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A Convo with Will Turpinof Collective Soul regarding theirupcoming Tour and New Album.Collective Soul will be playingtheir album Dosage in its entirety,as well as some of their other hitsongs during their show titled An

Evening With Collective Soul.

The rst thing we want to know

is what have you guys been up

to for the past 2 years?We have

played many festivals, weekend run-

offsabout 20 shows each year. We

have also been focusing on individual

side projects in the last year. I put

out a solo album last October titled

Lighthouse. Dean worked with a

group called Magnets & Ghosts andEd put together a group called the

Sweet Tea Project.

What can we expect from your

new album? Its hard to say until

its recorded. It has an eclectic

sound, an array of tunes. As we are

beginning to play with the sounds

it seems to have a Rock & Rollspirit right now, actually a lot of

rock in it. Right now we are really

just gathering ideas and tunes.

We hope to start recording in late

summer, early fall with the album

being released in 2013. In a dream

world December 2012 but the tour

is keeping us from being full time in

the studio.

Do you

have any

expectations

for this tour?

Yeah!! All the

venues are

great, we are

really excited!Some of the

songs we are

going to play have never been played

live before. It is really exciting to

be able to do this. Some songs go

back to 1998! These songs are the

soundtrack to your life - takes you

back to those memories of when

they were written. We were all so

young and living together in a house

in Miami at the time, just having fun.

You are playing your entire

Dosage Album which was

deeply loved by your fans. If

you could say one thing to them

about why they should come to

the show, what would it be? To

have a great evening, have fun andlet loose!

What made you guys choose to

play the entire album rather

than just a regular styleshow?

To try and be different and to give

the fans and us something different.

Other bands have done it, we are not

the rst, and its a fun idea. Its a bit of

a challenge as

well and thats

fun.

How excited

are you to

be back

r e c o r d i n gand on tour?

Im really

excited because its been 3 years. The

wheels are spinning in my head on

how to perform some of these songs

that have never been played live

before. We are expecting the crowds

to be energetic and pumped up!

How have you grown as a band

in the past few years? I have

been in the band since 1994. It is

interesting to be a part of something

that has lasted so long. It embodies

your whole persona. We have grown

together through the years; its been

a great evolution. Maturity hit at

some point but we still feel like kids

on the road. Its amazing to be able

to do this for a living. At 24 we burst

on the scene in back in 94 - we are

still those kids!

The tour starts in May. This is one

show you are not going to want to

miss! VIP ticket sales are available

at www.collectivesoulvipexperience

com by Michelle Michalski

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Blackened Blue By Jillian Long

Evanescence has returned: New

album, new tour, same members:

lead singer Amy Lee, bassist Tim

McCord, guitarist Terry Balsamo,

guitarist Troy McLawhorn and

drummer Will Hunt.

Their eponymous album was

released on October 11, 2011 and

debuted at #1.

Its our best record to date. This

album is more dynamic, its heavy,

and it hits harder. The songs in my

opinion are better, even though I

love the previous records, says

Tim. This one feels like a natural

evolution of the sound that was

already there.

The band was on hiatus since 2007

returned briey in 2009 for a few shows

For fans, this has bee a long time coming

It built more anticipation, the die-hard

fans have been waiting for years, for

our new music and were really extra

interested and happy about it when we

nally returned, says Tim.

Its like shaking the bottle of beer and

then opening it up. I am really happy

for everyone that didnt forget about us

coming out and supporting, rocking out

and making us feel like we are back and

strong.

by Mike Camp

eVaneScence

.

How did you guys get started?

Matt: Josh and I were friends ever

since we were like 10 or 12 years old.

Actually, have you heard of the band

Circa Survive?

The drummer ofthat band, Steve,

he was in our band.

We were childhood

friends, wed just

jam together at

Steves house. Josh

started playing

again once we got

into college, and

Id been friends with Bob since high

school, and knew he played guitar.

Bob: We decided to start a band and,

actually, our rst show was just the

three of us, me, Matt, and Josh. Just

two guitars and a drummer, no singing,

no bass. We just played at a bar just

for fun. From that point on, we kind of

went through a couple of lead singers.

How do you construct your music?

Where do you start? Matt: I guess

how we would describe our stylewould be, melodic hard rock? We

dont really dene ourselves as,

Okay, we have to be heavy, or,

Okay, we should now be chill.

Josh: When everybody in the band

likes different music, you end up

writing all kinds of different music,

and different types of music are

always coming out, and mesh together

with other peoples ideas. And you

Interview with Matt: drums;

Bob: guitar; Josh: lead vocals

and guitar

really just end up with a wide range

of genres, like on our album.

Matt: We absolutely do not allow

a song to be nished until we

all sign off on it, and were all

okay with it. We kind of try tomake sure that were all diggin

the music that were playing. At

least, to some extent, you know?

Josh: The lyrics are usually

written last. And the songs

themselves are pretty much born

from rifts that one of us will come

up and present to the others

Thats pretty different, because themajority of the musicians I know

start with lyrics and then put a tune

to it. Matt: Yeah, we denitely dont

do that bit. I think its something that

were trying to be more conscientious

of. Were trying to get better at being

sure that were combining the two

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Youve had an extremely diverse career and obviously there

is so much ahead of you still. What did you feel that you

wanted to accomplish with Some Lessons Learned? First of

all, thank you for that. The diverse career

is something every actor really wants.

We want to be able to do different things.

This was more of an accomplishment for

myself because I grew up singing country

music and gospel music in church. I might have my degree in

opera performance, and Im known for that and for musical

theatre. When I signed on with Sony, I said Look, I know

you guys want certain things from me, but you have to put

it somewhere in writing that you are going to try to do this

record. I didnt know much about the record business then,

and I still kinda dont, but Ive learned some, and they said

ok. I guess I feel really glad that I am smart enough to do

that. Now Im getting to do it. Its the stuff I played for my

parents and family. That makes me feel really happy, because

it goes back to the days when I worked in Opryland when I

was 19, and I just didnt want to leave. I loved, loved it there

so much. It might be twenty years too late, but Im doing it.

Not at all. Especially at the age of 19, to sing

at the Opry! Opryland is huge. It makes

me sad that Opryland doesnt exist anymore,

because theres a mall there. You gotta love the

mall. Im too upset by it. That was such a part

of history. Looks like Im going to get together

with the Grand Ole Opry, and do a set there.

Its all coming back full circle. That is what

Im about: learning and growing. The glass is

half full. Ive had some great times and a great

journey so far, but now it is half empty. Im

starting over in a way. Its exciting, and its a

challenge. Thats one of the things that I really

want to do.

I know on the album, you had the opportunity to have some

amazing writers on it. Did you personally get to sit down

with them, were the songs written for you, or were they

written prior, and then you selected them? Even though

I didnt sit down and write the songs, with the exception of

two, I felt pretty strongly that these songs, for a moment, they

might have. I put my own stamp on them.

While they werent written for you, in a roundabout way,

they ended up being for you anyway. Yeah, because none of

the songs have ever been picked. Theyve been sorta out there,

but some of the songs like Diane [Warren] had four songs and

she told me she wasnt giving them to anybody else. I feel like

they were mine to begin with.

It was a really interesting pairing having to work with Bob

Ezrin in the studio. Youve got some country for you, and

obviously you do a ton of Broadway, and you have him

doing albums such as Pink Floyd. How was it working

with him and were there any funny stories with you two

in the studio? Sometimes I want to bop him on the head, and

Im sure he wants to do the same thing to me. In fact, I know

he does. You wouldnt put us together. It started because of

Diane Warren. Thats how I met Bob. Then, when I started to

sing, and he started to look at me through the glass and talked

to me while I was singing, and look at me and gesture and

motion. I knew that he was my person. He knew that I was

his too. Bob just believed in me so much. You cant buy that!

Im sure it helps that you have a great track record behind

you. He taught me to rock out, singing this country music that

I grew up singing. He gave me the condence to go for it! Bob

is just so good!

