RIGHT ARM RESOURCE UPDATE JESSE BARNETT [email protected] (508) 238-5654 www.rightarmresource.com www.facebook.com/rightarmresource 8/20/2014 Johnny Winter w/Ben Harper “Can’t Hold Out (Talk To Me Baby)” The first single from Step Back, the final album from one of the most legendary guitarists of all time The album has been in the works for the last couple of years and features additional collaborations with Eric Clapton, Dr. John, Joe Bonamassa, Brian Setzer and more Full cd ships to radio 8/26, in stores 9/2 Early adds at KOZT, WCBE, WBJB, WFIV, KSUT, WUKY, KBAC, KDBB, KSLU and KFMG “There is not one note, lick, of riff I will ever play that doesn’t own an unpayable debt to Johnny Winter. I play the way I play because I couldn’t play like Johnny Winter.” - Ben Harper James “Moving On” The first single from Le Petite Mort, in stores 9/16 Single on you desk, full cd shipping in early September One of the top scoring tracks in the Boulder Music Meeting! Early at WBJB, KUNC, WFUV, KBAC and KSLU Great press! “There are precious few 32-year old bands that still feel this fresh” - The Independent (UK) Check out the beautiful video by BAFTA award-winning animator and director Ainslee Henderson on our site now James will be coming to the US for promo this fall, with a full tour in early 2015 Bastille “Flaws” The third single from Bad Blood Over 125,000 singles downloaded already! BDS Indicator Debut 28* New: WRLT, WZEW, WVOD, WMWV, Mood Media Adult Alt ON: WERS, WEZZ, WLCE, WJCU, KCLC, WFIV, WVMP, KSPN, KFMU, KOHO, KSMT, KROK, KMTN, KRML, WOCM, WMSR, KSKI... Already nearing top 15 at Alternative with big adds including KROQ and more Massive full-production tour coming to the US this fall. The official video is nearing 10 million views! Pompeii is now triple-platinum and the album is just about gold Robert Cray “Nobody’s Fault But Mine” The second single from In My Soul, originally done by Otis Redding New this week at KBAC and KDEC Already on: WJCU, WMVY, KDBB, KSLU, KFMG and WFIV Catch him on tour: 8/29 Peoria, IL, 8/30 Eureka Springs AR, 8/31 Bedford TX, 9/12 Telluride CO, 9/14 Sioux City IA, 10/2 Naperville IL, 10/3 Newark OH, 10/6 Frankfort KY, 10/7 Greeneville TN, 10/10 Chapel Hill NC, 10/11 Carolina Beach, NC... “One of the most reliable pleasures of soul and blues for over three decades now” - New Yorker Magazine Dry The River “Everlasting Light” The first single from Alarms In The Heart, in stores Tuesday, on your desk now New this week at Mood Media Already on WCBE, WBJB and WFIV WNYC Soundcheck album stream online now On tour: 10/21 Los Angeles, 10/22 San Francisco, 10/24 Portland, 10/25 Seattle, 10/26 Vancouver, 10/29 St. Paul, 10/30 Chicago... ““At the time [we] were in something of a wilderness, creatively and temporally,” frontman Peter Liddle said. Alarms in the Heart broke them out of that lull, and “Everlasting Light” is a representation of that.” - Paste See the official video on our site now The Hold Steady “I Hope This Whole Thing Didn’t Frighten You” Boy & Bear “Three Headed Woman” The second single from Teeth Dreams, New: WZEW, Mood Media The second single from Harlequin Dream New: KXT, WTMD, WWCT, WEXT... ON: KCSN, KXT, KUTX, WYEP, WYMS, WTMD, WWNU, KRML, WEXT, ON: KINK, WXRV, WXPK, KCSN, WEZZ, KRSH, KPND, WYEP, KNBA, WNRN, WJCU, WVOD, KSMT, KFMU, KSPN, KROK, WDST, WFIV, WBJB... KSPN, KFMU, WVOD, WUIN, KBAC, WZLO, KSMT, WFIV, WNKU, WTYD... On tour: 8/30 Highmount NY, 9/4 Baltimore, 9/5 Richmond, 9/6 Boston, 9/8 Philadel- Video on our site now US tour: 10/6 Los Angeles, 10/7 Phoenix, 10/9 Dallas, 10/10 