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Monday, August 4

LIVE WEBCAST TONIGHT (Mon Aug 4) 9PM est/6pm Pacific

Catch Martin on a live webcast - he'll answer some questions (write in to ktrecs@gmail.com), play some music... check it out here tonight (Monday Aug 4) 9pm est

Thursday, June 26

SOLO FALL 08 TOUR ANNOUNCED


- SOLO TOUR ANNOUNCED - FALL 08
- TOUR DATES
- SUMMER TOUR REMINDER
- CAR POOL - NEW MESSAGE BOARD THREAD ADDED

Greetings Sexton Fans-

SOLO TOUR ANNOUNCED - FALL 08

Presale begins this Thursday - June 19th at 12 noon local venue time

After a sold-out North American band tour and a reunion run with drummer Joe Bonadio, Martin returns to the road this Fall for a solo -purely Martin- experience... Stripping it down, rocking it up, and keeping it real, trying out some new material along the way. More seated theatres added this tour to enhance your listening pleasure.
TOUR DATES

DATE CITY VENUE TICKETS
07/04 Canso, NS Stan Rogers Festival buy tickets
07/05 Montreal, QC Montreal Jazz Fest buy tickets
08/30 Saranac Lake, NY Town Hall buy tickets
08/31 Amagansett, NY Stephen Talkhouse buy tickets
09/13 Lebanon, NH Lebanon Opera House buy tickets
10/03 Harrisburg, PA Sunoco Performance Theater buy tickets
10/04 Albany, NY Empire State Plaza buy tickets
10/10 Alexandria, VA Birchmere buy tickets
10/12 Raleigh, NC Lincoln Theatre buy tickets
10/15 Greenville, SC Handlebar buy tickets
10/16 Asheville, NC Orange Peel buy tickets
10/17 Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse buy tickets
10/18 New Orleans, LA House of Blues buy tickets
10/22 Los Angeles, CA House of Blues buy tickets
10/23 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore buy tickets
10/24 Portland, OR Aladdin buy tickets
10/25 Seattle, WA Seattle Town Hall buy tickets
10/30 Boise, ID Big Easy buy tickets
10/31 Salt Lake City, UT The Depot buy tickets
11/06 St. Paul, MN Fitzgerald Theater buy tickets
11/07 Chicago, IL Park West buy tickets
11/08 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall buy tickets
11/09 Ann Arbor, MI The Ark buy tickets
11/14 Philadelphia, PA Keswick Theatre buy tickets
11/15 Montclair, NJ Wellmont Theater buy tickets
12/12 & 13 Boston, MA Berklee Performance Center buy tickets

When you buy your tickets via the pre-sale you'll have the option to add this 100% organic cotton Shield Hat for only $16.00! That's 20% off the normal price.

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Price: $16.00 special sale price for ticket buyers

SUMMER TOUR REMINDER

DATE CITY VENUE
6-19-08 Milwaukee, WI Shank Hall
6-20-08 Washburn, WI Big Top Chautauqua
6-21-08 Grand Rapids, MN KAXE Radio Benefit
6-26-08 Buffalo, NY Thursday at the Square
6-27-08 Great Barrington, MA Mahaiwe Theatre
6-28-08 Freeport, ME LL Bean Summer Series
6-29-08 Brownville, ME Stone Mountain Arts Center
7-04-08 Canso, NS Stan Rogers Festival
7-05-08 Montreal, QC Montreal Jazz Fest
7-18-08 Alta, WY Grand Targhee Festival
7-19-08 Vancouver, BC Vancouver Folk Festival
7-20-08 Commerce City, CO Mile High Music Festival
7-26-08 Hillsdale, NY Falcon Ridge Folk Festival
8-08-08 Martha's Vineyard, MA Outerland
8-09-08 Lowell, MA Lowell Summer Music Series

For tickets and more info, visit www.martinsexton.com/tour


CAR POOL - NEW MESSAGE BOARD THREAD ADDED

Don't let gas prices interfere with your love of live music ...

Check out the new Car Pool thread on message board www.martinsexton.com/community. Car pool to a show, road trip - save money and help the environment!