Some Lessons Learned is a heck of a title for an album. I

know that its also a song. What is it about this song and

title that really t you? I didnt do that many covers. I did

two. Its funny, I may look a little younger than my age. Ive

been hurt like everybody else, and Ive done the hurting, andIve had learned some hard lessons. Hopefully, we learn from

these lessons. I knew that something existed, and I wanted to

record it. When it came to the title, it just seemed so natural

because I did learn a lot, but Im sure I have a lot more to go

because its called life. I look at someone like Taylor Swift

who I think is just incredible, and I think she has the voice

and the talent and the look. I just cant wait for whats going

to happen to her. Shes going to learn a lot from her own life,

and because of that music comes to mean stuff even deeper.

Speaking of someone like Taylor Swift, shes 21 and

has reached the pinnacle of everything in music (multi-

platinum, ACMS, Grammys, CMAs). You name it

shes won it. You look at someone like yourself who has

accomplished everything as well. Where do you think

someone like Taylor has to still go? They say once youve

gone up, theres nowhere else to go but down. Do you

feel that way? I think that she has nowhere to go but up in

a different way. I think shell cross over and do some other

country music. Id love to see her on Broadway. I think she

has nothing but good things ahead of her. So far, she has such

an amazing head on her shoulders. All I can say, is that I can

wait to see what shes going to give us.

Whats next in your line-up of things to do? TV? The big

screen or Broadway? Any chance of doing a tour for your

new album? Yes, everything you said! Im going to be doing

a new show on ABC called Good Christian Belles. Ive

played everywhere in the world, but I havent done a tour

because of my schedule. I know how important that is to do, to

support an album. Im going to be doing that. Broadway is so

very much dear in my line-up because Ill be reviving a show

from the 1960s. My next year is going to be kinda hectic, bu

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Its very rare for a band to truly have a

unique sound. How did you nd your

sound? Our sound is certainly unique, but I

wouldnt say we found it so much as it has

evolved over time. My brothers, Ian and Eric,

write all of Delta Raes music and we have

kind of an open policy for what sort of song

we will perform. The only requirement is that

the song is awesome and so far, weve stuckto those guns :) But the feel of the song can

run the gamut, from straight up rock-pop, to

swampy southern gospel. From sparse ballads

to twangy-motown. That might sound like

were all over the place, but the threads that tie

it all together is four-part harmony, thoughtful

lyrics, and catchy melodies. The fact that every

song is its own creation, without having to t

into a strict soundscape, makes our live show

and our album dynamic and excitingfor the listener! And for us too!!

Carry The Fire, has been getting

rave reviews by fans and critics

alike. How does it feel to be this

well received?

We could not

be more thrilled

that the album is

resonating with

people. Its all wecould hope for.

Our fans were a

huge force in the

creation of this

album. It was

entirely funded

by our Kickstarter

project, which

raised over $30k, and was completed before

we signed with Sire/Warner Bros. So to have

the people who funded our album respond

positively makes us hugely happy.

Tell me about your new album, Carry the

Fire. How long did it take to write and

record it? Did it seem like a daunting task

to get those harmonies perfect? Carry The

Fire is our debut album, so we wanted it to

be powerful and energetic, and to capture

the songs that we have been honing over the

past three years. The album is NOT idle

listening music, for the most part. It wants

to be listened to, turned up, and sung along

with... loudly, in the car with your windows

down... Listen to the lyrics and the

harmonies and the emotions conveyed and I

think you can see what Im talking about. It

is a roller coaster! We recorded it in North

Carolina and New York City and it tookabout two months to lay down. The songs

on it are either classic Delta Rae, and had

been crafted years before, OR were written

into existence only a short time before the

album was made. As for the harmonies, we

have been singing together for so long, the

harmony is second nature. The hard parts

of being in a studio is getting the emotion

and feel to be perfect. And yes, that was

extremely daunting, but I think we nailed it.

Tell me about the video for the

single,Bottom of the River, which holds

powerful imagery. Where did the concept

come from? And were you afraid that

River didnt necessarily have that

atypical single sound? Ian came up with

the concept. The song is dark and has sort of

an old-testament gospel feel. We thought a

witch trial would be a compelling story that

was in keeping with the songs swampy feel,

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if not the lyrics. I think the tides

are turning in pop music right now.

People are more open to a wide

array of sounds. Though Bottom

of the River isnt typical, it is ear-

grabbing, so we are hopeful that

people will be into it.

So Ive heard that the storybehind getting discovered

and signed was a truly unique

experience. Can you give us the

backstory and there after on how

it happened?

Our meeting with Seymour Stein

was arranged through a mutual

friend, a doctor who had never

even heard our music before, but

Seymour invited us to play in hisofce as a courtesy. We showed up

with two guitars, a cajon, and our

voices and started into the song

Hey Hey Hey. He loved it enough

to call other folks into his ofce to

hear us play for 40 more minutes.

He saw us live a few other times,

and then six months after our rst

meeting, he signed us. Seymour

Stein is an incredible man, and we

are extremely grateful that he sawsomething special in us. Its been a

huge privilege to get to know him

and an

honor to be

a Seymour

Band (as

WBR calls

us.)

You are

a six

member

band with

four lead

vocalists

and three

of you are

siblings.

Is it easier

or more

difcult to work with siblings?

Its easier because we know each

others personalities and voices so

well; we learned to work as a team

a long time ago. Its harder because

we know what buttons to push to

make each other crazy and how to

challenge each other. But even if we

argue sometimes, we always comeback to the table and resolve it. It

makes us stronger on the whole.

Tell us about the moment you

were told you were booked on the

Jay Leno show. And by the time

you will read this, you would have

played the show. Tell us about the

experience. The whole thing was

very surreal. We heard that Lenomight be a possibility, but we kept

our cool and didnt want to get

excited in case it didnt work out.

Then it got conrmed and we pretty

much ipped. There was a lot of

build up and excitement from fans

and the label, and everyone at The

Tonight Show was extremely sweet

and helpful. Each member had a

different reaction to the pressure and

momentousness of the occasion,but for me, it just felt laid back and

like we were ready for national

television... I knew we could rock

out no problem.

You were selected by Rolling

Stone to be part of the Women

Who Rock contest, where you

will compete with ve other

female musicians for a back cover

Rolling Stone feature. Whileyou are both men and women,

do you feel that you represent a

band consisting of Women Who

Rock?Yes, absolutely. The Women

Who Rock Campaign is about

recognizing strong female artists.

While we are a mixed gender band,

Liz and I both have a powerful

presence on stage and on the record.

Having female voices like ours inDelta Rae is what sets this band

apart. The boys are all excited that

we were selected by the Rolling

Stone editors. I think they love

having people acknowledge that Liz

and I can kick some ass!

What is your favorite thing to

see in the audience while you

are performing on stage? People

clapping along with MorningComes, and singing the lyrics to

any and all songs :)

Are there any cities

on the tour you are

looking forward

to playing? Cant

wait for the festivals,

Summerfest and

80/35, but also NYC

and OF COURSE

our show at the Cats

Cradle in Carrboro,

NC is gonna be

fantastic. Im so

excited to celebrate all

thats happened in the

last few weeks with

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Since this EP is about what youve done for the past

2 years in the music industry, was there a time where

you were starting to lose patience? Once in a while

I get down on myself, but I love music. I would never

want to stop playing it. Patience was really all about me

telling myself how to be patient and keep doing what Im

doing instead of when its going to pay off.

What was the hardest song to write for Patience?

On the EP, Patience denitely took me the

longest. I wrote the rst verse for four months. I

kept reconstructing the guitar riff and I re-wrote thechorus because I hated how it came out. It overall

took me about 6 months to write

that song and fully nish.

W h a t was the deciding factor

for you to leave school and make a

very bold decision at

such a young age?

