DECEMBER 2024 NEWSLETTER

Every year at this time, I like to pause and give thanks.  I'm thankful for my clients, colleagues, and media contacts, who all in one way or another allow me to do the work I love in an always exciting music industry. This year is no exception, and as an added bonus, I think the music and tours we've promoted and are promoting now is on another level of awesomeness.  So thank you everyone.  I sincerely hope you have a fantastic holiday season and we at Michael J. Media Group look forward to sharing more great music in 2025.  Thanks for listening!

New releases
The Wildwoods--Christmas through the Years EP (November 29)...(click title to listen or download) With warm harmonies and nostalgic instrumentation, The Wildwoods bring the spirit of the season to life with their new holiday EP, Christmas Through the Years, released this past Friday.  This collection blends beloved holiday classics with an original tune, "Somewhere in the Snow,", all reimagined through The Wildwoods’ signature folk style.
www.thewildwoodsband.com
Tour dates: www.thewildwoodsband.com/shows

Previously announced upcoming releases       
Pure Prairie League--Back on Track (December 6) (click title to listen or download)--Country-rock royalty Pure Prairie League, a seminal outfit during the ‘70s and ‘80s movement that brought mainstream success to the Country-rock and Southern Rock genre, continues to ride the revival wave with Back on Track, the group’s first studio album in nearly two decades. Back on Track, to be released December 6 on Pure Prairie League Records, takes the classic PPL sound and gives it a fresh spin. 
www.pureprairieleague.com
Tour dates: www.pureprairieleague.com/tour-dates

The Wildwoods--Dear Meadlowlark (April 2025-click title to listen or download advance copy)  The Wildwoods have once again taken the hallmarks of the folk-Americana sound and dressed it in indie sensibilities a la heroes Nickel Creek and Gillian Welch as well as genre mainstays Bon Iver and Mumford & Sons. The first single "Sweet Niobrara" is out now--listen HERE.  And the second single, "Poster Child," will release this coming Friday Dec. 6.
www.thewildwoodsband.com
Tour dates: www.thewildwoodsband.com/shows

Recent releases
Jesse Terry--Arcadia (click title to listen or download)
www.jesseterrymusic.com
Tour dates: www.jesseterrymusic.com/tour

Michael McDermott: Lighthouse on the Shore/East Jesus (click title to listen or download)
www.michael-mcdermott.com
Tour dates: www.michael-mcdermott.com/shows

Brian Lisik: "Why I'm Here" single (click title to listen) 
www.brianlisik.com
Tour dates: www.brianlisik.com/shows

The Dip--Love Direction (Dualtone Records) click title to listen or download
www.thedipmusic.com
Label: www.dualtone.com
Tour dates: www.thedipmusic.com/#tour

Red Wanting Blue: "Lawyers, Guns and Money" (single) click title to listen or download (Blue Elan Records)
www.redwantingblue.com
Tour dates: www.redwantingblue.com/tour
Label: www.blueelan.com
 
Badfish: "F You Pay Me" (with Grieves) single click title to listen or download--video coming soon!
www.badfish.com
Tour dates: www.badfish.com/tour

Will Kimbrough: For the Life of Me --click title to listen or download
www.willkimbrough.com 
Tour dates: www.willkimbrough.com/shows

Companies we currently partner with:
Rounder/Concord Records—We are currently working tour press for Concord Records and Rounder Records --  including some of Rounder's rising stars, such as Sarah Jarosz, Logan Ledger, John R. Miller, Katie Pruitt, and Bella White.  On the Concord side, we are working with I Don't Know How but They Found Me (iDKHow for short), Lindsey Stirling, and John Vincent III; and jazz artists Keyon Harrold, esperanza spalding, and Hiromi's Sonicwonder.  There are some new releases that these artists are supporting, so we have hyperlinked their respective online media kits.

Also on tour
American Patchwork Quartet--www.americanpatchworkquartet.com

David Wilcox
www.davidwilcox.com/shows 

Chris Knight
www.chrisknight.net/tour

Church of Cash
www.churchofcashmusic.com/gigs

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