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Album Details:
Recorded by Jim Devito at Retrophonics Recording Studios - St. Augustine, FL
Mixed by Fernando Flores with Sylvia Massy at RadioStar Studios - Weed, CA
Mastered by Brent Lambert at Kitchen Mastering - Carrboro, NC
Copyright 2011 - James B Orndorff & Dustin B Richardson (BMI)
All songs written & performed by The Blue News
Album Self-Released July 4, 2011
The album consists of 6 new songs recorded by Jim Devito at Retrophonics Recording Studios in St. Augustine, FL. Over the years Jim Devito has worked with Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Allman Brothers, Tom Petty, Derek Trucks and many more. The album was mixed at RadioStar Studios in Weed, CA by Fernando Flores with famed producer Sylvia Massy! Sylvia Massy worked with Rick Rubin in the 90s and has worked in the studio with Tool, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Johnny Cash and many more multi-platinum artists! Two new songs from the album will be released soon on the video game Rock Band 3 for xBox 360 and the band completed a successful national college radio campaign - reaching 300 radio stations across the US working with the award-winning Tinderbox Music (Minneapolis). You'll agree this is the band's best effort to date.
Album Reviews:
OnlineRock.com > http://www.onlinerock.com/CDreview/the-blue-news-wartime-songs-review.shtml
Audio Gumshoe Blog & Podcast > http://richpalmer.com/podcasts/2011/10/25/the-blue-news-audio-gumshoe-150/
Blues Rock Review > http://bluesrockreview.com/2011/08/the-blue-news-wartime-songs-ep-review.html
Tribune Star > http://tribstar.com/entertainment/x1770585278/Valley-band-receiving-national-exposure
NUVO Magazine Music Blog > http://www.nuvo.net/MusicBlog/archives/2011/09/09/review-the-blues-news-wartime-songs
- The Blue News on Guitar Center's "Fresh Cuts Vol. 7" Free CD Compilation, Available Soon in Stores N
- We're thrilled to announce that the song "Two Lovers" by The Blue News has been chosen for the next "Fresh Cuts" CD Compilation released by Guitar Center. Past volumes have included Weezer, Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins, KRS-One, New Found Glory and the upcoming Volume 7 will feature Sublime With Rome (formerly Sublime).
50,000 CDs will be given away in Guitar Center stores nationwide and the song will be played on Guitar Center radio in stores. Â We're big fans of all things Sublime and it's super-mega-awesome to know a band that has gone FIVE TIMES MULTI-PLATINUM heard the band's song and liked it! The song "Two Lovers" was released on the 2011 album Wartime Songs available here >Â
http://thebluenews.bandcamp.com
We'll send an update once the CDs are available in GC stores nationwide. For the most up-to-the-minute band news, sign up for the Official Fan Club at
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Facebook. We feel so grateful for everything that's happened in 2011. It's been an amazing year for The Blue News. Our plans for world domination are coming together...muah ha ha ha ha!
