RIGHT ARM RESOURCE UPDATE JESSE BARNETT [email protected] (508) 238-5654 www.rightarmresource.com www.facebook.com/rightarmresource 6/5/2019 Pete Yorn “Calm Down” The first single from his forthcoming album Added out of the box: WXRV, WRLT, KCSN, WPYA, Music Choice, WCOO, WTMD, WRSI, WBJB, WFIV, WCLX, KMMS, KVNV, WYCE, XM Loft... Confirmed to play at The Fox in Boulder in August! Just wrapped up acoustic dates Check out the lyric video for “Calm Down” online now “Can’t Stop You” also released digitally Chris Shiflett “Welcome To Your First Heartache” The first single from Hard Lessons, the new album from the Foo Fighters’ guitarist, in stores June 14 Produced by Dave Cobb Early adds at KCSN, WBJB, WCLX and KVWF “The track features some of Shiflett’s most honest lyrics to date that makes it hard for anyone not to relate to.” - The Pop Topic July tour dates, followed by the Seven Peaks Festival in Sept and ACL Fest in Oct Chris Robinson Brotherhood “The Chauffeur’s Daughter” The first single from Servants Of The Sun, in stores June 14 First week: KRSH, KMMS, WCBE, KTAO, KNBA, WVOD, KUWR, KRVM, KSLU, KFMG Early: KVNA, WBJB, WZLO, KYSL, WFIV, WCLX, KVWF, WDST, KMTN, KROK, WYCE “For Servants of the Sun, I wanted to compose music that could super-charge the live show.” - Chris June tour dates and summer festivals coming Stray Cats “Cat Fight (Over A Dog Like Me)” The first single from 40, the first new recording in 26 years from the original three members, out now New: WAPS, WRSI, WEXT, WCBE, KVWF, KSLU, KUWR, KFMG Early: KJAC, KVNA, WEHM, WCLX, WUKY, WBJB, WMWV, WFIV, KSUT, WYCE, WHRV 40th anniversary tour in August: Atlantic City, NYC, Vienna VA, Huber Heights OH, Grand Rapids MI, Welch MN, Salt Lake City... Citizen Cope “Caribbean Skies” The new single from Heroin & Helicopters FMQB Tracks Debut 50*! New: WXPN, WBZS, WUKY, KCLC, WMVY ON: WRLT, WFUV, Music Choice, WRNR, WPYA, KJAC, KPND, WEHM, KRSH, WCLX, WNRN, WFIV, KMMS, KMTN, WBJB, KYSL, KRML, WUIN, KROK, KSUT, WVOD... Fantastic at NON-COMM and confirmed to play at The Fox in Boulder! On tour all summer, plus multiple festivals including Bottlerock Rainbow Kitten Surprise “Heart” The first single from their upcoming album Mediabase 37*, BDS Monitored 30*, Indicator 26*, FMQB Tracks 24*, Public Debut 45*! New: WXRT, WBZS, WZLO ON: KBCO, KGSR, WRLT, WXRV, KINK, WCLX, Music Choice, KTHX, KUTX, WPYA, KXT, KJAC, KPND, KVWF, KRSH, KVNV, WTMD, WZEW, WNRN... On tour: 6/5 Oakland, 6/7-8 Los Angeles, 6/9 West Hollywood, 6/11 Red Rocks & an extensive run in September Barns Courtney “You And I” The new single from 404, in stores September 6 Mediabase 44*, BDS Monitored New & Active, Indicator Debut 38*! New: KSPN, WBZS, WSGE ON: WXRV, KGSR, KINK, WXPK, Music Choice, KTBG, KPND, WPYA, KVNA, KVNV, WXCT, KVWF, WNCS, WAPS, WCLX, WDST, KKAL, KCLC, WOCM, WVOD, KLRR... Just wrapped up a run of dates with Elle King, North American headlining tour kicks off 9/3 SYML - SYML (self-titled album) The debut album, at radio now and going for adds at Non-Comm In rotation at WCBE, MSPR Recommended tracks include “Break Free,” “Animal,” and “The Bird” “Where’s My Love” is now approaching 200 million streams on Spotify June tour dates: 6/10 Washington DC, 6/11 Brooklyn, 6/12 Boston Back in the US for Outside Lands and more headlining dates in August Bastille “Joy” The new single from Doom Days, in stores June 14 Mediabase 25*, BDS Monitored 27*, Indicator 21*! New: KTHX, KKAL, WBZS ON: KGSR, WMMM, CIDR, KINK, WXRV, Music Choice, KRVB, WQKL, WKLQ, WNCS, KVNA, KVNV, WWCT, KRSH, WAPS, WXPK, KPND, WPYA, WXCT, WZEW and more North American