Lifehouse and Switchfoot Release Song Benefiting Hurricane Harvey Relief Efforts

I will continue to post Hurricane Harvey relief-related music news as it comes into my inbox...

Lifehouse (pictured here) and Switchfoot have
joined forces to assist with Hurricane Harvey
relief efforts in Texas.

Switchfoot in 2016.
Photo Credit: Chris Hershman

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - After the devastating storm that struck Texas, Lifehouse and Switchfoot wanted to do something together to give back and wrote a brand new song titled, “Shine Like Gold,” which exclusively premiered on People.com. The track was recorded in Nashville and is now available for pay-what-you-want download, here. All proceeds from “Shine Like Gold” will be donated to aid Houston’s recovery in partnership with Food for the Hungry.


Lifehouse and Switchfoot are currently touring with each other for the first time ever on the “Looking For Summer” Tour. The bands will collectively be performing the song together at the September 5, 2017 House of Blues show in Houston, Texas.

On “Shine Like Gold” and the Houston show, Lifehouse’s Jason Wade said, "We can't imagine what everyone is going through right now in Houston, but they've all been in our thoughts and prayers. We look forward to playing this show, standing alongside this amazing city and doing everything in our power to help. Jon and I started writing 'Shine Like Gold' at the beginning of this tour, but it wasn't until we recorded it in Nashville that we really knew what it was about. Seeing all of these amazing individuals who've sacrifice for their neighbors, and stepped up in the face of extreme hardship has been so inspiring. This song is for them. All of the proceeds from this song are going to Houston for the unsung heroes that do the right thing when no one is watching. All the love."

Jon Foreman of Switchfoot shared shared these sentiments: “Jason and I had always talked about writing a song together. When it finally happened, ‘Shine Like Gold’ became a song about everyday heroes fighting their way through the darkness toward the light. On the day we recorded the song, Hurricane Harvey began wreaking havoc in Texas. Sometimes you don't know what a song is for until after its written. In this case it became crystal clear. As we watched our friends and family in Texas struggle through the aftermath of the hurricane, we knew exactly what we had to do. We LOVE Houston. Houston is resilient and will rebuild. We can’t wait to be in Houston next Tuesday to celebrate HOPE in the midst of tragedy.”

Multi-platinum award-winning rock band Lifehouse recently released their first hits compilation, Lifehouse: Greatest Hits, on CD and all digital retailers. The 18-track selection will include a multitude of their chart-topping hits, including “You and Me,” “First Time”, “Halfway Gone,” “Hurricane” and "Hanging by a Moment," which was the most played radio track of 2001. To mark the release, Lifehouse, which includes Jason Wade (lead vocals, guitar), Bryce Soderberg (bass, vocals) and Ricky Woolstenhulme Jr. (drums, percussion), are co-headlining a U.S. tour with Switchfoot, which will wrap September 10 at the Masonic Auditorium in San Francisco after a show on September 9 at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles (tour dates below). Lifehouse includes singer/songwriter/guitarist Jason Wade, bassist Bryce Soderberg and drummer Rick Woolstenhulme Jr. Lifehouse’s music has always been radio-friendly, but the band’s success is as much for lead singer/guitarist Jason Wade’s “sonorous” vocals and spiritual songwriting as it is for the band’s well-honed cohesion as performers. Since 2000, Lifehouse has released seven albums that have cumulatively sold 15 million around the world.

Formed in San Diego in 1996, Switchfoot includes Jon Foreman (vocals, guitar), Tim Foreman (bass), Jerome Fontamillas (keyboard, guitar), Drew Shirley (guitar), and Chad Butler (drums). Since their start, the band has sold over 5.7 million copies worldwide of their first nine studio albums (including their 2003 double-platinum breakthroughThe Beautiful Letdown and 2009's Grammy Award-winning Hello Hurricane), racked up a string of Alternative radio hit singles, and performed sold-out world tours with over 4 million concert tickets worldwide.  

Switchfoot released their latest album, Where The Light Shines Through, on July 8, 2016 via Vanguard Records. Where The Light Shines Through is the band's tenth album and the first since 2014’s highly acclaimed Fading West. The album was self-produced in collaboration with John Fields, who helmed the multi-platinum breakthrough The Beautiful Letdown. 

