RIGHT ARM RESOURCE UPDATE JESSE BARNETT [email protected] (508) 238-5654 www.rightarmresource.com www.facebook.com/rightarmresource 6/28/2017 Beth Ditto “Fire” The first single from Fake Sugar, out now New at WFPK, WAPS, KLRR, KMTN, KVNA, KKAL, KRVM, WXRY, KSMF Already on KCMP, KJAC, KEXP, KUTX, WCNR, WFIV, WLKR, KSUT, WYCE, WEHM, WYEP, KXCI, KXT, WKZE, WNKU, WOCM, WYTD, WXTG... Fantastic press all over “It recasts Ditto as a versatile, pop-minded rock star who can still shake the rafters with her voice when the moment calls for it.” - NPR Music Indoor Garden Party “You Should Have Got To Know Me” The first single from The Musical, out now and on your desk New at KRVM, MSPR Early at WFIV Samantha Barks (who played Eponine in the film version of Les Miserables is the vocalist on this track, and the band also includes Russell Crowe, Canadian folk-rock here Alan Doyle, chart-topping producer Scott Grimes and vocalist Carl Falk Single on PlayMPE Barns Courtney “Golden Dandelions” The first single from his debut full length album, due this fall Mediabase Debut 49*, FMQB Tracks Debut 50*! New at WRLT, WXPK, KKAL, KCLC, WHRV Already on KGSR, WXRV, KTBG, KXT, WPYA, KPND, Music Choice, KLRR, WDST, WCNR, KVNA, WOCM, WLKR, WVOD, WFIV, WJCU, KBAC, WAPS, KRML... North American headlining tour going on now Summer festivals include Hangout, Bottle Rock, Governor’s Ball, Firefly, Summerfest, Lollapalooza and more Welshly Arms “Legendary” Their debut single for Republic, going for adds now at AAA and Alt Already on KINK, WYMS, WZEW, KJAC, WBJB, WJCU, WAPS, WXRY Over 13mm on Spotify! Tons of exposure via a Miller Lite campaign that ran during NBA and NHL playoffs! Also used in ads for Hulu, MLB, the NFL and more Top 5 sales and Shazam in Germany where the song is being used in a Beck’s commercial Nikki Lane “Send The Sun” The new single from Highway Queen New at WKZE Already on WRLT, KRSH, KJAC, WAPS, WTMD, KSUT, KVNA, WFIV, KNBA and KRVM “Highway Queen is her best yet, and should cement her status as the rightful heir to icons like Wanda Jackson and Loretta Lynn” - American Songwriter Played it during her appearance with Loretta Lynn on CBS Saturday Morning US tour going on, playing in Boulder The Secret Sisters “He’s Fine” The first single from You Don’t Own Me Anymore, produced by Brandi Carlile, out now Mediabase Debut 47*, BDS Indicator Debut 30*, FMQB Tracks 37*, Public 15*! New at WNRN and XM Loft Already on KCMP, WXPN, WRLT, WCLZ, WPYA, Music Choice, WAPS, KRSH, WCNR, KEXP, WNKU, KTHX, KVNA, WEXT, WYCE, KRML, KCLC, KBAC and more On tour this month, more this summer “Catchy as hell; a foot-stomping folk-pop singalong” - Paste Nicole Atkins “Listen Up” The first single from her upcoming album Goodnight Rhonda Lee, in stores July 21 New at WRLT and WYEP Already on WFUV, WTMD, KJAC, WDST, KVNA, WEHM, WFIV, KNBA, KKAL, WCBE, KDBB, WMVY, WBJB, KBAC, WUSM and KRCL Touring inlcudes shows with The Avett Brothers, Mavis Staples, Mountain Jam Recorded with Fort Worth’s Nile City Sound aka Austin Jenkins, Josh Block and Chris Vivion (Leon Bridges), mixed by Ben Tanner Thomas Wynn & The Believers “Wade Waist Deep” The title track single from their new album, out now New at WEXT, WDST, KRSH Already on WTMD, WBJB, WCBE, KROK, KNBA, KSLU, WFIV, WFIT, WERU, MSPR, KDBB “A poignant composition that brings true vulnerability to the forefront. Wynn sings with a spectral croon that signifies an emotive tenderness.” - Glide Magazine “Hailed as one of the most promising Americana bands in the area” - Blurt On tour Sammy Brue “I’m Not Your Man” The first single from I Am Nice, out now New at WMVY Already on WNCW, WAPS, WCBE, KSMF, WFIV, KVNA, WUMB, KRCL, KRCC, WUSM, WERU, KAXE “The future of Americana/Folk/Country is in very young, very capable hands.” - Vice/Noisey Toured with Justin Townes Earle “Brue balances a mature, brooding sense of folk with wistful, youthful lyricism... He’s an artist gifted way beyond his years.” - Rolling Stone Mondo Cozmo “Automatic” The first single from the debut album Plastic Soul, due in July Mediabase 30*, BDS Monitored New & Active, Indicator #15, FMQB Tracks #27! New: KGSR, KFOG, WAPS, KCLC