RIGHT ARM RESOURCE UPDATE JESSE BARNETT [email protected] (508) 238-5654 www.rightarmresource.com www.facebook.com/rightarmresource 8/19/2020 Darlingside “Ocean Bed” The first single from Fish Pond Fish, out 10/9 Most Added again! New: Music Choice, WTMD, KTBG, WNRN, KMMS, KNBA, WEXT, WJCU... Early: KCSN, WFIV, WYCE, KROK, WKZE, KUWR, WFIV, Maine Public Radio, XM Loft Great Spotify placements already: Hanging Out & Relaxing (1.7MM followers), Roots Rising (1.2MM), Fresh Folk (596K), On Our Radar: Augsut (144K) The band celebrated their 10th anniversary in May 2020 The Go-Go’s “Club Zero” Their first new single in 20 years, released in tandem with the documentary, The Go-Go’s, that is now airing on Showtime Most Added again! New: WRLT, WXPN, WTMD, WPYA, KTSN... ON: KCMP, WFPK, Music Choice, WYEP, WYMS, WAPS, KJAC, KVNA, WEHM, WVMP... The ONLY all-female band in history that wrote their own music and played their own instruments to top the Billboard album chart Old Sea Brigade & Luke Sital-Singh “Call Me When You Land” From their joint EP All The Ways You Sing In The Dark, out 8/28 New: KNBA ON: WJCU, WFIV, WYCE, WCLX, WCBE, KROK, WFIT, KUWR “Despite being friends for just three years and this being their first collaboration, Nashville-based Old Sea Brigade – aka Atlanta native Ben Cramer – and LA-based Londoner Luke Sital-Singh share a chemistry that most groups chase for a lifetime.” - FolkRadio UK Fruition “For You” The second single from Broken At The Break Of Day, out now Played on the JBE Virtual SummitFest New: KCSN, WEXT, WFIV, KRML ON: WTMD, WNRN, KJAC, WCLX, KVYN, WYCE, KLRR, KHUM, KROK, KRVM, KUWR Recently featured in Relix “A musical potpourri that showcases on of the most harmonious bands in today’s big tent that we call Americana” - Glide Playing a number of virtual festivals this summer Taylor Swift feat. Bon Iver “exile” The AAA single from folklore, out now Mediabase 33*, BDS Monitored 29*, Indicator Debut 38*, JBE Public 24*! New: WCOO, KYMK, WZEW ON: KGSR, KINK, WXRV, WRLT, WMMM, WFUV, KCSN, KXT, WFPK, WTMD, KRVB, WCNR, WPYA, WYEP, WRSI, WNCS, KRSH, WWCT, KEXP... 70+ million Spotify streams on this track alone The album is mostly produced by Andy Dessner of The National Fantastic album reviews all over The Rolling Stones feat. Jimmy Page “Scarlet” From the deluxe release of 1973’s Goat’s Head Soup, out 9/4 BDS Monitored New & Active, Indicator 24*, JBE Public 36*! New War On Drugs remix available! New: Music Choice, WCLZ, WXCT, WCNR, KMMS... ON: KGSR, WTTS, WRLT, Music Choice, KCSN, WTMD, WPYA, KRSH, WFPK, WYEP, KVNA, WAPS, KPND, WEHM... Mick Jagger: “I remember first jamming this with Jimmy and Keith in Ronnie’s basement studio. It was a great session.” Future Islands “For Sure” The first single from As Long As You Are, out 10/9 Mediabase 27*, BDS Monitored 16*, JBE Public 14*! New: KXT, WDST, KTSN, WTYD ON: SiriusXM Spectrum, KINK, WXRV, WRNR, WRLT, WXPK, KCMP, WFUV, KCSN, WYMS, KRVB, WPYA, WCNR, KTBG, WFPK, KVOQ, WYEP, KJAC, WTMD, WAPS, WNCS, WERS... “They’re still able to write tight, punchy verses and blow the whole thing up into a big, anthemic chorus. It’s good to have them back.” - Sterogum Saint Motel “Preach” From The Original Motion Picture Sountrack Part 2, out 9/18 BDS Monitored New & Active, Indicator Debut 34*! New: Music Choice, KRSH, KUWR, WOXL ON: WXRV, WNCS, KVNA, KJAC, WXCT, WCLX, KVYN, WCNR, WAPS, WZEW, KYMK, KOIT-2, WVMP, WOCM, WFIV, KLRR, KROK, KMMS, KRML... “Another flirty, danceable anthem... good, clean fun.” - Billboard Check out the brand new video on my site Semisonic “You’re Not Alone” The title track of their new EP, out 9/18 Mediabase 21*, BDS Monitored 19*, Indicator 8*, JBE Public 17*! New: WMVY, KAXE ON: WTTS, WRLT, KRVB, KCMP, WRNR, WXPK, WXPN, WFUV, KCSN, KXT, WTMD, WFPK, KTBG, KTHX, WCLZ, Music