For more information on Lifehouse, follow them on Facebook,Instagram and Twitter or visit LifehouseMusic.com.

For more information on Switchfoot, visit Switchfoot.com.

‘LOOKING FOR SUMMER’ TOUR:
Sept. 03 - Gillioz Theater - Springfield, Mo.
Sept. 04 - The Pavilion at Irving Music Factory - Irving, Texas
Sept. 05 - House of Blues - Houston, Texas
Sept. 08 - Mandalay Bay Beach - Las Vegas, Nev.
Sept. 09 - Greek Theatre - Los Angeles, Calif.
Sept.10 - The Masonic - San Francisco, Calif.

Sights and Sounds: Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness, Joe Bonamassa, Mumford & Sons, Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo

While most of the focus on the musical universe is focused on the arrival of weekend #1 of Coachella, there is actually lots of other news to share. But I do want to kick off this post with an update on Coachellafest-bound Andrew McMahon...

Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness debuts Ferry Corsten remix, 
plays Coachella this week

Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness Debut Ferry Corsten Remix
of "Cecilia and the Satellite" on VICE's Thump

Plays Coachella Saturday, April 11 & April 18
Including Special Guest Appearance with Ferry's New World Punx

Featured on This Week's Going Off Track Podcast
with Guest Host SNL's Vanessa Bayer

Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness has shared Ferry Corsten's remix of his Top 15 Alternative Chart topper "Cecilia and the Satellite" with VICE's Thump today. The track merges Corsten's singular trance sound with Andrew's soaring vocals for a shimmery dance jam that opens into the original's inspiring chorus.
 

Listen to "Cecilia and the Satellite (Ferry Corsten Remix)" HERE

AMITW also performs at Coachella this weekend & next on Saturday, April 11th and 18th at the Outdoor Theatre at 4pm PST. He'll also appear as a special guest on Ferry's New World Punx DJ duo set on Sunday, April 12th and 19th, performing the "Cecilia" remix with them.

Andrew has been very busy recently. He visited the Jonah Bayer (United Nations) -hosted Going Off Track podcast with special guest host, SNL's Vanessa Bayer. Andrew talks about his career, album, and trades stories with fellow cancer survivor, Vanessa. Andrew was also recently featured in Forbes talking about how he learned to manage his finances as a touring musician and planning for his family's future. And in what is proving to be one of the biggest radio chart stories of the year, "Cecilia and the Satellite" moves closer to Top 10 in its 26th week on the Alternative chart and is now breaking through at the Triple A and Hot AC formats as well.
 

Listen to Andrew on "Going Off Track" HERE

Read about Andrew in Forbes HERE

McMahon's self-titled album, Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness, is out now on Vanguard Records. The disc had smashing Top 5 debuts upon release where it was #2 on the iTunes Alt Albums chart, #3 on the Billboard Indie Albums chart, #4 on the Billboard Alt Albums chart and #5 on the Billboard Rock Albums chart.

Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness will also play several festival dates along with some one-off shows this summer, including Big Guava Festival and Firefly. All current tour dates are listed below. 

For updates and more information visit: 

http://www.andrewmcmahon.com/

Guitar legend Joe Bonamassa proves Blues Music is not dead

Muddy Wolf At Red Rocks debuts at No. 1 on Billboard’s Blues Chart and Billboard’s Music Video Chart

Tribute to Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf sold-out 9,000 seats at Red Rocks Amphitheater and raised money for Keeping The Blues Alive charity

Blues-rock guitar hero Joe Bonamassa proves once again that blues music is alive and well with his chart-topping tribute to Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf. Joe Bonamassa – Muddy Wolf At Red Rocks (J&R Adventures) debuted with #1 slots on Billboard’s Blues Chart and Music Video Chart, beating out Miley Cyrus’ Bangerz Tour. It also earned the #21 slot on Billboard’s Top Current Albums Chart and #2 on Billboard’s Independent Chart. It currently remains at the #1 Blues Chart slot for the second week.

