Sights and Sounds: Michael Ubaldini strikes with new videos, Americana Virtual Conference Lineup

Plenty of important news and music to share for a Wednesday...Robert Kinsler



Watch Michael Ubaldini's timely hard-hitting videos

Michael Ubaldini / Photo credit: Jesse Navarro

Singer-songwriter great Michael Ubaldini has released two new videos that seem to tap into the turmoil of the times more strongly than any other music videos I've seen this year, in large part, because of the power of the songs and his straightforward performance of those songs. The videos for Ubaldini's "Badge of Freedom" and "Peace Sign" are embedded below.

Elvin Bishop, Rosanne Cash, Ry Cooder, Angela Davis, Alice Randall, Bonnie Raitt, Paul Thorn, RIAA’s Mitch Glazier and Michele Ballantyne Plus More First-Rate Speakers Added to Programming Lineup at Thriving Roots: A Virtual Community Music Conference

Three-day virtual music industry conference on Sept. 16-18, 2020, brings together Cash to speak with Davis, Cooder, Raitt and Randall on the history of protest music; Bishop and Thorn to talk about how artists can get creative off the road; Glazier and Ballantyne to lead a discussion on the state of the recording industry
Passes On Sale Now

Top Row (L-R): Elvin Bishop, Rosanne Cash, Ry Cooder
Middle Row: Bonnie Raitt, Paul Thorn, Angela Davis
Bottom Row: Mitch Glazier, Michele Ballantyne, Alice Randall

Just one week after announcing its first programming lineup, the Americana Music Association Foundation (AMAF) has revealed a second wave of programming for Thriving Roots: A Virtual Community Music Conference. The three-day online gathering will host an important discussion led by Rosanne Cash on the history of protest music featuring Ry Cooder, revered political activist Angela Davis, Bonnie Raitt and award-winning author Alice Randall. RIAA Chairman/CEO Mitch Glazier and COO Michele Ballantyne will be leading a conversation on the current state of the recording industry. More programming info can be found below. Passes are on sale here.

In just a little over a month, Thriving Roots will invite attendees online for inspiring panel sessions with first-rate speakers as they navigate talks on music, culture and everything in between. For the panel “Love and Vigilance,” Cash herself shares the idea behind it best, saying, “I invited some old friends — Bonnie Raitt and Ry Cooder — and some new friends — Alice Randall and Angela Davis — to play songs and talk with me about the history of protest music, the long, hard journey of Black musicians to achieve justice, and the anger and longing of the present moment.”

Rosanne Cash performing at the
Grammy Museum in Los Angeles
on Oct. 5, 2010.

Given the ever-evolving nature of the music industry, hearing rare and up-to-date insight from its leading professionals is paramount. During “Record Setting,” join the Recording Industry Association of America's Glazier and Ballantyne for a conversation on the state of the recording industry, current trends and their outlook. Elsewhere, “The Future of Americana” links up Foo Fighters’ Chris Shiflett with industry veterans Leslie Fram (CMT), David Macias (Thirty Tigers), Linda Ryan (Gimme Radio) and Bruce Warren (WXPN / NPR Music’s World Café) for a forecast into the genre’s future over a decade after The Recording Academy established its “Best Americana Album” category.

Additional new programming includes “Striking a Chord,” which finds GRAMMY® Museum Executive Director Scott Goldman sitting down with this year’s Americana Instrumentalist of the Year Nominees Ellen Angelico, Annie Clements, Brittany Haas, Zachariah Hickman and Rich Hinman as they share stories about their respective career journeys. Attending artists will want to check out “How to Stay Creative When You’re Off the Road,” an inside look at how musicians can maximize their productivity while being grounded in one place, led by Bill Bowker (KRSH) in conversation with roots artists Elvin Bishop and Paul Thorn.

In between panels and after business hours, attendees will also be treated to re-energizing music break segments and immersive special events, rounding out the variety of content found at Thriving Roots. Attendees should tune into Dualtone Music Group’s virtual music break highlighting the breadth of their artist roster and Radio Woodstock's Empire State of Americana, which spotlights five rising stars.