It was denitely a crazy decision to make considering

my dad was a teacher and actually is a principal now. He

was denitely freaked out about me not wanting to go to

school and further my education. If I have an opportunity

why would I want to waste it? Once I nished my album

I got signed and things just started happening.

I Blame You was inspired by 50s Doo Wop. How

did you get into that music and do you feel that

inuence helped matured your sound? I wanted to do

a Doo Wop song because I really love that style. I really

have a thing for the harmonies. I really wanted to try itout and it was a lot of fun.

I found the concept for the O Darling video to be

quite clever. How did that idea come about? Did you

have any say? The producer and the videographer were

the ones who came up with the ideas. I thought it was

really good idea. Like you said, its been done before, but

I think we really did it right and it was clever

We also did our parts in different cities

so it added the effect to the video

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I know that a long and

arduous road getting this

album to nally being

released. How did the

band end up sticking

together thru members

leaving temporarily

and touring with other

bands and then at onepoint getting dropped

by Warner? We all

were just friends and just

teenagers18-19 years

old playing the club circuit

in the south and running

into each other different

places here and there. After

practicing with other we

realized that we had thesame inuences and fans of the same stuff and the guys

had mentioned that they liked my voice. So you know,

it was a real organic thing and we talked about doing a

band and years went by. Well one thing led to another

and Will called me one day after the Creed thing ran its

course and he said hey heres who Im playing with...

and he said had a few songs kinda already sketched out

with Corey and Troy. Clint had a couple of days of after

here in Orlando. He ended up coming to the studio and

we laid down a few songs. Those songs ended up leading

us to the deal with Warner. So, it wasnt like lived in thesame town or we just jammed for a while. We would

get together to record and to see what would happen to

it and it worked. I think thats been our theory for going

into future with this too. Well just keep making the

records and somehow nd a way to get it to come out

and tour as much as we can. We all love nothing more

than start to do Dark New Da full time but everyone

has mortgages and kids in school and stuff like that so

you gotta kinda play it close to the edge so.

So then why do you think Dark New Days is not as

popular as it should be? Obviously theres tons of

talent in the band. I think theres a lot of factors that

went into why we didnt quite y as high as we thought

we should or the label thought we should. I feel like we

went with this sound that was on radio and Brother was

a great lead single and did really well at establishing our

name on radio but Pieces wasnt my choice for the

second single. But the label didnt agree and wanted to

go with more of a Sevendusty kinda founding track

with Pieces, which was kinda disheartening for me

because I didnt want to be the other Sevendust I wan

to showcase what we had which was a little bit different

Then the touring cost and the cost of keeping everything

out on the road was starting to break us, so we knew we

had a limited run before we had to start thinking of what

else we were going to do.

Tell me about the making of the record. You have allthe terric musicians who initiated the writing of the

songs? How many of the songs were recorded a few

years back? How many were recorded during the

actual sessions to the album itself? All of what youre

hearing is just scattered sessions of us getting together

from a month or two at a time pulling up in the studio

A lot of them were recorded in my place up in Orlando

some of them were recorded at Corys place and then

some of them were recorded at Rick Diattos, who is a

friend of ours and a producer in his own right. We justbasically tried everything. We got the band together

We wrote a bunch of songs and they go in any number

of ways. Its really kinda hard to describe the process

because they all kinda happened differently you know.

The record itself is like a musical roller coaster. You

can hear a lot of different inuences but its very

dynamic at the same time. In your opinion, what do

you feel that stand out track for the record? Oh man

There are so many. I really like From the Skies; its

a brutal track. Its a real sabbathy, kind of old metal tooyou know? I like Straight Jacket. Its a fun track thats

incredibly unique riff on that song and to have that nutty

kinda style riff that I kinda like. New tradition is fun

track too! Im not much of a political guy but it was

pretty easy to recognize that our government is doing

more arguing and stick throwing at this point.

It worked out for a single but its almost like the

anti-single. Whether its the theme of the song like

youre saying with it being political, but its also the

riff. Whatever genre of music, theres usuallys either

a major chord or a minor chord, but you got the

diminished tri-tone ringing through the main riff. How

did you make this anti radio song work so perfectly?

Thats the strong point of the musicians in this band

They have an ability to simplify something complicated

and to make something thats a little bit tricky and make

so easy to get. Thats what we are always setting out to

do. I want to have the musical integrity there but I want it

to be a great song and have the musical integrity second


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Hey Mark! What gave

you the push to come

out with your own solo

record?Over time, Ive

collected all these ideas.

Theres a lot of heavy stuff

that Ive saved up and this

especially gave me the

chance to experiment

while Myles is on tour

with Slash.

When Slash is

borrowing Myles

Kennedy, Im guessing

that you have a lot more

free time to explore yourwriting. But hey, does the band you worked

with to recordAll I Was have a possibility

of actually becoming another band youd

partake in?Yeah, it denitely has potential for

becoming another band. Our rst ever show was

Saturday night and now were going on a pretour.

That sounds so awesome. Plus, theres the

All I Was release party in Orlando. We know

theres a lot of Tremonti fans excited about

that one! Id like to think that this album

is totally between metal and hard rock.How would you describe your sound? Its

completely melody driven. The challenge is that

some of it is so heavy and I have to develop in

into a song.

So the melody comes before the lyrics? How

does your process go when creating a song?

I write it in parts, not all in one sitting. I wrote the

riffs rst, without any vocals. It works; those dark

lyrics really just come from life experience. Its

really just about being burned

in the music business and by people you

trust. Like, being a young musician and beingtaken advantage of...

Is there a song off this album that sticks

out to you the most? Whether lyrically or

musically?It really depends on how Im feeling.

Well, Still Youre Afraid and Wish You Well are

some of the ones I really like off the album, but I

wouldnt say I have a particular favorite.

The albums great, I think it would just be too

hard to choose. Weve seen some beautiful

lyrical work on In Loving Memory for AB,

how long have you been writing? In LovingMemory was hard to write. I started writing as

soon as I picked up the guitar. I wasnt trying to

become completely professional, but I spent most

of my time writing.

All I Was is incredibly impressive. Is

continuing your own personal solo career a

future plan? Might there be a Mark Tremonti

solo album number 2?Absolutely. Its all a

process.

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How about the last Creed tour? The owner

of Broken Records was at the NYC show in

April. He says that there seemed to be some

awkward moments where you looked at

Scott Stapp as if you were shocked to be on

stage with him again. Anything along those

lines cross your mind? No, it wasnt awkward

at all with Scott. Starting a tour is always nerve

wrecking, but were all different now. We have

families and were not college students anymore

and all of that. There was nothing like that

between me and him, no awkwardness.

Thats good news! Did playing the whole My

Own Prison album straight through bring

up old emotional feelings that you had when

you were writing and recording those tunes?

Yeah. Of course. I mean, it just makes you realize

how long youve been doing it. It makes me feel

like a kid going through all those songs again. Its

been a long time.

Although premature, for AB fans, whats

your next move for Alter Bridge in 2013? We

hear new music is on the way?Yes, were

getting back into the studio around December

and January. Then, hopefully well have some

new songs out for summer festivals around next

summer.

Thanks so much for the Q&A Mark! Thank you

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Dubbed as the greatest living country singer, George Jones

was inducted into the prestigious Country Music Hall of Fame in

1992, and was an honoree at the 2008 Kennedy Center Honors. In

2003, Country Music Television ranked him as the third greatest

man in the history of country music, behind Johnny Cash and Hank Williams.

But the music business has changed throughout his illustrious career in country.

We have seen ups and downs in the country music business, and now with

LIVING LEGENDS

with Markos

MARC BROUSSARD

Louisiana singer-songwriter Marc

Broussard has a new self-titled

album, released June 14, 2011.

According to many critics and fans,

its his best to date, showcasing his

solid relationship with Nashville

producer and keyboardist Jamie

Kenney.Atlantic Records gave me the

time and the resources to do this

project, he says There was no

pressure from the record company

to get an album out, so I could

sit back and just write, and thats

exactly what I needed. This one

came out just right.

