RIGHT ARM RESOURCE UPDATE JESSE BARNETT [email protected] (508) 238-5654 www.rightarmresource.com www.facebook.com/rightarmresource 2/19/2020 Pokey LaFarge “End Of My Rope” The first single from Rock Bottom Rhapsody, out 4/10 Early: WFPK, KJAC, XM Loft, WEXT, KPIG, WFIV, WKZE, WMVY, KSUT, WYCE, KHUM, WDVX and more Playing SXSW next month and kicking off a run of US tour dates in early May “LaFarge’s first new album in over three years... brings folk music and rock ‘n’ roll together in a way that feels fresh.” - Paste Lapsley “Womxn” The first single from Through Water, in stores 3/20 New: Music Choice, WFPK, WCNR Early: WRLT, KVOQ, WCLX, KRML, WFIV With Lapsley as the major producer and songwriter, the ten songs on the album reflect her newfound confidence, clarity and self-awareness as an artist, documenting a wealth of personal experiences and coming-of-age stories set against a thematic backdrop of water, climate, weather and the elements. 070 Shake “Guilty Conscience” The first single from Modus Vivendi, out now Pronounced as “Oh-Seven-Oh Shake” New: WPYA, WYCE, WUTC Early: WWCT, KEXP, WCLX, KVYN 070 references the first three numbers of the zip code in New Jersey that she hails from Toured last year with The 1975 On tour now, playing 400-500 capacity rooms, most shows sold out in advance Top 15 Spotify Viral Chart - over 4MM streams Big Thief “Shoulders” The second single from Two Hands, out now New: Music Choice, WFPK Early: WFUV, WYEP Played on Kimmel Major summer US tour dates announced last week as well as an appearance at this year’s Newport Folk Festival “This stands as a crowning achievement, the perfect record to close out a tumultuous decade...” - Consequence of Sound ZZ Ward “Break Her Heart” The first single from her upcoming album New: KINK, WMMM, WWCT, WKLQ, WCLZ, KRSH, WCNR... ON: KGSR, Music Choice, WRLT, KCSN, WPYA, WAPS, KVNA, WCOO, KPND, WZEW, KYMK, WBDB, WCLX... Playing GMA 3/27 On the song: “No matter how much you try to change for someone else...... you can’t....you can only be what you are, and if they don’t see the beauty in that than F***em’!!!” Headlining tour now Grace Potter “Back To Me” (feat. Lucius) The new single from Daylight Mediabase 42*, BDS Monitored New & Active, Indicator Debut 27*! New: WCLZ, WLKR, KCLC, KROK, WVMP, WYCE ON: WXRV, WXPN, WFUV, Music Choice, WPYA, KXT, WFPK, WNCS, WEHM, WERS, WCNR, WAPS, KVNA... Headlining tour going on now with Devon Gillfillian opening “She has been heralded as one of the greatest living vocalists in rock music, and that point remains arguable on Daylight” - Paste Robbie Robertson “Once Were Brothers” The new single from Sinematic This is also the title song for the Once Were Brothers documentary about The Band, executive produced by Martin Scorsese and hitting theatres on February 28 New: KUWR ON: WEXT, WCLX, WFIV, WMVY, KPIG, WKZE, KOZT, KSUT The film blends rare archival footage and interviews with Bruce Springsteen, Eric Clapton, Van Morrison, Scorsese and more Katie Pruitt “Expectations” The title track single from her Rounder release, out this Friday New: WXPN, WYCE ON: WRLT, WPYA, KJAC, WTMD, WCNR, WDST, KVYN, WEXT, WKZE, KSMF, WCBE, WCLX, WFIV, WUIN, WXCT, KBAC, KYSL, KTSN, WZEW... NPR Slingshot: 20 Artists To Watch, Rolling Stone: 10 Artists You Need To Know “Possesses a soaring, nuanced and expressive voice and writes with devastating honesty” -NPR Pete Yorn “I Wanna Be The One” The follow up to the top 5 hit “Calm Down” from his album Caretakers Mediabase 41*, BDS Monitored New & Active, Indicator 