Choice, WPYA, WYEP, WDST, KPND, WAPS, KVOQ... This is their first new music in almost 20 years Tons of great press “Like their greatest hits of yesteryear” - Consequence of Sound Margo Price “Letting Me Down” The first single That’s How Rumors Get Started, out now BDS Indicator #39, JBE Tracks #45, Public #8! New: WUIN, WDIY, WBSD ON: WRLT, KCMP, WFUV, WXPN, WPYA, Music Choice, WYEP, WFPK, WTMD, KTBG, WAPS, KJAC, WRSI... Produced by Sturgill Simpson “The clincher... is the unrelenting power of her voice that just continues to amaze.” - Glide Magazine Played Cardi B’s WAP on The Daily Show Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard “Double Denim Hop” The first single from The Non-Stop EP, out now BDS Monitored New & Active! New: KBAC ON: WRLT, WFUV, WXPN, KCSN, WPYA, WZEW, KEXP, Music Choice, KTBG, WFPK, WTMD, KVOQ, WAPS, KJAC, KVNA... “Think Thin Lizzy or T-Rex in the back room of a pub, riffs and tunes intact but with an endear- ing slacker attitude.” - The Guardian Great UK press! Topping the Alt Press list of the Best New British Guitar-Rock Bands: “Theirs is the ground floor to be on, friends.” Joshua Speers “Bad Night” From his Human Now EP, out now New: WTMD ON: WCNR, WYCE, KROK, WCLX, WCBE, KSLU, KSMF, KCLC, WFIV, KUWR “The five-track project is such an enamoring listen, kind of perfect for quarantine, whether with a cup of coffee—or whiskey... Speers’ EP is a worthy soundtrack, with his earnest, youthful vocals meshed with a gritty Americana sound, at times crisp and clean and other times sounding very sturdy and classic.” - Variance Kacey Musgraves “Oh, What A World 2.0” A reworked version of a Golden Hour favorite, done for Earth Day Mediabase 23*, BDS Monitored 35*! New: WVOD ON: KGSR, WXRV, WRLT, KRVB, WXPK, KCSN, WNCS, WCLZ, WWCT, KTBG, KJAC, WPYA, WFPK, WAPS, KRSH, WZEW, KVYN, WKLQ, Music Choice... Celebrates the magic of the natural world around us and the enduring beauty of the human spirit, and is dedicated to our planet and all of the heroes on the front lines during the global pandemic Travis “A Ghost” The first single from 10 Songs, due 10/9 BDS Indicator 22*, JBE Tracks 36*, Public 33*! New: KMMS ON: KGSR, WRNR, WFUV, KXT, WPYA, WFPK, KJAC, WTMD, KVOQ, KPND, KTBG, Music Choice, WYEP, WDST, WAPS, WNRN, WCLX, WEHM... Co-produced by Fran Healy and Rob- in Baynton (Coldplay, Florence & The Machine) The video was directed & drawn by Fran, with his son Clay leading the beautiful cinematography Pretenders “Didn’t Want To Be This Lonely” From Hate For Sale, out now Mediabase #34, BDS Monitored #32, Indicator #16, JBE Public #9! ON: WRLT, WRNR, WFUV, WXPN, WPYA, WYEP, WFPK, Music Choice, KCSN, KJAC, WTMD, KTBG, WERS, KXT, WCLZ, WXPK, KPND, WAPS... Their 11th studio album, the first to be recorded with their long-standing touring line-up and written by Chrissie Hynde and guitarist James Walbourne Pokey LaFarge “Bluebird” The second single from Rock Bottom Rhapsody, out now ON: WRLT, KCSN, WAPS, Music Choice, WFPK, KJAC, KRML, WCBE, WNCW, WCLX, KRSH, WMVY, KROK, KSUT, WKZE, WFIV, WYCE... “I wanted to write a song that I could see people dancing to at Pacific Parc in Amster- dam,” Pokey shares of the track, “a place where I’ve gone many times with friends to listen and drink and dance to 45’s until dawn.” - Flood Magazine NEEDTOBREATHE “Hang On” The first single from Out Of Body, out 8/28 Mediabase #44, BDS Indicator #26, JBE Tracks #40! New: KMMS, KSMF ON: KINK, WXRV, WMMM, WRLT, Music Choice, WNCS, WZEW, WPYA, KCSN, KVNA, WDST, KVYN, KCLC, KPND, WCNR, WCLX, WCOO, KMTN, KRML... “The next summertime sing-along” - American Songwriter “The sort of anthem we need right now” - E! News Spotify nearing 4MM! New video on my site Michael Franti & Spearhead “I Got You” From Work Hard And Be Nice, out now Mediabase 4*, BDS Monitored 