phia, 9/9 Akron, 9/10 Grand Rapids, 9/13 St. Paul, 9/14 Chicago, 9/19 Flushing NY... New Orleans, 10/11 Atlanta, 10/12 Charleston, 10/13 Baltimore, 10/15 Brooklyn... The Both “Volunteers of America” The Strumbellas “End Of An Era” The second single from their self-titled album Killer set in Boulder! The first single from We Still Move On Dance Floors, in stores 9/9 New: Mood Media ON: KCSN, WFPK, KUTX, WYEP, WNKU, WRSI, New: WYCE ON: WBJB, WFIV, WTYD, WCBE, WOCM, KSLU, KFMU, KSPN, WDST, KHUM, KNBA, WOCM, WBJB, WFIV, WMVY... KUWR, WYSO, KRVM... 2014 Juno award: Roots & Traditional See them on tour now: 8/28 Bend OR, 8/29 Portland, 8/30 Seattle, Album of the Year 2014 SiriusXM Indies Award: Folk Group of the 8/31 Vancouver... Terrific album reviews More dates coming soon Year Just did a Pacific Northwest run Watch the video on our site J Mascis Kings of Leon “Every Morning” “Family Tree” The first single from Tied To A Star, in stores Tuesday FMQB Most Added! The fourth single from Mechanical Bull BDS Indicator 21*! ON: WRLT, FMQB Tracks Debut 45*, Public Debut 38*! New: KEXP, WYMS, WYCE, WNKU, WNCW, WNCS, WZEW, WWCT, WERS, WFPK, KUTX, KCSN, KPND, WYMS, KSUT, KBAC, WVMP... ON: KCMP, WFUV, KUTX, SiriusXM Loft, WERS, WFPK, WRSI, KSMT, WLCE, WUIN, WVOD, KBAC, WAPS, WFIV, WMWV, KMMS, WEHM, WEXT, WKZE, KSMT, KNBA, WJCU, WNRN, WOCM, KRML, KYSL, WBJB... KROK, WNRN, WJCU, KNBA and more Just played the Tonight Show Full cd on your desk now Named one of Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Guitarists Now Top 30 Mediabase Alternative! Headlining tour going on now The Mastersons The New Pornographers “Good Luck Charm” “Brill Bruisers” Full cd Good Luck Charm in stores and on your desk now New: KXCI BDS Indicator #27, FMQB Tracks 30*, Public 15*! New: WYSO Already on: WNKU, WEZZ, WCBE, KPIG, WEXT, KDHX, WNCW, WYCE, New: WAPS, KDBB ON: WRNR, WFUV, WXPN, KCSN, KCMP, KUTX, KXT, WERS, WBJB, WFHB,WUMB, KSUT, WFIV, WDVX, KDNK, KVNF, WUSM... KEXP, WYEP, WEHM, KRML, WNRN, WYMS, WFPK, WTMD, KTBG, KYSL, WFIV... “Poised to be one of Austin’s breakout acts of 2014” - Austin American Statesman “The song is pretty much everything you want from the New Pornographers, All songs cowritten by Chris and Eleanor Justin Currie tour in September which means it’s fantastic.” - Stereogum Letterman 9/3 In stores Tuesday Ray LaMontagne Jamie Scott “Drive-In Movies” “My Hurricane” Mediabase 11*, BDS 9*, Indicator 3*! New: KRVO, Mood Media ON: KBCO, WXRT, The title track from his upcoming solo album Mediabase 40*, BDS New & Active KGSR, WXRV, KPRI, WRLT, WMMM, WRNR, WNCS, WZEW, KTHX, WEZZ, KPND, ON: WXRV, WMMM, WCLZ, WZEW, WEHM, WEZZ, KPND, KXT, WCLZ, WFUV, KCMP, SiriusXM, WCOO, WTMD, WYMS, KCSN, KXT, WERS, WYEP... KRSH, WCBE, WNKU, KFMU, KSPN, WFIV, WAPS, Music Choice... Killer headlining set on the first night at The Fox in Boulder Jamie is the frontman for Graffiti6 and has written countless hits for others Just finished a long run, and fall dates have been announced Toured this month with One Republic Lyric and acoustic videos online Nikki Lane Stu Larsen “Right Time” “Thirteen Sad Farewells” Mediabase 26*, BDS 28*, Indicator #28, FMQB Tracks 28*! The first single from Vagabond, in stores now New: WVMP ON: WNKU, Fantastic set in Boulder! New: WWCT, WTYD ON: KINK, WMMM, KPRI, KCLC, KROK, WNRN, WBJB, WEXT, Mood Media, WYCE, KRML, WCBE, WRLT, WZEW, KRSH, WCLZ, WWNU, WTMD, WFUV, KCSN, WCOO, KCMP, KSPN, KFMU, WFIV, WJCU, WOCM, KRVM, Acoustic Cafe, KDHX, KDBB... KUTX, KPND, WYMS, KEXP, SiriusXM Loft, WCNR, WEZZ, KXT, WYEP, KOHO... Official video