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atony — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 13:50:28 +0000

Bobby Long’s “Wishbone” Now Available / On Tour Now

atony — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 19:19:50 +0000

ATO Records and Bobby Long proudly present Wishbone, the sophomore album from the British born artist who calls New York City home. Recorded in Los Angeles with producer Ted Hutt (Gaslight Anthem, Lucero, Old Crow Medicine Show), the well crafted songs on Wishbone live up to the expectations put upon a young man the Wall Street Journal touted as a “promising talent” with “much more to say,” after the release of his Liam Watson produced debut album A Winter Tale.

Wishbone is available now at Bobby Long’s Official Store, iTunes, and Amazon.

On Wishbone Long taps into a broader pallete of emotions than he has on past releases, eschewing melancholy and eloquently channeling anger and frustration into gritty, hard driving guitar (Long played a majority of the guitar heard on the album) parts that compliment his rough-hewn vocals. Steel guitar provides an apt counter balance, adding a hint of twang and drawn out expanse to the urgency put forth in the lyrics. Throughout the album Long displays his deft control of melody and tone, well practiced over many years of prolific songwriting.

Long has come a good way from his early days playing open mic nights in London while finishing his University thesis on the social impact of American Folk Music. He now finds himself stepping into the pantheon of that grand musical history he so reveres, gigging at major festivals like Bonnaroo, impacting popular culture with performances on the CBS Early Show and Jay Leno, and presented with the humbling opportunity to record Wishbone with Elliott Smith’s guitar, graciously lent by studio neighbor Rob Schnapf. Yet with all these significant accomplishments, Long is far from content, and looks forward to bringing Wishbone and a blistering live show to the world in 2013.

ON TOUR NOW!
3/29 Chicago, IL SPACE
3/30 Madison, WI Frequency
3/31 Minneapolis, MN 7th Street Entry
4/1 Milwaukee, WI Turner Hall
4/4 Indianapolis, IN Radio Radio
4/5 Cincinnati, OH 20th Century Theatre
4/6 Nashville, TN 12th & Porter
4/7 Columbus, OH The Basement
4/8 Cleveland, OH The Grog Shop
4/9 Toronto, CA Drake Hotel
4/10 Montreal Divan Orange
4/12 Burlington, VT Higher Ground
4/13 Northampton, MA Iron Horse Music Hall
4/15 NY, NY Mercury Lounge
4/16 Cambridge, MA T. T. The Bear’s Place
4/17 Philadelphia, PA World Café Live
4/18 Washington, DC Jammin’ Java

New Weekly Deal/Bobby Long CD $5.99 & EP $3.99

atony — Tue, 29 May 2012 17:01:50 +0000

Bobby Long’s current studio album Winter Tale is this week’s weekly deal in ATO’s online store. We are going one step further and offering Bobby Long’s new EP The Backing Singer at a discounted price. Make sure to stop by our store and pick up these great titles

Winter Tale CD – $5.99
The Backing Singer EP – $3.99

Bobby Long On Tour With Steve Winwood

atony — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 15:35:33 +0000

Bobby Long will be hitting the road this month with Steve Winwood! Check below for the dates Bobby will be performing. Bobby is also putting the finishing touches on his new album produced by Ted Hutt.

11-May Milwaukee, WI @ Riverside Tickets
12-May Minneapolis, MN @ Orpheum Tickets
14-May St. Louis, MO @ Peabody Tickets
15-May Chicago, IL @ Chicago Theatre Tickets
16-May Detroit, MI @ Fillmore Tickets
22-May Portsmouth, VA @ Ntelos Tickets
23-May New York City, NY @ Beacon Theatre Tickets
25-May Atlantic City, NJ @ Borgata Tickets
26-May Westbury, NY @ Theatre at Westbury Tickets
27-May Red Bank, NJ @ Basie Theatre Tickets
29-May Vienna, VA @ Wolf Trap for the Performing Arts Tickets
30-May Philadelphia, PA @ Keswick Theatre Tickets

Fill Your Cloud with ATO Titles for Only $5!

atony — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:20:46 +0000

Amazon currently has a “Fill Your Cloud” promotion in which select MP3 albums are only $5 with many of our ATO artists are featured.

The promotion ends January 31 so fill your cloud with these albums now!

