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Singer-songwriter Jimmy Needham and his wife Kelly cross paths with actor/singer David Hasselhoff of “Knight Rider” and “Baywatch” fame last week in Los Angeles. Needham was in town performing at a Youth Specialites’ national youthworkers convention, held Sept. 25-28, 2009.
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DUO’S DEBUT WAKE ME RELEASES OCT. 6 AT iTUNES
“Drifting Away” Prominently Featured on ABC’s “Private Practice”
New music from sister duo Tal & Acacia is a hot topic with both iTunes and the ABC network, as two songs off the group’s debut album titled Wake Me are set for feature placement. Launching tomorrow, Oct.6, iTunes selects [...]
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RED has been impacting the country with headlining slots and festival appearances during the summer months, and will begin a tour titled “Class of 2009” alongside fellow rock practitioners Saving Abel, Pop Evil and Taddy Porter, starting October 27 in San Antonio, Texas. For updated tour cities and venues, please visit RED’s newly re-launched Web site at www.redmusiconline.com.
Additionally, RED has released an online video which includes behind-the-scenes footage of the band and recent on stage performances. To view the new video check out the band’s Web site at www.redmusiconline.com or visit http://bit.ly/1oITXn.
The Nashville-based group, made up of MICHAEL BARNES (vocals), ANTHONY ARMSTRONG (guitar) RANDY ARMSTRONG (bass), JASEN RAUCH (guitars), and JOE RICKARD (drums), has logged an impressive 500+ live shows since releasing the debut album End Of Silence in 2006, and has given fans a taste of new music on Innocence & Instinct while on the road in late 2008.
Since the 2006 emergence of the band’s debut, it has maintained a near-constant presence on the
road, touring alongside notable rock names such as Three Days Grace, Flyleaf, 3 Doors Down, Breaking Benjamin, Seether, Papa Roach, Buckcherry, Sevendust, Staind, Kutless, Third Day, Switchfoot and others, and rave reviews for the band’s live shows have poured in via both print and online outlets alike.
Much of the thematic material on Innocence & Instinct deals with the duality of mankind’s nature. The band also drew inspiration from the imagery of Dante’s Divine Comedy during the songwriting phase of the project. Included within the framework of Innocence & Instinct is a faithful, yet thoroughly reinvented, cover of the Duran Duran classic “Ordinary World.” The band simultaneously released a Deluxe Edition of Innocence & Instinct featuring four bonus tracks and a DVD featuring the “Death of Me” music video, a “making of” documentary and more.
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Band Debuts New Music on Fall Tour with David Crowder Band
Credential Recordings piano pop/rock band Seabird readies the release of its highly anticipated sophomore studio project, Rocks Into Rivers, Dec. 15, 2009. The group has jump-started its promotion of Rocks Into Rivers, currently debuting the record live on David Crowder Band’s fall 2009 tour.
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Sarah Reeves shares the inspiration behind “Let Us Rise” from her April 21 debut, Sweet, Sweet Sound.
“A big passion of mine is unity. As the church, we are the body of Christ. While I know we all have our opinions and arguments about God, at the end of the day, it doesn’t matter the denomination of church I go to or the song I sing on Sunday morning. What matters is that I’m a lover of Jesus Christ. As believers, we are all on the same team. We all go by the same book. We all worship the same God. If we can’t get it together in the church, how do we ever expect to get it right in this world? Let us rise together as one in Jesus Christ. Can we lay down our pride and look at the calling on our lives? Our mission is to be love and share truth with this lost and dying world.” –Sarah Reeves
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Big Kenny (Big & Rich) booked Jars of Clay to perform the next day, Wednesday, as part of a star-studded lineup at the inaugural Nashville4Africa benefit at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center. The other artists on the bill are Keith Urban, Faith Hill, Big Kenny, Third Day, Dierks Bentley, Brad Arnold (3 Doors Down), Ashley Cleveland, Damien Horne, The Steeldrivers, Brandon Young, Michael Rhodes and very special guests the African Children’s Choir. Proceeds from benefit will support the building of two schools and funding additional educational efforts in Africa.
“Just when we thought the set-up for The Long Fall Back to Earth couldn’t get any better, Big Kenny invited us to perform at this high-profile event on behalf of Africa,” says Jars of Clay front man Dan Haseltine. “Having your album launched with a hit single, a coast-to-coast tour and, most importantly, a loyal fanbase is one thing, but this is an unexpected honor and opportunity to serve.”
After attending The GMA Dove Awards the next night, Jars of Clay kicks off its 23-city spring 2009 “Two Hands Tour” on Friday in Lincoln, Neb. (The run of dates will conclude in Lawrenceburg, Tenn. on June 19.) The “Two Hands Tour” also features special guests Seabird, the emerging Credential Records rock act recently honored by its hometown as the “2008 Artist of the Year” at the Cincinnati Entertainment Awards.
As the lead single from The Long Fall Back To Earth, Jars of Clay’s “Two Hands” is generating a faster response from Christian radio than any of its hits in recent history. The track is not only a Top 10 hit among reporting CHR stations, it was also the most added song at AC radio this week as it entered the Top 20 on that chart.
“It’s great to hear the sweet sounds of Jars back on the air here in SoCal,” says Fish-Los Angeles Program Director Chuck Tyler. “‘Two Hands’ is awesome…” Scott Valentine, the Program Director at KCMS in Seattle echoes the song’s broad and immediate appeal. “We wanted something Spring-like and fresh on our rotation and Jars did it again with ‘Two Hands’,” he says. “The talent, arrangement, and lyrics of this song affirm once again why this band is so multidimensionally stellar!”
KFIS in Portland rounded out the song’s major West Coast adds recently as “Two Hands’” appeal stretched across the country with high profile adds in Dallas (KLTY), Atlanta (WFSH), Houston (KSBJ), Orlando (WPOZ) and Grand Rapids (WCSG), among many others.
With the “Two Hands” single increasing anticipation for The Long Fall Back To Earth, music retailers will also benefit from repeated airings this month of Jars of Clay’s appearance on the new Gospel Music Channel program “Revealed.” Each episode of the GMC original series features never-before-heard stories behind the songs and exclusive live performances “up close and personal.”
Known for its ground-breaking, intelligent music and humanitarian work worldwide, Jars of Clay artfully explores matters of relationship and community through the songs on The Long Fall Back To Earth, which will be the band’s 10th studio album. The musically sophisticated 14-track project can be pre-ordered now via a special promotion at iTunes.
Co-produced by Jars of Clay and veteran helmsman Ron Aniello (Guster, Lifehouse, Leigh Nash), The Long Fall Back To Earth expands on the musical palette developed for Jars’ last project, Good Monsters: driving songs with more synth, beats and loops, but keeping the band’s hard-won appreciation for rock guitars intact. The effect is a sweeping musical landscape full of detail, contrast and richness.
Ozzy Osbourne, and now newsboys. An exclusive partnership developed by Bernard Porter (PCG Nashville) and Robert Michaels with newsboys manager Wes Campbell and American Athletics owner Gary Church made this opportunity a first for the Christian music industry.
