‘A Common Case of Disappearing’ – the Grand Prize album from 2010 Mountain Stage NewSong Contest Winner Amber Rubarth Releases on iTunes this Friday, September, 30.
New album produced by Grammy-winner Jacquire King and released on Brooklyn’s NewSong Recordings.
New York, NY. September 28, 2011. As the 2010 Mountain Stage NewSong Contest grand prize winner, Amber Rubarth won the opportunity to go into the studio earlier this year to record an EP with Grammy-winning producer Jacquire King (Kings of Leon, Tom Waits, Norah Jones).
“I met Amber last October in New York, at the NewSong Contest finals,” said Jacquire. “I was a judge on the panel, and Amber really stood out to me. She has a wonderful voice, and she is a very talented performer. I think that there are a lot of good things in store for her. I am really excited about what we recorded, and I look forward to watch it all unfold.”
The EP soon evolved into a nine song album entitled ‘A Common Case of Disappearing,’ and features an All-Star cast of musicians that includes bassist Frank Swart (Patty Griffin), drummer and percussionist Marco Giovino (Patty Griffin, Band of Joy) and guitarist Adam Levy (Norah Jones, Amos Lee). The album also features two duets, “Mirror” with Jason Mraz and “City Starts to Bloom” with Jason Reeves. It was recorded in the Spring of 2010 at Saint Claire Recording Recording Company in Lexington, KY.
“I feel extremely happy and grateful that it was originally supposed to be a five song EP,” explains Amber, “and now we’ve recorded and are releasing a nine song album!”
The album is being released by Brooklyn’s NewSong Recordings, the partner label of the Mountain Stage NewSong Contest. It will be released digitally on iTunes and other online retailers on Friday, September 30 to coincide with the international broadcast of her performance on National Public Radio’s Mountain Stage, an appearance she also won as last year’s NewSong Contest winner.
“This is a unique opportunity for talented artists like Amber to work with one of the top producers in the industry,” said Gar Ragland, NewSong Recordings president and the director and co-founder of NewSong Music, which produces the contest. “And, we’re also proud to continue our decade long relationship with NPR’s Mountain Stage. For 25 years, they’ve been showcasing some of the world’s best music performers and songwriters.”
Amber will be touring the US, Europe and Japan this Fall and in early 2012 in support of the album’s release.
To learn more about the album and stream selections from it, please visit acommoncaseofdisappearing.com.
To watch the video documentary of the making of the album, click here.
MEDIA: For more information, please contact Lauren Stockner at lauren.stockner@newsong-music.com; call (718) 788-0323.
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About NewSong Music
NewSong Music is an independent music organization with the following two-fold mission: to build a supportive community of performers and songwriters across all genres of music and levels of skill, and to identify the truly exceptional artists within this community and to work closely with them to develop their careers and introduce their music to a broader, international audience. You can find out more about NewSong and NewSong Recordings at www.newsong-music.com.
About Mountain Stage
Mountain Stage is a two-hour live performance showcase distributed each week by NPR and Voice of America and featuring some of the world’s greatest singers, songwriters and musicians in a relaxed atmosphere. Guests are musical legends, well-known artists, and emerging performers. Each week week five acts perform on Mountain Stage, usually two or three who were not born when the show began in 1983.
Mountain Stage hosted the first national media performances of Lyle Lovett, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Sheryl Crow, Barenaked Ladies, Alison Krauss, Ani DiFranco, Phish, Counting Crows, Ben Harper, Ryan Adams, Sarah McLachlan, Tori Amos, Keb’ Mo’, Lucinda Williams, David Gray and many others. Musical pioneers Bill Monroe, Ralph Stanley, Pops Staples, Odetta and Brownie McGee graced the Mountain Stage.
A good cross section of what Mountain Stage does might be gleaned from a list of some of the guests on its anniversary shows (100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600 and 700th shows and 20th and 25th anniversaries). They included: John Hiatt, John Stewart, NRBQ, John Renbourn, Bert Jansch, Bob Geldof, The Violent Femmes, Tony Trischka, The BoDeans, Sheryl Crow, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Joe Henry, Ricky Skaggs, Charlie Louvin, Hazel Dickens, Iris Dement, Steve Earle, Bruce Cockburn, Jesse Winchester, The Holmes Brothers, Tim O’Brien, Robert Cray, The Low Anthem and Bela Fleck and the Flecktones. www.mountainstage.org