Click on the following album links to purchase at Amazon.com…

Mariachi El Bronx – Mariachi El Bronx (II)

Bobby Long – A Winter Tale

Gomez – Whatever’s On Your Mind

The Bees – Every Step’s A Yes

Drive-By Truckers - Go Go Boots

Umphrey’s McGee – Death By Stereo

Rodrigo Y Gabriela – Live IN France

New Bobby Long EP and East Coast Tour

atony — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 20:37:53 +0000

Bobby Long’s hitting the road with his new 5 song EP, The Backing Singer. The limited edition EP, available exclusively at shows, was recorded in a New York City church with producer Jesse Lauter (Low Anthem) and features guest vocals by The Secret Sisters, Cat Pierce (The Pierces) and singer/songwriter Dawn Landes. Of making the new EP, Long comments, “I had these songs I wanted to get out there. I also had a month off the road in between touring for A Winter Tale. Jesse knew the church on East 50th Street and we recorded it live in one afternoon. All of the songs are first or second takes. I was able to have some of my friends lean in (violinist Jack Dawson) and lend their beautiful voices to the project – The Secret Sisters, Trouble Over Tokyo, Cat Pierce from The Pierces and Dawn Landes. They all did an incredible job of both striking their personalities and lending goodwill and time.”

See Bobby on the road this fall/winter

2011/11/03	The Drake	Toronto	ON
2011/11/04	Club Café	Pittsburgh	PA
2011/11/06	The Linda	Albany	NY
2011/11/08	Joe’s Pub @ the Public Theater	New York	NY
2011/11/09	Great Scott’s	Boston	MA
2011/11/10	World Café Live	Philadelphia	PA
2011/11/12	Jammin Java	Vienna	VA
2011/11/13	Ram’s Head	Annapolis	MD
2011/11/15	The Grey Eagle	Asheville	NC
2011/11/16	Eddie’s Attic	Atlanta	GA
2011/11/17	3rd & Lindsley	Nashville	TN
2011/11/18	The Square Room	Knoxville	TN
2011/11/19	Bottletree Café	Birmingham	AL
2/5-2/12/2012	Cayamo Cruise	Miami	FL

ATO Records and Other Great Artist Signings @ DMB Caravan Chicago

atony — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 07:00:31 +0000

ATO and other great artist signings @ DMB Caravan Chicago this weekend!! Go see artist’s rock it on stage then come to our merch table and get some autographs. We’ll also be hosting giveaways and selling tons of cool vinyls, sunglasses, exclusives, etc.

Friday
Bobby Long: (set time 1:30-2:15 on Slip Stage) signing at 2:45pm
Alberta Cross: (set time 2:45-3:30 on Slip Stage ) signing at 4:30pm
SOJA:(set time 5:15-6:00 on Lakeside Stage) signing at 7:00pm

Saturday
Umphrey’s McGee: (set time 6:45-8:00 on Slip Stage) signing at 4:00pm
Tim Reynolds: (set time 4:00-4:45 on Lakeside Stage ) signing at 5:00pm

Sunday
Jeff Coffin: (set time 1:45-2:30 on Slip Stage) signing at 3:30pm
Gomez: (set time 3:15-4:15 on South Works Stage ) signing at 4:45pm
Mariachi El Bronx: (set time 4:15-5:00 on Lakeside Stage) signing at 5:30pm

Come play with us!

Bobby Long “A Winter Tale”

atony — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 16:11:37 +0000

Download Bobby Long’s “Hide Yours, I’ll Hide Mine”

atony — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 19:38:19 +0000

Click here or the above image to download “Hide Yours, I’ll Hide Mine” from the B-sides of Bobby Long’s debut album A Winter Tale.

Bobby Long’s ‘A Winter Tale’ Out Now / Tonight Show Performance on Feb 3rd

atony — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 19:29:13 +0000

It’s only fitting that the release of A Winter Tale coincides with another winter storm here in New York City. Today might just be the perfect day to sit back with a cup of hot chocolate and take in these winter tales.

Recorded in London, the 11-track album showcases Bobby’s raw vocal talent and poetic acoustic genius as well as Nona Hendryx (LaBelle) on backing vocals, B. J. Cole (Elton John, Sting) on pedal steel, and collaboration with Icelandic singer Lay Low on several songs.