The label allowed Broussard

to release two singles, Lucky and

Only Everything, to both Adult

Contemporary and Top 40 radio

formats.

It is something I always wanted to

do for years, but previous labels did

not allow me to, says Broussard.Broussard was excited to play

this album live.

The shows are better than theyve

ever been, says Broussard. Its the

rst time we are working off a set-list, and its not just a concert, its a

show.

How does a band led by a Gossip Girlsound?

Actress-singer Taylor Momsen describes her

four-piece band, The Pretty Reckless, as a

very raw, and very song-driven rock and

roll.

The whole record isnt following a

specific genre. Every song is its ownpiece, she says . There s some thing fo r

everyone on the record, no matter what

type of music you listen to, even if its

not rock and roll.

Momsen lists The Beatles, Led Zeppelin,

The Who, AC/DC, Soundgarden, and

Ni rvana as in fluences . Just dont comp are

her to Hole.

I get that a lot, but I think thats a

kind of shallow comparison, based on the

THE PRETTY RECKLESSimage of it. Its hard to compare yourself to

other bands.

I have people who inspire me, but we are

trying to do something different and original,

she continues. Courtney Love is great, but

Id pick Nirvana as someone I look up to

more than Hole.The band recently toured with

Evanescence. We played for a different

audience, it was fun to see new people,

she says. When you have headlining

shows they are there for you,

bu t now we were play ing

for Evanescences fans, so it

was cool to rock out and have

them come up to you after

the show and say hi.

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the Internet, the way music is distributed and purchased has totally changed.

I must admit, a lot of it I dont care for because it isnt what I consider country

music but all genres of music change with the times, the crooner says. Always

be yourself and dont try to be someone you are not, or to emulate someone else

I stayed true to traditional country music. Whats the secret to his longevity in the music

industry? Remember who got you where you are, and that is the fans, he says. Country

music has the most loyal fans on earth and they will stick by you through thick and thin.

GEORGE

JONES

With their sophomore album, NOX

AERIS, preparing to drop on March

27th, Janus has embarked on a

tour with good friends Chevelle.

Not strangers to the road, Janus

has also toured with Sick Puppies,

Sevendust, Halestorm and many

other modern rock bands. These

inuences can be heard on NOXAERIS ten tracks. It wasnt a

conscience effort to sound like

anyone, singer David Scotney told

us, if anything, it was an effort for

us to do our own thing and separate

ourselves from any comparisons.

NOX AERIS may be the

4th album for the band but its their

2nd ofcial release. Confused by

the misinformation, Scotney said

that their Wikipedia page has a lot

of interesting information on it.He added, We made an album

calledArmorwith a different line up

but I kind of pick it up from Red Right

Returns. I think

of our rst major

label record

our rst record.

But it still feels

amazing to be

able to make a

2nd record.

So what

make Janus

so special?

Their ability

to be a one

stop shop as

Scotney says.

We do it all:

from designing

the artwork

to making the

merch and

even payingfor and producing our own videos.

The band gets no help writing and

recording. Scotney even co-mixed

the record with a friend of his.Check out Janus on tour and

stream their latest single Stains on

their website, janusmusic.com.

Stealing Angels is Jennier Wayne,ayla Lynn and Caroline Cutbirth.ayla Lynn is the granddaughter ocountry music legend Loretta Lynn.

Te three songstresses met in Nashvillewhile writing and perorming. Whenany girl meets any other girl that theyare going to do business with, theymeasure each other up, ayla. We be-came ast, ast riends. We all just reallyliked each other rom the very start.

Stealing Angels have shared the stagewith im McGraw, Lady Antebellum,

Ronnie Dunn and race Adkins. obe on the stage with these artists is re-ally overwhelming! Its really amaz-ing, and we have the same producer

as Lady Antebellum. We all have a bigcrush on im McGraw, ayla admits

On a personal note, ayla recentlygot engaged, and met her soon-to-be-husband John at the 2011 CMA MusicFest. We are both really outgoing, andon our rst date we knew that we weregoing to get married! We got engagedwithin two months.--Markos Papadatos

STEALING ANGELS

by Scott Vollweiler

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April 17th, 2012 marked not only the beginning of singer/songwriter Eric HutchinsonsMoving Up Living

Down tour, but was also the date that his album of the same name was released. WhileMoving Up Living Down

was not the only album that Hutchinson has released, it was the rst album he created under a label, specially

Warner Bros. Records, and was the rst to be released on the same date as the tour started. Up until his signing

with Warner Bros. several years ago, he has been out on his own, writing and producing records by himself and

making it a point to tour, or attempt to tour, as much as possible. Fresh out of college, Hutchinson spent many

lonely nights out on the road in his Honda Civic, playing music to anyone who would listen. Warner Bros.

picked up his independently created album Sounds Like This in 2007 and released it, and soon after he found

himself signed to their label.

Being signed to a label has its perks, such as being able to travel around the world to perform. Hutchinsonsays that its amazing to have the music take him to all of these places, some of which include Australia

and Norway, not to mention across the United States. Originally from Maryland, Hutchinson made the move

to New York City 5 years ago which had a huge inuence on the album. He loves living in NYC and its

constant motion, being able to spend all day in his writing studio creating music and then enjoying the culture

of the city at night. Plus, the transition from D.C. to NYC is a main theme onMoving Up.

Going through transitions is something that Hutchinson has always lived through, and its reected in the

album. Not only the transition of moving to a different city, but also that of growing up and entering adulthood.

I had to say goodbye to a lot of people and the attachment to them was still hanging around in my head when

I was working on the songs. The concept of letting go and moving on to a new part of your life is denitelypresent inMoving Up, and its an idea that so many people can relate to. To date, Hutchinson has received

much positive feedback on his music, and he doesnt seem to be slowing down at all. Moving Up Living

Down may have some specic references to his own life, but somehow Hutchinson makes it an album that

anyone could listen to, enjoy and feel connected to. When an artist manages to connect with their listeners by

conveying their own experiences, then they are denitely doing something right. TheMoving Up tour may be

coming to an end soon, but touring itself is denitely nowhere near over for Hutchinson. In between putting

out albums and touring, Hutchinson likes to keep in touch with his fans through Twitter. He makes it a point

to connect with the fans and not only pay attention to them during concerts. Hes had several fans who have

been there for him since the beginning, but he is always welcoming new ones. As long as he keeps creating the

music that hes known for, he wont have a problem picking up any new fans.

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NEWS

Aer rumorscirculated

around the web,Foo Fighterssinger/guitarist,

Dave Grohl,announced hewill produce

a eaturedocumentary,Sound City,

about theinamousrecording studio

in Caliornia.Te studioslegendaryrecording

console recordedFleetwood

Mac, Guns andRoses as well

as Nevermind,the masterpiece

album byNirvana.

Regarding his

inspirations in country

music, James Otto shares

it was Hank Williams Jr.

that actually turned me on to wanting to be a country singer in the rst place. It was something

that struck me at the time, so I was ready to make that move. I love the songwriting in country

music and the stories, especially since they are about real life, Otto says. Country music

is something that most people can identify with, since theyve lived through a lot of it.

On the song-selection process of his latest album, Shake What God Gave Ya, he notes, Iliterally listened to hundreds of songs, but most of the songs I wrote with a friend of mine.

There were only two songs that I did not write and those were both written by a friend,

Chris Stapleton, who I think, is one of the best singer-songwriters in the business. We

were trying to put together a country- soul record and I feel that we did an all right job.

On his songwriting inspirations, Otto remarks some of the songs were inspired

by what was going on in the world. Love Dont Cost a Thing was inspired by the

economy, and the title track was inspired by basically wanting a song that when you

arrive to a club or a venue that we are playing at, it makes you want to forget about

work and makes you want to dance and have a good time. One of my favorites on the

album is Good Things Gone Bad because I love its groove, and I got to sing on itwith one of my all-time favorite country singers Ronnie Milsap. Ronnie has an amazing

voice! He was incredibly kind and cool, and he exceeded all of my expectations.

