JULIE MCKEE DOESN’T DO LOVE SONGS, Fall Shows in New York and Chicago Confirmed

Julie McKee is a true original. The fact that Julie doesn’t write love songs is just the tip of the proverbial iceberg. She says of the loose commitment to forgo love torn lyrics,

“I didn’t set out not to write love songs. I just found there were so many other interesting things to write about. I wanted to explore other emotions, tell stories and comment on the things that were happening around me, and poke a bit of fun at a few characters we’ve all met while I was at it.”

The context of her forthcoming LP What A Woman Shouldn’t Do, released last June in the UK, (where she resides), to warm embraces from the British press, is living proof that one need not be broken-hearted to pen an inspired and compelling tune.

CELEBRATED BARCELONA-BASED TRIO, LONELY DRIFTER KAREN TO RELEASE GRASS IS SINGING ON OCTOBER 21st IN THE STATES

Much loved by the hard to please UK music press, Lonely Drifter Karen, (a TRIO comprised of an Austrian, an Spaniard and an Italian, not a lady), is set to release their debut long player, Grass Is Singing on Crammed Discs through RYKO this October.

HISTORIC DELUXE EDITION OF “SONGS FOR TIBET” TO RELEASE DECEMBER 2008

The Art of Peace Foundation announced it will release a Deluxe Edition of their now-controversial Songs For Tibet album to include a 3 hour DVD with teachings by His Holiness The Dalai Lama.

The album, initially released as a download days before the 2008 Beijing Olympic, features over a dozen of the world’s top musical artists, including Sting, Dave Mathews, John Mayer, Alanis Morissette, Suzanne Vega, Rush, Imogen Heap, Garbage, Damien Rice Moby, Underworld, Duncan Sheik and many more. The release met with a level of controversy not seen since the 1980’s legendary “No Nukes” album.

GHOST VS SANNE TAKE MANHATTAN (AND THEREABOUTS), DEBUT ALBUM SLATED FOR JANUARY 2009 RELEASE

Ghost vs. Sanne, a new and distinctive Swedish soul/electropop outfit is slated for east coast dates throughout the month of September.

Ghost vs. Sanne is the union of 22 year-old Sanne Karlsson, the most exciting new singer to ever emerge from the Stockholm “Soul Underground, and ” Ghost, a now-legendary songwriter/producer team also based in Sweden. Ghost, who are the dynamic duo of Ulf Lindström and Johan Ekhé, landed a #1 hit every year between 1996-2006 somewhere in the world. They’ve been nominated for a Swedish Grammy 3 times and won for best song in 2006. They scored big with 3-multi-platinum albums by fellow Swede, Robyn, a key player in the Swedish wave that is now taking the world by storm.

GREG CAMP LEAVES SMASHMOUTH, WILL RELEASE SOLO ALBUM ON BAR/NONE AND GASSES UP HIS ’62 FALCON SQUIRE

Greg Camp, guitarist and Grammy nominated songwriter has stepped out of the SmashMouth fold after 10 years. Having penned most of the pop outfit’s multiplatinum hits, Camp has decided to take this step in an effort to further explore the hidden corners of his overactive pop muse.

The result to date is Defektor, a silky, 14-song masterpiece, and Camp’s first full length solo effort. The album will be released on September 9th on Bar/None, the the undeniable outpost of embraceable and offbeat sonic confections.

MASSIVE INDIE RECORD STORE GATHERING NOISE IN THE BASEMENT – A FOUR DAY CELEBRATION OF MUSIC, FILMS AND GAMES IS SLATED FOR SEPTEMBER 17-20 IN BALTIMORE

The folks who brought you the uber-successful “national holiday” Record Store Day will now launch Noise In the Basement, a massive gathering of indie-record stores, representing over 700 stores from the US and Canada, in Baltimore, MD for a four day celebration of music, films, and games (September 17 – 20).

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