Pink’s “Funhouse” Album Goes Mobile
October 31, 2008
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P!nk’s “Funhouse” Goes Mobile
Funhouse App now available on Apple’s App Store
NEW YORK – LaFace/ZLG premieres its first-ever artist branded application today for Apple’s iPhone and iPod touch with multi-platinum recording artist P!nk. This marks LaFace/Zomba Label Group and Sony BMG’s entrance into the mobile application arena with a strategy based around dynamic artist applications.
Fans can now download P!nk’s Funhouse from Apple’s App Store on iPhone and iPod touch or at www.itunes.com/appstore/. The application features previews of the new album, the latest news, photos and essential information to connect fans to P!nk’s world. Additionally a full discography including liner notes, a picture gallery and live news feed will be available and fans can customize the home screen inside the App as well as browse P!nk’s Page and official website, without ever leaving the App.
Sean Rosenberg, VP of Mobile Marketing, Sales & Business Development, BMG Label Group comments “P!nk is breaking new ground in the mobile space by creating a platform to perpetually engage her fans and let them dig deeper into her album while on the go.”
Paul McCarthy, Co-Founder of Aurnhammer LLC states “The P!nk App is a deep consumer experience, drawing fans into the world of all things P!nk and providing retail opportunities - literally at their fingertips.”
P!nk released her fifth studio album Funhouse on October 28th. Her latest hit single, “So What” recently hit No.1 across Billboard’s “Hot 100 Singles,” “Hot Digital Songs” and “Hot Digital Tracks” charts. Digitally, “So What” has sold over 1.27 million in single sales in just seven weeks. The David Meyers directed video is currently in rotation on VH-1, Fuse, Music Choice, and is one of the top ten videos onMTV. “So What” is currently No.1 in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and continues to top the U.K. singles chart for a third consecutive week.
Aurnhammer LLC is a collaboration of media professionals, content creators, artists and programmers. We create media tools that work. The iPhone Apps store represents a revolutionary marketing and retail opportunity. Aurnhammer LLC is committed to working with clients who want to realize the potential of this new platform.
The Zomba Label Group consists of record labels Jive, LaFace, Volcano, Verity, GospoCentric and Fo Yo Soul. These labels represent a varied group of artists including Justin Timberlake, R. Kelly, Usher, Tool, Ciara, Chris Brown, Pink, Britney Spears, OutKast, Kirk Franklin, Three Days Grace, 311, Nick Lachey, T-Pain, Byron Cage, Bullet For My Valentine, Buddy Guy, Living Things, Anthony Hamilton, Donnie McClurkin, John P. Kee, Fred Hammond, Hezekiah Walker, Marvin Sapp, Kelly Price, J. Moss and Backstreet Boys.
The Ballad of Stompin’ Tom CD Press Release
October 28, 2008
CANADIAN MUSICAL LEGEND, STOMPIN’ TOM CONNORS
SINGS ABOUT CANADA AND HIS OWN LIFE STORY
ON HIS 50TH ALBUM “THE BALLAD OF STOMPIN’ TOM”
Canada’s beloved icon Stompin’ Tom Connors releases his 50th album today. Entitled, The Ballad of Stompin’ Tom, the album’s title was inspired by the stage play of the same name which is currently touring theatres across Canada. The album features 16 tracks, 12 of which are newly penned original songs that touch on life and current events with his signature pride, Canadiana outlook and of course, some of his well known lyrical wit!
Together with songs like “Ottawa Lures” and “My British Columbian Home,” which again shows a great deal of love for his country, he also pays tribute to another great Canadian singer-songwriter, Wilf Carter, by covering one of his famous yodels in “Take Me Back To Old Alberta.” Also included are newly recorded updated versions of his signature classics “The Hockey Song,” “My Hockey Mom” and “The Olympic Song.”