Previously announced Thriving Roots programming includes intimate conversations between Brandi Carlile and Yola; Emmylou Harris and Ken Burns; and Jackson Browne and Mavis Staples. There will also be artist-friendly songwriting workshops and case studies like Mary Gauthier’s "Accessing the Universal in Your Songs: Mercy Now,” Taj Mahal’s “Music Is the Healing Voice” and an artist development breakdown with Black Pumas. Moreover, the Woody Guthrie Center will examine the use of music in political campaigns during “Music as a Rallying Cry,” while “The Anatomy of a Publicity Campaign” groups top PR pros to dissect artist campaigns.

With over 50 panel discussions and more than 40 special events filled with music, Thriving Roots will bring the Americana music community together from across the world for three full days of engaging insight from its top industry professionals and leading artists. Previously announced speakers include Rhiannon Giddens and John Leventhal.

The Thriving Roots platform will launch ahead of the three-day virtual conference at a later date to be announced so attendees can personalize their online presence, customize their own daily schedule and begin networking with other attendees.
The virtual conference agenda will be announced in late August. For the latest updates, please visit americanamusic.org.

About Thriving Roots:
Thriving Roots: A Virtual Community Music Conference is a three-day music industry conference slated to take place Sept. 16, 17 and 18, 2020. Presented by the recently announced Americana Music Association Foundation (AMAF), the educational initiative brings the Americana music community together from across the world for three full days of engaging insight from its leading artists and industry professionals. With a wide variety of online programming including stimulating panels and immersive special events, attendees are in store for a unique experience that will go beyond today’s webinar-style conferences. Passes are on sale here.

About the Americana Music Association Foundation (AMAF):
The Americana Music Association Foundation (AMAF), a 501(c)(3) non-profit educational and charitable organization, was founded to preserve Americana music through education. Its endeavors strengthen understanding, awareness and appreciation of cultural heritage, shine a light on inspiration, and promote the capacity and engagement of future creators. The foundation accomplishes this mission through educational programs, musical performances and public events. Throughout the year, its partnership with The Americana Music Association focuses on the preservation of past legacies and traditions that spotlight Americana music’s heritage, while also looking ahead to ensure the future of the community’s generations to come.

Sights and Sounds: Rosanne Cash, Tears For Fears

Although we're in the thick of the 2013 holiday season, my inbox is lighting up with news about 2014 releases...I am especially excited to news as it relates to Rosanne Cash and Tears For Fears...

ROSANNE CASH LAUNCHES NEW ALBUM, THE RIVER & THE THREAD, WITH JANUARY APPEARANCES ON   “LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN,” NPR’S “MORNING EDITION” CASH PLAYS THE TROUBADOUR IN WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA ON JANUARY 8   “WORLD CAFÉ,” “ACOUSTIC CAFÉ,” KCRW’S “MORNING BECOMES ECLECTIC” AIR WEEK OF ALBUM’S RELEASE   ALBUM OUT JANUARY 14; FIRST SINGLE “MODERN BLUE” IMPACTS RADIO THIS WEEK   “MESMERIZING…CASH PAINTS HER MASTERPIECE” – UNCUT, 10 OUT OF 10