A Winter Tale, is available via full-album streams all this week on AOL Music and Soundcloud – featuring exclusive song introductions by Bobby.

Check out the official Bobby Long Music Store for CD, Digital Download (MP3), and Vinyl (2-LP set w/ 3 vinyl only bonus tracks) plus web-order exclusive t-shirt and 3 song live EP. The album is also available on iTunes.

Don’t miss Bobby Long’s TV debut on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on February 3. Tune in this Thursday night at 11:35pm to catch the show on NBC!

Bobby Long Tour Dates:
Feb 2 San Francisco, CA Café DuNord
Feb 3 Los Angeles, CA Troubadour
Feb 4 San Diego, CA Anthology
Feb 5 Tucson, AZ Club Congress
Feb 8 Salt Lake City, UT Kilby Court
Feb 10 Denver, CO Twist and Shout In-Store
Feb 10 Denver, CO Bluebird Theater
Feb 11 Lawrrence, KS The Bottleneck
Feb 12 St Louis, MO Old Rock House
Feb 14 Madison, WI High Noon Saloon
Feb 15 Minneapolis, MN Varsity Theater
Feb 16 Milwaukee, WI Turner Ballroom
Feb 17 Indianapolis, IN Radio Radio
Feb 18 Chicago, IL Schuba’s
Feb 19 Columbus, OH The Basement
Feb 21 Ann Arbor, MI The Ark
Feb 22 Toronto, ON Revival
Feb 23 Montreal, QC The Divan Orange
Feb 24 Burlington, VT Higher Ground
Feb 25 Portland, ME Port City Music Hall
Feb 26 Boston, MA Brighton Music Hall
Feb 28 Northampton, MA Iron Horse Music Hall
Mar 1 Baltimore, MD Otto Bar
Mar 3 New York, NY The Bowery Ballroom
Mar 4 Philadelphia, PA World Café
Mar 5 Washington DC Jammin Java
Mar 22 Charlottesville, VA The Southern
Mar 23 Pittsburgh, PA Rex Theatre
Mar 24 Cincinnati, OH 20th Century Theatre
Mar 25 Knoxville, TN Barley’s Tap Room
Mar 26 Louisville, KY Headliners Music Hall
Mar 27 Nashville, TN 3rd & Lindsley
Mar 29 Raleigh, NC Lincoln Theatre
Mar 30 Charlotte, NC Visulite Theater
Mar 31 Greenville, SC The Handlebar
April 1 Atlanta, GA Vinyl
April 2 Orlando, FL The Social
April 3 Jacksonville, FL Jack Rabbits
April 5 Birmingham, AL Workplay
April 6 Memphis, TN Hi-Tone
April 8 Dallas, TX Poor David’s Pub
April 9 Austin, TX Lambert’s
April 10 Houston, TX Fitzgerald’s
April 19 Melbourne, AUS The Palais
April 20 Sydney, AUS The Enmore
April 21 Central Coast, AUS Lizotte’s
April 24 Byron Bay, AUS Bluesfest
April 25 Byron Bay, AUS Bluesfest
April 27 Sydney, AUS The Vanguard
April 29 Melbourne, AUS Northcote Social Club
May 26 Berlin, GER Wabe
May 27 Munich, GER Backstage
May 28 Cologne, GER Altes Pfandhaus
May 29 Frankfurt, GER Sinkkasten
May 30 Hamburg, GER Logo
June 1 London, UK 100 Club
We aren’t the only Bobby lovers! Here’s what the critics have to say about the soulful British musician taking on American Folk with a fresh, yet deeply rooted sound.

“With raw vocal power and smart, evocative lyrics, Bobby Long is a folk singer with a spirited intensity that puts him outside and above the masses of singer-songwriter roaming our cities, towns, and social networks.” -BLOGCRITICS.COM

“Long is a master…” – DAYTROTTER

“All his songs are like a well-orchestrated ballet of chord progressions and vocals that pluck at the deepest confined thoughts of your soul”
- SAN DIEGO ENTERTAINER

“Long’s emergence as an up-and-coming artist is the stuff Hollywood loves to make movies about. He continues to amaze audiences with a bare-bones sound reminiscent of early Bob Dylan.” -POLLSTAR

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