Stompin’ Tom started his career in 1964, overcoming a life of poverty and hard knocks to become the revered recording artist he is today. As an officer of The Order of Canada, he has also been honored with the Queen’s Jubilee Medal, The Governor General’s Performing Arts Award and SOCAN’s Lifetime Achievement Award, as well as being the recipient of three Doctorates from the Universities of St. Thomas in Fredericton, UPEI in Charlottetown and U. of T. in Toronto, respectively. He has also written two autobiographies - the first of which was a No. 1 best-seller.
Up-coming in June 2009, Stompin’ Tom will be the first Canadian Country Music Artist to have his image portrayed on the face of a Canadian Postage Stamp. To date, he has written over 150 songs about Canada and The Ballad of Stompin Tom continues this tradition.
The Ballad of Stompin’ Tom Tracklisting:
1. The Olympic Song (new 2008 version)
2. The Hockey Song (new 2008 version)
3. My Hockey Mom (new 2008 version)
4. Bride & Groom Waltz
5. Lady Slipper
6. The Cowboy’s Broken Ring (aka Broken Wedding Ring)
7. Rose of Silver Falls
8. My British Columbian Home
9. Kevin Barry
10. Birth of The Texas Gulf Mine
11. Chickee Pooh
12. Bush of Buctouche (aka the “DOOT” Song)
13. Chase Me, Charley
14. Ottawa Lures
15. Ballad of Stompin’ Tom
16. Take Me Back To Old Alberta
Short Films to Accompany New Dido Album
October 28, 2008
Short Films to Accompany New Dido Album
Eleven short films are being produced to accompany the release of Dido’s third studio album, Safe Trip Home.
Based thematically around the concept of home, these shorts feature stories of hope, love, commitment and longing, from around the globe, a dump site in Rio, a Mumbai taxi-cab, the rugged coast of New Zealand’s South Island, a Thai boxing ring and a picturesque Portuguese fishing village.
‘I wanted every song to have its own film to represent the album as a whole. I love seeing how someone else might interpret a song that is so specific and personal to me. It’s an experiment I’ve been really enjoying, watching the songs be turned on their heads by these beautiful emotional visual stories that are coming out of it.’
Dido asked various film directors in specific countries around the world to create pieces based on their idea of what home means to them, using a chosen song from the album for inspiration. The resulting films have so far been made in Brazil, New Zealand, Thailand, England, Scotland, India, Portugal, France and the US.
Internationally renowned photographer and filmmaker Marcos Prado based ‘us 2 little gods’ on the award-winning feature documentary Estamira he made in 2006. This film tells the story of an elderly woman who has made her home in a waste site in Rio de Janeiro.
Says Marcos: “Estamira is an extraordinary woman that lived and worked for twenty years at the Waste Disposal Site of Jardim Gramacho. I wanted to show the amazing relationship of love, care and friendship Estamira and her friends shared in that odd place they called ‘home’.”
Brazilian director Cristiana Miranda used ‘the day before the day’ to portray a day in the life of a young fisherman from a seaside village in Portugal.
“Fishermen leave their homes every day before dawn to travel to their other home: the sea. The home they leave behind is where they sleep and eat and take care of their families, the home they go to is the home they respect and admire. They cannot live without both.”
The films will be available to view online at www.safetriphome.com from 27 October 2008.
Safe Trip Home, will be released by Cheeky / RCA on 17 November.
Johnny Cash’s America Album, Out Today!
October 28, 2008
Legacy and Columbia Records have released Johnny Cash’s America, a CD/DVD set out today (10/28) that explores the meaning of one’s American Life through Cash’s eyes. Please see the press release below for more details.
The CD includes a never before released spoken word track called ‘I Am The Nation’. A clip of that powerful recording is being used in MTV’s Choose or Lose campaign, to encourage people to go out and vote on Nov. 4th. If you have a minute, please check out the PSA on Think MTV or YouTube.
