Independent Music Award Nomination for Martha Redbone Roots Project

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Thrilled to congratulate the Martha Redbone Roots Project on being nominated in the Concept Album Category for The Garden of Love – Songs of William Blake in The 13th Annual Independent Music Awards.  Martha’s highly acclaimed “brilliant” (The New Yorker) album was produced by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band’s John McEuen and David Hoffner.

Winners will be determined by a panel of influential artist and industry judges including Ann Wilson & Nancy Wilson, Sharon Jones, Laurie Anderson, Suzanne Vega, Meshell Ndegeocello, Chiddy Bang, Shelby Lynne, Joshua Redman, G. Love, Aoife O’Donovan, Jim Lauderdale, Chris Wood & Oliver Wood, Band Of Skulls, Judy Collins, Raul Midon, Bernie Worrell, Dennis Diken, Arturo Sandoval, Alan Light (Live From The Artists Den), Terry McBride (Nettwerk Music Group), Kevin Lyman (Vans Warped Tour), Jason Olaine (Jazz at Lincoln Center), Anthony DeCurtis (Rolling Stone), Hillary McAndrew Plate (Lincoln Center) Bob Ludwig (Gateway Mastering), Bruce Iglauer (Alligator Records), Evan Schlansky (American Songwriter), Delphine Robertson (Playtone Productions), Benji Rogers (PledgeMusic), Megan West (SoundCloud) and others.

In addition to industry-determined Winners, music fans from around the world have until Friday, July 18, 2014 to cast their votes at The IMA Vox Pop Jukebox to determine the fan-selected IMA Winners.
 

 

Martha Redbone on The Dean (Robert Christgau)’s Best Albums of 2013 list!

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Beyonce, Eminem, John McEuen, Kacey Musgraves, Martha Redbone, Martha Redbone Roots Project band, Robert Christgau, The Apollo, Vampire Weekend

New York, NY — Martha Redbone’s highly acclaimed album, The Garden of Love – Songs of William Blake, produced by John McEuen and David Hoffner, is no. 20 on the self-proclaimed Dean of American Rock Critics, Robert Christgau’s “authoritative and personal ranking of the best listening” of 2013, keeping fine company with Vampire Weekend, Eminem, Beyoncé and Kacey Musgraves, among others. See entire list here.

 

In other Martha news, the Roots Project band recently performed The Garden of Love and other tunes to a sold-out wildly enthusiastic crowd at the Apollo. Christian John Wilkane at popmatters raved that Martha delivered “a rousing set that will certainly be remembered long past 2014. … Doubtless, the embers Redbone left behind at the Apollo on that January evening are still smoldering.” Read entire review here.

 

Photo of Martha Redbone © 2014 Craig Bailey/Perspective Photo

Martha Redbone on Many 2012 Best Lists!

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Best albums of 2012, Blogcritics, Country Universe, David Hoffner, Dennis Brunnenmeyer, Hearth Music Blog, Independent Clauses, John McEuen, KVMR, Martha Redbone, No Depression, Peter Chianca, Popheaven Magazine, Sam Gazdziak, Songs of William Blake, Ted Gioia, The Garden of Love, Wicked Local

New York, NY — Martha Redbone’s beloved The Garden of Love – Songs of William Blake, produced by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Founder and Grammy Award Winner John McEuen and David Hoffner has landed on many Best Recordings of 2012 lists:

As of January 7, 2013:

Blogcritics: My Ten Favorite Recordings of 2012 (No. 1)!