This is Bonamassa’s 14^th #1 Blues Album. He holds the record for most No. 1s on the Blues Chart, trailed by B.B. King and Stevie Ray Vaughan who both share second place with nine No. 1s. Since 2010, Bonamassa has earned five No. 1 Billboard Blues Albums during this same week in March: Muddy Wolf at Red Rocks (2015), Live in Amsterdam (2014), An Acoustic Evening at the Vienna Opera House (2013), Dust Bowl (2011) and Black Rock (2010)

Bonamassa’s manager and partner at J&R Adventures Roy Weisman said, “J&R's success is the product of a 25 year relationship between Joe and myself where we actively reinvest in ourselves and the company by taking advantage of breakthrough technologies and marketing techniques that other labels simply glance over."

USA Today called Muddy Wolf At Red Rocks “an incendiary live album/DVD” and Joe a “master guitarist.”

Glide Magazine called it“one of the best live blues albums released in the last decade.”

Joe Bonamassa – Muddy Wolf At Red Rocks is available now: http://shop.jbonamassa.com/collections/red-rocks

Watch the DVD trailer here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1fIpH0j3aU

For a Free Song Download of the Track “Tiger In Your Tank” click here: http://jbonamassa.com/albums/2015/red-rocks/red-rocks-free-song.php

Unlike any Bonamassa show before, Muddy Wolf At Red Rocks marks the start of a tribute concert series that will display a different band and catalog of material that will vary from Bonamassa’s music as a solo artist. For Muddy Wolf, songs were carefully selected from the catalogs of Howlin’ Wolf, one of Chicago’s most influential bluesmen, known for his deep, scratchy voice, and Muddy Waters, considered the “father of modern Chicago blues.” Waters was a major inspiration for the British blues explosion of the 1960s, a genre that has heavily influenced Bonamassa’s original music throughout his career. The concert featured a selection of songs from each artist, followed by a 30-minute set of songs from Bonamassa’s own extensive catalog. The Blu-ray and DVD contain over 1.5 hours of bonus features including exclusive behind-the-scenes footage, a photo gallery, historic footage of Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf, and a featurette of Bonamassa and producer Kevin Shirley’s trip to The Crossroads.

This summer, Bonamassa will continue his celebration of blues heritage with the Three Kings of Blues Tour during which he’ll travel to amphitheaters across the country with a musical tribute to Albert King, B.B. King and Freddie King.

This tour (as well as the Muddy Wolf concert) is presented by Keeping the Blues Alive (KTBA), which Bonamassa founded to promote the heritage of the blues to the next generation, fund music scholarships, and supplement the loss of music education programs in public schools.

For more details about the tour and tickets, visit: http://jbonamassa.com/tour-dates/

Mumford & Sons release new song "The Wolf"

from upcoming album Wilder Mind

Band to perform on Saturday Night Live this weekend

Mumford & Sons are pleased to share their new song "The Wolf," the second song from their forthcoming third album, Wilder Mind. Listen to the song at the link below:

Watch: Mumford & Sons - "The Wolf"

The band will also be performing this weekend on Saturday Night Live; tune in to NBC on Saturday at 11:30 pm / 10:30 pm central.

Wilder Mind will be released in North America through Gentlemen of the Road / Glassnote Records on May 4. It is produced by James Ford (Arctic Monkeys, HAIM, Florence & The Machine). It features twelve new tracks, written collaboratively by the band in London, Brooklyn, and Texas. A number of the new songs were written and demoed at Aaron Dessner's (The National) garage studios in Brooklyn. The band also returned to Eastcote Studios in London, where they recorded Sigh No More, for further writing and demo sessions. The album was recorded at AIR studios in London.

This new album marks a significant departure for the young British band from their previous records, 2009's Sigh No More, and 2012's Babel. The early sessions in New York and London witnessed a change in the band's approach not just to writing and recording, but to texture and dynamics, too. There is a minimalist yet panoramic feel to the new album, whose sound Marcus Mumford describes as "a development, not a departure." It came about by both accident, and by conscious decision.

The album is available to pre-order now, with "The Wolf" and first single "Believe" available as instant downloads with all pre-orders.

