#55 August 2009
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WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION
SONG “Always Have My Love”
AVAILABLE FOR AIRPLAY now
CD WPA (WPA Records/Umami Music)
ON SALE now
WEB www.wpamusic.com & www.myspace.com/wpaband
HOME Los Angeles/Santa Barbara
AIRPLAY early support at WXRV, Acoustic Café, World Café
SHOWS with both a Core Band and an Expanded Band scheduled through February 2010
PRODUCED BY WPA
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW Named for an FDR New Deal initiative, Works Progress Administration is Glen Phillips, Sean Watkins (Nickel Creek) and Luke Bulla (Lyle Lovett, Ricky Skaggs), with a fluid lineup that includes Heartbreaker Benmont Tench, Watkins’ sister Sara (Nickel Creek), Greg Leisz (Joni Mitchell, Wilco, John Fogerty), Pete Thomas (with Elvis Costello in both The Attractions and The Imposters) and Davey Faragher (The Imposters, Cracker, John Hiatt).
CONTACT Ralph Jaccodine (manager) 617.393.9800 rjaccodine@gmail.com
QUOTE “[WPA is] a low key super group.” —David Dye, World Café
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JOHN FOGERTY FEATURING BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
SONG “When Will I Be Loved”
AVAILABLE FOR AIRPLAY now
CD The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again (Fortunate Son/Verve Forecast)
ON SALE now
WEB www.johnfogerty.com & http://twitter/john_fogerty
HOME Los Angeles
AIRPLAY #3 Most Added out of the box; WXRT, WFUV, KGSR, KUT, KINK, WMNF, KPFT, WFPK, WRNR, WTMD, KBAC, WMVY, WNCS, WNTI, WEHM, WNRN, World Café, Sirius XM/Outlaw and many more
GUEST MUSICIANS Bruce Springsteen, Buddy Miller, Greg Leisz, Kenny Aronoff
PRODUCED BY John Fogerty
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW The Blue Ridge Rangers premiered in ’73 when John Fogerty released an album of covers under that band name. The Rangers were, in fact, just Fogerty playing all the instruments; he always figured if he got to make another such album he would like it to be with “real guys playing.” On The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again, Fogerty and Bruce Springsteen work up one of Fogerty’s childhood favorites, The Everly Brothers’ “When Will I Be Loved.”
CONTACT Casey Silcock 212.331.2090 casey.silcock@umusic.com
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BENJY DAVIS PROJECT
SONG “Still Sweet”
AVAILABLE FOR AIRPLAY now
CD Dust (Rock Ridge Music)
ON SALE now
WEB www.bdpmusic.com & www.myspace.com/benjydavisprojectla
HOME Baton Rouge, Louisiana
AIRPLAY WRRW, WOCM, KTKE
SHOWS scheduled all over the South through November
PRODUCED BY David Z. (Prince, Fine Young Cannibals, Big Head Todd & the Monsters)
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW The Benjy Davis Project formed as a duo in 2001 and spent the past seven years growing to a six-piece, releasing three CDs and building a fan base around the US. They’ve headlined across the country and supported shows with John Mayer, Better Than Ezra, North Mississippi Allstars and played the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.
CONTACT Eric Cole 917.373.7985 eric@rockridgemusic.com
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DELBERT McCLINTON & DICK 50
SONG “Starting A Rumor”
AVAILABLE FOR AIRPLAY now
CD Acquired Taste (New West Records)
ON SALE now
WEB www.delbert.com & www.myspace.com/mcclintondelbert
HOME Raised a Texan, he now lives in Nashville
AIRPLAY WXRT, KGSR, KRSH, KPIG, KTHX, KNBT, WMMM and more
SHOWS After a Scandinavian tour wraps up in mid-September, Delbert returns to the States with shows scheduled through 2010
PRODUCED BY Gary Nicholson, Delbert McClinton
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW In a 50+ year professional career that stretches back to his beginnings as a harmonica-playing sideman in the late ’50s/early ’60s, Grammy-winning singer/songwriter Delbert McClinton releases Acquired Taste, his 13th studio album and first in four years. McClinton and Gary Nicholson produced this song, but Don Was produced the rest of the CD.
