Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Two-time Grammy-winner, Mark Bryan releases “Songs of the Fortnight,” his third solo LP, out now. Paste session, NYC play coming Sept. 7th.

Hootie and the Blowfish co-founder, guitarist’s latest collection is culled from three-year blog project showcasing Charleston, SC music.

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Mark Bryan as photographed by Jonathan Boncek.

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Guitar World premieres “Forgetting About Me” by Mark Bryan. Listen here or at the links below!






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Mark Bryan covers the college radio classic “Mybabyshe’sallright” by Scruffy The Cat via Cover Me!






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Mark Bryan at Volvo Car Stadium on Aug. 11th, 2017


Mark Bryan defies gravity as part of the yearly two-night “Homegrown” stand by Hootie and The Blowfish, where he also performed his Songs of the Fortnight solo single “Forgetting About Me,” which can now be viewed at this link. Photo by Scott Tucker.

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Mark Bryan – Live

9/7/2017: New York, NY @ Paste Studios (1230PM EST, Watch)
9/7/2017: New York, NY @ Rockwood Music Hall (Tix)
9/8/2017: Vienna, VA @ Jammin’ Java (Tix)
9/9/2017: Hershey, PA @ Music on Chocolate (Tix)
10/5/2017: Columbia, SC @ Music Farm/Tin Roof (5PM Early Show, Free Admission)
10/7/2017: Columbia, SC @ Books-A-Million (2PM EST, In-Store)

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“A driving, full-on pop masterpiece.” – Popdose

Fresh off of two sold-out nights at Volvo Car Stadium in Charleston, South Carolina as part of Hootie and The Blowfish’s yearly “Homegrown” weekend, the band’s two-time Grammy-winning guitarist and co-founder, Mark Bryan will be embarking on a handful of dates in support of his recently released third solo album Songs of the Fortnight. The run includes a visit to NYC on Sept. 7th for an acoustic live session and chat with Paste Magazine at 1230PM EST, followed by a full-band set at Rockwood Music Hall at 10PM EST that evening. Full itinerary just above.

As a member of a nearly 20 million album selling group, singer-songwriter Mark Bryan’s guitar playing was ubiquitous in 1995. Hootie and The Blowfish’s Cracked Rear View earned the biggest album sales of any release that year, and is now ranked as one of the biggest selling albums in music history. Success at that level brings all sorts of pre-conceptions, so when first hearing the tunes on Bryan’s just-released third solo album Songs of The Fortnight (Chucktown Music Group), listeners will be surprised at the down-to-Earth songwriting that sounds like Southern hospitality.

Hear Mark Bryan’s “Forgetting About Me” via Guitar World now.

After Hootie went on semi-hiatus almost a decade ago – the band still convenes for its hometown two-night stand every August – Bryan became passionate about producing other artists, which led to a prominent role as a producer in Charleston music scene. As Bryan began to amass dozens of production credits, he also started to record and release songs on the fly – first his own, and then those of other artists he was working with. This led to the launch of the “Song of the Fortnight” blog, where Bryan posted a new song of his own, or an artist he was playing with or producing, every two weeks, for three years.

Eventually, there was enough material for an album, which comprises the 11 songs on Songs of the Fortnight. The album features ten Bryan originals, and an opening cut that is another nod to Bryan’s ease at throwing the spotlight; a barn-burning cover of Scruffy The Cat’s college radio favorite “Mybabyshe’sallright” (featuring frequent REM collaborator Peter Holsapple on harmonica.) In fact, Songs of the Fortnight functions as somewhat of a capper – the “Song of the Fortnight” blog could have continued indefinitely if Bryan hadn’t received an offer to work for the College of Charleston, but the opportunity was right in line with his interest and continuing passion for elevating the local music community.

Furthering his community efforts, Bryan also teamed up with the esteemed local venue, the Charleston Music Hall to launch a television show “Live at the Charleston Music Hall,” which recently won a regional Emmy Award, and he is also heavily involved in Carolina Studios, a non-profit recording studio that allows children in low-income areas to have a songwriting and recording experience free-of-charge. Bryan also brings his unique perspective on the industry to his work managing the emerging Charleston-based rock band Stop Light Observations.

“Charleston is an amazing city in the middle of a remarkable renaissance,” Bryan says of his adopted hometown. “I’m lucky to be part of its growth.”

Mark Bryan’s third album Songs of the Fortnight is out now via the artist’s own Chucktown Music Group. Bryan is available for interviews. Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic for more information.

