Corb Lund - "Dig Gravedigger Dig" music video

INDIE POP EXPAT PINEY GIR RETURNS TO STATES TO RAVES FOR 'GERONIMO!,' TAPES NPR & DAYTROTTER, PLAYS CMJ

Piney Gir came back to her native US from her home in the UK and has been busy, playing CMJ, taping a Daytrotter session, and taping an interview with NPR Weekend Edition, which will air in November. She's also wrapping up a national tour with three west coast dates:

November 1st - The Bootleg, LA

November 2nd - The Make Out Room, San Francisco, with Red Pony Clock

November 3^rd - LA's Original Farmer's Market, LA

Baeble Music recently praised 'Geronimo's' "sun-faded retro pop [and] all out go go boots affair," continuing, "After all, if Piney Gir's buzzing electric guitars and relentlessly charming vocals were enough to brighten up the UK, we gotta think they'll be enough to make us Americans cheery."

Here's a bit of what we've read in response to her album 'Geronimo!,' out last week in the States on Highline Records.

"Pop gems." – Philadelphia Inquirer

"Her album sounds a bit Shangri-Las, a bit Vivian Girls, and a bit Jenny Lewis." – Blurt Magazine

"Sounds like Rilo Kiley." – Spinner

"I like this." - DA Wallach (Spotify), DA's Wild Ride Tumblr

UK reviews:

"Sweet 60's pop from Kansas Chameleon" – UNCUT, ****

"Undeniably charming" - The Sun

"A delight" - The Guardian

GRAMMY-WINNING NEW YORKER SUSAN MCKEOWN TO SING AT LIVING ROOM IN CONCERT TO BE BROADCAST BY SIRIUS XM

BREATHTAKING AMERICANA-TINGED ALBUM 'BELONG' OUT NOVEMBER 13 WITH GREAT NEW YORK SONGS

GRAMMY Award-winning, Irish-born artist Susan McKeown, whose new album 'Belong' marks half of her life in the States, will perform a concert at the Living Room November 7, which will be taped and broadcasted by the Loft on SIRIUS XM. A stone's throw from her East Village residence, McKeown has long been a part of the songwriting community in NYC and she flies her flag as a New Yorker on great new songs like "On The Bridge to Williamsburg" and "Lullaby of Manhattan." The focus on 'Belong' remains solely on her breathtaking vocals.

WHO: GRAMMY-winner and NYC artist Susan McKeown
WHAT: Concert and broadcast on SIRIUS XM's The Loft
WHEN: 8pm, November 7, 2012
WHERE: The Living Room, 154 Ludlow St., 212-533-7235
TICKETS: $10 available at Living Room box office

"No Jericho" music video.

In a distinguished career, McKeown has performed with Pete Seeger, Natalie Merchant, Linda Thompson, Billy Bragg, Arlo Guthrie and The Klezmatics. McKeown has recorded mariachi music, klezmer music, African music, Celtic music, and contemporary songwriting. She won a GRAMMY for 'Wonder Wheel,' in collaboration with the Klezmatics on lyrics by Woody Guthrie. In 2010, she made 'Singing in the Dark,' a fascinating exploration of creativity and madness.

She has performed throughout Europe and North America including Glastonbury, The Edinburgh Festival, Carnegie Hall and Disney Hall. In a concert review, Rolling Stone said, "McKeown grabbed both song and audience by the throat, dragged them through heaven and hell and back again, and left the stage to the loudest applause heard all evening."

DESCENDED FROM FOUR GENERATIONS OF ALBERTAN RANCHERS AND HAILED BY NPR, CORB LUND TO PERFORM AT HILL COUNTRY LIVE IN NYC NOV 14

LUND RISES TO #7 ON AMERICANA RADIO CHART

Corb Lund – the songwriter descended from four generations of Albertan ranchers who used to play metal and punk music – will play NYC's Hilly Country Live November 14. For his new album 'Cabin Fever,' Lund traveled to NYC, along with Austin, Las Vegas, and Alberta, to pen the sharp and often wry songs.

