#54 July 2009/Disc 2

1 REY FRESCO

SONG “Precious Time”

AVAILABLE FOR AIRPLAY 10/19

CD The People (Eight O Five Records)

ON SALE tbd

WEB www.reyfresco.com & www.myspace.com/reyfresco

HOME Ventura, California

PRODUCED BY Todd Hannigan

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW Rey Fresco (Spanish for fresh king) has been together for barely a year and they’ve already earned a sizeable following in California. Their main instrument? A 36-string harp. They recently recorded a song with Eddie Vedder and members of The Shins and Modest Mouse for a documentary on world-renowned climber Yvon Chouinard.

CONTACT J.B. Brenner (The J.B. Brenner Company) 805.777.7999 jb@jbbrenner.com & Nick Hartley (Eight O Five Records) 805.641.6441 nick@fitzhart.com  

2 MARK BODINO

SONG “Won’t See Me Crying”

AVAILABLE FOR AIRPLAY now

CD No Roads To Juneau (Independent)

ON SALE now

WEB www.bodino.com & www.myspace.com/markbodino

HOME Three Bridges, New Jersey

AIRPLAY KFAN

PRODUCED BY Jack Falzarano

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW In addition to his singing and songwriting, Mark Bodino is an accomplished classical guitarist who’s been studying since he was 13; he has also released a CD of solo classical guitar works. He’s performed in various venues in New York City, New Jersey and Philadelphia.

CONTACT Peter Hay (Twin Vision) 718.369.1370 twinvision@aol.com

3 AMBER deLAURENTIS

SONG “Calliope Calling”

AVAILABLE FOR AIRPLAY now

CD Hey Sadie (Independent)

ON SALE now

WEB www.amberdelaurentis.com & www.myspace.com/amberdelaurentis

HOME Burlington, Vermont

PRODUCED BY Amber deLaurentis

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW The songs on Hey Sadie, Amber deLaurentis’ first studio CD, were written with lyricist Sarah Blue. Amber has performed at WXPN’s Singer-Songwriter Weekend, toured Scotland and opened for Five For Fighting, Patti Larkin, NRBQ, Marshall Crenshaw and others. Calliope, Greek for beautiful voice, is the mythological Muse of heroic poetry.

CONTACT Glory Reinstein (Bluebird Promotions) 802.279.3233 info@bluebirdpromotions.com

QUOTE “Like a femme version of Elton John and Bernie Taupin, deLaurentis and Blue craft rockin’, soulful, piano-driven tunes that leave little choice but to draw deserving comparisons to Carole King.” —SevenDays.com

4 SETH GLIER

SONG “Someone Else To Crown”

AVAILABLE FOR AIRPLAY 10/19

CD The Trouble With People (MPress Records)

ON SALE 11/3

WEB http://www.sethglier.com & www.myspace.com/sethglier

HOME Massachusetts

AIRPLAY spiked at WXPN and WFUV

SHOWS all over the US, with dates already posted through next year (including SXSW)

PRODUCED BY Seth Glier, Ryan Hommel

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW Seth Glier, a 20-year-old multi-instrumentalist, recorded The Trouble With People in his basement by himself, later inviting Soulive’s Alan Evans to mix and add drums to several tracks. He has played for 25,000 people on the National Mall in Washington, DC, and shared stages and toured with John Mayer, Ellis Paul, Cheryl Wheeler, Erin McKeown and others.

CONTACT Jojo Gentry 212.481.7243 jojo@mpressrecords.com & Adam Lewis (Planetary Group) 617.451.0444 adam@planetarygroup.com

QUOTE “Talent like Seth Glier’s brings out the psychic in all of us...he's gonna be huge.” —Ellis Paul

5 IMOGEN HEAP

SONG “First Train Home”

AVAILABLE FOR AIRPLAY now

CD Ellipse (RCA Records)

ON SALE now

WEB www.imogenheap.com & www.myspace.com/imogenheap

HOME London, England

AIRPLAY KCRW, WXPN, WFPK, KCLC, KCMP, KTBG, KNBA, KBAC, WMMM, WWMM, WTTS, KRCL and more

PRODUCED BY Imogen Heap

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW Between her albums, touring and making music for films and TV, Grammy-nominated multi-instrumentalist (and former Frou Frou frontwoman) Imogen Heap has produced an impressive body of work since her 1998 debut. Ellipse, her third CD, was started on an inspirational writing trip to Maui, Tasmania, China and Japan.

