RIGHT ARM RESOURCE UPDATE JESSE BARNETT [email protected] (508) 238-5654 www.rightarmresource.com www.facebook.com/rightarmresource 4/13/2011 Ray LaMontagne & The Pariah Dogs “Repo Man” The edit you’ve been waiting for is on PlayMPE and going for adds on Monday! Artists Den just aired Added early: KPND, WYMS, WEXT, WBJB, KSUT, WMVY, KTBG, KFMU, KFMG... See tour dates on Page 2 The follow up to the #1 (and Grammy nominated) “Beg Steal Or Borrow” and the top 5 “For The Summer” Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers “Heaven On A Paper Plate” The first single from Unida Cantina, on your desk and going for adds now! In stores Tuesday New: WFIV, KNBA, WYCE, WERU Early: WBJB, KXCI, WOCM, KROK, WYSO Extended run of tour dates starting “The Bruce Springsteen of the Southwest” - Asbury Park Press The perfect antidote for the long winter blues! Brian Wright “Striking Matches” Blame Sally “Living Without You” The first single from his Sugar Hill album House On Fire, in stores now New: WYCE, WRRW ON: WVMP, WFIV, WKZE, KBAC, WCBE, Already on KSMT, KZMV, WCBE Remix on PlayMPE and TOTA sampler KLCC, WSGE, KDNK, WERU, MPR Preview video on our site “I’m somewhere between Woody Guthrie and Velvet Underground” - Brian In stores May 2 Full cd on your desk, single leads off the new TOTA Ben Harper “Rock N Roll Is Free” Peter Bjorn and John “Second Chance” BDS #3 New & Active! Indicator 8*!! New: KMMS, WERS, KDTR... FMQB Public 25*! In stores now! US tour soon TV and fantastic press ON: Sirius, WXPK, WNWV, KTHX, WZEW, KRSH, KPND, WCLZ, WCOO, WXPN, New: KNBA, KOHO, KXCI, KDEC ON: WFUV, KCMP, KEXP, KCRW, WXPN, WEHM, WTMD, WDST, WVOD... In stores 5/17 Playing NON-COMM! WFIV, KUT, WTMD, WYEP, WYMS, KUT, WAPS, WBJB, WEHM, WFPK... Steve Earle “Every Part Of Me” Los Lonely Boys “Fly Away” FMQB Public 29*! New: WVMP, KBAC, Acoustic Cafe, KLCC, WERU, WUMB BDS Indicator #24! FMQB Public 23*! New: WJCU, KXCI, WYCE... ON: KPIG, WFUV, KEXP, WFIV, WDST, KUT, WNKU, WMVY, WKZE, WCBE... ON: KGSR, KPRI, KPND, WUIN, WMVY, WTYD, WVOD, KVSF, KTBG, Produced by T-Bone Burnett Full band tour soon In stores 4/26 WFIV, KLRR, WYEP... Rockpango in stores now! On tour all year Jim Bianco “Sinners” Bob Schneider “Let The Light In” Switched singles to this anthem of debauchery by popular demand! BDS Monitored #23! Indicator 17*! New: KRVB ON: KGSR, WRNX, Sirius, KRVB, ON: KCRW, WFIV, KRSH, KROK, KVNF, MSPR, WHRV, WCBE, MPBC, WSGE KEZE, WQKL, WCLZ, WEHM, WFUV, KUT, KRSH, KPND, WZEW, WCOO... In stores now! WAV and MP3 in your email, full cd on your desk In stores Tuesday Many more tour dates added through April and May Richard Ashcroft “Are You Ready?” Brooke Fraser “Something In The Water” FMQB Tracks Debut 50*! New: KMTN ON: Sirius, WRXP, KCMP, WTMD, New: KDTR ON: WCNR, KUT, DMX, WNCW, WVMP, WUIN, KTBG, WYCE, WCNR, KMMS, WVOD, KFMU, KSPN, WDST, WFIV, KSMT, KBAC, KZMV, KTAO, WCBE, KZMV, WNRN, WJCU, KOHO, WOCM, KMTN, KFMU... WMWV, WEXT, WOCM, KSKI, KCLC... In stores now! Great on Fallon Great at SXSW! US tour starts this month, Cary Brothers opening all shows Joe Bonamassa “Dust Bowl” Raphael Saadiq “Stone Rollin’” FMQB Tracks 39*! Public 28*! New: KSPN ON: WXPN, KPND, WTMD, Added to the NON-COMM lineup! Big spin gains at Monitored radio WFPK, WMVY, KOZT, KLRR, KOHO, KVSF, WEXT, WFIV, KYSL, WYCE, WJCU... ON: KINK, KGSR, WNWV, Sirius, WRNR, KPND, WMVY, WFUV, WXPN, In stores! More tour dates! Guitar Magazine: Best Overall Guitarist WFPK, KCMP, WEHM, WDST... Official video online In stores 5/10 Jason Spooner “Wishing Well” Nicole Atkins “Cry Cry Cry” FMQB Tracks 45*! New: KVSF ON: KEZE, KPND, WCNR, WTMD, KZMV, BDS #2 New & Active!! Indicator #20! Killer raves from radio - see page 2 WFIV, WEXT, KYSL, WNRN, WTYD, KNBA, KFMU, WMVY, KRVO, WJCU, ON: WXPK, KEZE, WCLZ, WZEW, KPND, KRSH, WCOO, KDBB, WEHM, KCLC, KDBB, KTAO, WBJB, KOHO, WMWV, WKZE... The Terence Trent D’Arby classic WDST, WFUV, WTMD... Amazing press, Black Keys & Avetts dates coming Middle Brother “Me, Me, Me” David Gray “Only The Wine” Fantastic sales and press! FMQB Public #27! ON: WRNR, XM Loft, BDS Monitored 20*! ON: KBCO, KTCZ, Dave-FM, CIDR, WMMM, Sirius, DMX, WRSI, WFUV, WXPN, KCMP, WFPK, WAPS, WYMS, WYEP, WYCE, WRNX, KPRI, WNWV, KRVB, KEZE, WZEW, WCOO, KRSH, WCLZ... WTMD, WEXT, WUIN, WFIV, KDHX... Playing Newport Folk Festival Coming back to the US for another round of tour dates starting 6/28 Paste Magazine picks Jim Bianco Ray LaMontagne continues as “The Best of What’s Next” his endless run of tour dates Hometown: Los Angeles, Calif. 