The Sweet Remains To Perform as Finalists at the 2009 NY Songwriters Circle Awards Finale Event, 11/18

Folk-pop trio The Sweet Remains have been announced as Top Twelve Finalists in The New York Songwriters Circle 2009 Songwriting Contest. The band's dreamy escape song 'Easy', from their debut CD 'Laurel & Sunset', is the nominated track – they'll perform it live at a finale event at The Bitter End in NYC on November 18th. If 'Easy' is selected among the Top Five on the 18th, the band will return to The Bitter End on November 19th for another round of performances. For more information about the contest visit: www.songwriters-circle.com/news.htm .

The band is a collaboration between accomplished singer/songwriters Rich Price, Greg Naughton and Brian Chartrand. With three-part harmonies and a distinctive, modern sound, The Sweet Remains deliver an eminently listenable folk-rock debut that finds its home somewhere on the road where Wilco meets CSN. Their CD 'Laurel & Sunset' is available now via iTunes, Amazon and most online outlets, and features songs written by each band member as well as inspired co-writes. TSR has proven that in a time when the music scene is dominated by solo artists and bands driven primarily by one writer and singer, a multi-lead-singer group can sound both familiar and completely fresh.

Rich Price and Greg Naughton first started collaborating as they wrote songs for Price's 2004 Geffen Records debut -- a CD that spawned the single "I'm On My Way", featured on the multi-platinum Shrek 2 soundtrack. Price (Burlington, VT) has released two other solo albums and written music for many high-profile film and television projects, including MTV's "Real World" last year – which lead to him becoming the most-viewed "MySpace" artist that particular month.  Hailed by Performing Songwriter Magazine as "a magnetic writer and performer", Naughton (NYC) has played his music all across this country in venues ranging from New Orleans' grittiest clubs to the east room of The White House. His acclaimed indie debut 'Demogogue & the Sun Songs' was co-produced by Grammy-winner Phoebe Snow. Chartrand's journeys as a talented singer-songwriter and instrumentalist have taken him from Northampton, MA, where he grew up, to an unlikely home-base in Phoenix, AZ -- where he has emerged as something of a poster-boy for Phoenix's music scene. As a solo-artist and frontman of underground Phoenix heroes 'Ten Dollar Outfit', Brian has released numerous CDs and was recently praised by The Phoenix New Times as "a cross between Nick Drake, Dave Matthews and Radiohead's Thom Yorke." The trio has been winning fans across the country since 2007, headlining venues ranging from L.A.'s "Hotel Cafe" to Austin's SXSW to New York's "Joe's Pub".  'Laurel & Sunset' marks their debut full-length CD. The band came together by happenstance: After a chance jam-session brought these three artists together, they were so inspired by the sound and kinship they discovered that they began recording songs together at Rich's Los Angeles apartment on the corner of Laurel and Sunset (hence the CD name). Producer-mixer, Andy Zulla (Kelly Clarkson, Rod Stewart, etc) heard the tracks and dug it so much he came on board to help mix and produce several songs.

The Sweet Remains on tour in November:

11/13  TIN ANGEL   PHILADELPHIA, PA
11/14  SARAH'S WINE BAR RIDGEFIELD, CT
11/15  CANAL ROOM  NEW YORK CITY
11/18  THE BITTER END NYC – SONGWRITERS CIRCLE TOP 12 FINALISTS
11/19** THE BITTER END** NYC – (**ONLY IF CHOSEN AS TOP FIVE OF SONGWRITERS CIRCLE)
11/23  IRON HORSE  NORTHAMPTON, MA
11/29  CLUB PASSIM  CAMBRIDGE, MA
12/13  VOCE LOUNGE  SCOTTSDALE, AZ

For more information about the band, tour or tickets sales, visit www.thesweetremains.com.