tour kicks off September 16 and runs through late October Nearly 12 million on Spotify Los Coast “Monsters” The first single from Samsara, their New West debut, in stores June 14 New: WYEP, WCBE, WNCW, KRCL, KUWR, KSLU, WERU ON: WRLT, WXPN, KUTX, KJAC, WTMD, WCLX, KVWF, KBAC, WJCU, WBJB, WFIV, KSUT... Headlining dates in June then out with Black Pumas in July: 6/9 Nashville, 6/11 DC, 6/13 NYC, 6/15 Philadelphia, 6/16 Carrboro, 6/17 Charlotte, 6/19 Santa Rosa Beach... Judah & The Lion “Why Did You Run?” The new single from Pep Talks, out now New: WWCT, WBZS, WERU ON: WXRV, Music Choice, WPYA, KVNA, KVNV, WCLX, KDRP, KMMS, KROK, WOCM, WUKY, WVOD, WFIV, KCLC, KDTR, KDEC, WXRY... 25* Mediabase Alternative Spotify over 2 million already, with over 2.1 million monthly listeners Lots of summer festivals coming as well as a full tour in August Justin Townes Earle - The Saint of Lost Causes (album) His brand new album, out now FMQB Public 46*! New: XM Loft ON: KCMP, KJAC, KEXP, WCLX, KPIG, WNCW, WYCE, WCBE, WKZE, WFIV, KSMF, KNBA, KRCL, WFHB, WUMB, KXCI, WMNF... There is no specific single, but I have WAV and MP3 downloads of “Ain’t Got No Money” and “Frightened By The Sound” in my Dropbox if needed Solo shows & dates with Rodrigo Y Gabriela coming up Joanne Shaw Taylor “The Best Thing” The first single from Restless Heart, out now ON: WTMD, WAPS, KVWF, WFIV, WKZE, WEXT, WCBE, WCLX, KNBA, KROK, WBZS, WSGE, WYCE, KSLU, WUKY, WHRV, WERU, KVNF, KAXE, KDEC, KRVM... US tour dates going on now “Every second combines to create a piece of art and a story that takes your breath away. ‘The Best Thing’ is Taylor at her most confident.” - Substream Vampire Weekend “This Life” The new single from Father Of The Bride, out now Mediabase 15*, BDS Monitored 9*, Indicator 6*! Over 85 stations on board already! New: CIDR, KXT, WTMD Played on The Tonight Show “An uninhibited romp that revels in its own with and spiritual uncertainty” - Pitchfork “A sunny upbeat track with a catchy guitar lick and ’90s pop-rock allure” - Spin On tour now! Fantastic album reviews Johnathan Rice “Millions of Miles” (w/Courtney Marie Andrews) From his first solo album in six years, The Long Game, out now New: WDVX ON: KCSN, XM Loft, WCLX, WFIV, WYCE, WNCW, WBZS, WCBE, KNBA, WUMB, KRCL, MSPR, WYSO, WHRV... On tour now with The Felice Brothers: 6/6 Asheville, 6/7 Decatur, 6/8 Nashville, 6/9 Birmingham, 6/10 New Orleans, 6/12 Austin, 6/14 Santa Fe, 6/15 Tucson... Allman Brown “Shapes In The Sun” From the album Darling, It’ll Be Alright, out now New: WCBE ON: WBZS, WCLX, WYCE, WFIV, KUWR, KSMF, KSLU Full cd at Non-Comm “There is something cathartic about the way Brown sings, and this song stirs an urge to see him perform live and show his skills as the master of pop music he is on his way to becoming.” - Glide Magazine Recently wrapped his US dates Devon Gilfillian “Get Out And Get It” The first single from his upcoming album Mediabase 31*, BDS Monitored #21, Indicator 11*, FMQB Tracks 11*, Public 10*! Fantastic at Non-Comm! New: WXRV, WXCT, KUMT ON: WXRT, KGSR, Music Choice, KCMP, WFUV, KRVB, WXPN, KCSN, WRLT, WNCS, WTMD, KUTX, WFPK, KTBG, KJAC, KXT, WYEP, WCLZ, WDST, KTHX, WAPS, KRSH, WPYA, KPND, KVNV, WXPK... On tour all summer Duff McKagan “Chip Away” (w/Shooter Jennings) The first single from Tenderness, the new album from the Guns N’ Roses bassist, out now Already on WFIV, KVWF Produced by Shooter Jennings On tour now On the single: “‘Chip Away’ is somewhat of a rail against cable news and divisive agendas... all for the almighty dollar. The song also highlights the fact that history repeats itself over