Trombone Shorty Invited to White House

2012-02-14T11:55:00.000-05:00

Trombone Shorty has been invited to perform at The White House on February 21st as part of the Black History Month celebration, In Performance at the White House: Red, White & Blues.

Troy will be joining an all-star lineup including Jeff Beck, Buddy Guy, Warren Haynes, Mick Jagger, B.B. King, Keb Mo, Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks, Gary Clark, Jr., and Shemekia Copeland, with former 525 client Booker T. Jones as music director and band leader. The event will be streamed live on whitehouse.gov/live and taped for broadcast on PBS premiering Monday, February 27 at 9 p.m. ET (check local listings).

In addition to his performance, Troy will also participate in a special education program earlier that day in The White House with Michelle Obama, Keb Mo and Shemekia Copeland. The artists will appear before an audience of students from across the country to discuss the Blues and take part in a Q & A with moderator Bob Santelli and members of the audience.

Troy will travel directly from Washington DC to Moscow, Russia to play at the Triumph of Jazz festival, followed by dates in France (where the band will also tape Album de la Semaine for CANAL+), England and Spain.

AgesandAges on Obama Playlist, RollingStone.com

2012-02-10T17:57:00.000-05:00

AgesandAges showed up in President Barack Obama’s Spotify playlist this week, and Rolling Stone picked up the story about the Portland band. Click here to visit RollingStone.com site and check out the article.

In a recap of the playlist, The New York Times wrote:

...the indie-rock world comes through strong with Wilco, Arcade Fire and AgesandAges, a little-known band from the indie capital and Democratic stronghold of Portland, Ore., whose bright sound has been described by local critics as 'raw choral pop.'

Former 525 client Booker T. also appears on the playlist with his iconic hit 'Green Onions.'

525 Alum Competes on 'The Voice' Tonight

2012-02-06T13:26:00.001-05:00

525 Worldwide congratulates former client Naia Kete on scoring an audition on NBC's The Voice tonight (8:00 PM/7:00 PM CDT). We at 525 are very proud to have recognized Naia's talent and supported her early in her career. We wish her continued success and all the best. Check out tonight's promo on Facebook here.

Ryan Montbleau's 'For Higher' Coming in May

2012-02-03T11:05:00.000-05:00

Ryan Montbleau broke with tradition on his new album, For Higher (Blue's Mountain), leaving behind the comforts of Ryan Montbleau Band (Lyle Brewer, James Cohen, Jason Cohen, Matty Giannaros & Yahuba) for a whirlwind series of sessions in New Orleans with some of the city's best musicians. Producer Ben Ellman of Galactic assembled an all-star cast--including keyboard/B-3 player Ivan Neville, guitar master Anders Osborne, drummer Simon Lott, and Meters bassist George Porter, Jr.--to push Montbleau's soulful and soaring voice into uncharted territory.

While a few of the album's 10 tracks were already part of Ryan Montbleau Band's ever-growing live repertoire, the majority, including four handpicked cover tunes--stone soul nuggets from Bill Withers, Curtis Mayfield, forgotten supergroup Rhinoceros, and the late Muscle Shoals guitarist Eddie Hinton--came together spontaneously with little prepwork. "I have a band that I've been touring with for years, and usually by the time we head into the studio the songs are pretty well mapped out," says Montbleau. "This is a totally different record than I've ever made."

NPR recently highlighted Montbleau's grassroots success "earning fans the old fashioned way" with 200 shows-per-year and performances at major festivals like Bonnaroo (backing Martin Sexton), Gathering of the Vibes, and Life is Good. He also contributed songs to Trombone Shorty's Grammy-nominated breakout album, Backatown ("Something Beautiful," "One Night Only"), and its follow up, For True ("Do To Me," "Roses"), and has co-written tracks with Soulive's Eric Krasno.

Check out Ryan Montbleau Band's current tour schedule, with more dates to be announced, here.