“Martha Redbone Roots Project – The Garden Of Love – The Songs Of William Blake. When most people refer to Americana or roots music they tend to forget about two important musical traditions. Redbone and her band created an album which blends the Native, African, and Anglo/Irish/Scot American roots of North American music with the words of poet William Blake. The result are wonderfully vivid versions of Blake’s work. With Redbone’s splendid voice leading a masterful group of musicians, you’ll not only gain a new appreciation for the poems but broaden your definition of roots music. ” Richard Marcus

Country Universe’s Top Albums of 2012

#40
The Garden of Love – Songs of William Blake
Martha Redbone Roots Project

Individual rankings:  Sam – #12

The combination of a modern soul singer, an 18^th-century Romantic poet and bluegrass music shouldn’t work, at least on paper.  However, when there are talented people like Martha Redbone and John McEuen of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band involved, the results can be fantastic.  Redbone and collaborator Aaron Whitby drew from the works of William Blake and McEuen and a host of talented musicians helped recast the poems as bluegrass songs.  The resulting songs sound more like Harlan County than Blake’s native London, and Redbone’s vocals are gorgeous throughout.  For music lovers, discovering hidden gems like this album is the equivalent of finding a winning lottery ticket on the street. – Sam Gazdziak

Pete Chianca’s 22 stellar songs from 2012/Wicked Local:

““I Rose Up At The Dawn of Day” from “The Garden of Love,” Martha Redbone Roots Project. Redbone’s album sets William Blake’s poetry to rich, twangy Americana, and this gospel stomper shows just how effectively she does it.”

Ted Gioia: The 100 Best Albums of 2012 (all styles, all genres):

No. 1.  Martha Redbone
The Garden Of Love: Songs Of William Blake
Americana / Britannia Fusion

Heaven Magazine (The Netherlands) Top Ten List from Pieter Wijnstekers

A List of Lists: No. 5 on Hearth Music Blog’s choices on No Depression

HEARTH MUSIC (blog)

1. Rayna Gellert – Old Light
2. Jenny Ritter – Bright Mainland
3. Le Vent Du Nord – Tromper le Temps
4. O’Brien Party of 7 – Reincarnation Songs
5. Martha Redbone’s Roots Music Project – Garden of Love: The Songs of Wiliam Blake
6. The New Young Fogies – Volume One
7. Zoe Muth & the Lost High Rollers – Old Gold
8. Black Prairie – A Tear in the Eye is a Wound in the Heart
9. Eric Bibb – Deeper in the Well
10. John Doyle – Shadows & Light

Top 36 Songs of the Year: independent clauses

No. 17. I Rose Up At The Dawn of the Day

KVMR Staff Top Picks 2012

On Radio Host Dennis Brunnenmeyer’s list.

And 2013 has begun with the Martha Redbone Roots Project charting at No. 5 for January on the EuroAmericana Chart.

All Things Considered in The Garden of Love!

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Aaron Whitby, All Things Considered, Americana, Appalachia, John McEuen, Martha Redbone, NPR, Robert Siegel, songwriting, Vernon Reid, William Blake

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

October 11, 2012

NPR’s Robert Siegel talks with Martha Redbone about her William Blake inspired roots album

 “a delightful surprise….Terrific album.” Robert Siegel, All Things Considered

Tune into All Things Considered on NPR.org to listen to Robert Siegel’s interview with Martha Redbone. Redbone discusses her roots and collaboration with songwriting partners Aaron Whitby and Grammy Award winner John McEuen on this gorgeous album of Appalachian folk songs set to the poetry of William Blake, giant of the Romantic era. The Martha Redbone Roots Project, The Garden of Love, Songs of William Blake is being met with international love and acclaim.  As Vernon Reid praised, Martha Redbone interpreted the “hauntingly lovely words of William Blake with the power of a storm & the gentleness of a breeze.”

 

Listen here: http://www.npr.org/2012/10/11/162714267/blakes-poems-reborn-as-bluesy-folk-tunes-burn-bright

 

Stream or purchase album here: http://martharedbonerootsproject.bandcamp.com/

 

To request music, or an interview with Martha Redbone and/or John McEuen, please contact Bernadette Quigley [mailto:quigdette@yahoo.com] at Quigley Media/917-414-9765.

For booking requests, contact: Aaron Whitby, email: redbonelive@martharedboneroots.com

PHOTO CREDIT: Fabrice Trombert

More information: http://www.martharedbone.com