One of Ottos most powerful vocal performances to date is his moving tune Soldiers

& Jesus. Being the son of a drill sergeant and the grandson of a Korean War vet and

a veteran of the military myself, Soldiers & Jesus is very personal to me, states Otto.

Growing up with guys like that around me, and being a Christian, the song sprang

through to me.

On August 24, 2010,

Otto and his wife Amy

welcomed their rst

child Ava Katherine.On balancing fatherhood

and a music career, this

year I had to make Ava a

priority, since shes a new

addition to the family. I

said that I didnt want to be

out on the road more than

three days a week. I got to

hang with her and be dad.

For Otto, success is a

moving target. The one

problem with success is

once Ive gotten to one of

the markers that Ive set for

myself, I am always looking

for that next mark. Its like

writing songs. My best song

is my next song! My best

accomplishment is my next

accomplishment.

Just Got Started Lovin James Otto

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Names can be deceiving. Such isthe case or Gary Curran, GarethDonoghue and Declan DeckyMcLaughlin o Irish electronic trioJapanese Popstars.From Derry, Northern Ireland, they

have been playing or ve years andare signed to EMI Records.Tey wanted a name people wouldremember, and paid homage totheir love o Japanese culture. (IrishPopstars wasnt as catchy.)According to Donoghue, the housescene is more mainstream in theUnited States, more undergroundin Ireland. Te genre is categorizedin the U.S., as opposed to Irelandsmeshed genres.Tey draw inspiration rom pio-neering electronic groups TeChemical Brothers and Da Punk.Every song youve ever heardand didnt know it, says Gareth.

Teyre touring the U.S., Belgium,Australia, Japan, and Germa-ny. Tey swear in a ew more years,theyll be grumpy old men, but aslong as we keep doing this, well be a

little less grumpy.--Megan Messana

Chicago rockers Heart-Set Sel-Destruct wear it all on their sleeves: DaveNaruszewicz on guitar and lead vocalsguitarist Chris Rogers, Dan Concannon on bass, and Steve Bitte on drums

Te bands name is a metaphor or althe relationships and things they havegiven up and lost on the quest or suc-cess. You have to be willing to give upeverything or this, says Dave.

Te band ormed in 2005, released twoalbums with producer Dan Malschwho signed them to his indie labelSoundmine MusicWorks, in 2010.

Tey released Of Nightmare on Augus

21, 2011. Te record is pretty diversewith some heavy sounding songsslower songs, straight orward hardrock, and some radio riendly stuf,says Dave.

Tey are touring heavily to promotethe new album and the rst singleMonster and use Facebook and theirgrassroots street teams to connect withnew ans.

--Michael Camp

For ans o early Soundgarden, thevocals o Eddie Veliz o loud-and-proud southern Caliornia trio Kyngwill be a chilling echo o Chris Cor-nell. At times, the high whine is souncanny, you think youre listening

to a new Soundgarden record.Teir album is exactly as billed: heavy,tight, the sweat-drenched rhythmsection bolstering thundering drums,and pounding rifs afectionately ac-cent muscular vocals. (Consult yourlocal audio proessional how to maxi-mize the sonic boom in your home,car, or personal audio systemyouregoing to want a bigger wooer.)Were doing stuf thats been donebeore, in a way thats never beendone beore, says drummer PepeClarke, whom bassist ony Castane-da describes as a monster behind thekit.Teyre hitting the road indenite-ly, ending with world domination.Heavy is in everything we do, saysony. ouring is our only weapon.

--Ryan Zerfas

INDIESPOTLIGHT

JAPANESE POPSTARS KYNG

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Sean Patrick McGraw is a countrysinger rom Nashville, ennessee.He describes himsel as a rockerwith a cowboy hat.

His song My So-Called Lie waseatured on ESPN and he has lenthis songs to other country artists.

Although currently unsigned, Seanhas toured with big country names:Dierks Bentley, oby Keith, andrace Adkins. ouring with obyKeith was like going to rock school.

With record labels coming andgoing, staying in Nashville didnt cutit or Sean.

Its worked better or me to takeit in my own hands, make my ownrecords, distribute and promotethem mysel, and do it the old way,he says.

I have built a strong an-base thatshows up every time I play in thesame areas.

--Markos Papadatos

LA-natives Spencer Livingston,ristan Esmundo, twin brothersKevin and Erwin Solis, Matt Walkerand Jake Craven are Te Alternates.

As you listen to their sel-titled de-

but EP, the act that these guys havebeen playing together since ourthgrade is deantly apparent.

We know we are going about itright, when the songs are soundingdiferent, cause it means we arentorcing ourselves to do one thing,we are letting it develop naturally,says Jake.

Matt and Erwin play drums at the

same time. Matt and I both reallywanted to be in the band, says Er-win. Spencer couldnt have twobands, so we just all played togetherand it just stuck.

Tey stay busy playing live showsand buildling relationships withlocal promoters. Te more placesyou play in LA, the more peopleare willing to play you on the radio,

then the more radio play you get themore places you can play in LA.

--Christianna Marks

SEAN PATRICK MCGRAW THE ALTERNATES

NEWS

Te 2012ODAY Summer

Concert Serieswas announced

on May 2nd.Kicking the

season of will beR & B superstar,

Usher. Alsoperorming

this Summer:

the winner oAmerican Idol,Te Band Perry,

Justin Bieber,Hot Chell Rae,

Zac Brown Bandand others. Moredetails to come.

Te worldsbiggest Latin

Pop stars will betouring together

this Summer.Enrique Iglesia,Jennier Lopez


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Accomplished Cajun ddler, song-writer, vocalist, and Louisiana na-tive Amanda Shaw released her al-

bum Good Southern Girl via indiePoorman Mayeld Music Group.

According to Shaw, the idea behindPoorman Mayeld was that it wasgoing to be run by artists, so it wasmore o a community thing, with abig New Orleans base. It is part omy roots, and my heart is alwayshere. I love this music more thananything!

Shaw also notes that on her new in-die label, she gets more o a one-on-one treatment. I there is a prob-lem, I can pick up the phone andcall the owner and work with him.We all work together, and we have asimilar goal: to create great music.

Everything in our label will rep-resent New Orleans to the best owe can, and what its all about, shecontinues. I want to get the wordout there and let people know whatNew Orleans has to ofer.

--Markos Papadatos

At age three, Eryn Woods was con-

vinced she would be a amous singer

Now 21, her songs have been eatured

on MVs Jersey Shore and VH1sMobwives.

Honestly, I couldnt believe it, I was

on tour when I got the call rom MV

and also when it premiered on the

show, she says. I couldnt believe the

response I got rom that one little clip

on the show. Its been amazing.

Although she sports a pink mohawk

and tattoos, she identies as a Britney

esque pop princess, drawing inspira

tion rom divas like Madonna, MichaeJackson, Cyndi Lauper, Te Supreme

and Whitney Houston. Her debut al

bum Holl.E.Woods is up-beat and

edgy, with playul titles like Gang

sters, Geeks and Freaks.

I want to let all the young girls and

boys out there know that, they don

have to hide anymore, she says. Tey

dont have to be someone they arent.

--Amanda DelGiudice

Dayton, Ohio duo Te Story Changes is

Mark McMillon on guitars and vocals,

and Poppy on drums. Aer years o

being in other bands, we always talked

about playing music together. We nally

hooked up, says Mark.

Te name came rom a song title rom

my previous band, Mark reveals. Aer a

while it became too much to keep getting

ll-ins so we nally gured out a way to

play live shows with just the two o us,

by running loops and using technology.

