Mark Edgar Stuart "Mad At Love" official music video

Butcher Brown "Camden Square"

DYNAMIC JAZZ/HIP HOP/FUNK COLLECTIVE BUTCHER BROWN ADDED TO KAMASI WASHINGTON TOUR

NEW ALBUM ‘CAMDEN SESSION’ RECORDED AT MARK RONSON’S STUDIO OCT 12. ON GEARBOX RECORDS

 

SINGLE “CAMDEN SQUARE” OUT TODAY

 

Butcher Brown has been added as direct support for jazz star Kamasi Washington’s national tour this fall and winter. An incredibly dynamic collective, Butcher Brown reveals jazz, funk, and hip hop influences swirling together into an incredible groove. A recent late night show at the Blue Note saw a line out the door of young fans, playing a sweaty packed two-hour set. Already this year, the band has played both jam band festival Lock’n and indie rock fest Otis Mountain and did a live Paste Magazine session. NPR says, "The young quartet traffics in loose, groove-based instrumentals, often laid-back and with a healthy dose of boom-boom-chick." Here they are performing “Street Pharmacy” live at the Paste studio.

 

Today marks the release of “Camden Square,” the first single from ‘Camden Session,’ which was recorded at Mark Ronson’s London studio. Shareable link.

 

Part of a new wave of young jazz mixing the genre with other influences, the band has been described notably as “hip hop Mahavishnu.” Multi-instrumentalist Devonne Harris aka DJ Harrison played keys and synths on Jack White’s latest album “Boarding House Reach” and took part in his third collaborative Playlist Retreat, headed by DJ Jazzy Jeff. A percussion prodigy turned international jazz sideman, drummer Corey Fonville’s national performance career began when he was just 14, with a 2005 appearance on Late Night with David Letterman. The group also features trumpeter and saxophone player Marcus Tenney; wunderkind guitarist Morgan Burrs; bassist Andrew Randazzo.

 

 

‘CAMDEN SESSION’ TRACK LIST

 

1. Pre-Cut Interlude #1
2. Fiat
3. Street Pharmacy
4. Pre-Cut Interlude #2
5. Camden Square
6. 918

 

BUTCHER BROWN TOUR DATES

 

September 14 – Richmond, VA – The Broadberry

September 15 – Charlottesville, VA – Belmont Park

October 4 – Syracuse, NY – Westcott Theater (w/ Turkuaz)

October 5 – Buffalo, NY – Town Ballroom (w/ Turkuaz)

October 6 – Saratoga Springs, NY - Putnam Place (w/ Turkuaz)

October 11 – Chattanooga, TN – Songbirds (w/ Turkuaz)

October 14 – Greensboro, NC – The Blind Tiger (w/ Turkuaz)

October 17 – Northampton, MA – Pearl Street Nightclub (w/ Turkuaz)

October 18 – Providence, RI – Fete Music Hall (w/ Turkuaz)

October 24 – Greenville, SC – The Firmament (w/ Turkuaz)

October 25 – Nashville, TN – EXIT/IN (w/ Turkuaz)

October 26 – Covington, KY – Madison Theater (w/ Turkuaz)

November 1 – St. Paul, MN – The Palace (w/ Kamasi Washington)

November 2 – Madison, WI – The Sylvee (w/ Kamasi Washington)

November 3 – Chicago, IL – The Riv (w/ Kamasi Washington)

November 5 – Toronto, ONT – Sony Centre (w/ Kamasi Washington)

November 7 – Portland, ME – The State Theatre (w/ Kamasi Washington)

November 8 – Boston, MA – The Royale (w/ Kamasi Washington)

November 9 – Philadelphia, PA – Electric Factory (w/ Kamasi Washington)

November 10 – Washington, D.C. – Lincoln (w/ Kamasi Washington)

November 11 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Steel (w/ Kamasi Washington)

November 14 – Richmond, VA – The National (w/ Kamasi Washington)

November 15 – Raleigh, NC – Ritz (w/ Kamasi Washington)

November 16 – Nashville, TN – Marathon Music Works (w/ Kamasi Washington)

November 17 – Atlanta, GA – Buckhead Theatre (w/ Kamasi Washington)

Butcher Brown artwork

NICK LOSS-EATON MEDIA AT AMERICANAFEST: KEVIN GORDON, MELANIE BRULÉE, DANNY SCHMIDT, DOM FLEMONS, LELAND SUNDRIES

Dom Flemons - Thursday, September 13 - 2-3pm - The Westin, Vanderbilt III

‘Black Cowboys’ (Smithsonian Folkways) has garnered spotlights in Wide Open Country, Cowboys & Indians Magazine, Washington City Paper, American Blues Scene, and American Songwriter. In a performance/chat NPR’s Ann Powers said, “The work Dom Flemons is doing on the West is flat-out revolutionary. Take the time to listen to him talk about 'Black Cowboys.'"

