The Chattanooga Market

Originally from the northern wilds of Winter Harbor, Maine, Megan Light relocated to Nashville in 2005. Her first studio LP was produced by Robert Reynolds (The Mavericks), released in 2007. Her latest effort, Black & White, is a five song vignette of indie-pop, with Megan’s delicate vocal, acoustic guitar and piano the framework for the overall sound. The songs are direct, honest and simple.

“Coming from such a remote corner of the country, I didn’t bring a premeditated self-image to Nashville. I just do what I like. It’s simple and kind’a naive, really. I hope to keep it that way,” Megan says.

Produced by Eliot Houser (Shack Shakers, Old Crow Medicine Show), the new EP includes collaboration with drummer Fred Eltringham (The Wallflowers, Dixie Chicks) bassist Dean Tomasek (Bare Jr., Will Hoge) guitarist-producer Nathan Spears (Stack Magic, Red Letters Project) and cellist Claire Indie (Landon Pigg, Taylor Swift).

“There was a considerable amount of pre-production that went into it. We didn’t want it to sound like an over-tracked, overdubbed-to-death recording, so we did some live shows and rehearsals beforehand. I feel we achieved something special, something very listenable for the everyday person,” Megan says.

Leaving Araby is a Pop/Rock outfit from Athens, GA known for solid songwriting, great hooks and killer live shows happening all over the Southeast. The band’s sound is akin to the likes of Coldplay, Death Cab for Cutie and Jimmy Eat World. Since August 2005, Leaving Araby has fought hard to write music you can believe in and leave it all on the stage at every show.

CANCELED!  Due to the Nashville floods, Michael was unable to navigate the I-24 road closings (and tornado watches).  We hope to schedule him for a return performance later in the season.

Michael Logen is an international pop/folk artist, currently touring opening in 2009 for John Legend, Jonny Lang and Sister Hazel in the U.S. Including at The Ryman Auditorium, House of Blues/ New Orleans and Chastain Park Amphitheater in Atlanta. He has toured in 47 of the United States as well as Ireland, Germany, Spain, France, The Netherlands and Italy. Michael grew up as a Mennonite kid in Lewisburg, PA. He started playing piano at age 6, guitar at age 8 and writing and performing at age 13, while throwing hay bales and working in his Grandpa’s fields during the summers. After high school and some touring, he piled his beat-up hatchback car full of guitars and a suitcase and headed for Nashville, TN to pursue his dream of music. He attended university in Nashville, graduating in 2004 and soon after signed a publishing deal with Combustion Music. In 2005, Michael took a backpacking trip through France, Italy, Spain, The Netherlands and Germany and wrote much of his debut album on trains, beaches and in the cobblestone squares of Europe. Michael released his debut album, “Things I Failed To Mention” in June 2007 with a CD Release party at which Kyle Cook (Matchbox 20) appeared as a guest artist. He also opened for Mat Kearney in ’07 and took a writing trip to Istanbul with Mat during which they wrote the song “City of Black and White” which was released in 2009. In 2008, songs from Michael’s album “Things I Failed To Mention” were featured on MTV’s “Real World” and ABC’s “Kyle XY” and songs from the album won multiple awards including International Songwriting Competition’s 09 Song of the Year Award in Folk/Singer-Songwriter Category and Unisong International Songwriting Competition 09 Song of the Year in Americana Category. Currently, Michael is touring supporting his album and writing and recording his next project, set for release in 2010. He is also busy writing with other artists including Katherine Mcphee, Mat Kearney, Will Hoge, Jonny Lang, Melissa Manchester and many more. For more info please go to www.michaellogen.com