Tey got positive eedback rom their

riends and ans to stay as a two-piece

set. It makes or an interesting live showwith just the two o us, even though its

a lot o work or us to set up or a show,

Mark says.

Over three years, they released three ull-

length albums, toured nonstop, opened

or Hawthorne Heights, and scored the

Warped our. We had to work extra

hard on that because there is so much go-

ing on and so many other bands playing

trying to get the ans attention.

Te Story Changes recently released a

new limited edition vinyl EP, Tis Is Your

Moment

--Greg Rothberg

.

AMANDA SHAW THE STORY CHANGES

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Pepper is a reggae-punk band romthe sunny beaches o Kailua Kona,Hawaii. Te sandy shores are re-

ected in their thalassic melodiesand passionate showmanship.

Peppers ripened sound perme-ates in their volcanic roots. Beingbased and growing out o Hawaii,we didnt have a lot o exposure tonew music, bassist Bret Bollingersays. Hawaii acted as a lter romthe music world so we took any-thing we could get. We only hadthree main radio stations: one

or reggae, punk rock, and classicrock.

Getting exposure in the main-land was tough as well, guitaristKaleo Wassman said. Once wele Hawaii we couldnt just take abus back home, so it made us workeven harder.

From humble beginnings at lo-cal house parties and bars, Pepperworked a steady tour schedule andeventually played Lollapaloozaand Warped our.

Pepper established a loyal an baseover a rigorous touring schedule.Perorming songs both rom their

wide catalogue as well as their newEP Stitches, Pepper provided anexplosive perormance that wasengaging, entertaining, and aboveall else, incredibly un.

We stopped to take a break, andrecalibrated Bollinger stated. Wedecided to recharge, innovate ourstyle and started our own recordcompany, Law Records. We justhad un doing it. It was the great

result o some much needed restand reection.

Teir singles Wake Up andDrunk Girl are receiving in-creased radio playtime, and thebands already-hardcore an base isgaining.

--Tom Edathikunnel

PEPPER

NEWS

and Wisin YYandel recentlyannounced they

wull be hittingthe road togetherstarting this

July. . our stopsinclude NJ, X,CA and a ew

Canadian dates.VIP Packages to be

available.

Creed/AlterBridge guitar god,Mark remonti,is gearing uporrelease his rst

solo album,AllI Was on July

10th via Markscompany, Fret

12 Records. Tismarks remontisrst time as a leadvocalist and main

songwriter.


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ONE DIRECIONPhoto by Laura Desantis-Olsson

JUSIN BIEBER

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KARMINPhoto by Scott Vollweiler


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KENNY CHESNEYPhoto by Michelle Sokolowski

SEEL PANHERPhoto by Michelle Sokolowski

CARRIE UNDERWOODPhoto by Scott Vollweiler


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MAIN

SUPPORT

Sebastian Bachkicking and screaming

rock icon and ormer Skid Row

lead vocalist Sebastian Bach is

back with a vengeance with his

ourth studio album Kicking AndScreaming, released September 27,

2011 on Frontier Records

Te new album was produced by

Bob Marlette, known or his work

with Black Sabbath, Shinedown,

Atreyu, and Filter.

Bach signed with Frontier Records

in February 2011, and he says he

couldnt be happier. Tey really

pulled out all the stops to give me

a real shot, he says. Tis album

is coming out all over the world

at the same time, like within ve

days o each other, so that gives me

a real shot to be very successul.

And Sebastian Bach hasnt

changed. Killers screams? Youre

damn right. I dont think there

are really any singers that sing

like I sing anymore with the high

screams that you can understand,

Over two decades, Bach haskept his distinct voice intact.

I always orm my singing to the

lyrics. I also t the sound o my

voice to whatever the lyrics are

saying.

Originally, two singles were slated

or release, but the label elt 80s

power-ballads didnt sell any-

more. But Bach knows his audi-

ence. I think Sebastian Bach ans

want to hear a ballad.

A multi-talented entertainer, Bach

had a recurring role on the hit

television series Gilmore Girls

and has starred on such Broadway

productions as Jekyll and Hyde

and Te Rocky Horror Picture

Show; as well as regular appear-

ances on VH1 and MV. Im not

doing television, or Broadway, just

all rock and thats the way I like it.

Bach has sold over twenty mil-

lion records worldwide, but heeels Kicking And Screamingis the

crowing achievement o his long

career.

When I put it on, Im so proud o

it. Im really, really proud o it. Its

a great eeling. I know I can stand

next to it or the rest o my lie,

he says.

Its going to stand up next to

the other albums that I already

put out which are amazing.

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Its a great feeling. I know I can stand next

to it for the rest of my life.


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Broken Records Magazine spoke with acclaimed singer-

songwriter Matt Nathanson prior to his Eisenhower

Park concert in East Meadow, NY. He performed as

part of Fresh 102.7 FMsFresh in the Parkseries, along

withAmerican IdolSeason 9 winner Lee DeWyze. Itsbeautiful out here, Nathanson says. Last night we

played at Jones Beach with Maroon 5 and Train, and

I feel that Im doing the Long Island tour. Its going to

be great!

Nathanson notes that U2 is his favorite band of all-

time, and dubs them as fantastic. They are always

pushing themselves to try and be better and evolve, he

remarks.

When I was a kid, I was into bands such as JudasPriest, R.E.M., Iron Maiden, Def Leppard, Van Halen

and Poison. Then, this new folk movement happened

and the Indigo Girls came around, and thats how I

transitioned into acoustic music. The Indigo Girls were

the reason that I play acoustic guitar, he adds.

Regarding his latest studio release Modern Love;

Nathanson remarks, its a powerful record. We

modeled its production and sound after those great 80s

records; when you listen to them, they sound timeless,

as if they are from the future. That was the idea behindthis record, that the song is the beating heart and this

production hangs on it. It doesnt sound like Tears from

Fears, but it has a similar concept, where the production

aided the songwriters in a way that felt really futuristic

and cool!

On his song-selection process for the album, he states

if there are 11 songs on a record, I might have 11.5 or

12.5 songs. I pull a lot of parts of certain songs, and put

them into other songs. Everything always gets used. Its

a lot like swapping parts out of a car. If the song is notworking, but I love its bridge, I take the bridge and then

try and write the rest of another song around it.

Modern Love, which was produced by Mark Weinberg

debuted at #17 of Billboard 200s all-genre charts. That

was fun and totally cool. It was attering and a nice

way to start! Nathanson exclaims. Mark and I have

been friends for a long time. He and I co-write a lot of

the songs together, and we co-produced the record. We

have a similar work ethic and a similar concept of how

things should go. It was the most fun Ive had makinga record, he adds.

InModern Love, Nathanson collaborates with Jennifer

Nettles and Kristian Bush from the country duo

Sugarland on the song Run. Ive known Sugarland

for a couple of years since they covered Come on

Get Higher, and we became dear friends and toured

together. When the time came to start writing for the

record, we got together and wrote Run. When I sent

them the song, I told them that Id love it if you guys

played on it and sang on it, and we recorded it from

scratch. It turned out great! Jennifer makes you feel likea better singer. She gives you the illusion that you are

great, because she supports you in every turn. It was a

pretty amazing experience!

matt

talksModern Love

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Kel Mitchell synonymous with 90s pop culture

his unforgettable roles in Nickelodeon classic comedy

shows like All That and Kenan & Kel, and hismovie roles in Goodburger and Mystery Men.

Orange soda lovers all over the world have been

wondering what Kel is doing with himself.

He created The All Orange Everything Tour

travelling in a big bus and holding orange soda parties and

contests. Guest are required to wear orange, the ladies

have an orange fashion show, the men have orange soda

drinking contests, and the whole night features 90s music

He does voice-over work for two cartoons airing

in 2012: Wild Grinders on Nicktoons, and Motor

City on DisneyXD. The rst show has Kel voicing askateboarder, while the second is about cars and takes

place in the year 3000 in Detroit. He said the cars are a

cross between Terminator and Fast and the Furious.

