New England Music Scrapbook Newsletter
Alan Lewis, Editor

Our Corner of the Rock 'n' Roll Life

August 23, 2008
Issue 2008:289
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. . . What more do you need?
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BRATTLEBORO, VT, August 23 - I got off to a very late start on Friday,
leaving not a lot of time for work on this newsletter issue. Here is
what I was able to pull together in the available time. I am not
editing this issue, in an effort to allow extra minutes to include two
or three more items.
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NEW RELEASES THIS WEEK
As Listed by Newbury Comics

<> To a dyed-in-the-wool country music fan, the C&W entries on the
following list may not necessarily seem like a lot. But in the
relatively short time we have been on this Newbury Comics mailing
list, this week's e-mail included the greatest number of country
records I have seen so far.

This selection of new releases is drawn from Newbury Comics' much more
extensive list.

BYRNE,DAVID-Big Love: Hymnal-$12.88
CAMPBELL,GLEN-Meet Glen Campbell-$12.88
[I never heard Glen Campbell when he was a member of The Beach Boys.
Did you? Campbell briefly replaced Brian Wilson in that group's
touring lineup. The first time I heard The Beach Boys, Campbell,
himself, had just been replaced by Bruce Johnston (who later wrote "I
Write the Songs").]
DOUGLAS,JERRY-Glide-$13.88
DUHKS-Fast Paced World-$9.99
GOO GOO DOLLS-Volume 2 (CD/DVD)-$19.99
HATFIELD,JULIANA-How To Walk Away-$12.88
HITCHCOCK,ROBYN-Element Of Light-$9.99
HITCHCOCK,ROBYN-Fegmania!-$9.99
HITCHCOCK,ROBYN-Gotta Let This Hen Out-$9.99
HITCHCOCK,ROBYN-Luminous Groove (5 CD)-$39.99
ICE CUBE-Raw Footage-$13.88
JONES,GEORGE-Burn Your Playhouse Down-$9.99
MACDONALD,AMY-This Is The Life-$9.99
STAIND-Illusion Of Progress-$12.88
STAIND-Illusion Of Progress(+3)-$18.99
STEREOLAB-Chemical Chords-$11.88
STILLS-Oceans Will Rise-$11.88
URBAN,KEITH-Greatest Hits: 19 Kids-$16.99
WAINWRIGHT,LOUDON-Recovery-$12.88
YOUNG @ HEART CHORUS-Mostly Live-$11.88

SOURCE: Newbury Comics, "August 18 Newbury Comics Coupons and New
Releases," August 18, 2008.
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PRESS RELEASES RECEIVED THIS WEEK

<> Cutting Edge of the Campfire Schedule. Not a press release,
strictly speaking, but rather, information copied from the Club Passim
website. This Cutting Edge lineup of talent looks to be as good as
any and quite hard to resist.

<> A Tribute to Tommy Makem.

<> Mr Lif Unveils Plans To Release New Music in an Unprecedented Format.

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EAST SOMERVILLE FIRE

My friend and colleague Maria McLaughlin received the following
information and request. This is actually my only source of
information about the East Somerville fire and the situation that has
followed. Thanks to Maria for sharing what she knows. - Ed.

<> The other day a fire destroyed a modest three family home in East
Somerville. Thankfully no one was killed, but they lost everything.

Many of you probably know some the people affected by this tragedy.
The first floor housed a beautiful cat and a wonderful trumpet player,
Scott Aruda. The second floor was home to his brother John Aruda, a
fine saxophone player. They managed to save their instruments, but
everything else they owned is gone. I had the pleasure of playing
with both of them last night and they both sounded glorious. No act
of any God could ever take that away from either of them. The third
floor was home to their brother Wayne, his wife and their two
daughters. I don't know Wayne, but I'm sure his family [is] having an
even tougher time.

Scott and John are two of the most generous people I know. Whenever
there is a benefit for a worthy cause or for people in need, they are
always among the first to donate their services. Now they are the
ones who need some help. They need simple things like a suit of
cloths so they can go back to sharing their talents with the world. I
know most of the people on this list [Paul Ahlstrand's mailing list]
and none of them, to my knowledge, are billionaires (there is one guy
on the list that is a Rockefeller, but I don't think that is his real
name), but if you could find it in your heart to send a small donation
to help them get back on their feet, or at least to be able to buy
shoes, please send it to

. . . Scott Aruda
. . . Department of Music
. . . Granoff Music Center
. . . 20 Talbot Avenue
. . . Medford, MA 02155

Please feel free to forward this to your contact lists as well.

Thank you.

Paul

SOURCE: Webmaster At PaulAhlstrand Dot Com, E-Mail Message, August 19,
2008.

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AUTUMN HOLLOW CD-RELEASE PARTY
Headlined by Three Day Threshold
Peace, Whiskey, Live Music, CDs
and Nothing Else

"August 23, 2008:

<> "Three Day Threshold headlines (at midnight) the raucous, roots
filled Autumn Hollow CD release party at Church (formerly the
Linwood), in Boston's Fenway.