29*! ON: KINK, KGSR, WRNR, WRLT, WPYA, Music Choice, WZEW, WAPS, WWCT, KYMK, WCOO, WCLX, KVYN, KRSH, KJAC, KVOQ, WNRN, WTMD, KMTN, WVMP, KSPN, KRML... “Caretakers is bursting with life lessons and themes of everyday problems.” - MXDWN Pearl Jam “Dance Of The Clairvoyants” The first single from Gigaton, in stores 3/27 90+ stations on board in four weeks! Mediabase panel closed out already! Mediabase 5*, BDS Monitored 4*, Indicator 2*, JBE Public 4*! Multiple videos released - check out my site This is their first studio album since their Grammy-winning Lightning Bolt Their US tour dates kick off in late March Kaleo “I Want More” The first AAA single from their forthcoming album Mediabase 20*, BDS Monitored 22*, Indicator 15*! New: KBCO, WSGE ON: SiriusXM Spectrum, KGSR, KINK, WXRV, KCMP, WRLT, KRVB, Music Choice, KXT, WYEP, WTMD, WCLZ, WNCS, KVNA, WPYA, KPND, WFPK, KJAC, KTBG... Playing in Boston, Philadelphia and NYC starting in late May, then Red Rocks in July Green Day “Oh Yeah” The new single from Father Of All..., out now Mediabase 31*, BDS Monitored 27*, Indicator 22*! New: KGSR, KVOQ, KSPN ON: WRNR, WXRV, WMMM, KCMP, KRVB, WXPK, KCSN, WFPK, WWCT, WNCS, WXCT, KPND, WZEW, WKLQ, WAPS, KVNA, WEHM, WERS, WCNR... Massive press around the release included Ellen, The Late Late Show and GMA #1 Billboard album sales, #4 on the Top 200! Big summer tour Dustbowl Revival “Dreaming” The first single from Is It You, Is It Me, out now New: KPIG, WOXL, WDIY... ON: WRLT, KCSN, Music Choice, WRSI, KRSH, WCLX, KYSL, WCLY, WKZE, KNBA, KVYN, KMTN, WEXT, WNCW, WCBE... “After ten years of touring together and amassing a passionate and loyal following worldwide, Dustbowl Re- vival embarks on a new journey... thus proving that great bands never stop evolving as they simply refuse to stand still.” - American Songwriter Feb/Mar tour! Hollow Coves “Anew” The first single from Moments, out now New: KRCC, KVNF ON: WJCU, WYCE, WCBE, KMMS, WFIV, KBAC, KSMF, WCLX, KROK, WBSD, KUWR, MSPR “The Brisbane duo reflect on little nostalgic moments, backed by stunning harmonies and acoustic guitars and piano” - Billboard “Hollow Coves seems to tap into something timeless” - Clash Tour: 2/21 Denver, 2/22 Salt Lake City, 2/24 Los Angeles, 2/25 San Francisco, 2/27 Portland... Fruition “Dawn” The first single from Broken At The Break Of Day, out now! BDS Monitored #3 New & Active, Indicator #18, JBE Public #23! New: WRNR, WBDB ON: WRLT, WXPN, WTMD, KCSN, WPYA, Music Choice, WFPK, KTBG, KJAC, WYEP, WNRN, WRSI, WEHM, WDST, WCNR, WAPS, KPND, KVNA... “A cascade of harmonies...feels like a 21st-century soft-rock treasure.” - NPR Music More tour dates in March Alanis Morissette “Reasons I Drink” The first single from Such Pretty Forks In The Road, out 5/1 Mediabase 13*, BDS Monitored 10*, Indicator 5*, JBE Public 15*! Monitored panel almost closed out Mediabase Hot AC 38*! Billboard Women In Music “ICON” recipient! Major summer tour announced with Garbage and Liz Phair Sold out already: LA, Nashville, Portland, Atlanta, Washington DC, Detroit and more Pinegrove “Phase” The first single from Marigold, out now Mediabase 35*, BDS Monitored 36*, Indicator #35, JBE Public #48! New: WEHM, KXCI ON: WXRV, WRLT, WFUV, Music Choice, KCSN, KRVB, WPYA, WTMD, WFPK, KTBG, WNCS, WCLZ, KEXP, WRSI, WCNR, WAPS, WDST, KJAC, KVYN... “Pinegrove continues to make introspective and energetic songs... a song about gratitude in the face of chaos.” - NPR National tour this month Dan Luke and the Raid “Fool” The first single from Out of The Blue, out now