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The
Whipsaws, 60 Watt Avenue
Anchorage
Alaska's quintessential roots rock quartet have
released their new 60 Watt Avenue album to
Americana radio. They hit #51 on the
AMA Americana Radio Chart
on March 24, 2008. “60 Watt Avenue”. Their album also hit #21
on
the Americana (AMA) internet radio chart on the week of March 3, 2008. They're
also hit #2 on the Roots
Music Report - Roots Rock chart on March 13, 2008. The also did well on the
EuroAmericana radio
chart at #7, and hit #14 on the Freeform
Americana Radio (F.A.R.) chart. The Whipsaws can be heard all over the world
on radio stations and via satellite radio on XM and Sirius.
Buick
Audra, Singer
Buick
Audra is a singer and songwriter living between Brooklyn and Nashville. Her musical
path has led her through everything from hard rock to country. Raised by songwriters
in Miami, she was exposed to some of the greats at a very young age. Her mother
made it a point to take her to live performances whenever possible, which included
Blondie, Rickie Lee Jones, Christopher Cross, The Pretenders, Stevie Wonder, Smokey
Robinson and Bob Dylan. To this day, Buick's musical influences remain as varied.
Buick Audra's Singer album hit #137 on the AMA Americana Radio Chart on
March 24, 2008 and #218 on the AMA Americana Internet Radio chart that
same week.
The
Bean Pickers Union, Potlatch
At
Americana radio now. Boston-based singer/songwriter/guitarist
Chuck Melchin gathered up a few of his favorite players from Boston and around
New England and over the course of a year, and in four different studios, recorded
ten original songs that recall the music of classic alt.country / Americana bands
like the Jayhawks, Steve Earle and Uncle Tupelo. Ranging from full band rockers
to stark acoustic ballads, these songs tell stories of loss, tragedy, human failure
and redemption. More info to come. As
of February 25, 2008, Potlach is at #183 on the AMA
Americana Radio Chart and #254 on the AMA Americana Internet Radio on March
3, 2008.
"Roy Davis is one of the scene's more promising young songwriters." - Hickory Wind
This album hit #291 on the AMA Americana Radio Chart the week of March 31, 2008. This album also hit #302 on the AMA Americana Internet Radio Chart on March 31, 2008.
"Stark twangs with the kind of gothic/desperate-men-do-desperate-things lyrics that haunt while propelling the boot-scooting..." — Jim Beal San Antonio Express-News
This album hit #22 on the Roots Music Report the week of March 20, 2008. It also hit #450 on the AMA Americana Radio Chart on March 17, 2008. The album also hit #294 on teh AMA Internet Radio Chart on March 17, 2008.
On December 17, 2007 Hayshaker's Black Holiday in Mexico City hit #79 on the Americana terrestrial chart. The record was also the third most-added record in the country on the AMA chart! This album also hit #89 on the Americana internet chart the week of December 10, 2007. This record is currently spinning at Indie 101.5fm (Albuquerque/Santa Fe, NM), KAXE (Duluth/Superior, MN), KBCS (Seattle, WA), KOPN (Columbia/Jefferson City, MO), KRSH (San Francisco, CA), KSIL (Silver City, NM), KSYM (San Antonio, TX), Radio Vagabond, WCBE (Columbus, OH), WERU (Maine), WGCS (Southbend, IN), WMKY (Lexington, KY), WOUB (Athens, OH), WXLV (Allentown, PA), and WYOU/WRRW (Norfolk, Portsmouth, Newport News, VA). This album also hit #40 on the Roots Country chart, and #8 on the GA Roots chart December 2007.
Speakeasy tore up the charts... this album hit #6 on the Roots Music Report Top 100 and #1 on the Roots Folk Airplay Report on November 22, 2005. It also hit #58 on the Americana radio chart on December 12, 2005 and #62 on the Americana radio internet chart the week of November 14, 2005, and is still spinning at Americana stations across the land.