PSA (on Think MTV) http://think.mtv.com/044FDFFFF0002D79C0017009947C9/)
PSA (on YouTube) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMHU3VRFGGE
‘I am The Nation’ full length video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OGUZEEQOj8
Justice To Release Live DVD & CD
October 28, 2008
JUSTICE TO RELEASE LIVE DVD & CD, TOUR NORTH AMERICA THIS FALL
A CROSS THE UNIVERSE DROPS DECEMBER 9th
ON ATLANTIC RECORDS
Extraordinary things always happen when unexpected. During the 18 months the Grammy-nominated French duo Justice spent touring following the release of their monumental debut LP, “extraordinary” didn’t necessarily mean “amazing”, or “great”, (though it sometimes did) but “surreal”, “weird”, “horrendous”, “fascinating”, or “paranormal”, etc. To cut a long story short, it means that without anyone to film you twenty-four/seven, no one will believe or get the essence of every moment you’d like to tell them about.
So as Justice were about to tour the USA for the second time, multi-award winning directors and intimate friends of the band, Romain Gavras (”Stress” director) and So-Me (”D.A.N.C.E.”, “DVNO”) taped every second of that 3 week tour that looks like it lasted 3 years. This documentary ain’t about how cool Justice’s live show is (the bonus CD is here for that), but is all about the extraordinary things that can happen when a bunch of frogs gets dropped in dreamy America.
This live CD + DVD release will include recordings of Justice’s signature headbanging live sets along with show footage and various hijinks captured as the band toured the US in March 2008. Screenings of the film will be held in each city around the DJ sets late October.
Justice Tour Dates
10/28/08 MONTREAL, QC METROPOLIS
10/29/08 TORONTO, ON CIRCA
10/30/08 NEW YORK, NY WEBSTER HALL
10/31/08 LOS ANGELES, CA HARD FESTIVAL
“At the forefront of a new school of electronic music.” - NEW YORK TIMES
CD Tracklisting
01. INTRO
02. GENESIS
03. PHANTOM Part 1
04. PHANTOM Part 1.5
05. D.A.N.C.E.
06. D.A.N.C.E. Part 2
07. DVNO
08. WATERS OF NAZARETH (Prelude)
09. TWO MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT
10. TTHHEE PPAARRTTYY
11. LET THERE BE LITE
12. STRESS
13. WE ARE YOUR FRIENDS (Reprise)
14. WATERS OF NAZARETH
15. PHANTOM Part 2
—RAPPEL—
16. ENCORE
17. NY EXCUSE
18. FINAL
Check out the trailer -
http://streamos.warnermusic.com/qtime/wmiuk/justice/justiceteaserv4_hi.mov
http://streamos.warnermusic.com/qtime/wmiuk/justice/justiceteaserv4_lo.mov
http://streamos.warnermusic.com/wmedia/wmiuk/justice/justiceteaserv4_hi.wvx
http://streamos.warnermusic.com/wmedia/wmiuk/justice/justiceteaserv4_lo.wvx
http://www.myspace.com/etjusticepourtous
BEYONCÉ REVEALS TITLE & DETAILS ABOUT HER FORTHCOMING DOUBLE ALBUM - I AM. SASHA FIERCE
October 23, 2008
BEYONCÉ REVEALS TITLE & DETAILS
ABOUT HER FORTHCOMING DOUBLE ALBUM
I AM… SASHA FIERCE
AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18
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(dateline - New York - October 22, 2008; source: Music World Music/Columbia Records)
Music World Music/Columbia Records is releasing I Am… Sasha Fierce, the new full-length double album from the international superstar and cultural icon Beyoncé on Tuesday, November 18.
“The new record is a double album and has two covers, like a magazine would have two covers,” Beyoncé revealed. “One of the covers is named I Am… and the second cover is named Sasha Fierce. That is my alter ego and now she has a last name. I have someone else that takes over when it’s time for me to work and when I’m on stage, this alter ego that I’ve created that kind of protects me and who I really am. That’s why half the record, I Am…, is about who I am underneath all the makeup, underneath the lights, and underneath all the exciting star drama. And Sasha Fierce is the fun, more sensual, more aggressive, more outspoken side and more glamorous side that comes out when I’m working and when I’m on the stage. The double album allows me to take more risks and really step out of myself, or shall I say, step more into myself, and reveal a side of me that people only know me see.”