CONTACT Gary Briggs 818.261.8674 gary@newwestrecords.com & George Fontaine Jr. 281.414.3685 george@newwestrecords.com
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JUST JINJER
SONG “What He Means” (radio edit)
AVAILABLE FOR AIRPLAY now
CD Just Jinjer (Curb/WB)
ON SALE 3-song bundle on iTunes now
WEB www.justjinjer.com & www.myspace.com/justjinjer
HOME Johannesburg, South Africa
SHOWS US dates to be announced soon
PRODUCED BY Gavin McKillop
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW The new self-titled CD by the trio Just Jinjer is their international debut, but they’re big sellers in South Africa, where “What He Means” was already a Top 5 hit. They’ve been around for a decade and a half, and in there somewhere they’ve opened for U2, Counting Crows, Live, Goo Goo Dolls and Elvis Costello among many others.
CONTACT John Butler 615.963.9347 jbutler@curb.com
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HAL KETCHUM
SONG “Continental Farewell”
AVAILABLE FOR AIRPLAY now
CD Father Time (Curb Records)
ON SALE now
WEB www.halketchum.com & www.myspace.com/halketchum
HOME Nashville
SHOWS listed through 2010 all across the USA
PRODUCED BY Hal Ketchum
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW Hal Ketchum, who “couldn't write a bad song if he tried,” says AllMusic.com, releases Father Time, his ninth album since ’91. This, his first US release in five years, was recorded, arranged and mixed in two days, with no overdubs. Among other things, Ketchum is a master woodworker, an accomplished painter and he likes to unwind by “throwing hawks”—tomahawks.
CONTACT John Butler 615.963.9347 jbutler@curb.com
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FINLAY MORTON
SONG “The Devil Ain’t Getting My Soul” (radio edit)
AVAILABLE FOR AIRPLAY now
CD Back To Basics (Stoneroom Recordings)
ON SALE tbd
WEB www.finlaymorton.com & www.myspace.com/finlaymorton
HOME London, England
AIRPLAY KWYS, KSKI, KRVM, KVNF, KUWR, WBJB, WRRW, WNRN, WTMD, KPND, WMMM
SHOWS US Radio junket planned for September
PRODUCED BY John Ryan (Santana, The Allman Brothers Band, Styx)
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW Singer/songwriter Finlay Morton was mixing his second full-length, Back To Basics, when he suffered a mild heart attack. The CD was finished and released in England last fall, and when producer John Ryan heard one of the songs online he contacted Morton and offered to “re-produce” the entire album at his LA studio.
CONTACT J.B. Brenner (The J.B. Brenner Company) 805.777.7999 jb@jbbrenner.com, Serious Bob Laul (Serious Bob Promotions) 212.580.3314 seriousbob@nyc.rr.com & Jeff Appleton (Marathon Entertainment) 810.797.2287 jeffappleton@marathonentertainment.biz
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WONDERWHEEL
SONG “Sing It One More Time”
AVAILABLE FOR AIRPLAY now
CD Safe And Sorry (Rainbow Quartz International)
ON SALE now
WEB www.myspace.com/wonderwheelhome & www.rainbowquartz.com/artists.asp?BC=WWH
HOME Trondheim, Norway
AIRPLAY KEAO, WJHS, WSYC
PRODUCED BY Bill & Ben
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW Wonderwheel is a Scandinavian supergroup of sorts, featuring fellow Norwegian pop legends Øyvind Holm (Dipsomaniacs, Deleted Waveform Gatherings) and Ulf Risnes (Tre Små Kinesere, U.R.O.). Holm’s most recent release was last year’s Baby Warfare with Deleted Waveform Gatherings.
