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Amazon.com names Eden Brent among Best of 2010
Amazon.com has announced its “Best of 2010” music lists and Eden Brent has nabbed honors.- – Not only does her new album Ain’t Got No Troubles clock in at #4 among their Best Blues Albums of 2010,- but the track “Leave Me Alone” from the album earns kudos as #6 among their Best Blues Songs of 2010.- Sound cool?- Consider some of the other names on the lists:- Buddy Guy, Charlie Musselwhite, Mavis Staples — heavyweight company indeed.- Congratulations Eden!
Eden Brent Review Roundup
Its release date still five days away, Ain’t Got No Troubles is already earning Eden Brent rapturous praise from the likes of NPR Weekend Edition, NPR.org, Garden & Gun and USA Today. Eden’s dazzling new album officially comes out September 7 on Yellow Dog Records. Available digitally in advance of its nationwide release date, Ain’t Got No Troubles quickly rose to No. 1 on the iTunes blues chart and to No. 5 on the Amazon music chart on the strength of CD pre-orders.
Brent joined NPR Weekend Edition host Scott- Simon- in August to talk about her new album and the ironies inherent in blues music. Listen to their conversation here. Eden is also slated for an interview feature on the revered syndicated radio program American Routes- the week of- September- 15th.
“The recording sounds as if it were bootlegged in an obscure juke joint back in the 1920s… an expert channeler of old-time blueswomen… irresistibly fresh.” Those are among the many nice words that NPR.org’s Song of the Day had to say about the album’s title track. USA Today also gave special notice to Ain’t Got No Troubles, selecting it as their Playlist Pick of the Week. And Garden and Gun wrote a glowing piece on the album and especially about Eden’s always-entertaining live shows, saying, “Fantastic… onstage, she’s a dynamo, pounding the keys while she sings and hollers like she’s straight out of a juke joint.” Read the full article from Garden and Gun here.
Stay tuned for much more to come!
Asylum Street Spankers announce Farewell Tour
After nearly seventeen magnificent years, underground legends the Asylum Street Spankers are retiring from the relentless touring schedule that has been a hallmark of their storied career. Although fan support is stronger than ever, the challenges of keeping a seven piece band and its crew on the road have also increased dramatically. With the departure of co-founder Wammo due to family commitments, fellow co-founder, vocalist and musical director Christina Marrs is the last original Spanker standing, having seen over 50 musicians come and go (and sometimes come again) through the act’s history. She’s decided that it’s time for the group to come to its end, as all good things must.
Faced with an outcry from fans demanding “one more Spanking”, the group has announced a massive six-month tour to visit their most enthusiastic markets for a farewell appearance. Starting at the Mucky Duck in Houston on September 11, the Spankers will perform forty-eight concerts across the United States in five legs, the last of which hits Colorado and New Mexico in March 2011.- The final blowout will happen in their hometown of Austin in early April, almost exactly seventeen years since the Spankers’ first performance.