Pre-Order: Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind   

Stream: Mumford & Sons - "Believe" 

Stream: Mumford & Sons - "The Wolf"

Wilder Mind follows the 2012 release of Mumford & Sons' sophomore album, 2012's Grammy-winning Babel, the follow-up to their 2009 debut album, Sigh No More.   

The band recently announced the details of their 2015 Gentlemen of the Road Stopovers, which will take place in Seaside Heights, NJ; Waverly, IA; Walla Walla, WA; and Salida, CO. For full lineups and details, visit http://www.Gentlemenoftheroad.com.

Wilder Mind Tracklisting:

1. Tompkins Square Park

2. Believe

3. The Wolf

4. Wilder Mind

5. Just Smoke

6. Monster

7. Snake Eyes

8. Broad-Shouldered Beasts

9. Cold Arms

10. Ditmas

11. Only Love

12. Hot Gates

For more information please visit:

http://www.mumfordandsons.com/ 

http://www.Gentlemenoftheroad.com 

https://www.facebook.com/mumfordandsons 

https://www.Facebook.com/gotrofficial 

http://glassnotemusic.com/ 

Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo Launching 35th Anniversary Tour CD/DVD

Pre-Orders of Commemorative Double Album Set Available on iTunes & Amazon

Rock superstars Pat Benatar and Neil “Spyder” Giraldo are celebrating their latest musical milestone with the release of the CD/DVD set, Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo: The 35th Anniversary Tour on April 28. The 14-track commemorative package features their greatest and groundbreaking hits. Their lead-off single from the live CD, “Promises in the Dark,” will be released to radio this week. It originally rocked airwaves in 1981 as part of the hit album, Precious Time, and was co-written by the iconic duo. Pre-orders of the double CD include free instant downloads, “We Live for Love” and “Promises in the Dark” on iTunes:https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/35th-anniversary-tour-live/id98303897. Fans can also pre-order the set at Amazon:http://www.amazon.com/35th-Anniversary-Tour-plus-DVD/dp/B00V84Q16E/.

"We are thrilled to be releasing this live version of “Promises in the Dark” from our 35th Anniversary Concert Tour. Promises has special meaning for us. It was the first song we wrote together, about our own relationship. A little awkward at first, to be sure! It has become one of our signature compositions and a favorite to play live," Benatar and Giraldo explain.

Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo: The 35th Anniversary Tour CD/DVD set kicks off with “Shadows of the Night,” which was a Top 10 hit for the couple on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart in 1982. Other hit singles include “Love is a Battlefield,” “We Belong,” “Heartbreaker,” and “Hell is for Children.” Together, Benatar and Giraldo, have 19 Top 40 singles and multiple Top 10 singles. They have scored two RIAA-certified Multi-Platinum albums, five RIAA-certified Platinum albums, and three RIAA-certified Gold albums.

In addition to the CD/DVD, the acclaimed duo will launch the 35th Anniversary Tour on Friday, April 10 in Jackson, California.

For more information, visit: www.benatargiraldo.com.

Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo: The 35th Anniversary Tour CD/DVD Track Listing
Shadows of the Night
All Fired Up
Invincible
We Live for Love
So Sincere
Sex as a Weapon
Promises in the Dark
We Belong
Hell is for Children
You Better Run
Hit Me with Your Best Shot
Love is a Battlefield
Let's Stay Together
Heartbreaker

