RIGHT ARM RESOURCE WEEKLY READER JESSE BARNETT [email protected] www.rightarmresource.com 62 CONCERTO COURT, NORTH EASTON, MA 02356 (508) 238-5654 3/22/2006 l Mason Jennings Rebecca Pidgeon ” “Be Here Now” “Ordinary Blues” *! The first single from his Epic debut Boneclouds The second single from Tough On Crime N... One of Rolling Stone’s “10 Artists To Watch” New: KRVM, KUWR, WQNR Already on: WUIN, ... Added early on KTCZ, WBJB, WRSI, WKZE, KOHO, XM Cafe WBCG, WKZE, WNKU, KLCC, KUNC, MSPR... Going for adds now! Over 100,000 independent records sold Check out the DVD with live TV appearances included in the mailing Killed at Gomez “How We Operate” SXSW! Most Added again! R&R Indicator #1 Most Increased! FMQB Public Debut 22* US tour New: WNCS, WDST, WRSI, WCBE, Music Choice, WUKY, WKZE, KMTN, KDTR, KCUV, WERS... begins in Already operating: WXRT, KBCO, WTTS, Dave-FM, WFUV, WTMD, KEXP, KCRW, WFPK, Sirius... May! KT Tunstall Ben Harper “Suddenly I See” “Better Way” R&R Monitored 19*! Indicator 8*! 50x/week at VH-1! R&R Monitored 10*! Indicator 2*! FMQB Public 7*! New: WFPK, KCLC, KRVI, KOHO Great SXSW shows! New: KMTT, KEXP, KCMP, KRCC, KXCI, WDIY, WFHB... ON: KBCO, KMTT, WXRV, WTTS, KWMT, KGSR, WMMM... In stores now! First day sales over 11K! #1 album at iTunes! Huge sales! Almost 150K scanned in 6 weeks! Watch the video online at benharper.com Jenny Lewis w/Watson Twins Scott Miller & The Commonwealth Mat Kearney “Rise Up With Fists!” “Only Everything” “Nothing Left To Lose” FMQB Public #16 Just performed on Letterman Full cd Citation in stores now R&R Monitored 18*! Indicator 22* Adds in the last 2 weeks: KSUT, WVOD, WSGE... On tour! Great press! Rocked SXSW Already on: KFOG, KTCZ, KMTT, KPRI, ON: KCRW, KEXP, WFUV, WEHM, WDST, WXPN... New: KSUT, KDBB, KBCS, WSYC, MSPR... WTTS, KINK, WXRV, WMMM, KTBG... “A dozen remarkable tracks!” - Uncut ON: WFUV, WCBE, WYEP, WKZE, KPND... Fray tour now, April w/Matt Wertz, then solo My Morning Jacket North Mississippi Allstars Martha Berner “Off The Record” “Moonshine” “A Town Called Happiness” R&R #1 New & Active! Indicator #20! FMQB Tracks #45! Already added to: ON: WCBE, KCMP, WUIN, WMWV, KNBA, KXCI, Added in the last two weeks: WNCS, WRNR, WRNX WRLT, WYEP, KTBG, WDST, KPND, KFAN, WKZE, WNKU, XM... Great at SXSW! ON: WXRT, WBOS, WTTS, WMMM, WZEW, KENZ... KSPN, KFMU, KPIG, KNBA, DMX, “Wilco-esque glow with the sweetly sung vocals 140K+ sold! Playing at Coachella, Bonaroo & more... WUIN, KTAO, KSMT... On tour forever! of Natalie Merchant.” - HearSay Magazine Coming up in April: Matt Nathanson “At The Point” (live cd), SundayRunners “Elected” and more Everyone’s talking about Mason Jennings “Mason Jennings’ songs are optimistic, with buoyant melodies that span folk-rock and country-rock.” - NY Times “Minneapolis-based singer-songwriter Mason Jennings is who Jack Johnson would’ve become if Johnson had grown up a brainy Midwestern lefty instead of spending his college years as a Santa Barbara surf bum.... In an age of mediocrity, the appearance of a flat-out superior talent is startling” - LA Weekly “Mason Jennings captivated a sold out crowd at the Aladdin Theater on February 8th, 2006. Armed with only his voice, guitar, and piano, he gave the crowd a sample of what makes him such a sought-after entertainer. For Jennings, playing without the rest of his band didn’t seem to faze him one bit. On stage, he performed as if they were right behind him, and he managed to create the same level of energy that comes from playing with a full band. Described as folk-rock, Mason Jennings sings of everyday observations and emotions without the fanfare found in the majority of today’s musicians. His voice is his platform, and his guitar is his rhythm section. He uses these two basic components to fill in the drum solos and the ripping bass lines. His ability to incorporate different sounds into his songs with merely an acoustic guitar is what makes Mason Jennings such a high-energy performer. He refuses to let the fact that it is only him on stage limit the output of his material and ends up delivering an absolutely kick-ass show. You aren’t human if you can’t relate to what Jennings has to say. He has tapped into the subconscious of everyman because he is Everyman. He isn’t afraid to flaunt his sincerity whether it means being extremely blunt or brutal. His insights are deeply personal, relatable, violent, and emotional. The heart of Mason’s music is in his attempt to decipher life at its core and in the raw emotions that lead people to feel and act impulsively. One can’t help but want to sing along with him, because even if the words are foreign, what he’s saying isn’t.” - JamBase Rebecca Pidgeon: More great press for Scott Miller More Than Just “It’s hard not to be “with” whatever comes caterwauling out of Scott Miller’s mouth. His songwriting drives like a Cadillac, equally adept at navigating blue A Pretty Voice highways and Civil War battlefields, with a knack for winding up in the parking lot of the nearest saloon. There’s always some chewed-up mixed tape playing on its stereo; there’re coffee stains on its seats, and the seatbelts sure as hell don’t work. His newest album, Citation, follows in grand tradition. Produced in Memphis by the legendary Jim Dickinson, Citation rolls out in a somewhat more mature fashion than its predecessors. There’s always been a strong sense of the past tense in Miller’s songwriting, but with this go-round he’s bypassed the rearview window perspective and taken time to actually turn around and gawk. During the writing process, he even rented an apartment in the history-rich Fort expressly for the purposed of marveling at the distance between then and now— which naturally unraveled into a string of past- present comparisons. The moral-fueled battles of yesteryear vs. today’s high-tech cowboy warfare. Steamed-up car windows vs. mortgage payments. Whatever nostalgia Miller may have been looking * Album track ‘Army Brat’ is the end-title for, it clearly found him first. them to the CBS series The Unit As ever, backing band The Commonwealth nails * Recently finished filming EDMOND “polished-chaos” like a champ; it barrels through with William H. Macy and Joe Mantegna rowdier fare like “8 Miles a Gallon” like there’s beer on the other side, then * Recently finished filming PROVOKED straightens up its act just in time for ballads like “Long Goodnight.” Of course, the whole outfit sounds better live, and buying this album is no excuse not to with Miranda Richardson attend its Blue Cats show on March 24. But the ugly reality is that that’s the ugly * Great press in LA Times, E! and more reality of albums, so suck it up. You’ll be glad you did.” - Metropulse Knoxville For up-to-the-minute AAA news... RIGHT ARM RESOURCE WEEKLY READER - 3/22/06.