Peace,

 

KTR


Wednesday, June 25

MARTIN'S SHOW IN BUFFALO THURSDAY JUNE 26 CANCELED

due a family emergency, Martin's performance has been canceled. Mike Doughty (of Soul Coughing) will carry out the show.

Monday, June 2

FALL 08 SOLO TOUR TO BE ANNOUNCED...


Wednesday, April 23

NEW FESTIVALS ANNOUNCED

Mile High Fest - Denver (Tom Petty, Dave Matthews Band, John Mayer)

Grand Targhee Fest - Alta WY (Susan Tedeschi & Derek Trucks, Lyle Lovett, Emmylou Harris)

Vancouver Fest

Montreal Jazz Fest

and more...

 

here for tickets and more info 


Wednesday, April 9

SPRING SOLO TOUR BEGINS TONIGHT - RICHMOND VA

tour details here

Wednesday, March 19

SPRING 08 TOUR ANNOUNCED - 1ST STOP LONDON

Spring tour kicks off Thursday 27 March in London... US tour follows beginning April 9 tour schedule here

Monday, February 18

MARTIN JAMS WITH JOHN MAYER

Mayer calls Sexton to stage during encore to sing Martin's song Can't Stop Thinking You

check it out

 


Wednesday, December 19

World Cafe Holiday Broadcast on NPR

The 2005 holiday session with Martin Sexton will be aired on Christmas day!

National Public Radio’s World Cafe with host David Dye can be heard on
nearly 200 stations nationwide. Fans can find their local station by
scrolling to the bottom & choosing their state under "Find a Program
Broadcast Time" at the following link:
 
http://www.npr.org/templates/stations/schedule/?prgId=39
 

…or worldwide they can listen online to the WXPN/Philadelphia stream
Monday through Friday, 2pm to 4pm Eastern Standard Time by going to:
 
http://www.xpn.org/listen_live/listen.php 

 

Happy holidays, everyone!


Thursday, December 6

Martin Sexton live on WFUV NY today!

Tune in to 90.7fm or streaming at wfuv.org.

Sunday, December 2

SEEDS WINS ALBUM OF THE YEAR AT BMAs

Martin takes home Boston Music Award for Album of the Year last night at the Orpheum Theatre... and in more good news, Seeds co-prodcuer Crit Harmon scores the Producer of the Year award.

Saturday, December 1

WIN A GUITAR SIGNED BY MARTIN & OTHER GREAT ARTISTS

We are pleased to support The Penguin 106.7fm, Wilmington, NC radio, in their charitable effort against domestic violence. Raffle tickets sell for $10 each, and 100% of the proceeds are donated to a campaign for domestic violence awareness. Guitar signed by these great artists: Martin Sexton, Bob Weir, Warren Haynes, Widespread Panic, John Prine, Patty Griffin, The Avett Brothers, G. Love

Pictures of guitar here

 

Enter here to win.


Wednesday, November 7

SEEDS NOMINATED - BOSTON MUSIC AWARDS BEST ALBUM OF THE YEAR

The Boston Music Awards - Orpheum Theatre - Dec 1st - Please vote online for Seeds. Thanks for all the support.

vote here now

Tickets on sale now here


Tuesday, October 30

Special Hometown CD Signing

Martin returns for hometown show - Northampton's historic Calvin Theatre Nov 3 @ 8pm

Plus catch him at Turn It Up for a CD signing Nov 2nd @ 6pm- Pleasant St Northampton

immediately following WRSI Radio Broadcast Nov 2 @ 5pm tune in online at wrsi.com


Tuesday, October 30

ONE TIME HALLOWEEN OFFER - FREE XM Satellite Sessions CD

Trick or Treat
Trick: Buy a ticket to Nov 3rd Northampton or Dec 7th NYC show.
Treat: Receive a FREE XM Satellite Sessions CD (10 tracks) when you pick up your ticket at will call.
Offer limited to sales between Tuesday Oct 30th at noon and Thursday Nov 1st at midnight.
Tickets going fast ... Matt Nathanson opens Roseland Ballroom (NYC), Chris Pureka opens
Calvin Theatre (Northampton).
get tickets and free cd here


Wednesday, October 10

JUST ADDED: NYC SHOW, ROSELAND BALLROM, DECEMBER 7th

We've just added a NYC show - December 7th at Roseland Ballroom, with special guest Matt Nathanson. Tickets are on sale now - get 'em here.