One of 2008’s most hotly anticipated new album releases, Beyoncé’s new album is the artist’s first new studio collection since the Grammy-winning multi-platinum-selling B’Day debuted at #1 on charts around the world shortly after its international release on September 4, 2006 (in celebration of Beyoncé’s 25th birthday).
Beyoncé’s fans got their first taste of the two sides of I Am… Sasha Fierce with the simultaneous release in early October of “If I Were A Boy” (from I Am…) and “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)” (from Sasha Fierce).
Songs on Beyoncé’s I Am… include “If I Were A Boy,” “Halo,” “Disappear,” “Broken Hearted Girl,” “Ave Maria,” and “Satellites.” Beyoncé’s Sasha Fierce performances include “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It),” “Radio,” “Diva,” “Sweet Dreams,” and “Video Phone.”
I Am… Sasha Fierce is Executive Produced by Beyoncé Knowles and Mathew Knowles for Music World Productions, Inc.
ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO TO RELEASE LIVE EP “LIVE ANIMAL” ALBUM
October 22, 2008
ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO TO RELEASE LIVE EP “LIVE ANIMAL”
Features songs from critically-acclaimed album REAL ANIMAL
New York, NY - October 21, 2008 Known for his enigmatic and engaging live shows, Texas rocker Alejandro Escovedo will release a live EP LIVE ANIMAL on November 11, 2008, featuring a selection of stellar tracks from his latest release REAL ANIMAL (EMI/Manhattan/Back Porch). A masterful storyteller, Escovedo blends introspective ballads with shattering blasts of punk rock and string quintets. On LIVE ANIMAL, Escovedo breathes life into his autobiographical tales and showcases the raw emotion and compelling power behind his music.
Featured tracks include: “Always A Friend” - a song Escovedo has performed with Bruce Springsteen, “Sister Lost Soul” — recently performed on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, “People (We’re Only Gonna Live So Long)” - a song he performed live at the Democratic National Convention, “Chelsea Hotel ‘78″ - about his time living at the famed rock hotel alongside Sid & Nancy and “Real As An Animal” - an homage to Iggy Pop. All tracks on LIVE ANIMAL were recorded live in New York City at the Sirius Satellite Radio studios.
Heralded as “a collaborative triumph” by Rolling Stone, Escovedo’s REAL ANIMAL has also been dubbed “the finest album of a career already marked by impressive quality” in a 4-star review from USA TODAY and was featured in TIME Magazine’s “Five Things You Should Know About”. LIVE ANIMAL brings Escovedo full circle and takes fans one step further giving them the incomparable live experience he has perfected over his 30 year career.
Touring in support of both releases, you can catch Escovedo live on the following dates:
DATE CITY VENUE
10/22 Baltimore, MD Sonar 4 piece
10/23 Carrboro, NC Cat’s Cradle 4 piece
10/24 Athens, GA 40 Watt Club 4 piece
10/26 Nashville, TN Exit/In 4 piece
10/27 Memphis, TN Hi-Tone Café 4 piece
10/29 San Antonio, TX Majestic Theatre (Los Lonely Boys)
10/30 Houston, TX House of Blues (Los Lonely Boys)
10/31 Dallas, TX House of Blues (Los Lonely Boys)
11/1 South Padre Island, TXSouth Padre Island Festival
11/2 Corpus Christi, TX Concrete St. Amp. (Los Lonely Boys)
11/7 Blacksburg, VA Lyric Theatre trio
11/8 Easton, MD Avalon Theatre trio
11/9 Alexandria, VA Birchmere trio
11/11 Boston, MA Museum of Fine Arts trio
11/12 Philadelphia, PA World Café Live trio
11/13 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom 6 piece
11/15 Northampton, MA Iron Horse trio
11/21 Austin, TX Antone’s
11/22 Austin, TX Antone’s
Burton Cummings set to release Above the Ground, his first solo album in 11 years
October 22, 2008
Burton Cummings set to release Above the Ground, his first solo effort in 11 years November 4th, 2008 on SONY BMG MUSIC CANADA (INC.)