Rosanne Cash’s new album, The River & The Thread, comes out January 14 on Blue Note Records and she will be celebrating with a series of high profile media appearances and performances. Week of release, she will perform on “Late Show with David Letterman” (Thursday, January 16), NPR’s “Morning Edition” will profile the album and Cash will be doing an in-store performance and signing at the Barnes & Noble in NYC’s Union Square. Other release week activities include a special live hour-long broadcast on New York station WFUV (January 13th at 8 PM) and appearances on NPR’s “World Café,” the syndicated show “Acoustic Café” and the talk radio institution “Imus in the Morning.”   In the lead-up to the album’s release, Cash and producer John Leventhal will premiere songs from The River & The Thread during an intimate live show at the historic Troubadour in West Hollywood, CA on Wednesday, January 8. While in Los Angeles, the duo will also record an Apogee Session for renowned public radio station KCRW, which will air on  “Morning Becomes Eclectic” on January 16, and “Yahoo! Ram Country,” which is set to premiere on January 22.   In a unique offer that gives listeners a fuller preview of the depth of the album, fans who pre-order The River & The Thread on iTunes will instantly receive downloads of three separate tracks: “Modern Blue,” “A Feather’s Not a Bird” and “Night School.” “Modern Blue,” which premiered today HERE on Esquire.com, is the album’s first single and impacted AAA and Americana radio this week with more than 40 stations already spinning it. Uncut called “A Feather’s Not a Bird” a “sinewy, swampy mix of hot-wired guitars, silky harmonies and a revelatory, ominously impassioned vocal.” “Night School” was also singled out by Uncut (they called it the album’s “most daring, surprising piece”) and it also made quite an impression on Elvis Costello, who included it in a recent Rolling Stone “Guest List” column noting, “It comes into my head when I’m least expecting it.” These three tracks can also be purchased individually at all digital formats.   The physical album can be pre-ordered in standard, deluxe and vinyl formats onAmazon.com or in special fan bundles on Cash’s website, www.rosannecash.com. The limited edition deluxe version comes as a 36-page hard cover book filled with photos and mementos from Rosanne’s musical journey. It contains three bonus studio tracks not included on the standard edition: covers of Townes Van Zandt’s “Two Girls” and Jesse Winchester’s “Biloxi” and the Cash/Leventhal original “Your Southern Heart.”   The River & The Thread contains 11 original songs written by Cash and John Leventhal, who also served as producer, arranger and guitarist. It features appearances by Cory Chisel, Rodney Crowell (who also co-wrote one song), Amy Helm, Kris Kristofferson, Allison Moorer, John Prine, Derek Trucks, John Paul White (The Civil Wars), Tony Joe White and Gabe Witcher (The Punch Brothers).It follows 2009’s The List, which was nominated for two GRAMMY® Awards, won the Americana Music Award for Album of the Year and was a critics’ favorite. The River & The Thread has won early acclaim, with Uncut hailing it as a “Mesmerizing trek through the land of Dixie,” giving it a 10 out of 10 rating and observing: ”Cash paints her masterpiece.” The Oxford American called it “the best music of her career” and tapped the song entitled “The Long Way Home” for the “Tennessee” music compilation CD that accompanies the magazine’s music issue, which is currently available at newsstands. Garden & Gun lauded the album as “elegiac and elegant” while Bust noted that it  “paints a distinctly American portrait with small, gorgeous strokes.”    Born in Memphis and raised in California, Cash has recorded 15 albums, including 1981’s Seven Year Ache and 1987’s King’s Record Shop – both certified Gold. Rosannehas charted 21 Top 40 country singles, 11 of which climbed to No. 1. She has received 12 GRAMMY nominations, winning in 1985. Cash has also published four books, including her 2010 bestselling memoir, Composed, which The Chicago Tribune hailed as "one of the best accounts of an American life you will likely ever read." Her essays and fiction have appeared in The New York Times, Rolling Stone, New York magazine and the Oxford American, among others. She recently wrapped up a three-day residency at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC.   The River & The Thread is available for pre-order now on:  iTunes Amazon.com www.rosannecash.com Tears For Fears to release new album in 2014; hear the duo's version of Animal Collective’s ‘My Girls' online Tears For Fears: Roland Orzabal (left) and Curt Smith performing at Pacific Amphitheatre in July 2007. I am more than thrilled to hear that Tears For Fears have just announced plans to release new original music in 2014. You can check out George A. Paul's Music Minded blog here for the details. I also encourage you to hear TFF's take on Animal Collective’s "My Girls" via the Tears For Fears official Web site. Listen and watch the video here.  Check out my concert review of Tears For Fear's memorable performance at Pacific Amphitheatre in Costa Mesa, CA, that ran in the Orange County Register back in July 2007. Click here to read the review. Special thanks to Kelly A. Swift for the use of her Tears For Fears image.