Voice acting is a whole different type of world

I really enjoy

it, you can

wake up and

do it in your

pajamas. Its

very laid

back, he

said. You

really have

to articulate

and pull that

voice to make

it interesting

to the ear.

Teen

Nick started

by MARKOS PAPADATOS

TERRI

CLARK

KELMITCHELL

by JUSTIN SARACHICK

For country music sensation Terri Clark, success is livingat peace. Her self-nanced new album Roots & Wingsexplores just that.

Since I am an independent artist now, I basicallyproduce, fund and write everything on my record. I can

record whatever I want to. I dont have to run it by acommittee of twelve people before I can get the okay andgreen light to record a song.

The lead single is the semi-autobiographical tuneNorthern Girl.

Its about where I came from and the Northern culturewhere I was raised, Clark said. Its about growing upwith winter six or seven months a year, and then getting avery short summer and taking advantage of it. Its aboutbeing proud of being from that part of the world.

Smile is about her mother, and she calls it the mostimportant song that Ive ever written.

That one has a dear place in my heart for personalreasons, she said. The song featured bluegrass darlingAlison Krauss. Alison is actually a neighbor of mine, soI run into her quite often. She has a quality to her voice

that is the most angelic human voice Ive ever heard onearth, Clark said. She popped into my head and I calledher. She just nailed it as she does everything. She is sogood. She just brought it up another level.

Clark was the only Canadian female member of theGrand Ole Opry, and holds the record for most CCMAEntertainer of the Year wins. Its very humbling toknow that the public voted for me that many times! Idont take that very lightly either, she said. Im very

proud of that.

Clark received a nomination for the coveted CMA

Female Vocalist of the Year, in an impressive line-upthat included Dolly Parton, Alison Krauss, Patty Lovelessand Martina McBride.

Thats something that I dreamed about when I was alittle girl: winning or being nominated for a CMA awardand I got there, she said. I actually saw it happen. I wasin that chair listening to my name being read off. It wasjust an amazing feeling!

She lists Reba McEntire, Ricky Skaggs, the Judds, PatsyCline, Barbara Mandrell, and Loretta Lynn as inuences.

I love the honesty of it, and the fact that its about real

life. I denitely prefer to listen to the more bluegrass androots-oriented country.

Clark stays connected with her fans on her websitesschatroom, Facebook, and Twitter. I have the best fan-base. I am really lucky for that! Im not going to question

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airing The 90s Are All That last summer, taking some of the classic shows from Nicks prime and running

them starting at midnight so twenty-somethings can watch their favorite childhood shows again. Fans were

always talking about it online saying they wanted to see re-runs of shows. I guess the people won, he said.

He remains close friends with Kenan and hints that a reunion show is possible. Im on the west and hes on the east

its been awhile since Ive seen him, so we denitely have to do something together. I would be interested in doing

something, probably like a cop lm, he said. Im more into lm, but Id denitely be interested in sketch comedy.

Growing up he loved dance and karate movies and wanted to mix the genres. He wrote, directed, and starred

in Dance Fu, a lm about a guy who can only ght when music is playing, and co-stars Cedric the Entertainer,Tommy Davidson, and Afon Crockett. We had a blast, it was like going to a family reunion, he said.

I dont like to put my creativity in a box, and I didnt want to keep doing the same thing over and over again.


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Country singer Lee Brice has

a lot to be proud of lately. His

single Love Like Crazy was

named Billboards Country

Single of the Year in 2010, and

it set the record for the longest

run, a staggering 56 weeks,

in the country charts history,

thus surpassing Eddy Arnolds54-week record for Bouquet

of Roses in the late 1940s.

This year, Brice repeated this

feature, where his co-penned

tune Crazy Girl, became

a #1 hit for the Eli Young

Band, and was subsequently

named Billboards most

played country single of 2011.

At the 2012 Academy

of Country Music (ACM)

awards, which were co-

hosted by Blake Shelton and

Reba, Brice took home the

trophy for Song of the Year,

for co-wring Crazy Girl.

I was so lucky to be a

part of that, says Brice.

A good friend of mine, LizRose, and I wrote that tune

eight years ago. My girlfriend

at the time was being a little

insecure, and I was trying to

re-assure her in her song that

I wasnt going anywhere. The

song sat around, and then

the Eli Young Band heard

it and they loved it. I was

Loves....

AWOMAN

LIKEYOU!

honored that they recorded

it, since its the biggest hit.

Brices latest eleven-track

album, Hard 2 Love, was

released on April 24, 2012, via

his label, Curb Records. After

a few changes with producers

and after experimenting with

new things, Brice is proudof the nal product. Its

just a real album, so I am

excited about it, and I hope

people like it, he admits.

In 2011, the Academy

of Country Music (ACM)

took notice of Brices talent,

where the South Carolina

native garnered nominations

for Song of the Year

and Single of the Year

respectively. In addition to

these prestigious nods, Brice

is thankful for several other

career highlights. Touring

with Willie Nelson as part of

the Country Throwdown tour,

playing the Grand Ole Opry,

and writing a song for GarthBrooks, were three big

pinnacles for me, he reveals.

Brice shows no signs of

slowing down anytime soon.

We are going to be playing

more shows than weve ever

played before, and well

be making more records

in the future, he states.

On a personal note, Brice

is engaged to be married to

the woman of his dreams

Sara. Sara is a wonderfu

woman and somebody that

Ive known for a long time

that I wanted to marry.

His current single A Woman

Like You, peaked at #1 on theBillboard Hot Country Charts

I fell in love with the song

from the rst time that I heard

it. I thought it was smash.

did a home demo of it, and

the next day we cut it, and

sent it to the label, and they

loved it too. It was magic, and

a song that obviously makes

the girls happy and it does

some things for the fellas too

It says some things that the

fellas cannot really get away

with saying in real life, so

they need to say it in a song.

When I rst heard the song

I was denitely thinking about

my ance, he remarked.

The title cut is expected to bereleased to radio as his newest

single on May 14, 2012.

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by JUSTIN SARACHIKFAMILYFORCE

FIVECrunk-rocker ve-piece Family Force 5 are all abouthaving a good time.

What is crunk-rock?

Its fun, party-inspired rock. Some think it has to do

with synthesizers. We have plenty of 808 beats, too,

says Soul Glow Activatur, the lead singer and front

man. We are from Atlanta, its very southern. We have

that rock vibe, and that super-ghetto vibe. Its a blend

of everything. We denitely helped usher in groups likeLMFAO and 3OH!3.

Inspired by Atlanta hip-hop legends like Outkast with

Big Boi and Andre 3000, they assigned themselves stage

names: Soul Glow, Chap Stique, Crouton, Fatty, and

Nadaddy.

The names were originally a joke, but when they started

seeing kids wearing homemade T-shirts, they knew they

were on to something.

Everyone had names, so could white suburban kids.

Its part of the culture, he says. Except for the name

Crouton. I dont know what happened there.

We pretty much do everything on our own. We do the

artwork, videos, directing, and photo shoots, he says

We are creative idiots.

Their third album, titledIII, was released Oct. 18, 2011.Soul Glow said the highlight of the album for him i

Paycheck. People think its political, but everyone

seems to be having nancial hardships. We wanted to

write something people can relate to. Theres something

for everyone of this record. Its aggressive and dancey

with some serious stuff, more personal.

The rst album was very aggressive while our second

album was more dance like, he continues. We wanted

to give the fans what they wanted and not run away

from being redneck ghetto kids. Im southern, I do enjoy

watching Nascar once in awhile, and love fried chickenI guess Im a redneck.

Although theyve played in front of 20 or 30,000 people

before, its the small things that feel the best. One time

I was driving through a Starbucks and I got a free coffee

because the kid told me he loved my band. It was so

cool.

