ROSANNE CASH RELEASES MEMOIR COMPOSED

Composed, the newly published memoir from acclaimed singer and songwriter Rosanne Cash, will debut on The New York Times Book Review hardcover, nonfiction bestseller list at No. 20 on August 29th. The book — in which Cash shares her recollections growing up as Johnny Cash’s eldest daughter and coming into her own as a performer, daughter, and mother — has been called “one of the best accounts of an American life you’ll likely ever read” by the Chicago Tribune and “wise, honest, and utterly engaging” by the Washington Post. Composed has earned rave reviews from media outlets across the country, including Entertainment Weekly, the Boston Globe, the Philadelphia Inquirer, The Daily Beast, the Forth Worth Star-Telegram, as well as starred reviews from Kirkus and Publishers Weekly.


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SAMANTHA CRAIN RELEASES THIRD STUDIO ALBUM YOU (UNDERSTOOD)

On June 8, Samantha Crain released her new album on Ramseur Records, You (Understood) which honors 16 specific people in her life who significantly influenced her craft. With You (Understood), Crain once again looks closely at life and people and is able to conjure a mood to bring the listener into her own magical world where the ordinary is weird and small things take on significance. Samantha has recently been featured in Spin, Rolling Stone, and Paste Magazine, and she made her first appearance at Bonnaroo this year.


SO RUNS THE WORLD AWAY TO DEBUT AT #41 ON BILLBOARD 200

Selling over 15,000 copies since its release on May 4, So Runs the World Away, will mark Josh Ritter's best chart debut to-date. The album has been featured in the New York Times, Spin, Paste Magazine, NPR, and the Boston Globe. Recorded over 15 months at the Great North Sound Society in Maine, with additional recording at Brooklyn's Saltlands Studio, So Runs The World Away continues Ritter's longtime collaboration with producer/keyboard player Sam Kassirer, and the (newly christened) Royal City Band: Zack Hickman, Austin Nevins, Liam Hurley, and Kassirer.


CATHERINE RUSSELL RELEASES INSIDE THIS HEART OF MINE

Vocalist Catherine Russell’s 3rd album for World Village/Harmonia Mundi has jumped to the #1 position at both JazzWeek and Roots Music Report's top Jazz Charts. The album contains gems from the 1920’s through the Present, from the likes of Duke Ellington, Fats Waller, Louis Armstrong, Peggy Lee, Maxine Sullivan, Wynonie Harris, Howlin’ Wolf, Rachelle Garniez, and Catherine’s dad, Luis Russell.

Hear Catherine Russell on NPR's "Fresh Air" April 16 and
NPR's "Weekend Edition" May 1
YouTube clip - live @ Joe's Pub


CAROLINA CHOCOLATE DROPS RELEASE GENUINE NEGRO JIG

CCD's first release on Nonesuch Records, produced by Joe Henry, has reached #6 on the Amazon chart, #1 on the Billboard Bluegrass chart (first ever for an African-American artist), and #5 on the Americana chart. Features in Rolling Stone, the New Yorker, USA Today, SPIN, Paste, and the NY Post


BUCKWHEAT ZYDECO WINS GRAMMY!

Congratulations to Buckwheat Zydeco on winning the Grammy Award for Best Zydeco Or Cajun Music Album for the Alligator Records debut Lay Your Burden Down! Buckwheat has been nominated 5 times in 3 different categories over the past 30 years - this is his first win.


CE ARTISTS RECEIVE GRAMMY NOMINATIONS

Rosanne Cash (w/ Bruce Springsteen) - “Sea Of Heartbreak” - Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals
Buckwheat Zydeco - Lay Your Burden Down - Best Zydeco Or Cajun Music Album
Oumou Sangare - Seya - Best Contemporary World Music Album

The 52nd annual Grammy Awards will be held January 31, 2010. Congratulations to our nominees! For more info visit grammy.com




TOUMANI DIABATE MAKES NPR'S TOP 50 RECORDINGS OF THE DECADE

The 2005 Grammy-winning album In the Heart of the Moon was recently named to NPR’s list of the decade’s 50 Most Important Recordings on All Songs Considered

World Circuit is set to release the follow-up, Ali and Toumani, in February 2010. Toumani and his band will play his interpretations of the music of Ali Farka Toure in a series of special concerts starting in April 2010.