PAGE McCONNELL TOUR

Here are Page McConnell's first tour dates:

5/30 South Burlington, VT - Higher Ground
5/31 Boston, MA - Avalon
6/1 Providence, RI - Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel
6/2 Philadelphia, PA - Fillmore (soon-to-formerly-be TLA)
6/4 New York, NY - Fillmore New York At Irving Plaza
6/5 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
6/7 Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse
6/8 Asheville, NC - Orange Peel
6/9 Cincinnati, OH - Bogart's
6/10 Indianapolis, IN - The Vogue
6/12 Detroit, MI - Majestic Theatre
6/13 Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre
6/14 Minneapolis, MN - Pantages Theatre

More details are online here

Some recent radio features:

• NPR Weekend Edition
• NPR World Cafe
• WXPN Live at Noon
• Vermont Public Radio - Vermont Edition (4/11/07)
• WMFO (Boston)

JOSHUA BELL

Violin vituoso Joshua Bell was featured in last weekend's Washington Post magazine as part of an experiement...

No one knew it, but the fiddler standing against a bare wall outside the Metro in an indoor arcade at the top of the escalators was one of the finest classical musicians in the world, playing some of the most elegant music ever written on one of the most valuable violins ever made. His performance was arranged by The Washington Post as an experiment in context, perception and priorities -- as well as an unblinking assessment of public taste: In a banal setting at an inconvenient time, would beauty transcend?

Click here for the full article

Click below for the video of Joshua in the DC Metro

SKAGGS & HORNSBY UPDATE

Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby on tour in 2007

Contact us for any interview or promotion requests around these dates.

• 4/23 Late Night with Conan O'Brien (NBC)
• 4/24 New York, NY The Concert Hall
• 5/12 Williamsburg, VA America Rocks 400th Anniv
• 6/22 Jacksonville, OR Britt Pavilion
• 6/23 Woodinville, WA Chateau Ste Michelle
• 6/24 Ridgefield, WA Clark Co. Amph
• 6/26 Saratoga, CA Mountain Winery
• 8/30 Philadelphia, PA Mann Center
• 10/8 San Francisco, CA Strictly Bluegrass Fest.
• 10/9 Arcata, CA Humboldt State Univ
• 10/12 Mesa, AZ Mesa Arts Center
• 10/13 Cerritos, CA Cerritos Center
• 10/19 Newport News, VA Ferguson Center
• 10/25 New London, CT Garde Arts Center
• 10/26 Red Bank, NJ Count Basie Theater
• 10/27 Shippenburg, PA LUHRS Perf Arts Center

Please also check out both Bruce Hornsby's and Ricky Skaggs' own tour schedules for dates in your area.

ELVIS PRESLEY GOSPEL RADIO SPECIAL

HE TOUCHED ME: ELVIS' GOSPEL MUSIC

One-hour radio documentary about Elvis Presley's love for Gospel music, his roots in the church, and the stories behind his greatest Gospel recordings and performances.

This program is hosted by singer-songwriter Laura Cantrell and produced by Paul Chuffo (Joyride Media) - the same team behind the acclaimed Roy Orbison, Ralph Stanley and Charlie Poole radio specials.

"Religion always played an important part of Elvis' life and quest of his purpose in life. He was a searcher of knowledge and is a much more intelligent person than has been documented in history so far." - Jerry Schilling

MANY OF THE CLASSIC IMAGES OF ELVIS PRESLEY INVOLVE SOME SORT OF HIP SHAKING AND KNEE WOBBLING. AFTER ALL, HE WAS THE KING OF ROCK AND ROLL, AND WHAT HE ACCOMPLISHED IN HIS SHORT LIFE CHANGED MUSIC FOREVER.

BUT ALL THROUGH HIS CAREER, THERE WAS A SECOND TRACK. ELVIS WON THREE GRAMMYS IN HIS LIFE, AND NONE OF THEM FOR ROCK AND ROLL. ALL THREE WERE FOR RELIGIOUS RECORDINGS. ELVIS SANG A LOT OF GOSPEL MUSIC, AND IN THE NEXT HOUR, WE'RE GOING TO HEAR HOW DEEP THOSE GOSPEL ROOTS RAN.

