Happy Holidays to all of my wonderful colleagues and artists. It’s been an incredible 2013 and year #1 of living a dream come true. I can’t thank you enough for your support and business. Cheers to 2014! All of my love – JB
P.S. Here is a lovely rendition of Silent Night by Gabrielle Papillon and friends. Beauty.
It’s finally arrived! Adam’s new EP is in house, and it’s FANTASTIC! Very proud of our young Baldwin. Stream it HERE!
This October 24th, RHR will have its first showcase at Halifax Pop Explosion! Come down to Bus Stop Theatre at 7PM (early, right!?) for performances by clients Express and Company, The True Love Rules, Heather Green and Repartee. It’s going to be a time! Mixtape Magazine will also be in the house showcasing issue #1 of the print magazine, handing out discounts, and a mixtape. Yes, a TAPE, as in, cassette tape. Get there early to get one. The mixes feature artists from RHR’s roster. A keepsake from a very special moment for Rocking Horse Road. Let us know you’re coming! xo- JB
Check out the Stroll trailer and AFF screening information on Vimeo! Trailer features “Go In To The Night” by Gabrielle Papillon!
Stroll Trailer from Ann Verrall on Vimeo.
A heads up to all of Jay’s fans, friends and family – Jay’s song “A Perfect View” will be featured in ep.4.11 of Rookie Blue – airing Thursday, Aug.29th on Global. It’s incredibly unfortunate that he isn’t here to see his music air in a major spot, but I’m told he would have loved it, and the music still lives on. If you’re around your set on Thursday, give the show a watch, and smile for Jay when the song is played. xo. JB
RHR just signed the uber talented Maxim Cormier. I would like you to watch this video. It’s fantasitc!
A beautiful new song by Andrew James O’Brien and Catherine Allan (aka: The Fortunate Ones), recorded for Sessions with Jimmie Inch!
Be sure to keep an eye out for the upcoming short film, Stroll. The film’s end scene is accompanied by Gabrielle Papillon’s Go Into The Night! A big thank you to the wonderful Ann Verrall at Shortwork Productions for choosing Gabrielle’s song to compliment this scene!
Go Into The Night is from Gaby’s album Little Bug. Listen here!
-JB
I just put on the Heather Green album again (hear it on Rdio HERE), and it’s grabbed me all over again. How lucky are we to have her? EXTREMELY. I would recommend the following:
– get bbq. set up on patio.
– get a few beer (your choice on brand)
– play “Your Last War”
– grill. swig. listen. [dance if you feel like it]
You won’t regret this.
The Coast says:
“The second album of her young career, Heather Green’s Your Last War is a reverb- soaked pop-rocker that sounds like it was pulled from a nook between Radiohead’s The Bends and OK Computer. Dynamic layering gives the album a refined feel (unusual for a home recording) with handclaps and doubled vocals giving the record a gospel tone. From the feedback-laden and delay knob twiddling opening riffs of “Salvation” to the echoey cooing strains of “Hey Chelsea” Green’s vocals soar in the reverberated ice cavern that is Daniel Ledwell’s production. Not only is this album a testament to Green’s power as a performer, but a sign of Ledwell’s Daniel Lanois-esque depth as a sound engineer.”
This monday morning brings an exciting announcement! Express and Company are now part of the RHR roster! The record, “Ontario”, is just so good. So so good. Stream it on Rdio, or just download it on iTunes. You’ll like it. I promise.
Ontario is currently #3 on CBCR3 and #1 on the CBCR3 rock charts, and press response has been stellar. See a portion of No Depression’s interview below. Very proud to have E&C as part of the family. Enjoy!
No Depression on Express and Company‘s Ontario: “On Ontario, Ireland is a loyal student of one of the most time-honored laws of great writing – whether of song or literary: write what you know. It just so happens, most acts of the genre (whether you wish to call it Americana, country-folk, country-rock, roots music or alt-country) embrace themes of love, love lost, family and the open road. However, the best of the bunch – and Express and Company deserve the honor of being included in the upper ranks with these eight songs – paint honest scenes that appeal to sentimentality without being hammy, tug heartstrings without yanking off the chain, and craft rural prose that doesn’t strike the listener as hopelessly antiquated…I’ll go on record to say Ontario is the finest front-to-back record of its kind I’ve heard since Whiskeytown’s Pneumonia.