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Mark Bryan
Songs of the Fortnight
(Chucktown Music Group)
Out Now
  

Track Listing:

01. Mybabyshe’sallright (YOUTUBE | SPOTIFY | APPLE | SOUNDCLOUD | MP3)
02. If You Saw Her (YOUTUBE | SPOTIFY | APPLE | SOUNDCLOUD | MP3)
03. Almost Loved Me
04. A Little Bit of Everything
05. The Great Beyond
06. Forgetting About Me (YOUTUBE | SPOTIFY | APPLE | SOUNDCLOUD | MP3)
07. Whole Lotta Lovin’ (feat. Hank Futch)
08. Sweet Love (feat. Kathy Dempf)
09. Only Love Can Satisfy
10. A Song For Maryland
11. Maybe Then (Acoustic)

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Mark Bryan Links

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Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion


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Monday, August 21, 2017

Stephen Doster’s upcoming “New Black Suit” takes inspiration from lives of songwriter’s legendary friends passed, including Townes Van Zandt, Bill Hicks.

In an additional, unplanned tribute, most of Suit album written on a Bill Collings acoustic guitar. Doster discusses his connection to late luthier with Guitar World.

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Stephen Doster as photographed by Melinda Doster

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Stephen Doster discusses recently passed luthier Bill Collings with Guitar World in its premiere coverage of “Love Like Summertime”




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Press for Stephen Doster’s 2014 comeback album Arizona

“Stephen Doster should get the recognition he deserves, finally, with this masterpiece.” — Austin Chronicle

“One of the best records our city has produced this year.” — Austin American-Statesman

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Austin! See Stephen Doster live on Sat., Sept. 9th at The Townsend at 8PM CST. Tickets available here. West coast tour starts Thurs., Nov. 9th. See below for full itinerary.

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“His stories flow with masterful clarity.” — KUTX, Austin (NPR)

“Bill Collings recently passed away, but thankfully I got to spend some time with him when I bought one of his ‘artist’ guitars,” says Stephen Doster. “This was when Collings would sell a guitar at a discounted rate in support of guitarist they knew of or appreciated. Most of the songs on my new record New Black Suit (Aug. 25th, Atticus Records) were written on the Collings guitar.”

New Black Suit is the follow-up to Doster’s first album in 18 years, 2014’s Arizona, which the Austin American-Statesman hailed as “One of the best records our city has produced this year,” and was also called a “masterpiece” with “one charmed melody after another” by the Austin Chronicle.

Doster remembers, “When I went to Collings Guitars, I was pleasantly surprised to see Bill Collings come in to say hello.” Read more about Doster’s experience with Bill Collings via Guitar World’s premiere coverage of “Love Like Summertime,” the latest single from New Black Suit.

“Many of the songs on New Black Suit are speaking about friends of mine that have passed, but taught me a lot while they were here,” the Austin-based songwriter, guitarist and record producer continues. “I will always be grateful we were able to get it done,” he says, alluding to the practical impact that the album’s subject matter of friends who have passed can have.

The opening lines of “Shooting For The Stars,” the album’s first single, came from a conversation I had with Townes Van Zandt in December, 1994 about my pal Bill Hicks,” Doster explains. “It would have been Bill’s 33rd birthday that day.” Hicks is further immortalized on another of the album’s tracks, “William Melvin Hicks”.

New Black Suit also includes some of the last recorded work of legendary Austin session bassist and friend to many, George Reiff, who lost his battle with cancer on May 21st, 2017. Doster has dedicated the album to Reiff.

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Over the course of his long and varied career, Stephen Doster, a Texas Music Legends Hall of Fame inductee, has worked with Willie Nelson, Dr. John, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, Joe Cocker, and Nanci Griffith among many others. More recently, he has enjoyed watching the rise to fame of Grammy Award-winner Maren Morris, whose debut album, Walk On, was produced by Doster.

New Black Suit, the latest album from Stephen Doster, arrives via Atticus Records on August 25th, 2017. Doster is available for interviews. Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic for more information.

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Stephen Doster – On Tour

09/9/2017: Austin, TX @ The Townsend (Record Release Show, 8PM) (TIX)
11/9/2017: Tucson, AZ @ Monterey Court (w/ Bob Cheevers, 8PM)
11/12/2017: Pasadena, CA @ Old Oak Cellars (w/ Bob Cheevers, 3PM)
11/13/2017: Burbank, CA @ Cody’s Viva Cantina (w/ Bob Cheevers, 8PM)
11/16/2017: Carmel, CA @ Barmel By The Sea (w/ Bob Cheevers, 7PM)
11/17/2017: Sacramento, CA @ Luna’s Cafe (w/ Bob Cheevers, 8PM)
11/21/2017: Silver City, NM @ Tranquilbuzz Coffee House (w/ Bob Cheevers, 6PM)
11/22/2017: Taos, NM @ Historic Taos Inn (w/ Bob Cheevers, 630PM)
11/24/2017: Alamosa, CO @ The Society Hall (w/ Bob Cheevers, 7PM)
11/25/2017: Taos, NM @ Eske’s Brew Pub (w/ Bob Cheevers, 630PM)
11/26/2017: Santa Fe, NM @ The Cowgirl Saloon (w/ Bob Cheevers, 8PM)