Dom Flemons - Thursday, September 13 - 8:30pm-9:15pm - the Station Inn

Danny Schmidt & Carrie Elkin - Thursday, September 13 - 7:30pm-8pm - Radio Café - Green Room Music Source East Nashville Party

Schmidt has won a Kerrville New Folk award and was named to the Chicago Tribune's 50 Most Significant Songwriters in the Last 50 Years. "Standard Deviation" is the first single from his 2019 album of the same title, which will marks 10 albums and 20 years as a recording artist. His hometown Austin Chronicle said, "Danny Schmidt is spoken of in reverent tones." Q called his art "beautifully crafted, lonesome pines music and complex beguiling words." As fellow songwriter Jeffrey Foucault put it: "Everything about the man is gentle, except for his capacity for insight, which is crushing." He recently released the single “Standard Deviation,” which was posted to Wide Open Country and played on an episode of Welcome To Night Vale and will be played on an episode of Star Talk (with Neil deGrasse Tyson).

Kevin Gordon – Friday, September 14 - 5:30-7 - City Winery Lounge in round w/ Paul Burch and Becky Warren, presented by 30A Songwriters Festival

"Brilliance… Mesmerizing... Gordon delivers another album that comes as close to sonic poetry as anything from any musician who hasn’t already won a Nobel Prize for literature... earthy, literary music... visceral, electric blues-based vibe."

- Scott Stroud, Associated Press, July 27, 2018

“Terrific… Another keeper… He’s one of America’s finest, most literary and talented musicians… it’s the way Gordon crafts his words to reflect reality without cliché that helps the music resonate long after the last note has faded.”

- Hal Horowitz, American Songwriter, July 23, 2018

"'Tilt and Shine' may be the best rock ’n’ roll album anyone will release this year in Davidson County and its environs... impressive achievement."

- Edd Hurt, Nashville Scene, July 26, 2018

"I'm struck by his mastery... Nobody in this town is better."

- Ted Drozdowski, Premier Guitar, September, 2018

"Saint on a Chain" music video

Danny Schmidt & Carrie Elkin - Friday, September 14 at 5:35-6:05 - Dee's Country Cocktail Lounge - 5th Annual Wild Ponies Happy Hour

Melanie Brulée – Friday, September 14 - 6:10-6:35pm - 12th & Porter - Folk Alliance’s Finest Folk

Melanie Brulée – a powerful new Americana voice – will release ‘Fires, Floods & Things We Leave Behind’ on October 19. Inspired by a road trip from Nashville to Las Vegas along Route 66, the music unfolds in widescreen, western textures influenced by Enio Morricone and Quentin Tarantino soundtracks. Her single “I’ll Get Over You” is out now and has already been added to Spotify’s official Down Home Country and Renegade Folk playlists (shareable YouTube link).

Melanie Brulée – Saturday, September 15 - 12:45-1:15pm - InDo Nashville - Canadian Blast

Danny Schmidt & Carrie Elkin - Saturday, September 15 - 1-1:30pm - Michael Weintrob Photography Studio - Campfire Propaganda AMA Day Party

Leland Sundries - Saturday, Sept 15 – 4-4:45pm – Tennessee Brew Works – Finely Tuned Showcase

+ We completed a Paste Magazine session that streamed live via Facebook and YouTube and is archived on the Paste site.

+ We opened the May 18 Low Cut Connie show at Bowery Ballroom in NYC.

+ We will be releasing the single “If You’re Gonna Drive, I’m Gonna Drink” backed with a punk/Americana version of a traditional cowboy song on September 21 followed by a northeast tour. Click to hear both.

Kevin Gordon – Saturday, Sept 15 – 8-9:30pm – Tennessee Brew Works – Finely Tuned Showcase

Kevin Gordon - Sunday, September 16 – 6-6:45pm - The Compound – Sunday Morning Coming Down

POWERFUL NEW AMERICANA VOICE EMERGES AS MELANIE BRULÉE SETS RELEASE DATE FOR ‘FIRES, FLOODS & THINGS WE LEAVE BEHIND’

TWO SHOWCASES SET FOR AMERICANAFEST

 

ADDED TO TWO SPOTIFY PLAYLISTS ALREADY

 

Melanie Brulée – a powerful new Americana voice – will release ‘Fires, Floods & Things We Leave Behind’ on October 19. Inspired by a road trip from Nashville to Las Vegas along Route 66, the music unfolds in widescreen, western textures influenced by Enio Morricone and Quentin Tarantino soundtracks.

 

She will perform twice at AMERICANAFEST:

 

Friday, September 14 – Folk Alliance’s Finest Folk @ 12^th & Porter – 6:10pm (114 12th Ave N.)

Saturday, September 15 - Canadian Blast showcase @ InDo - 12:45pm (632 Fogg St.).