Amid raves from NPR, NY Times, UNCUT and others, Corb scored a personal best with a #13 debut on the Billboard Heatseekers chart and a #60 debut on the Billboard Indie Chart for his "breakthrough" (Washington Post) album 'Cabin Fever.' The album also debuted at #1 on Billboard's Canadian Top 200 albums chart. NPR said, "Impressive... great songs... Lund finds glory in tough work, spotting characters most people would overlook, and celebrating them with colorful sketches... Corb Lund's ironic humor and keen sense of American culture is similar to Hayes Carll."

Meanwhile, Lund has risen to #7 on the Americana radio charts.

Goth girls to survivalists, bovines to bibles, antique pistols to vintage motorcycles: Lund’s songcraft covers it all. Most recently, CMT.com just posted his new music video to the heartbreaking "September."

WHO: New West artist Corb Lund

WHAT: NYC full band performance

WHEN: 9:30pm, November 14, 2012

WHERE: Hill Country Live, 30 West 26th Street, (212) 255-4544

TICKETS: $15 in advance or at the door via Hill Country Live box office

ERIN MCKEOWN JOINS SUSAN MCKEOWN (NO RELATION) ON THE LATTER'S NEW ALBUM 'BELONG' (NOV 13 / HIBERNIAN MUSIC) FOR AMERICANA SONG "FALLEN ANGEL"

ERIN ON SUSAN: "ONE OF THOSE VOICES THAT JUST BORES A HOLE RIGHT THROUGH YOU"

Acclaimed artist Erin McKeown plays guitar on "Fallen Angel" from GRAMMY-winner Susan McKeown's new album 'Belong,' out November 13 on Hibernian Music. Erin raves about Susan's singing, "Susan has one of those voices that just bores a hole right through you. If you've ever seen her live, the look in her eye as she sings lets you know she is possessed by a force beyond explaining. It's deep and powerful and I don't know another sound like it."

New Yorkers will have a chance to see her perform at the Living Room November 7, which will be broadcast by SIRIUS XM The Loft.

Erin says, "'Fallen Angel' is such a clever song and I wanted to match Susan's writing and vocal with a guitar solo that rides the same line between playful and accusatory." Susan describes the Americana song as "a whimsical look at how one’s inner demons can haunt a relationship."

Erin jokes, "We've known each other for years, and after all we are 'cousins,' we think, way back in Ireland."

ROBERT ELLIS, AMANDA SHIRES & COLIN GILMORE TO PERFORM 'LOWE COUNTRY: THE SONGS OF NICK LOWE' LIVE ON KUT TODAY AT 11AM CST

NO DEPRESSION INTERVIEWS CO-PRODUCER ROB SEIDENBERG AS UK RAVES FOR 'LOWE COUNTRY' COME IN

KUT will host Robert Ellis, Amanda Shires, and Colin Gilmore performing songs from 'Lowe Country: The Songs of Nick Lowe' this morning at 11AM Central in Austin at 90.5 FM and online at kut.org.

Ellis' rendition of "All Men Are Liars" was premiered at Paste Magazine and Esquire named it one of "10 Songs a Man Should Be Listening to."

Shires' gorgeous, haunting version of "I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass" is stunning, while Gilmore's "You Make Me" brings the Lowe-penned waltz to Texas.

Meanwhile, album co-producer and Fiesta Red Records founder Rob Seidenberg is interviewed about 'Lowe Country' at No Depression.

And from Lowe's country, The Telegraph has posted a rave.

