{"id":1333,"date":"2017-01-06T20:03:54","date_gmt":"2017-01-06T20:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/?p=1333"},"modified":"2017-05-23T20:05:51","modified_gmt":"2017-05-23T20:05:51","slug":"jdeichertohittheroad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/jdeichertohittheroad\/","title":{"rendered":"JD Eicher to hit the road in early 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/strong><\/p>\n<div><strong>January 6, 2017<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>JD Eicher to hit the road in early 2017\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Singer-songwriter recently collaborated with<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>bestselling author\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Nicholas Sparks<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Eicher EP offered to readers of Sparks\u2019\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>most recent novel, \u201cTwo by Two\u201d<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>JD Eicher, the Youngstown, Ohio-born and bred musician, will be heading out on tour again in early 2017, including a jaunt with labelmate Matt Brown in January, sailing on The Rock Boat in February, and an outing with Ruby Rose Fox in March. (See tour schedule below.) \u00a0Eicher is touring in support of his most recent album,\u00a0<em>The Middle Distance<\/em>, which was released in May 2016.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Also in 2016, Eicher teamed with author Nicholas Sparks in a unique collaboration to celebrate Sparks\u2019 20 years of publishing books. \u00a0Eicher produced an original song and musical companion for Sparks\u2019 forthcoming novel,\u00a0<em>Two By Two<\/em>\u00a0(which was published in October 2016). \u00a0The soundtrack was available to fans for free via the author\u2019s website in late 2016 and included four songs by Eicher, one of which &#8212; \u201cTwo by Two\u201d &#8212; was new and inspired by the book. \u00a0The EP also included a re-recorded version of \u201cNot Afraid\u201d from\u00a0<em>The Middle Distance<\/em>, as well as two remasters of previously released songs &#8212; \u201cLove Is Gonna Find You\u201d and \u201cThe Last Love Song.\u201d \u00a0The song \u201cTwo by Two\u201d was also incorporated into the narrative of Sparks\u2019 novel.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>With his band, The Goodnights, Eicher\u2019s soaring and graceful pop-rock songcraft garnered favorable comparisons to Coldplay, Keane, The Script, The Killers, and Death Cab for Cutie. Virgin America Airlines used one of the band\u2019s songs (\u201cLevel Out\u201d) in the teaser for the\u00a0airline\u2019s movie,\u00a0<em>Departure Date<\/em>, and another song (\u201cAaron\u201d) was used in a national television ad campaign for Olive Garden. His tracks have also been used in conjunction with the FYI Network, including a promo for the show \u201cMarried At First Sight\u201d that was a tie-in with Carmax. Live, JD Eicher &amp; the Goodnights have shared the stage with such diverse and respected artists as the Dave Matthews Band, Coldplay, Train, Maroon 5, Hot Chelle Rae, Pete Yorn, Anberlin, Rod Stewart, Bryan Adams, Kelly Clarkson, Cartel, Sister Hazel, and Matt Nathanson, among many others.<\/div>\n<div><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>JD Eicher Tour Schedule:<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>January 7, 2017 | Redding, CA \u2013 Vintage Wine Bar*<\/div>\n<div>January 11, 2017 | Los Angeles, CA \u2013 Hotel Caf\u00e9*<\/div>\n<div>January 12, 2017 | Anaheim, CA \u2013 The Fifth at Grand Legacy at the Park*<\/div>\n<div>January 13, 2017 | San Luis Obispo, CA \u2013 Luna Red*<\/div>\n<div>January 14, 2017 | Los Altos, CA \u2013 House Concert*<\/div>\n<div>January 17, 2017 | Bend, OR \u2013 House Concert at Akamai Woodworks*<\/div>\n<div>January 18, 2017 | Turner, OR \u2013 Willamette Valley Vineyards*<\/div>\n<div>January 20, 2017 | Portland, OR \u2013 Alberta Street Pub*<\/div>\n<div>February 8, 2017 | Atlanta, GA \u2013 Vinyl (w\/Lovesweat)<\/div>\n<div>February 10 \u2013 February 14 | The Rock Boat (w\/Lovesweat)<\/div>\n<div>March 3, 2017 | Madison, WI \u2013 Crescendo Music Bar &amp; Caf\u00e9**<\/div>\n<div>March 4, 2017 | Milwaukee, WI \u2013 Shank Hall**<\/div>\n<div>March 5, 2017 | Berwyn, IL \u2013 The Wire**<\/div>\n<div>March 6, 2017 | Indianapolis, IN \u2013 Fountain Square Brewery**<\/div>\n<div>March 9, 2017 | Spring Lakes, MI \u2013 Seven Steps Up**<\/div>\n<div>March 10, 2017 | Cleveland, OH \u2013 The Beachland Tavern**<\/div>\n<div>March 11, 2017 | Pittsburgh, PA \u2013 Club Caf\u00e9**<\/div>\n<div>March 16, 2017 | Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 3 \u2013 New York, NY<\/div>\n<div>March 19, 2017 | Boston, MA \u2013 Atwoods Tavern**<\/div>\n<div>*denotes dates with Matt Brown<\/div>\n<div>**denotes dates with Ruby Rose Fox<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jdeicher.com\/\" data-type=\"url\">www.jdeicher.com\u00a0<\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 6, 2017 \u00a0 JD Eicher to hit the road in early 2017\u00a0 \u00a0 Singer-songwriter recently collaborated with bestselling author\u00a0Nicholas Sparks \u00a0 Eicher EP offered to readers of Sparks\u2019\u00a0 most recent novel, \u201cTwo by Two\u201d JD Eicher, the Youngstown, Ohio-born and bred musician, will be heading out on tour again in early &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/jdeichertohittheroad\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;JD Eicher to hit the road in early 2017&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[6],"class_list":["post-1333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases","tag-press-releases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1333"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1334,"href":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1333\/revisions\/1334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}