Sights and Sounds: Rosanne Cash, Lady Antebellum, Blackie and the Rodeo Kings

It might be Halloween, but there is still plenty of music news to share. Especially for fans of country, roots and Americana music!

ROSANNE CASH LOOKS SOUTH ON NEW ALBUM

THE RIVER & THE THREAD, OUT JANUARY 14, 2014

 

PRODUCED AND CO-WRITTEN WITH JOHN LEVENTHAL,

ALBUM IS CASH’S FIRST SINCE 2009’s THE LIST,

AND MARKS HER BLUE NOTE RECORDS DEBUT
 

 

CASH PREVIEWS NEW SONGS DURING

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS RESIDENCY IN DECEMBER

Rosanne Cash photo credit: Patrick McBride

The River & The Thread, Rosanne Cash’s first album in more than four years, will be released on January 14, 2014 by Blue Note Records. Cash wrote the album’s 11 original songs with her longtime collaborator (and husband) John Leventhal, who also served as producer, arranger and guitarist. See below for track listing.
 

 

The Chicago Tribune hailed Cash’s 2010 bestselling memoir, Composed, as "one of the best accounts of an American life you will likely ever read." With The River & The Thread, Cash turns her attention to other American lives and locations. The album richly evokes the Southern landscape – physical, musical, emotional – and examines the indelible impressions it has made on our own collective culture and on Cash.
 

 

The River & The Thread is sweeping in its breadth, capturing a unique, multi-generational cast of characters – from a Civil War soldier off to fight in Virginia to a New Deal-era farmer in Arkansas to a contemporary Mobile, AL couple. While Cash and Leventhal found inspiration in the many musical styles associated with the South – swampy Delta blues, gospel, Appalachian folk, country and rock, to name a few – this is a completely contemporary collection. Cash’s crystalline voice and Leventhal’s compelling guitar work are at the heart of the album, and they bring in additional instrumentation to suit the tone of each particular song – from the delicate orchestral passages of “Night School,” (which nods to Stephen Foster, who also had a deep affection for the South) to the ghostly keyboards of album closer “Money Road.”

The River & The Thread follows 2009’s The List, which was named Album of the Year by the Americana Music Association and nominated for two GRAMMY® Awards.
 

“If I never make another album I will be content, because I made this one,” says Cash ofThe River & The Thread, which is a marked departure from her earlier works.
 

She was joined in the studio by a cast of friends and fellow musicians who also have a deep affection for and/or roots in the South, including Cory Chisel, Rodney Crowell(who also co-wrote one song), Amy Helm, Kris Kristofferson, Allison Moorer, John Prine, Derek Trucks, John Paul White (The Civil Wars), Tony Joe White and Gabe Witcher (The Punch Brothers.)  

 

On December 5, Cash will begin a three-day residency at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC. Events will include a concert, a round robin with Leventhal, Crowell, Cory Chisel and Amy Helm and a conversation with Natasha Trethewey, U.S. Poet Laureate. For additional details, click here.
 

“We were dreaming of the Tallahatchie Bridge, and we found it,” says Cash. It’s an inevitable, essential destination on this journey through the Southern spirit, a journey that begins with the artist’s assertion in the opening track that “a river runs through me.”

 

Cash, who was born in Memphis and raised in California, has recorded fifteen albums, including 1981’s Seven Year Ache and 1987’s King’s Record Shop – both certified Gold. She has charted 21 Top 40 country singles, 11 of which climbed to No. 1. She has received 12 GRAMMY nominations, winning in 1985. Cash has also published four books and her essays and fiction have appeared in The New York Times, Rolling Stone and New York magazine, among others.