In addition to penning the majority of songs on his albums, Mark Collie's tunes have been recorded by many of country's top hitmakers, including Garth Brooks, Martina McBride, Tim McGraw, Randy Travis, Collin Raye, Billy Ray Cyrus and Alabama. Playboy Magazine praised George Jones' single, "Ain't Love A Lot Like That" written by Collie, stating it “is the most effective up-tempo honky-tonk Jones has done since the late Sixties.” Shut Eye Records & Agency is proudly promoting Mark Collie's new album Rose Covered Garden to Americana radio. This is the album Mark Collie fans have been waiting for since he came on the scene. This is a songwriter’s album performed the way a songwriter writes, with just guitar and voice. On Rose Covered Garden, Collie sings the songs that he wrote which helped contribute to the fame of so many great artists… as well as his own Rose Covered Garden hit #81 on the R&R/AMA Americana terrestrial chart the week of August 6, 2007.
Dallas folk-rocker Jayson Bales discovered the garage on his new CD, Cruel & Unusual. Working with producer Salim Nourallah, best-known for his production duties on discs by Old 97's, Rhett Miller and Deathray Davies, gave Mr. Bales the opportunity to craft a rough-edged record that leans more toward meat-and-potatoes rock than anything he's done before. The album hit #71 on the R&R / AMA Americana terrestrial radio chart on the week of April 23, 2007, and moved up to #68 the week of April 30, 2007. The album also hit #62 on the AMA internet radio chart the week of April 23, 2007.
At Americana radio right now. Louisville's Mike McGuire releases his Kentucky hallmark called Roses for the Moon this month. Part folkie, part commentator, part visionary, McGuire challenges us to look harder at ourselves, and he dares us to dance to a different tune. He is made of the same stuff that legends are. He’s an Americana archetype, and we’re so glad that we get to be the ones to introduce this fine record to you. As of February 19, 2008, "Roses" is at #292 on the AMA Americana Radio Chart.
This album hit #80 on the Americana radio chart on January 30, 2006. This album also hit #4 on the Roots Country Airplay Report on January 24, 2006 and #21 on the Roots Music Report Top 100 on the same day.
"This album is easy to describe - superb... this is a modern project steeped in traditionalism, it is sort of at the point where John Prine meets Jimmie Rodgers with 13 story songs written by lead vocalist Rick Rowland. Rowland has a great voice and a real feel for traditional music as do the rest of this Washington, DC based band." - Pete Smith, Country Music Round Up Magazine, England
The 2nd full length Richmond, VA Americana act, Wrinkle Neck Mules. Pull the Brake contains 15 tracks and features special guests Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Brian Jones (Agents of Good Roots), Anne Marie Calhoun-Simpson (Old School Freight Train), Rob Evans (Watts Passage), Matt Pierson, and Bo Vaughan. The Mules have hit #2 on the EuroAmericana radio chart, as well as #20 on the Roots Music Report (Roots Country) charts as well as #51 on the R&R Americana Radio Chart. The album also hit #40 on the R&R Americana Internet Radio Chart. The album is currently spinning at CountryBear, KBSO, KFAN, KRCB, KRFC, KUSH, KVMR, KWRP, KXCI, KZSU, WETS, WFDU, WFPK, WGCS, WHAY, WMMT, WOUB, WQBR, WVMR, WVLS, WCHG, WYOU and many more!
At Americana radio now. Gravity is a natural phenomenon by which all objects with mass attract each other, and is one of the fundamental forces of physics. Mark Huff hopes to attract a big radio audience with his new album named for the phenomenon. With the help of Allison Moorer, Adam Landry (The Sways and Allison Moorer) guitar, bass and keyboards; Bucky Baxter (Bob Dylan, Ryan Adams and Steve Earle) guitar; Dan Baird (The Georgia Satellites) bass and guitar; and Brad Pemberton (Ryan Adams) Huff has assembled an all-star cast for this recording. As of February 19, 2008, Potlach is at #431 on the AMA Americana Radio Chart.