35th Anniversary Tour Schedule (more dates to come)
April 10 – Jackson, CA @ Jackson Rancheria Casino
April 11 – Temecula, CA @ Pechanga Resort & Casino
April 14 – San Diego, CA @ Balboa Theatre
April 16 – Bakersfield, CA @ Fox Theater
April 17 – Beverly Hills, CA @ Saban Theatre
April 18 – Las Vegas, NV @ The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
April 21 – Springfield, MO @ Gillioz Theatre
April 22 – St. Charles, IL @ The Arcada Theatre
April 24 – Northfield, OH @ Hard Rock Rocksino
April 26 – Lancaster, PA @ American Music Theatre
April 28 – Zanesville, OH @ Secrest Auditorium
April 29 – Albany, NY @ Hart Theatre @ The Egg
May 01 – Hampton Beach, NH @ Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom
May 02 – Portland, ME @ Maine State Pier
May 03 – Lynn, MA @ Lynn Auditorium
May 05 – New Bedford, MA @ Zeiterion Performing Arts Center
May 06 – Englewood, NJ @ Bergen Performing Arts Center
May 08 – Port Chester, NY @ The Capitol Theatre
May 09 – Ocean City, MD @ Springfest
May 10 – Morristown, NJ @ Mayo Performing Arts Center
May 13 – Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium
May 15 – Richardson, TX @ Wildflower Festival
May 16 – Baton Rouge, LA @ L'Auberge Baton Rouge
May 19 – Saint Petersburg, FL @ The Mahaffey
May 21 – Hollywood, FL @ Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
June 26 – Milwaukee, WI @ Summerfest
June 27 – Lawrenceburg, IN @ Hollywood Casino - Lawrenceburg Event Center
June 30 – Newport News, VA @ CNU Ferguson Center for the Arts
July 01 – Durham, NC @ The Carolina Theatre
July 03 – Salamanca, NY @ Seneca Allegany Casino & Hotel -Seneca Events Center
July 04 – Mount Pocono, PA @ Mount Airy Casino Resort -- Sherman Summer Stage
July 07 – Verona, NY @ Turning Stone Resort Casino – Showroom
July 13 – Grand Rapids, MI @ Meijer Gardens Amphitheater
Aug 22 – Lancaster, CA @ Antelope Valley Fairgrounds
Aug 31 – Monroe, WA @ Evergreen State Fair

Sights and Sounds: Lost Songs – The Basement Tapes Continued, America, the Indigo Girls, Lotus Crush

Isn't it great to wake up with great music news to share?

EAGLE ROCK ENTERTAINMENT IS PROUD TO RELEASE

LOST SONGS – THE BASEMENT TAPES CONTINUED

A UNIQUE TAKE ON PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN BOB DYLAN LYRICS

STARRING T BONE BURNETT, ELVIS COSTELLO, RHIANNON GIDDENS, TAYLOR GOLDSMITH, JIM JAMES, AND MARCUS MUMFORD

~DVD, BLU-RAY, AND DIGITAL FORMATS OUT MAY 26, 2015~

On May 26, Eagle Rock Entertainment will simultaneously release Lost Songs – The Basement Tapes Continued  on DVD, Blu-ray and digital formats.  

Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Sam Jones (of the Wilco documentary I Am Trying To Break Your Heart), Lost Songs – The Basement Tapes Continued presents the development of a unique project bringing together an extraordinary group of artists to work on previously unknown Bob Dylan lyrics with Grammy-winning producer T Bone Burnett. The film is aimed to accompany the November 2014 Harvest Records albumLost On The River: The New Basement Tapes, and focuses on sixteen sets of lyrics written by Bob Dylan during the legendary The Basement Tapes sessions in 1967, which were only recently rediscovered. 

Under the auspices of producer T Bone Burnett and with the approval of Bob Dylan, an extraordinary collective of musicians were brought together to set the lyrics to music: Elvis Costello, Rhiannon Giddens, Taylor Goldsmith, Jim James and Marcus Mumford. The film presents an exclusive and intimate look at the making of the Lost On The River album set against the important and historical cultural backdrop of Bob Dylan andThe Band’s original The Basement Tapes.

As well as offering an unrivaled insight into these sessions, the film also comes bolstered with Bonus Tracks: “Diamond Ring,” “Down On The Bottom,” “Hidee Hidee Ho #16,” “Kansas City,” “Six Months In Kansas City (Liberty Street),” and “The Whistle Is Blowing.”

Lost Songs – The Basement Tapes Continued is a must for fans of Bob Dylan, Lost On The River, and anyone interested in the creative genesis and development of incredible music.

Eagle Rock Entertainment is the largest producer and distributor of music programming for DVD, Blu-Ray, TV and Digital Media in the world.  Eagle works directly alongside talent to produce top quality, High Definition programs, both concerts and documentaries, including The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, The Who, Queen, The Doors, Jeff Beck, Peter Gabriel, Paul McCartney, Ozzy Osbourne, Genesis, Alice Cooper, Eric Clapton and Aerosmith. Eagle is a Grammy Award winning company and has received over 40 multi-platinum, over 80 platinum and over 144 gold discs, worldwide.  Eagle Rock Entertainment has offices in London, New York, Paris and Hamburg.