For Higher Tracklist
1. Yeah Man
2. Heartbreak Road
3. Away We Go
4. Head Above Water
5. Here But I'm Gone
6. Burning and Hiding
7. Sweet, Nice 'N' High
8. Just Perfect
9. Dead Set
10. Full Grown Man

The AgesandAges Covers Project - First Installment

2012-01-31T14:30:00.000-05:00

Check out AgesandAges doing Ray Davies proud on an Astrud Gilberto-esque version of The Kinks classic No Return:

This cover kicks off a year-long series by the band wherein they will do one cover a month all year in 2012. Frontman/songwriter Tim Perry explains:

Whilst working on our second album, we thought it would be a pretty fun idea to record and release one cover a month for every month of this year. For all you math nerds out there, that’s a total of twelve songs. Also, we were hoping to accompany each with a video, shot by our good friend, Jaclyn Campanaro. The songs we’ll be working on vary far and wide, but all are dear to our hearts.

TSOA Win 6 'Best of' Awards, Add Kravitz Date

2012-01-28T15:09:00.000-05:00

Trombone Shorty scored six wins at Offbeat Magazine's 'Best of The Beat Awards' held in New Orleans on January 27, 2012. For the second year in a row and fourth time overall, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue were awarded Artist of the Year. They also took home trophies for Album of the Year for For True (Verve Forecast), Best R&B/Funk Artist (also 4th time overall), Best R&B/Funk Album, Best Trombonist and Best Music Video for 'Do To Me'--a song co-written by 525 client Ryan Montbleau.

For True was produced by Ben Ellman, and the 'Do To Me' video was directed by Brandan 'B-mike' Odums and produced by Nicole Robinson.

Earlier that day, Trombone Shorty appeared with New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu at his alma mater Warren Easton High School, where Shorty donated specially designed Trombone Shorty-model trumpets and trombones to the music program as part of his ongoing "Horns for Schools" project.

In touring news, the band recently added U.S. tour dates with Lenny Kravitz in Minneapolis on Feb. 7, as well as shows with the Zac Brown Band on March 10, 11 and 23.

AgesandAges Song in 'Disenchantments' Trailer

2012-01-18T13:32:00.000-05:00

'Alright You Restless,' the title track of AgesandAges Partisan Records 2011 debut album, is featured in an online trailer for the new book The Disenchantments (Dutton Juvenile, 304 pp.). The second novel from Morris Award-finalist Nina LaCour, the book is about a young band on the road the summer following the members' graduation from high school. Check out the trailer, below.

More information on the book, available on February 16, 2012, here.

TSOA to Rock Anthem, Halftime of Giants vs Falcons

2012-01-05T15:53:00.001-05:00

Trombone Shorty will be performing the National Anthem and Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue will play live during halftime of the New York Giants' NFC Wild Card Playoff Game vs. the Atlanta Falcons on January 8, 2012 at 1:00 PM ET. The Anthem and the game will be broadcast live nationwide on FOX.

Shorty will also be in NYC the night before the game, performing at Carnegie Hall in New York City as a featured guest of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band's 50th Anniversary concert. Other special guests include My Morning Jacket, Mos Def, Allen Toussaint, Del McCoury Band and GIVERS.

This January weekend in New York follows the band's five-show sold-out New Year's Run, with a show in Aspen and two in Denver leading up to two sold out nights at the legendary Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco on December 30th and 31st.

Sallie Ford & TSO 'World Cafe' Session Airs

2012-01-03T16:04:00.000-05:00

Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside, who've been building a word-of-mouth buzz since the release of their acclaimed Partisan Records debut, Dirty Radio, will be featured on NPR's World Cafe today, Tuesday, January 3. World Cafe, with host David Dye, can be heard on over 200 stations nationwide and airs daily between 2 and 4 pm EST. The audio archive will be available on the NPR website here.

As the World Cafe piece put it, "Boasting a mix of rockabilly, indie rock, jazz and Americana, Dirty Radio is a lovable and funny mixture of flavors that suggest Ford's significant influences, such as Etta James and Tom Waits."

2011 was a big year for Sallie and the guys, with breakthrough performances at SxSW, Bonnaroo, Newport Folk Fest, Trans Musicales and more. They made their late-night television debut on Late Night with David Letterman, and their uptempo, rockin' version of "Sleigh Bells" could be heard on Target's national TV campaign throughout the holiday season.

Have a Great Holiday Vacation From 525

2011-12-22T18:27:00.003-05:00

As 2011 draws to a close, 525 Worldwide sends you wishes for Happy Holidays and a great 2012. See you in January!

Until then, please enjoy a little-known gem from the Mavis Staples solo catalog: the opening theme music to the John Hughes classic Christmas Vacation.

