Rhett Miller's New Solo Album Out Today
ATO is excited to announce that Rhett Miller's new solo album, THE MESSENGER, is out today. Recorded earlier this year over five days at The Isokon in Woodstock, NY with producer/musician Sam Cohen (Kevin Morby, Benjamin Booker), THE MESSENGER sees Miller playing it faster and looser than perhaps any other time in his quarter century career, instilling what might be his most personal songs to date with a groovy limberness that belies the reflective darkness within. Backed by a white hot backing combo comprised of Cohen (Electric & Acoustic Guitars, Pedal Steel Guitar, Piano, Organ, Second Drumset), Brian Betancourt (Bass), and Ray Rizzo (Drums), Miller goes deep into his own youthful experiences with suicide and depression, placing 'a long distance phone call to myself as a 14-year-old' on surprisingly buoyant new songs like 'The Human Condition' and 'Permanent Damage.' Miller has also teamed with Caldecott Medalist and bestselling artist Dan Santat for No More Poems, a riotous collection of irreverent poems for modern families to be published March 5, 2019 by Little, Brown Books For Young Readers.
Old 97's Release Holiday Album & Rhett Miller Releases Solo Album
The Old 97's are excited to announce the release of their first ever collection of original Christmas songs, LOVE THE HOLIDAYS. Out Friday, November 16 via ATO, the album was produced, mixed & engineered by John Pedigo in the band's home state of Texas. The LP presents a sack full of rockin' new Yuletide favorites, as well as Old 97's take on the New Year's Eve standard, 'Auld Lang Syne.' Among its many highlights are the title track, co-written with Kevin Russell (The Gourds, Shinyribs), 'Gotta Love Being A Kid (Merry Christmas)' and 'Snow Angels,' both co-written with acclaimed writer Ben Greenman, and the continuing saga of everyone's favorite reindeer, 'Rudolph Is Blue,' co-written by Old 97's and Dan Bern.
Bridget Everett, Shaina Taub, Champagne Jerry and More Coming Up This Week at Joe's Pub
Joe's Pub at The Public Theater has announced its nightly performances for this week, July 12-23, featuring Bridget Everett, Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams, Jeffrey Steele, Tacoma Narrows, Matt Alber, Meow Meow, Shaina Taub, Charming Disaster and more. Scroll down for details!
FRANCEROCKS SUMMERFEST Line-Up Announced
New York City music lovers will get a full dose of magnificent and wide ranging French music again this summer as the music festival FRANCEROCKS SUMMERFEST returns June 1-July 13.