RIGHT ARM RESOURCE WEEKLY READER JESSE BARNETT [email protected] www.rightarmresource.com 62 CONCERTO COURT, NORTH EASTON, MA 02356 (508) 238-5654 4/18/2007 “Outside” The second single from the new cd Memory Man (track 9 on the full), in stores and going for adds now “A melodic grandeur that would make even Chris Martin jealous” - People Ari Hest “So Slow” The first single from his new cd, The Break-In, in stores May 1st, going for adds now Co-headlining tour with The Damnwells begins May 10 - see complete dates on Page 2 Angelique Kidjo w/Peter Gabriel “Salala” R&R New & Active! Indicator 9*! FMQB Public 5*! Tonight Show 5/22! New: KDEC, KZRC, Acoustic Cafe ON: WXRT, KBCO, KGSR, WXRV, WNCS, KTHX, WRNR, KUT, KCUV, WEHM, WXPK... In stores May 1st, on tour now! Ryan Shaw “Nobody” FMQB Tracks 46*! New: WFPK, KDEC, KXCI Joss Stone tour begins next week! Martha Stewart this Friday! ON: KBCO, WBOS, WRLT, WDST, WXPK, WFIV, WFUV, WXPN, WTMD, WUIN, WBJB, WOCM, KBAC, KWRP... The Mother Hips “Time We Had” The Nightwatchman “The Road I Must Travel” New: KRVO, WUTC ON: KCLC, KHUM, WQNR, KRCC, XM Loft... New: KDTR ON: WXPN, KUT, WDST, KCUV, KTBG, WBJB, KSQY... “Divinely inspired by the four great (North) American B’s: The Byrds, See Tom Morello as The Nightwatchman at the NON-COMMvention Buffalo Springfield, The Band and The Beach Boys” – Rolling Stone In stores Tuesday! Watch him perform on Jimmy Kimmel 4/25 Willy Mason “Save Myself” The Greyboy Allstars “How Glad I Am” FMQB Public #30! New this week: KUWR, MSPR New: WUIN Feat. Karl Denson, Mike Andrews & others ON: CIDR, KTHX, KRSH, WXPN, WMVY, WNCW, KHUM, WCBE, WRSI... ON: WDST, WFUV, WXPN, WNCW, KTBG, KSPN, KFMU, KMTN, WCBE... Acoustic Cafe session airs next week... World Cafe airs 4/24 FMQB Public 18*! Full cd in stores! On tour now Joss Stone “Tell Me ‘Bout It” The Alternate Routes “Time Is A Runaway” R&R Monitored 14*! Indicator #2! FMQB Public #11! R&R Monitored 25*! Indicator 23*! New: WFIV 250K scanned in one month! Tour begins next week! ON: KBCO, WBOS, KPRI, WMMM, WRLT, WNCS, WXRV, WTTS, WXPK... ON: WBOS, WXRV, KINK, KGSR, Dave-FM, WNCS, KPRI, WZEW, WCLZ... Tour: 4/18 Chicago, 4/19 Madison, 4/22 Kansas City, 4/24 Minneapolis... Patty Griffin “Heavenly Day” Ben Kweller “Penny On The Train Track” R&R Monitored 20*! Indicator #17! FMQB Public #2 ON: WRNR, WTMD, WFPK, KTBG, KPND, WMWV, KNBA, KMTN, WBJB... Tons of TV last week - see clips on the Right Arm Resource blog Over 450,000 video views on YouTube! Go see it now! ON: KTCZ, WXRT, KMTT, KGSR, WTTS, WRLT, KTHX, KRVB, WRNR... Selected as one of Rolling Stone’s “Best 100 Songs of 2006” Coming up... 4/30: Maria Taylor “A Good Start”... 5/7: Cary Brothers... 5/14: Grace Potter, Beaver Nelson... Raves for Ryan Shaw Ari Hest breaks in to your market “If you didn’t know any better when you put this on, you’d Ari Hest will be heading out on the road next month think you’d just tuned into some ’60s AM radio station. in support of his upcoming cd, The Break-In. This Shaw has a raw, soulful voice rarely heard on urban radio will be a co-headlining tour with The Damnwells. these days, and the same can be said for the horns and Be sure to see them when they come to your town... organs you hear in the background. The 26-year-old 5/10 Seattle, WA Decatur, Ga., native has a deep, unapologetic appreciation 5/11 Portland, OR for vintage music. He unearths several neglected gems 5/12 Ashland, OR from the likes of Jackie Wilson, Bill Pinckney, Bobby 5/13 San Francisco, CA Womack and the Chairmen of the Board, and his original 5/14 Los Angeles, CA pieces reflect the values of those organic, pre-synthesizer 5/15 San Diego, CA classics. That he sees no need to even hint at the prevailing 5/16 Tucson, AZ R&B trends signifies that he really believes in what he is 5/18 Dallas, TX 5/30 Alexandria, VA doing, and that he is going for what he knows. 5/19 Austin, TX 5/31 New York, NY Rating: 3 1/2 stars” - Steve Jones, USA Today 5/21 Mobile, AL 6/1 Cambridge, MA 5/22 Birmingham, AL 6/2 Northampton, MA “Soulsational! Rating: A-” - Jonathan Takiff, Philadelphia 5/23 Nashville, TN 6/3 Philadelphia, PA Daily News 5/24 Atlanta, GA 6/5 Pittsburgh, PA 5/25 Charleston, SC 6/6 Cleveland, OH “The album, This is Ryan Shaw, is an energetic throwback 5/26 Charlotte, NC 6/8 Louisville, KY to the classic soul music of the ’50s and ’60s. Shaw sounds 5/27 Kill Devil Hills, NC 6/9 Chicago, IL like he bases his approach not on new trends, but on past 5/29 Virginia Beach, VA 6/10 Ann Arbor, MI innovators like Sam Cooke and Wilson Pickett, and he brings a voice strong enough to hold its own alongside that period’s legends.” - Paste Magazine’s “4 To Watch” Love notes from Nashville “Nobody,” by Ryan Shaw, is the introductory single off of his “Churning, restless forthcoming album, ‘This is Ryan Shaw.’ Simultaneously songs rendered in funky, sonorous, and just plain sexy, it practically demands minor keys set the repeated listening at an elevated volume. Be warned, tone for If The however: your butt will be shakin’ the entire time. Ocean Gets Rough, Reminiscent of Jamiroquai and Stevie Wonder, with a little the new record jazz and motown thrown in for kicks, Ryan Shaw has done from the 22-year- a simple thing that has proved difficult for so many: make a old singer- damn fun dance track that warrants being played in your songwriter discovered by , hailed by car with the windows down and the volume up.” - MonstersAndCritics.com , and Pete Townshend and lent vocal support on “We Can Be Strong” by . Willy Mason doesn’t flinch when he sings of people abandoning each other, nor does he shudder as he flays the alienation of an age that’s just seeing the hypocrisy of its parents. Instead, with his great big heart and voice like a twig scratching at your window, he reaches inside to encourage himself and his peers to carry on, believe in their inner resources and have a little faith. The wild and untamed shoreline, pastoral meadows and woods of Mason’s Martha’s Vineyard provide both refuge and metaphoric grounding on these songs for a generation.” - Nashville Scene Have you been to rightarmresource.com lately? * Click on the iPod to launch a Flash player which streams everything I’m working (bookmark it for the music meeting!) * Link to archived newsletters and the A/V blog featuring content including music videos, epk’s, performance audio & more For up-to-the-minute AAA news... RIGHT ARM RESOURCE WEEKLY READER - 4/18/07