Mavis, Erykah & Chaka 'Take You There' on VH1

2011-12-20T22:38:00.000-05:00

On Sunday December 18 at New York's Hammerstein Ballroom, Mavis participated in a live taping of VH1 Divas Celebrates Soul.

Aired on Monday December 19, Mavis sang her signature hit "I'll Take You There" with Chaka Khan and Erykah Badu, backed by The Roots.

Check out the full performance, below:

'Dirty Radio' Rates Sallie & Guys a No. 66

2011-12-20T12:04:00.003-05:00

Whitney Matheson, writing for USAToday's 'Pop Candy' feature, named Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside no. 66 on her 'Pop Candy's 100 People of 2011.'

"66. Sallie Ford. Along with her band, the Sound Outside, the Portland-based singer released one of my favorite records of 2011, Dirty Radio."

Check out the full Pop Candy list of People no. 74 through 50 here

Shorty on PBS NewsHour's Artbeat

2011-12-08T11:53:00.001-05:00

PBS NewsHour caught up with Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue during the band's recent two-night sold out run at Washington, D.C.'s 9:30 Club.

PBS' Saskia De Melker writes in the post, "Andrews' desire to carry on the New Orleans tradition doesn't keep him from putting his own twist on it. His music defies any particular genre. Rather, it brings together old and new styles of jazz, which he fuses with rock, funk, soul and hip-hop."

Read the full entry and check out the video interview with Shorty interspersed with segments of the live show here.

Trans Musicales Hosts Sallie Ford & The Sound Outsde

2011-12-07T11:43:00.001-05:00

Billboard Magazine took note of the recent Trans Musicales Festival in Rennes, France with an article about how the Fest "reliably programmes up-and-comers of all types, from all places, attracting a business (in France "les professionels") presence, with agents, bookers, managers, press and labels in the city to meet, greet, network and see the first continental European shows" of bands like Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside. Full article here.

You can check out the band's full 50 minute sold-out set from Rennes below. The site's editorial about the band, Google-translated into English, says: "A rock that feels like muffin and the pastel colors of formica suburbs." Check that out!

Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside Take Target on a 'Sleigh Ride'

2011-12-02T13:39:00.001-05:00

Sallie & the guys are on tour in Europe--they had great shows in Berlin and Amsterdam and taped L'Album De La Semaine for CANAL+ TV in Paris. The tour culminates with shows today and Saturday at Festival les Transmusicales, Sunday in Rotterdam and Tuesday in Belgium.

In the meantime, Target has debuted their holiday ad campaign featuring the band's version of "Sleigh Ride," produced by Chris Funk of The Decemeberists, check out one of the spots, below:

Montbleau Band on CBS Philly Midday News

2011-11-21T12:52:00.001-05:00

On Friday afternoon, November 18, a few hours before their gig at World Cafe Live in Philadelphia, Ryan Montbleau, Matty Giannaros and Lyle Brewer of Ryan Montbleau Band paid a visit to the set of Talk Philly, CBS-3 Philadelphia's midday news program.

Check out the trio's perfomance of 'Stay,' posted as a 'Web Extra' below.

Ryan's televised interview and the trio's performance of 'Dance Dance Dance' can be seen online here.

AgesandAges in 'Suburgatory'

2011-11-16T10:56:00.001-05:00

The title track to AgesandAges debut album Alright You Restless can be heard in tonight's episode of ABC's new hit drama Suburgatory. The show airs at 8:30/7:30 CST (check local listings) and follows a family that moves from New York City to the suburbs, only to discover that suburbia isn't quite what they thought it would be.

Stream the track here:

Alright You Restless by AgesandAges

Jolie Holland's 'Wreckage' on Parenthood

2011-11-01T23:09:00.000-04:00

"Wreckage," a track from Jolie Holland's June 2011 release Pint of Blood (ANTI-), will be featured on NBC's hourlong drama Parenthood tonight, Tuesday November 1 at 10:00 PM (9:00 PM CDT).

You can watch a video of Jolie performing the song with compatriots Indigo Street and Carey Lamprecht at Wolfgang's Vault here.

"Wreckage" was also a KCRW Top Tune of the Day back in July.

Treat: TSOA Daytrotter Session for Halloween

2011-10-31T10:49:00.000-04:00

Back in February 2011 when Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue played in Asheville, NC, the good folks at Daytrotter invited the band in for coffee at Echo Mountain Studios to record a session. The band had a blast recording a few songs at the beautiful facility, and now the results of that session are online at Daytrotter. Click here to stream or download the session.

