Daily Downloads, Radio Airplay and a Lullabies Mention

[merchy]

Songs from Jeff Merchant's new CD, City Makes No Sound, have been
featured recently in various music blogs as "Daily Downloads".
Most notable is Largehearted Boy, a well known music blog. Also worth
checking out are Movement Magazine's Music News Blog and the Muzorama
blog (photo taken by Denise Siegel).

Largehearted Boy link:
http://www.largeheartedboy.com/blog/archive/2009/07/daily_downloads_1975.html

More links:
http://movementnews.blogspot.com/2009/07/jeff-merchant-releases-city-makes-no.html
http://muzorama.blogspot.com/2009/07/jeff-merchant.html

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The radio promotional campaign is getting underway and the CD has
already been picked up by a few stations - with more to come.
WREK in Atlanta GA - (A Priority-1 Station)
KPFT in Houston TX
KWCR in Ogden UT
WMHB in Waterville ME

And KPFK 90.7 FM in Los Angeles has been playing the CD on a Sunday
night show called "The Music Never Stops".
http://www.kpfk.org/programs/130-musicneverstops.html
PLAYLIST ARCHIVE: http://www.well.com/user/shmo/tmns.playlists.html

The CD have also been heard on Twirl Radio, a mainly internet pop
music station up in Sacramento, CA

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It's rare to find any reviews on the Lullabies - since the band was
somewhat underground and not very well promoted. So it was surprising
to find something during a recent online search. It comes from Trouser
Press as part of an overall write-up and discography on Stew/The Negro
Problem.

Here is what it says:
In addition to the Negro Problem, Stew and Rodewald also became
involved in the LA songwriters collective the Lullabies, with PG-13's
Jeff Merchant and Whitmore Some'tet/Listing Ship's Michael Whitmore.
The quartet's lone album, the good-natured, mildly psychedelic
Lullabies Lullaby, showcases four distinctive talents who mesh well.
Rodewald's twinkling "Received the Message" is the standout track.

Read the entire write up here:
http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=negro_problem

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You can still buy a pre-release discount priced CD with free shipping
at the website:
http://www.jeffmerchantmusic.com

The official CD release date is August 18 (or August 11 - depending on
who you talk to)