Artist News

Matt Wertz's brand new EP, While We're Becoming, debuted today at # 9 on the Billboard Heatseekers Chart. The Nettwerk-managed artist, who in the past has toured with the likes of Gavin DeGraw, John McLaughlin and Jamie Cullum,recently kicked off a Spring tour with Five For Fighting. Check out the full list of dates below and grab your copy of While We're Becoming HERE.

Check out Matt Wertz's latest video installment of the making of While We're Becoming HERE. 

After what has already been a world-wind 2010 for Nettwerk Management artist Katherine Jenkins, her latest announcement ensures things are only set to get bigger for her!  Katherine has been given the honour of recording the title song to Andrew Lloyd Webber’s highly anticipated production, Love Never Dies - the sequel to Phantom of the Opera. 

An excited Katherine says, “I’ve known Andrew for many years, and when we first spoke about me recording this track, I had to jump at the chance. It’s been an amazing twelve months, so for me this really is the cherry on the cake”.

The track, produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Nigel Wright earlier this year, will appear on a new edition of Katherine's latest album, Believe, due March 29 in the UK. What's more, fans can also look forward to Katherine and French tenor, Amaury Vasilli's beautiful interpretation of 'Endless Love," which will also feature as a bonus track on the album.

Alternative Break Tour - Service at the North Texas Food Bank in Dallas March 3

At State Radio's two night sellout this weekend at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C., Calling All Crows, the band's service organization, announced their 2010 fundraising campaign to support Sudanese women. In partnership with Oxfam America, State Radio and Calling All Crows have set a goal to raise $100,000 through their Trees, Training, and Donkey Carts initiative. Calling All Crows is asking at least 100 fans to raise $1,000 to provide tree seedlings, vocational skills training and donkey carts to women. More info HERE.

This week, Calling All Crows and State Radio are hosting the first ever Alternative Break Tour: Destination New Orleans! Over March 1-7, 2010, nine service-minded State Radio fans are devoting their spring break traveling by tour bus down South, volunteering with members of the band at local non-profits by day and experiencing State Radio LIVE each night! Follow their adventures through photos, video, and blog posts HERE. Check out full list of events below. 

LILITH 2010 ALERT***LILITH 2010 ALERT***LILITH 2010 ALERT

KELLY CLARKSON, THE BANGLES, THE GO-GO’S,
COURTYARD HOUNDS AND MARTINA MCBRIDE
AMONG NEWEST LINE-UP ADDITIONS

March 4, 2010 (New York, NY) – The 2010 Lilith Tour announces some major additions to the already eclectic and notable list of confirmed female acts. Newly added artists include: Kelly Clarkson, The Bangles, The Go-Go’s, Courtyard Hounds (Emily Robison and Martie Maguire of the Dixie Chicks), Martina McBride, Suzanne Vega, Anjulie, Anya Marina, Jesca Hoop, Kate Miller-Heidke, Lucy Schwartz, Miranda Lee Richards, Nikki Jean and The Rescues.

Additionally, Birmingham, AL joins the list of cities the tour will go through this summer.

Time to pop a bottle or two, as Nettwerk artists collect several nominations for this year's 2010 Juno Awards in St Johns Newfoundland.

The Great Lake Swimmers hit yet another high note with their album Lost Channels, which gets the nod for Best Roots & Traditional Album Of The Year: Group. The nomination is the latest and greatest accolade for an album that has been nominated for the Polaris Music Prize, The Folk Music Awards and two Canadian Indies Awards.

Nettwerk One had a great day as well, with two more of their artists getting some major nominations.  Johnny Reid received 4 Juno nominations:  Juno Fan Choice Award; Album of The Year (Dance with Me); Artist of The Year; Country Album of the Year (Dance with Me). New signing Ryan Stewart was nominated for Songwriter of the Year for Carly Rae Jepsen's "Tug of War" and "Money and Ego". He also received a nomination for Dance Recording of the Year for his song and production of "Shine for you" Carmen and Camille.

USAToday.com premiered the new single from DJ Dan & Überzone called "Operator," which features vocals by former American Idol contestant and USA Today Idol Chatter guest blogger Blake Lewis. Check out the video by clicking above or HERE.

Grab the Soundcloud stream of the track:
DJ Dan & Überzone - "Operator" feat. Blake Lewis (radio edit) 

"Operator" will appear on DJ Dan's third EP, DJ Dan Presents: Future Retro, Evolution 3 (April 6), in anticipation of his first full-length release, Future Retro. The track  was originally a chart-topping R&B smash for Midnight Starr in 1985, and serves of Dan's third "retro" tribute. 

Nettwerk management artist Matt Wertz has released a new EP today called While We're Becoming, which features 5 new tracks from the Nashville-based singer/songwriter. Grab your copy of the EP from iTunes HERE; available everywhere else March 23. For a short time, visit the Matt Wertz website for limited-edition pre-order bundles. 

Wertz has just kicked of March and April tour dates supporting Five For Fighting. In the past, he has toured with the likes of Gavin DeGraw, John McLaughlin and Jamie Cullum, as well as sold out headlining dates across the country. (full list of dates below)

Watch the first of a series of video shorts on the making of
"While We're Becoming" HERE

Jenny Owen Youngs returns with a special EP just in time for her March Spring Break Forever tour with Bess Rogers and Allison Weiss. The "Last Person EP" features the album version of the track from Jenny's latest full-length, Transmitter Failure, as well as 5 alternative versions of songs from the album. The live recordings of "Led To The Sea," "Start + Stop," "Secrets," and "Last Person" were recorded by Dan Romer in Brooklyn, and "Dissolve (The Lovely Light re-think): was arranged and recorded by Saul Simon-MacWilliams at the Lovely Light (Brooklyn) and performed by Saul and Jenny. Check out the EP HERE, and make sure to catch Jenny in your city (tour dates below).

Our friends at Filter Magazine were nice enough to exclusively premiere the brand new video for "Black Crow" from Angus & Julia Stone's upcoming sophomore album Down The Way, out March 30. Watch the video above and check out the full post on FilterMagazine.com.  Fans can also purchase the recently released single at iTunes HERE. 

As reported by Filter, "Black Crow" was directed/animated by Nick Murray Willis, and is a reworking of one of an art school projects that Angus and Julia took a liking to. Here's the story according to Willis:
"In the late 80s/early 90s I grew up in the forests of Winnie the Pooh, South of England. After studying at Norwich Art School and doing an animation degree at Solent University I've spent the last few years working on various animation projects. The video for "Black Crow" is a remake of my degree film The Hatch, a bleak look at a prisoner trying to break out of his mundane world. Angus and Julia sent me the track for "Black Crow" and knowing they liked The Hatch I suggested editing a version to the song. Angus had a few ideas on the direction they wanted the video to go so I worked them in as well as I could and that's how the video came out."

Nettwerk management artist Meaghan Smith's debut album Cricket's Orchestra received a fantastic review from New York Time's critic Jon Pareles in the Sunday, February 21 edition of the paper. Pareles writes, "Her songs are wry and retro, with wordplay harking back to Tin Pan Alley’s heyday: 'This stupid heart, this foolish thing/Failed me from the start, keeps malfunctioning,' she coos in 'Heartbroken,' as her airy voice belies the lyrics." For the full review, click HERE. 

Smith is also currently featured on TeenVogue.com for her cover of The Pixies "Here Comes Your Man," which TeenVogue.com calls "a highlight of the (500) Days of Summer soundtrack." Check out the video HERE.

Stay tuned for more news from Meaghan Smith, and look for her on the 2010 Lilith Tour this summer!