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Audio Fidelity To Release '70s Hitmakers America's “Homecoming” Album on Limited Edition 5.1 Multichannel Hybrid SACD

“A classic treasure...One of the best albums from the early 70s!”

Camarillo, CA – Marshall Blonstein's Audio Fidelity will be releasing '70s hitmakers America's “Homecoming” album on Limited Edition 5.1 Multichannel Hybrid SACD in April 2015. America's 1972 “Homecoming” album includes one of their best known hits, “Ventura Highway” with it's creative acoustic guitar lines, smart vocal harmonies and spaced-out lyrics, it's a fan favorite and one of their best songs.

“Homecoming” was the band's second album and the trio were determined to avoid the “sophomore jinx” so when work began on the new album America pulled out all the stops to reach their goal. Their production maintains the acoustic guitar underpinning heard on the successful debut album but builds on the sound of that first record by featuring more electric guitar and keyboards.

“Homecoming” is a melodic album full of catchy folk ballads and great harmonies and features two other hits, “Don't Cross the River” and “Only in Your Heart.” Several other songs received heavy FM radio airplay. The album is a collection of thoughtful, well-written, and skillfully sung songs. It's one of America's better albums, possibly their best for “Homecoming” helped continue the band's popularity, reached the Top 10 on Billboard's Pop Albums chart and was certified platinum by the RIAA.

TRACKS:

Ventura Highway

To Each His Own

Don't Cross the River

Moon Song

Only in Your Heart

Till the Sun Comes Up Again

Cornwall Blank

Head and Heart

California Revisited

Saturn Nights

Produced by America

Mastered for this SACD by Steve Hoffman at Stephen Marsh Mastering

For more information: https://audiofidelity.net/product/america-homecoming

'One Lost Day,' the new studio album from the Indigo Girls, set for release on June 2, 2015 via IG Recordings/Vanguard Records

It has been four years since the Indigo Girls released a new studio album. On June 2, their much-anticipated release ONE LOST DAY, will be available on IG Recordings/Vanguard Records. With the help of visionary new producer Jordan Brooke Hamlin (Lucy Wainwright Roche) and mixer Brian Joseph (Bon Iver, PHOX, Kathleen Edwards), Amy Ray and Emily Sailers have created a landscape of truly original sounds and stories ranging from stark intimacy to bombastic pop and grind.

On ONE LOST DAY, musicality, whimsy, rawness, sadness and joy move through each of the 13 tracks. This theme is especially evident on the first single, “Happy in the Sorrow Key,” written by Amy Ray.“I drew from lyrics I wrote during some of my travels with the IG’s,” Amy said. “I was thinking about the things that keep us weighed down with non-acceptance and a refusal to embrace impermanence and suffering. I don’t think you can make change for the good until you do, so it’s an activist part of me searching for a way to face reality and still have the energy and passion to work for good.”

ONE LOST DAY was recorded in studios in Nashville, TN and mixed at Justin Vernon’s April Base Studios in Fall Creek, WI and at the Parhelion Recording Studios in Atlanta, GA. Musicians Brady Blade and Carol Isaacs from the Indigo Girls’ Beauty Queen Sister returned, along with the Indigo Girls’ touring band. Additionally, Amy and Emily brought in Lex Price (k.d. lang, Mindy Smith), Butterfly Boucher (Ingrid Michaelson, Katie Herzig, Mat Kearney), Fred Eltringham (Sheryl Crow, The Wallflowers, Gigolo Aunts) and Chris Donohue (Dave Matthews, Patty Griffin, Lucinda Williams, Robert Plant) to bring a good dose of infectious energy and creativity to the scene.

“We took some chances on the making of ONE LOST DAY, with a new producer, engineer, and various musicians,” Emily said. “Stretching like that felt liberating to me. Each song tells a story of where we’ve been and what we’ve thought about, whom we’ve met, and the travels we’ve had. It is a travelogue on lessons learned and love lived. I’m so glad we brought Jordan Hamlin on board to take us to new musical landscapes for this group of songs. And my relationship with Amy feels further strengthened by the collection of these songs and the diligent effort to make them the best they could be.”

