CANADIAN ELECTROFUNK BAND CHROMEO on Live from Daryl's House

CANADIAN ELECTROFUNK BAND CHROMEO GUESTS ON 10^TH EDITION OF LIVE FROM DARYL’S HOUSE, DEBUTING AUGUST 15

Daryl Hall Hooks Up with Cutting-Edge Canadian Innovators, Who Say It’s a Dream Come True

NEW YORK, July 24, 2008—Daryl Hall’s free web-show, Live From Daryl’s House, has become a destination for music fans seeking the latest in up-and-coming artists. The 10^th edition, which can be seen on www.livefromdarylshouse.com, starting August 15, will feature highly touted, two-man Canadian electrofunk outfit Chromeo.

The Montreal-based pair is made up of Dave 1 (David Macklovitch) on guitar and vocals and P-Thugg (Patrick Gemayel) on keyboards, synthesizers and talk box. They’ve released two albums, including 2004’s She’s In Control and 2007’s Fancy Footwork, both on prestigious indie label Vice. The band was named MTV’s Artist of the Week in Oct. 2007. The set included a pair of Daryl Hall & John Oates hits, “Family Man” and “Adult Education” as well as Chromeo songs, “Tenderoni” and “Waiting 4 U”

“It's not every day that you meet the single biggest influence of your band, let alone get to jam with them in a laid back and creative atmosphere,” says Chromeo’s Dave 1. “Filming Live From Daryl’s House was one of the highlights of our musical journey. We'll be pinching ourselves for years for come. Given that he pretty much wrote half our songs, it was about time we met Daryl Hall in real life.”

The show with Chromeo can be seen exclusively at www.livefromdarylshouse.com starting August 15 at 8:00 pm EST.

Past episodes of the series have featured a mix of well-known performers like Nick Lowe, K.T. Tunstall and Gym Class Heroes’ Travis McCoy, as well as newcomers such as Austin, TX-based acoustic guitarist and songwriter Monte Montgomery and Philly soul singer Mutlu.

Daryl Hall’s “light bulb moment” of “playing music with my friends and putting it up on the Internet” has received kudos from Rolling Stone and the influential Lefsetz Letter.

Live from Daryl’s House has taken place at Hall’s residences in New York and London, as well as at the SXSW confab in Austin, TX, with plans to record at his other homes in New England and the Bahamas.

“These collaborations have really reinvigorated my music, both as a solo artist and in the stuff I do with John and the band,” says Daryl. “And the response continues to be overwhelming.”

For a high res photo of Chromeo and Daryl Hall, please click here:

http://www.livefromdarylshouse.com/templates/default/images/lfdh_dhchromeo-lg.jpg

Everlast's latest video - Folsom Prison Blues

MULTI-PLATINUM GRAMMY WINNER EVERLAST’S VIDEO FOR “FOLSOM PRISON BLUES” TO DEBUT ON CRACKLE.COM

Johnny Cash cover from upcoming Love, War and the Ghost of Whitey Ford album is online video entertainment network’s first major video premiere

BURBANK, CA (July 3, 2008)—"Folsom Prison Blues," the video of the new single from multi-platinum Grammy winner Everlast’s upcoming album, Love, War and the Ghost of Whitey Ford, will be the first major artist clip to premiere on Crackle, Inc. (www.crackle.com), Sony Pictures Entertainment’s multi-platform video entertainment network, available on the Internet, in the living room and on devices.

The video of the Johnny Cash song will begin airing July 7 through 14. Love, War and the Ghost of Whitey Ford is scheduled for release on Sept. 23 on Everlast’s own Martyr Inc. label and TRP Records, in a partnership with Hickory Records, an imprint of Sony/ATV Music Publishing.

“We’re thrilled to launch Everlast’s highly anticipated new music video on Crackle,” said Crackle GM Jonathan Shambroom. “This launch marks the site's first major artist music video debut on the site, and we're excited to bring yet another new form of entertainment to our viewers. Our audience expects the newest, hottest high-quality content, and we're confident Everlast’s video will live up to their expectations.”