"Also on the bill: The Bean Pickers Union, Patmos Brothers Revival,
Tin Can Tele and, of course, Autumn Hollow.

"Location: CHURCH, 69 Kilmarnock St Boston, MA 02215"

Phone: (617) 236-7600

http://www.threedaythreshold.com/

SOURCE: Kier Byrnes of Three Day Threshold, "Playing With Country
Music Stars and Honky-Tonk Bars," August 21, 2008.

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TRANSPERFORMANCE 18: LETTERS AND NUMBERS
Information Supplied by the Western
Massachusetts Band, Winterpills

<> "[I]t's time for TRANSPERFORMANCE. Tuesday, August 26th.

"This year, Winterpills will be X. We will play at 6:25 SHARP.

"Details:

. . . Transperformance 18:
. . . LETTERS AND NUMBERS!

"Advance tickets at State St. Fruit, Cooper's Corner, and Northampton
Arts Council.

"All tickets $8 adults/$5 seniors/$3 kids.

. . . Tuesday, August 26, 2008
. . . 4pm to 9:30 pm
. . . (Rain date: Wed., Aug. 27)

. . . Pines Theater at Look Park
. . . Florence, Massachusetts"

http://www.northamptonartcouncil.org/

http://www.winterpills.com/

SOURCE: Winterpills Mail Dispatch, "Winterpills News: Philip Plays
Solo Show, Winterpills Impersonates X," August 19, 2008.

NOTICE THAT THE WRITER SAID, . . "This year, Winterpills will be X,"
not that Winterpills will imitate or PRETEND to be the band, X. At
Transperformance, a locally-based or otherwise locally-connected
artist or band will transform himself, herself, or itself into a
national or international act and perform that act's music, hence the
name, Trans-Performance. A man, say, may transperform a female
artist. A group may transperform a solo act, or a solo artist may
transperform a whole band. Things can get mixed up in interesting
ways, predictably making Transperformance a lot of end-of-the-summer
fun. - Ed.

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SONGWRITER SESSIONS
"If Only I Had Known"

"Thu Sep 04, 2008, 7:00pm
Songwriter Sessions
Lisa Martin / Reva Williams / Steve Allain / Shawn Taylor

. . . Udderly Delicious [v]
. . . 273 Main Street
. . . Oxford, Massachusetts

<> "Monthly music series dedicated to the craft of songwriting.
Performances are in-the-round and acoustically based. This month's
songwriting theme is, 'If only I had known.' For further info visit

http://www.myspace.com/songwritersessions"

"September 4th marks my return to my hosting duties for Songwriter
Sessions. This month's theme is 'If only I had known' ... hmmm ...
kind of ironic! Featured songwriters are Reva Williams of the band
Gretel from Boston, Massachusetts, Steve Allain of Rhode Island, and
Shawn Taylor of Connecticut."

SOURCE: RedLionRecords At AOL Dot Com, "Lisa Martin Music News August
Update," August 18, 2008.

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DARIEN BRAHMS
New "Number 4" Album
CD-Release Party
at Space, Portland, Maine, September 6

<> "I wanted to let you know that my new album, 'Number 4,' is now
officially for sale! If you live in the Portland, Maine area you can
pick one up at your local Bullmoose store. For those of you who live
far away, it is available online at CDBaby - just follow this link:

http://cdbaby.com/cd/darienbrahms4

"CD release party is September 6 at SPACE, Congress St., Portland, Maine
xoxo Darien

"Here's what a few people have to say about the record so far:

"'What a voice Darien Brahms has-warm and earthy and full of deep blue
intrigue; you hear it once and want to learn any secrets she's
telling. You wouldn't want to waste this voice on mundane songs, and
that's not the kind she writes: Whether exploring the spiritual, the
sensual or the grey areas in between, she doesn't shy away from the
messy emotional territory where you gain the greatest insights and
have the most fun. While she'll always be a rocker at heart, her
fourth album adds some idsiosyncratic touches of blues, lounge pop,
even hip-hop. It's all smart and adventurous, with a few of the
sharpest hooks I've heard this year.'
- - Brett Milano, author of 'The Sound of Our Town: A History of
Boston Rock and Roll'

"'Brahms has never sounded so confident and comfortable on record
before. Number 4 is the work of an artist in complete control of her
material. Every songs reaches its full potential in gorgeous and
glorious fashion.'
- - Chris Busby, The Bollard"

SOURCE: Darien Brahms, "New Record in Stores Today," August 20, 2008.

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SARAH BORGES
The Broken Singles Circle
Is Being Broken
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News of Forthcoming Album

<> "It is with happy sadness that we say goodbye to our longtime pedal
steel and guitar player, Mike Castellana. Mike has been with us for
almost five years, and we wish him love and success always. His
contributions to both 'Diamonds In The Dark' and 'Silver City' are
obvious, as is the spark he brings to the live show for any who have
seen him. If you'd like to send Mike a personal message you can do so at

. . . contact@...

and we will forward it on to him.