Thursday, August 30

Tune in to XM15 The Village Today!

XM15 The Village will be re-broadcasting an acoustic performance from Martin and the band, Today, Thursday August 30th, at 4pm EST. Tune in and enjoy!

Wednesday, August 29

"Wild Angels" USA Today Top Ten Pick

USA TODAY features Martin's new single, "Wild Angels" in its Top Ten Picks:

Martin Sexton's Wild Angels: "We are born with all this music in our hearts/We tend to forget a little each day right from the start." But Sexton reminds us, with gospel piano chords and a song about our better natures.
- USA TODAY

Thursday, August 23

Aug 07 Update

There are a few tickets left for Martin's September 2nd show in the Hamptons. Click here for tickets and more info.

JOE BONADIO, back on stage with Martin Sexton!

That's right, long-time drummer, Joe Bonadio (The American, Wonder Bar, Live Wide Open, and countless tours '98-'03) sat in with Martin and the band last weekend at the Gathering of the Vibes festival (Bridgeport, CT). Joe brings his creative drumming style and his unique collection of percussion to the tour - beginning September 19th in Toronto making their way around North America in a bio diesel bus. Please see the tour section for details on specific shows.

WIN GREEN STUFF - MARTIN/CLIF GREENNOTES CONTEST

"Feelin' Good and Gettin' Green"

As you have probably heard, our spring tour was running Greener and Cleaner thanks to our partnership with CLIF Bar and their GreenNotes program.

We've received such a positive response from our decision to go green that we want to give all of you a sneak peak into life on the green highway and our thoughts on making this switch.

And...to give all of you a little helping hand at going green yourself, we are giving away a green prize package chocked full of great environmentally friendly gear and VIP tickets to an upcoming show (your choice). ...get a chance to swap stories with Martin about being green.

Check out all the goods and enter to win at www.martinsexton.com
Contest ends September 15th.

WILD ANGELS ECARD - SEND TO A FRIEND

Wild Angels - the second radio single from Seeds - has been serviced. Call your stations and request to hear it.

Wild Angels Ecard - Send it to a friend!

STREET TEAM

Street Reps and Merch help needed - free tickets and more...

Email with your city in the subject line:

Street Reps - Adam@kitchentablerecords.com

Merch Help - Kevin@kitchentablerecords.com



Thursday, August 23

Tune in live to hear Martin's 8/24 show from Martha's Vineyard

Martin's 8/24 show at Outerland on Martha's Vineyard will be streaming LIVE  on mvyradio.com - check it out!

Thursday, July 19

Hear Martin on WBUR's "On Point"

Check out WBUR.org to hear Martin's "On Point" Session, which aired this morning at 11 a.m. on WBUR 90.9 FM in Boston.

 

The program will re-air tonight at 8pm EST, and is available for online listening now!


Thursday, July 12

Take Action to Fight Global Warming

Hey friends... Most of you are aware by now that protecting the environment and embracing a sustainable way of life are both very important things to us at KTR - To that end, we just wanted to share these 2 links with all of you:

LIVE EARTH (check out the "climate crisis tools" section)

STOP GLOBAL WARMING Cheers, KTR


Tuesday, July 10

Fall Tour Presale, Thursday July 11th

Martin will announce his fall tour very soon, and presale tickets for fan club members will go on sale July 11th at 12noon! Becoming a member of the fan club is free and easy, just head to

http://martinsextontickets.musictoday.com/MartinSexton/calendar.aspx and click "Sign me up."

