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COUNTRY MUSIC SUPERSTAR JASON ALDEAN SETS RELEASE OF FOURTH STUDIO
ALBUM,'MY KINDA PARTY',SET FOR NOV.2,2010.
Nashville,Tenn.interviewsofrecordingartists.com There is a whole lot about country rocker Jason Aldean that has become familiar during his
first five years as a hitmaker; after all, he has spent more weeks at No. one on the radio charts
than any other country artist in the last 14 months. Now, with the release of his robust 15
track studio disc MY KINDA PARTY on Nov. 2, 2010, Aldean builds on the sound that brought him to
the ‘party,’ while continuing to push the boundaries of country music with his own unique style.
“The album is named MY KINDA PARTY because it’s totally representative of what I like and what my
fans have come to expect on my records and at the ‘party’ we throw at our shows,” says Aldean. “I
think the key is knowing who you are as an artist and taking it to an extreme without ripping
anybody else off...it’s all about knowing what it is that sets you apart.”
Produced by Michael Knox, the essence of MY KINDA PARTY is the solidity of its material. By
selling 3.5 million records in the first phase of his career, Aldean commanded the attention of
Nashville’s songwriters as he put together music for the album. As a result, MY KINDA PARTY is
stacked with inviting melodies and intriguing storylines.
The first single, the muscular title track, has fit very quickly into the jacked-up portion of
both his concert set list and radio playlists across the country. But there’s other stylistic
landscape to explore too, including his first full-fledged duet with big-voiced pop singer Kelly
Clarkson for “Don’t You Wanna Stay” and the groove of “Dirt Road Anthem” that suggests Aldean has
listened to a little Snoop Dogg in his time. ldean’s ultra-Southern vocal style gives him an
immediately identifiable sound, and the band helps set him even further apart from other country
stars.“I don’t want my records to sound like everybody else’s,” he insists. “The only way to do
that is to cut it like we do…with my touring band and with an engineer that nobody else uses in
Nashville, and I’m really proud of that.”
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“Ladies & Gentlemen…The Rolling Stones”.This September NCM Fathom,Eagle Rock Entertainment
And Omniverse Vision Team To Rock Out Over 530 Select Movie Theaters Nationwide.
CENTENNIAL,Colo.interviewsofrecordingartists.com Fans of rock legends,Rolling Stones,around the nation will experience for one night a unique
event,as the band takes fans back to the summer tour that skyrocketed their careers with Ladies &
Gentlemen…The Rolling Stones.This big screen event features classic Stones performances from the
1972 tour and a special, theater-only segment from Mick Jagger. Together with Jagger, Stones
greats Keith Richards, Mick Taylor, Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts take fans inside life on the
road during that magical summer when they rocked millions of fans in sold-out venues around the
world. For the first time in over 30 years, legendary concert footage from the tour will be
unveiled by the band for their fans in select movie theaters nationwide on Thursday,September
16,2010,at 7:30 p.m.local time.
“You Can’t Always Get What You Want”.Tickets for Ladies & Gentlemen… The Rolling Stones are
available at participating box offices and online at www.FathomEvents.com. For a complete list of
theater locations and prices, please visit the website (theaters may be subject to change).
Presented by NCM Fathom, Eagle Rock Entertainment and Omniverse Vision, this one-night-only event
will feature the Stones in a career defining concert, testing the very limits of their own
musical power. The footage was captured at four shows in Fort Worth and Houston, Texas on their
1972 North American tour promoting the “Exile on Main Street” album. The music played on that
spectacular tour included what would later be known as some of the band’s greatest all-time hits
such as "Tumbling Dice," “Brown Sugar,” “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” and “Jumpin’ Jack
Flash.” "It's a full on performance and energy levels are really high...everyone's very together
and on,"Jagger noted. Richards agreed with Jagger and recalled, “I knew that ‘Tumbling Dice’ was
a killer live.” Ladies & Gentlemen… The Rolling Stones was originally filmed in 1972 in 16mm by
Bob Freeze and Steve Gebhardt of John Lennon’s Butterfly Films and has been restored and
re-mastered from vintage footage. Movie theater audiences will get a one-time opportunity to
flashback and be next to the stage during these historic concerts.
“The summer of 1972 and being on tour with the Rolling Stones is a rare opportunity for the
legions of Stones fans and their families to experience history,” said Dan Diamond, vice
president of NCM Fathom. “This concert footage has been preserved for 38 years and we are
delighted that the Stones want to share it with millions of music fans across the country in
hundreds of Fathom-networked theaters.”
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COLDWATER CANYON BAND
IS‘JUST GETTING STARTED’.
LOS ANGELES,CALIFORNIA.interviewsofrecordingartists.com Like the long, winding and hilly Los
Angeles street for which it’s named, the
Coldwater Canyon Band’s rise in country
music includes a lot of intense twists and
turns that set it apart from most of
today’s Nashville bred and based ensembles.
The good news for the group’s thousands of
fans across America is expressed in the
title of their new album—they’ve been going
strong since 2006, but in many ways,
they’re Just Getting Started.
Charismatic, high energy frontman and
songwriter Howie Vaughn may have been
raised on a farm in Tennessee, but he’s a
California boy at heart. Years after
returning to his birth state as a teenager,
he’s still firing up the joint, raising the
roof at honky tonks and festivals up and
down the West Coast and Las Vegas
(including Gilly’s and the Harrah’s outdoor
stage on the Strip) with a groove
intensive, R&B-hip-hop infused hybrid vibe
he calls “Cali Country.”