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Stephen Doster
New Black Suit
(Atticus Records)
August 25th, 2017



Track Listing:

01. Shooting For The Stars  (YOUTUBE | SOUNDCLOUD | MP3)
02. Balmorhea
03. William Melvin Hicks
04. You Should’ve Seen This Place
05. Big Cars
06. Until The End
07. Something Good  (YOUTUBE | SOUNDCLOUD | MP3)
08. Love Like Summertime  (YOUTUBE | SOUNDCLOUD | MP3)
09. You Better Know It
10. New Black Suit

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Stephen Doster Links

ASSETS : WEBSITE : FACEBOOK : TWITTER : YOUTUBE : INSTAGRAM : ATTICUS RECORDS

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Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion


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Wednesday, August 16, 2017

J Hacha de Zola channels Lee Hazlewood, Leonard Cohen on upcoming third full-length “Antipatico” (translation: “Wicked”), out Oct. 6th.

Rahway artist practices “reductive synthesis” in studio with members of Morphine, Klezmatics, Gato Loco, legendary sax man Ralph Carney.

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J Hacha de Zola as photographed by Miguel Peralta Jr.

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“When there’s a song of this caliber we all must take note,” says Ghettoblaster. Check out “A Fanciful Invention” via the links below!






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J Hacha de Zola – In The Press

“The kind of alluring character found in old children’s books.” — UTNE

“The main influence is that of Tom Waits. But if Zola has influences, he also has talent.” — VOIR (Canada)

“To say that De Zola’s creative process and musical style are unique is an understatement.” — SLUG

“Mutant blues rock.” — Treble Zine

“A twisted, dystopian narrative straight from the mind of John Carpenter.” — Elmore

“Visionary.” — BLURT

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Hoboken! The Latest Noise Presents: J Hacha de Zola celebrating the release of Antipatico at Maxwell’s on Sat. Oct. 14th.

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“This one felt like a good way to close out the record,” says Rahway, New Jersey’s J Hacha de Zola of “A Fanciful Invention,” the new single from his upcoming third album ​​Antipatico, arriving ​​October 6th, 2017. “It opens up with a Kaval beatbox, which is a Bulgarian folk instrument. The song is a lamentation – the entire record has a theme of dark romanticism going and this one is very much part of that, being about the paradoxical nature of love. Does it exist at all? Does anyone love anyone? ‘Love is a fanciful invention,’ an unrealistic enterprise rife with the extreme emotion,” he says.

The tune is but one example of the magical voodoo to be found on Antipatico, (translation: “wicked”) which follows-up ​​Picaro Obscuro, the second of ​​Hacha de Zola’s two “urban junkyard” albums of 2016. At the time of that record’s release, ​​Hacha de Zola insinuated that he might not continue on to make a third, and if he did, his plan was to “lighten up” the sound that he has variously, previously (ominously?) described as “boozegaze.” Turns out maybe he was overthinking things, which isn’t so surprising for a scientist turned auteur. Indeed, Hacha de Zola was a year deep into a PhD program after receiving his Master’s in Biochemistry when he decided to fully turn his attention towards his art.

On Antipatico, ​​Hacha de Zola (and his gaggle of cohorts and underground legends including ​​Dana Colley of ​​Morphine, ​​Tom Waits collaborator ​​Ralph Carney, ​​Frank London of ​​Klezmatics, and “Psycho Mambo” collective, ​​Gato Loco among others) is again practicing his “reductive synthesis” method of, as he elegantly says, “shooting the arrow first and then painting the bullseye around it.”

​​Hacha de Zola explains, “I never go to the studio with songs written. I allow the musicians to be themselves and throw all they’ve got at it. Then I’ll go and peel back the various layers to fashion a song from it all. It’s a pretty risky way of making an album because when it’s all done, you may have something that isn’t agreeable to you. Other times, you arrive at something truly magical and the songs take on a life of their own. There’s a certain kind of voodoo there that could not be planned.”​

Antipatico, the latest album from J Hacha de Zola, arrives October 6th, 2017. Hacha de Zola is available for interviews. Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic for more information.

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J Hacha de Zola
Antipatico
(Caballo Negro Records)
October 6th, 2017


Track Listing:

01. Antipatico
02. March of the Hollowmen
03. Lightning Rod Salesman
04. No Situation  (YOUTUBE | SPOTIFY | APPLE | SOUNDCLOUD | MP3)
05. El Desgraciado
06. On a Sleepless Night
07. Eigengrau
08. That Same Thing
09. Amaranthine
10. A Fanciful Invention (YOUTUBE | SPOTIFY | APPLE | SOUNDCLOUD | MP3)

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J Hacha de Zola Links

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Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion


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Tuesday, August 1, 2017

Stephen Doster is inspired by lives of legendary friends Townes Van Zandt, Bill Hicks on “bittersweet,” “Byrds-ian” single “Shooting For The Stars.”

