NEWS TO SEE:
5/3/12- Erisa Rei was interviewed on the very last Michael Nayt Show. You can still listen here for quite some time:
Erisa Rei on the Michael Nayt Show
She also got a review in a Dutch blog called Johnny's Garden. You can see it here:
Erisa will also be playing at The Hard Rock Cafe in Nashville, TN, on Saturday, May 5 at 5 p.m.
4/7/12- Erisa Rei was reviewed by Midwest Record! Chris Spector wrote:
ERISA REI/Black Ball: A delightfully smart roots rocker that pulls off the trick of giving you equal parts Janis and Stevie while keeping herself in the mix. She seems arena ready and manages to dance on the edge of the clichés while not falling into the cauldron, keeping it wholly original. Rei is simply a wonderful two fisted rocker chick that knows how to hit hard and keep you coming back for more. First class all the way.
Here is the link: http://midwestrecord.com/MWR467.html
4/4/12- Erisa Rei will be playing at the Hard Rock Cafe Nashville for a Warner Bros. Records showcase on Saturday, May 5. You can purchase tickets on-line here: http://www.wantickets.com/erisarei
3/10/12- Erisa Rei was recently featured on Balcony TV Nashville. She performed Black Ball on the roof of The Hard Rock Cafe in downtown Nashville. Check out the video:
3/6/12- Radio Update: Erisa Rei is being played nationally and internationally! She reached #2 on the RMR's Roots Rock Internet charts in February, as well as #27 on the Roots 66 charts. This week she is #115 on the AMA charts. Pretty great for an indie artist!
2/05/12- At this point and time, Erisa Rei's "Black Ball" is #4 on the Roots Music Report's Roots Rock Internet Charts, #32 on the Roots 66 charts and #124 on the AMA charts. Erisa is receiving radio play throughout the USA, as well as in Europe.
1/31/12- Here's a great review that "Black Ball" just received from Music News Nashville:
Erisa Rei- Black Ball by Janet Goodman
January 31, 2012
“Anything worth loving is worth fighting for, and Erisa Rei has come on the scene swinging” is a quote from the Spring Hill, Tennessee roots rocker’s website bio. She proves this statement with each of her ten, self-penned songs on the new album, “Black Ball,” where she has mastered the one-two combination: Stun the listener with power, then, knock ‘em to their knees with vibrato.
Led by a production crew including Mike Kyle and Brent Hendrich, and released on the Pesky Fly Music label, this CD is Rei’s emotional ride, singing just what she feels. She can turn it on full-throttle with Wynonna-esque gusto, and a flickering falsetto keeps her vulnerable.
Opening with a Rolling Stones’ struttin’ vibe in “Gypsy in the Desert,” she follows up with her title track, and its biting lyrics: “I watch the black ball as it bounces/Out from the eye of your icy stare/Skating down off of your shoulder/Finding warmth outside the snare/Keep on rolling, keep on rolling/Black ball of blame.”
“Swing Back to Home” takes it down a notch, and Rei gives a dynamic and compelling performance with a most attractive longing in her voice. Killer stand-out – her a-la-Sarah McLachlan piano ballad “Like Dominoes” – once again shows that knack for writing striking imagery: “Thought we had it together/With our roots set in the ground/Thought you loved me better/But one push brings the whole thing down/Oh, like dominoes/Row by row/Our love is falling down the line/Like dominoes.”
Multi-faceted styles are revealed here. Rei’s got a playful side (“News to See”), a whispery quality with lovely chorus phrasing (“Pushed”), a soulful delivery backed by pads of organ (“Be Gone, Winter Long”) and even a chug-a-chug-a train shuffle (“Cannot Change”), which make her an exciting singer to hear.
1/12/12- Erisa Rei just finished an on-air interview with WKNY in Kingston, NY. Thanks so much to Warren Lawrence for making that possible. Also, Erisa Rei recorded a live acoustic video of "Black Ball" yesterday for Balcony TV Nashville at The Hard Rock Cafe. Thanks to Giovanni of The Record Shoppe for making this happen and also to Neil Kyle and Sam Madewell who played on the video with her.
1/3/12- "Black Ball" is officially released! It is now available on iTunes, Amazon and CD Baby.
11/23/11- "Black Ball" played on Rockland World Radio's "New Music Monday". http://www.rocklandworldradio.com/program/newmusicmon/
10/12/11- The Washington Blues Society featured my song “Plastic” written with Erik Ferguson in their weekly e-paper. http://t.co/Zw6ClVeg
10/12/11- A couple of weeks ago, Erisa Rei finished recording the last 6 songs of her roots-rock album coming out in January 2012. Here is a video of the session: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LpvTlQmWck
9/15/11- Below is a little bit of video footage from the first part of Erisa Rei’s recording session for her new roots-rock project coming out in January 2012. She will be recording the second part of the project in a couple of weeks. http://youtu.be/s-hCoLcgOfI
8/28/11- Donna Nicely of “Nashville Tourist Attractions and Entertainment” interviewed Erisa Rei on Friday afternoon. Check it out here: http://www.nashville-vacation-attractions-and-entertainment.com/erisa-rei.html
8/27/11- “Black Ball” digital single accepted into the "The Phonetic Bells Radio Network".
7/17/11- Erisa Rei’s song, “Black Ball” is the featured track of the week on MuzikReviews.com. Check it out here: http://www.muzikreviews.com/index.php