New Album features 19 diverse songs written solely by Burton.
(Toronto, ON-October 20th, 2008) Burton Cummings is gearing up for the November 4th, 2008 release of Above The Ground his eighth solo studio album containing an extensive set of new songs penned and produced exclusively by one of Canada’s premier singer songwriters.
Burton Cummings has been forging his own way to rock for 40 years. Writing and producing all 19 tracks himself for the first time, Above The Ground represents another milestone in a career teeming with highlights. The expansive Above The Ground is a body of work garnered from ideas generated recently and from themes addressed through a full life of Rock and Roll. Burton had a long list of songs to pare down for the album.
“There were way too many songs,” Cummings confesses. “But this time,” he beams, “I really picked the best collection I’ve ever had – this is my double album, my White Album.”
On Above The Ground Cummings sings about life and coming to find one’s place in this seemingly hostile world. The straight ahead rocker “We Just Came From The U.S.A.” was penned from the perspective of a Canuck living in the US. Splitting his time between his Los Angelesstudio and his Winnipeg home has kept Burton Cummings grounded on both sides of the border. He has witnessed the best and worst of superstardom and in returning home he is wiser and thankful about his place in the world as a person and as a Canadian.
“Every country has its problems, but overall we’re very, very lucky in Canada.” Cummings comments.
Another key track on the album is the plaintively titled “Kurt’s Song”, a tribute to the late Kurt Winter, band mate and dear friend who passed away in 1997. The up-tempo beat and soaring solos, combined with the melancholy lyrics eloquently capture Winter’s spirit and illustrate the depth of emotion Cummings is able to portray.
Recently serviced radio singles are reacting strongly with “Dream” entering the Top 50 BDS A/C and “We Just Came Back From The U.S.A.” is receiving airplay at Classic Rock radio nationally.
With nothing to hide or prove Burton Cummings lays it on the line and the result is pure rock and roll goodness with timeless melodies and stories that touch the heart and mind.
BURTON CUMMINGS – ABOVE THE GROUND track listings.
1. CRAZY IF YOU MESS WITH THE GODS
2. JUNIOR WON’T BEHAVE
3. TPOS
4. ANY MINOR MIRACLE
5. POWERS AT PLAY
6. PONDERLUST
7. ROLLAWAY
8. WE JUST CAME FROM THE U.S.A
9. PRETTY PICTURES
10. LOOK OUT CHARLIE (THERE’S A NEW BARTENDER IN TOWN)
11. KURT’S SONG
12. RICHARD
13. DREAM
14. UP IN THE CAYON
15. A TOUCH OF MORNING
16. REVELATION
17. INVISABLE
18. RETRIBUTION
19. ABOVE THE GROUND
Eagle Rock To Release Live Jeff Beck Album
October 22, 2008
JEFF BECK: PERFORMING THIS WEEK LIVE AT RONNIE SCOTT’S JAZZ CLUB
~On CD November 25~
New York, NY (October 20, 2008)—Eagle Records, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Eagle Rock Entertainment, will release on November 25 a sensational live album from Jeff Beck: Performing This Week Live At Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club [pre-book date November 5, retail sales price $13.98]. A new Jeff Beck release is always an event and these concerts in particular are eagerly awaited by his fans.
Jeff Beck is a true rock legend. From his time with The Yardbirds in the ‘60s, through The Jeff Beck Group and his solo career, his unique guitar style and constant desire to explore new musical sounds have won him the admiration of peers, critics and fans alike.