"We'd also like to announce the addition of guitar player Lyle Brewer
to the SBBS camp. A native Massachusetts-ian like me, Lyle has been
playing around Boston for awhile now, and we fear returning home
because of all of the local bands' ire we have invoked by poaching
him. Lyle will join us for the September tour and has been a part of
the ongoing recording process for record #3....

"Speaking of which, we're currently in the studio recording a new
record! It will be released by Sugar Hill in the spring of '09.
Producer Paul Q. Kolderie and engineer Adam Taylor are on board again,
and we are making it at Camp Street Studios in Cambridge,
Massachusetts. Expect a more rock record, representative of the SBBS
live show. We'll be playing some of the songs from the forthcoming
record on this next tour, so all the more reason to get out and get
yourself a preview!!!"

SOURCE: Sarah Borges, "August Newsletter From Sarah Borges," August
21, 2008.

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BECKY CHACE NEWS
- - Plus
Forever Young at Narrows Center
Fall River, This Very Night

<> "I'm back from sailing, it was fun but I'm a bit cooked. We will
be playing a LOT more shows starting in September. Jennifer Minuto
and I, for instance, will be starting a weekly show every Thursday at
Mirabar in Providence on September 4th. Brian and I will be back to
our travels, shooting a video with our friend Rachel Ferro in Ithaca,
and doing some cool local shows too. We'll be releasing a couple new
songs this Fall which will be made available exclusively through
internet download. For those of you who have been asking, Jack of All
Trades will be one of those new releases. They will be part of our
new Singles Series."

SOURCE: Becky Chace, "Forever Young This Saturday in Fall River,"
August 21, 2008.

Becky Chace is a member of the Neil Young tribute band, Forever Young,
which, we are told, is at the Narrows Center for the Arts, Fall River,
Massachusetts, tonight (Saturday, August 23).
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ROCK BAND INTERVIEW
Song Creator Under Consideration

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZlxZsP7hUw&fmt=18

<> "The only thing that's really new (Aside from some hands on
Demonstration of White Wedding) is the mention that a song creator is
'on their radar.'

"Of course, I'm nononplussed by the GHWT song creator so far, so that
may not be a good thing, but if the music editor is a selling point
for World Tour, it may be for Rock Band, as well."

SOURCE: Stephen Lewis, E-Mail Message, August 16, 2008.
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THE REMAINS

<> I have no details just yet, but it is my understanding we will soon
be receiving an update on the Barry and the Remains documentary.
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YAHOO GROUPS QUERY
Do You Manage a Yahoo Groups Group?

If you operate a Yahoo Groups enterprise of any sort and anything
strange has happened having to do with your membership list, I would
be interested in hearing about it. A number of bouncing addresses
that I personally unsubscribed have been returned to our list of
bouncing addresses for some reason. This return, though, is not
reflected in the number of our memberships reported by Yahoo, though
in recent years bouncing addresses have ordinarily been included in
the membership total.

If anything strange has happened with your Yahoo Group and you would
be willing to share your experience with us, please e-mail us by way
of the following Web page

http://www.geocities.com/nemsbook/fred.htm

or create a conventional, all lower-case e-mail address from the
following:

. . . FredRemainsLost At Yahoo Dot Com.
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RUSH
"Motion Pictures"
as Downloadable Content

"Rush's Motion Pictures has been confirmed as the downloadable content
for this week, including a master of Tom Sawyer. This also means Rock
Band's first instrumental track, YYZ. I seriously hope that this
doesn't become a trend, because it caps the game at three players."

SOURCE: Stephen Lewis, E-Mail Message, August 22, 2008.
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campfire.
10th Anniversary!

Labor Day Weekend

Friday, August 29 - Monday, September 1st
Friday Saturday Sunday Monday

<> 29th

6PM
Jim Ricciuti
James O'Brien
Rob Laurens
Joe Kowan
Matt Heaton
7:30PM
Jaded Mandolin
8:15PM
Noam Weinstein
Jason Myles Goss
Todd Martin
Daniel Burke
9:45PM
David Wax Museum
10:30PM
Natalia Zukerman
Meg Hutchinson
Anne Heaton
Big Baby D

<> 30th

12PM
Holly O'Reilly
Ryan Lee Crosby
Jacqueline Francis
Dennis Crommett
1:30PM
Blue Moose and The Unbuttoned Zippers
2:15PM
Abbie Barrett
3PM
Flynn Cohen
Sean Smith
Matt & Shannon Heaton
4:30PM
Jenee Halstead
5:15PM
The Paper Raincoat
6PM
Brett Hartenbach
Ralston
Jimmy Ryan
Susan Levine
7:30PM
Fiddlefoxx
8:15PM
Nicole Reynolds
John Gerard
Chuck E. Costa
Beth Colegrove
9:45PM
The Resophonics
10:30PM
Mieka Pauley
Ryan Montbleau
Amber Rubarth
Jesse Dee

