Artists

Susan Marshall will be releasing her new album Little Red through Madjack Records on April 28, 2009. Recorded during several trips between Memphis and London by Jeff Powell (Afghan Whigs, Primal Scream and Bob Dylan) and Henry Olson (Primal Scream, Beth Orton, and Nico), Little Red further solidifies the often overlooked connection between the soul music of Memphis and the club scene of London. Celebrated author Robert Gordon (It Came From Memphis) writes in the liner notes that “the album conjures Memphis of the 60’s and 70’s while rooted solidly in the present day.” For her third solo release, the critically acclaimed Marshall teams with Lucinda Williams for a duet of “Don’t Let Me Down,” calls on singer Greg Dulli to back her on “Femme Fatale,” and scores a guest appearance from Al Green’s legendary sideman Teenie Hodges for “Oh My Soul.”

Ms. Marshall has sung with the likes of Cat Power, The Afghan Whigs, Lenny Kravitz, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Primal Scream and Lucinda Williams. Just this last year Susan, recorded vocals for Lucinda’s new CD Little Honey, was featured on Maynard James Keenan’s Puscifer disc, sang on Solomon Burke’s new album, wrote a song on Katherine McPhee’s debut CD, sang all over Australian Idol Guy Sebastian’s record and contributed vocals to the soundtrack for the Denzel Washington movie The Great Debaters. In February Susan was called to sing for a Klaus Voormann (Pastic Ono Band, Manfred Mann’s Earth Band) project. Marshall was also honored in March by the Memphis Music Commission “for her unyielding support and contribution to Memphis Music.”

Jed Zimmerman – MADJACK is stoked to announce the latest addition to the song slingers’ stable, Jed Zimmerman. Jed has been taken it to the streets for years, spending a lot of his road time in texas, new mexico, most of the southwest and even some time south of the border. This limited edition EP will be hard to come by, but no worries cause the full length will be available in 2009. check him out at www.myspace.com/zimmermanjed

Cory Branan – His songs, often times deal with women, love, and loss and while he admits that most of the songs are about women, very few are actually written to them. Once accused by an interviewer for dating the wrong women because “all the affairs in these songs always end up poorly.” Cory laughs, insisting that it’s rarely the fault of the women, “In retrospect, it’s probably just me.”

Eric Lewis and Andy Ratliff – Andy’s heartfelt lead vocal, backed by Eric’s traditional high lonesome tenor, creates a vocal blend similar to brother duets like the Monroe Brothers, or the Blue Sky Boys.

Keith Sykes – it’s difficult to know where to start and stop on the story of keith sykes. his life has taken him thru tales that would take most people 4 or 5 lifetimes. tales and travels with the likes of ramblin’ jack elliot, guy clark, john prine, jerry jeff walker, bonnie rait, jimmy buffet, rosanne cash, rodney crowell, todd snider, linda ronstadt, willie nelson, iris dement and more. you better believe he can tell stories as long as you can listen.

Lucero – “We’re not showmen, we’re storytellers. Music got away from storytelling…and we’re bringing it back.”

Rob Jungklas – “The calm, deliberate composure with which he spoke of his late deeds, clothed in rags and covered with chains; …yet daring to raise his manacled hands to heaven; with a spirit soaring above the attributes of man; I looked on him and my blood curdled in my veins.” T. R. Gray, The Confessions of Nat Turner, November 1831

The Tennessee Boltsmokers – This Memphis-based band may have captured the elusive art of an eclectic mixture of the purest forms of American music.

The Pawtuckets – The original band of MADJACK, Pawtuckets combine a little bit of a lot of things. They’ve been cited for influences of country, rock, blues, and even R&B. They cut their teeth in some of the smallest and smokiest bars you could imagine. In spite of having two principal songwriters, Pawtuckets have focused their sounds and developed a style that pays homage to the collective band’s long-term influences, while making it all their own.

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