and Passenger duet clip online now See him opening all Video online now Fantastic press all over Recently played on Conan of the US dates for Passenger through 9/14, then new headlining dates Cage The Elephant Bernhoft “Take It Or Leave It” “Come Around” Mediabase 25*, BDS #2 New & Active! Already Top 10 Alternative The first single from Islander, in stores now Already on: WXRV, Already on: WXRT, KINK, WTTS, WRLT, WNCS, KPND, KPRI, WYMS, KROK, WFIV, KSMT, WOCM, KCLC, WCBE and more WZEW, WMMM, WXPK, WCOO, WWNU, WCLZ, WEHM, Played on Conan and VH1 Big Morning Buzz already, great press WERS, WYMS, KRSH, WVOD, WCNR, KSMT, WEZZ, WWCT... Single sales were up over 500% off of his performance on Conan Summer festivals then touring this fall with The Black Keys Killer promo run at radio Full cd landing on your desk now Passenger The Wind & The Wave “Scare Away The Dark” “With Your Two Hands” Mediabase 20*, BDS #23, FMQB Tracks #36! US tour now Mediabase 34*, BDS New & Active, Indicator #26! Full cd on your desk ON: KBCO, KINK, KGSR, CIDR, WXRV, KRVB, WRLT, WMMM, ON: WRLT, WMMM, WNCS, WCLZ, KCSN, KUTX, KPND, WCOO, WWNU, KPRI, WCLZ, WQKL, WNCS, WCOO, KCSN, KPND, WWNU... KRSH, KTHX, WYMS, WCNR WEHM, WMSR, WVMP, WNKU, KBAC, Premiered it with a performance on The Tonight Show - see our site KRML, WAPS, KTBG, WVOD, KSMT, WUIN, WEZZ, KFMU, KSPN... New cd Whispers in stores and on your desk now - fantastic sales! From The Wreckage in stores now! Terrific performance in Boulder Listen to everything and find out more at www.rightarmresource.com as well as facebook.com/rightarmresource or twitter.com/rightarmjesse WNYC’s Soundcheck allows you to check out the new Dry The River “In music, the “Origin Story” has become a common, if over-romanticized narrative hook -- especially when it involves an artist decamping to write songs in some far-off Walden-esque location: a cabin in snowy Wisconsin, or a remote beach, or sim- ply a private studio upstate. Certainly at this point, that’s become a cliche. But there’s still something enticing in the imagery of a musician toiling alone on their craft, separated from day-to-day distractions, and coming up with something that could not have been made anywhere else. And for Dry The River, that isolation from the world was firmly integral to the creation process for its new album, Alarms In The Heart. Dry The River began as a solo outlet for Norwegian-born singer-songwriter Peter Liddle, and its debut, 2012’s Shallow Bed, was admittedly a collection of songs written for himself over many years. But after the success of that record -- and especially the song “Bible Belt” -- the London band travelled to Iceland, to workshop and write and record, but also, to redefine what the band should represent and sound like as a full band. With the help of producers Charlie Hugall (Florence and The Ma- chine, Ed Sheeran), Paul Savage (Franz Ferdinand) and Peter Miles -- and arrangements and strings from Valgeir Sigurðsson (Sigur Rós, Björk) -- Dry The River’s songs conjure a new grandiosity befitting of the country’s sprawling otherworldly land- scapes. Stylistically, much like Shallow Bed, Alarms In The Heart further showcases Dry The River’s skill in building quaint, folk hym- nals into a chest-thumping choruses and elegant Baroque pop songs into impassioned cascading showstoppers. Yet even from Liddle’s first quavering notes of the opening title track, it’s evident Dry The River has upped the ante on its operatic flourish. You can hear it in the way delicate, finger-picked songs like “Gethsemane” and “Vessel” slowly