Mediabase Alternative 28* and rising! ON: Music Choice, WTMD, WPYA, WAPS, WFPK, KJAC, WCLX, WWCT, WZEW, KVYN, WFIV, WYCE, WCBE, KYSL, KROK... Toured last fall with Starcrawler then Seratones, new dates announced “Ready to stake their own claim as the next big thing from Bowling Green.” - FLOOD Dan’s brothers are Matt and Brad from Cage The Elephant Devon Gilfillian “Unchained” From his debut album Black Hole Rainbow, out now Mediabase #10, BDS Monitored #8, Indicator #4, JBE Public #2! New: WDST ON: KBCO, WRNR, WXRV, WTTS, WRLT, KCMP, WXPN, CIDR, KCSN, WFUV, KXT, WPYA, WXPK, KJAC, KTBG, WFPK, WTMD, WCLZ, WNCS, WYMS, WZEW, WQKL, KRVB, WYEP... On tour with Grace Potter all month Watch the video on my site now Vampire Weekend “Sunflower” (feat. Steve Lacy) The third single from Father Of The Bride Winners of this year’s Grammy for Best Alternative Album! Mediabase #25, BDS Monitored 34*! New: WTTS ON: Sirius Spectrum, KGSR, WXRT, WRLT, KCSN, KCMP, WQKL, WKLQ, Music Choice, WRNR, WPYA, KRVB, WFUV, WYEP, WERS, KJAC, WCLZ, WCNR, KTBG, WRSI, KPND, WJCU, WXCT, KVOQ... Their massive world tour returns to the US in May Saint Motel “Van Horn” The first single from their EP, The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack: Pt. 1, out now Mediabase #24, BDS Monitored #25, Indicator #23, Mediabase Alt 19*! ON: WXRT, WMMM, WXRV, WRNR, WRLT, KRVB, WXPK, WPYA, WQKL, WYEP, Music Choice, KJAC, WTMD, WZEW, KPND, WKLQ, WAPS, WFPK, KTBG, WYMS... On tour now: 2/21 Detroit, 2/22 Indianapolis, 2/24 St. Louis, 2/25 Kansas City, 2/27 Chicago... Paste Magazine profiles the new Pokey LaFarge project “Singer-songwriter Pokey LaFarge shares his new single “End of My Rope” via Paste today (Feb. 6). “End of My Rope”—the second single to be released for LaFarge’s first new album in over three years, Rock Bottom Rhapsody—brings folk music and rock ‘n’ roll together in a way that feels fresh. “I like to think of ‘End of My Rope’ as kind of a Charlie Feathers meets The Everly Brothers meets T-Rex kind of sound,” LaFarge tells Paste, continuing: For me, the foundation of the song’s meaning is in the opening line: “Growing up was easy for some, but not me, and getting older is the same old story.” So we have a subject who is looking back over all the years that have passed, and feeling all of his mistakes turned into haunting memories—memories of missed opportunities, and all the friends and ac- quaintances that have become so distant over the years. He has a flood or a confluence of emotions, feeling like everyone and everything has seemingly slipped through his fingers. He’s overwhelmed, but he knows there’s only one thing for a singer to do: get back up on stage and “let the spotlight shine the skin off my bones.” A collection of 13 tracks produced by Chris Seefried (Fitz and The Tantrums), Rock Bottom Rhapsody is set for release on April 10, LaFarge’s New West Records debut. “The man singing these songs isn’t exactly the same man that wrote them,” says LaFarge in a statement. “This album is about the story of who I used to be.” In 2018, LaFarge experienced a complete downward spiral into a dark place of self destruction and anxiety. “It’s a case of me writing the story and writing the song, and then unfortunately living it,” he reflects. “I was going towards the darkness. Destruction definitely ensued; self-sabotage and self-destruction definitely happened.” In fact, his darkness, temptation, and what he calls “evil spirits and demons” took over his life. Rock Bottom Rhapsody comes from the perspective of a soul