<> 31st

12PM
5AM with
Abbie MacQuarrie
Katie McNally
Amanda Cavanaugh
Mia Fiedman
12:45PM
Margaret Glaspy
1:30PM
Avi & Celia
2:15PM
Tom Bianchi
Danielle Miraglia
Teresa Storch
Greg Klyma
3:45PM
Paul & Dan
4:30PM
Sean Staples
Kris Delmhorst
Tim Gearan
Jim Fitting
6PM
Baby Got Banjo
6:45PM
See-Through Band
7:30PM
Todd Martin & Chad Perrone
8:30PM
Cuddle Magic
9:15PM
Ryan Montbleau
10PM
Lori McKenna
Christopher Williams
Jake Armerding
Ralston

<> 1st

12PM
The Bigfoot Research Organization
with
Rob Laurens
Joel Ninesling
Lloyd Thayer
Dave Dersham
1:45PM
La Tuza
2:30PM
Carrie Cheron
Kate Klim
Miss Tess
Ellen Cross
4PM
Tripping Lily
4:45PM
Ronald Reagan
5:30PM
Myq Kaplan
6:15PM
Alastair Moock
Joe Kowan
Dave Godowsky
Milton
7:45PM
MC Mr. Napkins
8:30PM
Live From New York
with
Edie Carey
Teddy Goldstein
Anne Heaton
Andrew Kerr
10PM
Brian Webb
Chris O'Brien
Rose Cousins
Rose Polenzani
Parsons Lasky

SOURCE: "Club Passim: Celebrating the Folk Music Tradition,"
http://clubpassim.org/campfire/, accessed August 21, 2008.

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TRIBUTE TO TOMMY MAKEM
Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

PROJECT ARTS Of Plymouth, Inc. A non-profit corporation, dedicated to
promoting public awareness of the arts.

Presents the 2008 RIVER RUN Free Summer Concert Series

PRESS RELEASE

24 Tommy Makem

Irish Night - A Tribute to Tommy Makem.

The featured Artists for Aug 27th are;

The Makem Brothers and Spain Brothers, The Clancy Tradition, and
Dancers from the Haley School of Irish Dance.

Makem Brothers and Mickey and Liam Spain The Makem Brothers and Spain
Brothers

The Clancy Tradition

WITH.............

Haley, Mairead and Isabella

The Haley School of Irish Dance will kick off this
wonderful event at 6:00 PM
To contact them; http://haley-school.com or call Maureen Haley, TCRG
@ 781.447.3081
or Erin Blake Connolly, TCRG @ 617.816.3746 erin@...

Katie, Elizabeth, Abby, Colleen, Ashley,
Stephanie, Erin
Who, What, Where, When, and How!!!
The concert hours are 6:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., in Pilgrim Memorial
Park (South Park Location), located on the beautiful Plymouth MA
waterfront at the intersection of Water Street and Leyden Street. On
clear
nights Bill Luzader from the Plymouth Planetarium sets up a telescope for
stargazers.

There is ample public parking in and around the concert site. This
series is an extremely popular community event drawing many thousands of
attendees each summer. Families and children are welcome to attend and
are encouraged to bring a blanket and/or lawn chairs.

Project Arts is a charitable non-profit 501(c)3 corporation whose
stated purpose is to support all forms of musical and/or artistic
expression. Since 1996, it has produced hundreds of free outdoor
concert and
theatre events in and around Plymouth. For a complete 2008 concert
listing,
please check the official Project Arts website later this spring,
www.projectarts.com To be placed on a schedule of events mailing list,
please e-mail nightmusicco@... . For Sponsorship Opportunities
contact Lloyd Rosenberg @ 508.746.1023. For Event Information contact
Mike
Landers 508.747.7727 .

Donations may be mailed to Project Arts of Plymouth, 81 Samoset Street,
Plymouth MA 02360

For Entertainment Information Contact: Mike Landers (508)747-7727
of Nightlife Music Company or nightmusicco@... . or Write: 51
Jan Marie Drive, Plymouth, MA 02360-4670 For Sponsorship Information
Call: Lloyd Rosenberg (508) 746-1023 or 1 (800) 245-1023 or Write: 81
Samoset Street, Plymouth, MA 02360 Federal Tax I.D. Number 04-3414544

Sponsors include:

A D Makepeace, Town of Plymouth, Plymouth Cultural Council, Post,
O'Conner and Kadrmas, Eye Centers, Winokur, Serkey & Rosenberg, P.C.,
Nightlife Music Company, Sovereign Bank, All American Signs (+), 95.9
WATD-FM

Community Values, Design Principles, Radisson Hotel Plymouth Harbor,
ENTERGY, Newfield House,Partylite

The Edgar & Pauline Main Family Foundation, Best Western Cold Spring,
Cape Auto Body & Repair,

Cartmell Funeral Services, Colony Place, Eileen Lawton Photography,
Glynn Electric, Pam Sargent,

Mamma Mia’s Restaurant, Plymouth Lion’s Club, Rotary Club of
Plymouth, Ancient Order of Hibernians,

Carmen’s Café Nicole, Eastern Bank, Hilton Garden Inn Plymouth,
Kiwanis Club of Plymouth,

Maccaferri Real Estate, Inc., Pilgrim Sands on Long Beach, Stephen J.
Kerr, DMD, P.C.