unfurl line by line and swell into climactic moments that could fill any concert hall. The band also flexes with some scorching distortion in “Everlasting Light” and with the blustery guitar melodies in the U2 (by way of Coldplay)-styled “Hidden Hand.” That said, the album’s love- lier moments come from that shimmering outro on “Hope Diamond” and the transcendent ballad “Roman Candle” -- which features gorgeous guest vocals from Emma Pollock. Thematically, Liddle channels his alienation from Iceland’s setting to ruminate on haunted memories, religion and spiritual- ity, as well as profess declarations of love, as in “Rollerskate”’s repeated, almost desperate mantra “Couldn’t want you more than this.” In “Alarms In The Heart,” he employs apocalyptic imagery (tremors, ripples in the water) as a way of describing a crumbling relationship. And, as on Shallow Bed’s “Chambers & Valves,” Liddle once again returns to his former graduate medical studies for inspiration with “Med School.” It’s an energetic clanging song that recalls a panic attack during an aca- demic autopsy and questioning if he’s lost his nerve for being a doctor: “I regulate my breathing and I can’t escape the feeling that I should not be watching today.” After a rejuvenating escape, Alarms In The Heart is the sound of a band mastering the art of sweeping climaxes and heartfelt moments as a means to reconnect with real life.” - WNYC Soundcheck, 8/18/14 Rolling Stone and Ben Harper discuss the legacy of Johnny Winter “Last month, blues guitarist Johnny Winter died in a hotel room in Zurich, Sweden, at 70 years old, a month and a half before his now posthumous Step Back LP was scheduled to be released. Out September 2nd on Megaforce Records, the album features collaborations with Eric Clapton, Dr. John, Joe Perry, Joe Bonamassa and Brian Setzer. Below, stream its second track, a cover of Elmore James’ “Can’t Hold Out (Talk to Me Baby)” that Winter recorded with Ben Harper. “Johnny told me he first learned how to play slide guitar from listening to Elmore James,” says Paul Nelson, Winter’s guitarist, friend, producer and manager. “’Can’t Hold Out’ was one of his favorites from those early recordings.” Harper wrote a short tribute to Winter, asking that it be published in full: “The blues means everything to me, and Johnny Winter meant everything to the blues. There is not one note, lick or riff I will ever play that doesn’t owe an unpayable debt to Johnny Winter. I play the way I play because I couldn’t play like Johnny Winter. “While simultaneously breaking musical and cultural barriers, he was one of the ordained architects who went on to define the blues not only for generations, but for an entire genre. As an artist, he played and sang with a rare and unparalleled urgency and sincerity that re- quires musicians of all stature to listen and learn. As a producer, Johnny Winter was the gatekeeper whom Muddy Waters entrusted to further his own sound. That says it all. “Johnny Winter was the gospel truth, one of the rare and hallowed musi- cal pillars of the blues. Tonight I’m gonna play Johnny Winter real loud in my house, then try to cop a lick or two of his and once again wonder, ‘How on Earth did he play that!?’” - Rolling Stone, 8/14/14 Coming up: 9/8: Mike Doughty “Light Will Keep Your Heart Beating In The Future,” Johnnyswim “Diamonds,” Mikky Ekko “Smile”... 9/15: Charlie Mars “The Money,” Guster “Simple Machine”... 9/22: Sons of Bill, Jason Spooner Band, Walk The Moon... 9/29: Ziggy Marley, Elle King... RIGHT ARM RESOURCE WEEKLY UPDATE - 8/20/2014