Already on KINK, WRLT, KCSN, KRVB, KTHX, Music Choice, WNKU, WWCT, WEHM, KJAC, WCOO, WCLZ, KPND, WXPN, WFPK, KCMP, WYEP, WZEW, WCNR... Playing Boulder FMQB AAA Nominee for New Artist Of The Year and Song of The Year The National “The System Only Dreams In Total Darkness” The first single from Sleep Well Beast, in stores September 8 Monitored panel almost closed out! New this week at WEVL Mediabase 6*, BDS Monitored 4*, Indicator 4*, FMQB Tracks 3*, Public 4*! Now over 3 million Spotify streams! World tour inc. October dates in Boston, New York, Los Angeles (Hollywood Bowl), San Diego and Berkeley, more US in Nov/Dec Earl St. Clair “Ain’t Got It Like That” The first single from My Name Is Earl, out now Mediabase #51, BDS Indicator 25*, FMQB Tracks 33*, Public 44*! New: WRSI, WUSM, KRCC Already on Music Choice, WCLZ, WXPN, WFUV, KXT, WTMD, WFPK, WYEP, KPND, WCOO, KRSH, WJCU, KJAC, XM Loft, WCNR, WNRN, WAPS, WFIV, WCBE... Confirmed for Boulder! “This is vintage R&B meeting modern soul, and where the funk meets fun... a song that absolutely belongs on the radio” - Russ Borris/WFUV Bob Marley & The Wailers “Exodus” // “Turn Your Lights Down Low” Two tracks from Exodus 40 - The Movement Continues, out now This is the 40th anniversay release of Bob Marley’s Exodus and includes the original album as well as Ziggy Marley’s “restatement” of the project, drawing on elements from the original session recordings New at WERU Already on KDHX, KRCC, WFIV, WYCE, KRML, KDBB, KBAC, WEHM, WCBE, KSLU, WMWV, KVNF, MSPR, KSMF The xx “I Dare You” The second single from I See You Mediabase #40, FMQB Tracks 22*, Public #21! New at WOXL Already on KINK, WTTS, KTHX, KCMP, WFUV, KCSN, WRLT, WXPK, WQKL, WYEP, KTBG, KUTX, WPYA, Music Choice, WAPS, KJAC, WERS, WCNR, KCLC, KLRR, WNRN, WFPK... Spotify over 15MM! Recently played Colbert Summer festivals & US dates in Sept & October Official video launching this week Justin Townes Earle “Maybe A Moment” The first single from Kids In The Street, in stores now FMQB Tracks #42, Public 23*! Already on: WRLT, KCMP, XM Loft, KEXP, KCSN, WAPS, WYMS, WYEP, KJAC, WPYA, WFPK, WTMD, WJCU, WEXT, KVNA, KRML, KPIG, WUIN, WNRN, WFIV, WMWV, WNCW, WVOD, KDHX, KHUM, KDBB... “Ensures that there is still musc out there to compare to the good old days” - American Songwriter SYML “Where’s My Love” New at KPND Already on KINK, Music Choice, WNCS, WTMD, WPYA, WZEW, WCOO, WAPS, KJAC, WCBE, KVNA, KCLC, WVOD, KROK, WFIV, KBAC... Pronounced “SIMM-ul” and translated to “simple” in Welsh SYML is Barcelona founder Brian Fennell Over 20 million streams on Spotify, over 1.8 million monthly listeners Fennell combines bare piano, minimalist synth and string-scapes with ethereal vocals to take the listener on a journey through the senses The Whistles & The Bells “Harry Potter” The first single from Modern Plagues, out now Already on WRLT, WAPS, WFIV, WJCU, KCLC, WYCE, WCBE, KRCC, WLKR, MSPR, KUWR, KAXE Full cd on your desk (clean version of the single online) Recently wrapped up a run of US dates Watch the video on our site now “His la-la-la land makes for an album to turn up, not tune out” - Associated Press Andrew Combs “Blood Hunters” The first single from Canyons of my Mind, out now Already on WRLT, KTBG, KEXP, WYEP, WNCW, KBAC, WVOD, WJCU, WFIV, WBJB, WEXT, WCBE, WDVX, KNBA, WLKR, KRCC, KDHX, WFHB, WUMB... On tour now “One of Nashville’s most poetically gifted young singer-songwriters” - NPR “Opens with Combs’ soothingly gorgeous vocals on haunting echo and spare electric guitar that crescendos into a fierce, Seattle-riffed fury.” - Rolling Stone Noah Kahan “Young Blood” His debut single on Republic Mediabase #44, FMQB Tracks #52! New at WVOD Already on KGSR, WXRV, KINK, WNCS, WPYA, WWCT, Music Choice, KRSH, KPND, WAPS, WCOO, WZEW, WEXT, WZLO, KRML, WOCM, KCLC, WFIV, KVNA, WTYD... Fall tour with The Strumbellas Nearing 5 million Spotify streams, acoustic version +1MM! Noah hails from the small town of Strafford VT (population: 1000) Trombone Shorty “Here Come The Girls” The first single from Parking Lot Symphony, out now This is an Allen Toussaint track from 1970 US tour going on now Already on