and over, and that we will all get past this, together.” Meiko “Gimme Gimme” The first single from In Your Dreams, out now Top 10 iTunes Singer-Songwriter sales ON: WRNR, WAPS, KVNV, KVOQ, WCLX, WYCE, WFIV, WBZS, KRVM... Written after relocating to Nashville: “Trying to adjust to the slower change of pace in Nashville, I found myself online a lot, buying things, and getting excited when the packages arrived at my door. It was definitely the beginning of a hoarding situation that I needed to control!” James Morrison “My Love Goes On” (feat. Joss Stone) The first single from You’re Stronger Than You Know, out now ON: Music Choice, WRLT, WCLZ, WPYA, KRSH, KYMK, WCOO, WCLX, WAPS, WZEW, WBZS, KSMF, WOCM, KTAO, WFIV, KROK, KRVM, KDEC, WYCE, KUWR, KFMG BBC Radio 2 A-Listed for five weeks! Over 8 million streams on Spotify already and 2 million views on YouTube Lots of great Spotify playlist exposure Aldous Harding “The Barrel” SOAK “Deja Vu” From Designer, out now New: WBJB ON: Music Choice, KCMP, WFUV, KEXP, WFPK, From Grim Town, out now FMQB Public #43! New: KVOQ, WERU ON: KRVB, KJAC, WTMD, KTBG, KUTX, WYEP, WEHM, WCLX, KLRR, WMVY, WFIV, WYCE... WRLT, WRNR, KCSN, WFUV, Music Choice, WTMD, KTBG, KVNV, KXT, WAPS, KTHX, Most of the US dates in April sold out - extensive fall run announcing soon WFPK, WYMS... Playing on the hill in Boulder! US tour dates kick off this weekend Rolling Stone says that “woke looks good” on Duff McKagan “Duff McKagan, Guns N’ Roses’ second-best singer (or is it third-best? where’s Izzy?), gets woke on his mellow new solo album. Amid twanging steel guitars, gospel backup singers and fiddle filigrees, he vari- ously addresses America’s opioid epidemic, school shootings, sexual assault, homelessness and his own transgressions, but it never feels too corny or cloying since there’s always sincerity in his voice. It’s music of conscience, heavy songs with a light touch. His secret weapon here is producer Shooter Jennings (son of Waylon), who helped him assemble a mur- derer’s row of studio musicians. There’s authenticity in the country-leaning arrangements and the mood always matches McKagan’s message. When he sings “a little tenderness is what we need” on the title track, there’s a low church organ hum buttressing his hope. When he asks, “Do we have to watch another mother cry?” on “Parkland” — a song that also namechecks the Columbine, Charleston, Sandy Hook and Virginia Tech shootings — his backing band plays swelling slide guitar as that same organ sizzles in the background, giving way to stomping and chains clanging for the chorus, “Oh, shit, have you heard about Parkland? Yeah, it happened once again.” It’s both raw and sobering. The one solution McKagan offers for all the world’s ills is that people communicate better. On slow-drawling “It’s Not Too Late,” he pleads, “Take a long walk and meet your fellow man” as steel guitar fades in and out around his nasal whine. It’s a far cry from the scabrous (albeit tongue-in-cheek) tunes like “It’s So Easy” and “Used to Love Her” that he once co-wrote with GN’R; in fact, Tenderness is very much an exact 180 from the band’s “One in a Million,” the homophobic, racist, xenophobic screed they recently removed from the track list on their Appetite for Destruction anniversary box set. This is his absolution. Although some of the songs are a bit heavy-handed — “Parkland” offers no solutions even though the answer is obvious, and “Last September,” about domestic abuse, sort of lets the assailant off the hook by saying “his mama didn’t raise a man” — this is an album full of beauty and heart. It’s not