ROBERT ELLIS, AMANDA SHIRES & COLIN GILMORE TO PERFORM 'LOWE COUNTRY: THE SONGS OF NICK LOWE' LIVE ON KUT TODAY AT 11AM CST

NO DEPRESSION INTERVIEWS CO-PRODUCER ROB SEIDENBERG AS UK RAVES FOR 'LOWE COUNTRY' COME IN

KUT will host Robert Ellis, Amanda Shires, and Colin Gilmore performing songs from 'Lowe Country: The Songs of Nick Lowe' this morning at 11AM Central in Austin at 90.5 FM and online at kut.org.

Ellis' rendition of "All Men Are Liars" was premiered at Paste Magazine and Esquire named it one of "10 Songs a Man Should Be Listening to": http://www.esquire.com/the-side/music/best-new-songs/songs-of-the-week-the-killers#ixzz297iu5yXv

Shires' gorgeous, haunting version of "I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass" is stunning, while Gilmore's "You Make Me" brings the Lowe-penned waltz to Texas.

Meanwhile, album co-producer and Fiesta Red Records founder Rob Seidenberg is interviewed about 'Lowe Country' at No Depression.

And from Lowe's country, The Telegraph has posted a rave.

SWEET LIGHTS (FORMER WAR ON DRUGS) & PINEY GIR (UK INDIE POP STARLET) HEAD HIGHLINE RECORDS / INDIE DARK ROOM CMJ DAY PARTY AT PETE'S CANDY STORE OCT 20

LINEUP ROUNDED OUT BY CORREATOWN (INDIE DREAM POP), BACKLIGHTS (BROOKLYN SHOEGAZE), RALFE BAND (INFECTIOUS FOLK), AND LELAND SUNDRIES (BROOKLYN INDIE-FOLK)

Highline Records and Brooklyn's internet radio station Indie Dark Room are teaming up to present a CMJ day party at Pete's Candy Store Oct 20, featuring Sweet Lights (former War on Drugs), Piney Gir (UK indie pop starlet), Correatown (indie dream pop), Backlights (shoegaze), Ralfe Band (infectious folk), and Leland Sundries (indie-folk) between 3pm and 7:30pm.

6:45pm - Leland Sundries has been described by Baeble Music as "reminiscent of Bonnie 'Prince' Billy and Elvis Perkins" and called "excellent" by the iTunes Store. The New York Times said, "Leland Sundries, a band from New York led by Nick Loss-Eaton, is dedicated to storytelling in a way that recalls Woody Guthrie and his Folkways brethren. [Their] scrappy Americana will get you longing for empty two-lane highways and kudzu-encased back porches."

6pm - Piney Gir is an indie pop starlet from Kansas City. Born into an Evangelical Christian family in Kansas where she wasn't allowed to listen to secular music, Piney moved to London, kicked off her Sunday school shoes and started playing the rock and roll music. The rest, as they say, is history. Magnet just posted a new garage pop video featuring Piney Gir fighting vampires, who will also be the subject of an NPR profile Oct 27.

5:15pm -  RalfeBands dazzle listeners with their infectious folk influenced songs, vivid surreal lyrics and classical and gypsy inspired instrumentals. The band’s debut album Swords from 2007 and follow up Attic Thieves in 2009 received glowing reviews. The band have appeared in the Mighty Boosh and their recent soundtrack to Paul King’s film Bunny and the Bull was widely acclaimed. Freshly out of the studio, the band are gearing up to release their third studio album in 2013.

4:30pm - Backlights are pop dreamers: they believe a song can be propelled by meaning and still charm at first blush. They take the stage only rarely, but they will come out and play if asked nicely, or whenever the time is right. Joe, Cecilia, Kevin and Tyler perform the music.

3:45 - Correatown is indie-dream pop with a homespun aesthetic and irrepressibly catchy songwriting from LA's Angela Correa. Her music has been featured on Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice, How I Met Your Mother and the film The Lucky One. She is one half of the LA duo Les Shelley and has recently scored the independent film Sassy Pants.

3PM - Sweet Lights is kaleidoscopic, retro-laced indie rock from Philly-based one-man band Shai Halperin, formerly of the Capitol Years and the original lineup of the War on Drugs with Kurt Vile.

