RIGHT ARM RESOURCE WEEKLY READER JESSE BARNETT [email protected] www.rightarmresource.com 62 CONCERTO COURT, NORTH EASTON, MA 02356 (508) 238-5654 2/25/2009 Michelle Malone The killer first single from her upcoming album Debris Full cd on your desk, single on PlayMPE, going for adds now! “Yesterday’s Make Up” In stores 3/31! See complete list of upcoming tour dates on Page 2 R&R New & Active! Indicator Debut 25*! New: WCOO. KRVB, WCNR, Indigo Girls KSPN, KPND, KCLC, WJCU... ON: WXRT, KFOG, KMTT, WCLZ, KINK, “What Are You Like” WMMM, WRLT... From Poseidon And The Bitter Bug, in stores 3/24 New: WCOO, WRLT, WCBE ON: KPRI, WNCS, WJCU, KFMU, KYSL... Green River Ordinance Just finished tour w/Erin McCarley Catch them at SXSW “Come On” Top 20 album sales on iTunes! More tour dates announced Matt Duke “Sex and Reruns” Dar Williams “The Easy Way” New: WXPN, KFMU Already on: WTYD, WTMD, WOCM, The new single from The Promised Land, going for adds now! KFAN, KVNF, KXCI... Just finished tour w/Serena Ryder New: KOHO ON: WYEP, KPIG, WMVY, WMWV, WKZE, WNRN, KSUT, WEXT... More dates: 2/25 Boston, 3/13 New York, 3/21 Philadelphia... Tour dates start March 5 including REM tribute at Carnegie Hall Brigitte DeMeyer “Wicked To Win” Ruthie Foster “Stone Love” From Red River Flower, in stores now New: WUIN, WUTC, FMQB Public 13*! New: WEVL, KSMF ON: KGSR, KRSH, WFUV, WYEP, KDNK, KUWR ON: WTMD, KCLC, KFAN, KZMV, KBAC, WSYC... KBAC, WUIN, KNBA, WNCW, KPIG, WNRN, KUT, KOZT, WYCE, WJCU... Album features Buddy Miller and others! Playing at SXSW In stores ! On tour now with Jorma Kaukonen and Robben Ford Young Dubliners “Rosie” Lisa Hannigan “I Don’t Know” FMQB Public Debut 42*! New: WEXT ON: WCNR, KRSH, KPIG, WFPK, New: WFUV, KYSL, KSUT... ON: WRNR, KRSH, WXPN, WFPK, WCNR, KSPN, KSUT, KNBA, WYCE, KMTN, WNRN, WMWV, WTMD, WCBE, KROK... WTMD, KCLC, WMWV, WUIN, KMTN, WBJB, WCBE, WYEP, WRSI... Saints And Sinners in stores now! People Magazine in March! Sea Sew in stores now! Tour dates with Low Anthem start this week Ben Kweller “On Her Own” Sarah Borges & The Broken Singles “Do It For Free” New: KCRW, KRVM ON: WTMD, KCMP, WUIN, WNCW, WFPK, FMQB Tracks Debut 50*! New: WNKU, WYCE, WSYC, WGWG... ON: WCOO, WJCU, WYCE, WCBE, WNRN, KTAO, XM Loft... On tour now! KRSH, WFPK, WEHM, WJCU, WEXT, KMMS, WTMD, WMVY, KFMU, KPND... Ben will be featured on NPR’s Weekend Edition this weekend “Borges truly shines!” - Boston Globe The Stars Are Out in stores 3/24 The Alternate Routes “The Future’s Nothing New” Duncan Sheik “We’re Here To Tell You” New: WEXT, WBJB, WUMB... ON: KXLY, KRSH, WCOO, Sirius, KPND, KBAC, FMQB Public Debut 38*! ON: WFUV, WTYD, WTMD, WEXT, WYEP, WVOD, KNBA, WMWV, KSPN, WJCU, WFIV, KOHO, WCBE... In stores now! KDBB, WFPK, KCLC, WNRN, KBAC, WUIN, WOCM, KNBA, WCBE... Full cd on your desk On tour through mid-March with Matt Wertz On tour through March! Whisper House in stores now Raphael Saadiq “100 Yard Dash” Clarence Bucaro “’Til A Spring Wind Blows Again” Over 135K scanned! ON: KMTT, KGSR, WFPK, WEHM, WXPN, From Til Spring, on your desk now In stores Tuesday WFUV, WYEP, WTMD, KCMP, KPND, KUT, WBJB, WYMS... ON: WJCU, WCBE, KZMV, KLCC, KFAN, Acoustic Cafe, Maine Public Radio... Great sales boosts from TV appearances - Ellen yesterday! “Warm, cozy songs that hark back to late 70’s Van Morrison” - NY Times The Duhks “You Don’t See It” Nickel Eye “Brandy Of The Damned” New: WNTI ON: WRLT, WMVY, WYEP, KNBA, WNRN, KSUT, WKZE, ON: WNRN, WTMD, KNBA, KSMT, WOCM, KSLU... KOZT, KPIG, WOXL, KROK, WMWV... Boston Globe’s Top 10 of 2008 Nickel Eye is Nicolai Fraiture, bassist of The Strokes, backed up by Nominated for a Juno Award! Video in Elevate Film Festival the UK band South Just finished US dates with Low vs Diamond Coming up... 3/9: Pat McGee “Come Back Home”... 3/16: Maria Taylor “Cartoons & Forever Plans”, Mother Mother “Body Of Years”... 