CONTACT Ray Paul (Permanent Press Radio Promotion) 585.764.0150 raypaul@permanentpress.net
QUOTE “Wonderwheel: two pop masters, one band.” —Adresseavisen, Norwegian newspaper
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GRAND ARCHIVES
SONG “Silver Among The Gold”
AVAILABLE FOR AIRPLAY now
CD Keep In Mind Frankenstein (Sub Pop Records)
ON SALE now
WEB www.myspace.com/grandarchives & www.subpop.com/artists/grand_archives
HOME Seattle
SHOWS all over North America beginning in September
GUEST MUSICIANS Sera Cahoone, Jenn Ghetto, Jason Kardong
PRODUCED BY Ben Kersten
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW Ex-Carissa’s Wierd and Band Of Horses singer/guitarist Mat Brooke started Grand Archives—initially called simply Archives—in 2006, and they went out with Modest Mouse early on. Keep in Mind Frankenstein, their second album, was largely conceived in the studio in Index, Washington, home to The Bush House Country Inn—a renowned haunted house.
CONTACT Susan Busch 206.428.1343 susanb@subpop.com
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THE JUNE
SONG “Big Black Mouth”
AVAILABLE FOR AIRPLAY now
CD Magic Circles (Rainbow Quartz International)
ON SALE now
WEB www.myspace.com/thejuneband
HOME Parma, Italy
PRODUCED BY The June
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW The Italian power-pop trio known as The June share interests in ’60s psychedelia, pop and garage-rock, as well as punk, beat and mod—hence, their first single was a cover of a deep cut written by the late Pete Ham of Badfinger. Magic Circles is the first LP from The June—Chris (vocals, guitar, keys), White (vocals, bass) and G (drums).
CONTACT Ray Paul (Permanent Press Radio Promotion) 585.764.0150 raypaul@permanentpress.net
QUOTE “Magic Circles is the June’s outset album that certainly doesn’t sound like a debut. The eleven tracks…explore the Brit sixties universe in a triumph of choirs, sitar, strings, and horns as few others have been able to do in Italy. From the latest Beatles to the freakbeat, getting back to Lennon and McCartney, the June have sung what they love and they’ve done it by assembling an extraordinary intense record...The June are a trio: guitar, bass and drums. And a million of other things.” —Rumore magazine
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ROBERT BRADLEY’S BLACKWATER SURPRISE
SONG “Americaland”
AVAILABLE FOR AIRPLAY now
CD Out Of The Wilderness (Quarter 2 Three Records)
ON SALE now
WEB www.myspace.com/robertbradleysblackwatersurprise
HOME Mt. Pleasant, Michigan
PRODUCED BY Bruce Robb
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW Out Of The Wilderness is the first studio record in six years from Robert Bradley’s Blackwater Surprise. “This record brings me back to the time when I started out as a singer/songwriter,” says Bradley. “It’s just me at the piano with the musicians around me finding my groove.” Out Of The Wilderness comes a year after three of his songs were featured in the Amy Smart drama Love N’ Dancing.
CONTACT Betsie Brown (Blind Raccoon) 901.278.6850 betsie@blindraccoon.com
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JUPITER ONE
SONG “Flaming Arrow”
AVAILABLE FOR AIRPLAY now
CD Sunshower (Rykodisc)
ON SALE now
WEB www.jupiterone.com & www.myspace.com/jupiterone
HOME New York City
SHOWS (with and without Regina Spektor) scheduled through October
PRODUCED BY Chris Ribando (The Black Crowes, Mary J. Blige), Jupiter One
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW The founding duo of K Ishibashi and Zac Colwell met in 2000 while working as musicians on a traveling circus. In recent years Jupiter One’s songs have been heard on MLB Opening Day ’09, NASCAR Talladega Race ’09, NBC’s Heroes Tribute, new indie film Broken Windows, video games Madden NFL ’08 and NHL ’08, and Payless and Mazda TV campaigns. Sunshower is their sophomore full-length.
CONTACT Beth Tallman 212.707.2862 beth.tallman@rykogroup.com & Paul Brown (Red Hat 22) 646.522.9661 redhat22@aol.com
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ERIC WOOLFSON
SONG “Golden Key”
AVAILABLE FOR AIRPLAY now
CD Eric Woolfson Sings The Alan Parsons Project That Never Was (Limelight Records)
ON SALE now
WEB www.ericwoolfsonmusic.com & www.facebook.com/ericwoolfson
HOME London, England
PRODUCED BY Eric Woolfson
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW The Alan Parsons Project founder/songwriter/singer Eric Woolfson, who wrote and sang “Eye In The Sky,” “Don’t Answer Me” and “Time,” has now completed and recorded several previously unfinished APP songs, plus some numbers that he wrote later that would have made great APP songs. Since the last APP album in 1987, Woolfson has written and staged five musicals, and “Golden Key” was written for one called Gambler.