2*, Indicator 1*, JBE Public 7*! New: WXCT, WERS, KSLU ON: SiriusXM, KBCO, WXRT, KGSR, KINK, WTTS, WXRV, WMMM, WRNR, WRLT, KRVB, WFUV, WXPK, KCSN, Music Choice, WTMD, WYEP, KTHX, WQKL, WKLQ, WNCS, WZEW, KTBG, WYMS, KJAC, KVOQ, CIDR, WPYA, WEHM... The Mediabase Monitored panel is now closed out! Devon Gilfillian “The Good Life” From Black Hole Rainbow Mediabase 11*, BDS Monitored 7*, Indicator #10, JBE Public #23! ON: KGSR, WXRT, WTTS, WMMM, KCMP, WXRV, WFUV, WRLT, WRNR, KRVB, WXPN, WXPK, KXT, KCSN, WFPK, WCLZ, WQKL, WKLQ, KJAC, KTBG, WYEP, WYMS, Music Choice, WPYA, WTMD, KVOQ... “[A] soul-soothing ode to finding peace and beauty in life.” - American Songwriter Created the non-profit initiative The Good Life Fund White Reaper “Real Long Time” The second single from You Deserve Love Mediabase 17*, BDS Monitored 23*, Indicator #20! ON: WXRT, WXRV, WTTS, KINK, KCMP, WRNR, KRVB, WRLT, KCSN, WNCS, WPYA, Music Choice, KTHX, WTMD, WCLZ, WKLQ, WAPS, WCNR, KTBG, WYEP... On the single: “We went for an Electric Light Orchestra vocal sound in the chorus... Most of it was recorded live.” Mediabase Alternative 18* Do you know about all of the tools I provide for getting what you need? ~ Download WAV and high quality MP3 files for all singles from my Dropbox ~ Stream all singles on the media player on my site or via my Spotify playlist ~ Find content for your station’s website or social media pages on my website Michael Franti discusses the mindset of his new album with Australia’s Double J “Positivity has been at the centre of Michael Franti’s work for decades. Through albums like Stay Human, Everyone Deserves Music and The Sound Of Sunshine, and his incomparably upbeat and exciting live shows, Franti and his band Spearhead have put enough good vibes into the universe to power a small nation. Even in the face of a global pandemic, he’s keeping his chin up. “I have so many friends who have been contacting me and saying, ‘What a crazy time. This is a weird time, a challenging time’. I think that it’s an important time,” he tells Double J’s Sarah Howells from Bali, where he and his family are isolating. “It’s been an important time for our family – and I guess for everybody else’s families too – to really be looking inside at what is happening. With my own personal health, with the health of my family, with the health of our communities.” Health is key to performances as energetic as Franti’s, but even this yoga-teaching vegan has refocused on the impor- tance of health in 2020. “Just what is wellness in this COVID era?” he posits. “Wellness for me was like ‘I’m gonna eat an organic salad once a week and catch a yoga class on Saturday’. But now it’s like ‘If I’m not well, I could freaking die from this disease’. “Then there’s emotional wellness of how we’re holding up emotionally with what’s going on. There’s our financial wellness as individuals and as communi- ties and as economies.” Franti’s new album is called Work Hard & Be Nice. He is rarely one to mince words: the name started as a statement-of-intent rather than a creative con- cept, it just ended up connecting far deeper than expected. “I made a t-shirt for the band and crew on my tour,” he explains. “That [message] was what I wanted our team to embody. “When we go out on the road, we work our hardest to put on shows that are spiritually moving and that are just a great time for people. I wanted our crew and band to have those values of, ‘Let’s work hard and be nice to everybody that we come across on the road’. “I thought, ‘Well, let’s put a couple of these out at our merch booth and see if they sell’ and it became the most popular shirt. It outsold every other t-shirt by double.” It’s both the simplicity and universality of the message that Franti believes makes it connect. These are two things that