3/30: Fastball See Michelle Malone tear it up on the road Catch her live in support of her new cd Debris, in stores March 31 3/5-6 Atlanta, GA 4/8 Somerville, MA 5/17 Electric City, WA 3/12 Memphis, TN 4/9 New York, NY 5/19 Bellingham, WA 3/13 Nashville, TN 4/10 Providence, RI 6/4 Kansas City, MO 4/1 Asheville, NC 4/17 Jonesboro, AR 6/5 Springfield, MO 4/2 Johnson City, TN 4/18 Homersville, MO 6/6 Eureka Springs, AR 4/3 Greenville, SC 4/25 Atlanta, GA ... and many more to come! 4/4 Decatur, GA 5/2 Dahlonega, GA 4/5 Raleigh, NC 5/8 Huntsville, AL “Yesterday’s Make Up” 4/7 Philadelphia, PA 5/15 Portland, OR goes for adds on Monday! PopMatters.com weighs in on Ben Kweller “It’s generally accepted that one would be ill-advised to change horses in midstream, whether it’s for fear of slowing the crossing or losing the rider. In the case of Ben Kweller’s swapping steeds on his latest release, it’s clear that he is in absolutely no danger of drowning. Kweller explains Changing Horses by saying “After the Beatles and before Nirvana, country music was the soundtrack of my life, the music that shaped who I am… this album focuses in on that one side of me.” And while it does wear the requisite Austin outlaw country accoutrements—the entire album is awash in shimmering pedal steel, for instance—it’s less about musical styles than it is about making stories come to life. Kweller has always had a knack for creating effortless melodies and perfect hooks, and even in country mode, he manages to conjure that charmingly off the cuff exuberance evocative of earlier masters of song craft, such as Randy Newman, Harry Nilsson, and, of course, the Beatles. Only this time out, those qualities are filtered through sounds reminiscent of people like Gram Parsons, and distilled into something that is still entirely Ben Kweller. Because of a release date delay, a few of the songs here were also featured on an interim recording called How Ya Lookin’ Southbound? Come In…, which was available on Kweller’s tour last fall and from his official website. That disc gave a glimmer of the direction the music would be heading, and even provided examples of the evolution of specific songs with its “Sawdust Baby” and “F Train Blues/ Gypsy Rosita”. On Changing Horses, though, those tracks seem to find a more coherent flow. There’s a slow and steady progression as Kweller carves his own brand of country from the rock and pop of his past. From the plaintive strains of “Gypsy Rose” and “Old Hat,” both of which call to mind Let It Bleed- era Stones songs such as “You Got the Silver” and “Love in Vain”, to the truck stop stomp of “Fight” and the roadhouse rambling of “Sawdust Man”, Kweller keeps his rig rolling by constantly switching things up. Even so, he never strays too far from his lyrical home of love songs and witty wordplay. In addition to highlighting his talent at turning a phrase, older songs like “Hurtin’ You”, with its lush, close harmony backing vocals, and newer tracks like “Wantin’ Her Again”, a lonesome cowboy ditty, showcase some of Kweller’s strongest vocal performances to date. “Things I Like to Do” is a clever and sweetly simple celebration of life’s little pleasures as he sees them. “On Her Own” has a sunny California, Chris Hillman, country-rock vibe, and is arguably the catchiest, most radio-friendly track on Changing Horses. Then suddenly, another switch occurs, and the album ends with the heartbreaking “Homeward Bound”. Written by Jemima James and Michael Mason in the 1960s, but never before recorded, it’s a gorgeously gospel- inflected coda. “He’s a lonesome river-swimmer / Wondering where the river went,” laments Kweller over a waltzing shuffle amidst warm, welcoming harmonies that wonder, “Who’s gonna carry him down / Who’s gonna carry him, carry him down / One more turn-around and he’ll be homeward bound / Who’s gonna carry him, carry him down.” In Changing Horses Kweller has slipped seamlessly into another stream of songwriting tradition, and all signs say it suits him. If for some reason, however, he finds it’s not a fit, he can always double back. After all, it’s not exactly as if he’s covered his tracks. And should he simply decide to step out of the river again somewhere around the bend, it’s a sure bet he’ll have no trouble finding a new trail to follow.” - PopMatters.com For up-to-the-minute AAA news... RIGHT ARM RESOURCE WEEKLY READER - 2/25/09