Peter Salett
Peter’s CD In the Ocean of the Stars was released last week. Peter is started his music career in NYC, before heading to LA where he has had great success collaborating with directors and producers including Edward Norton and Judd Apatow; he recently had three songs featured in Forgetting Sarah Marshall.
Video for “Miss You (Thought You Should Know):
www.myspace.com/petersalett
www.petersalett.com
Jason Reeves
After touring and successfully selling his records on ITunes on his own, Warner Bros. recently signed Jason and will release his album The Magnificent Adventures of Heartache digitally August 12 and in stores in September.
Originally from Iowa City, Jason moved to California to pursue his songwriting and performing dreams. One of the first people he met was Colbie Caillat, and the friendship and playing together led to his co-writing 10 of the tracks on her platinum-selling record Coco, including “Bubbly” and “Realize.” He was named one of Top Indie Singer-Songwriters of 2007 by iTunes and has had his music featured on One Tree Hill and A Shot At Love With Tila Tequila.
www.myspace.com/jasonreeves
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Rising star, Dap-C, hailing from Newcastle, England was poised to take over the UK’s Hip Hop scene, as well as make a splash further a field, with his track “Ma Money”. The track which features Lil Wayne, Talib Kweli and Royce da 5′9″ is produced by London’s Quincey Tones (eMC, Little Brother, Ras Kass, Royce da 5′9″ and more).
With Wayne’s verse signed, sealed and delivered, Dap was content with the track - that was until Wayne’s acapella made its way into the wrong hands. Notorious mixtape DJ Big Mike took it upon himself to use the verse from Lil Wayne on his up and coming mixtape - on a different beat, and not featuring Dap-C.
Dap laments “It’s bad enough when an artists music leaks, but at least it’s the finished product. When an acapella of the biggest featured artist leaks on its own and on a different beat, that’s foul. Especially when it’s not label money, that’s ‘Ma Money.’ Mixtape DJs need to be responsible with what they release, I mean, look at The Empire!” At press time Big Mike has yet to respond to emails and calls from the UK rapper and his team and how the verse came into Mike’s possession has yet to be determined.
Coveted UK producer Quincey Tones discussed how the line-up for the track came about; “We had this transatlantic link-up - some sort of musical diplomacy. When I realised we had Wayne, who’s from the home of jazz, a genre that has had a massive influence on Hip-Hop, I reached out to Royce, the illest from the home of Motown; a label that has had a massive influence on Hip Hop as well. So it was only right I brought it full circle and hollered at the dopest MC from its birthplace - Talib Kweli.”
The official version of Dap-C’s Ma Money Featuring Lil Wayne, Talib Kweli and Royce Da 5′9 produced by Quincey Tones will be hitting the net in the coming days.
In other news, Quincey Tones recently entered an endorsement deal with Red Monkey jeans - the elite denim brand that supplied Jay-Z with his “Heart of The City Tour” exclusive denims. Quincey also had three of the best-received tracks on the recent eMC album, and is working on his own debut album. Still in the early stages of recording, it already features some of the most revered names in Hip Hop.
Giorgio Armani is proud to announce singer and songwriter Solange Knowles as the new Armani Jeans ambassador. Her sophomore album, titled SoL-AngeL and the Hadley Street Dreams, will debut on August 26th, 2008, on Music World/Geffen and will be followed by a worldwide tour beginning in late autumn.
Giorgio Armani says, “Armani Jeans expresses my vision of a young, independent, casual lifestyle with a strong and cool, fashion sensibility. Solange epitomises this style perfectly and brings to it that swing so evident in her new single, ‘I Decided’.”
Dressed in Armani, Solange will begin her European press tour with a stop in London at the end of this month followed by Cannes in early August.
The Armani Group is one of the leading fashion and luxury goods groups in the world today with 4,900 direct employees and 13 factories. It designs, manufactures, distributes and retails fashion and lifestyle products including apparel, accessories, eyewear, watches, jewellery, home furnishings, fragrances and cosmetics under a range of brand names: Giorgio Armani Privé, Giorgio Armani, Armani Collezioni, Emporio Armani, AJ | Armani Jeans, A/X Armani Exchange, Armani Junior, Armani Baby and Armani Casa. The Group’s exclusive retail network currently comprises: 73 Giorgio Armani boutiques, 12 Armani Collezioni stores, 140 Emporio Armani stores, 168 A/X Armani Exchange stores, 18 AJ | Armani Jeans stores, 7 Armani Junior stores, 1 Giorgio Armani Accessori, 1 Emporio Armani Accessori store and 25 Armani Casa stores in 46 countries. The Armani Group has also announced its intention to open a unique collection of luxury hotels and resorts in the world’s most important cities and destinations.