Amy mirrors Emily’s sentiments. “The title sums it up for me,” she said. “This is about the one lost day that rekindled and infused with our spirit to find that making music is just as vibrant and full of passion as it’s even been for us!”

The Indigo Girls will be hitting the road this summer following the release of ONE LOST DAY. Initial dates are listed below with more dates to be announced soon. Visit www.indigogirls.com for updates.

2015 Spring/Summer Tour Dates
4-12         Philadelphia, PA      Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts w/Philadelphia Youth Orchestra
4-15         Durham, NC                   North Carolina Symphony
4-17         Newport News, VA         Ferguson Center Concert Hall
4-19         Cincinnati, OH               Music Hall w/Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
4-25         Huntsville, AL                Panoply Festival of the Arts @ Big Spring Park
4-30         Pittsburgh, PA               Heinz Hall w/Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
5-23         Lenox, MA                     SummerSound Live at Tanglewood Music Center
6-17         Grand Rapids, MI            Meijer Gardens
6-19         Ann Arbor, MI                 Power Center for the Performing Arts (Ann Arbor Summer Festival)
6-20         Dayton, OH                    Schuster Center w/Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra
6-21         Charlottesville, VA         nTelos Wireless Pavilion w/Mary Chapin Carpenter
6-26         Atlanta, GA                    Chastain Park Amphitheater
7-05         San Diego, CA                 Humphrey’s
7-07         Los Angeles, CA              El Rey Theatre
7-08-9     Saratoga, CA                   Montalvo Arts Center
7-11         Portland, OR                  Oregon Zoo Amphitheatre
7-12         Seattle, WA                    Woodland Park Zoo
7-14         Layton, UT                     Edward A. Kenley Centennial Amphitheater
7-15         Boulder, CO                   Chautauqua Auditorium
7-18         Eau Claire, WI                Eaux Claires Music Festival
7-26         Camden, NJ                   XPoNential Music Festival @ River Stage in Wiggins Park
7-28         Vienna, VA                     The Filene Center @ Wolf Trap
7-29         Selbyville, DE                 Freeman Stage
8-07         Indianapolis, IN              Indiana State Fair

'Rabbit Hole' from Lotus Crush set for release on April 14

“Hearts and Minds” from Upcoming Spring Album Available at iTunes Now

Seattle’s CaviGold Records is proud to announce Lotus Crush’s sophomore album, Rabbit Hole —an 11-song sonically-vast musical journey led by Terry McDermott's powerful and wide-ranging vocals— will be released April 14. Lotus Crush is Scottish singer McDermott (runner-up of The Voice 2012, Driveblind), guitarist Peter Klett (Candlebox), drummer Scott Mercado (Candlebox), guitarist Island Styles (Jimmy’s Chicken Shack) and bassist Mark Mattrey. Recorded at Seattle’s iconic Robert Lang Studios, the studio utilized for classic albums from Foo Fighters, Nirvana, Alice In Chains, and more, Rabbit Hole is the finest work to date from the band of rock veterans. 

The album is available for preorders now at iTunes. 

In January, Entertainment Weekly exclusively debuted the exciting first video from Lotus Crush’s Rabbit Hole at EW.com. The “Hearts and Minds” video stars C Thomas Howell (The Outsiders, Red Dawn, Southland) as the leader of a totalitarian government and was described by EW.com as, “a surprisingly intense military mini-drama.” In December 2014, Yahoo Music debuted the audio of “Hearts and Minds,” and lauded McDermott’s “perfect set of pipes.” “Hearts and Minds” is available on iTunes now.

Lotus Crush’s evolution began on the road in 2006 when Driveblind toured Europe with Candlebox (Styles and Mattrey are recent additions to the band). While on tour, the artists shared a love of seminal British bands such as The Verve, Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin and sowed what would be the seeds of a long-lasting relationship. The common influences of the band spurred the creative process and from their respective corners of the world (Seattle, Aberdeen and New Orleans) they went on to release their first project together, Half Light Morning in 2011. After getting together for what they thought was a single reunion show in 2014, the creative gears clicked and Lotus Crush was back.

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