sign in sign up
<<
Home , Ben Harper, Dhani Harrison, Fistful of Mercy, Joseph Arthur, Sarah Jaffe, Thenewno2

RIGHT ARM RESOURCE UPDATE JESSE BARNETT [email protected] (508) 238-5654 www.rightarmresource.com www.facebook.com/rightarmresource 9/29/2010 Jason Spooner “Half A Mind” The second single from Sea Monster Full cd on your desk and going for adds on Monday! Early: KBAC, WEXT, KSKI Opening for Ryan Montbleau Band in Oct “His soulful vocals tackle lyrics about death, danger, and the desire to escape, but despite the meatiness of the themes, the songs refuse to wallow in melodrama.” - Performer Magazine Old 97’s “Every Night Is Friday Night (Without You)” Most Added! First week: KGSR, WCLZ, WEHM, SiriusXM The Loft, WOCM, KMTN, WJCU, KYSL, WMWV, KTAO, WVMP, KCSN... Early: WFUV, KUT, KCMP, WXPN, WYEP, WFPK, WTMD, KRSH, KEXP, KNBA, WEXT, WFIV... The Grand Theatre Volume 1 hits stores 10/12 FMQB Public Debut 40*! Texas in-stores in October, full tour in December This is Old 97’s eighth studio album, produced by Salim Nourallah Los Lonely Boys “Oye Mamacita” Most Added! First week: KPIG, KBAC, WEXT, WFIV, KVSF, WMWV, KMTN, WNKU, KAXE, KRVM, MSPR, KVNF, WNTI, KSLU Edit available on PlayMPE Keep On Giving: Acoustic Live!, recorded during their Acoustic Brotherhood tour, in stores now! Album features appearances by & Carrie Rodriguez Early: KOZT, KFMG, WHRV, KFAN, KLCC On tour now “Father’s Son” Most Added AGAIN!! New: WCOO, KPND, WQKL, SiriusXM The Loft, WXPN, KCMP, KUT, WEHM, WKZE, World Cafe, Acoustic Cafe... BDS New & Active! Indicator Debut 29*! ON: WXPK, Sirius Spectrum, KCRW, WFUV, WFPK, WFIV, WTMD, WYEP, WMVY, KLRR, WDST, WUIN... Full album As I Call You Down in stores Tuesday Fistful of Mercy is , and (George’s son) November tour Tired Pony “Dead American Writers” BDS Monitored 27*!! Indicator 16*! FMQB Public 24*! New: WXRT, WCLZ, WMMM, WCOO, KVSF, KDBB, WOCM, WUKY, KSUT, WNKU... ON: KBCO, KGSR, WXRV, WXPK, WRLT, WRNR, WNCS, Sirius Spectrum, WRNX, KEZE, KRVB, KPND, KCRW, WEHM, KCMP, WTMD, KUT, WFIV, WFPK... The Place We Ran From in stores now! “The best work Lightbody has done.” - Q Magazine Letterman 9/30 Two US shows: 10/1 NYC, 10/4 Los Angeles One eskimO “Amazing” BDS Indicator 23*! New: WNTI, WERS ON: WXRV, CIDR, KRVB. Sirius Spectrum, WRLT, KEZE, WCOO, KDAL, WCNR, WXPN, WNWV, WYMS, KBAC, WVOD, WTMD, KLRR, KRVO, KOHO, KROK, WEXT, WFIV, KSMT, WUIN, KFMU, KSPN, KZMV, KDBB... US dates in October & November “Kandi” blew up for your audience - this is a band that deserves a second shot at the prize David Gray “A Moment Changes Everything” Sarah Jaffe “Clementine” BDS Monitored 7*! Indicator #5! New: KUT ON: WXRT, KTCZ, KFOG, KGSR, New: WCOO, WHRV ON: WZEW, KRSH, WFPK, KUT, WCBE, KNBA, WYCE, KFMU, KSPN, KBCO, KINK, WXRV, KMTT, Dave-FM, Sirius, WRNR, WTTS, WMMM, WXPK, WNCS... DMX, KMTN, WNCW, WVMP... Full cd Suburban Nature on your desk, single on MPE Great sales! TV appearances on Leno and CBS morning show “I saw Sarah play at a house party in Denton... I was blown away.” - Grace Potter & The Nocturnals “Paris (Ooh La La)” Santana “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” BDS Monitored Debut #29! Indicator #14! ON: Dave-FM, WRNR, WNCS, Featuring India.Arie and Yo-Yo Ma, in stores now! ON: WZEW, WCOO, KRSH, KTHX, WCLZ, WRLT, KEZE, WZEW, KRVB, WCOO, WCNR, WDST, KMMS... WNWV, KUT, WFIV, KSUT, KFMU, KSPN, KLRR, KOZT, WOCM, KOHO, KDBB... Tour