Daytrotter, meanwhile, has recorded almost 2,000 live sessions since coming online in 2006, and with the posting of the OCt. 31 TSOA session, they have changed up the way they connect their audience of music connoisseurs with some of the best live bands on the road today. Click here to learn more about the answer to the question, "Why Daytrotter?"

AgesandAges 'The Peaks' Makes it on 'America'

2011-10-28T15:37:00.003-04:00

For the second night in less than a week, AgesandAges will have a song featured in a national TV show. This Sunday, HBO's How to Make it In America (new episodes on Sundays @ 10:30 PM EDT / 9:30 PM CDT) will feature the Ages song "The Peaks" from the band's debut record on Knitting Factory Alright You Restless.

Tune in to the episode, or listen to the song below:

The Peaks by AgesandAges

Shorty Takes it From the Top with Erykah

2011-10-28T12:36:00.000-04:00

On a rare break from his world tour, Trombone Shorty recently went into the studio in New Orleans to collaborate with Mark Ronson, Erykah Badu, Mos Def, Zigaboo Modeliste and members of the Dap Kings on "A La Modeliste," a song for the Re:Generation Music Project supported by the Grammys and Hyundai. Stream the track below.

The song will be featured in a documentary coming in February 2012. The film follows five DJs and producers, Mark Ronson, DJ Premier, Skrillex, the Crystal Method, and Pretty Lights, as each explores a genre of music and records a new track in that genre's style with high-profile collaborators. More info in the Rolling Stone story here.

'Revenge' for 'No Nostalgia'

2011-10-25T15:47:00.000-04:00

'No Nostalgia,' the lead track from AgesandAges 2011 album Alright You Restless (Knitting Factory), will be featured on ABC's hourlong drama Revenge tomorrow, Wednesday October 26 at 10:00 PM (9:00 PM CDT).

Revenge, about a young woman bent on revenge for the death of her father, is one of the fall TV season's sleeper hits and is ABC's most-watched series in Wednesday's 10 o'clock hour in more than 4 years, since Lost during the 2006-07 Season.

Check out the band's live video of the song recorded for KEXP 'Live at the Woods' last Fall:

Trombone Shorty's 'For True' in Nikon Campaign

2011-10-20T16:33:00.000-04:00

Trombone Shorty's song 'For True,' the title track of his new album, is featured along with Ashton Kutcher in a new ad campaign for the Nikon 1 camera that launched today.

Click here to check out the campaign, and be sure to watch for the TV ads starting during the 2011 World Series.

Meanwhile, For True is entering it's 4th week at #1 on Billboard's Contemporary Jazz Album Chart. At the same time, Trombone Shorty's last album, the GRAMMY-nominated Backatown, remains in the top 10, 78 weeks after its release. Featured guests on For True include Jeff Beck, Kid Rock, Ledisi, Warren Haynes, Lenny Kravitz, Ivan and Cyril Neville, The Rebirth Brass Band and 5th Ward Weebie

Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue are in the midst of an extensive U.S. Tour, click here for dates.

RMB Double Live Record Out Today

2011-09-27T16:14:00.000-04:00

On August 18th, 2011 Ryan Montbleau Band recorded a new live record in the bottom floor of a beautiful brownstone on Newbury Street in Boston, MA. The amazing folks at Life is good cleared out the entire bottom floor of their headquarters and flagship store and together with the band, threw a party and put on a show. The 85-minute, 14-track, 2-CD, Live at Life is good is the result.

A portion of the proceeds of every copy sold will be donated to the Life is good Playmakers, who provide training, resources, and support to the adults dedicated to caring for children facing life-threatening challenges.

Sallie & TSO in Oregon Tourism Ad

2011-09-22T21:35:00.000-04:00

Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside are featured in a new ad produced by and supporting the Oregon Lottery. The spot focuses on how the canning industry, once a vibrant industry in Astoria, OR, has been helped back in the form of the new Ft. George Brewery production line funded by lottery dollars. The Brewery also acts as a showcase for local bands by providing a unique music venue for them to perform in.

Click here and scroll to the bottom of the page to see more production stills and the full :20 spot.

Disclaimer: lottery games are based on chance and should be played for entertainment only.