CONTACT David Avery (Powderfinger Promotions) 800.356.1155, ext. 234 david@powderfingerpromo.com
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NEIL NATHAN
SONG “Do Ya”
AVAILABLE FOR AIRPLAY now
CD Songsmiths EP (Pirate Vinyl) & Californication, Vol. 2 OST (Lion’s Gate)
ON SALE now
WEB www.neilnathan.com & www.myspace.com/neilnathan
HOME New York City
AIRPLAY KFAN
PRODUCED BY Mike “Slo-Mo” Brenner
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW Neil Nathan recorded several covers for his Songsmiths EP (from The Move to Beethoven); his version of Jeff Lynne’s classic “Do Ya” is also included on the second volume of songs from Showtime’s Californication series (with Sheryl Crow, Nick Cave and Warren Zevon). Oh yeah, Lynne loved Nathan’s singer/songwriter approach to “Do Ya.”
CONTACT Peter Hay (Twin Vision) 718.369.1370 twinvision@aol.com
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JONAH SMITH
SONG “Love Gets Lost”
AVAILABLE FOR AIRPLAY now
CD Lights On (Voluptuary Records)
ON SALE now
WEB www.jonahsmith.com & www.myspace.com/jonahsmith
HOME Brooklyn, New York
SHOWS on both coasts through November
GUEST MUSICIANS Carrie Rodriguez
PRODUCED BY Malcolm Burn (The Neville Brothers, Peter Gabriel, John Mellencamp, Emmylou Harris), Teddy Kumpel, Jonah Smith
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW For Lights On, the fourth CD from Jonah Smith, producer Malcolm Burn’s idea was to make a record where every song contrasted the one preceding it. Smith’s idea was to make it totally grassroots, with the funding coming from his fan base; the legions donated money (some put on a benefit concert in Jonah’s honor), goods and services.
CONTACT Jesse Barnett (Right Arm Resource) 508.238.5654 jesse@rightarmresource.com
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MALEA McGUINNESS
SONG “Moving On”
AVAILABLE FOR AIRPLAY now
CD Close As Air (Malea Music)
ON SALE now
WEB www.maleamusic.com & www.myspace.com/maleamcg
HOME Los Angeles
SHOWS national tour in the works
PRODUCED BY Jamie Candiloro
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW Close As Air is the second studio album from Malea McGuinness. The former opera student previously starred in The King And I on Broadway and soon she will launch a line of signature model acoustic and electric guitars through Peerless Guitars. In between, Malea has played across the US, including at the largest outdoor music festival in the world, Milwaukee’s Summerfest.
CONTACT Jeff Appleton (Marathon Entertainment) 810.797.2287 jeffappleton@marathonentertainment.biz & Serious Bob Laul (Serious Bob Promotions) 212.580.3314 seriousbob@nyc.rr.com
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N.E.D.
SONG “Waiting On Time”
AVAILABLE FOR AIRPLAY now
CD No Evidence Of Disease (Motéma Music)
ON SALE now
WEB www.motema.com/ned & www.thegcf.org
HOME New York City; Raleigh, North Carolina; Amarillo, Texas; Portland, Oregon
PRODUCED BY Mario McNulty (David Bowie, Rufus Wainwright, Ziggy Marley) with KJ Denhert
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW N.E.D. (No Evidence of Disease) is six gynecologic cancer surgeons who’ve recorded a CD of original music to spread uplifting vibes while raising money and awareness for Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month (September) and the Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Movement (GCAM). GCAM kicks off with multiple events November 8 in Washington, DC. The CD comes with a booklet, What Every Woman Should Know.
CONTACT David Avery (Powderfinger Promotions) 800.356.1155, ext. 234 david@powderfingerpromo.com