 

Rosanne Cash - The River & The Thread - Track Listing

1.      A Feather's Not A Bird

2.      The Sunken Lands

3.      Etta's Tune

4.      Modern Blue

5.      Tell Heaven

6.      The Long Way Home

7.      World Of Strange Design

8.      Night School

9.      50,000 Watts

10.    When The Master Calls The Roll

11.    Money Road       

LADY ANTEBELLUM CELEBRATES THE RELEASE OFGOLDEN DELUXE WITH A HIGH PROFILE STRING OF TELEVISION APPEARANCES

Upcoming Appearances Include the 2013 Country Music Awards, TODAY, Katie, Live On Letterman and
Late Show With David Letterman

Nashville, TN – Oct. 31, 2013 – Following the primetime television debut of their new single "Compass" on Wednesday's Country Music Awards, Multi-PLATINUM trio Lady Antebellum will head to New York City for the release of GOLDEN DELUXE, available in stores Nov. 11, 2013.

The group will kick off the week on Monday with a two song performance on TODAY (11/11).  They will also perform on Katie on Thursday (11/14) and the Late Show with David Letterman on Friday (11/15).  Additionally, fans can tune-in to see Lady A's full concert from the historic Ed Sullivan Theatre as part of the Live On Letterman concert webcast series on Thursday night (11/14).

“We've been itching to get this new material out the past few months,” said Lady A’s Dave Haywood. “It's so great to be back on stage together after having the summer off from touring. There's new music, new excitement and lots to look forward to in Lady A world. We can't wait for fans to hear all the new material on the Deluxe Edition of Golden, it's all for them!  Now fine tuning the set list for the tour to kick off in January!”
The upcoming GOLDEN DELUXE includes previously released tracks off their No. one album in addition to six bonus tracks special for the new release.

GOLDEN DELUXE Bonus Tracks:
1. “Compass”
2. “And The Radio Played”
3. “Life As We Know It”
4. “Need You Now” (an iTunes Live Session Performance)
5. “Just A Kiss” (Backstage Acoustic Session)
6. “I Run To You” (an iTunes Live Session Performance)

The announcement of GOLDEN DELUXE coincides with the release of the group’s new single, the arena sized sing-along “Compass.” “Compass” follows seven No. one hits at country radio, five PLATINUM singles and over 11 million album sales worldwide. Most recently, the trio received nominations for “Vocal Group of the Year” and “Music Video of the Year” for their recent No. one “Downtown” at next week’s CMA Awards where they are slated to perform. Lady A is also nominated for the AMA’s “Favorite Country Band, Duo or Group.”  For updates on additional upcoming appearances and on new music, visit www.ladyantebellum.com.  

BLACKIE AND THE RODEO KINGS GO 'SOUTH' 

Seminal Canadian alt-country supergroup achieves a border-crossing landmark with acoustic-flavored new album available

January 14, 2014 via File Under: Music; 7” vinyl with tracks “South” and “North” out on October 29, 2013

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — “We’re very sensitive men,” notes Tom Wilson, who with longtime compatriots Stephen Fearing and Colin Linden comprises Blackie and the Rodeo Kings’ singer-songwriter-guitarist triumvirate. “And when we’re not sensitive, we’re loud.” 

The fabled Canadian roots-rockers are a virtual institution in their home country, where they’ve been crafting bracing, catchy, introspective music for nearly two decades. Yet they’ve managed to maintain a relatively low profile in the United States. That situation seems likely to change with the U.S. release of the band’s eighth album, South, coming out through File Under: Music on January 14, 2014. A limited edited 7” vinyl containing tracks “South” and “North” was issued on October 29, 2013. 

South represents a fresh creative step for Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, while embodying the qualities of rootsy musical uplift and quirky lyrical depth that have long distinguished the ensemble’s varied output. The album’s largely acoustic yet reliably punchy arrangements showcase the three songwriters’ multiple strengths, while their organically energetic performances maintain the vibrant chemistry that’s kept Blackie a consistently vital and distinctive musical force.