See you on the road :)


Wednesday, July 4

Catch Martin's Session on XM-50, "The Loft"

Tune in to XM-50, "The Loft" to catch Martin's in-studio session.  All times are EST: 

 

Monday 7/09, 12noon & 9pm
Thursday 7/12, 3pm & 9pm
Friday 7/13, 4am
Saturday 7/14, 7pm


Thursday, June 7

"Happy" (Seeds) holding strong at top 10 AAA radio

Check out a special Martin Sexton session on XM Loft (stripped down - Martin and band gathered round one mic, in Grande Ole Opry style.)

Stream it here.

Air dates:
7/9 Noon and 9 pm
7/12 3 pm 9 pm
7/13 4 am
7/14 7pm


Tuesday, May 22

MARTIN TO PLAY SPECIAL BENEFIT FOR ALS

Special Benefit Concert for the Drew Schemera Foundation for Life
Sunday, June 24 - The Grand - Stamford, CT

Drew is a relative of Martin's recently diagnosed with ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease. Due to our current health care system in the US, Drew must go abroad for his expensive treatments. Please join Martin and his new band! $125 tickets, full donation.

Visit the tour page for more info, and to purchase tickets


Thursday, May 3

Catch Martin on WXPN's Live Lunch Broadcast

Friday, May 4th, 12noon Tune in to 88.5 WXPN in Philly OR tune in online at XPN OR NPR

 

OR better yet - come see the show for FREE - RSVP on WXPN's website.

 


Friday, March 30

BACK FROM THE U.K., READY TO TOUR!

Just back from the UK and gearing up for the tour kicking off in Philly next Thursday night!

Tuesday April 3 release day finds Martin in his musical hometown of Boston with radio visits @ WERS, WBOS, WUMB, WXRV, NPR Here & Now, and an in-store performance at Newbury Comics downtown. More details at www.martinsexton.com/news

Minneapolis and Chicago sell out weeks in advance... Don't have tickets?... Do the green thing and car pool your friends to Ann Arbor (April 11) or Fargo (April 15) - all shows going fast. www.martinsexton.com/tour

Seeds #1 most-added record on Adult Album Alternative (AAA) radio this week

Martin's appearance on NPR's All Things Considered airs Tuesday, April 3 (release day)... Check here for station list - npr.org

Call or email your favorite stations and request Martin Sexton WBOS Boston 617-931-1111; KFOG San Francisco: 1-800-300-KFOG; KBCO, Boulder: (303) 631-2973; KMTT Seattle (800) 676-1037

Rare In-store performances:

Boston - Newbury Comics downtown - Tuesday April 3, 7pm
Ann Arbor - Borders, Wednesday April 11, 12pm
Seattle - Silver Platters April 19, 5pm

Be sure to get to the shows on time to catch the openers - they're all great... Melissa Ferrick, Willy Porter, Nate Wilson of AOD, Jonah Smith, Captain Black Heart and more to come...

Be sure to check for new youtube posts...

Pick up your copy of Seeds - in stores Tuesday.

Independence rocks!


Tuesday, March 27

WFUV MARTIN SEXTON DAY!!!

WFUV has declared Wednesday, 3/28, MARTIN SEXTON DAY - Tune in at 9pm EST for an in-studio session with songs from the new album Seeds, some chit chat, and more... See http://www.wfuv.org for details.

Thursday, March 22

"HAPPY" (SINGLE FROM SEEDS) HITS CHARTS

"Happy" is #1 most added song on Adult Album Alternative radio format this week. Click here for station list.

Wednesday, March 21

CHRISTIE'S OF LONDON - SOLD OUT!

Hi all - Martin's upcoming 3/26 show at Christie's of London, for the taping of a television show called The Artist's Den, drawing people from all around the world, is SOLD OUT!

Wednesday, March 21

CLIF BAR / GREEN NOTES JOINS MARTIN'S GREEN MISSION

Clif Bar's environmental organization, Green Notes, lends a helping hand by working with KTR and Sexton to "green up" the tour with all sorts of environmental footprint-reducing changes from recycling to organic cotton t-shirts and offsetting CO2 emissions by using bio diesel fuel for the tour bus...and offering opportunities for fans to join in the movement. Check out www.clifgreennotes.com.

