 LOS ANGELES, Calif. (Press Release) — First hitting the scene in the late ’80s, Wesley Stace, then professionally known as the singer-songwriter John Wesley Harding, scored some early musical success, especially on the college radio airwaves with songs like “The Devil in Me,” “The Person You Are,” and an unlikely cover of Madonna’s “Like a Prayer.” More than 20 albums and collections later, he tends a multi-faceted career as a novelist, singer-songwriter, professor, book reviewer and variety show host.
Now, with the May 18, 2018 release of Greatest Other People’s Hits on CD and Digital from Omnivore Recordings, Stace adds singer of greatest other people’s hits to this long list of accomplishments! John Wesley Harding has put together a fantastic release of songs by artists as varied as Bruce Springsteen, Madonna, Serge Gainsbourg, George Harrison, Roky Erickson, and Pete Seeger, among others.
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 (April 20, 2018 Press Release) Nashville, Tenn. - Breakout country artist and social media sensation Alisha Mae released her anticipated debut single “BOLD” today, delivering a dangerously irresistible beat that is sure to be the anthem of the summer. As the first single in a collection of new material, Mae gives audiences a taste of her wild side that teases the idea of what’s to come. “Bold” is now available on iTunes, Google Play, Amazon Music andSpotify.
“This project means everything to me, and it gave me the strength I needed to chase my dreams,” Mae explains. “When I first heard the song, I immediately felt a connection to it. Everything in me was screaming THIS IS YOUR SONG, fight for it. A lot of time, effort, sweat and tears went into this project and a lot of people came together to make it happen. I am so grateful and proud. I hope this song gives others the empowerment and extra push to do something they really want without fear of judgement from others.” Written by Corey Lee Barker, Mark Barnowski, and Allie L Shermetaro and produced by Nashville legend Kent Wells, “Bold” highlights Alisha’s edgy spin and modern country flare. The 26-year-old has been winning over fans across the world and on social media with her incredible rendition of “Dancing In The Sky,” by Danny & Lizzy. The cover was originally released on the musical app Smule™ and has earned over 25 million views and counting, propelling her into the country music spotlight.  Watch the video HERE
Nashville based singer/songwriter and California native, Lockwood Barr, is excited to announce the release of her music video for her upcoming single “High Wears Off.” The video is live footage from "The Amber Sound" studio in Nashville where Barr and her band recorded the highly anticipated tune, produced by Ryan Youmans and mixed by Matt Odmark. This is the first single following the 2016 release of her sophomore LP Signs Along the Road. "I've been working on new material for so long and I'm excited to share it with everyone," says Barr. "I started finding my sound and honing my craft withSigns Along the Road and I really feel like "High Wears Off" reflects how far I've come as an artist and represents the direction I've been going towards."  Courtesy: Conqueroo With this release, Grammy- and Emmy-nominated musician
adds “spoken-word artist”to his already long list of creative accomplishments, which include: author/film and television composer/visual artist/children's performer/nationally recognized speaker on innovation and creativity. SANTA MONICA, Calif. (Press Release)— After his critically acclaimed 2016 release There Is No Calamity, Peter Himmelman wanted to rotate the prism of his musical engagement a bit, and so he embarked on a project to do just that with collaborator John Paterno, an L.A.-based, Grammy-winning producer/engineer and multi-instrumentalist. Paterno recently recalled, “As I was reading these pieces Peter had written, I found myself imagining the worlds they might live in from an aural perspective. I was really engaged with the quality and depth of the thoughts, at how they were conveyed through the characters Peter created from one story to the next, and how certain themes were weaved throughout the whole set.” The result of their work together is Breath & Pulse & Awe, a collection of spoken-word pieces with ambient/atmospheric sonic underpinnings. After a 1000 mile cross country motorcycle ride with his friends The Bouncing Souls, Adam Gogola decided to follow his dream and start a band before his degenerative optic nerve disease took over his vision leaving him legally blind. And that he did, forming Blind Adam and The Federal League, Chicago's own folk-punk-Americana outfit who merge powerful lyrics and scorching melodies with a punk rock attitude. On April 28th, the quartet will release their self-titled debut album, an eleven-track outing full of barn burners and ballads built upon a rowdy punk base that's infused with relatable lyrics, rock and roll spirit, and a country heart.  Today, TDC is excited to premiere the video for "Another Lonely Weekend." A melancholy ballad led by Adam's sobering vocals, emotive pedal steel, and some light percussive tones, "Another Lonely Weekend" chronicles those empty, unsettling, and liquor-fueled days after the end of a relationship, when the yearning for the other has not yet abated.