“I Decided” video on Yahoo! Music:
http://new.music.yahoo.com/
Solange Official Site:
and MySpace page:
http://www.myspace.com/solange
For those aching to hear the pure, lonesome tenor from the Appalachian siren of modern country, the wait isover. With her first release in three years, Patty Loveless is back with her19th CD on a new label, Saguaro Road Records, formed in June 2008 by Direct Holdings Americas Inc. Direct Holdings also markets and sells audio and video entertainment products under the Time Life brand, which it uses underlicense from Time Warner Inc.
Produced with her husband and musical soul mate, Emory Gordy Jr., and backedby a Who’s Who of Nashville A-list session players, including Harold Bradley, John Hobbs, Hargus “Pig” Robbins, Harry Stinson, Steve Gibson and Biff Watson, with background vocals by Vince Gill, Sleepless Nights features14 titles that the pair culled from a pool of nearly 500 songs. This albumof classics celebrates the many facets of heartache that make country music the diary of the common man.
“Emory and I were talking over dinner about recapturing some of these moments from my youth,” Loveless explains, “because I want to inspire and remind people of what country is made of. It takes me back especially to mybrother, Roger, and my sister, Dottie, and the music they loved.
“It’s a little bit of a history lesson, but I think once you hear the songs,the stories … you’re going to be drawn to it,” continues Loveless. “People lived a little differently then, but at the same time, there’s a lot more in common [with today] than people would think.” Hailed by People magazine as”equal parts Linda Ronstadt and Patsy Cline” when her two-million-selling Only What I Feel was released, Loveless has always believed in honoring her upbringing. Born in rural eastern Kentucky to a coal mining father who loved bluegrass, Patty followed her roots all the way to the Opry stage afterfirst catching the ear of Porter Wagoner when she was only 13. She released
her self-titled debut in 1987 and has never looked back.
A CMA Female Vocalist and Album of the Year winner, Loveless has consistently set a standard for what country music should be with platinum CDs and chart-topping songs like “You Don’t Even Know Who I Am” and “How Can I Help You Say Goodbye.” As Time magazine once noted, “Her songs catalog every sin a man can commit,every pain a woman can bear. If you turn on the radio and hear a strongheart breaking, chances are it’s the one in that plangent Loveless voice…”
“These are great Country songs”, says Direct Holdings Senior Vice President,Retail, Mike Jason, but in many ways they transcend their Country roots bytelling universal stories of love, passion and heartbreak.” “Patty’s beautifully plaintive voice and this album will speak to the Country musicpurist, the newest fan and everyone in between.”On Sleepless Nights, Loveless draws on her vocal strength and traditional sensibilities to bring her own versions of these timeless standards to life.The title track is itself a bridge between the heart-wrenching Gram Parsons/Emmylou Harris duet and the original, more obscure yet hopeful Everly Brothers’ version.
That is the beauty of what Loveless has always achieved: a seamless synthesis of what was, what is and what matters. Whether it’s Webb Pierce’s cautionary “There Stands the Glass,” George Jonesregret-steeped “Color of the Blues” or Hank Williams’ “Cold, Cold Heart,”these songs are imbued with a fire that consumes the listener. And they are classics for a reason. Not just for what they say, or who wroteor recorded them, but also because of the emotional charge they carry. “I felt like I could dip into my own soul,” Loveless says of “Color of theBlues” by her dear friend George Jones. “It grabs a hold of you and won’t let go … and when you’re feeling down and out, that may be all you have to hold onto. “That’s what makes country music stand out. ‘Don’t Let Me Cross Over’ is acheatin’ line … and it was written by a woman, Penny Jay Moyer.”
In a world growing more complex, and at the same time more superficial, it takes some digging to find what’s real. It’s not always neat and tidy, butit is profound. For Loveless, that’s the essence of her role as a country music singer.
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Sleepless Nights SONG LIST
1. WHY BABY WHY
2. THE PAIN OF LOVING YOU
3. HE THINKS I STILL CARE
4. SLEEPLESS NIGHTS
5. CRAZY ARMS
6. THERE STANDS THE GLASS
7. THAT’S ALL IT TOOK
8. COLOR OF THE BLUES
9. I FORGOT MORE THAN YOU’LL EVER KNOW
10. NEXT IN LINE
11. DON’T LET ME CROSS OVER
12. PLEASE HELP ME I’M FALLING
13. THERE GOES MY EVERYTHING
14. COLD COLD HEART
Lloyd In Studio With Producers Jasper & Big Reese Recording “Lessons In Love”:
New Kids On The Block have just released the official track listing for The Block. The album due out on September 2nd features collaborations with Pussycat Dolls, Lady Gaga, New Edition and Akon. NKOTB recently revealed their latest single, called “Single,” with Ne-Yo.
The Block
1. Click Click Click
2. Single (with Ne-Yo)
3. Big Girl Now (featuring Lady Gaga)
4. Summertime
5. 2 In The Morning
6. Grown Man (featuring Pussycat Dolls and Teddy Riley)
7. Dirty Dancing
8. Sexify My Love
9. Twisted
10. Full Service (featuring New Edition)
11. Lights, Camera, Action
12. Put It on My Tab (featuring Akon)
13. Stare at You
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