RIGHT ARM RESOURCE WEEKLY READER JESSE BARNETT [email protected] www.rightarmresource.com 62 CONCERTO COURT, NORTH EASTON, MA 02356 (508) 238-5654 7/9/2008 Simon Collins “Powerless” The first single from his US debut on Razor & Tie, going for adds on Monday! Added early on KCLC Simon is Phil Collins’ son and has had huge success in Europe, having sold 100,000 albums and played the major festival circuit Dr. Dog “Hang On” New: WRSI, WNRN, WMNF, KRCL, WFIT, WNTI In stores 7/22 On tour now plus dates with Delta Spirit start 9/5 ON: WFPK, WXPN, KEXP, KCRW, WBJB, KCMP, KNBA, KUT, KROK, KTBG, WCBE, WUIN... GREAT press Blind Melon “Tumblin’ Down” New: WNRN, KZYR, KZRC ON: WXRV, KCUV, WOCM, WFIV, KYSL, KMTN, KDBB, KTAO, Music Choice... For My Friends in stores now! Terrific live show on tour now: 7/12 WXRV Riverfront Fest, 7/25 Chicago, 7/27 Grand Rapids... Big Blue Ball feat. Peter Gabriel “Burn You Up, Burn You Down” R&R Monitored 20*! Indicator 2*! FMQB Public 4*! New: WXRV, WCLZ, WUMB... In stores now Single w/ The Holmes Bros ON: WXRT, KMTT, KGSR, KINK, WRXP, KPRI, WRNR, KCUV, KXLY, WNCS, KRVB, WCOO, KRSH, WRLT, KTHX... Nicole Atkins “The Way It Is” Already found their Way: WTMD, WEXT, WAPS, KCLC Great shows at the NON-COMMvention and Bonnaroo Upcoming dates include a west coast swing with Chris Isaak this month, August solo dates and the ACL Fest in Sept Danielia Cotton “Bang My Drum” New: WXRT, WTTS! ON: KCUV, WFPK, WMWV, KROK, KTAO... World Cafe session airs 8/14 Also spinning at KFOG and KBCO Great press! See her killer live show at the R&R Summit next month Lyle Lovett “Up In Indiana” Wild Sweet Orange “Ten Dead Dogs” New: KFAN ON: KRSH, KBAC, WJCU, KOHO, WMWV, KDEC ON: KUT, WFPK, WTMD, WNRN, KCLC, WEXT, Music Choice... “A ripping, mournful, perfect album from the country’s greatest Ent Wkly: “Your Next Favorite Band Is...” Great performance on Letterman songwriter.” - PopMatters.com Large tour going on now! Full cd on your desk this week and in stores July 15 Alejandro Escovedo “Always A Friend” Los Lonely Boys “Staying With Me” R&R Monitored 27*! Indicator 9*! FMQB Public 3* R&R Monitored 11*! Indicator 8*! Kimmel 7/23 Just did Leno Letterman 8/7 ON: WXRT, KPRI, KGSR, KCUV, WMMM, WNCS, Forgiven in stores now - 20,000 sold first week! New: KWMT! Sirius, WRLT, KTHX, WCOO, WLCZ, KRSH, WEHM, WCNR... ON: KFOG, KMTT, KBCO, KGSR, WXRV, KINK, WTGB, WTTS, KPRI, WZEW... Jakob Dylan “Something Good This Way Comes” Jim Bianco “Sing” R&R Monitored #10! FMQB Public 17*! Leno 7/15 Already added on: WUIN, KCLC, WYSO, WUMB, KUNC, WCBE Just added to VH-1! Over 50K sold in the first four weeks! Touring this summer with Shelby Lynne as well as Tift Merritt ON: WXRT, KMTT, KBCO, KFOG, KTCZ, KINK, WXRV, KPRI, CIDR, WTGB, KGSR... Single also features Gary Jules & Cary Brothers Coming up: 7/22: Erin McCarley “Pony (Go On)”... 7/28: Dar Williams “It’s Alright,” Matthew Perryman Jones “Save You” Forgive us if we’re excited Nicole Atkins heads back to the US Shortly after her killer NON-COMMvention and about the first week sales for Bonnaroo shows, Nicole Atkins took off to Europe for a series of festival dates in the UK, Denmark and the Los Lonely Boys’ Forgiven Netherlands. Happily, she’s back now and preparing for a long run of summer shows. Here’s where you can With just about 20,000 sold first catch her over the next couple of months... week, the new Ld in the top 25 in many great markets... (** indicates show with Chris Isaak) 7/12 Camden, NJ 7/26 Victoria, CAN Los Angeles (#18), San Francisco 7/12 Philadelphia, PA 7/27 Vancouver, BC (#14), Dallas (#10), Houston 7/15 Valley Center, CA ** 7/29 Troutdale, OR ** (#10), Seattle (#21), Denver 7/16 San Diego, CA ** 7/31 Santa Rosa, CA ** (#15), Phoenix (#18), 7/18 Saratoga, CA ** 8/3 Lollapalooza Sacramento (#18), San Diego (#21), Portland OR 7/19 Saratoga, CA ** 8/9 Jersey City, NJ (#18), Kansas City (#22), San Antonio (#5), Louisville 7/20 Saratoga, CA ** 8/15 Atlantic City, NJ (#25), Albuquerque (#7), Fresno (#11), Austin (#3!!), 7/22 Portland, OR 8/23 San Francisco, CA Omaha (#21), Portland ME (#19), Tucson (#11), 7/24 Woodinville, WA ** 8/24 San Francisco, CA Colorado Springs (#12) 7/25 Seattle, WA 9/26-9/28 ACL Fest And the press is pretty psyched as well... Blind Melon creates a happy blogosphere “Los Lonely Boys have reached the liberation “Blind Melon is back with their first album since the death point. They’ve had the multiplatinum, Grammy of lead singer Shannon Hoon. Blind Melon’s last album was Award-winning major-label debut in 2003, and Nico in 1996. The band never got huge mainstream they had the sophomore slump with 2006’s attention. They were known mostly for their song “No Rain” Sacred. With expectations tempered for Forgiven, from their self titled album released in 1992. the sibling trio from Texas doesn’t panic but But for true music fans Blind Melon had much more to rather retrenches, returning to the easy-grooving, offer than “No Rain.” Hoon was a spectacular vocalist, and the band oozed originality. harmony-laden Carlos Santana-meets-Stevie Ray Blind Melon reunited in 2006 with new lead singer Travis Vaughan feel of its first album. Forgiven kicks off Warren, who left his smaller band Rain Fur Rent. The new with the lost-my-baby Latin blues of “Heart Won’t Blind Melon recently released their first album titled For My Tell a Lie” and mines plenty of familiar terrain Friends. from there on out, including the smooth brotherly At first I felt like Warren was just trying to mimic Hoon, vocal arrangements of “Staying With Me,” the which is an impossible task, but after listening to the entire philosophical big-picture lyricism of “The Way I album it was apparent that he was a great choice for lead replacement. His tone is similar enough to keep Blind Melon Feel” and the swinging acoustic groove “Loving sounding the same, but he still manages to have his own You Always.” Stick around for two unlisted bonus distinctive voice. tracks, the soulful “There’s a War Tonight” and The lyrics are smart and interesting; there are sad songs the grinning “Guero in the Barrio,” which is and fun songs but all are well written. The band still has about as loose as Los Lonely Boys have ever clever and surprising arias. The melodies are unique and sounded on disc.” - Billboard stick with that original feel-good Blind Melon vibe. There are several genuinely good songs on this album. My It’s hard to imagine a more likable rock album personal favorites are “For My Friends”, “So High”, and “With the Right Set of Eyes”. than Forgiven, the third full-length studio effort by Travis Warren has a good sound, and there are nice the Texas-trio, Los Lonely Boys. The songs graft harmonies, but vocally I’m still a bigger fan of Shannon blues, acid rock and the traditional Tex-Mex Hoon. I don’t think anything can top the originality of old border music of conjunto into a sound that’s an Blind Melon but this album gets close. adult contemporary combination of Los Lobos Overall this is definitely a worthy buy and Blind Melon is and Stevie Ray Vaughn. - Washington Times still a band to be followed. 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