CONTACT Adrian Moreira 212.833.5532 adrian.moreira@sonymusic.com & Wendy Goodman 310.272.2633 wendy.goodman@sonymusic.com

6 PETE YORN & SCARLETT JOHANSSON

SONG “Relator”

AVAILABLE FOR AIRPLAY now

CD Break Up (ATCO)

ON SALE now

WEB www.myspace.com/scarlettalbum & http://thebreakupalbum.com  

HOME Montville, New Jersey (Yorn), Los Angeles (Johansson)

AIRPLAY #6 Most Added out of the box; KCRW, WXPN, WFUV, KGSR, CIDR, WDET, KINK, WRNR, KDHX, WFPK, KPND, WUMB, WYEP, KDHX, WUWM, WTMD, WFPK, Sirius/XM Spectrum and more

PRODUCED BY Sunny Levine

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW A one-off collaboration between Pete Yorn and his friend actress/singer Scarlett Johansson, Break Up chronicles the end of a fictional romance. Yorn literally dreamed the album after a break-up in 2006, and he and Johansson recorded it with co-producers Sunny Levine and Max Goldblatt back then.

CONTACT Rich Mahan 818.238.6284 rich.mahan@rhino.com

7 DAVE MATTHEWS BAND

SONG “Why I Am”

AVAILABLE FOR AIRPLAY now

CD Big Whiskey And The GrooGrux King (RCA Records)

ON SALE now

WEB www.davematthewsband.com & www.myspace.com/davematthewsband

HOME Charlottesville, Virginia

AIRPLAY already on 50 stations, including WRXP, WFUV, WXRT, KBCO, KMTT, WRNR, WZGC, WFPK, KPRI and Sirius/XM Spectrum

SHOWS at US stadiums and amphitheatres posted through October

PRODUCED BY Rob Cavallo

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW Big Whiskey And The GrooGrux King is DMB’s first studio album in four years. The CD’s lead single, “Funny The Way It Is,” was this year’s longest-running Triple A #1 song, holding the top slot for 13 weeks. As usual, they’ll play Farm Aid (October 4 in St. Louis) along with John Mellencamp, Willie Nelson and Neil Young.

CONTACT Adrian Moreira 212.833.5532 adrian.moreira@sonymusic.com & Wendy Goodman 310.272.2633 wendy.goodman@sonymusic.com

QUOTE “Their best album yet.” —Rolling Stone

8 NATHEN MAXWELL & THE ORIGINAL BUNNY GANG

SONG “Working For The Man”

AVAILABLE FOR AIRPLAY now

CD White Rabbit (SideOneDummy Records)

ON SALE now

WEB www.myspace.com/nathenmaxwell & sideonedummy.com/nathenmaxwell

HOME Los Angeles

PRODUCED BY Ted Hutt

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW White Rabbit is the first solo recording from Nathen Maxwell, the bassist for the popular Celtic/punk rock band Flogging Molly. Maxwell has been writing these songs over the past decade, and when Flogging Molly decided to relax their hectic schedule this year he took the chance to record them.

CONTACT J.B. Brenner (The J.B. Brenner Company) 805.777.7999 jb@jbbrenner.com & Eddie Eastabrooks 323.790.0990, ext. 225 ed@sideonedummy.com

9 SERENA RYDER

SONG “All For Love”

AVAILABLE FOR AIRPLAY now

CD Is It O.K. (Atlantic Records)

ON SALE now

WEB www.serenaryder.com & www.myspace.com/serenaryder

HOME Toronto, Ontario, Canada

SHOWS all over the States through November 2

PRODUCED BY John Alagia

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW Is It O.K. is the third full-length CD for Serena Ryder, who  won the 2008 Juno Award as Canada’s Best New Artist. She’s already toured Canada, the States, France and Australia, and performed at Bonnaroo and Lollapalooza.

CONTACT Brian Corona 818.238.6838 brian.corona@atlanticrecords.com

QUOTE “[She] has an impressive fearlessness. Given the right breaks, she could become a major force.” —The Boston Globe

10 MICHAEL NAPPI

SONG “7:26”

AVAILABLE FOR AIRPLAY now

CD Here We Go Again (West Avenue Records)

ON SALE now

WEB www.michaelnappi.com

HOME Larchmont, New York

AIRPLAY WXPK, KDHX, KFAI, KKFI, KOTO, KPFT, KUNC, WACC, WALW, WDIY, WERU, WESU, WEXT and more

PRODUCED BY Steve Buonanotte

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW Co-written by Michael Nappi and producer Steve Buonanotte (who boasts over 1,500 original song credits in film and television), “7:26” didn’t get written until the CD was already being manufactured, causing a “stop the presses” moment as Nappi found a way to get it added to the album.

CONTACT Lisa Vitello 917.952.9933 lisa@westavenuerecords.com