Yo everyone...my new album, Moments & Memories, was released this past October 16! You can pick it up on iTunes and other download sites. In addition, the single "All It Is" is being featured on Sirius Satellite Radio's Coffeehouse channel. Go here to request it, and thanks!: http://www.sirius.com/thecoffeehouse
MIKE FARLEY TO RELEASE MOMENTS & MEMORIES
Nashville Based Singer/Songwriter’s Acoustic Album First in Five Years
Nashville, TN— It’s been quite some time since singer/songwriter Mike Farley last graced his fans with an album’s worth of new material, but for those who’ve been waiting anxiously for a follow-up to 2002’s Blue, the hour is almost at hand. On October 16, 2007, Farley will release his fifth album, Moments and Memories, on RTT Records.
Moments and Memories is Farley’s first album since relocating from Cleveland, Ohio, down to Nashville, Tennessee, in 2003. “When I moved down here, I wanted to get into co-writing, and the whole songwriting community,” he reveals. “I did Writer’s Nights pretty regularly for a few years, met some people, and I did do some co-writing…but, then, that kind of fizzled out, too. But I still continued to write occasionally on my own.
“I was writing all along,” clarifies Farley, “but my P.R. firm (Michael J. Media Group) took off, so anything related to my own music career kind of got put on the back burner. Over the course of living here for four years, though, I came up with enough material for another album.”
It’s only fitting for an album entitled Moments and Memories, however, that some of the songs were actually written before the aforementioned move to Nashville; in particular, Farley was performing “Home for Good” with his band while he was still based in Cleveland. In another nod to the past, Farley has revisited “Say Goodbye,” which originally appeared on his second album, 1999’s On the Edge of Somewhere. “I wanted to pull something that I’d already released and do another version of it,” he says, “and that was always a fan favorite. I just wanted to do something older, to bring it back and give it a fresh sound.”
Perhaps appropriately, the record’s title cut was the track which made Farley realize that, yes, perhaps it was finally time to put out that long-delayed fifth album. “When I did ‘Moments and Memories,’ that put me over the edge,” he admits. “It turned out to be the last song I wrote for the record, but I think it has the most impact. I’ve got fans who have all my albums and have been bugging me for a long time to put out another record; after I wrote ‘Moments and Memories,’ though, I went through my catalog, and once I realized that had 20 to 25 songs to choose from, I figured it was definitely time.”
Although the change in locale hasn’t resulted in a dramatic change in sound, Farley admits that there’s definitely some twang on some of the new songs, particularly “Saturday Night Needs Sunday Morning,” a co-write with Aaron Brotherton. “Aaron’s immersed in that whole country publishing / writing community,” he explains, “so there’s at least a little bit of that country-rock edge. Co-writing always gives a song a different flavor, though, because you’re bringing in that other person’s influences.”
If there’s one thing Moments and Memories has done for Farley, it’s reinvigorated him as an artist. “Doing this album was a real creative release,” he says. “Now, I’ve got the itch to start writing again!”
Hello Mike! Hope this message finds you well on this WINDY Wednesday in Nashville. I would like to extend a personal invitation to you and your friends to my upcoming show in Franklin. I'm giving away FREE music to anyone who shows up from myspace!
Hope you can make it! Rebecca
Rebecca Correia is performing @
The Good Cup 2181 Hillsboro Road Franklin, TN
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20th, 2009 7pm No Cover - FREE!! FREE!! FREE!! All Ages Also featuring performances by Guy-Michael Grande, LandSlyde and Matt Ridenour!! www. thegoodcup. com
FREE MUSIC GIVEAWAY!! I'll be giving out FREE music to anyone who shows up to the show from myspace!! Just find me at The Good Cup show and ask for FREE Rebecca Correia music. I'll send FREE Rebecca Correia music to your email!! : )
We're now accepting submissions for our next mixtapes, please submit your info at www. coast2coastsubmissions. com for your chance to get a spot on the next mixtape!
Greetings! We're on the road a lot this fall & winter and hope to see you at one of these shows!!
11-13-08: Therese's Greatnites @ The Boom Room, Warren, OH 11-14-08: I-Rock, Detroit, MI 11-15-08: The Winchester, Cleveland, OH 11-17/18-08: 11th Annual Jeff Buckley Tribute Concert @ Uncommon Ground, Chicago, IL 11-22-08: The Lost Dog, Ithaca, NY 12-03-08: Cyber Café West, Binghamton, NY 12-08-08: NBC TV, The 10! Show, Philadelphia, PA
This December/January we'll be opening for ELLIOTT MURPHY on an East Coast/West Coast tour!
12-10-08 Johnny D's, Somerville (Boston), MA 12-12-08 The Stephen Talkhouse, Amangansett, NY 12-13-08 Valentine's, Albany, NY 12-15-08 The Living Room, New York, NY 12-16-08 Velvet Lounge, Washington, DC 12-17-08 World Cafe Live, Philadelphia, PA 12-18-08 Watercolor Cafe, Larchmont, NY 1-07-09 Cafe Du Nord, San Francisco, CA 1-08-09 Don Quixote's Music Hall, Felton (Santa Cruz), CA 1-10-09 Hotel Cafe, Los Angeles, CA 1-11-09 Mama Hillybeans Cafe, Tehachapi, CA 1-13-09 Acoustic Music San Diego, San Diego, CA 1-14-09 The Blue Cafe, Long Beach, CA 1-16-09 NAMM 2009, Anaheim, CA
We NEED your HELP in promoting these shows locally! If interested, please visit www. bestindie. com/emjktour. html where you can also find out more about Elliott Murphy and his guitarist Olivier Durand as well as reserve tickets!
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