dates with The Avett Bros, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings and more From Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics of All Time Just played Leno, Lopez tonight Jarrod Gorbel “Ten Years Older” Ryan Montbleau Band “Songbird” The frontman of The Honorary Title New: WCBE ON: WFIV, WYCE, KOHO, DMX, KFMG... Heavy On The Vine on your desk now, in stores now New: KMTN Full cd Devil’s Made A New Friend on your desk, single on PlayMPE On tour now ON: WMVY, WEXT, KSPN, KFMU, KOHO, WNCW, WERS, KHUM, KZMV, WCBE, WUTC, KDTR... Great press in Nylon “Gorbel still has his strikingly gorgeous voice.” - Produced by Martin Sexton Tour dates through November with Jason Spooner opening Jenny & Johnny “Scissor Runner” Bobby Bare Jr “Sad Smile” From Jenny Lewis of Rilo Kiley and Johnathan Rice, in stores now! On tour now FMQB Public #50! ON: WFUV, Sirius XM The Loft, KEXP, KUT, WFPK, WFIV, WEVL, FMQB Public 12*! Tracks 45*! New: SiriusXM The Loft, WNTI, WVMP ON: WRNR, WNCW, DMX, KZMV, WNRN, WJCU, KNBA, WYCE, KRCL, WMNF, KXCI, WFHB... WCNR, WXPN, WFUV, KCMP, KCRW, KEXP, KUT, WFPK, WTMD, WYEP, WCBE, WTYD... A Storm - A Tree - My Mother’s Head in stores now On tour now with Blue Giant Fistful of Mercy getting more than a handful of great reviews “This new Los Angeles-based supergroup unites jam-folk veterans Joseph Arthur and Ben Harper with ’s son, Dhani, who in 2008 released the debut by his band . Slightly psychedelic, mostly acoustic and uniformly tuneful, Fistful of Mercy’s sound shouldn’t surprise fans of any of those acts; nor, for that matter, should the appealingly casual quality of the nine songs on As I Call You Down, which the musicians wrote in three days. (Longtime session drummer contributed his talents in the studio, helping perhaps to keep the ship afloat.) On “Things Go ‘Round,” you can hear traces of ’ music-hall whimsy, while “Father’s Son” has a down-home country- feel. Elsewhere, the instrumental “30 Bones” features violinist Jessy Greene, a regular collaborator of Arthur’s who has also performed with Pink and Foo Fighters. But the most memorable cuts here emphasize Fistful’s earthy three-part harmonies, as in “I Don’t Want to Waste Your Time” and “In Vain or True,” both of which exude a rootsy back-porch glow.” - Billboard

“Fistful of Mercy’s debut album As I Call You Down is a throwback, in a sense, to 60s and 70s style , with pris- tine acoustics, soothing vocal harmonies and back-to-basics lyrics addressing everything from to family ties. The first track of the nine on the CD is “In Vain or True,” a wonderful blending of Beatles-ish fervor and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young-type har- monies, a memorable start to the lucid compilation. The other tracks range from artfully instrumental to delightfully rootsy. “Father’s Son” is a crunchy bluegrass, gospel-like tune full of knee-slapping vigor, reminiscent of Paul Simon’s Love Me Like a Rock. In contrast, “30 Bones” is a hushed, lush acoustic; deft guitar picking paired with the sweet strains of the violin. “Re- store Me” and “With Whom You Belong” are inspirational, resonant songs, capturing the new group’s ideal blending of voices. “Things Go Round” is a trip-happy tune, with a sparse, open sound; only a keyboard highlights the in-and-out vocals. One of the most