"When Sunday comes and I wake up wherever that might be I'll head out in the sunshine, find an open barstool I'll drink away another, another lonely weekend without you" Gogola notes, "Musically, I grew up with my parents playing great music, Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, John Prine, Fleetwood Mac, Rolling Stones, Jim Croce etc… As I got older I found punk rock and in the last 10-12 years I’ve gotten more into alt-country, folk, Americana and traditional country music. Lucero kind of bridged the gap between punk rock and more of the country/Americana stuff for me." Watch, and share, the video above and for tour dates and more, visit the links below. Bandcamp // Facebook // Instagram // Soundcloud
Virginia-based band of brothers Sons of Bill will release their fourth album Oh God Ma’am on June 29th. Today they have shared their new single "Believer / Pretender," an opening salvo that encapsulates the approach the group takes on their latest record - blending their lyrical Americana roots with a polished, driving set of songs punctuated by crystalline guitar riffs and tasteful synth flourishes. The track is currently streaming via Brightest Young Things who declares the track to be "...an absolute stunner, a sweeping piece of ‘80s-tinged guitar rock that recalls the sounds of New Order, The War on Drugs, and even The Gin Blossoms, while still being unmistakably Sons of Bill."
 Credit: Henry Diltz Listen HERE
(Partial Press Release) Richard Edwards, the longtime frontman and architect of Margot & The Nuclear So and So’s, today premiered his new song “Howlin’ Heart” the second from his forthcoming sophomore album Verdugo. “Howlin’ Heart” follows the late March release of soaring first single “Minefield,” which can be heard HERE . Verdugo will be released on June 1, 2018 via Profound Discomfort and is now available for pre-order .  Nashville, TN (Press Release) - Critically acclaimed singer/songwriter/violinist Amanda Shires will release her highly anticipated fifth album To the Sunset on August 3rd via Silver Knife/Thirty Tigers. To the Sunset is Shires’ second album with Grammy award-winning producer Dave Cobb and represents an adventurous move with an edgier sound and attitude. Shires continues to push herself artistically and sonically, but the spotlight always shines brightly on her unmistakable songwriting style and emotive and distinctive vocals.
 Chuck Westmoreland. Photo by Peter Carlson. "Sharp Rocks" video at No Depression
April 19, 2018 -- Portland, Or.-based Americana singer-songwriter Chuck Westmoreland has shared the first single & video from his forthcoming LP Long Winter Rodeo at No Depression, who praised it in saying that "fans of the late Jason Molina’s musical endeavors will find a familiarity in Westmoreland’s work...this is no-frills Americana of the highest order." The mind is the greatest escape. Chuck Westmoreland should know. Having already garnered acclaim from Noisey, the AV Club, & more with his eponymous 2016 debut, and having shared stages with the likes of Justin Townes Earle and Whitney Rose, Westmoreland is poised for a breakout with his forthcoming second album Long Winter Rodeo. Proud owner of a Portland, Ore., bar named The Red Fox, which he compares to the creepy watering holes of Twin Peaks, Westmoreland weaves his story songs from years of regulars shuffling through his doors, his characters drawing from a deep, personal well, while also pulling bits and pieces from his relationship with bar patrons with all the understanding of an old friend. “He knows that there’s nowhere to go when you’re gone / There ain’t no direction,” Westmoreland sings with desolate beauty on Long Winter Rodeo’s title cut. Inspired by the real-life Tygh Ridge Rodeo Grounds (featured prominently in Westmoreland’s “Sharp Rocks” video), the sparse track unveils a simple love story. “A guy falls for this woman,” he says, “but she’s already with somebody else.” In an act of serendipity, the two finally end up together. Ultimately, it’s a hopeful tale, though one laced with an inescapable sadness. The song’s guitars ebb and flow beneath Westmoreland’s vocals, walking the line of solemnity and jubilee. “In the morning, you can see the outline of the rodeo, but it’s shrouded in mist—a lonely, desperate looking thing,” he says, detailing the colossal presence of the song’s Tygh Ridge backdrop. “When you drive by it after you’re done fishing, the fog is all burned off, and it turns into the most beautiful place you’ve ever seen. Every single mountain in Oregon is visible standing there in the arena.”  (Austin, TX, Press Release) After being diagnosed with a very rare fast-growing cancer called myxofibrosarcoma in June 2016, Austin-based singer and songwriter Jimmy LaFave resolved to continue to perform and record as long as he was able. The results of two stints at Austin's Cedar Creek Recording Studios just a few months before his death on May 21, 2017 will be issued as a two-CD, 20-track set titled Peace Town on his Music Road Records label on July 13, the day after what would have been LaFave's 63rd birthday.
A founding father of the now-thriving Oklahoma Red Dirt music movement and, after moving to Austin in 1986, a leading light of that city's world-renowned singer-songwriter scene, LaFave was a triple threat musical quantity as a performer and recording artist: "[O]ne of rock's best singers - certainly its finest ballad singer - with a voice that can swoop, dart, glide or knock you on your butt," notes the Associated Press; in the estimate of his peer Ray Wylie Hubbard, "His songwriting's just stellar, and it carries a lot of depth and weight;" and as the Philadelphia Inquirer raves, he's "a masterful interpreter" of songs by others. All three qualities shine on Peace Town. |
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