In January and February, FF5 are back to the studio

to record 3.5, a bonus-track deluxe edition of the new

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dens Edge is comprised of Hannah Blaylock on

lead vocals, Dean Berner on harmony vocals,

dobro and guitar, as well as Cherrill Green on

banjo, mandolin, guitar and harmonies. Their

newest self-titled album, will be released on

June 12, 2012, via their label, Big Machine Records, and

Mark Bright and Dann Huff served as producers.

Hailing from Arkansas, the band grew up an hours

drive from each other, and they were introduced bymutual friends. They were discovered by acclaimed

songwriter Kye Fleming through their entry in the

Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI)

Song Contest, and subsequently performed a tribute for

Fleming as she was being inducted into the prestigious

Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. It was there where

they caught the attention of Mr. Scott Borchetta, the

President and CEO of the Big Machine Label Group

who signed them to the Big Machine Records roster.

Particularly impressive about this musical group is theirunique sound, acoustic instrumentation, and soaring

harmonies. Many years ago, we were thinking of a

band name that sounded much easier than it is and we

were driving in the Ozark Mountains and one of our

good friends was looking at this pretty valley and told

us that: it looks like this is the edge of Eden and we

thought it sounded perfect and it was representative

of where we come from, and we would like to have

our music take people to that place of peace. It was a

tting band name and we hung onto it, Cherill reveals.

The trio has been proled by Billboard as one of

their Artists to Watch, and they were also chosen

as an act on CMT: Listen Up! It was pretty surreal

coming into this country music family and being

given a little love. It was really beautiful for us to be

recognized in this way, and we were honored to be

spotlighted by such amazing companies that view

country music in their highest regards, says Hannah

Their debut single Amen was a Top 20 hit on countryradio. Cherill remarks, We were super excited to have

Amen as our rst single. Hannah was actually a writer on

it, and it was a cool song. It talks about where he came from

Arkansas, and it was a big connection for us. It was really

fun. We were really pleased that our rst single landed in

the Top 20, and as it was going up the charts, we kept

seeing more and more people singing it back to us at our

live shows, and thats one of our most moving experiences

It was just so excited. I was almost moved to tears.

Their follow-up to Amen and newest single is Too

Good to Be True. According to Dean, We heard thesong sometime last year and we were out on the Brad

Paisley tour when our record label sent it to us. We played

it on the bus with our band and everybody fell in love

with it the rst time we heard it. As we went into this year

we recorded some new songs and got those all mixed and

ready, we knew that this one should be our next single

since it has a great groove and it is a very fun song. We

get to show a different side of

who we are and what we do

in this song. It shows a morerocking side of Edens Edge.

During the last year alone

Edens Edge were an integra

part of three major tours for

such mega-stars as Reba

McEntire, Brad Paisley and

Lady Antebellum, and this

year they will be a part of

Rascal FlattsChanged tour

Along with their fellow

artists on the Big MachineLabel Group, Edens Edge is

involved with Outnumber

Hunger. Its an amazing

opportunity since its a deal where General Mills and our

label has partnered with Feeding America to help hungry

people, since 1 in 6 Americans struggles everyday with

hunger and thats something that we can work on and that

we can do better as a country to change that problem,

says Dean.

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n todays day and age it

is a challenge for artists

to put all of themselves

into their work with

the pressure to get a single or a

record out quickly. The pressure

sometimes shows in the work

itself when the message theyhoped to send gets lost or the

nal product just is not what fans

expected. Some artists however,

still refuse to put out music that

they are not completely satised

with and will put in the time and

work it takes to give their fans

what they deserve as well as

what they expect of themselves.

SafetySuit is one of those acts.The Nashville-based quartet

power into their work with a

lets go for this attitude, in their

own words.

In speaking with lead singer

Doug Brown and drummer

Tate Cunningham, it is clear

that these guys have their hearts

set on reaching their fan baseon a personal level and will

accomplish that even if it means

scrapping a nearly-complete

mixed album, months worth of

hard work, to start over and create

something that they thought

would better represent them. To

put it simply, Tate offers, If its

not awesome, start over.

This was the case with

their January release, These

Times, their second full-length

album. After months of writing,

recording, and mixing the

majority of the album, the

band, along with collaborative

producers Howard Benson,

Espionage, and Ryan Teder,

decided it just wasnt cutting it

and started over.

These Times is full of powerful

singles, the main one being

the albums namesake, These

Times. While the whole album

has received some stellar critical

review, the namesake single

and accompanying video speak

volumes about the band and the

message they want to send.

The video features about 20

submissions of fans telling their

stories of struggle and emotional

pain, ending with a powerful

and uplifting scene of them all

showing their hope for an endto their hardships and the songs

real message, They will pass.

To the band, this message came

before any type of

promotion for the

band themselves.

Theyre not, as Tate

explains, a soap

box band. Thats

not us. Doug also

insisted, It wouldnt

have felt right

singing thatsong

and making it all

about us.

The concept, as

Doug explains,

came from a desire

to give any and all

people an outlet to

tell their stories and

share their pain so

they might nd hope

and strength in each

other. And while

they werent able

to go through every

single submission video, they

continue to collect them on their

website, SafetySuitMusic.com,

along with anything else fans

wish to submit to this growing

community, an interactive place

to share their story and nd

people in the same situations.

The reception of the new album

and video isnt all thats on the

horizon for the Tulsa/Nashville

quartet, though. They have

recently set off on the Break the

Spell Tour with chart-topping

rockers Daughtry, a tour thats

been in the making for the past

few years. After successful tourswith Three Doors Down, whom

Doug and Tate agree took the

band under their wing, Seether,

Hoobastank, and their now-close

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friends of The Script, with whom

they both felt they had the most

chemistry as an ensemble because

of the similar styles, they are

eager and ready for the months

ahead. As for the future, Doug

and Tate both dream of opening

for personal favorites U2, andTate hopes to some day share

the stage with their friends in

OneRepublic and another favorite

of his, Muse.

Be sure to keep your eyes on

these guys. Wherever they do

end up, it is sure to be an exciting

ride.


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What has it been like with the

new album? Its been nice. Weve

been done recording this record

for quite some time and so a lot

of these songs have been around

a while for us. We really struggled

not to play too many of the new

ELIYOUNAfter years of writing music and playing shows, Eli Young

Band nally had their big break. Their single, Crazy Girl,

recently went platinum and has cemented their spot in the

country music world. A BRM favorite, Eli Young Band bridges

great lyrics and true country music. Michael Elis goal when

performing is to make sure the audience is having just asgood of a time as the band.

songs before the album came out,

that way as time goes on, the songs

are still fresh and new because after

you play them for a few years, you

wanna have some new material to

play. I mean this record we nished

a couple years ago, but we were

kind of in the middle of changing

labels and the whole business side

of things kind of keeps albums

from getting out as quickly as they

should sometimes, but this has

been an amazing album for us and

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BAND

What was it like

to see Crazy

Girl, the single,

go gold? Thats

huge for us, and

it was a new

milestone and

actually it just got

certied platinum

yesterday so its

incredible. This

song has pretty

much changed

our career. I

think weve

been on a good

road for a

long time and

everything thathappens to us

has been like

a baby step

in the right

d i r e c t i o n

and Crazy

Girl has

changed

t h i n g s

for us ina huge way. Its

really great and the response

for this song has been huge!

Where do you want to hang the

platinum record? Around my

neck. No, but its nice to have

some wall bling, and I have an

ofce that we kind of keep that

stuff in, so its not all showy.

How does the song writing

process work for you guys?

I think for us we try not to write

the same way twice, and we try

not to write the same song twice. I

think its really important for us to

really have songs that are different

so we write on the road, we write

at home, we write at friends

houses, and we really try to put

ourselves in different situations

because you can gain inspiration

from different environments. So

I wish that there was some kind

of formula to it, but I think that

when youre inspired, youre

inspired and you kind of just have

to take that moment when it comes.

What can someone expect to see

from a live show? You know with

us, we really just try to have a goo

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