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Make sure to tune in to see K’NAAN and Wheeler Brothers on TV tomorrow!<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><u>K’NAAN * <i>The Ellen Degeneres Show </i>* Thursday, March 22<sup>nd</sup><o:p></o:p></u></b></div>
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<img width="76" height="114" align="left" hspace="12" alt="KN.png" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_1" id="4a34b500-7108-4629-9894-c4381077b6c3" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:image002.png@01CD0779.52BF7A10">Don’t miss <b>K’NAAN</b> performing his new
hit single “<b>Is Anybody Out There</b>” featuring <b>Nelly Furtado</b> <b>Thursday, March 22<sup>nd</sup></b> on <b>The Ellen Degeneres Show</b>. The irresistible track is from the artist’s latest EP <b><u>More Beautiful Than Silence</u></b>, which debuted
earlier this year, and has garnered immediate airplay at some of the country’s recognized pop brands such as Z100, KIIS and Sirius XM Hits 1and also just debuted on the <b>Top 40</b>. His third album, <b><u>Country, God or The Girl</u></b>, will debut on A<b>&M/
Octone </b>this Spring<b>.</b><br>
For more information, please go to <a href="https://mail.pressherepublicity.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=5ead7be441b3416faadd2a23b1ee40dc&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.knaanmusic.com" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">www.knaanmusic.com</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><u><span style="color: black; ">WHEELER BROTHERS * <i>Last Call with Carson Daly* </i>Thursday, March 22<sup>nd</sup><i> @</i> 1:35 AM EST<br>
</span></u></b><span style="color: black; ">Fresh off the heels of a dynamite week at SXSW and sweeping the Austin Music Awards with an astounding 5 wins, including BEST NEW BAND and BEST ROOTS ROCK BAND, <b>Wheeler Brothers</b> will be making their national
television debut this week on <b><i>Last Call with Carson Daly</i></b><i>. </i>Catch them<b>TOMORROW, Thursday, March 22<sup>nd</sup> at 1:35 AM EST on NBC</b>. With a flurry of praise from the likes of <i>AOL Spinner, <a href="http://AmericanSongwriter.com/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">AmericanSongwriter.com</a>,<a href="http://ArtistDirect.com/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">ArtistDirect.com</a>, <a href="http://HuffingtonPost.com/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">HuffingtonPost.com</a></i> and <i>Daytrotter</i>,
the indie-Americana 5-piece are making some fantastic noise around their debut album,<b><i>Portraits</i></b> (Bismeaux Records). <b><i>Portraits</i></b>, which dropped last Spring, fills the sonic space between The Head and the Heart and the Avett Brothers;
it is chock full of guitar driven, heartfelt jams with some down home Southern twang thrown in for good measure. Don't miss <u>Austin's Best New Band</u>,<b>Wheeler Brothers</b>, on <i>Last Call with Carson Daly </i>this week! (<a href="mailto:jamie@pressherepublicity.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">jamie@pressherepublicity.com</a>)</span><span style="color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="color: black; ">Praise for <i>Portraits:</i></span></u></b><i><u><span style="color: black; "> </span></u></i><span style="color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: black; ">“There might be some kind of magic in the Lone Star state's air because the group's debut, Portraits, is a pensive, powerful, and poetic indie rock opus… If a picture is worth a thousand words, Portraits may be worth a million…” <b>– <a href="http://ArtistDirect.com/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">ArtistDirect.com</a></b></span></i><span style="color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: black; ">“…mixing country rock guitars with warm, rootsy vocals. Portraits stakes out ground somewhere in the vast space between Band of Horses and the Avett Brothers.” – <b>Austin American Statesman</b></span></i><span style="color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: black; ">“Through 11 fiery roots-influenced cuts, the Brothers bare their songwriting chops with an addictive sense of bravado and cerebral storytelling... Seemingly a bottomless pit of musical vision, Portraits is a debut that shows
this band’s melodic wellspring already bubbling over.” – <b>Elmore Magazine</b></span></i><span style="color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: black; ">“…ball-of-fire Americana and fueled by expansive musical backgrounds…” – <b>Austin Chronicle</b></span></i><span style="color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: black; ">“Wheeler Brothers are a rough-and-tumble tribe from Austin, Texas… they chug their guitars with the gusto of a locomotive…” – <b>AOL Spinner</b></span></i><span style="color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: black; ">“Rooted in the many shades of Americana, the Austin-based quintet isn't afraid of borrowing from the past and joins an increasing number of groups such as the Head and the Heart and Fleet Foxes in carving a new sound into indie's
vast sonic landscape.” – <b>Washington Post</b></span></i><span style="color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="color: black; ">WATCH:</span></u></b><span style="color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; ">-Official video for <b>“Spent Time” </b>at <i>AOL Spinner </i><b><a href="http://www.spinner.com/2012/01/03/wheeler-brothers-spent-time-video-premiere/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">HERE</a></b></span><span style="color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; ">-Official video for <b>“Home for the Holidays” </b>featuring actor Art LaFleur (The Sandlot, Field of Dreams) and directed by Christian Sorensen Hansen (The Head in the Heart, Fences, Atmosphere) <b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S48g-ACGt6o" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">HERE</a></b></span><span style="color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; ">-LIVE performance of <b>“Sleep When I’m Dead” <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NZGQxaExpo" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">HERE</a></b></span><span style="color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; ">-LIVE performance of <b>“Ghost in the Valley” <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfp3Y5cZfMw" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">HERE</a></b></span><span style="color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; ">-LIVE performance of <b>“Portraits” <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGcx4bvPL70" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">HERE</a></b></span><span style="color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="color: black; ">Wheeler Brothers Announced 2012 Tour Dates</span></u></b><span style="color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; ">3/23/12 Dallas, TX @ South Side Music Hall</span><span style="color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; ">3/24/12 Lubbock, TX @ The Blue Light Live</span><span style="color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; ">3/28/12 Oxford, MS @ Proud Larry’s</span><span style="color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; ">3/29/12 Greenville, SC @ Piedmont Natural Gas Downtown</span><span style="color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; ">3/30/12 Asheville, NC @ Jack of the Wood</span><span style="color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; ">3/31/12 Charlotte, NC @ Evening Muse</span><span style="color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; ">4/1/12 Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506</span><span style="color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; ">4/3/12 Atlanta, GA @ Smith’s Olde Bar</span><span style="color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; ">4/5/12 Baton Rouge, LA @ Chelsea’s Café</span><span style="color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; ">4/6/12 New Orleans, LA @ Howlin’ Wolf</span><span style="color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; ">4/7/12 Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live Green Room</span><span style="color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; ">4/12/12 Lubbock, TX @ The Blue Light Live</span><span style="color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; ">4/13/12 Lubbock, TX @ Old Town/New Town</span><span style="color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; ">4/20/12 Driftwood, TX @ Old Settlers Music Fest</span><span style="color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; ">5/4/12 Southern Pines, NC @ First Friday</span><span style="color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; ">5/6/12 Knoxville, TN @ Barley’s Taproom</span><span style="color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; ">5/9/12 Nashville, TN @ Loveless Café</span></div>
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