Driven by Vaughn’s intense onstage energy
and showmanship that legends like Garth
Brooks could appreciate, they held sway for
a few years at The Cowboy Palace in
Chatsworth (north of L.A.), but have
graduated to larger venues since the
widespread success of their two indie
albums. They’re renowned for their
sparkling, devil’s in the strings
performances, their onstage give and take
and connection to the crowd—taking the
outlaw legend and introducing into it a
modern day bump, balancing a mainstream
polish and a rough, back porch edge.
Vaughn’s unique hybrid, which adds harder
bass, beats and cymbals to a mainstream
country-pop sound, has been a sensation at
country radio since the release of the
Coldwater Canyon Band’s 2008 indie album
debut Rollin’ on the L.A. based KBE
(KOUNTREEBOYZ ENTERTAINMENT) label. Their
first single “Country Girls” rose to #15 on
the Billboard Hot Singles Chart (indicating
great crossover success). “Nobody Knows,”
the new single from the recently released
Just Getting Started, reached the Top Ten
on the Hot Singles chart and #2 on the
Billboard Country Singles Chart—all
incredibly impressive stats for a country
band from L.A. on an indie label. The track
is also getting major airplay via online
outlets like the country channel on Music
Choice.Folks in the industry have been
showering the band with praise from the
beginning. Al Bruno, Grammy winning writer,
producer and guitarist for Willie Nelson,
says, “Besides being an ultra-talented
writer and performer, there’s a lot of
passion and honesty in Howie’s voice and
writing. He brings energy to country music
that the format desperately needs. And he
is not afraid to cross the line and go for
it.”
Kevin Gerhsan, Producer/Director of
“Entertainment Tonight,” adds, “Howie
Vaughn’s Coldwater Canyon Band is one of
hottest young country bands hitting the
scene. Their unique and fresh ‘California’
sound really makes them stand out from the
crowd. They are certainly among the ‘Ones
To Watch’!”"In many ways, my story is
typical of someone who might grow up to
become a country artist,” says Vaughn,
“because I grew up listening to Willie
Nelson and Waylon Jennings, Hank Williams,
Jr. and Tammy Wynette. I was influenced by
the unique ways they had in delivering a
song. But my parents were also listening to
Motown, and later I loved 2 Live Crew, NWA
and Notorious B.I.G. So my sound brings
over a lot of flavors of urban music and
I’m really excited about the way songs like
‘Nobody Knows’ and ‘Redneck Soldiers’ from
Just Getting Started are being embraced by
the African American community. But my
inspiration doesn’t stop there! I was also
a big fan of Metallica and Journey, and one
of my earlier songs ‘Weatherman’ was
inspired by the group Cinderella.
“The sound of the Coldwater Canyon Band has
evolved since I started with the original
lineup in 2006,” he adds, “but we love the
fact that we’ve never been locked or
handcuffed into a certain sound.
In this digital age when most independent
artists timidly release singles or EPS, CCB
makes the bold move in putting out a
collection with a total of 13 songs—a
number usually considered unlucky but which
for Vaughn makes a statement that luck is
on their side. Four of the songs are newly
revamped versions of tunes that originally
appeared on Rollin’: “Nobody Knows,” “Peace
of Mind,” “What About Me?” and the title
track.While Vaughn sees the musical theme
of Just Getting Started along the lines of
“Here I am, partying with you guys in the
trenches, in bars having a good time,
bringing you this brand new spin on country
music,” lyrically the songs are fascinating
snapshots into his dynamic life journey.
The mid-tempo ballad “Rollin’” was
influenced by his parents. His dad, a
veteran trucker who is now the driver of
Coldwater Canyon Band’s tour bus, was gone
for long stretches of time and his mom was
left alone quite often. When the girl of
Vaughn’s dreams left him because of his own
extended time away, he asked his mom if she
ever felt like leaving—a question which led
him to write the song.“Peace Of Mind” is an
homage to our soldiers and all those who
fight for our freedom, who deserve our love
and support; unlike many post 9/11 anthems,
however, it also refers to Vietnam, where
his dad served many years ago. His parents
were also the inspiration behind “Nobody
Knows,” in which a performer spots someone
dancing alone from the stage and wonders
why they don’t want to dance with anybody.
It’s largely metaphorical, but it has to do
with those days when his mom had a man but
the man was frequently absent—which would
have meant if she went out on the town, she
would dance alone.When Vaughn was a kid,
his Pawpaw in Kingsport, Tennessee told
him, “Howie, you’re a dreamer. When you
gamble, bet the ranch and let it ride, but
make sure you bet on yourself.” From
sneaking into honkytonks to sing at eight
years old to captivating fans these days
with his wild stage performances, he’s
always approached his life and music full
throttle. Once he came back to Cali as a
teenager, he signed a publishing deal with
Bruno Bear Records and rode saddle broncs
on the amateur rodeo circuit.Before forming
and becoming the lead singer of Coldwater
Canyon, he performed in numerous bands that
became legendary, including Wild Country,
Southern Tradition and Young Country. KBE
President Thomas Goodin signed Coldwater
Canyon Band after hearing them perform
“Country Girls” at the Cowboy Palace. The
band has been through various personnel
changes since, but original member, drummer
Milo Todesco, still performs some live
dates with the revamped band.“Nothing makes
me happier than connecting with the crowd,
having them feel what I feel through my
songs,” Vaughn says. “I put as much passion
and emotion into it as possible. I want to
create music that soothes, connects and
grabs people. To bond with someone on that
level – there is no greater gift. People
come to shows to get lost from the reality
of what’s happening in their lives for a
few hours, and I love the opportunity to
pull them into my world, where they can
worry about the passion and not the pain.
It’s like entering another dimension and
it’s all about having letting go and having
fun.”
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