Eden Brent is USA Today’s Pick of the Week

August 17, 2010 in Eden Brent

Eden Brent - USA Today Pick of the WeekNPR may have picked Eden Brent‘s “Ain’t Got No Troubles” as its Song of the Day, but USA Today has gone one better by selecting the upcoming album as Pick of the Week. Other artists highlighted for the week include Mavis Staples, Arcade Fire, JJ Grey & Mofro, and Gregg Allman. Eden is keeping great company!

USA Today writes that Eden “draws from the boogie-woogie piano bible and evokes the raw vocal sound of Bessie Smith, only with a friendlier New Orleans tinge.” Read the whole capsule here.  And check out a preview track (more soon!) on Eden’s music page.

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Eden Brent has NPR’s Song of the Day

August 5, 2010 in Eden Brent

Eden Brent - Ain't Got No TroublesThe title track from Eden Brent‘s upcoming album “Ain’t Got No Troubles” is featured on the home page of NPR.org as NPR’s Song of the Day.  Critic Marc Silver writes, “The recording sounds as if it were bootlegged in an obscure juke joint back in the 1920s… although her vocals, honed in clubs where she had to sing over the piano without much amplification, sound irresistibly fresh.”

Read the review and hear the track at NPR Music (or just hit ‘play’ below).   To download, visit our music page for Eden Brent.

The album’s release date is Sep 7, but we’ll be unveiling the whole thing for streaming preview and advance copy orders at noon on Thursday, Aug 12 Update: Thursday, Aug 26.  We’ll start by broadcasting each track on our Blip.fm music discovery channel, and afterwards enable the preview player on Eden’s music page.  Mark your calendar!

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Eden Brent nominated for Living Blues Award

July 13, 2010 in Eden Brent, Living Blues Awards | Add a comment

Fresh from Blues Music Award honors as “Pinetop Perkins Piano Player of the Year”, Eden Brent is again nominated for an award recognizing her piano prowess.  Eden is nominated in the Living Blues Awards as “Most Outstanding Musician – Keyboard”.  Voting is free and closes on July 15, so please don’t delay!

Here’s a track from her celebrated album “Mississippi Number One” to enjoy while you visit the ballot.

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Vox Populi – The People Have Spoken

July 8, 2010 in Independent Music Awards, Mary Flower | Add a comment

We’re pleased to announce that the song “Slow Lane to Glory” from Mary Flower‘s latest album Bridges has won the Vox Populi award for “Acoustic Song of the Year” in the 9th Annual Independent Music Awards.  Music fans from around the world voted online for their favorite independent label artists selected from the 250 IMA nominees.  Thanks to all the fans who participated to choose Mary’s song!  See all the song nominees on the IMA jukebox.

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Fiona Boyes nominated for 2 Blues Blast Music Awards

June 22, 2010 in Blues Blast Music Awards, Fiona Boyes | Add a comment

Fiona Boyes is nominated twice in this year’s Blues Blast Music Awards, sponsored by the weekly Blues Blast Magazine.

Her excellent album Blues Woman is nominated for “Best Traditional Blues Recording”, while Fiona herself is nominated for “Best Female Artist”.

These honors follow Fiona’s recent Blues Music Award nomination for “Traditional Blues Female Artist of the Year” and widespread airplay for Blues Woman, which reached #1 on XM Satellite Radio’s Bluesville, #1 on the Roots Music Report Blues chart, and charted for 4 consecutive months up to #2 on the Living Blues Radio Chart.

In addition to the streaming previews of Blues Woman on our artist pages, Chicago-area radio station WGLT has also put together a page with sound samples of all BBMA nominees at http://www.wglt.org/programs/blues/blues_blast/blues_blast.phtml.

Voting closes on August 31st, so please visit http://www.illinoisblues.com/bbma/2010/bbmavote2010.php today to support Fiona with your vote! While you’re there, we can recommend Blues Blast Magazine as a high-quality source of blues-genre music news, so don’t hesitate to sign up for their weekly newsletter.

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Asylum Street Spankers featured on NPR’s Weekend Edition

February 7, 2010 in Asylum Street Spankers | Add a comment

The Asylum Street Spankers joined NPR’s Liane Hansen for an interview and performance, aired nationwide on Weekend Edition Sunday.  Hear live versions of songs from the new album, God’s Favorite Band.  Discover which Spanker was twirling a fire baton that night in Llano, Texas, which one was conceived on a Slip ‘n Slide, and what sort of vehicle God might drive on his anonymous visits to Earth.

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Eden Brent, Fiona Boyes nominated for Blues Music Awards

December 10, 2009 in Blues Music Awards, Eden Brent, Fiona Boyes | Add a comment

Congratulations to Eden Brent and Fiona Boyes for their nominations in this year’s Blues Music Awards! Eden earned a nomination for the second year in a row for “Pinetop Perkins Piano Player of the Year”, while Fiona Boyes is nominated for the fourth consecutive year, this time as “Traditional Blues Female Artist of the Year”.

The Blues Music Awards (formerly known as the W.C. Handy Awards) are universally recognized as the highest honor given to Blues artists. And best of all, you can vote in the awards process! Visit The Blues Foundation to join, and then this link to vote once you are a member. Voting is open now through February 28.

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Mary Flower – Independent Music Awards finalist for "Acoustic Song of the Year"

December 3, 2009 in Independent Music Awards, Mary Flower | Add a comment

“Slow Lane to Glory”, an instrumental track from Mary Flower‘s new album Bridges, has been nominated as one of five finalists for “Acoustic Song of the Year” in the 9th Annual Independent Music Awards. The general public is invited to vote for their choice of best song in the IMA’s “Vox Populi” award — visit this link to check out the song and vote! Voting goes through the end of February.
<a href="http://music.yellowdogrecords.com/maryflower/track/slow-lane-to-glory">Slow Lane to Glory by Mary Flower</a>

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Asylum Street Spankers – God’s Favorite Band

October 6, 2009 in Asylum Street Spankers, new releases | Add a comment

<a href="http://music.yellowdogrecords.com/spankers/album/gods-favorite-band">Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground by Asylum Street Spankers</a>
Austin’s postmodern jug band takes a wide left turn with the world’s first agnostic gospel album.  Mixing raucous old traditionals with wryly humanistic originals from co-bandleader Wammo, the all-acoustic roots mob pays homage to one of America’s seminal musical styles while staking out a theology of healthy skepticism leavened with tolerance.  With special appearances from emeritus band members Guy Forsyth and Stanley Smith!

  • Album shipping now! Visit the Order page to get your copy.

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Woodbrain – Swimming in Turpentine

July 14, 2009 in Woodbrain, new releases | Add a comment

<a href="http://music.yellowdogrecords.com/woodbrain/album/swimming-in-turpentine">Port Chicago Highway by Woodbrain</a>With a guitar/harmonica/bass/drums line-up, Woodbrain might be mistaken for a typical blues collective — at least until this fiery Portland, Oregon foursome begins to play, when it quickly becomes apparent they are potentially an evolutionary force in the genre. Or several genres at once.

Woodbrain’s energy is incendiary; their music deeply rooted in tradition. And yet their songwriting and improvisation pull those roots in all kinds of directions informed by the generations of Son House, Jimi Hendrix, and John Coltrane. Without sacrificing an iota of heart or soul, their sound effortlessly skirts boundaries to reach blues, rock, Americana, and jam scene listeners alike.

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