KCMP, WRNR, WFUV, KPND, WCOO, Music Choice, WYEP, WZEW, WERS, KJAC, WFPK, KBAC, WEXT, WCBE, WJCU, WMWV, KNBA, KVNA, WVOD, KHUM, WFIV, WEHM, KRML, WNRN, WRSI, KROK, KSUT, KMTN... Passenger “Anywhere” The new single from Young As The Morning, Old As The Sea, now top 10! Mediabase 9*, BDS Monitored 18*, FMQB Tracks 18*! Already on: KBCO, WXRV, KINK, WMMM, WRLT, KRVB, WNCS, KCSN, WQKL, WWCT, WPYA, Music Choice, WAPS, WDST, WERS, WCNR, KRVO... Over 37MM on Spotify! Passenger has had over 1 billion streams in the US alone and has sold over 9 million singles worldwide Beth Ditto opens up to Rolling Stone about life after Gossip “It made me think of glitter,” says Beth Ditto in her candy-coated Southern drawl. “I like glitter.” The 36-year-old singer is referring to the title of her new solo debut, Fake Sugar, which trades the stripped-down snarl of her former band Gossip for a more grown-up sound. Ditto first gained recognition for her powerhouse vocals, punk ethos and winged eyeliner. But she soon emerged as an advocate for LGBTQ rights, body positivity and feminism, even going on to launch her own plus-size clothing line. In 2016, after almost two decades, Gossip called it quits. The band’s dissolution became an opportunity for Ditto to re-establish herself as a solo artist: On Fake Sugar, she leaves the fiery dance-floor beats behind in favor of romantic power ballads that flaunt her Southern roots. “All of my gay boyfriends were like, ‘You’ve gotta make a dance record,’” Ditto says. Instead, Ditto found her- self listening to Paul Simon’s Graceland on repeat, reflecting on her time as a newlywed and dealing with grief. “I got married, Gossip had broken up and my dad died in late 2011,” she says. “It was just really insane life changes. I didn’t digest them very well. I didn’t really take them in and process.” Ahead of Fake Sugar’s release, Beth Ditto filled Rolling Stone in on Gossip’s breakup, overhauling her sound and the hardships of marriage.

Rolling Stone: Why did it take you so long to release a solo record? Beth Ditto: Gossip ended last summer. I think it took so long because once I realized that was what I wanted to do, I had time to actually nail it down and focus on it. It was like, “Now the world is my oyster. I’m not trying to write for three people.” It was time to focus on what I wanted to do. That was kind of difficult because all of my gay boyfriends were like, “You’ve gotta make a dance record.” One thing I wanted to do in the last Gossip record was a guitar-centric record. What took so long was finding people to work with – you’ve gotta find the people who make you feel comfortable. RS: Your self-titled 2011 EP was more electronic-driven, but looking at the cover art of Fake Sugar, you have a Dolly Parton look. BD: I really wanted it to look like a Bobbie Gentry cover. If I could have made any kind of record it would have been Graceland meets Bobbie Gentry. That’s what I was listening to, but If you set out to do something like that, it’s never going to turn out the way you want it to. No matter how hard you work or how intentional it is. RS: How did you come up with the title Fake Sugar? BD: I just liked the way Fake Sugar sounded. When we wrote the song, that was the temporary title. I wanted to call it “The Rip-Off ” because nothing is original. But it ended up that I liked Fake Sugar, and I could hear my mom saying it in her Southern accent. I liked the idea of it being bittersweet. I like the words “fake” and “sweet.” I just liked the two words together. Sometimes it’s just that simple. It made me think of glitter. I really like glitter. There’s something glamorous and also very Southern [about it]. ... “Fake” is an excellent punk word that doesn’t get enough attention. Growing up, if I was leaving my grandma, she would say, “Gimme sugar” instead of “Give me a kiss.” I think that’s cute too. RS: You’ve said that you feel like the U.S. is a more tolerant place. Do you still feel like that? BD: No, I don’t. This is exactly what I was talking about. We were fearing the whitelash. With every kind of civil-rights struggle or socially progres- sive movement, you make these huge strides, but you’re