FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 27th, 2011
Doobie Brothers and Women Find their Roots at the Loveless Cafe
Legendary funk band and Americana female performers scheduled for March 2 show
NASHVILLE, TN – February 28, 2011 - Music City Roots: Live from the Loveless Cafe, Nashville’s acclaimed weekly roots/Americana radio show will feature a very special acoustical performance by the Doobie Brothers on its Wednesday, March 2 show beginning at 7 p.m. CST. The show, which airs live on Lightning 100, Nashville’s longest-running, independently-owned radio station, will be produced and live streamed with NewTek TriCaster™ portable live production system, so fans worldwide can watch this unique performance from the legendary rock and funk band on their computer or mobile devices, at:www.livestream.com/musiccityroots. Nashville area fans wanting to catch the show in person may order tickets atwww.musiccityroots.com.
This show will also include a celebration of Americana women. Themed “Women in Roots,” the show will feature highly-regarded and spiritually-savvy music writer Jewly Hight, author of Right by Her Roots: Americana Women and Their Songs, in the chat room. Hosted by Marshall Chapman, the show will also include live performances by some of the most distinctive voices in Americana music: Mary Gauthier, Elizabeth Cook, Abigail Washburn and Bailey Cooke.
“Fans were already in for a treat with our special themed “Women in Roots” show,” said Todd Mayo, executive producer of Music City Roots. “Then, when we got the call from our friend John Cowan saying he’d like to drop by with the Doobie Brothers, we said, uh, sure…how could we resist?”
Just a few short months ago, the producers of Music City Roots, mashed the historic radio show with social media, providing an engaging user experience for the Roots audience. With the assistance of Livestream.com and TriCaster, the show became a multi-camera broadcast, streamed free to thousands of fans worldwide. The broadcast is also syndicated anywhere on the Web through a single embeddable player widget, complete with Facebook, Twitter and chat integration. The TriCaster not only allows Roots to stream the show to the web, but it also gives the producers the ability to record the show for video on demand.
This extraordinary performance by the Doobie Brothers at Loveless Café is a prelude to their upcoming World Tour, which begins on March 4.
About Music City Roots
Music City Roots has been hailed as “truly extraordinary” and “the greatest live radio in America” by journalists who have visited and artists who’ve played the Roots stage. The Nashville Scene recently named the Loveless Barn and the show as Nashville’s Best New Roots Music Venue, “akin to what the Opry must have been like 60 years ago.” The program has also established itself as a trusted curator for excellence in Americana music, with appearances by Emmylou Harris, Sam Bush, Mike Farris, Ricky Skaggs, Mountain Heart, Cherryholmes, Dex Romweber, Roger McGuinn and many more. Roots has become a trusted brand partner that has done everything in its power to extol its valued sponsors, including Nissan, Whole Foods Markets, Vietti Chili, Ascend Federal Credit Union and The Nature Conservancy.
About Lightning 100
Lightning 100 (WRLT-FM 100.1), Nashville’s longest-running independently-owned radio station, has been broadcasting the same eclectic format in Music City for over 20 years. It is one of only 50 Album Adult Alternative (or “Triple-A”) stations across the country. The Triple-A format was established to introduce new forms of music, and fulfills Lightning 100’s mission to discover, break and share new talent with its loyal listening audience. Over the past two decades, a multitude of artists have aired on Lightning 100 years before they ever reached mainstream radio -- including Sheryl Crow, John Mayer, Train, David Gray, Coldplay, The Dave Matthews Band, Jack Johnson, and most recently, Kings of Leon. Most importantly, the station supports the Nashville music community by playing a variety of independent local artists throughout the day. For more information, go to www.lightning100.com.
About Livestream
Livestream is the leading live video destination and platform. Event organizers, content owners, celebrities and artists around the world use Livestream's social broadcasting tools to engage and grow their audiences on the web, mobile devices, and connected TVs. More than one billion video minutes are streamed each month to a growing community of 20 million monthly viewers (50,000 of whom will be watching right now).
Notable content partners include Facebook, The New York Times, ABC News, CBS News, Associated Press, Music City Roots, HBO, AT&T, IBM, Burger King, Nike, The Academy Awards, The Foo Fighters, Maroon 5, Ralph Lauren, and Diesel. Livestream offers a unique commitment to protecting the rights of its producers through a 'Zero Tolerance on Piracy' policy.
Livestream has received $13 million in funding from private angel investors & Gannett Co. since founding in 2008. It now operates with over 50 full-time staff members in 3 offices - in New York, Los Angeles and Bangalore (in addition to a globally-available production team). The service is available for free (advertising-supported) or as a feature-rich, monetizable, premium subscription for business.
About NewTek
Benefiting producers and artists with cost-effective and groundbreaking technologies, NewTek is a worldwide leader in portable live production, video editing, 3D animation and special effects tools, including the TriCaster™ product line, 3PLAY™ and LightWave 3D®. NewTek has won numerous industry accolades, including two Emmy® Awards.
Clients include: Music City Roots, Leo Laporte’s Twit TV, MTV, ESPN X Games, NBA Development League, New York Giants, Peter Himmelman's "Furious World," ESPN Radio, The Steve Harvey Radio Show, Fox News, BBC, NHL, Nickelodeon, Fox Sports, USA TODAY, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). NewTek products have been used in blockbuster films and television shows, including "Avatar," "Repo Men," "Alice in Wonderland," "Tintin," "The Dark Knight," "Iron Man," "Caprica," "V," "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," "Lost," "Fringe" and more.
NewTek is privately owned and based in San Antonio, Texas. For more information, please visit: www.newtek.com.
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Contact: Todd Mayo
Phone: 615.357.0224
Germaine Williams
NewTek
Phone: 210.370.8228
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