Fearing, Linden and Wilson were already seasoned veterans of the Canadian music scene when they first forged their collaboration in 1996 in Hamilton, Ontario. The group was initially assembled as a one-off side project to record High or Hurtin’: The Songs of Willie P. Bennett, a tribute to the Canadian folk artist whose 1978 LP Blackie and the Rodeo Kinginspired the combo’s name.

Despite the original plan, the new unit quickly took on a life of its own, spawning such memorable albums as Kings of Love (1999), which won a Juno Award for Best Roots and Traditional Album, Bark (2003), Let’s Frolic (2006), Let’s Frolic Again (2007), the compilation Swinging From the Chains of Love (2009) and Kings and Queens (2011).

Meanwhile, the three have maintained their individual careers outside of Blackie. Fearing is a widely respected solo artist, and is half of the duo Fearing and White with noted Irish artist Andy White. Wilson has worked solo, as well as leading the bands Junkhouse and Lee Harvey Osmond. Linden, who relocated to Nashville in 1996, has released several solo albums and recently played guitar in Bob Dylan’s touring band. As guitarist, songwriter and/or producer, he’s also worked with the likes of The Band, Ray Bonneville, T-Bone Burnett, Bruce Cockburn, Amos Garrett, Emmylou Harris, Colin James, Keb’ Mo’, Diana Krall, Leon Redbone, Chris Thomas King and Lucinda Williams.

South represents both a consolidation of the qualities that have already endeared Blackie and the Rodeo Kings to fans, and a bold departure from the band’s established sound. The project first began to take shape while the group was touring the Canadian festival circuit in support of its last album Kings and Queens. On several occasions, inclement weather caused Fearing, Linden and Wilson to retreat to the shelter of the merch tent, where they would stage loose acoustic sets. These impromptu performances soon began to take on a sound and groove that was distinct from the five-piece electric sets for which Blackie was already renowned.

The experience of stripping down their sound had such a rejuvenating effect on the three frontmen that they decided to capture that vibe on record. They had initially planned to record a low-key all-acoustic vinyl-only release, with one original and one cover from each singer. But when they brought the material to Linden’s Nashville studio, they found their originals to be more exciting than the covers, and before long they’d accumulated an album’s worth of new original tunes. They then added the band’s longtime rhythm section of bassist Johnny Dymond and drummer Gary Craig to the sessions, and the material evolved yet again. By the time they were finished recording, the only element of the original plan that remained was the absence of electric guitars. Instead, Linden applied his production prowess to give the songs a vivid sonic depth that enhances the songs’ melodic and emotional resonance.

Titled in honor of the sessions’ Nashville location, South features Blackie’s most infectious and expressive batch of compositions to date. Linden’s autobiographical title track reflects poignantly on how he followed in his parents’ footsteps by moving his family from Canada to America. Wilson also took a crack at writing a title song for the album, but got turned around and instead penned the rousing album-opener “North.” The band’s capacity for insightful introspection is demonstrated on Fearing’s affecting “Everything I Am,” and on the heartbreaking Fearing/Wilson co-write “I’d Have To Be a Stone.” The album closes, appropriately enough, with its only cover, “Drifting Snow,” by the aforementioned Bennett, who inadvertently inspired Blackie and the Rodeo Kings’ birth back in the day.

“Tom named this album South,” Linden notes. “The title was rooted in the idea that he and Stephen had come down to my house in Nashville to record, and the mythology of being Canadian musicians venturing from the cold, cold winters and short night to the land of plenty — plenty of wine and barbecue.”

“The way we sound when we’re sitting around in Colin’s kitchen and in dressing rooms playing music is how we wanted these songs presented,” Wilson says. “There’s a different musical conversation that takes place when you’re stripped to the wood and skins and strings, with the comfort and confidence of the moment when the world stops outside your kitchen window.”

If Colin Linden, Stephen Fearing and Tom Wilson have learned anything in the past 17 years, it’s that Blackie and the Rodeo Kings is a journey, not a destination. Their original plan to make one album and then go their separate ways has given way to an enduring musical rapport that’s grown deeper — and more integral to their lives — than they could have ever imagined.