The Whipsaws, Ten Day Bender
More than six months on the Americana radio charts! This album hit #41 on the Roots Music Report Roots Rock radio chart on May 24, 2006. This album also hit #12 on the EuroAmericana chart August 2006. "Every song is a grouping of parts not so much woven together as layered on top of one another in a perfectly synchronized fashion that begs the listener to hear each expressive instrument separately: the doleful fiddle on 'Hole In My Heart,' the singing lap steel on 'Shotgun Wedding.' With some imagination, really, the musical parts, articulate as they are, can almost seem like characters in a novel themselves." - Lillie Dremeaux, Anchorage Daily News
This album hit #93 on the Americana radio chart on January 16, 2006. It also hit #101 on the Americana Internet radio chart the same. This album also hit #25 on the Roots Rock Airplay Report and #10 on the Roots Rock Airplay Report December 14, 2005.
"Mojo
Gurus' workaday biker rock is as predictable as a Big Mac, and about as satisfying...
slap this on and jump around like a fool for 36 minutes." - Demo Universe
"The Sickle & the Sheaves falls delicately somewhere between Blind Willie Johnson and Emmylou Harris’s Wrecking Ball. Rugged and pristine, this is music that gets under your skin and goes straight for the heart like a shot of morphine. In the words of one fan, 'This album delivers enough heartbreak to drive you to the edge of the bridge, and just enough hope to keep you from jumping.'"- Paste Magazine
This album hit the Americana Music Association terrestrial radio chart at #206 the week of June 20, 2005 with spins on KRCL, WCBE, WGCS, WHEE, WVMR, WVLS, WCHG and more! This album is also hit #275 on the Internet AMA Americana Chart.
This album hit in the Top 50 at Americana radio. This album also hit #23 on the EuroAmericana chart August 2006. "The songs are written and constructed in a way that echoes sounds of the South-not the whisky-soaked rock and roll of Lynyrd Skynyrd, but the more traditional flavors of Marshall Tucker, Charlie Daniels and (most prominently) the Allman Brothers Band....." - Mammoth Times
Marwood combines catchy hooks with guitar-driven rock. The band is based in New York City's East Village with roots spanning from Tennessee to Europe. Their music has been featured on NYC's Q104.3 (Clear Channel), where Marwood was selected as one of the top local bands. Marwood can also be heard on XM Satellite Radio, NJ's G-Rock Radio and many more! This album hit #147 on the Americana radio chart on November 7, 2005. It also hit #129 on the Americana radio internet chart the week of November 7, 2005. It also hit #48 on the Roots Music Report Top 100 and #15 on the Roots Rock Airplay Report on November 22, 2005.
This release topped at #53 on the Americana Music Association chart the week of February 7, 2004 up from #54 the previous week. The US of A also hit #59 on the Roots Music Report ROOTS 100 chart and #12 on the Roots Music Report ROOTS ROCK chart for the second week in a row on February 7, 2004. It was the #5 most added disc to Americana radio it's first week according to R&R. This disc is currently spinning on TwangCast.com, KAXE, KCUV, KDNK, KFAN, KPFA, KRCL, KRFC, KUSH, KVNF, KXCI, KZUM, KZSU, Western Beat, WERU, WHAY, WJJC, WRIU, WVMR, WVLS, WCHG, CountryBear.com and many more!
This release peaked at #70 on the Americana Music Association terrestrial radio chart with 418 official spins. It is receiving airplay on CountryBear.com, KWRP, KBCS, WHEE, KDHX, KFAN, KZSU, WGCS, WFDU, WFPK, WMKY, WRIU, WVMR, WVLS, WCHG, WWUH, KUSH and WYOU. It was also creditied with the #5 most added album the week of June 15, 2005 (tied with Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez and Old School Freight Train). The US of A, Vol 2 is also hit #74 on the Internet AMA Americana Chart with 217 spins on: CountryBear.com, KWRP, KBCS, WHEE, KDHX, KFAN, KZSU, WGCS, WFDU, WFPK, WMKY, WRIU, WVMR, WVLS, WCHG, WWUH, KUSH and WYOU.