This sterling ’07 live gig at the famed British jazz club Ronnie Scott’s in London features the legendary guitarist in a 16-song career-spanning set that incorporates Rock, Jazz, Ballads, Beatles, Blues, Boogie and Bolero. Beck raved it up so much with bassist Tal Wilkenfeld, drummer Vinnie Colaiuta and keyboardist Jason Rebello that the usually sedate London Times gushed, “…perhaps the greatest living guitar virtuoso…combining astonishing technique with a blissful nuance he exercised an almost supernatural control of his fretboard.” Jazzwise called it “an absolutely jaw-dropping display of the most exciting, imaginative and inspirational jazz-rock guitar witnessed in years.” And London Lite added, “…the kind of visceral, fluid music-making that other guitarists can only dream of.”
Recorded over a series of gigs with standing-room-only crowds, the electricity was bouncing off the walls as Beck was clearly inspired himself and egged on by the perfect complement of bandmates. A DVD of the event, the first such live concert DVD as authorized by Jeff Beck, will be available in 2009.
Track Listing
1) Beck’s Bolero
2) Eternity’s Breath
3) Stratus
4) ‘Cause We’ve Ended As Lovers
5) Behind The Veil
6) You Never Know
7) Nadia
Blast From The East
9) Led Boots
10) Angels (Footsteps)
11) Scatterbrain
12) Goodbye Pork Pie Hat/Bush With The Blues
13) Space
14) Big Block
15) A Day In The Life
16) Where Were You
Britney Spears Sets New Album With Hit Single:“Womanizer” Makes Meteoric Jump
October 17, 2008
Britney Spears Sets New Record With Hit Single:“Womanizer” Makes Meteoric Jump
From #96 To #1 On Pop Singles Chart in the U.S. and #43 to #1 in Canada.
Highly Anticipated Album Circus Set For Worldwide Release On December 2nd
New York, NY – Britney Spears is making history with her new single, “Womanizer.” This week, “Womanizer” makes an unprecedented leap from No. 96 to claim the No. 1 spot on U.S. Billboard’s “Hot 100 Singles” chart and jumps 43 spots to capture the No.1 spot on the Billboard “Hot 100 Singles” chart inCanada. This is the first time a song has ever made a leap of this magnitude on the singles chart in theU.S. Further attesting to the multi-platinum singer’s worldwide appeal, “Womanizer” is the No. 1 song on iTunes charts in Canada, France, Spain and Sweden.
The song’s astonishing climb up the charts comes despite a major glitch that occurred yesterday when the “Womanizer” digital track was inadvertently removed and unavailable for sale at iTunes in the U.S. and in other countries for over a twelve hour period. The track first became available on iTunes on October 7th, and prior to the technical error, the digital track ranked No.1 there, selling over 275K units within the first six days of its release. However, the brief lapse did not slow down the momentum of the super-star’s project; currently the digital track is back up on iTunes and digital sales are expected to quickly recover.
Rounding out a record-setting week, Spears debuted her “Womanizer” video on ABC’s 20/20 news program this past Friday night; this is the first time a music video in its entirety has ever premiered during primetime on ABC. Additionally, the news program won the ratings race during its time slot, coming in No.1 in the coveted 18-35 demographic. The captivating video was directed by Joseph Kahn, who also directed Spears’ riveting “Toxic” video. The video for “Womanizer” was added out of the box into heavy at Much Music, MusiquePlus and MusiMax in Canada.
“Womanizer” is the first single from her forthcoming album, Circus and was produced by the up-and-comingAtlanta production team The Outsyders. For her latest album, Britney has enlisted a stellar group of established producers/writers that include Dr. Luke (who wrote and produced the album’s title track, “Circus”), Danja, Max Martin, Bloodshy & Avant and Guy Sigsworth (Madonna, Alanis Morissette, Bjork). Her sixth studio album, Circus, is set for release December 2nd, which coincides with Spears’ 27th birthday.
Britney Spears is one of the top-selling artists of the last decade and to date; she has sold in excess of 62 million albums worldwide, that include …Baby One More Time(1999), Oops!…I Did It Again (2000), Britney(2001), In The Zone (2003), and Blackout (2007), nine #1 worldwide singles and four consecutive #1 albums.