in crisis, but shortly before the recording of the album, LaFarge experienced a spiritual awakening—what he recalls as “finding God.” His newfound faith pushed him to finish recording the album and to make a piece of art with dark tracks that eventually found their light at the end of the tunnel. LaFarge has also announced his tour in support of Rock Bottom Rhapsody, which starts April 24 in Rotterdam and begins in the U.S. on May 8 in Asheville, N.C.” - Paste, 2/6/2020 American Songwriter gives four stars to Katie Pruitt’s Expectations “Debut albums, especially those on major imprints, tend to be either under or over produced. Katie Pruitt wisely splits the difference on this striking first effort. It’s even more impressive because she co- produced it. Pruitt’s even keel of balancing stark, introspective and extremely personal lyrics with songs that are both stripped down and embellished with ornately arranged, multi-layered instrumentation (no less than six guitarists are credited along with strings, vibraphone and backing vocals) helps make this such an immediately captivating listen. There’s a maturity and self-assurance on the appropriately titled Expectations that’s remarkable, especially for an artist’s initial release. It’s all there, or most of it, in the opening “Wishful Thinking.” Pruitt starts the ballad with a simple, uncluttered guitar figure as she sings “I don’t believe in love dear” in a hushed, delicate voice. Gradu- ally haunting keyboards, backing vocals, subtle drums and strings enter, leave, and reappear as the lyrics and Pruitt’s voice in- crease in intensity. The song closes with “You were never mine” repeated with a full confluence of instruments as she unleashes a voice every bit as powerful and passionate as that of Brandi Carlile. It’s a perfect inauguration to Pruitt’s multi-talented per- sona. She handles her vocal firepower delicately throughout these ten songs, untethering it often for just a sentence at a time as she comes to the realization in “My Mind’s a Ship (That’s Going Down)” that “Love’s the only thing that matters anyhow.” Anyone looking for an obvious single can stop with the title track where Pruitt takes Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams” rhythm un- derpinning and sings “I wasn’t getting much out of life at all/I was scared to jump ‘cause I was scared to fall.” She’s open about her sexuality in the almost wincingly personal “Normal,” a potent recap of her gradual understanding that “If I could be normal/ then trust me I would” sung with a bittersweet, reserved lilt that questions, then comes to an understanding of, where she fits in. Musically Pruitt carefully balances on a folk, pop and singer/songwriter tightrope with tunes that wrap her words around melodies which hover, float and sometimes sting. On “Grace Has a Gun” the concept of mental illness is explored and “Search- ing for the Truth” is as close as she comes to a political statement with the words “Keep searching for the truth in a world that’s always lying.” At the end of ten tracks and just over 45 minutes you not only have a reasonable understanding of who newcomer Katie Pruitt is as a person, but know that this near flawless introduction is the auspicious start of a career that shows incredible prom- ise. Rating: 4/5” - American Songwriter, 2/17/2020 Coming up: 3/2: Teddy Thompson “Heartbreaker Please,” Mihali feat. Citizen Cope “Heart Song”... 3/9: G. Love “Diggin Roots”... 3/24: The Grahams “Kids Like Us”... RIGHT ARM RESOURCE WEEKLY UPDATE - 2/19/2020