Highline Records is pleased to announce the debut self titled album by Sweet Lights, which is a masterful mixture of dynamic, genre-bending song craft, innovative arrangements and surreal, poignant lyricism. Musical polymath Shai Halperin’s work has always been that of a shape-shifting pop auteur and Sweet Lights retains this singular, yet multi-faceted personality, held together with supreme pop hooks.

Highline Records is a young independent record label and music publishing company based in Central London. Highline endeavors to project a small-label ethos onto large-scale releases.

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FOLLOWING EXPLORATIONS OF KLEZMER, AFRICAN MUSIC, CELTIC MUSIC, NEW YORKER & GRAMMY-WINNER SUSAN MCKEOWN DRAWS INSPIRATION, IMAGERY FROM NYC HOMETOWN

East Village resident and GRAMMY Award-winning songwriter and vocalist Susan McKeown tips her cap to her longtime hometown of NYC with several songs from the stunning new album 'Belong' (November 13), which marks half of her life in the States.

"On The Bridge to Williamsburg" depicts two lovers crossing the bridge as obstacles thrown in their path threaten to stop them from reaching their destination together. McKeown says, "Some things are obvious – it’s the not knowing that’s challenging." She poignantly sings to both town and lover, "I've been here for long enough."

McKeown is joined on the song by "captivating" (All Music Guide) Irish singer-songwriter Declan O’Rourke, who scored a double platinum album in Ireland and has been covered by Eddie Vedder and Josh Groban. Evoking Whitman in McKeown's writing, O'Rourke sings,

"Underneath the Brooklyn sky

Hand in hand just you and I

The ferry racing on the tide

The broken sugar factory sign"

Of the haunting "Lullaby of Manhattan," McKeown says, "Broken delph, broken dreams: a domestic tale from the city that never sleeps. Old Irish lullabies were rarely sugar, spice and all things nice, and this urban one is no different."

"City of the Roses," featuring McKeown's East Village neighbor Ray Santiago on piano, references Staten Island and New York Harbor, discusses how we hold onto things for a long time: people, places, events, keeping ourselves stuck.

Fellow New Yorkers: McKeown will play the Living Room November 7 for a broadcast on SIRIUS XM The Loft.

Live performances from 'Lowe Country: The Songs of Nick Lowe' on SIRIUS XM Outlaw Country

Caitlin Rose "Lately I've Let Things Slide":



Robert Ellis with Caitlin Rose "All Men Are Liars":



Colin Gilmore with Amanda Shires "You Make Me":



Amanda Shires "I Love The Sound of Breaking Glass":

SEAN HAYES' 'BEFORE WE TURN TO DUST' HITS #3 ON ITUNES SINGER-SONGWRITER CHART AS 150+ RADIO STATIONS ADD THE FOLK/SOUL ALBUM

WFUV SESSION TO BE TAPED OCT. 30 BEFORE LE POISSON ROUGE SHOW IN NYC

Rising folk/soul voice Sean Hayes' new album 'Before We Turn To Dust' has touched #3 on the iTunes Store's Singer-Songwriter chart. Meanwhile, over 150 radio stations have added the album. Most notably, NYC's WFUV has been playing 'Before We Turn To Dust' and Hayes will tape a session October 30 when he visits NYC for a show at Le Poisson Rouge.

The iTunes Store has given the album top placement 3 weeks in a row, featured as New & Notable on its Singer-Songwriter page.  The iTunes review of the album says , "It's the kind of salt-of-the-earth soul that would sit well on a mix alongside early Donny Hathaway recordings."

Hayes is on a national tour.

Hayes marries folk sounds with soul grooves on 'Before We Turn To Dust,' all capped off with his stunning vibrato-laden vocals. 'Before We Turn To Dust' was written and recorded in the same year Hayes became a father. The album has a way of capturing the notions of life; birth, mortality, love, and struggle echo throughout the work.