#59 January 2010
SONG “Saturday”
AVAILABLE FOR AIRPLAY now
CD Chances, Stances & Romances (Rock Ridge Music)
ON SALE now
PRODUCED BY Jason Spiewak, Chris Henderson (3 Doors Down)
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HOME Fairfield, Connecticut
SHOWS Hoover is one of many artists on the Rockboat X cruise in January (dates)
AND ANOTHER THING As a teenager, even before he found music, Andrew Hoover spent a couple of years apprenticing with chefs at four-star restaurants around his home state of Connecticut. Chances, Stances & Romances is Hoover’s first full-length, full-band CD, after a pair of self-released solo acoustic EPs and stints opening for Sister Hazel, Tim Reynolds, The Alternate Routes and Kate Voegele.
CONTACT Eric Cole 917.373.7985
SONG “Weight Of The World”
AVAILABLE FOR AIRPLAY now
CD Keep The Light Alive: Celebrating The Music Of Lowen & Navarro (AIX Records)
ON SALE now
GUEST MUSICIANS Greg Leisz (guitar)
PRODUCED BY Jackson Browne
HOME Los Angeles
AIRPLAY KCLC, WMMM, KFMG, KRVB, KLCC, Sirius/XM The Loft
AND ANOTHER THING Keep The Light Alive: Celebrating The Music Of Lowen & Navarro is a benefit/tribute CD that features Jackson Browne, John Ondrasik of Five For Fighting, Keb’ Mo’, The Bangles and others all singing Lowen & Navarro songs. The proceeds from Keep The Light Alive will benefit ALSA LA, Augie’s Quest and The Eric Lowen Trust, which offsets the enormous costs of fighting Lowen’s ALS and to help support his wife and their five teenagers.
CONTACT Claudia Stewart Navarro 310.737.1018
SONG “Bluff”
AVAILABLE FOR AIRPLAY now
CD What To Say (Vanguard Records)
ON SALE now
PRODUCED BY Gary Pascoza, Tim Lauer
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HOME Chicago
SHOWS in the Midwest posted through February (dates)
AND ANOTHER THING True story: the head of Vanguard actually went looking for Daphne Willis after he heard songs from the 22-year-old singer/songwriter’s self-released 2007 EP on an airline’s in-flight music program! Now, Willis is preparing to release her debut full-length, What To Say, which she recorded in Chicago and Nashville, and initially planned to release on her own. Willis began performing in her late teens.
CONTACT Art Phillips 310.614.2404 & Ayappa Biddanda 310.829.9355, ext. 157
SONG “The Broken Girl” (radio edit)
AVAILABLE FOR AIRPLAY now
CD Crows (Rykodisc)
ON SALE now
PRODUCED BY R.S. Field
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HOME New York City by way of Mobile, Alabama
AND ANOTHER THING Allison Moorer wrote and played most of Crows, her seventh CD, on piano. Following her 2007 appearance in a theatrical adaptation of Howard Zinn’s book A People’s History Of The United States, the Grammy- and Academy Award-nominated singer/songwriter is now appearing in The History Channel’s The People Speak, a film also inspired by Zinn’s book; the film features Bob Dylan, Morgan Freeman, Bruce Springsteen and more.
QUOTE “Crows [is] a sophisticated, pop-flavored outing marked by intricate arrangements and delicate dynamics.” —Billboard
CONTACT Karen Durkot 212.707.2862
SONG “Good To Be”
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CD Good To Be (Kelsey Street/Thirty Tigers)
ON SALE now
GUEST MUSICIANS Steve Berlin (keys, saxophone, percussion, marimba)
PRODUCED BY Steve Berlin
HOME Bloomington, Illinois
AIRPLAY WXRT, WXPN, WNKU
AND ANOTHER THING “Good To Be” is the title track from Backyard Tire Fire’s fifth full-lengther; this time they recorded in analog up in Portland, Oregon, where Good To Be producer Steve Berlin (Los Lobos) lives. You may have seen Backyard Tire Fire opening for Cracker, Gov’t Mule, Los Lobos, Alejandro Escovedo or James McMurtry, and Warren Haynes invited them to play Gov’t Mule’s 2009 Xmas Jam festival.