every one of us can do, regardless of our circumstances. “Things are so complicated right now, socially and politically, that this idea of ‘work hard and be nice’… like, that’s the least you can do,” he says. “Show up in that way for people around you.” The Black Lives Matter movement is long overdue, according to the 54-year-old artist. But he also acknowledges that some will find change as profound as this challenging. “I’m really happy about [it],” he says. “I feel like it’s a revolution that has long been needed. “At the same time, it’s really a super challenging time for people. But as I said before, just important time for people.” When it comes to something as important as equality, you need to do more than just work hard and be nice. Though those principles ought to remain at the core of our actions. “I believe that we need to go even further,” he says. “In the case of the Black Lives Matter movement, we need to begin to not just say ‘oh, I’m not a racist’, but be anti-racist. “Wherever we see racism, we fight against it: with mindfulness, with protest, and also with love in our hearts and compassion for those who are just wak- ing up to these ideas. “So that we can have a cultural shift in the hearts and minds of people, but also a shift that leads to a change in policy, and change in the way policing is done, and an economic investment into communities of colour that need the most.” That Michael Franti’s personal politics do not align with those of US President Donald Trump is hardly a revelation. The artist says the way he professes his political beliefs is vital in ensuring he doesn’t alienate those he wants to hear his messages. “President Trump has made it very clear that his values are of being a bully – even to people who he works with – and turning his back on people who he fires,” he says. “He’s racism. White supremacy. He’s openly supported being against policies that help promote the environment. So, as people whose values are opposite of that, we have to be speaking up and standing up and also having that optimism in our hearts. “Because when you read the news every day, it’s easy to get super frustrated and just be like, ‘Wow, this is so overwhelming to me. This tide has shifted so far toward this direction that I don’t understand and I don’t like: what am I going to do about it? I’m just one little tiny drop in a giant ocean of hate out there’. “We have to be strong in our values and then exuberant in our optimism and be able to spread that to other people, so we can become those beacons when we’re down. We all need that.” Franti reckons now may be our best opportunity yet to fill our hearts and minds with that optimism, as well as consideration for our fellow man. “In this time of the quarantine, I’ve had people write to me and they go, ‘Hey, Mike, what’s up?’ And I’ll be like, ‘Oh, yeah, bro, what’s up?’ “And they go, ‘No, I actually mean: what’s up? How are you feeling? How’s your health? How’s the health of your family? How are you guys getting by? How are you able to pay their rent right now?’ “People are really concerned and really sharing that,” he says. “That’s why I have a belief that, a year from now, the number one hashtag is going to be #IMissQuarantine. Because people’s hearts have really come out and people’s concern have really come out. “I think that’s why there’s been this new openness to the Black Lives Matter movement as well. “People are really looking inside themselves and really thinking about ‘What is the world that we want to have?’ Post COVID, on every level: environmen- tally, socially, racially. It’s just an important time.” - Australian Broadcasting Company, 6/17/2020 Coming up... 8/31: Bahamas... September: ZZ Ward, Matt Costa, Ron Gallo, Trevor Hall... RIGHT ARM RESOURCE WEEKLY UPDATE - 8/19/2020