Alpha One Flight Services, Captain John Boats, Court Street Insurance,
Golden Gull Studios, Inc., Hair Effects

Hollis Insurance Agency, Inc., Main Street Antiques, Mid Cape Home
Centers, Thomas & Jeanne O’Rourke

Pioppi’s Package Store, Plymouth Income Tax Consultants, PR First
Public Relations/Hanover

State Senator Therese Murray, Representative Vinny deMacedo, Richard
Davis Funeral Homes

Seabreeze Inn B & B, The Medicine Shoppe, The Shrand Family

Entertainers Information ...................................

(The Makem Brothers with Mickey and Liam Spain) show people of many
different backgrounds that old songs don’t have to die, if a small
group
of men or women love them and make sure to get together once in a
while to sing them.
Pete Seeger

This is a great new CD. It’s warm, joyful, and full of life. It makes
me smile when I listen to it!
Roger McGuinn

Conor, Rory, Shane, Liam and Mickey, who began touring the United
States and Ireland as a folk supergroup in 2003 have now produced an
inspired recording of their traditional and original music that
captures the
magic and infectious energy of their live stage show…The Makems and
the Spains have every reason to be proud for carrying on a family
tradition that has set the bar for folk musicians the world over.
The Rochester Times, Rochester, NH

Like Others Did Before us is an important musical milestone…Three of
the 13 tracks are originals, and would be standouts if only the other
tracks were not so darned good.
Foster’s Daily Democrat, Dover, NH

The Makem Brothers with Mickey and Liam Spain are the definitive Irish
folk singers of their generation.
NY Chronicle

This album is nothing less than ‘OUTSTANDING.’ This is the best
album I have received in a long time. I love the great selection of songs
and the fantastic arrangements. What a sound! Great job!
Jim Larkin, WBET Radio, Brockton, MA.

What a great CD!
Pat Walke, KROS Radio, Clinton IA

Millions have become fans through the brothers' stage appearances,
performances on American public television, and sit downs on Irish talk
shows. If you missed all three, you must not have been visiting Heaven
when God was handing out Makem Brothers concert schedules.
... If you like your Celtic traditional, with bite, substance,
historical perspective and pervasive joy, you'll absolutely love Stand
Together.
Foster's Daily Democrat Showcase
Dover, NH

This is America's top Irish folk group
The Sunday Chronicle
Muskegon, Michigan

... they exude class in their chosen field.
Folk Roots Magazine
UK

When it comes to gathering together an incredible, choice songbook of
rare gems, the Makems simply shine.
Portsmouth Herald
Portsmouth, NH

The Makem Brothers...gave one of the best performances of the
year...greeted by tumultuous applause with every song...wonderful
music and
song.
The Argus
Dundalk, Co. Louth Ireland

The Makem Brothers are not just entertainers, they are full-time
educators and communicators...Their textures and sounds make them one
of the
most original traditional groups that is on the Irish music scene
today.
Images
Laconia, New Hampshire

The third generation of legendary Irish folk musicians.
TV Guide

... what the Makem Brothers have done is to restore the song tradition
to its rightful place at the crossroads of history and music.
The Irish Connection
Detroit, Michigan

The lads put on a fabulous show! They proved to be powerful performers,
gifted musicians, their harmonies were beautiful, and they had a fun,
comfortable rapport with their audience and with each other.
The Celtic Informer
New Orleans, Louisiana

The boys are able to continue the Clancy-Makem mantle and yet be
uniquely themselves with a freshness that shows real affection for the
music..
WRDV
Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania

The Makem Brothers ... particular strength ... lies in backing their
right-on harmonies with powerful and somewhat unexpected instrumentation
... to create a synthesis of traditional Irish sound.
Dirty Linen
Baltimore, Maryland

They don't Makem like these guys anymore.
Quad City Times
Davenport, Iowa

One of the most sought after acts overnight.
The Patriot Ledger
Quincy, Massachusetts

The Makems is an ... eternally raucous vocal group whose every song is
sung to the rafters
Boston Herald
Boston, Massachusetts

The Makem Brothers...are the new kids on the Irish music block. They're
in the right place at the right time.
The Christian Science Monitor

Spain Brothers press quotes

The Spain Brothers are playing a well chosen hand of cards, but their
opening hand is a promising one, and they are an act to watch out for.
They have strong full bodied harmonies and a hearty enthusiasm for
their chosen material.
Their singing is strongly reminiscent of Liam and the late Paddy
Clancy.
The comparisons are obvious to the Clancy Brothers/Corries mix of multi
instrumental versatility with an added touch of backwoods Americana.
-Folk Roots, London, UK

