May 2011 NEWS

APRIL MARTIN TALKS ABOUT PENNIES IN A JAR
TRACK BY TRACK

http://apriltrackbytrack.blogspot.com/

PETER CALO AT PASSIM
Passims Tuesday June 28

Rob Morsberger & Peter Calo

Tuesday, June 28 8:00p to Wednesday, June 29 12:00a

at Club Passim, Cambridge, MA
http://www.clubpassim.org/?gclid=COno14CjhqkCFScTNAod9QH9ow

Rob Morsberger is a singer-songwriter and classically-trained composer. His latest album, 'The Chronicle of A Literal Man', was recently featured on NPR and received raves in USA Today, The Boston Globe and Herald, and more. Writing in the Herald, renowned rock critic Kevin Convey stated that the "album is the kind of hyperliterate, pop-inflected singer-songwriter outing that went out of style when Warren Zevon died.

http://calendar.boston.com/cambridge-ma/events/show/181723846-rob-morsberger-peter-calo
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JACK PHILLIPS and JIMMY RUSSELL

Here is an Amazon US link for "Uncontrolled Fire."

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004YFCJAG/ref=dm_dp_trk8?ie=UTF8&qid=1306104869&sr=301-2

GOING TRACK BY TRACK WITH JACK PHILLIPS
AND LYRICIST JIMMY RUSSELL

http://gointrackbytrack.blogspot.com/

http://towhomgoingtrackbytrack.blogspot.com/

FOX PASS' JON MACEY ON WMWM May 22, 2011
with DOUG MASCOTT WMWM Salem
http://raccoonradio.freehostia.com/Trax/


DOUG MASCOTT'S TRAX OF THE TOWN
Review of Jack Phillips PORTRAIT CD
http://traxofthetown.blogspot.com/


RUTH ANN BROWN
http://www.allmusic.com/album/ruth-r2070436

MARTY BALIN LIVE ON THE BOSTON ESPLANADE
http://www.allmusic.com/album/live-at-the-boston-esplanade-june-14-2008-r1687402

VARMINTS BOSTON CREAM
http://www.allmusic.com/album/boston-cream-r2138896




Available on Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Boston-Cream/dp/B004CTOS6M

APRIL MARTIN
http://www.allmusic.com/album/pennies-in-a-jar-r1952232

FOX PASS INTEMPOREL
http://www.allmusic.com/album/intemporel-r1725769



JACK PHILLIPS PORTRAIT
http://www.allmusic.com/album/portrait-r2206956



JACK PHILLIPS TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
http://www.allmusic.com/album/to-whom-it-may-concern-r2054283



ELEVATE COMPILATION
http://www.allmusic.com/album/elevate-21-pop-and-indie-gems-from-the-underground-r951371/review

JOE VIGLIONE
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/joe-viglione-p399695

PETER CALO
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/peter-calo-p61875/discography



Ken Selcer's BREAKING THE GLASS
http://kenselcerbreakingtheglass.blogspot.com/

STACIE ROSE "Shotgun Daisy"
http://www.allmusic.com/album/shotgun-daisy-r1410279

STACIE ROSE ALTER EGO
http://www.allmusic.com/album/alter-ego-r2086769

TENNIE KOMAR
http://www.allmusic.com/album/temptation-r2069642

REVIEW OF ELEVATE


http://dieshellsuitdie.blogspot.com/2008_06_01_archive.html

7 out of 10

There are at least two reasons why this compilation should be a good listen. One: I like label compilations for some geeky reason that I haven't fathomed yet. Two: Whimsical is an indie label from Edinburgh and Scotland have got an impressive track record with this kind of stuff over the past ten, twenty years. It's by no means a flawless collection, it would be hard for most labels to put together 21 songs and for the listener to like all of them, but label founder Ewan McKenzie has an exciting roster here of indie and folk from all over the country (And NYC), largely influenced by classic rock and pop.

Whimsical's first ever signing The Harmonic Storm, for example, are what happens when you copy early Beatles and early Dylan at the same time. Or Lemanis, whose drifting 'Laughing, Smiling, Joking' is what grunge would have sounded like had it been invented by Brian Wilson and not grimy men in plaid. Joe Viglione's jerky NYC no wave falls in between the Ramones and Sonic Youth, while Subconscious and Emporium (Two ex-Subconscious members) are Edinburgh's answer to the Super Furry Animals but applying their own voice to playful, trippy, magpie pop.

There are some genuine originals here too, such as The Idea's daft psychedelic journeys with Casio keyboards and the angsty folk of Karle Odegaard. 'The Sad Thing Is It Is Sad At All' collides two very different worlds to dazzling effect, the gritty Wild West and the exotica of the Middle East. The undeniable stars, however, are New York's fun(ky) experimentalists the Westport Sunrise Sessions, with their weird clanging beats, falsetto harmonies and old school MCing. It's TV On The Radio with no David Sitek production and no money.

Most likely for success though are gloomy, Editor's style post-punks Jack Butler and Alfie Kingston's piano driven soft rock in the mould of The Fray. They might not be the two most original artists on 'Elevate.', but any success for Whimsical would be well deserved.

Listen: www.myspace.com/whimsicalrecords

Tracklist:
1. The Idea - Hello
2. Sunshine Variety Club - The Girl With The Crooked Smile
3. Day 44 - Harold's Bad Trip
4. Jack Butler - W. Fire
5. Guy & Vivienne - After The Rain
6. Row Z - Chloe
7. Lemanis - Laughing, Smiling, Joking
8. The Harmonic Storm - Daddy's Little Princess
9. Emporium - Dice Man
10. Adam Tedder - Eastern Girls
11. Karle Odegaard - The Sad Thing Is It Is Not Sad At All
12. Westport Sunrise Sessions - The Prize
13. Big Life Desire - She's Got It All
14. Joe Viglione - There's Nothing Like A Hit
15. Subconscious - On The Streets
16. Alan Burge - Saturday
17. Alfie Kingston - I Will Wait
18. Balloon Man - Unlucky Ones
19. Big Life Desire - In Pieces
20. The Mandrakes - We Will Fail
21. Emporium - Elevate

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OTHER GOING TRACK BY TRACK INTERVIEWS
ON MUSIC BUSINESS MONTHLY

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http://goingtrackbytrack.blogspot.com/

Neil Smith of Alice Cooper Group

http://sexualsavior.blogspot.com/

Bruce Sudano
http://brucesudanointerview.blogspot.com/