“Letters Home from the Garden of Stone,” the controversial first single from the Everlast album told from the point-of-view of a soldier on the Iraqi battlefield questioning the war, received airplay on such prominent stations as WXDX Pittsburgh, WBCN Boston and WJBX Ft. Myers, FL. It was made available as a free download from http://www.theofficialeverlast.com last December.

“The sound is totally different than anything I’ve ever done,” says Everlast, who recorded his first solo album in 1988 with Ice-T before busting out a platinum album with the group House of Pain and its iconic 1992 hit, “Jump Around.” “I’ve been making albums long enough to know nothing is guaranteed. But I’ve got a feeling in my bones that I don’t get very often and I like it.”

Love, War and the Ghost of Whitey Ford was co-produced by Everlast with his longtime partner Keefus Ciancia, whose credits include T-Bone Burnett, and is the logical sequel to his 1998 solo breakthrough, Whitey Ford Sings the Blues, an eclectic mix of rock, blues, country, pop and hip-hop, which cracked the Billboard Top 10 and sold more than 2 million on the strength of its crossover Top 40 hit, “What It’s Like.”

The following year, Everlast’s collaboration with rock legend Carlos Santana, “Put Your Lights On,” earned him a Grammy for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. His last two albums were the critically acclaimed Eat at Whitey’s (2000) and White Trash Beautiful (2004).

More recently, Everlast was recruited by Nancy Miller, creator and executive producer for the TNT series Saving Grace, starring Holly Hunter, to create the theme song for the show. He also wrote and produced the country song “My Medicine,” for a duet performed by Willie Nelson and Snoop Dogg.

More Live from Daryl's House - Monte Montgomery

AUSTIN GUITARSLINGER MONTE MONTGOMERY GUESTS ON LIVE FROM DARYL’S HOUSE, WITH NINTH EDITION DEBUTING JULY 15

Daryl Hall Invites Austin Acoustic Guitar Whiz to Appear After Spotting Him on YouTube Playing “Sara Smile”

NEW YORK, July 8, 2008—Daryl Hall’s free webshow, Live From Daryl’s House, has featured well-known performers like Nick Lowe, K.T. Tunstall and Gym Class Heroes’ Travis McCoy, but the monthly performance series is always on the lookout for new talent. The ninth edition of the show features a Daryl discovery in Austin, TX-based acoustic guitarist and songwriter Monte Montgomery, who will appear with Hall from his New York home on July 15 at www.livefromdarylshouse.com.

“Someone sent me a clip of Monte performing ‘Sara Smile’ on YouTube,” says Hall. “And I immediately asked him to come on the show to play it with me.”

The Birmingham, AL, native, who now lives in Austin, TX, was named one of Guitar Player magazine’s “Top 50 Greatest Guitarists of All Time” in 2004, and has been featured on the covers of Frets and Acoustic Guitar magazines, with nicknames that include “The Evel Knievel of Guitar” and “The Acoustic Shredmaster.” His legend has spread after a widely seen appearance on the TV show Austin City Limits.

“This is quite an honor,” said Montgomery. “I never dreamed I’d be playing ‘Sara Smile’ with the guy who wrote it.”

The performance can be seen exclusively at www.livefromdarylshouse.com starting July 15^th.

What started as a “light bulb” moment experienced by Daryl Hall has turned into a viral sensation, with the superstar “playing music with my friends and putting it up on the Internet, receiving kudos from Rolling Stone and the influential Lefsetz Letter. He calls it “just another way to see my environment. It’s a state of mind, you know?”

