{"id":1339,"date":"2017-01-13T20:09:46","date_gmt":"2017-01-13T20:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/?p=1339"},"modified":"2017-05-23T20:11:54","modified_gmt":"2017-05-23T20:11:54","slug":"ashley-riley-to-release-new-ep-in-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/ashley-riley-to-release-new-ep-in-march\/","title":{"rendered":"Ashley Riley to release new EP in March"},"content":{"rendered":"

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/strong><\/p>\n

January 13, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n

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ASHLEY RILEY TO RELEASE NEW EP IN MARCH<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Riley’s sophisticated indie\/Americana<\/b><\/p>\n

music is full of earthy grit<\/b><\/p>\n

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Earthy grit. Rootsy and soft. A distinct voice. At its core, Ashley Riley\u2019s music is best described as sophisticated indie\/Americana. There\u2019s a dreamy quality to the songs, yet lyrically they capture the essence of the more honest moments of our days: those seemingly ordinary moments that suddenly take your breath away or make you weak in the knees, those moments that prove to us that oftentimes the most extraordinary moments are found in our everyday lives. Riley’s 7-song EP,\u00a0Can\u2019t Let You Go<\/i>, due out March 3, 2017, takes this sentiment to heart \u2013 there is something there that we will all relate to.<\/div>\n
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For 2016’s full-length release (Through The Thin<\/i>), Riley and her band recorded about 22 songs. It was in going back through those songs and other recordings that had been whittled away from previous records that Riley began to realize she had the makings of an EP. \u201cAll of the songs were born out of other sessions,\u201d she says. \u00a0\u201cThey didn’t quite ?t the other projects I’ve put out because they had more of an alt-country ?air than the majority of what I was doing at the time, but to me they were still beautiful and important. A few of the songs, like \u2018Lovers\u2019 and \u2018Tell Me Why,\u2019 go all the way back to 2009. I went through all of my unreleased songs and started taking those pieces and ?tting them together. \u00a0It just made sense to re-record them and release them together as an EP.\u201d\u00a0Can\u2019t Let You Go<\/i>\u00a0was recorded and produced by Matt Comerford (bass player in the band). Joining Riley and Comerford in the studio once again were Tyler Bundy (lead guitar, pedal steel) and Ian Grindstaff (drums).<\/div>\n
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Riley has been a staple in the music scene of her hometown Decatur, IL, where she got her start hosting open mics in 2008, helping to revitalize and nurture the underground singer-songwriter scene in town. After starting as an acoustic-based songwriter on her ?rst record, Riley realized by her second album that her songs begged for a band, and her next three albums got the full-band treatment to glowing reviews.<\/div>\n
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New Noise Magazine<\/i>\u00a0called her \u201cone of the best obscure female artists I’ve heard in, well, ever,\u201d and\u00a0InForty.com<\/i>\u00a0declared her a \u201cfemale songstress everyone would be wise to spend time with.\u201d\u00a0Women of Substance Radio<\/i>\u00a0noted: \u201cAshley’s songs have an ethereal and delicate quality\u2026 Her reverence for Americana artists like Neil Young and Patty Grif?n is unmistakable. She pens lyrics that are unsettling and sometimes even disturbing, as all good lyrics should be.\u201d\u00a0Illinois Entertainer<\/i>\u00a0trumpeted: \u201cMake no mistake, Ashley Riley has an utterly gorgeous voice and a sound all her own.\u201d Seven of the nine songs on her third album,\u00a0All The Pretty Things<\/i>, can be heard in rotation on Starbucks in-store airplay.<\/div>\n
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With her latest EP, Riley made the decision to plant both feet ?rmly into the softer side of her sound and the result is a gorgeous and heartfelt collection of songs that pulls you in close and holds your attention. \u00a0Says Riley: \u201cA lot of songwriters refer to their songs as their children, but to me, these songs feel like a conversation with an old friend. Maybe it’s because most of the songs go back to when I first started writing. I\u2019m excited to share them.\u201d<\/div>\n
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 13, 2017 \u00a0 ASHLEY RILEY TO RELEASE NEW EP IN MARCH \u00a0 Riley’s sophisticated indie\/Americana music is full of earthy grit   Earthy grit. Rootsy and soft. A distinct voice. At its core, Ashley Riley\u2019s music is best described as sophisticated indie\/Americana. There\u2019s a dreamy quality to the songs, yet lyrically … <\/p>\n

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