5/25 Waterbury, CT 6/8 Cleveland, OH For Fans Of: Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, Dean Martin 5/26 Bangor, ME 6/10 Bonnaroo Album: Loudmouth 5/27 Burlington, VT 6/11 Columbus, OH With his fourth full-length album, 5/28 Montreal, QUE 6/12 Cincinnati, OH Loudmouth, Jim Bianco—a blunt, crass and thoroughly enjoyable sort—has of- 5/30 Toronto, ONT 6/14 Indianapolis, IN fered the world a slap-in-the-face, a vig- 5/31 New York, NY 6/15 Kansas City, KS orous wake-up call with stinging honesty, 6/1 Boston, MA 6/17 Denver, CO softened by laughter and played out as if the soundtrack to a raucous party that 6/3 Saratoga, NY 6/18 Salt Lake City, UT Bacchus would support. 6/4 Canadaigua, NY 6/20 Missoula, MT Bianco balances the necessities of 6/6 Rochester, MI 6/21 Boise, ID work and play. “There’s a really cool 6/7 Chicago, IL ... and more to come Oscar Wilde quote that I like to live my life by, sounds pretentious but, ‘Life is too important to be taken seriously.’ It Can’t see him on the road? is far more important to enjoy yourself and have fun. I do think the process is See him on television... important, but i think the point is ‘why can’t you have fun and be serious at the same time?’” Appearing on Letterman May 11! He’s shown that it’s possible to do both. With four “unofficial” releases to go with his three studio records, a live album and an EP PBS Artists Den just aired! that includes four short films, he performs and tours rigorously, funds VH1 Storytellers airing in June! his music completely through his fans, wrote a book of short stories and writes, acts, directs and edits his own silent movies. How does he manage to juggle it all? “There’s time,” he says. “You have to allocate Let other programmers tell you how it and organize it, but there’s time. … There’s something inside of me that when something seems important, worth sharing, that turns on a light. When that light goes on is why and how I share it. Why else great Nicole Atkins is working for them would the light go on?” “It all starts with a great song – “Cry Cry Cry” just is. Bianco tends to write about the common things in life that are com- Got it on the first listen and it hasn’t let me down since. mon in an uncommon way. He gives weight to overlooked simplicities, Love the singing, drumming, songcraft. Tight and right all while laughing. “Humor was used more as a place to hide and now and makes me happy every time I hear it. The press used as a place to express,” he says. “It brings an element of truth to that has followed Mondo Amore just reconfirms what I the record. It is laughing at the truth and changes the weight of the heard the first time. Great song from a great artist – play songs and the record. Truth always weighs more.” it and you won’t regret it.” – Chris Herrmann, WXPK/NY His fans seem to agree, as Bianco has been able to produce his music and tours independently, relying only on the funds that he’s raised from his supporters. “I just tried to create something that people “Nicole has a great voice, and her live show is awe- need,” he says, “and they totally did so it’s worked. It’s encouraging. I some! She has all the makings of a star!” - Nate Camp- also really try to keep it real and not try to slice off a piece of me that I bell, KRSH/Santa Rosa (# 2 most played song) may need later on, like my soul.” For such a devilish character it’s surprising that he would be worried “At a time when the format real- about his soul, but don’t be misled by his “wicked” ways; he’s genuine ly needed a female rock record and unabashed in exposing his flaws. This earnestness is the basis of along came “Cry Cry Cry” - with his music and for those who wonder the key to his success, it’s simple. some soul and roots to boot! “Work hard in the right places. Wear a jock strap because you will be And if given the chance, don’t repeatedly kicked in the balls and cannot be deterred by that. Learn to laugh. And don’t forget that the whole point of this is to enjoy yourself, miss her live!” – Ethan Minton, I forget that sometimes.” - Reprinted from Paste, 4/6/11 WCLZ/Portland Upcoming: 4/25: Meat Puppets “Shave It,” Ziggy Marley “Forward To Love”... 5/9: The Gaddabouts “Good Day,” Hey Rosetta! “Yer Spring”... and more to come Listen to everything and find out more at www.rightarmresource.com as well as facebook.com/rightarmresource or twitter.com/rightarmjesse RIGHT ARM RESOURCE WEEKLY UPDATE - 4/13/11