Wednesday, March 21

"DINER" HITS #1 ON ITUNES TOP DOWNLOADS

Following a feature of "Diner" on NBC's Scrubs last Thursday, downloads skyrocketed in the iTunes Americana/Folk section.

Wednesday, March 21

NEW ALBUM "SEEDS" PRESALE

Special Fan Club Offer...Martin Sexton's Seeds delivered to your doorstep by April 3* (release date)... Limited supply. Presale begins now at the Martin Sexton Official Store.

*April 3 delivery guaranteed for Express Shipping option only.

Wednesday, March 21

TOUR KICK-OFF CD SIGNING - PHILADELPHIA ONLY

The tour kicks off in Philadelphia April 5th. To celebrate, Martin will be a meetin' and a greetin' after the show.

Tuesday, January 9

SEEDS ALBUM/TOUR ANNOUNCE

Greetings Sexton Fans
NEW RECORD OUT APRIL 3rd / SKI TOWN DATES / UK TOUR / US HEADLINING TOUR

Soul Man Spreads His 'Seeds,' Holds True to Independent Roots

Soul singer Martin Sexton prepares to release his seventh collection of songs on his new album, Seeds. "I believe songs are seeds," muses Sexton, "once planted they can grow and nourish and inspire and with that, change the world." This record ranges like an American road-trip with stops in the regions of gospel, country, blues, and rock, crafted with keen pop sensibility.

The New York Times says, "His unpretentious heartiness helps him focus on every soul singer's goal: to amplify the sound of the ordinary heart."

Seeds oozes with that soul... infused with spiritual hunger and child-like joy, all delivered with Sexton's fervent vocals. On songs like the incandescent "Wild Angels" and the sassy "I'm Here," there's a constant streaming of humanity that resonates a universal chord. "Happy" is a realization of dreams coming true in the form of a catchy pop song. The night Billy Preston passed, Sexton paid tribute to his hero recording "Will It Go round In Circles," ... This rendition rocks with fuzz bass and Leslie vocal shimmer. E Street Band's Nils Lofgren lends his lap steel to the western-swing tune "How Far I've Come" and jammer Keller Williams cheerfully plucks his Dobro on the twangy "Goin To The Country."

A troubadour in the true sense, Sexton says no thanks to several record label offers and remains fiercely independent. His success has come, not overnight, nor as a result of bazillion-dollar marketing campaigns or one-hit single. The millions of hits on his website, the hundreds of thousands of records sold, and his sold-out shows from a two-night stand at Town Hall in New York to the Fillmore in San Francisco happen because Martin Sexton is the real deal. Fans feel a personal connection to the music and spread it from friend-to-friend, family-to-family, generation-to-generation, and musician-to-musician. John Mayer calls Sexton, "One of the greatest singers of our generation." He adds, "This is the music of my LIFE, people."

Billboard wrote, "Sexton's voice comes in a hundred impossible shades," from a gospel choir in "Wild Angels" to an electric voice solo on the trippy "Marry Me." To this he replies, "One of my heroes is the late Mel Blanc. As a kid I was fascinated to learn he was the voice of every cartoon character I was familiar with, from all the Looney Tunes to Barney Rubble. So I guess he's where I got permission to use different voices here and there, to add color and depth."

"After Al Gore's film An Inconvenient Truth I was inspired ... I feel a sense of responsibility to use my art as a vehicle to carry a message." Sexton plans a green tour supporting the release including a bio-diesel bus and tie-ins with several eco-conscious sponsors.

Martin Sexton begins his US headlining tour in April -after returning from a run through the UK in March- with stops including the Nokia Theatre in New York, the Pantages Theatre in Minneapolis, House of Blues in LA, and the Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on Earth Day. For full tour details CLICK HERE.

 


Friday, November 17

SEE MARTIN ON THE NEW BEST OF THE JAMMYS DVD

Martin performs Do You Feel Like We Do with Peter Frampton at the 2006 Jammy Awards - recently released on the Best of the Jammys, Volume 1 DVD.

For more info, and to purchase, check out Relix.