going to be fighting [for those rights] forever. Look at how many black children have died because of police officers – that’s insane. I don’t even know how you can deny that’s real. That happened under Obama’s administration as well. I’m not blaming his administration, but having a black president didn’t make the world a more tolerant place; it just made people stew in their anger. Now we’re seeing the fruit of that – we’re seeing the anger boil over. It’s really out of control. There are some really crazy 1984 things going on. I love a good conspiracy theory, but watching them come to life is fucking surreal. I feel like I’ve been stungunned. RS: The last few years have been intense for you personally. Can you take us back through this period? BD: I got married; Gossip had broken up; my dad died in late 2011. It was just really insane life changes. I didn’t digest them very well. I didn’t really take them in and process. I didn’t get to enjoy being a newlywed because we had to immediately go back to work right after the honeymoon. It’s hard to get to know each other over and over again. I don’t think people really understand when you’re traveling all the time how important and difficult it is to stay connected when you’re in different time zones. In the record, there are really emotional things. When you talk to journalists, you’ll realize in the middle of a song how people will point out what the song is about to them and you’ll be like, “You hit the nail on the head.” It’s really fun therapy. RS: How did you land on “Fire” as the first single? BD: I should never pick singles. With Gossip’s Standing in the Way of Control, we weren’t talking radio, but we were like, “This is going to be the 12- inch.” When we recorded “Heavy Cross,” I begged them to keep it off the record. For this record, it was what other people picked. I don’t really have pop music taste – I enjoy it, but I would be a horrible A&R person. RS: What were you listening to when you made Fake Sugar? BD: I lived for Graceland. All I listened to was “You Can Call Me Al” on repeat. I wanted to listen to Graceland on the way to Graceland, so my sister drove us from Arkansas to Memphis. But when we got there, it was closed. RS: What’s your relationship with your Gossip bandmate Nathan [Howdeshell, a.k.a. Brace Paine]? Do you ever see the band coming back? BD: I don’t think it could come back unless some things were settled and cleared. There’s no drama between us. We get along the way we always got along. We still send each other jokes. We would go months without seeing each other, but we loved each other like family. When we weren’t on tour we never hung out. Every once in a while we would, but for the most part we had very different friends and interests. It’s kind of the same as it always was. I think it was too hard to write a record when he was living in Arkansas, and I was living in Portland. I think his life became more like living that kind of life back in Arkansas, and I don’t relate to that. It’s totally fine – it’s good. RS: You both escaped your religious roots, and he went back to them. Did that impact your relationship? BD: Of course it did, but it’s his own thing. I don’t judge him for that at all. I love him so much, and I know he loves me. He’s definitely not some homophobic prick. It impacts it in a way that kind of scares me away. ... It’s literally too close to home. I love my family, it’s a given, but Arkansas is not a place that I can thrive. I just had to get away from it. RS: With Fake Sugar, do you feel like you’re exposing yourself more than you did in your memoir Coal to Diamonds? BD: Oh, God, no! Sometimes people will say, “I read that book,” and I’ll say, “I forgot I put that in there.” I always said I was going to write it and then put it down. Everything was laid out in my book. [This record] is nowhere close. - Reprinted from Rolling Stone, 6/27/17 Coming up... 7/10: The Lone Bellow “Time’s Always Leaving,” Chris Robinson Brotherhood “High Is Not The Top”... 7/24: Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band.... 7/31: Will Hoge, Good Old War... RIGHT ARM RESOURCE WEEKLY UPDATE - 6/28/2017