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RIGHT ARM RESOURCE WEEKLY READER JESSE BARNETT [email protected] www.rightarmresource.com 62 CONCERTO COURT, NORTH EASTON, MA 02356 (508) 238-5654 11/22/2006 Dito Montiel “Crossing Rivers” First week adds: WCBE, KTAO, WYOU, WSYC, KRVM, WBSD, Maine Public Broadcasting From his new self-titled cd, sold exclusvively at iTunes and Amazon Wrote and directed “A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints” starring Robert Downey Jr. Various Artists “Rhythms Del Mundo - Cuba” Most Added AGAIN! New: WFUV, WTMD, Sirius, KBAC, WBJB, KHUM, KUT... ON: KCRW, WXPN, KTBG... In stores now! Featuring ’s “Clocks”, Jack Johnson’s “Better Together”, the final recording from Ibrahim Ferrer and more Yusuf “Heaven (Where True Love Goes)” R&R New & Active! FMQB Public Debut 24*! From An Other Cup, his first album of new songs in 28 years, in stores now New: WRSI, KSUT, WFHB, KSMF ON: KGSR, WRLT, WFUV, WNCS, WFPK, WXPN, WTMD, WYEP... “Who Divided” “Morning Yearning” R&R Monitored New & Active! Indicator 11*! FMQB Tracks Debut 50*! Over 260K Soundscanned! FMQB Public 4*! Pretty Little Stranger in stores now New adds: KRVB, KRSH, WVOD, WUIN, KTAO ON: KBCO, O N: KGSR, WXRV, WRLT, KTHX, WFUV, WXPN, WFPK, WYEP, WXPK... KTCZ, WRNR, KTHX, WDST, WFIV, WTMD, WBJB, KCLC... “Full of potential jukebox anthems” - Associated Press Red Rocks concert aired on XM all last week “” Los Lonely Boys “My Way” The first single from his new cd “9”, in stores now R&R Monitored 15*! Indicator #6! On tour now with Ozomatli New: KCRW, WNCW, KUT, KCMP, KDNK, WSYC, WDET, KWRP New adds: KSQY, KOHO, KBOM ON: WXRT, KBCO, KFOG, ON: WFIV, WFUV, WXPN, WFPK, WYEP, WTMD, WMVY, KTBG... KMTT, KPRI, WTTS, WRLT, KTHX, WZEW, KRVI, WCLZ... Fantastic press - see page 2! US tour dates in December Over 200,000 Scanned! Four stars: NY Post Buddy Guy “I’d Rather Be Blind, Crippled & Crazy” KT Tunstall “Other Side Of The World” New adds this week: KTHX, WKZE, WSGE, KVNF R&R Monitored 14*! Indicator 5*! ON: KGSR, WRLT, WFUV, KPIG, WNRN, WCBE, KNBA... New this week: KGSR!! certified Platinum!! Featuring John Mayer on guitar and Steve Jordan on drums, ON: KBCO, KFOG, KTCZ, WBOS, KMTT, KPRI, WXRV... from his career-spanning box set Can’t Quit The , in stores now CD/DVD Acoustic Extravaganza in US stores now Keb Mo “The Itch” Annie Stela “It’s You” FMQB Tracks #37! Over 40,000 scanned already! Already in rotation: KWMT, WTMD, WCBE, WMVY, ON: KGSR, KINK, KRSH, WUIN, WMVY, KDBB, KTBG, WRNX, DMX, KMTN, KTAO, KUWR, WYOU KSPN, KFMU, KUT, WFUV, WWVV, WYEP... Toured this fall with - more dates to come Spent all summer and fall on tour with Bonnie Raitt EP released this past summer, full cd due in January Damien Rice: Returning to the role of Critics’ Darling “THE REAL EMO: Like the Mountain Goats’ John Darnielle and the late Jeff Buckley, Damien Rice sings as though shepherding heart and soul through a world that means them nothing but harm. At the same time, Mr. Rice expresses unprotected emotions, embracing kisses and punches with equal ardor. That bruised quality isn’t exactly available on demand, which might explain the three- year gap between his debut album, O, and its follow-up, 9. HEART OF OAK: But Mr. Rice’s sensitivity contains an artistic core as solid as a weathered oak tree: The briskly strummed folk of “Coconut Skins” and the swelling orchestral-pop of “9 Crimes” recall Cat Stevens and Nick Drake. Even when Mr. Rice is at his plainest, the supporting musicians (with several holdovers from O, including counterpoint vocalist ) seem always ready to buoy him. Bestowed such good fortune in talent and colleagues, Mr. Rice sends grace through the longing and heartbreak of his music. BOTTOM LINE: Another elegant oscillation from blackest despair to brightest hope, and back again.” - Morning News

“Damien Rice rolls out another winner.” - NY Newsday

“When Damien Rice starts singing, it sounds like he just rolled out of bed after a sleepless night, slightly hoarse, a little remote, halfway between a dreaming and awakened state, between the certainty of unconsciousness and the confusion of the brightly-lit life. So unguarded and interior an approach pitches Rice’s music into a rare place. He has the command to bring listeners so far inside his experience it can be confusing: Is this our inner voice we’re hearing or his? Few singers ever get to so precious a spot. and Ray LaMontagne sometimes can. The young or the late Nick Drake never left it. No wonder Rice has inspired such rapture from those in the know. Three years ago, the Irish ’s first album, “O,” made him an international cult star. He earned extra juice from the placement of his music in Mike Nichols’ movie “Closer.” Rice’s songs held as crucial a spot in that narrative as Paul Simon’s had in Nichols’ 1967 film, “The Graduate.” For Rice’s second CD, “9,” the singer hasn’t changed his m.o. significantly. Why should he? He got it right the first time. Again, his arrangements prove as integral to the songs’ power as his subliminally potent singing. Aside from the usual guitar, bass and drums, Rice employs violin, viola and cello. Far from being merely sweet, the strings work as conspirators in the pain, sirens of longing. At irregular intervals, Rice brings in a second singer, Lisa Hannigan, to contrast his masculine mutters with her feminine cries. Rice’s songs seldom stay in one place long. They swing in mood, texture and volume, covering broad arcs of feeling. A cut like “The Animals Were Gone” goes from the most hesitant start to a full chorus to an unexpected finale: A wind tunnel of vocals funnels in with the sucking hollowness of loneliness itself. Rice’s lyrics work better delivered than read. But at his best, he can nip at the heels of ’s approach to romance in lines like “I love your depression/and I love your double chin/I love most everything you bring to this offering.” The words and music seldom pull any punches. “Me, My Yoke, and I” has the psychosexual mania of PJ Harvey. “Accidental Babies” presents a love triangle at the point of ultimatum. It’s dangerous-sounding music. But Rice delivers it like a dream.” - NY Post New Right Arm Resource website launches This week I launched the redesign of the Right Arm Resource website. New features include: * Click on the iPod to launch a Flash player which streams everything I’m working (bookmark it for the music meeting!) * Click on the Newsletter link to pull up the current newsletter as well as archived issues from the last year. * Click on the Multimedia Blog for links to A/V content including music videos, EPKs, and archived audio from artist interviews and performances. See it all now at www.rightarmresource.com! Due to my label visits in NY and LA over the next couple of weeks, the next newsletter (and last of the year) will be published on December 13 RIGHT ARM RESOURCE WEEKLY READER - 11/22/06