Track taken from Austin-based songwriter/guitarist/producer’s “New Black Suit” (Aug. 25th) follows-up his 2014 comeback “masterpiece,” “Arizona.”

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Stephen Doster as photographed by Melinda Doster

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Check out the premiere of “Shooting For The Stars” by Stephen Doster via KUTX 98.9 or the links below!





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“Doster’s Byrds-ian jangle is a perfect fit for the song’s bittersweet ode to youth” says Austin’s KUTX 98.9 in its “Song of the Day” premiere of “Shooting For The Stars” by  Stephen Doster.

The opening lines of “Shooting For The Stars” came from a conversation I had with Townes Van Zandt on December 16th, 1994 about my pal Bill Hicks,” says Stephen Doster of the first single from his upcoming album New Black Suit , arriving August 25th via Atticus Records. “It would have been Bill’s 33rd birthday that day.” Hicks is further immortalized on another of the album’s tracks, “William Melvin Hicks”.

New Black Suit is the follow-up to Doster’s first album in 18 years, 2014’s Arizona, which the Austin American-Statesman hailed as “One of the best records our city has produced this year,” and was also called a “masterpiece” with “one charmed melody after another” by the Austin Chronicle.

“Many of the songs on New Black Suit are speaking about friends of mine that have passed, but taught me a lot while they were here,” the Austin-based songwriter, guitarist and record producer explains. “I will always be grateful we were able to get it done,” he continues, alluding to the practical impact that the album’s subject matter of friends who have passed can have.

New Black Suit poignantly includes some of the last recorded work of legendary Austin session bassist and friend to many, George Reiff, who lost his battle with cancer on May 21st, 2017. Doster has dedicated the album to Reiff.

“For me, this is the most exciting and meaningful musical experience I’ve ever been a part of,” Doster says.

Despite the recurring lyrical theme of loss that is woven throughout the album, New Black Suit isn’t a downer. Its songs serve more as loving tributes and celebrations of their subjects.

Over the course of his long and varied career, Doster, a Texas Music Legends Hall of Fame inductee, has worked with Willie Nelson, Dr. John, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, Joe Cocker, and Nanci Griffith among many others. More recently, he has enjoyed watching the rise to fame of Grammy Award-winner Maren Morris, whose debut album, Walk On, was produced by Doster.

New Black Suit, the latest album from Stephen Doster, arrives via Atticus Records on August 25th, 2017. Doster is available for interviews. Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic for more information.

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Stephen Doster – Live

09/9/2017: Austin, TX @ The Townsend (Record Release Show, 8PM)
11/9/2017: Tucson, AZ @ Monterey Court (w/ Bob Cheevers, 8PM)
11/12/2017: Pasadena, CA @ Old Oak Cellars (w/ Bob Cheevers, 3PM)
11/13/2017: Burbank, CA @ Cody's Viva Cantina (w/ Bob Cheevers, 8PM)
11/16/2017: Carmel, CA @ Barmel By The Sea (w/ Bob Cheevers, 7PM)
11/17/2017: Sacramento, CA @ Luna's Cafe (w/ Bob Cheevers, 8PM)
11/21/2017: Silver City, NM @ Tranquilbuzz Coffee House (w/ Bob Cheevers, 6PM)
11/22/2017: Taos, NM @ Historic Taos Inn (w/ Bob Cheevers, 630PM)
11/24/2017: Alamosa, CO @ The Society Hall (w/ Bob Cheevers, 7PM)
11/25/2017: Taos, NM @ Eske's Brew Pub (w/ Bob Cheevers, 630PM)
11/26/2017: Santa Fe, NM @ The Cowgirl Saloon (w/ Bob Cheevers, 8PM)

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Stephen Doster
New Black Suit
(Atticus Records)
August 25th, 2017


Track Listing:

01. Shooting For The Stars  (YOUTUBE | SOUNDCLOUD | MP3)
02. Balmorhea
03. William Melvin Hicks
04. You Should’ve Seen This Place
05. Big Cars
06. Until The End
07. Something Good  (YOUTUBE | SOUNDCLOUD | MP3)
08. Love Like Summertime
09. You Better Know It
10. New Black Suit

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Stephen Doster Links

ASSETS : WEBSITE : FACEBOOK : TWITTER : YOUTUBE : INSTAGRAM : ATTICUS RECORDS

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Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion

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