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+ + + News - May 2014 + + + (Jeremy Fisher, OK Go, Will Dailey)

Jeremy Fisher Jeremy Fisher is back with Lemon Squeeze . The record is out now. It's available at www.jeremyfishermusic.com (digital, CD, Vinyl).   Ok Go The new record of OK Go - called Hungry Ghosts - will be out circa October 2014. Pre-orders can be done at Pledgemusic . You can get A LOT of stuff there: the record digital, on CD, Vinyl, signed records, handwritten lyrics, t-Shirts, a ride in the tour bus, private concert, being an extra in the videos... If you pre-order you will get the EP Upside Out in June 2014. Will Dailey National Throat is out now for Pledgers at pledgemusic.com . It's also available for pre-order at willdailey.com .

David Mead - Almost and Always

Almost and Always is the fifth full-length record of David Mead . It was released in Japan in 2008 and in the US in 2009. The record takes a step back from his former (and later) albums and has a more intimate and reduced atmosphere. Piano and strings are dominant in these songs. Almost and Always shines from start to end: it leaves a lasting impression in being a smart, classic and coherent collection of songs. Central theme of Rainy Weather Friend , arranged just with ukulele and piano, is a former lost love. The key change in the middle of the song is essential: i'm sorry, but i had to change the music / too many songs in minor keys / they made me feel like i was losing / sight of the forest for the trees . Blackberry Winters lets you acoustically feel the sun shine again , Little Boats and Twenty Girls Ago are compelling by their minimalism. David Mead deserves to be more popular - sadly he isn't... Track list: 1. Rainy Weather Friend 2. Little Boats 3...

Owsley - Biography & Reviews (Owsley & The Hard Way)

William Reese Owsley III - or Owsley - was an American singer-songwriter & producer. Owsley was born in Anniston, Alabama in 1966. He was raised in a musical household. In 1986 he moved to Tennessee and met a guy called Ben Folds. Both formed along with bassist Millard Powers and drummer Zak Starkey The Semantics . In 1993 they recorded Powerbill and were signed to Geffen. Sadly Power b ill never got a release in the United States. Geffen called it “ too pop for alternative, and too alternative for pop ” . Because of that the four disbanded. After that William Owsley played for Amy Grant and Shania Twain - he also sang duets with her. He earned a nice amount of money with that, bought a house and built a recording studio. This is where he started his first solo record. William said: " I had heard the story of Tom Scholz of the band Boston recording his first album and taking it to the record company, where he told them that it was finished and they could take it o...