The Spain Brothers debut release, Heroes and Rogues, proves that there
is plenty of life in those old songs to sustain new generations of
fans.
Their songs...are played with an unexpected level of freshness and
energy.
Banter is in the Spain Brothers blood, and so is the music.
-The Boston Sunday Globe

Not only are The Spain Brothers accomplished musicians with a great
repertoire, but the energy with which they play and sing, and the
enjoyment they exude in doing so, is both refreshing and infectious.
They are
electrifying as live performers, and they have a great CD.
The Spain Brothers, a robust and enormously talented duo.
-John Nolan, Editor, Rochester and Dover Times

In the Tradition of the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem, The Spain
Brothers have delivered an album of rousing songs that defy you to
sit and
listen in silence.
Marked by the bold confident voices of Mickey and Liam Spain, Heroes
and Rogues features spirited versions of some old and some new songs.
Heroes and Rogues...A Sterling debut.
-Roland Goodbody, WUNH Radio

Liam and Mickey Spain were born and raised in New England, but you'd
never know to hear them that they weren't immigrants from the ould sod.
Mickey sings lead with a sweet baritone voice that he can make raucous
or rebellious as the selection warrants. Liam sings the kind of Harmony
that is only achievable if two singers have sung together all their
lives.
-Mike Miller, the Philadelphia Folk Song Society

I thoroughly enjoyed the Spain Brothers rendition of Flower of
Scotland, and I know Roy, as I am, would have felt really gratified
that the
popularity of his song is continuing to spread so far in the world.
-Ronnie Browne, The Corries

The Spain Brothers are one of the most dynamic and energetic groups to
enter the Irish song scene today. They will undoubtedly become staples
of this genre sooner rather than later.
-Mike Dwyer, Fosters Daily Democrat

They have a great folk sound.
-Jim Larkin, Sounds of the Emerald Isle, WBET Radio
The Clancy Tradition Band reaches across generations, across the
Atlantic Ocean, the Irish Sea, and the river Blackwater, and across the
repertoire of Irish folk music. The music, both vocal and instrumental,
brings the listener a lively appreciation of The Clancy Tradition. The
Clancy Tradition's repertoire includes tunes from the middle of the last
century which were played on Sunday afternoons in the front room of the
Clancy home in the small village of Charlemont, County Armagh. It was
there the local musicians would gather to play; it was there that the
present day patriarchs of The Clancy Tradition, Eugene and Patrick, took
up their instruments and formed a Ceili Band playing at Irish Country
dances and concerts throughout Ireland. In 1960, three brothers left the
band to tour the United States as the Irish Ramblers. The Irish
Ramblers, Pat Clancy, Eugene Clancy and Brendan Clancy toured for a
period of
three years and in 1963 recorded The Patriot
Game on Electra Records.
The present day Clancy Tradition consists of Eugene Clancy on
guitar and vocals, his daughter Rosemary on fiddle and mandolin, son John
Clancy on bass, Patrick on vocals and piano, Pat’s daughter Liadain
singing vocals and Mike Melanophy on button accordion. The ensembles'
sound is rooted in the traditional Irish style, although the groups'
repertoire is peppered with French waltzes, American folk songs and
Scottish influences.
“Ordinary music for ordinary people,” Eugene likes to say of
The Clancy Tradition’s playing and singing, but the listener will
find it anything but ordinary. From those Sunday afternoons in Armagh
many
years ago, to the Wednesday night sessions at Eugene and Cecilia’s
home, their music keeps faith with the past and rouses the soul of all
who hear them. Their CD was recorded December, 1998 on our stage and is
entitled Live at the Towne Crier

Tommy Makem was the son and heir of the legendary source singer Sarah
Makem. He has also been known for many years as the modern day Bard of
Armagh and is regarded around the world as "The Godfather" of Irish
music.

Armed with his banjo, tinwhistle, poetry, stagecraft and his
magnificent baritone voice, Tommy has been mesmerizing audiences for
more than
four decades. He has expanded and reshaped the boundaries of Irish
culture, and infused a pride in that culture in the Irish, and a
quest for
knowledge of that culture in countless others.

Sundry reviewers have noted his remarkable performances. Ron Adams of
the Glasgow Herald in Scotland writes "...this is the practised
performer incarnate who knows what his audience wants, and gives them
that and
a little more besides." The Kingston Whig-Standard from Ontario, Canada
says "This was the kind of old fashioned folk music performance you
don't see any more and which todays performers could well go to school
on." Neil Strauss of The New York Times, in reviewing the 1999 Guiness
Fleadh in New York opened his review with " Perhaps the highlight of the
Guinness Fleadh on Saturday on Randalls Island came at midday on one of
the festival's smaller stages. There, backed only by an acoustic
guitar, Tommy Makem bellowed a stentorian "Four Green Fields", the
hallowed
Irish leave-us-alone-with-our-beauty ballad he wrote in 1967, as the
audience members pumped their hands in the air and sang in spellbound
unison."

