| | Lisa Loeb takes us to a special session of summer camp on her new children's CD, Camp Lisa. The disc includes 21 tracks and some very special guest campers including Kay Hanley, Dave Gibbs, Nina Gordon, Jill Sobule, Lee Sklar, Maia Sharp and funnyman Steve Martin. Camp Lisa is the follow up to her debut kids CD, the award-winning Catch The Moon, and is slated for release on May 27. In conjunction with the release of the Camp Lisa CD, Loeb launches the Camp Lisa Foundation, a non-profit organization that will raise funds to help send underprivileged kids to summer camp through its partnership with S.C.O.P.E. (Summer Camp Opportunities Provide an Edge, Inc.)
| | Artistry Kids, an imprint of Artistry Music, announced today the launch of its flagship MyTunes music series, an expansive array of more than 100 children’s songs spanning three distinct “album” compilations, all specifically designed to help the preschool-age child discover the wonders of rhythm and music, while encouraging development of basic learning and motor skills, imagination, and awareness.
| | The makers of BAILEYS® Irish Cream Liqueur, the No. 1 selling cream liqueur in the world announce the U.S. television premiere of BAILEYS Entertainment Presents Get Together with John Legend. The hour-long special features concert performances, exclusive behind-the-scenes footage, and candid interviews with multi-platinum selling, five-time GRAMMY® award-winner John Legend along with artists from his new label Homeschool Records, including U.K. breakout hip hop star Estelle, vaudeville-style performers The James Gang and R&B vocalist Vaughn Anthony.
| | Divisadero is the new cd from singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Ted Russell Kamp. The disc, out in January 2007, features guests Jessi Colter and Shooter Jennings. When Kamp isn't in the studio crafting his own classic, country-rock tunes, he works his bass alongside the man who put the O back in country as part of Jennings much-heralded musical crew The .357's.
 | | Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Lisa Loeb takes fans on a colorful journey back in time with the reissue on CD of the Purple Tape, Loeb's first recording, made in 1992. The double disc features the original 10 tracks, including early recordings of some of her most popular songs, as well as a new interview with Lisa and live acoustic versions of Snow Day and her No 1. hit, Stay (I Missed You). The Purple Tape on CD is slated for release January 22, 2008 on Loeb's own Furious Rose Productions with national distribution through Redeye.
| | The Bastard Sons most recent CD, 2005's Mile Markers on writer/singer/producer Mark Stuart's own Texacali Records (distributed through RED), spent 14 weeks at No. 1 on the international Roots Music Report, alongside genre luminaries Willie Nelson, John Hiatt and Dave Alvin. A new live concert DVD, filmed at a club that was once a mill located in the countryside near Bern, Switzerland, is available now through the band's website, and new U.S. tour dates are slated for August and September.
| | Steeped in the rich traditions of alt-country and roots music, Down To This is the full-length debut from Randy Burk and the Prisoners. The disc, produced by Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash front man Mark Stuart, combines blazing roots rock with melodic ballads, hook-laden, up-tempo alt-country jams and spiritual mountain songs, delivered by Burk's emotive baritone.
| | Legendary guitarist Bernie Leadon (Flying Burrito Bros., Eagles) released his second solo CD, Mirror, in 2004. Featuring ten shimmering original tunes, and a duet with Emmylou Harris, Mirror reflects the best of Leadon's storied three-decade career.
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