“Blackie is there because we want it there, and when we don’t want it there it will be gone,” Wilson states. “Blackie enhances our lives, and gives us the kick in the ass that we need to rave on. And sometimes dinner gets burned, so it’s good to have three great cooks watching the oven.”

For Fearing, The Rodeo Kings are brothers, "We all come from crazy homes and this band is the family that we created for ourselves. It's a chance to step outside of the solo spotlight and climb aboard an ensemble that puts musicality and soulfulness above everything. I know that no-matter what happens, those characters have got my back."

  “We love each other, and we love playing together,” Linden observes. “That’s the main and most important thing. And Blackie’s not the only thing we do, so every time we get together, it’s an event, and even when I do other things, I bring the spirits of my pals with me. Sometimes getting together is a challenge to organize, but that just makes you savor the time you have together more.”

 Linden is looking forward to getting on the road and bringing South to old and new fans on both sides of the border.

“The prospect of playing for new people is exciting, and we want to play whenever and wherever we can,” he says, “I like the idea of being the oldest new band around. It makes me feel like the great older blues artists I knew as a kid, when they were getting rediscovered.” 

Linden also opines that, despite being a stylistic departure, South is as good a place as any for new converts to discover Blackie and the Rodeo Kings. 

“Each of our records has its own character, but we’re unable to be anything other than what we are,” he says. “So they’re all good intros to us, for better or worse.”

 “South is where we’re at right now,” Wilson adds. “Who we were is not important. Who we’ll be is unknown. America needs Blackie and the Rodeo Kings. They are starving for us and they don’t even know it . . . yet.”

Sights and Sounds: Jeff Healey Band, New Model Army, Rosanne Cash

Big news today on several high-profile upcoming releases...

EAGLE ROCK ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTS

 

JEFF HEALEY BAND

LIVE FROM NYC

 

~CD AND DIGITAL AUDIO OUT OCTOBER 15, 2013~

 

 

New York, NY (September 25, 2013)—Eagle Records is delighted to announce the October 15 release of the Live From NYC album from the Jeff Healey Band on CD and Audio Digital formats.

 

Live From NYC continues Eagle’s series of gems drawn from the vaults of the Jeff Healey Band. Recorded at The Bottom Line in New York City on December 13, 1988, this early show by the band, follows the release of their debut album See The Light (Arista Records). Several tracks from that album, are included along with classic covers such as ZZ Top’s “Blue Jean Blues” and Cream’s “White Room.”

 

Jeff Healey had a unique style and presence that was clearly already well developed at this early stage in his career, which Live From NYC captures beautifully. Having lost his sight at the age of one, he crafted himself into a master guitarist, championing the lap pedal-steel style. Able to deftly traverse genre styles with ease, his soulful vocals and instrumental dexterity won the hearts of blues and blues-rock fans worldwide. An incredible talent gone too soon (he passed away in 2008), Jeff Healey created music that still thrills and inspires fans to this day.

 

Eagle Rock Entertainment has also re-issued the Jeff Healey Band’s Get Me Some and House On Fire, and released Live At Grossman’s 1994 CD and Full Circle – The Live Anthology boxed set.

 

Eagle Rock Entertainment is the largest producer and distributor of music programming for DVD, Blu-Ray, TV, Audio and Digital Media in the world.  Eagle works directly alongside talent to produce top quality, High Definition and 3D programs, both concerts and documentaries, including The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, The Who, Queen, The Doors, Jeff Beck, U2, Peter Gabriel, Paul McCartney and Ozzy Osbourne. Eagle is a Grammy Award winning company and has received over 30 multi-platinum, over 50 platinum and over 90 gold discs, worldwide.  Eagle Rock Entertainment has offices in London, New York, Toronto, Paris and Hamburg.