 

Her single “I’ll Get Over You” is out now and has already been added to Spotify’s official Down Home Country and Renegade Folk playlists (shareable link): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jikuK6pvTgw

 

The album’s 12 songs are loosely based around the idea of the 12 steps of addiction recovery. It is a tip of the hat to loved ones who’ve gotten sober and those who never did, including her dad. It explores the theme of getting go of habits that are no longer useful. ‘Fires, Floods & Things We Leave Behind’ kicks off with the evocative “I Will,” featuring a western motif and trumpets and would fit on a playlist with Johnny and June’s “Ring of Fire.” “I’ll Get Over You” wrestles with the power of memory but also how to coexist with it. “Pretty Wasteland” was written directly for Brulée’s good friend, who was then newly sober. The hard-driving “Whiskey and Whine” tackles the balance of the past and present while the tender, fingerpicked “Tennessee Years” adds gratitude to love. “Oklahoma Rain” is a character sketch of a roadside breakdown. “We Get Lost” looks to the future with hope and reticence in equal measure.

 

While she grew up in Canada, Brulée has also lived in France and Australia. She currently lives in Toronto but spends a lot of time songwriting in Nashville. She’s already opened for Kathleen Edwards; won a Stingray Music Rising Star Award in Canada; and joined Chicago’s Strategic Touring for US booking.

 

‘Fires, Floods & Things We Leave Behind’ Track Listing

 

1. I Will 2:48

2. I’ll Get Over You 3:32

3. Pretty Wasteland 4:17

4. Can’t Rely on Rain 3:33

5. Whiskey & Whine 3:46

6. Will You Love Me Tomorrow 4:32

7. Tennessee Years 3:12

8. Weak 3:30

9. Oklahoma Rain 4:02

10. Bust It Up & Fix It 4:11

11. We Get Lost 4:21

12. I Will (reprise) 1:27

Melanie Brulée artwork

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Credit: Emma Lee

Credit: Emma Lee

Credit: Emma Lee

Credit: Emma Lee

TRIUMPH OUT OF TRAGEDY FOR MARK EDGAR STUART

MADJACK RECORDS TO RELEASE TOP MEMPHIS SONGWRITER’S ‘MAD AT LOVE’ OCT. 12

 

“I CAN’T WAIT TO HEAR HIS LATEST ALBUM, MAD AT LOVE.” – GARDEN & GUN MAGAZINE

 

In a one-year span, top Memphis bassist-cum-songwriter Mark Edgar Stuart was diagnosed with lymphoma and lost his father to a heart attack. The combination shook up his world. While convalescing from chemotherapy, he started fingerpicking and working on his singing, neither ever focuses for Stuart, who was long one of Memphis’ first-call bassists, having played with Cory Branan (including on the Late Show with David Letterman) and Jack Oblivian (on ‘Rat City’), among others. He met Levon Helm on Beale Street while playing and the two talked about their mutual Arkanasas origins; Mark used Levon as an inspiration to beat cancer (the latter was in remission at the time). And Mark did. But his father passed away, he found songwriting as the outlet which his grief took. Madjack Records will release ‘Mad At Love,’ Stuart’s third and most mature album, on October 12, 2018.

‘Mad At Love’ tackles tough subjects, often couples in trouble. Special guests include Amy Lavere, Liz Brasher, and Al Gamble (of St. Paul & The Broken Bones) on the album, which was produced by Stuart and Fat Possum’s Bruce Watson.

 

Stuart’s first two albums each earned reviews as some of the best of Memphis. Memphis Commercial Appeal said, “One of the city’s best songwriters… Subtly and Expertly crafted.” Memphis Flyer wrote, “One of this city's most vital music-makers… Both 2013's Blues for Lou and last year's Trinity My Dear were revelatory.” No Depression called him a “great raconteur.” He appeared on PBS’ national television show Sun Studio Sessions.

 

Befitting the comparisons to Todd Snider and Robbie Fulks, Stuart’s songs take on multiple meanings over time. ‘Mad At Love’ turns out to be about a widow’s grief but her lack of regret; “Missing You Everyday” is about losing a brother in Afghanistan but pivots on a moment when, not long after his death, the brother’s bass fell and shattered of its own accord; and “Barren Love” explores couples staying together for the sake of a child. “Until We Came Unglued” sees the impact of the death of a beloved pet on a relationship. Stuart says, “I wrote ‘I’ll Be Me’ for my father-in-law or anyone who is struggling with addiction. He's pleading with his loved ones (his daughter/ my wife) that he's going to get better and walk a straight path.  He's no longer going to be someone she doesn't know anymore.”

 

Two-thousand-eighteen marks Madjack Records’ 20^th anniversary. The storied label has released albums by Cory Branan, Lucero, Susan Marshall, and many others.

 

Stuart also contributed bass to Alvin Youngblood Hart, John Paul Keith & The 145s, Jim Mize, Jimbo Mathus, and on sessions for GRAMMY-winner Matt Ross-Spang (Jason Isbell, Margo Price, John Prine).

 

Mark Edgar Stuart Tour Dates

 

September 16 – Millington, TN– The Shelby Forrest General Store

September 18 – Oklahoma City, OK – Blue Note Lounge

September 21 – Red River, MN – Red River Folk Festival

September 28 – Little Rock, AR – South On Main

September 30 – Memphis, TN – Railgarten

October 20 – Memphis, TN – Railgarten (Madjack Records 20^th anniversary show)