Tommy's ambition to become an actor took him to New York where, after a
brief but rewarding career in live television, summer stock and Off
Broadway plays, he teamed up with Liam, Tom, and Paddy Clancy. Folk music
was the "In" music in 1961 and when Tommy appeared at the Newport Folk
Festival, he and Joan Baez were chosen the two most promising
newcomers on the American folk scene. Both have fulfilled that promise.

Together with the Clancy Brothers, Tommy appeared on the Ed Sullivan
Show, the Tonight Show, the Morning Show, PM East and PM West, and on
every major television network show in the United States,and they soon
became the four most famous Irishmen in the world. They played to SRO
audiences from New York's Carnegie Hall and London's Royal Albert Hall to
every major concert venue in the English-speaking world.

In 1969 Tommy left the Clancy Brothers to pursue a solo career and
immediately sold out The Felt Forum in Madison Square Garden in New York.
His popularity soared, and he went on to three sold out concert tours of
Australia, including Sydney's Opera House, three in the United States
and several in Canada, Ireland, England, Scotland and Wales and all
within a two year period of time. Tommy found time between concert tours
to do two TV series for Scottish Television, one series for the BBC and
one for Ulster Television. He then went on to do a network series for
the CBC in Canada and a four year syndicated series for CHCH-TV out of
Hamilton Ontario, which ran for 52 weeks a year.

Tommy continued his concert career on a solo basis until July of 1975
when he was booked for a festival in Cleveland, Ohio. Liam Clancy was
booked as a solo act for the same festival. Tommy and Liam were persuaded
to do one set together and thus began Makem and Clancy, the magical
combination which was to last until March of 1988 and which garnered them
an Emmy nomination for a TV series done with New Hampshire Public
Television as well as several platinum and gold records.

The influential Eire Society of Boston awarded Tommy their acclaimed
GOLD MEDAL for his contributions to Irish culture in April of 1957.

At their last dual appearance in 1988, Stonehill College in
Massachussetts honored both Tommy and Liam with their prestigious
GENESIS AWARD
for their promotion of Irish culture.

In 1997, St. Martin's Press in New York published "TOMMY MAKEM'S SECRET
IRELAND" and Publisher's Weekly said of it " This charming book makes
a great lighthearted complement to Tom Cahill's "How the Irish Saved
Civilization."

The University of New Hampshire honored Tommy with a DOCTOR OF HUMANE
LETTERS degree in May of 1998.

On August 4th 1998 the Honorable Nancy L. Johnson of Connecticut placed
Tommy officially in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD with her wonderful
remarks and words of praise for him. She also quoted from one of the
songs he
had written called Peace and Justice and finished her remarks " Mr.
Speaker, I sometimes wonder whether our society appreciates the
importance of our artists, poets and songwriters. Tommy Makem's
journey to our
shore, his work for peace and the music he has made famous --- including
the folksongs of North America and the British Isles --- remind us
that our nation has been enriched indeed by the men and women
who have come here from other lands."

With Tommy's abiding interest in Irish mythology, he wrote and
performed a one man show called "INVASIONS AND LEGACIES" at the Irish
Repertory
Theatre in New York in September 1999. The three week run was sold out
completely. Wilborn Hampton of The New York Times wrote " Once he is
as easy in his delivery of his epic saga as he is with song and banjo,
Makem will have a grand theatrical evening."

The World Folk Music Association awarded him its LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
AWARD in 1999.

For many years Tommy has been named each year in Irish America
Magazine's TOP 100. He has been elected to their permanent HALL OF
FAME and
received the first AER LINGUS/IRISH AMERICA LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
AWARD. In
December 1999 Tommy, along with his old partners Liam, the late Tom
and the late Paddy Clancy, were awarded the great honor of being named by
Irish America Magazine in the TOP 100 IRISH AMERICANS OF THE CENTURY.

In 1994 Tommy completed a life long dream when, together with WMHT
PUBLIC TELEVISION in Schenectady, N.Y., he taped TOMMY MAKEM'S IRELAND, a
two-hour television special which ran four times in the following years.
On its last showing it was picked up by 320 stations nationwide.

He has worked with WMHT to produce several other one hour musical
specials such as SONGS OF THE SEA with Judy Collins, The Shaw
Brothers and
The Makem Brothers; TOMMY MAKEM AND FRIENDS with Cherish the Ladies and
Barley Bree; TOMMY MAKEM IN CONCERT with Pete Seeger and Ivers, Egan,
Denizulu and Doyle; TOMMY MAKEM IN CONCERT with Odetta and the Barra Mac
Neills; THE TOMMY MAKEM CHILDREN'S SHOW with Tom Sweeney; A CHRISTMAS
TRADITION WITH TOMMY MAKEM, with Special Guests Schooner Fare and
Cathie Ryan; TOMMY MAKEM'S ANCIENT PULSING with Seamus Connolly, Aine
Minogue and Rory Makem.