WE'RE JOINED BY LIFELONG FRIEND AND ASSOCIATE JERRY SCHILLING, JOE MOSCHEO OF THE IMPERIALS QUARTET AND GORDON STOKER OF THE JORDANAIRES.

• Host: Laura Cantrell
• Producer: Paul Chuffo (Joyride Media)
• Length: 59-min and 54-min versions available
• Terms: Avail for all US radio broadcasters at no cost
• Distribution: On CD or from PRX (click to preview or download audio)
• There are no national spots built into the program
• Broadcast window begins on Friday April 6

Song List:
(* = music bed or excerpt).

*So High
*Crying in the Chapel
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
If the Lord Wasn't Walking By My Side
*I, John
Where Could I Go But To The Lord
Milky White Way
*His Hand in Mine
Run On
*Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho
Take My Hand, Precious Lord
Peace in the Valley
*In My Father's House
He Touched Me
*Mansion on the Hill
Amazing Grace
You'll Never Walk Alone
*Somebody Bigger Than You and I
Bosom of Abraham
*How Great Thou Art

All music is also featured on the new 2-CD set Elvis Presley: Ultimate Gospel in stores now from Sony BMG Music.

MICHAEL PENN

Palms & Runes, Tarot & Tea:
A Michael Penn Collection

• In stores April 17, 2007
• 20 original, alernate, and new versions of his best known songs
• 7 previously unreleased tracks include three re-recordings
• 2005 album Mr. Hollywood Jr., 1947 also back in stores 4/17 with a six-track bonus live CD
• Catch Michael Penn on tour this April and May - see dates below
• Contact Greg Repicci at Sony BMG for any radio requests for CDs, interviews or promotions

Track List:

+ = unreleased, * = re-recorded, ^ alt/demo version

• Lucky One (Version One) +
• Bunker Hill * +
• Out Of My Hands
• Cupid's Got A Brand New Gun * +
• Coal
• Try ^ +
• No Myth
• Barely A Sound (Instrumental) +
• Don't Let Me Go
• All That That Implies
• Whole Truth
• Brave New World
• Me Around ^ +
• Long Way Down (Look What The Cat Drug In) * +
• Macy Day Parade
• Figment
• Bucket Brigade
• I Can Tell
• Walter Reed
• Opening (From The Film, Melvin Goes To Dinner) +

Tour Dates:

• 4/24 - Arlington, VA - IOTA
• 4/26 - Annapolis, MD - Rams Head Tavern
• 4/27 - Philadelphia, PA - World Café Live
• 4/28 - New York, NY - Joe's Pub
• 4/30 - New York, NY - Joe's Pub
• 5/2 - Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club
• 5/3 - Northampton, MA - Iron Horse Music Hall
• 5/5 - Pittsburgh, PA - Club Café
• 5/6 - Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom
• 5/8 - Ann Arbor, MI - The Ark
• 5/9 - Chicago, IL - Schubas
• 5/10 - Madison, WI - Orpheum Stage Door
• 5/11 - Minneapolis, MN - Cedar Cultural Center

Check out two videos:

• "Walter Reed" (2005) - Directed by Thomas Horne. Michael was shot on a green screen with a Nikon D70 and composited with still photographs of L.A. and Chicago, and edited together with archival footage.


• "Try" (1997) - Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, features Phillip Seymour Hoffman, originally as a bonus feature on the Boogie Nights DVD.

SLY & THE FAMILY STONE

Deluxe relaunch of Sly's Columbia Records catalog in stores April 2007

• Limited-release Expanded Editions of seven classic albums
• Bonus tracks on each disc include demos, unreleased songs and live cuts
• Available as individual titles and a 7-CD box set!
• Stay tuned for more details on radio promotions

In the meantime, check out this rare TV interview of the reclusive Sly Stone from the early 80s

DOLLY PARTON

In stores April 3, 2007 - reissues of three classic Dolly Parton albums that defined her career as a solo artist and songwriter...

• Coat of Many Colors (1971)
• Jolene (1973)
• My Tennessee Mountain Home (1974)

• Promotions are available for Country and Americana radio
• Contact CMG Radio Team for more details