ethereal, entrancing songs on the soon- to-be-released disc is “Fistful of Mercy,” an achingly beautiful ballad with Harper carrying the lead vocals and Harrison and Arthur enhancing the haunting melody with their honeyed intoning. Dhani Harrison, Ben Harper, and Joseph Arthur have created exquisite, sincere songs that are organic in sound and elemental in design, coalesced by fluid rhythms. For a first outing, this power-trio has put together something mellow yet potent, an all-together pleasant aural cocktail.” - Examiner.com Sarah Jaffe shows that she has her share of fans too “There must be something about Denton, Texas that makes wistfulness a precondition for that town’s young songwriters - probably something to do with being so close to the cultural void of -Fort Worth. Joining notables like Centro-Matic’s and ’s Tim Smith, 23-year-old Sarah Jaffe’s debut, Suburban Nature, plums similarly plangent themes in vignettes colored by little beyond accent-instruments (cello, keys, or harp), a guitar, and stream-lined percussion. That sparseness puts the focus where it belongs, on Jaffe’s expressive voice, which is comfortable spitting out bluesy accusations or whispering intimacies. Jaffe’s narratives feature protagonists in various states of emotional free fall. The best example may be the catchy shuffle “Vulnerable,” where love’s intensity commingles with the emotional high-wire act of opening up. Honesty forms the core of these songs, as when Jaffe’s narrator confesses, over swelling cello lines and vibes-like synth shimmers on “Wreaking Havoc,” that “we both like pain,” or when she wonders, on the march-like “Summer Begs,” whether “we can last one more season.” Many of these songs are hushed confessions, but the thrumming highway beat that drives the marvelous road trip-chronicle “Clementine” or a twangy rocker like “Watch Me Fall Apart,” which builds tension to match its title, lifts Jaffe far above the average café folkie or introspective singer-songwriter. This is a startlingly assured debut from a young woman who appears to have much to say. Standout Tracks: “Clementine” “Vulnerable” “Watch Me Fall Apart””- BLURT Magazine

“Denton’s Sarah Jaffe sneaks in during the first verse of “Before You Go”: “My heart pretends not to know how it ends.” It’s a crusher, but her voice is soft and haunted; she’s a singer-songwriter more in the vein of Jana Hunter than Patty Griffin. Suburban Nature, her first LP, lures you in and then creeps you out with its intensity. On “Summer Begs” she purrs softly, “Somewhere someone’s listening to the sound of a record spinning,” windows open, music on, a scene from a Raymond Carver short story. “Swelling” cuts out of the album’s country-folk trot and becomes its own fever dream, calm even when sing- ing: “Are you trying to tell me something with your eyes? All I want to do now is lay down and die.” They’re tales of quiet desperation, the kind that blow down the sidewalk when you’re not paying attention. For a debut, it’s one to pay close attention to.” - Austin Chronicle Coming Up... 10/18: Good Old War “That’s Some Dream,” Hill Country Revue “Raise Your Right Hand”... 10/25: Truth & Salvage Co, Mike Farris Listen to everything and find out more at www.rightarmresource.com as well as facebook.com/rightarmresource or twitter.com/rightarmjesse RIGHT ARM RESOURCE WEEKLY UPDATE - 9/29/10