Previous archived episodes of Live From Daryl’s House have included appearances by legendary new wave performer Nick Lowe, U.K. singer-songwriter KT Tunstall and Gym Class Heroes’ Travis McCoy, a longtime Hall fan, Chuck Prophet and Mutlu, as well as a holiday special featuring songs from the Daryl Hall and John Oates release, Home for Christmas and a webcast of Daryl’s acclaimed SXSW solo show at Austin Convention Center performing a number of his classics. All can still be accessed at www.livefromdarylshouse.com.

Live from Daryl’s House has taken place at Hall’s residences in New York and London, as well as at the SXSW confab in Austin, TX, with upcoming versions slated for his other homes in New England and the Bahamas.

“These collaborations have really reinvigorated my music, both as a solo artist and in the stuff I do with John and the band,” says Daryl. “It’s like getting a new lease on life. And the response continues to be overwhelming.”

Patty Smyth's Hellos with 'Goodbye to You'

PATTY SMYTH AND SCANDAL SAY HELLO WITH “GOODBYE TO YOU”

Reunited ‘80s Hitmakers Back on the Road, Working on New Material and Playing Smashes “Goodbye to You,” “The Warrior”

NEW YORK, July 9, 2008— Patty Smyth and Scandal are back and better than ever.

With a platinum album, The Warrior, and a self-titled debut that is the best-selling EP in Columbia history, Patty Smyth and Scandal are one of the ‘80s signature female-fronted rock bands, scoring the Top 10 single “The Warrior” and standards like the MTV hit “Goodbye to You,” “Love’s Got a Line on You,” “Beat of a Heart,” “Hands Tied” and “No Mistakes.”

Spurred by an impromptu reunion in 2004 on VH1’s Bands Reunited series and a stint on the network’s “We Are the ‘80s” tour in the summer of 2006 with Rick Springfield, Patty Smyth and Scandal have regrouped, including two original members in guitarist Keith Mack and keyboardist/guitarist Benjy King along with the new rhythm section of bassist Tom Welsch and drummer Eran Asias, with plans to tour and record new material.

“I really wanted to get back out there gigging and doing shows,” says Smyth, who also attributed the decision to the fact her kids are now all grown up. “People think I have this comfortable married life, so I’m not serious about working. But this is something I really need to do, and want to do.”

Smyth and Scandal first burst onto the scene in 1982 with a self-titled EP that produced a pair of hits in “Goodbye to You,” a #1 MTV video, and “Love’s Got a Line on You.” The Warrior, released in 1984, climbed into the Top 20 on the sales chart, eventually moving more than a million copies, producing the Top 10 single, “The Warrior” as well as “Hands Tied” and “Beat of a Heart.”

Smyth’s self-titled 1993 second solo album included “Sometimes Love Just Ain’t Enough,” a hit duet with The Eagles’ Don Henley that reached #2 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for six consecutive weeks, #1 on the AC chart for four consecutive weeks and was named BMI Song of the Year. Smyth co-wrote the song with Glen Burtnick. The album and single both earned platinum status by selling more than a million units apiece. Smyth earned Oscar and Grammy nominations in 1994 for the song “Look What Love Has Done,” included on the soundtrack for the movie Junior with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito, which she performed at that year’s Academy Awards ceremony.

Today, a whole new generation is being turned on to Patty Smyth and Scandal. “The Warrior” has been featured in an episode of Family Guy and on video games Grand Theft Auto and Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the ‘80s.

“I have six kids and they listen to our stuff all the time on their iPods and turn all their friends onto it, too,” she says. “People want to hear someone singing live over a real band and not just playing to tape or having 15 dancers on-stage. We get all ages at our shows. It’s a pretty wide demographic.”

Getting back on-stage with her current band has revitalized Smyth. “We’re kicking ass and blowing minds out there. We’re so tight, if I fell down a flight of stairs, these four guys would follow me and we’d all land on our feet. I’ve never had more fun. For once, I feel like all the weight isn’t on me. I’m at the top of my game. When I step out on that stage, I’m in my element. It’s an unbelievable joy.”

MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/pattysmythandscandal