 

Follow Eagle Rock Entertainment at:

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Twitter: www.twitter.com/EagleRockNews

YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/eaglerocktv

 

TRACK LISTING

1) The Better It Gets  

2) Further On Up The Road  

3) My Little Girl         

4) Blue Jean Blues  

5) Confidence Man  

6) I Need To Be Loved  

7) White Room  

8) See The Light  

9) Good Morning Blues   

 

New Model Army Between Dog And Wolf earMusic / Eagle Rock Entertainment 30 September 2013

New Model Army and earMUSIC/ Eagle Rock Entertainment are excited to announce the release of their much-heralded new album  Between Dog And Wolf ~September 30, 2013~ New York, NY (August 20, 2013)—Experience the passion of UK post punk visionaries New Model Army with the release of their new studio album, Between Dog And Wolf on September 30, 2013, via earMusic / Eagle Rock Entertainment. A rich, vibrant and multi-layered work with a deep and soulful atmosphere, the album promises to be something “very different” from previous releases and demonstrates how the band is enjoying an exciting phase in their long and successful career. [MSRP $13.98] Originally as a three piece, New Model Army were formed in Bradford, UK in 1980 by Justin Sullivan. With hits like “51st State” and “Vagabonds,” to name just a few, New Model Army built a reputation for dealing with challenging topics in their lyrics such as justice, the meaning of life,nature or grievances in society. The band established themselves as having an uncanny ability to convey and trigger powerful emotions, particularly through the distinctive voice of Justin Sullivan. Between Dog And Wolf features the current line-up of Sullivan,Michael Dean on drums, Dean White on keyboards, Marshall Gill on guitar and 26-year-old new bass player, Ceri Monger, whose presence has added to the band’s creative and live resurgence. The self-produced set was finished earlier this yearand was mixed by Joe Barresi in his Los Angeles studio, best known for his work with Tool, Queens Of The Stone Age, Bad Religion and Soundgarden. “After a series of purist ‘rock-band-in-a-room’ albums over the last eight years, we felt it was time to do something a bit different,” statesSullivan. “Sonically this is the best album we’ve ever made. The title comes from a medieval French expression for dusk – when it’s hard to distinguish between dog and wolf, friend or foe. That sense of contradiction represents the band very well and there’s also something of this sense of transformation in the album. It has been a stormy four years since the release of the last album. With the sudden death of our manager, the loss of our studio in a fire, subsequent theft of remaining equipment and our old bass player Nelson’s departure, we, in essence, lost everything. We used this to make a new beginning and part of the change was effected with the arrival of Ceri and the refreshing energy and musical influences he brought.  We are very excited about the new album and what the future holds for the band.” Ceri adds  “I have loved New Model Army’s music for many years and am chuffed to be a part of this incredible album.  I think the record is pretty unique and I look forward to hearing what peoplethink when they hear it.” The album’s stunning artwork is based around a painting by long time artistic collaborator Joolz. Said Joolz, ”I always hear the albums being created from the first acoustic strum onwards and it quickly became obvious that this album was going to be different in sound from previous records.  Early on Justinsaw some artwork I had designed originally for a tattoo client of mine, an image of Herne the Hunter and the Herlathing, and the primitive tribal paganism of the picture really symbolized to him the heavy pounding drum rhythms and passions that are at the heart of this album.” Track Listing: 1. Horsemen 2. March In September 3. Seven Times 4. Did You Make It Safe? 5. I Need More Time 6. Pull The Sun 7. Lean Back And Fall 8. Knievel 9. Stormclouds 10. Between Dog And Wolf 11. Qasr El Nil Bridge 12. Tomorrow Came 13. Summer Moors 14. Ghosts

Rosanne Cash

Rosanne Cash to release 'The River & The Thread' in January 2014

Finally, Rosanne Cash will release her first full-length album of new material on Jan. 14, 2014.

Cash wrote all of the album's 11 original songs with her long-time collaborator/husband John Leventhal, who also served as guitarist, producer and arranger. Check out writer George A. Paul's extensive post on the forthcoming project by clicking here.