all bleak, the catchy rocker “Chip Away” and Jennings duet “Breaking Rocks” both revel in the rough journey to redemption, and it ends with “Don’t Look Behind You,” which promises “the light is coming through.” Tenderness is a grand gesture that works. Woke looks good on Duff.” - Rolling Stone, May 31 2019 Paste takes a close look at two new songs from Pete Yorn “Returning to your hometown after a long time away is a weird feeling. The combination of the familiar, the nostalgic and the painful all cohere into something somehow underwhelming, something uncanny. Maybe you’re a different person now; maybe you’ve become the self you thought you’d be all those years ago. That’s the feeling that dominates “Calm Down” and “Can’t Stop You,” the two new singles from Pete Yorn, premiering here at Paste. The tracks, Yorn’s first new solo songs in three years, mark a shift for the veteran artist, whose understated, acoustic music often resisted the production- forward mentalities of younger songwriters. No surprise, then, that both tracks were co-written and co-produced by Jackson Phillips, the melodious mind behind the dream-pop band Day Wave. Yorn explains that the duo had an “instant rapport” after meeting at a birthday party, and soon thereafter, they hit the studio. From there, the music “just immediately started flowing.” Flow is a good word to use here; both “Calm Down” and “Can’t Stop You” have a strong sense of movement to them—not rushed, but with a steady propulsion, like a mountainous river given new support from a melting snowbank. Phillips adds Day Wave’s distinctively misty sound, us- ing arpeggiating synths to supplement Yorn’s plucky guitar playing. On “Can’t Stop You,” Yorn sings of a prominent figure in his life drawn to self-destructive behaviors; his rhythmic guitar playing lays the founda- tion for a disruption from Phillips as the song builds toward its pensive climax. As the song crescendoes, Phillips adds layers of synths and strings, adding sonic chaos to Yorn’s lyrical despair. Meanwhile, “Calm Down,” which also features contributions from French singer Soko, explores the theme of revisitation; your memories, your hometown, your old relationships—they all hold some truth that has ebbed and flowed through the years. “I wish I knew then what I know now,” Yorn sings to a former romantic partner, just as Phillips’ synth kicks the song into a reflective catharsis. It’s a bittersweet track, one that lets a tear or two shed from behind its rose-tinted glasses. “I know I have changed internally in the way that I process the world and react to the world,” Yorn explains when asked to reflect on his nearly 20 years in the music industry. “The coolest thing about the older songs is how they seem to grow with me.” With “Calm Down” and “Can’t Stop You,” you can almost hear how Yorn grew up through his music. Phillips’ co-production on both songs pushes the songwriting forward, folding new sounds into the mix that refine Yorn’s emotional guitar play- ing and lyrical reflections. Like looking back at your hometown in the rearview mirror, the songs are exciting steps forward that still keep an eye on the past. Yorn has a new album on the way, his first since 2016’s ArrangingTime. Keep an eye out for details of his new LP, and watch the lyric video for “Calm Down” (dir. Max Goldblatt) and listen to “Can’t Stop You” [on Paste’s website].” - Paste, May 29 2019 Coming up... 6/17: Ryan Bingham “What Would I’ve Become,” *repeat repeat “Hi, I’m Waiting,” Boy & Bear “Hold Your Nerve”... 6/24: Matt Costa “Make That Change” RIGHT ARM RESOURCE WEEKLY UPDATE - 6/5/2019