In the spring of 2001 PBS viewers will see Tommy's new Irish travel
videos, two one hour specials called "The Road Taken" for which he did
most of the research and also collected and recorded the background
music.
He also wrote some of the music for this project.

The first TOMMY MAKEM INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF SONG was held in South
Armagh in June 2000. Tommy is especially proud of the brilliant success
of this event which drew people from USA, the Netherlands, Germany,
Poland, England and of course, many from other parts of Ireland to mingle
with the locals. This will be an annual event. The people of South
Armagh are still glowing from the success of the this initial
festival and
are looking forward to many more successes in the years to come. This,
undoubtedly, is the first cultural benefit of the peace process.

A rare thing is Tommy Makem --- singer, storyteller, actor and bard.
All of those attributes can be enjoyed today, but it is as a songwriter
that he will live for ever. "The Rambles of Spring", "Farewell to
Carlingford", "Gentle Annie", "The Winds Are Singing Freedom" and of
course,
"Four Green Fields" are all standards in the repertoire of folksingers
around the world in the late twentieth and early twenty-first
centuries.

Asked recently if he had any plans to retire, he replied "Yes, of
course, I retire every night and in the morning when I awake I
realise just
how lucky and privileged I am to be able to continue doing the things I
love to do."

He will be missed.

SOURCE: Michael R. Landers of Nightlife Music Co. and Project Arts of
Plymouth, "Tribute to Tommy Makem Just Got Bigger," August 20, 2008.

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MR LIF UNVEILS PLANS TO RELEASE NEW MUSIC IN AN UNPRECEDENTED FORMAT!

1-2 NEW TRACKS CREATED, RECORDED AND DIGITALLY AVAILABLE EVERY THREE
WEEKS

FIRST SINGLE, 'I HEARD IT TODAY', COMING 9/9! FOLLOWING SINGLES
RELEASED ON 9/23, 10/14, 11/4 (ELECTION DAY). FULL ALBUM AVAILABLE
1/20/2009
(INAUGURATION DAY)

<> The voice of the people is back!!! Mr. Lif returns with more
cutting edge political commentary in his new series titled I Heard It
Today. Presented in a completely unprecedented manner, Mr. Lif will
write and
release 1-2 songs every three weeks until Election Day (November 4),
following which Mr. Lif will release one more single based on his post
electoral thoughts. This single will preface the release of the I
Heard It
Today (Bloodbot Tactical Enterprises) full length on Inauguration Day
(January 20, 2009). The album will feature additional unreleased
tracks and corresponding artwork.

Mr. Lif has his hands on the pulse of American society as he rhymes
uncompromisingly about important issues that currently affect us. We are
looking toward perhaps the most anticipated administration change in
American history, and I Heard It Today boldly holds a mirror to the face
of the society we have created and perpetuated. As one of the most
versatile voices in the game, Mr Lif has enlisted some of hip-hops most
talented producers (J Zone, Edan, and Illmind, among others) to create
awareness on current political issues and agendas for Americans and the
global community.

Mr. Lif adds, "With a new administration on the horizon, many of us are
hoping things will change for the better. We are all hoping our
voices will be heard and our concerns met with solutions. This project
allows me to voice and magnify the all too often ignored opinions of the
American people. My research has led me to speak with so many
citizens nation wide, and the stories of your struggles combined with
the knowledge of my own struggles have given birth to the project now
known as I Heard It Today. "

In addition, Mr. Lif will be issuing regular "Presidential Reports"
commenting on recent events in national and world politics. "The
Presidential Report, Vol. 1" tackles tension between Obama and McCain
and the
recently erupted conflict between Russia and Georgia, and can currently
be heard on Mr. Lif's MySpace page (www.myspace.com/mrlif). Stay tuned
as more "Presidential Reports" are sure to follow, connecting the dots
between each new installment of I Heard it Today.

AllHipHop.com will host exclusive streams of the tracks one day prior
to release. They will then become available to fans worldwide, via The
Orchard, through hundreds of digital music store and wireless carriers,
including iTunes, eMusic, Amazon, Rhapsody, Napster, Verizon Wireless,
AT&T, Sprint and more.

Interviews, bio, art and more available upon request.

PRESS ON MR LIF
"A rapper as incisive as early-nineties X-Clan and far more crucial in
these depoliticized times" -ROLLING STONE

"Mr. Lif has invigorating skill; his flow is sharp and sleek." -Ben
Ratliff, NEW YORK TIMES

"Sly, studious, and battle-ready, Lif should boost the morale of fans
still ruing the day Guru left."
-VIBE

"Lif and learn. Boston's reflective rhyme warrior, Mr. Lif opens minds
with an open mic. He is one of alt-hip hops hottest commodities"
-ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY

"one of underground hip-hop's most compelling voices"- Chairman Mao, XXL

SOURCE: Trevor de Brauw, "Mr Lif Unveils Plans To Release New Music in
an Unprecedented Format," August 20, 2008.

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