QUOTE “My favorite band right now is Backyard Tire Fire; they sometimes remind me of early Wilco, Son Volt and Flaming Lips—they are my earworm these last few months.” —Johnny Hickman, Cracker
CONTACT Jesse Barnett (Right Arm Resource) 508.238.5654 & Lindsay Reid (Thirty Tigers) 919.768.1103
SONG “The Hard Way” (radio edit)
AVAILABLE FOR AIRPLAY now
CD Slideshows (Independent)
ON SALE now online
PRODUCED BY Lindsay Gravina
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HOME Sydney, Australia
SHOWS planned in America this spring, including SXSW in March
AND ANOTHER THING Thirsty Merc was the winner of our first Sonicbids search to find great music from around the world. Already established down under with four Grammy-like ARIA nominations, Thirsty Merc will issue their third CD in 2010—first in the US—a still-untitled disc produced by Matt Wallace (Maroon 5, Faith No More). The CD and a US-only EP planned to coincide with their upcoming SXSW show will each include their Australian hit “The Hard Way.”
QUOTE “Inventive, melodic and armed with an explosive frontman.” —The Brag
CONTACT Dave MacGregor (Macsta Music Management) +61.424.786.464
SONG “Grow”
AVAILABLE FOR AIRPLAY now
CD Chad Hollister (Independent)
ON SALE now
PRODUCED BY Anthony J. Resta (Elton John, Collective Soul, Shawn Mullins)
HOME Burlington, Vermont
AIRPLAY WNCS, Top-50 on New Music Weekly’s AC/Hot AC airplay chart
SHOWS in New Hampshire and Vermont throughout January (dates)
AND ANOTHER THING A decade of indie touring has gotten Chad Hollister opening for or playing with Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Paul Simon, everyone in Phish, Little Feat and Warren Haynes, and playing in China, Europe and all over the US. “Grow,” which comes from Hollister’s self-titled new fourth full-length CD, recently took first place on Indie-Music.com’s list of Top 25 for 2010.
QUOTE “The station I program is pretty tight, but ‘Grow,’ by Chad Hollister, is a perfect fit for any AAA. Great message, great music: That's why we’re nearly 300 spins in.” —Zeb Norris, WNCS Burlington, Vermont
CONTACT Bill Jerome (Jerome Promotions & Marketing) 770.982.7055 & Gene Foley (Foley Entertainment) 908.684.9400
SONG “Long Gone”
AVAILABLE FOR AIRPLAY now
CD Good Intentions (Independent)
ON SALE now
PRODUCED BY The Sam Lamont Band, Mark Poole
HOME Morgantown, West Virginia
SHOWS with and without the band already booked through July in West Virginia (dates)
AND ANOTHER THING 2009’s Good Intentions is the first album from The Sam Lamont Band, but Lamont’s been on the blues scene as a solo artist for a while. In 2007 he issued a solo CD and in 2008 Lamont won a West Virginia Blues Society contest and wound up representing West Virginia at the 2009 International Blues Challenge in Memphis. In there somewhere he’s performed with The Avett Brothers.
CONTACT Peter Hay (Twin Vision) 718.369.1370
SONG “Keeper”
AVAILABLE FOR AIRPLAY now
CD Bridge (Water Key Music)
ON SALE now
PRODUCED BY Adam Druckman, Mark Ephraim, Dennis Cronin
HOME Brooklyn
AND ANOTHER THING Bridge is the second CD from Vitamin-D, the brainchild of trumpeter and multi-instrumentalist/composer Dennis Cronin. He has collaborated with Lambchop and the late Vic Chesnutt, and performed with Yo La Tengo and Camera Obscura. You’ll find a cello, cornet, snare drum, an accordion, funeral organ, vibraphonette and a few trumpets on the list of Cronin’s instruments.
CONTACT Peter Hay (Twin Vision) 718.369.1370
SONG “Still She Thanks God”
AVAILABLE FOR AIRPLAY now
CD Ghosts (Rock & Sock Records)
ON SALE now
PRODUCED BY Tokyo Rosenthal, Chris Stamey
HOME Chapel Hill, North Carolina
SHOWS in North Carolina, New York, Connecticut and Massachusetts in February (dates)
AND ANOTHER THING Since his debut CD in 2007, Tokyo Rosenthal has toured Japan, Europe and North America; Alberta, Canada’s capitol city, Edmonton, gave him the key to their city for his song “Edmonton”; and former Byrd and Burrito Brother Chris Hillman has invited Rosenthal to open several shows. Tokyo’s 2008 release, Love Won Out, reached #11 on the Euro Americana Chart. Ghosts is his third CD.
