A long drive home on a Sunday afternoon... window down, music up... one day in March when the sun has finally shown its face and the one you love waves goodbye in the rearview mirror.
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“..think Natalie Merchant with fewer adult contemporary
leanings or Aimee Mann on a folkier trip. Berner’s voice can thicken and thin like Joni Mitchell’s and it’s unmistakably her greatest asset.” – Magnet
“Fabulous” – Performing
Songwriter
“…evokes the vocals of Tori Amos and the musical style of Wilco.” – The Chicago Tribune
“[one of] indie’s finest talents.” – Toronto Metro
This is certainly one to keep an eye on.” – Women Folk
Ever since the release of her 2005 Machine Records
full-length debut ...this side of yesterday indie-folk
singer/songwriter Martha Berner has been creating
quite a buzz in the music world. Not only did that
release and her 2007 follow-up EP Ten Tiny Little Pieces
garner a wealth of press accolades both nationally
and abroad, including features in high-profile
publications, such as Magnet, Performing Songwriter,
Chicago Tribune, Hear/Say and Out Magazine, but it also opened the door for her many
radio station studio performances throughout the nation as well as live appearances on
a number of FOX, CBS and NBC television news shows. Her song “Wait For Me” was also featured on MTV’s popular television show “The Real World.”
Just as ...this side of yesterday reached the 2 spot on XM satellite radio’s popular Café show, her music was being played on hundreds of radio stations nationwide, as well as throughout the world - with heavy airplay on radio stations in Japan, Australia, France, Germany, Italy, the UK, Israel, along with many other countries.
Martha’s own upbeat Americana composition “A Town Called Happiness” was also featured along with songs from Neko Case, Joseph Arthur, The New Pornographers, Michelle Shocked and others on a compilation CD entitled The Voices and Faces Project, which benefits survivors of sexual assault. This same song also appeared on an exclusive CD sampler compiled by Chicago’s I-GO Car Sharing alongside other Chicago luminaries such as Wilco, Studs Terkel and Neko Case.
Martha continues to tour nationally and is currently putting the fi nishing touches on her forthcoming full-length sophomore effort (due in the Fall of ’09) at Chicago’s premiere boutique digital recording studio Stranded On A Planet with producer Scott Fritz and her new backing band The Flames. While this long-awaited album will still incorporate her trademark smoky voice and indie-folk songs of depth and devotion, with the added muscle of The Flames -making this her first true band effort - it will also include elements
of Stax soul, alt-country and the unbridled passion of ‘60s rock ‘n’ roll.
THIS SIDE OF YESTERDAY....
With a wellspring of captivating songs that dig deep into the soul of American roots music, while also interjecting a distinct modern rock flavor, Chicago singer/songwriter Martha Berner has successfully melded old and new into a timeless collection of indie folk-rock on her full-length debut album entitled …this side of yesterday.
Please keep an eye out for The Voices and Faces Project Vol. 1 compilation CD at stores near you. This seventeen track disc features “A Town Called Happiness” by Martha Berner as well as great songs by Neko Case, Joseph Arthur, The New Pornographers, Motion City Soundtrack and many others. Proceeds will go to help benefit the survivors of sexual assault.
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Hi Martha, Sorry we couldn't stay for the whole show. You were great as always. Long drive home and we had to work at the studio the next morning. We'll call you sometime soon to chat. Jim and Kris
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