannah Carlen (Spectre Music) 503.790.9000 hannah@spectremusic.com & Dave Sanford (Spectre Music) 503.790.9000 dave@spectregroup.net
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EMILY BELL
“Messin’ Around”
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CD tbd
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LABEL One Eye George Entertainment
Houston-based singer/songwriter Emily Bell grew up in the small town of College Station, Texas.
Emily began her training in musical theater. “I grew up on stage,” she says. “I’ve done musical theater since I was 5 years old. Growing up in College Station, Texas, which is such a small town, the only thing that kept me happy was the community theater.”
When she was 12, Bell went to New York for the summer to start auditioning. Back in Texas, she was accepted into the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Houston.
After high school, Emily headed back to New York City to attend Marymount Manhattan, a small liberal-arts college on the Upper East Side renowned for its artistic and creative curricula. Before long she had dropped out and was living in Brooklyn, soaking up the influences in the proverbial birthplace of hip-hop, honing her stage and studio chops.
“Messin’ Around” is “about my finding out that I’ve been cheated on, but it’s got a humorous bent,” Emily says. “It tells the story beginning to end and I steer it into an upbeat, funny song.”
CONTACT Richard Wolod (CO5 Music) 773.262.2289 richard@co5music.com
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BACK DOOR SLAM
“Riding With The King” (live)
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CD Back Door Slam Special Live EP
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LABEL Blix Street Records
Last year’s Roll Away was the debut album from Isle Of Man’s Back Door Slam, following a pair of EPs and a full concert DVD. The band formed as a quartet back in 2003 when singer/guitarist/songwriter Davy Knowles and drummer Ross Doyle were each in their mid-teens.
“Riding With The King” is a live cover of the same John Hiatt song that Eric Clapton and B.B. King did together back in 2000. You’ll find it on Back Door Slam Special Live, a five-song EP that features four tunes recorded live in various places and the studio version of “Outside Woman Blues.”
Back Door Slam has already been played at WXRT, KBCO, KFOG, WXPK, Dave-FM, WFPK, KPRI, WRLT, KTBG, WTTS, WZEW, KMMS, KCUV, WMMM, WTYD, WNCS and many more, to go along with the 168,000+ spins at www.myspace.com/backdoorslam.
Back Door Slam played at this year’s Non-Commvention in Philadelphia, as well as at the Bonnaroo Festival in Manchester, Tennessee; beyond that, they're in Washington, DC (7/14); New York City (7/15); Atlanta (7/22); Nashville (7/24); and Naperville, Illinois (7/26).
“Jaw-dropping guitar fireworks, and great tunes, these young Brits blew ’em away in KINK’s Live Performance Lounge.” —Dean Kattari, KINK Portland, Oregon
CONTACT J.B. Brenner (The J.B. Brenner Company) 805.777.7999 jb@jbbrenner.com & Jesse Barnett (Right Arm Resource) 508.238.5654 jesse@rightarmresource.com
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ALEX WOODARD
“Beautiful Now”
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CD Alex Woodard
ON SALE 8/19
LABEL Woodshack Music/Adrenaline Music Group
Alex Woodard, who grew up surfing in Southern California now lives in a beach town just north of San Diego, worked as a child actor, appearing on such programs as Battlestar Galactica and The Love Boat, as well as in commercials for Coca-Cola, McDonald’s, Skippy Peanut Butter and more.
With a degree from UCLA in Business Economics Alex moved to Boston to work for a mutual funds company. Finding it unfulfilling, he got a job in Seattle with a small online company. “I started as a temp and had no idea what the company did, let alone what the Internet was,” Woodard says, “but it turned out I was working for the folks who created the compression technology for streaming media over the Internet, RealNetworks. And a lot of musicians worked there because the focus was on music and technology.”
Alex taught himself to play piano and guitar in high school, and as he made new friends, he started writing songs and playing his own music with them. He released his debut CD in 2000 and followed it up with three more, including the Pete Droge-produced Mile High in 2005. Last year’s Up With The Sun CD earned Woodard a Singer/Songwriter Of The Year nod at the LA Music Awards.
For his new, self-titled album, Alex co-produced with Rex Schnelle (Bon Jovi, Brooks & Dunn, Tim McGraw), John Would (Graham Parker, Warren Zevon) and Martin Feveyear (The Presidents Of The United States Of America, John Wesley Harding, The Minus 5). Nickel Creek’s Sara Watkins contributed vocals and violin to the sessions, while Alex’s longtime drummer Brian Young (Fountains Of Wayne, The Posies, America) keeps the backbeat.
With this CD, Alex focused on a theme that we all celebrate and struggle with. “No matter what road you travel, you’re getting older,” Woodard says. “I really tried to look at the love, loss, hope, and struggles we all face as the seasons start running together, and it seemed to me to be about how hard it is to live in the moment when the moments are passing by so fast. Maybe getting older should be celebrated with wisdom and grace, not with an empty attempt to turn back the clock.”
CONTACT Richard Wolod (CO5 Music) 773.262.2289 richard@co5music.com