QUOTE “…one of the freshest voices on the alternative Americana scene today.” —Fatea Magazine
CONTACT Brad Hunt (The WNS Group) 845.358.3003
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KATE MacLEOD
SONG “The Day Is Mine”
AVAILABLE FOR AIRPLAY now
CD Blooming (Waterbug Records)
ON SALE now
GUEST MUSICIANS Darrell Scott (guitar, piano, pedal steel, steel guitar), Tim O’Brien (guitar, mandolin, bouzouki, banjo, fiddle, vocals)
PRODUCED BY Tim O’Brien
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HOME Salt Lake City
AIRPLAY KUWR, KRVM, WEVL, KRCL, WCBE, WRRW, WNRN, KDNK, KAXE, KFAN, WMKY, KXCI
SHOWS scheduled through early March (dates)
AND ANOTHER THING Blooming is the sixth CD from fiddler/guitarist/singer/songwriter Kate MacLeod, who has been recognized as an outstanding artist by the Utah Arts Council and voted Best Lyricist, Best Stringed Instrument, Best Folk/Acoustic Musician and Best Fiddler in the Salt Lake City Weekly Reader’s Poll. MacLeod’s songs have been featured on A Prairie Home Companion.
QUOTE “Kate’s music is honest and she delivers her message true and clear. This is out of the ordinary folk music.” —Roots Music Report
CONTACT Peter Hay (Twin Vision) 718.369.1370
SONG “Secrets”
AVAILABLE FOR AIRPLAY now
CD Chances, Stances & Romances (Rock Ridge Music)
ON SALE now
PRODUCED BY Jason Spiewak, Chris Henderson (3 Doors Down)
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HOME Fairfield, Connecticut
SHOWS Hoover is one of many artists on the Rockboat X cruise in January (dates)
AND ANOTHER THING Before he’d even graduated high school, 21-year-old Andrew Hoover was writing songs; after two years of college he quit to pursue music as a full-time career. Chances, Stances & Romances is his first full-length CD following two EPs, the first of which he self-released in 2007. He plans to be on the road throughout 2010.
CONTACT Eric Cole 917.373.7985
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JIM CAMACHO
SONG “Beachfront Defeat”
AVAILABLE FOR AIRPLAY now
CD Beachfront Defeat (Broken Records)
ON SALE now
PRODUCED BY Pascal Jacquelin, Jim Camacho
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HOME Miami
AND ANOTHER THING Beachfront Defeat is award-winning singer/songwriter Jim Camacho’s fourth solo album, and he’s also written two rock musicals and contributed to several film soundtracks (including Grammy-nominated Tom Dowd & The Language Of Music) since splitting with ’90s faves The Goods (“I’m Not Average”). Camacho was recently named New Times’ Best Songwriter and Best Acoustic Performer.
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CONTACT Eric Dorigo (E-Music Marketing) 954.478.1790 & Rich Ulloa (Y&T Music) 305.608.5643
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JAY GAUNT
SONG “Greensleeves”
AVAILABLE FOR AIRPLAY now
CD tbd (Independent)
ON SALE tbd
PRODUCED BY Charley Burch, Lawrence “Boo” Mitchell, Jason Ricci
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HOME Mahwah, New Jersey
AND ANOTHER THING Jay Gaunt, a 15-year-old harmonica-playing honor student who runs track, has played and/or recorded with Dan “Elwood Blues” Aykroyd, the James Cotton Blues Band, Tab Benoit and many more. Gaunt’s version of the 16th-century English folk song “Greensleeves” is from his upcoming second album; this song was originally about the rather promiscuous Lady Green Sleeves (some say Henry VIII wrote it for Anne Boleyn).
CONTACT Betsie Brown (Blind Raccoon) 901.278.6850
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PENNAN BRAE
SONG “If I Lose You”
AVAILABLE FOR AIRPLAY now
CD Amber Glow (Independent)
ON SALE now
PRODUCED BY Adam Gallant, Matt Wilson, Paul Milner
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HOME Vancouver, Canada
AIRPLAY KPFT, KGNU, KKFI, KRCB, KAOS, WHFC, KSCL, WMBR, KSER, KBOO, WMKY, WAER, KUNI, KXCI, KVNF, WORT, WETS, WERU, WRRW, KRVS, KAXE
AND ANOTHER THING Amber Glow is one of two CDs released in 2009 by Pennan Brae. The first, Shaded Joy, received airplay in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Europe, Canada and the US. A classically trained pianist, Brae discovered the blues when, as a teenager, he added guitar and harmonica to his repertoire. A cross-country move from Toronto at 18 inspired his first song.
QUOTE “This amazing singer-songwriter has captured the listener with outstanding lyrics and uniquely presented vocals. Amber Glow has catchy and upbeat songs, bluesy and sexy tracks. Pennan’s songwriting skills show throughout.” —Indie Showcase
CONTACT Crystal Ann Lea (M:M Music) 323.939.8206/323.939.2665
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